7/23/11
This strip can be infuriating sometimes. Case in point, I’ve been looking at the first panel for the last two days and trying to figure out how Kenny Lark’s drive went right through the tee marker and then hooked out of bounds. It took maximum mental effort on my part to determine that the KRUNCH!ing of the tee marker was a separate, deliberate action after the errant drive. Does Gil Thorp the strip face a steeper challenge than other sequential story strips due to the characters playing sports as opposed to sitting around talking or is this just sloppy (or have I just become dumber by following this strip)? Oh well, at least we have an exciting new sound effect to add to the repertoire and I suppose it is nice to see some completely nutty (albeit golf inspired) violence.
Meanwhile, Kenny’s debt to the club is the least of his troubles. His legs have clearly begun to melt. That’s probably why he hooked his drive. The weight transfer was impossible to achieve on those rubber limbs (and we needn’t mention the crotch problem).
Last and definitely least…Kemper and Brian, who have been wagering on Kenny’s episodes of rage. Speaking of violence, I’d like to play a chip shot off of the intermediate rough on top of Kemper’s head. What a pinhead! What a fun summer!
I wish I had hair that looks blond from far away and dark close up. HRONK!
Comment by Don, the Rebel without a Blog — July 24, 2011 @ 5:51 pm
Disagree Ned – I think he hit the marker on his followthrough due to his ball being teed too close to it (see my related comment from the last post) and the artist overimagined the results.
Comment by Rob — July 24, 2011 @ 6:11 pm
Second consecutive summer of GOLF. Thinking about moving out of Milford…
Comment by vaganova — July 24, 2011 @ 11:27 pm
Talk to the hand, Kemper.
Chudlark teed off on the marker after hitting his tee shot out-of-bounds. It’s a reaction that makes no sense if you’ve played golf for than a year or two since a lot of unanticipated things can happen, including damaging expensive equipment and injuring yourself or the people around you. Chudlark’s reaction makes even less sense given the match-play format. So he loses the 15th to go three down? Regroup and re-gather and plan to win the next three (16, 17 and 18) and force extra holes.
Comment by Dood — July 25, 2011 @ 7:19 am
Did Kemper’s dad teach him to cheat at Rock, Paper, Scissors? You can’t throw rock and scissors at the same time.
Comment by Dood — July 25, 2011 @ 7:22 am
“Second consecutive summer of GOLF. Thinking about moving out of Milford…”
This in itself is not the problem, it’s the absence of things like Gil trespassing at Milford CC, Marty DeJong’s chain-smoking dad, Moon, Von Haney, and Ben Franklin that take the last two golf stories down to Nutboy level.
Comment by billytheskink — July 25, 2011 @ 9:02 am
Nutboy level? That’s shitty.
Mimi’s poolboy: Chud Krunch.
Comment by Dood — July 25, 2011 @ 10:05 am
Trying so hard to get interested in this plot and I just….can’t….do it. Wake me up when Mudlark football goes to two-a-days in full pads. KRUNCH!
Comment by delvaldawg — July 25, 2011 @ 10:09 am
When are we going to get a mixed martial arts story round here? I wanna see Kenny and Brian punching each other in a cage. Chud! Krunch! Wak!
Comment by jules — July 25, 2011 @ 12:04 pm
Speaking of football, has Jamarr Gaddis graduated?
Comment by Dood — July 25, 2011 @ 1:00 pm
@ jules: That’d work! Coach Kaz could step into the octagon with Herschel Walker.
Comment by delvaldawg — July 25, 2011 @ 1:18 pm
brain has anger issues mom is drinking grey swan vodka like crazy unless gil snuck over and put most in his flask and replaced it with water and dad is in brazil walking nude beaches by day and bedding cheap woman by night .when are the 2 guys from last year who liked to watch amateur golf gonna show up and when is wilforbrenly gonna tell the dirty country club secrets to gil like last year.
Comment by mr120zcan — July 25, 2011 @ 3:48 pm
Barring a retcon, Dood, Jamarr should have graduated. He first appeared as a junior in the fall of 2009.
Retconning is something Rubin pretty much never does. The guy is on top of continuity, at least as far as characters are concerned.
Comment by billytheskink — July 26, 2011 @ 8:47 am
Look like Kenny is beating the KRUNCH out of a water balloon.
Looks like Kemper is being a douchey as he ws last year. KRUNCH!
Comment by Regina — July 26, 2011 @ 10:00 am
Billy, thanks, that’s great news.
Comment by Dood — July 26, 2011 @ 12:34 pm
Billy, let me join Dood in thanking you for establishing that Jamar (“What an Asshole!”) Gaddis has graduated.
And no doubt I should moderate my view of golf. Robin Williams did a nice antidote a few years ago, before Tiger’s downfall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcnFbCCgTo4
Comment by vaganova — July 26, 2011 @ 2:01 pm
And we have a new character – Dr. Scavuzzo. Say that 10 times. Rinse and repeat. How many times will his name be in the strip before the writer tires of writing it?
Comment by Rob — July 26, 2011 @ 6:18 pm
Rob, “Scavuzzo” sounds way too much like a Sicilian obscenity– lui è un vero e proprio Scavuzzo, etc…
Comment by vaganova — July 26, 2011 @ 7:42 pm
Sorry, you lost me..I dont speak Sicilian.
Comment by Rob — July 27, 2011 @ 3:21 pm