1/30/12
“Gotta hand it to you,Ransom, whether it’s the bootleg DVDs library from Yentl all the way to Zoolander, your framed portrait of Bossk the bounty hunter, or that fabulous picture of my ass you hung up on the wall, the local moronic kids sure can’t get enough of our store.”
“That’s for sure…so long as we never get comeuppance for our mildly deviant behavior!”
1/31/12
Milford at Madison, and Parker Bowen can’t even sink one into the comically oversized net.
Then he drives the lane, but…he’s interrupted…by a funky ref dance whistle party!
2/1/12
Parker Bowen’s meltdown over having a tattoo or something continues…It’s so dramatic that even Gil starts to notice.
“Hey kid, I’m not sure who you are but you should probably take a seat.”
“I’m Parker, I think I’m mad because the guys on the team who don’t have tattoos did well in the last game…or something like that.”
“Wait, tattoos you say? Is it time yet for me to go down to the tattoo parlor and make my morally superior prickish speech to some one-dimensional bad guy stereotype?”
“No, that’s not scheduled ’til next month.”
“Good, ’cause I need to pick up a bootleg of Yentl. Is this game over yet?”
I don’t know about you Jason, but I’m going to the tattoo parlor to get my bootleg video of Plan 9 From Outer Space.
I looked back at the previous strips (I know I have no life) and noticed that Ransom had a soul patch when this boring story arc started. Where did it go? Did it crawl off his face because he’s so skeevy?
Anyway, once again, Kitten’s tattoos have shaped shifted. BTW, so has Parker. He looks like he aged 30 years. Also, did Gil have a shop class accident? Check out his right hand! Uh Oh!
I dunno where Parker’s head has been, but Gil’s head has been up his ass the whole season. I just hope he and Kaz punch it out with Ransom over selling shitty videos and even shittier tattoos. Uh Oh!
Comment by Regina — February 2, 2012 @ 6:36 am
…aaaand the symptoms of hep C start to manifest in Bowen. Check it! Bonk!
Comment by delvaldawg — February 2, 2012 @ 7:05 am
You think you’re bored? Look at the ref checking his pulse(2/1,P1)……..he’s afraid he may slip into a coma if the action doesn’t pick up soon….
Comment by Knoxy — February 2, 2012 @ 8:15 am
One copy of Zardoz and pierce my nutsack please!
Comment by Ned Ryerson — February 2, 2012 @ 8:32 am
1/31, P2—I see the crowds were treated to some halftime entertainment—Mein Kampf, the musical–
Comment by Knoxy — February 2, 2012 @ 8:37 am
Again with the bootleg DVDs… makes me think this was a plot that Jerry B. Jenkins shelved in 1999 that Rubin dug up because he was out of ideas. Last year’s basketball plot fits that bill pretty well, and Cortez Beecher fits the Jenkins mold minus the odd name.
I’m digging 2/1 panel 2, where Mini-Gil Bowen has perfected the look Gil gives Mimi after he comes home from PUB.
Comment by billytheskink — February 2, 2012 @ 8:43 am
Gil’s giving Parker the shaka sign as the latter sits his ass on the bench. Hang loose, Parker.
What’s the source of Marty’s “uh-oh” call?
A) He spilled his sippy cup of schnapps.
B) His mom says it’s dinner time.
C) He befouled his crate, again.
D) Other (if so, explain).
Comment by Dood — February 2, 2012 @ 8:49 am
If that funky dancing ref is on a coffee table, I’m gonna be SO mad. That’s our schtick!
Parker doesn’t like the call? Isn’t that call “time out”? What’s not to like? Or does that hand signal mean “Parker is a whiny little dork” in basketball?
Oh, and Dood – I say it’s D, all of the above.
Comment by jules — February 2, 2012 @ 8:53 am
If we’re taking orders for bootleg videos, I’d like Season 2 of “Jake and the Fatman.”
Can we get music CDs, too? I’d like a copy of “Gil Thorp Goes Country,” featuring the hit single “I Don’t Know Where Your Head’s Been, But Your Tail Is On The Bench.”
Comment by jvwalt — February 2, 2012 @ 9:48 am
jvwalt, does “Gil Thorp Goes Country” also include the lesser-known but brilliant “Let’s Dance with the One that Brung Us”?
Comment by jules — February 2, 2012 @ 1:43 pm
@2 Right you are. Then Gil and Kaz even have more reason to go kick Rancid’s ass.
Comment by Bobby Joe — February 2, 2012 @ 3:48 pm
Jules, what I know about basketball could be engraved on the head of a pin, but I think that “T” means technical foul rather than timeout, as it would in football. Probably Parker flipped off the ref or told him “Get the fuck off our coffee table– you gotta lose that shirt and DANCE to stand on that one.”
But I do suspect the “dirty needles” explanation is probably right and that Parker has hepatitis or something. Didn’t occur to me at first that the skanky tattoo guy would have one of those kits that lets you seal things in plastic bags so they look new and unused.
Comment by vaganova — February 2, 2012 @ 4:51 pm
Before I forget– Jules, Regina– we need to take steps to prevent the tattooer from counterfeiting our party video. It would cost us money, and if he or his girlfriend are present there will be microorganisms involved none of us want to think about.
Comment by vaganova — February 2, 2012 @ 7:36 pm
Good thinking, Vaganova. What’s Cully Vale up to these days? If he’s free, we could post him at the door as a bouncer…
Comment by jules — February 3, 2012 @ 9:47 am
Great idea, Jules! Do you have his cell?
Comment by vaganova — February 3, 2012 @ 10:26 am
LOL vaganova. Although I’m thinking of getting a bootleg copy of “Can’t Stop the Music” for our table top dance party. I’d even invite Kitten to slap her shape shifting tats.
Comment by Regina — February 4, 2012 @ 4:11 am
Read you, Regina, but something tells me you’ll want a full-body condom if you’re going to interact with either Ransom or Kitten. But given that precaution, I have a sense that you, Jules, and I could out-skank them both in a tasteful, discreet way.
Comment by vaganova — February 4, 2012 @ 6:30 pm