Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for January 24, 2014
Transcript:
super-fun-pak comix the chill/shady report kid 1: hombres! i just came from a sick skatepark in la habra! kid 2: chill! kid 1: um, i don't think you're using this slang right. kid 3: shady! percival dunwoody, idiot time-traveler from 1909 percival: i am from the past! man: er... are you naked because only living tissue can time-travel? percival: no, i was in a brothel, and i like to time-travel to an inflationary future to raise funds. might i borrow two dollars? superhero-man at a science demonstration- nerd: ow! wha...? i was bitten by a radioactive superhero! now my thoughts are appearing in a bubble over my head! and motion lines! next: lycra costume! marital mirth husband: i despise you with a white-hot intensity that a mighty ocean could not douse. sherlock holmes in the public domain watson: holmes! you must solve the murder of buster brown! holmes: watson, i cannot. watson: but you are the world's smartest detective! holmes: yes, but i'm being written by a moron. family oval jimmy: i asked for a footbal, not a foot and a ball. jimmy while daddy takes the day off, jimmy (age 7) takes over the cartoon. don't eat more than a few suger-free gummy bears. toilet that worked out so well, daddy asked his funny college roommate to help out. with everything i have to do, you think i'm going to draw your cartoon for you? that was so good, daddy asked mommy to make a contribution. censored censored censored daddy needed one more cartoon, so he gave $5, a pencil and a post-it note to the drunk guy who hangs out next to the gas station.
“Marital Mirth” is actually about the happy couple who live in that lighthouse. I understand how it could be confusing.