This Week in Milford

May 1, 2008

Juan Valdez works for my dad

Filed under: Boredom in Milford, exposition comics — jasbeattie @ 8:38 am

“So, Elmer, you’re gonna continue this story yet another day, eh?”
“Yup! I figure if I’m gonna bore you with details, it might as well be all week.”
“It’s gone on so long, my wacky hair ball has doubled in size! And your mullet has gotten so long and flowing…Sexy!”
“Hold that thought. We’re headed to another flashback! In this one, we see how my dad’s massive hands and tiny blank clipboard got him far in the world of brick magic. After Old Man Dolan kicked it, there was nobody in charge, so Dad started showing up to work in a tie, yelling and pointing a lot, so folks figured he must be the asshole in charge. Eventually with his slick hair and groomed moustache, he was promoted to ‘Evil county commissioner villain in Mark Trail‘ but soon realized that he’d rather return to Gil Thorp than get punched in the face by Mark Trail’s fists o’ justice…so here we are.”
“Yawn.”
“Also, he installed a ceiling camera in our living room so he could monitor my mother and sisters at all times.”
“Fabulous. But will I get to hear more tomorrow?”
“Presuming Gil is still passed out drunk…yes.”

April 30, 2008

Brick-a-Brak

Filed under: Boredom in Milford, Milford Weirdos, bizarre cameos, exposition comics — jasbeattie @ 8:15 am

Thank god for Chief Whigham’s wacky angle artwork! If Frank Bolle had drawn this comic I would probably have ended up in a coma like poor Danny DeVito. But now at least I can see what a conversation about paperwork looks like from the interior of a shoe store! Then get an inside look into Mr. DeVito’s wood-paneled office lifestyle! Then be confused along with Armando as a dude with pizza dough on his head flashes gang signals in the hospital, while KAZ-BOT keeps ol’ Danny on life support!

As for this plot, I’m reminded of what Marge Simpson once said to Apu after he explained how circumstances led to him becoming an illegal immigrant: “What you’re saying is so understandable. And really, your only crime was violating U.S. law.”

More importantly, you can now order “Armando Vargas, Brick Magician” action figures! (Note, may be mislabeled as “Brak’s Dad.” Don’t worry. That’s just a typo.)

April 29, 2008

Armando Vargas: “Poof Mason” Cover Boy

Filed under: Boredom in Milford, exposition comics — jasbeattie @ 9:44 am

Unlike his father, a magician with bricks (”And now watch as I make all Shaqille O’Neal’s free throws disappear!”), Elmer is a magician at waste management. He’s already managed to fit a building, a tree, a traffic signal and Brendan-Oyl into an ordinary trash bin…and now he’s going to squeeze a conch shell in there!

Meanwhile, in the past or something, baby Elmer is so frightened of being over-swaddled by his parents that, magic mason be damned, he’s frantically searching for the nearest emergency exit.

Finally, the boring conversation of the day is kept almost interesting by Brendan trying to walk with both legs inserted in the same pant leg, and a giant plumber’s crack ruining the left side of the panel.

April 28, 2008

Money panels exchanged for store credit only

Filed under: Boredom in Milford, Milford Idiots — jasbeattie @ 9:26 am

I’m back from wherever it was that I was! But besides a couple insane action baseball games, looks like I didn’t miss a whole lot. Until today, of course which is just action-packed with….ugh, yeah, I can’t sell this comic as exciting, sorry. But at least there are a few things I can pretend are exciting. Like Elmer’s new goatee and experimentation with collagen lip injections…or his father’s rapid descent from cool lookin’ Vito to lame lookin’ Fredo.

The third panel is today’s money panel*…Not only do we have dialogue so stupid I’m not even going to try to  explain just how stupid it is, we also have the first documented appearance of NOMAR GARCIAPARRA’S EXTREMELY WIDE SANDWICH AND CHEESE EMPORIUM, a lamp post tagged by the Valley Central vandals using both colors, and faceless Brendan-Oyl and Elmullet denting up the newest car in town, a 2001 P.T. Cruiser, by smashing in the hood with their fat asses and an industrial-sized block of cheese.

*Approximate panel value: 12 cents.

April 26, 2008

KAZ-BOT’s alright for fighting

Filed under: kaz-bot — jasbeattie @ 10:00 am

Jason has left the safe confines of the blog-o-sphere for a few days. In his absence the recently paroled automatic Gil Thorp blogging robot KAZ-BOT will be filling in! 

KAZ-BOT works even harder at not working on Saturdays.

April 25, 2008

KAZ-BOT is running low on schnapps

Filed under: kaz-bot — jasbeattie @ 8:30 am

Jason has left the safe confines of the blog-o-sphere for a few days. In his absence the recently paroled automatic Gil Thorp blogging robot KAZ-BOT will be filling in! 

KAZ-BOT would be concerned that Jason has yet to return, but then KAZ-BOT remembered…KAZ-BOT doesn’t mind mooching all Jason’s booze while he’s gone. Also, KAZ-BOT’s parole stipulated not leaving the country with Jason on his fact-finding mission to Ecuador.

April 24, 2008

KAZ-BOT has a posse

Filed under: google nonsense, kaz-bot — jasbeattie @ 8:30 am

Jason has left the safe confines of the blog-o-sphere for a few days. In his absence the recently paroled automatic Gil Thorp blogging robot KAZ-BOT will be filling in! 

KAZ-BOT just googled “KAZ-BOT” and discovered there are eerily other KAZ-BOTs out there. Including MySpace KAZ-BOT and reading KAZ-BOT. At least all KAZ-BOTs share similar interests, such as beer, global conflict and track jackets.

April 23, 2008

KAZ-BOT ignores responsibility, just like Jason

Filed under: kaz-bot — jasbeattie @ 8:30 am

Jason has left the safe confines of the blog-o-sphere for a few days. In his absence the recently paroled automatic Gil Thorp blogging robot KAZ-BOT will be filling in! 

KAZ-BOT has not followed this nonsense for quite some time. Instead of KAZ-BOT telling you what is amusing about the three panels above, why don’t YOU tell KAZ-BOT. And KAZ-BOT will pretend to care.

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