Showing posts with label Tom Batiuk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tom Batiuk. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Geographic ingratitude

Tom Batiuk's Funky Winkerbean.  

Notice the little globe in the travel agency.  That's the map part of this map-related Funky Winkerbean strip by Tom Batiuk.  Talk about ungrateful! This imaginary travel agent (because are there any travel agencies anymore?) offers an amazing travel package to a fascinating location that is very much in keeping with the sports theme of the charity, and the titular character there dismisses it like the slimy cretinous slug that he is.   

The proper response here would have been: "Holy Kenya!, Really!?  That's an amazingly generous offer! I can't tell you how thrilled we are to have such a valuable donation for our raffle.  We'll save that prize for last.  By the way, how in the world have you managed to stay in business all these years?"

Friday, March 19, 2010

GPS for life

Tom Batiuk's Funky Winkerbean.  This comic used to be about the adventures of some high school kids.  A little while ago the artist decided to jump the ages of the main characters by what he claimed to be 10 years.  But those characters appeared to go from young adults in their 20's or maybe early 30's to these guys who appear to be pushing 60 hard.  Some comics fans see this strip as being rather thoroughly and consistently depressing.  I just tend to find it wordy and un-interesting.