10/26/12
The question here is: Is this emphasis on media prominence and self-promotion an attempt to reflect our changing times or is it just filler to to take up space in an otherwise thin fall plot? The other question is: Does the Milford Star have it’s own iPad app and/or have a sophisticated enough web presence that its articles scale neatly to the display space of whatever mobile device* our anonymous Mudlark is using in Panel One. A third question is: Whither the proverbial “bulletin board material” in the new media age? Is the freaky fingered gent from Goshen going to shove some push pins through his iPad (or do these rage-aholics employ Pinterest for their bounty system)?
Okay, one final question: Why is 22 an easier number to target than say, 34, or 67, or 6? I know, I know. Ease up, Ned!
*The irony is that the device in question is the SpudTab, the world first potato based tablet. Terry Gallagher’s father was recruited by Apex Industries specifically to tap into the dubious promise of the potato as a cheap alternative to copper, lead, aluminum, platinum, tin, gold, silver, bromine and mercury. Early reviews have been mostly poor. There’s a weird film on the screen that lends a pinkish haze to the display. Also, if the battery overheats, it starts to smell like french fries.
10/27/12
Whoa! Abro the Toe is the first to sco’, then Starvey adds six mo’, (plus one mo’ from the Toe). Sorry about that, but the “actual action” part has been so uninspiring that it’s hard not to resort to gibberish.
What a completely insane collection of face masks. Also, down by only ten and these guys are already readjusting their priorities toward cheap shotting some kid who dared to be Irish and get written up in his home town paper? We expect a certain amount of racist insanity from the crowds, but don’t any of these kids just want to play ball?
Sure and begorrah, I do believe Terry has reached the end of his rainbow.
He should, however, get some damn good pity sex as soon as they release him from the ER.
Comment by jvwalt — October 27, 2012 @ 1:38 pm
Will a potato and two dissimilar metals work as a single-cell battery or do you need a lemon? Eighth grade science class was a long time ago and I don’t have the energy to investigate.
Having said that, let me be the first to observe that lemons abound here.
Comment by Dale — October 27, 2012 @ 1:55 pm
It’s the make-believe world of Gil Thorp, everyone. TGal has already been described as a tough, rugby-playing Irishdude. He will take a shot or avoid the shot, giving better than he gets, and the team will rally around him (although I still think he is going to boink Chip’s GF).
The question is, will any Goshen fans dress as Leprechauns or other stupid stereotypes to taunt TGAL?
Comment by milfordian — October 27, 2012 @ 3:21 pm
Milfordian, yer after readin the byes from Goshen are gettin the dirt from their SpudTabs, and ye have to ask if theer fans will be presentin themselves as the wee folk? Tis unknown how many of the deerty blatherskites will do it, but sure as the day is long, we’ll be seein it.
Comment by vaganova — October 27, 2012 @ 4:58 pm
Goshen players in the classroom in uniform reading about Milford? Who wears their uniform to school? Oh yeah, my school used to do that on Fridays to get the school spirit going.
Comment by Rob — October 28, 2012 @ 5:28 pm
The Goshen players could be in their locker room.
Comment by Dale — October 28, 2012 @ 11:27 pm
Good call on the facemasks in 10-27 panel 3. I haven’t seen any of those T-style facemasks since John Riggins retired.
Comment by billytheskink — October 29, 2012 @ 7:06 am
And Monday brings a non-sensical situation, where 2 Goshen players gang up on Terry, one from each side. How that is possible in real life I have no idea, and what happened to carrying out your responsibilites and not doubling 1 guy when another is free?? Where’s everyone else on the play?
Comment by Rob — October 29, 2012 @ 6:38 pm
The Monday strip brought something I am quite sure I have never before seen, the one Rob points out, the offense doubleteaming the free safety in their first series of the game. Maybe Marjie Ducey’s profile compared him to Emlen Tunnell or Dick “NIght Train” Lane. So now Terry’s been skulled and put out of the game and Maddie’s all tea and sympathy. A parfect chance fer Whigrub to shift the plot elsewhere, but lately things have been about as surprising as a November snow in Connemara; Terry and Dane Dung are what we’ve got. Stay tuned to see the story turn to hash.
Comment by vaganova — October 30, 2012 @ 11:44 pm