Raising Hector (8/5/09)

I’ve done a good job of ignoring Raising Hector lately, but today’s strip was so awful that it practically jumped off the newspaper page. I don’t mean to be harsh, but this installment has all the hallmarks of something that was dashed off during the lunch hour. The text is computer generated, there’s a typo in the punchline and the decision to name the teddy bear “Boobie” is ill-conceived at best. Can someone please tell me why the Chicago Tribune chose this strip to replace the truly excellent Candorville?

Raising Hector (6/25/08)

I never considered this ploy as a child, even though I lived with a grandmother who wore dentures. She soaked them in a glass every night, but there’s no way I would have handled synthetic gums, even for a cash reward. What would I have spent the money on anyway? Probably candy, which would have hastened my own need for dentures.

Raising Hector (5/16/08)

I’ve never liked Raising Hector, primarily because the “Chicago Tribune” used it to replace Candorville, but today’s strip earns points for sheer strangeness. I can’t understand why an extremely short, forty-something Pinocchio lookalike is staggering through a sandbox, but I also can’t take my eyes off of it. The drool in panel three only adds to the confusion.