Chuckle Bros (10/15/09)

I suppose the pen truly is mightier than the sword. For one thing, it seems capable of convincing armed knights (presumably from the middle ages) that they can be overpowered by ink. If the ballpoint warriors in this strip can escape, then they can record on parchment, for all eternity, any story they wish regarding their opponents. They can cast them as cruel depots or sniveling cowards, bumbling losers or tenuous weaklings. But to get to that point, they had better recognize the fact that they aren’t carrying shields, take a good account of the flimsiness of their chain mail, and run like hell.

Chuckle Bros (6/17/09)

I got a kick (no pun intended) out of today’s Chuckle Bros., which shows a surgeon preparing to attach a tail to an anesthetized donkey using an improbably long pin. But the version I read this morning was the black and white strip above, which appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times. It was only after reading the color strip online that I realized there was dialogue involved. After going back to the newspaper strip, I noticed the same “pin…” line printed underneath the panel in plain text. The line was obscured by a random ink smudge, which explains why I missed it the first time around. I now think the line’s absence improves the strip considerably.

Chuckle Bros (6/15/09)

This strip reminds me of the Simpsons episode in which Mr. Burns is diagnosed with every disease known to man, then told that all of the illnesses are canceling each other out. It makes me wonder if antibiotics are really a necessity for “the man who has everything.” Unfortunately, they seem to be the only thing this gift shop carries, unless your in the mood for some generic gift baskets. No get well cards. No teddy bears. No flowers. I’ve seen lame gift shops before, but this one takes the cake.