5/27/10
I suppose the real reason nobody knew who was in the collision yesterday is that Whigham only knows how to draw four types of males besides Gil and Kaz: The guy with shaggy dark hair, the black guy, the angry scruffy kid with a goatee/soul patch, and the blond kid with freckles. What about Steve Luhm, you ask? I said male characters.
If only Li’l Drummer Boy had been wearing his spiky arm bands, maybe he could have taken the upper hand in this musicians vs. jocks feud. Instead, it looks like Slim is gonna have to take matter into his own hands…
5/28/10
Wow, looks like someone’s pissed off enough to take some serious revenge!
Yep, I’m talking about Gil…Forced to attend practice, no weird old guys to run everything it for him…he’s about to blow. Everyone better watch out if he ever gets that electronic tracking bracelet off. This might happen.
Oh crap. Gil’s going to have to actually do something. (5/28 P2 made me think of a line from a Who song: “If my face clenches, crack it open”…I think Gil may be staring at a goat.)
Comment by Ned Ryerson — May 28, 2010 @ 5:04 am
Gil looks pissed because he’s late getting to PUB for the 1/2 off and free hot wings special and he has to listen to Slim Jim prattle on.
In the first strip, I see Lil Drummer Boy is giving a tribute to the late Ronnie James Dio in the third panel.
I guess Slim Jim is going to exact revenge on Bryce by singing him to sleep.
Comment by Regina — May 28, 2010 @ 6:00 am
No songs about tank towns, Derek?
Comment by billytheskink — May 28, 2010 @ 7:08 am
Gil’s so pissed he ripped his whistle chain in two and glued half of it onto his shirt.
Comment by Gil'sBarber — May 28, 2010 @ 8:19 am
Fast ball inside, then a breaking ball starting around the head and making Bryce “look like a fool, boy”.
Derek is becoming my favorite GT character in many years – if he would only dump Cassie!
Comment by milfordian — May 28, 2010 @ 8:48 am
So we’re supposed to believe that mellow stoner musician Derek has suddenly changed into murderous revenge-seeker? Okay, whatevs. Otherwise, a couple of points about Neal Rubin’s continuity failings, which make GT a very difficult strip for the casual reader to follow…
“A third baseman in a china shop, Bryce Larkin has an unscheduled meeting.” WTF??? Narrative boxes shouldn’t be interpretive puzzles — they should simply tell the reader what’s going on. The average reader spends about ten seconds on the average comic strip. You have to make it interesting and accessible, or the average reader will move on to Jumble.
“By the second time, yeah, I was positive.” I have no idea what that means. Did Bryce actually knock him down twice? If so, then he does deserve a fastball to the noggin.
On the other hand, Rubin deserves some credit for the appropriately-foreshadowing song lyric in 5/28 panel 3.
Comment by jvwalt — May 28, 2010 @ 9:32 am
Who in the name of sunlight did Bryce collide with (never mind why Bryce’s suddenly so arrogant) and what connection does this have with Derek the electric hillbilly pitcher? I understand that Derek might well stick up for a teammate, but it appears the injured teammate and Derek’s third baseman play on the same side.
I’m on a three day vacation and not paying as much attention as I should, but these last few strips are even less intelligible than usual…
Comment by vaganova — May 28, 2010 @ 4:49 pm
Dittos. I’m havin’ to work too hard to figure the names/faces/motivations. Ease up, Neil!
Comment by semperfi4evr — May 28, 2010 @ 6:02 pm
It looks like after the initial collision (with Bryce still standing), Bryce shoved the drummer back down when he tried to get up. It also looks like this was Bryce’s fault, because he was looking back over his shoulder.
Comment by dale — May 29, 2010 @ 12:50 am
This is turning into a real Columbine situation with the geeks at war with the jocks, and Derek/Slim standing with a foot in each camp.
In a real situation, the Principal(Hello Doctor Pearl) would be out of her office and wanting to know what’s going on in her Athletics Department – a janitor giving private coaching to a disturbed student, the same disturbed student being ostracised to a possible point of suicide, another student working in a licensed premise and a response from the Trenchcoat Mafia due any moment.
Comment by David Black — May 29, 2010 @ 6:20 pm
Ned, I’m pretty sure it’s “fist,” not “face.” ;)
Comment by The Wrath of Oliver Khan — May 30, 2010 @ 9:07 pm
Ease up ev1!
You all are giving way too much credit where it doesn’t belong (sorry Neil and Chief)
My prediction is one more pitch to Bryce’s noggin, he will end up in a coma, and Slim serves 5 years in state prison. What an ass wad.
Comment by Gil'sBarber — May 30, 2010 @ 11:05 pm
NOTE TO SLIM: A baseball is not a legally-authorized weapon.
Comment by Gil'sBarber — May 30, 2010 @ 11:07 pm
NOTE TO GIL: Sober up!
Comment by Gil'sBarber — May 30, 2010 @ 11:49 pm
NOTE TO SELF: Get a life!
Comment by Gil'sBarber — May 30, 2010 @ 11:52 pm
Geez, I don’t hear or remember anything right. Oh well, I guess I was mixing up the song with an expression I’ve heard, “A face like a clenched fist.”
Comment by Ned Ryerson — May 31, 2010 @ 7:39 am
DC: Hey Coach, mind if I pitch batting practice?
GT: Whatever, as long I don’t have to do it. That’s my drinking arm, you know.
Comment by DieClambakeDie — June 1, 2010 @ 8:43 am