Looking through more recent material, I found this short series. It is similar to the “ten-gallon hat” comic strip that appeared in newspapers recently. Frankly, I’d forgotten about the “lederhosen” series, although I drew it less than two years ago. I do like it, though, and I also liked the “ten-gallon hat” cartoon. I believe it was Charles Schulz who said, drawing a daily comic strip is doing the same thing over and over for years without repeating yourself.
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Mark/TT – What is the A&J connection in today’s Dick Tracy? I went to look, but found nothing.
Jackie, blame it on those duck guys. 😉
My team won! My team won!
My candidate for #1 one hit wonder: 96 Tears, ? and the Mysterians. Yours?
Checked today’s Dick Tracy cartoon. Could be, Mark. Thing that amazed me, though, was that DT has drawn 131 comments on gocomics.com in the past 19 hours. A&J readers, both here and on TDS, seem reticent by comparison.
But more intelligent I would hazard. Reticent is not a word I have ever been called,
This is where utility and passion coincide in my heart… too bad I’m not allowed to own and drive one of these anymore or I’d be saving my S&H Green Stamps to get one!
http://www.the-truckers-page.com/slideshows/midamerica01/Western%20Star%20right.jpg
cexp, we talked about the “Stop at Willoughby” Twilight Zone episode, where the final shot was of a hearse labeled Willoughby Funeral Home. And today’s Tracy has a villain’s funeral being held at Willoughby Funeral Home. So either someone on the Tracy staff picked up on our discussions, or they are fans of the TV show. Wonder which? If it’s the Village, maybe the artists will let us know.
Anyway, right now A&J and Dick Tracy are the only 2 strips I look at daily. A&J first, Tracy after. The current team are doing quite well, I think. Art and storylines are the best since Max Allan Collins left the strip.
Jackie, maybe you could find a Maureen to kidnap for a roadtrip with you and Mindy. Then you could have Indy Mindy, Monies, Mo.
I’ll not dignify that with a *groan*.
The few times I’ve looked at Luann, I noticed they seem to have a lot a fanbois…and fangirls…commenting, also. And nothing really seems to ever happen over there.
Gunther grew a beard after running away to Peru with girl friend, got drunk, quit wearing plaid shirts and came home. Not in that order. And of course that was over month ago. I am down to A and J.
So I am inferring that TDS is the comments section of the A&J daily strip at GoComics. Since I get A&J in my newspaper, I do not often go there.
The only strip I would currently put on a par with A&J is Zits. I do enjoy Baby Blues a good bit, but it is not on the same tier. BC and the Wizard of Id are still good strips overall, but the loss of Johnny Hart took them out of the top tier for me.
I have also thought about the times that Our Humble Author has veered out of the gag-a-day format and into exposition format regarding relationships and such, ie, the Gene and Mary Lou romance/marriage. Indeed, Mary Lou’s pregnancy was certainly one of those times. Yet it always struck me that there was some humor and/or whimsy underlying those stretches– it never got as stark and message-laden as other strips have gotten. And I truly enjoyed it when Our Humble Author used a plot device that occurred about 4 times a season during the 1st 3 seasons of “Downton Abbey” (I quit watching after that final two minutes of the 3rd season, but I digress):
http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2014/07/21
Our Humble Author can be profound, but some other strips self-congratulate continually of their Profound Profundity and the Teaching of Important Lessons. That is not the sense I ever get from any A&J strip. I think if Our Humble Author ever wants to send a message, he will hire Western Union. 😉
Jackie, I bought a big truck for my enjoyment. The excuse was it needed to be big enough to tow the 9000 lb camper trailer. The trailer had to be big enough to have room for my dialysis equipment. I have a Dodge 3500, non-dually, gas enigine (6.4 L Hemi). It is the Lonestar edition, has sophisticated electronics, nav system, a two ton payload and 17,000 pound towing capacity. The engine computer has an economy mode the drops the active cylinder count and really boosts mileage. It had enough power to accelerate up the east slope of the Rockies. The only constraint was how much gas I burned. Accelerating up a 15 degree slope with 10,000 pounds of trailer and gear uses a LOT of gas.
Debbe 😉 Almost forgot your props for your $50 word from the other day…”abreast”. Worth every dollar of it, too. 😉 It always reminds me of a cartoon of many years ago, titled “Two men walking a breast”. Febrile imaginations can fill in the details, if desired.
“Move it, move it, move it.” 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-J1wf2KHc
My goodness, David in Austin, that is an awful lot of equipment! But I can see that you really need it, and you also know what to do with it … good for you. It must be fun to drive.
Jackie, tell the dealer you’ll buy a Ram pickup if Sam Elliott comes with it. Bet if they used his voice for the navigation system the number sold to women would increase.
Charlotte, and it will be even more fun and fuel-efficient now that he no longer needs the dialysis equipment. Hooray for modern medicine!!!
Jackie, here’s another sea song for your collection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6nyfXu5fWs
And now, a little traveling music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dANSs9kZCxI
This is the short version. Long version was all of side 1 of the original LP.
Miserable motels here. Where do those Duck women shop? OK, I am spoiled. Tulsa has awesome shops as soon as I lose enough weight to fit in them so I can feel it’s money well spent. Never shopped OKC but I doubt. Tulsa is like Houston only compacted into less square miles.
Mark, Loon would just live in the truck if Sam’s voiced boomed out of the GPS.
Jackie, Houston is not that big, it’s just stretched out from east to west.
Mark, you are so right! Miz Charlotte, truth be told I only need the truck sometimes, but I drive it all the time. It’s a crew cab, so I keep a foam bed in the back seat for my dog, Trudi (German shorthair pointer), to ride with me. She likes to “go” even if it’s only to the post office. It’s also a 4-wheel drive, so we use it on the beach and in the deer woods.
Thanks a lot, David. Like I needed my pickup truck fever stoked. 🙂
A little more waist-line loss, and I am gettin’ me a pair of Levi’s. A while back, I told one of my fellow managers I was going to do that when I got back down to a 34-inch waistband, and she said, “Hell, Ghost, if you get down to a 34-inch waistband, *I’ll* buy you a pair of Levi’s.” I need to remind her of that. (I think she likes me.)
David I am going truck shopping. But my favorite has always been the Ford king ranch edition in black or the Harley one. Haven’t looked in awhile. My present one has Hemi V8 and I have loved it and won’t trade in.
Take a shower and look at truck and boat porn, I am being advised to get a Grand Banks 32 trawler. I already have idea on cost. Five star boat.
Oh, and a lovely motel materialized with great king suites and I get discounts and great rates. They took over a lux property I used to stayat. Real road warrior blind dumb luck. Maybe good stores will appear next?
Sand, I lived in Houston from 1974 to 1996. I was a charter member of Kingwood Country Club, then moved to waterfront home with boat slips, so opposite poles in Houston! It’s only not a big town in comparison to Beijing, China maybe.
Still have to figure out how to carry while wearing Levi’s. Not sure how that’s gonna work. A Colt SAA revolver in a gunslinger rig is not really my style, even if it would go with the jeans. 🙂
So, what kind of truck do you lust for, Ghost? Has to be black.
Sitting on this leather chair reminded me of the hazards of leather in hot humid climates. Of course the one I just bought for daughter has both butt heat and cooling for leather seats Suv not truck. She is barely 5 feet tall and has to have extending pedals to drive it.
We are all short. Actually she isn’t even that tall but she’d require a child’s seat if she were much shorter.
Send photos of jeans.
Love Jackie