I give up

Today is my mother's birthday and this cartoon appeared in today's online Houston Chronicle. My mother does not own dogs or roller skates. I found it humorous because of the lady's name and the silliness.

Leroy you are a clever one but Loretta will not appreciate it.

I give up following the background art in Mary Worth even though it is more interesting than this plot.

Terry Bryson slowly realizes that she is speaking to a child in a woman's body. I love Toby's petulant pose. Looks like some more icon material.

Foam, pillows and duct tape.

Listening to my Julie London channel on Pandora wondering how many versions of "Hello Dolly" I will hear today.

I have gained greater peace of mind when I have given up the need to be right about minor things.

Chest Fly Wedgie

Has the Decathlon started yet? The shot put and the women's 10,000 meters have posted results already. Damn, this 13 hour time difference.

I love these kind of panels where you get a gag and lots of things to wonder about.

Loretta has absolutely no appreciation for Leroy. Leroy wonders why he bothers reading and quoting great literature when it all goes over Loretta's head. Maybe the Lockhorns is set in the world of Harrison Bergeron. Poor Leroy has sirens screaming in his head right now.

Not waiting for Godot

Leroy again demonstrates how well read he is. This allows him to deliver insults about Loretta's cooking beyond, this tastes like @#$!.

One of the male announcers for the gymnastics competition irritated me with his tortured metaphors and attempts to reference material he did not really know. Some of his commentary has been so awful that I wonder if he was simply reading what someone else wrote.

Waiting for a turn on an apparatus is nothing like Waiting for Godot. [Spoiler Alert!] Godot never showed up [end spoiler] but Shawn Johnson did complete her vault.

I did 45 sit ups last night for the Gold's Gym Games.

My dentist checked my blood pressure and pulse: 111/56 and 45.

Maybe a few clicks will justify my existence

Dennis has a pet Lemur! Cool!

Power is out and the Lockhorns have to bundle up by the fire. Leroy tries to make the best of the situation by quoting Thoreau. Probably bits from Walden. As the power outage goes on and temperatures drop Loretta snarks about her husband's attempt at getting something out of this inconvenience.

Loretta, cut Leroy some slack. He has the rare ability to appreciate the stupidity of Family Guy and quote Thoreau. Leroy can quote Thoreau! Jeez, have some respect for his learning. Sure familiarity with Thoreau is not too useful in these conditions but quoting by Thoreau, Leroy attempts to use this bit of adversity for spiritual growth. Loretta, all you do is mock. Unfortunately, a jury will not buy, "She mocked my attempt at spiritual growth."

Oh, god, I'm delving into the thoughts and motivations of comic strip characters! And trying to counsel them! Whoa, having a brief moment of doubt about the utility and meaning of my existence. Maybe going over to the Hunger Site and clicking a few times will help.

At last, a young Mary Worth. That pink kerchief is all that is left of the pink outfit she had to wear as a child. Living through the Great Depression made Mary the dispenser of well-intentioned if not fully thought out advice she is today? This also explains so much about Mary - buying the cheap dog food, attempting to make her food go a long way by making casseroles, and purchasing items barely recognizable as food.

Mary Worth was a red-headed stepchild!

Crop Walk

The Unitarian Universalist Church of the Brazos Valley now has a Crop Walk Team on-line. Check it out at http://tinyurl.com/2gkpao

The stained glass image is from one of the windows in the church. Please sponsor either an individual team member or the team in general. 25% stays in the Brazos Valley (several counties in central Texas) and the rest goes to the Church World Service. The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is part of the Church World Service. If you are of a different faith you can designate your donation to go to that faith's service/ aid society. One of my sponsors did.

The important thing here is helping fight world hunger and poverty.

One of the team members on-line is a young person and she does not have any sponsors yet. Help support Crop Walk and a young person trying to make a difference. Click on the link above and give.

Now a glimpse into the Lockhorns:
I kind of like Leroy's outfit. Even though it's out of style it's great that Leroy can still fit in it. Loretta should appreciate that even though Leroy was not a hunky man back then at least he has not gained a lot of weight.

Family Guy Vs. The Lockhorns

Take that, Family Guy! Insulted by the Lockhorns.

I think Family Guy is pretty funny, despite the non-plot related random gags.

Will this get mentioned on Family Guy?

Abstracting the abstract

How can one make an abstract rendering of a character drawn in a somewhat abstract style to begin with? A photograph or something drawn in a more realistic style would have worked better because it would look bizarre in a world of cartoon characters.


The regular actors called in sick. Bring in the understudies! Thing from the Addams Family makes a cameo in the first panel.

Time warp gym

The Lockhorns found a gym from the 1940's. Amazing.

Collaboration

Walter and I are collaborating on a graphic novel. He's writing and doing layouts and I'm drawing, scanning and lettering. This is my first project with serious content. We collaborated on some funny projects during the first years of our marriage. This will be a challenge for me because the story requires a drawing style that I don't use very often. I have to sharpen some very rusty skills. I'm a bit worried about my ability to bring Walter's vision to life.

I need to draw some model sheets; something I haven't done in years.

We've decided on Edgar as the name for our new parakeet. He chirps and makes his own set of noises now. I think he has become comfortable with Salvador. Still trying to teach him to perch on one of our fingers.
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Royboy didn't look at his neighbor's paper, he stole in between panel 2 and 3. It's little mistakes like that, in which I don't want to make on this graphic novel. The advantage of drawing single panel comics is that one does not have to worry about continuity errors.

Leroy, never mock a woman carrying a crowbar.

Ah, poor Mary, she didn't really expect Dr. Jeff to actually fund raise. The fundraising bit was to ease Dr. Jeff's guilt about leaving those sick children without a doctor. Mary does not care about children, she just wants Dr. Jeff. But he's raising the funds and not paying attention to Mary. How will Mary put a stop to this?

Wow, Dr. Jeff has recovered nicely, even looks several years younger.

Repeats and Wikipedia

Oh lovely, a 10 year old comic not trying to disguise itself as a repeat. When running repeats, try undated material.

The first line lead me to believe that even the Lockhorns were finding For Better or For Worse, the comic strip, tiresome but was disappointed by the punchline. My marriage stinks. Ha ha.

Here's a funny but sad article about Wikipedia from Something Awful.

The only thing preventing the ceiling tiles in my office from crashing down upon my head is the third floor absorbing the water from the leaky roof.

Happy birthday, William Shatner! Bow down to the almighty Shatner! All hail the great and almighty Shatner!

Pure comic genius.

Loretta's mother is rather attractive.

The Star Trek icon is from echosphere.net