Sitcom Thursday: Whingers

The Born Loser, 2014-08-08.

Brutus is on the telephone.
"I'd like a large pizza with goat cheese, green olives, pineapple and extra anchovies." he says.
"You're joking, right?" asks the person he's speaking to. "You don't really want to order your pizza with those toppings, do you?"
"What's the difference?" asks Brutus. "You never get my order right anyway!"

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Where to even start with this? How about the pizza. It sounds pretty good. I'd totally eat that. What the hell is pizza guy's problem? Secondly, if this pizza place keeps screwing up Brutus's orders, why is he still ordering from them? There has got to be another pizza place he could call. Thirdly, maybe they'd get your order right, Brutus, if you ordered something that was actually on the menu.

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Buni, 2014-08-08.

Buni is walking down the street when a shadowy figure in an alley attracts his attention. It turns out that the bear (I think it's a bear but it's hard to tell) is selling unicorn horns. Buni is horrified at the thought of unicorns being killed for their horns (even though unicorns are arseholes), but the bear is quick to reassure him. These are fake unicorn horns, and so Buni buys one.

Later we see the bear at home, carving a unicorn horn from a bone. Behind him sits a one-legged panda. The implication is that the fake unicorn horns are actually made from panda bones.

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Hi and Lois, 2014-08-18.

"Maybe we could watch a movie later, just us." suggests Hiram.
"That would be nice." says Lois. "What should we watch?"
"There are so many we haven't seen." says Hiram.
"Movie night?!" says Dot.
"Pop-corn!" says Ditto.
"Cartoons again." sighs Hiram.

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Jesus Christ, Hi, just watch whatever you want after the kids go to bed. Wasn't that your plan originally anyway? If you don't want to watch the kids movie, do something else while it's on.

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Pajama Diaries, 2014-08-19.

"School's starting soon." thinks Jill. "Time to wash Jess's backpack."
She tips the contents from the foul-smelling backpack before bleaching and scrubbing it.
"Yeah... no one uses backpacks at middle school." says Jess. "I'm taking a tote."

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That stinking backpack full of garbage just sat around like that all summer? Ew. And is the implication here that washing it was unnecessary because Jess doesn't want to use it? I'm pretty sure you'd want to wash it before putting it away anyway, but I guess if that were the case then you already would have.

Weekend Workshop: Big Changes

Based on The Pajama Diaries, 2014-03-25.

What a coincidence!

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Based on Rex Morgan MD, 2014-03-25 and 2014-03-27.

Sarah gets what Sarah wants.

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Based on Luann, 2014-03-28.

If Brad and Toni join them then things will really be looking up for this comic.

Philosophical Friday: Mothers and Fathers

The Pajama Diaries ... centers on Jill Kaplan, an independent and introspective suburban mother, as she balances her career as a freelance graphic designer and family life ... The strip provides readers with an intimate and candid view of modern marriage, work, and motherhood. Readers relate to Jill’s inner dialog and contemporary struggle...

There's one important thing the blurb forgets to mention though, and I think it's the clearest message the strip sends. Mums need booze. Take today's strip:

The Pajama Diaries, 2014-03-07.

Doesn't matter what it tastes like, if it's got alcohol in it then it's good enough! Last week it was this:

The Pajama Diaries, 2014-02-28.

What you need to cope with being a mother is a drink. Or five. It's not every week, but here's one from earlier this year:

The Pajama Diaries, 2014-01-28.

Seems like at least once a month Terri Libenson makes sure to remind us that she's not an alcoholic, she just drinks that much because she's a mother. Sure.

I'd also like to add that every time I write the name of this comic it is driving me crazy to misspell the word "pyjama" like that.

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Daddy’s Home is a contemporary, family comic with an emphasis on the role of the modern father. No other cartoon feature examines domesticity from this uniquely male perspective...

Oh yeah, that's what the comics page is missing; the perspective of a middle-aged, upper-middle-class men. I can't think of more than a dozen or so comics with this exact premise, it's a really under-served niche. I wonder if they'll mention golf at all? I don't think there are enough comics about golf.

Daddy's Home, 2014-03-04.

And can you believe it only takes two people to produce this masterpiece? Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein, I salute you.

Honestly, I only modified two of these comics

Based on the 2013-12-19 Marmaduke strip.

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The Pajama Diaries, 2013-12-19.

Is it just me, or is anyone else surprised that this got published in newspapers? I mean, the joke here is that she is about to have sex with her tablet, right? And she's wearing only her underwear. This is basically an invitation for letters of complaint.

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Based on the 2013-12-19 On The Fast Rack strip.

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As Henry is walking down the street a boy runs past him going in the opposite direction. Another boy follows close behind him.
"A big milk truck upset, Henry!" calls the second boy as he passes.
Henry quickly runs home to fetch his cats.

Henry, 2013-12-19.

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"Thar's Doc Pritchart an' Snuffy headed fer th' community Chris'mas party !!" says Elviney.
Snuffy and Pritchart are dressed as Santa and an elf, and although Snuffy is short and the doctor is tall, Snuffy is Santa and Doc is the elf.
"Not eg'zactly masters of th' obvious, are they ?" muses Lukey.

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 2013-12-19.

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Apartment 3-G, 2013-12-19.

"We'll stay in touch." says Lu Ann, probably even meaning it. But this is Apartment 3-G, so you can pretty much guarantee that this is the last we'll ever hear of Cole or Marty. I wonder who Lu Ann will get engaged to next month?

Also, it seems like a while since we've heard anything of Margo, so hopefully she'll make up for her absence with a particularly crazy Christmas/new year's eve story.

Also Tommie still exists, presumably.

Improving The Pajama Diaries

Based on this recent The Pajama Diaries strip.

The Pajama Diaries

"What are you drinking?" asks Rob.
"A mocktail." says Jill, attempting to tip it all over herself. Somehow the liquid stays in the glass, in defiance of all sense and reason.
"Non-alcoholic concoction, huh?" asks Rob, in case anyone in the audience is unfamiliar with the term "mocktail".
"Yup." says Jill, swaying drunkenly.
"Wait --" says Rob, "isn't that grape juice?"
"'Mocktail.'" says Jill. "It's after eight, I'm watching Bravo, and we're out of wine."
Again she attempts to throw the drink all over herself, but the drink remains stubbornly inside the glass in flagrant violation of all known laws of physics.

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Improving The Pajama Diaries

Based on this recent Pajama Diaries strip.