HA HA Huh . . . Woah, that's NOT funny.
Hey, want to see something not at all funny? Of course you do! Why else have you read Blondie, The Family Circus, and Marmaduke for years? Well, your wish is my command, and I present the least funny thing ever to appear on the "funny pages:"
(click the image to see a larger version).
Funky Winkerbean is a bit of a hodge podge, isn't it? While it is often blatantly political (or at least "issue-oriented"), it is just as often a 3 panel "punchline strip" -- two panels of set up, 3rd panel a the punchline.
Doonesbury is probably the closest in the genre of "Important Issues of the Day," but it almost always has a punchline. In fact, the only times it does not are on special holidays -- Memorial Day, Veterans' Day, and the like -- when it does memorial type strips.
But for a strip that is often no more than high school or pizza parlor or faculty lounge humor, Funky Winkerbean has now produced the single most un-funny strip EVER. Very interesting. You know, they say the sitcom genre is dying, but it has been replaced by hour long dramas filled with a good helping of humor (Desperate Housewives, Rescue Me, Six Feet Under, etc.). It's like the evolution of television comedy, sans canned laugh track (thank God). Is that what's going on with Funky? Is it morphing into a sometimes funny, sometimes painfully serious strip? Is this the future of the funny pages? Or, is Funky just straddling two genres, and not being completely successful at either one?
(click the image to see a larger version).
Funky Winkerbean is a bit of a hodge podge, isn't it? While it is often blatantly political (or at least "issue-oriented"), it is just as often a 3 panel "punchline strip" -- two panels of set up, 3rd panel a the punchline.
Doonesbury is probably the closest in the genre of "Important Issues of the Day," but it almost always has a punchline. In fact, the only times it does not are on special holidays -- Memorial Day, Veterans' Day, and the like -- when it does memorial type strips.
But for a strip that is often no more than high school or pizza parlor or faculty lounge humor, Funky Winkerbean has now produced the single most un-funny strip EVER. Very interesting. You know, they say the sitcom genre is dying, but it has been replaced by hour long dramas filled with a good helping of humor (Desperate Housewives, Rescue Me, Six Feet Under, etc.). It's like the evolution of television comedy, sans canned laugh track (thank God). Is that what's going on with Funky? Is it morphing into a sometimes funny, sometimes painfully serious strip? Is this the future of the funny pages? Or, is Funky just straddling two genres, and not being completely successful at either one?
posted by big al at 3:06 PM
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You know what gets me? It took nearly a whole week to carry out the threat of blowing Wally up. Just get if over with already!
Not that I advocate the blowing up of comic characters while attempting a little huminatarian work in a war-scarred country while on their honeymoon, but . . .
I'm interested to know how a blown up character will be portrayed. Will there be blood and guts? Shooting stars of pain?? Little birdies flying around the head?
Judging by the latest Funkies, I don't think we are going to get to find out. The noble Afghan will save the poor do gooding American.
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