Anniversary Ahead
Well, the Blondie anniversary is ramping up. Guest appearances by comic strip characters! Elmo in Rose is Rose! Hagar in Blondie! These are exciting times in the funny pages. This article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch gives a little more detail on who is going to be honoring the Bumsteads. I wonder if the RT-D is giving us the complete list. Marmaduke isn't honoring Dagwood and Blondie? What about Funky Winkerbean? [Aside: I thought last Sunday's strip with Wally stepping on the landmine was the unfunniest thing ever on the funny pages. Today's strip is running neck and neck as Becky chases an adorable Afghan girl right into a CAR BOMB. Next Sunday: Funky discovers his favorite customer is the BTK killer when he walks in on Holly being tortured.]
So, back to the Blondie anniversary: I think they haven't thought through their guest list very carefully. What are Hagar the Horrible and Elly Patterson supposed to talk about?
Elly: So, what do you do?
Hagar: Wreak havoc. You know, pillage and plunder.
Elly: Oh, my daughter was recently almost-plundered.
Hagar: Wow that sounds great.
(Awkward).
But, my favorite part of the anniversary storyline so far:
Could Blondie be contemplating a change? Blondie! It's 2005! Your insistence on looking like Betty Grable is creeping me out. Yes, it's time for a change!
So, back to the Blondie anniversary: I think they haven't thought through their guest list very carefully. What are Hagar the Horrible and Elly Patterson supposed to talk about?
Elly: So, what do you do?
Hagar: Wreak havoc. You know, pillage and plunder.
Elly: Oh, my daughter was recently almost-plundered.
Hagar: Wow that sounds great.
(Awkward).
But, my favorite part of the anniversary storyline so far:
Could Blondie be contemplating a change? Blondie! It's 2005! Your insistence on looking like Betty Grable is creeping me out. Yes, it's time for a change!
posted by big al at 2:19 PM
3 Comments:
I don't think Becky chased the girl into the car bomb; I think she chased her away from it. (Although all that switching of perspective makes it hard to tell.) My prediction: The girl's parents get blown up and Wally and Becky adopt her and take her home.
That's a good prediction! 2 Gold Stars if you get it right. I will add to the prediction: the girl will have some sort of amputation, and that will give Becky (and Wally) added reason to support the girl and help her through life.
...You know, George and the gang should crash the Bumsteads' party.
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