Uh-oh. The bad-tempered curmudgeon wants a fight! And the increasingly-evil-looking Robb seems happy to oblige…He’s also apparently mistaken boring Duncan for killer Cully, in terms of enforcement abilities.
Fortunately, boring Duncan doesn’t need any skills besides ACTION-DUCKING, as our protagonist apparently took his boxing lessons from one-legged Bill, rather than attending the more prestigious Bob Kazinski’s Boxing Academy. Guess that’s all he could afford on an angry blogger’s salary.
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God, I want this to be exciting but I have a sense that it will dissolve into nothingness except for Robbbb getting hurt or suspended which then causes Milford to go on a boring losing streak.
Although I do like that pick-up guy threw the first punch at Dunkin’ Donuts for just walking up to the situation. Will we find out that Dunkin’ has a vicious record and promised his jailhouse brother not to fight anymore, leaving Robbb to take the attack?
Comment by milfordian — September 29, 2009 @ 11:09 am
Everyone considered him the coward of the county…..
Comment by el lumpbo — September 29, 2009 @ 11:52 am
Duncan has a bald spot? Is he actually 42? Or a Franciscan monk? Introducing…Monkan!!!
Comment by dennyh — September 29, 2009 @ 1:42 pm
Maybe Duncan is auditioning for “A History of Violence II” since Viggo Mortensen jumped ship on the deal.
Tagline: Everyone has something to hide. Even Duncan.
Plot: A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.
Thanks to imdb.com for the above lines.
Comment by Rex Kwon Do — September 29, 2009 @ 2:17 pm
Ah, but look how much better the drawings are than in the previous iteration of Gil Thorp! Remember the girls’ basketball games when we saw rigid bodies in the air, looking like figurines launched from a catapult? Here we see several good signs. Duncan knows how to duck without getting into a bad position– he is a little twisted to the right, but his right hand is coiled to deliver a beautiful counterpunch. And the guy who’s just attacked him is no boxer– he is poised to lurch directly into Duncan’s counter and his left hand is completely out of position. Looks to me like a straight right to the solar plexus.
But Duncan has already been foregrounded as a Boy With A Past. Thus he will probably actually injure the guy, the police will be involved, and it will be Two Against One, Goddamn Teenagers, etc.
Comment by vaganova — September 29, 2009 @ 2:44 pm
in the first panal is the alleged mr baskts finger actually going through his shirt pass his breastbone
Comment by mr 12 oz can — September 29, 2009 @ 4:32 pm
Arrrggh, bad flashback for this Devil Dog. High school: Was in a neighboring town with a friend driving through a hang-out mall; friend gets mouthy to some clod and the clod’s friend thinks I need a knuckle sandwich… luckily the yokel missed and merely grazed my cheek. Yeah, I know… who cares! But it’s no more boring than Milford’s football season. Wonder what idiotic nonsensical direction this beatdown sub plot will take…
Comment by SemperFi4Evr — September 29, 2009 @ 5:01 pm
Semper Fi, thanks for the reality check. Nothing glorious about decking some asshole in a hang-out mall you should have avoided in the first place.
Comment by vaganova — September 29, 2009 @ 6:17 pm
panel 3 it looks like he’s sporting a woody……….
Comment by knoxy — September 29, 2009 @ 9:02 pm
Ease up, friends!
Comment by Don, the Rebel without a Blog — September 30, 2009 @ 12:54 am
8. vaganova: a-yup… oh, to be young and stupid again…
Comment by SemperFi4Evr — September 30, 2009 @ 7:12 am
I like how Robbbbb shoots off his mouth to Josh Furlinger and sends his buddy Duncan Hines to do his dirty work. Too bad it wasn’t Shemp Gumbo. I would have loved to see his ass kicked.
Comment by Regina — September 30, 2009 @ 8:21 am
When the police arrive they’ll find more stolen Zagnuts in his trunk.
Comment by Mudlarks Fan — September 30, 2009 @ 8:43 am
I was going to ask about the bald spot, not that there is anything wrong with them, mind you. :)
Comment by Freehawk — September 30, 2009 @ 9:14 am
You can see Duncan cocking his mighty right fist in the third panel. Perhaps he has a super power punch that he will employ…
Comment by Freehawk — September 30, 2009 @ 9:18 am
Ummm, pounded?
Comment by jacomo — September 30, 2009 @ 10:49 am
Hate it when you get sucker-punched just for being Robbbbb’s friend.
Then again, I guess you were just asking for it.
Comment by Gil'sBarber — September 30, 2009 @ 1:36 pm
So very uncool to punch someone’s lights out without first the courtesy of an “Ease up, Friend”. These kids today are rotten, I tells ya!
Comment by Sgt Saunders — September 30, 2009 @ 2:13 pm
The 9/30 strip shows Duncan putting a stop to things in fine order. But Semper Fi is still right…
Continuity issue– wondering how this whack job driver still has all his teeth. And wondering if Backstory Boy Duncan will be able to show he acted in self-defense. Mr Road Rage vs two teenagers, with no obvious witnesses, is not good odds.
Witnessed something similar recently and tried to intervene. When that didn’t work I withdrew to the near distance and dialed 911. The cops were great. The best moment came when one of the officers, a young guy, addressed the instigator with “Shut the fuck up, sir.”
Comment by vaganova — September 30, 2009 @ 5:33 pm
Where is the 9/30 strip showing Duncan’s martial arts skills?????
Just asking…
Comment by rowdyman — September 30, 2009 @ 7:38 pm
Rowdyman…you must be new. I don’t always post every day. (You know due to my condition known as laziness.) So stay tuned for multiple-comics-in-one-day excitement!
Comment by jasbeattie — September 30, 2009 @ 11:02 pm
Panel #3, he’s trying to give him a “noogy”.
Comment by scooteral — October 3, 2009 @ 8:03 pm