2/26/11
Here’s a sentence that’s never been written or spoken before, ever: “Check it, Micah – Cortez actually shut Lini up.” The answer should be: “Check this, Jamjar. Get your paw off my Official Burt Reynolds, Trans Am leather jacket or I’ll shut you up!” but there’s no time for banter between these two because this basketball season is all about the General Foods International Coffees moments shared between Dr. Lini and his gal pals. As the sarcastic narration box looks on, Lini and the girls dish the dirt over a delicious pizza (with the latest craze in pizza toppings, Nutboy slivers*). It’s like a pretend Oscar Wilde holding court with a couple of extras from Fast Times at Ridgemont High. It’s like the Algonquin Round Table, except it’s in some tank town pizza joint and nobody with any wit showed up, so the whole thing devolves into a food fight, which is all good fun until somebody has an eye put out with an extra pointy garlic knot.
*It’s shitty, count it, Bonk!
Lini is totally wearing a carnation in his lapel.
For some reason, this weirds me out much, much more than the Official Burt Reynolds Trans Am jacket, or the Nutboy pizza, or even the haircut (such as it is) on Trans Am Jacket Kid.
BEER please!
Comment by jules — February 26, 2011 @ 1:46 pm
I guess this raises the question, does Marty Moon have a computer?
Are we supposed to know the kid with the oversize-Moe haircut? Spread out! And count it! Bonk!
Comment by Dood — February 26, 2011 @ 2:20 pm
what florist is open in time for dr lini to get a fresh flower for his mr rogers sweater.im surprised lini is back at the buckey with his faghag girls. thought for sure cortez would have him in a headlock given him a powernoogie.
Comment by mr120zcan — February 26, 2011 @ 3:04 pm
Lini is actually a 45-year old female reporter who is working undercover.
Comment by Graham McDonald — February 26, 2011 @ 3:39 pm
Why is Young Micah Huang hanging out with Jamarr? I refuse to believe they have any common interests. My theory is that since his sister graduated (she did, right?) Micah needs another loud and abrasive person to shadow.
New lead in the Case of the Lini Hate Site: Jamarr apparently wants Lini to shut up, and no one likes him anyway, and scapegoating Lini keeps people from noticing that Jamarr got blocked approximately 8 times in the first half because he’s a moron.
Comment by Drew Funk — February 26, 2011 @ 4:44 pm
Roger, Drew Funk. Despite all the red herrings– Lini’s flaming gayness, Cortez’s religiosity– Jamjar remains the principal asshole of the piece, and still the only one who has ratted out a teammate, his football captain. His football captain turned out to be drug dealer, apparently without Jamjar’s knowledge, but Jamjar does seem to have trouble with others getting more attention than he does.
Comment by vaganova — February 26, 2011 @ 4:51 pm
Graham McDonald: That is the most reasonable explanation yet for this whole storyline. I love it. Good call! Count it!
Comment by jules — February 26, 2011 @ 5:35 pm
Awwwwk! Plotless drivel takes a whole new turn::: P3, the ‘alternate lifestyle’ character’s hands: stigmata! If I wuz Cortes I’d start wearin’ a diaper. Although it’s also possible The Chief is only trying to show us that our favorite fashionista has {wait for it} a stigmatizm… [rim shot!].
Comment by semperfi4evr — February 26, 2011 @ 8:15 pm
I’m still sticking to my theory that Gil Jr. is the one who put up the “weenieisagaydouchebag.com” only because Dr. Weenie talked his lady friend (whatever her name is Layla..Kayla?)into breaking up with his boring ass. I would like it to be JamJar only because maybe this time instead of taping him to the locker, he’ll get stuffed in it and his dead body won’t be found until the spring heat brings on the decomposition. Check it! Bonk! JamJar! He’s shitty!
Speaking of the Three Stooges, when I saw that freak hand in panel three, I thought Leeni was going to kiss it. It made me think of a line Curly said in his last movie. This lady put out her hand and he said “I kiss your hand, madame.” and he bit off her diamond ring while kissing her hand. Unfortunately there is no diamond on the freak hand, so Leeni retaliates by squirting his fake flower filled with water in her face.
BTW, who in God’s green earth wears a carnation unless they’re going to a wedding or they’re the Godfather. Leeni is such a douche. Count it!
Comment by Regina — February 27, 2011 @ 7:51 am
Ease up, Regina! It could be . . . a professional criminal! Check it! Count it! Bonk!
Comment by Don, the Rebel without a Blog — February 27, 2011 @ 1:05 pm
Regina, listen to Don– in this strip it could be Mrs Raptor or Ray of the effing Jungle.
Comment by vaganova — February 27, 2011 @ 3:48 pm
Lini doesn’t rebound, he shoots threes. And molests children.
Comment by Don Glover — February 27, 2011 @ 4:49 pm
Given the limitations of the three-panel strip, a comics artist is often required to compress a series of actions — or an action plus the reaction — into a single panel. It’s not easy to do. However, panel 3 is a truly spectacular failure. With GT being only a six-day strip, and with Rod Whigham frequently taking it easy with recycled panels, you’d think he might try a little harder to get this right.
Also, that’s absolutely the most unappetizing depiction of pizza I’ve ever seen. Looks more like leopard-print linoleum than food.
And I can’t say I’ve ever seen shrubbery in a pizza joint before.
Comment by John S. Walters — February 28, 2011 @ 10:48 am
Love todays strip:
Gil: “Let’s see if he keeps it up”
Kaz: “From what the guys have said about shower time, he doesn’t seem to have a problem in that department”.
Gil: “Count it. Bonk”
Comment by Knoxy — February 28, 2011 @ 11:49 am