Is this the Juno thread?

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hmmm, yeah. I have never followed Doonesbury, so I can't comment on that, though, grand "fuck it" gestures in general by popular artists are usually pretty worthwhile on some level, I find, so, cool.

Also, I am not putting down the static time-frames of other comics; at best that is brilliant in its own (ironically, I guess it could be said) timeworn tradition, but, that was one of the things that I always appreciated about FBoW, esp. considering that it was not a political or soap-opera-ish strip. Well, okay, it was soap-opera-ish, but not in the sense that Apartment 3-G or Mary Worth were/are...

Well in that respect one of its forebears might be something like Gasoline Alley, which similarly charted life-courses and did so in a vein that (from what I know of it) is neither political as such nor soap-opera like. Isn't it still going?

Actually I think it is weird that the reincarnation of Gasoline Alley is static w/its characters' ages whereas the original really stood alone for its aging/developing characters.

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N., I'm sure you realize this, but that's heading dangerously into Bil Keane territory. "Who puked on the coffee table?" (cue to impish-looking ghost of Barfy)

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There is a redrawn Gasoline Alley and while it is awesomely bonkers, it is set in contemporary times and is as static as "Dennis the Menace"

I have never actually seen Barfy barf.

Hahaha. (Although now I'm envisioning a huge evil ghost of Farley coming back and wreaking havoc and killing people for some reason.)

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Intersting. I know jackall about Gasoline Alley, other than the fact that it was an "important" comic...

It could only be an improvement. xp

The Hound of the Pattersons

"They were the footsteps of a gigantic MUTT!"

Barfy vs Farley, played out among Okefenokee Swamp.

Gotta be better than that late eighties Pogo revive.

(Although that thing did have one moment of glory -- a spot on parody of Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns in a Sunday strip around when the first Burton Batman surfaced. But that's it.)

So, it's something like old bands reforming in desperate bids to relive glory days, or...ILX thread revives. Time making a mockery of us all, etc.

gasoline alley was an amazing strip in its day. check out the huge beautiful sunday pages that drawn & quarterly reprinted a few years ago - a major influence on chris ware.

FBOW (or is it FBOFW?) has been as boring as dirt for as long as i've been reading it. "hi and lois" has more human interest.

OUCH!

JUNO Thread -> FOOB Thread? Classic.

FOOB has some things going for it tho. Like at least they don't do golf jokes.

Holy shit, For Better or for Worse is still running?

Yes, and the big storyline as of late involves Michael divorcing some woman/tart who tried to bust her way into the CFL.

Wait, what?

I brunched in the same restaurant with Lynn Johnston on the eve of Christmas Eve this past year. I tried not to stare.

For Better Or For Worse - C/D?

what the hell happened to this thread?! BOXCAR!

Juno soundtrack out next week.

In terms both of genuine quality and ridiculous soapopera lolz FBOFW <<<< Funky Winkerbean

It's like comparing father to son to holy ghost, really. I haven't read every single back copy of FW: was it always so fucking bleak?

I can't keep track of who's who in Funky now that they're all ten years older.

Funky looks like he's about 60 now, raising another man's kid, and I don't know if he even lives in Ohio anymore. Shit's fucked

I was gonna say I thought Funky was all marching band jokes and light hearted fun until they jumped ten years into the future for the first time but then I remembered the teenage pregnancy storyline was back then...nothing compared to the cancer/alcoholism/divorce/cancer/helicopter shootdown/land mine/cancer/car bomb/hostage situation/death clusterfuck of the past few years tho

come back, Juno, all is forgiven.

btw, Alex in SF; what about Dem Congress passing Bush's "abstinence only" educ funding with nary a peep?

i don't know how i feel abt this movie

playing on the radio right now is finland metal band norther's version of 'the final countdown'. maybe i will let that stand in for my opinions right now.

I'm seeing this tonight. I haven't read any posts (in case of spoilers, y'know), but when I do tonight, I hope they're all thought-provoking and shit.

i was glad to see a movie about a teenage girl who is interested in things and has a personality w/o being old guy jerkoff fantasy

Except she is, kind of.

um, except that this movie was written by a woman.

Just got back from watching this. Totally loved it, so I guess I'm some corny indie rock douchebag.

I don't think there's anything wrong with liking the film, polyphonic. And certainly, liking it doesn't make you as much as an indie rock whatever as liking Once. I just think there are some glaring problems with it (political - and aesthetic problems that come forth from the political problems).

Don't worry, I always think I'm a corny indie rock douchebag.

Ok... well: I don't think liking Juno makes anyone into a corny indie rock douchebag. Like I said above: It's a VERY likable film.

(Though it could be that corny indie rock douchebags *will* like it.)

i really don't think this movie was "pro-life."

um, except that this movie was written by a woman.

so what. Juno is still definitely a fantasy figure, whatever else she is.

i mean juno considers having an abortion, and moreover her stepmom suggests she get one! it's clearly accepted as a reasonable choice in the film.

and yes the abortion clinic is portrayed cartoonishly but for fuck's sake this is a movie where a character fills another character's mailbox with tic-tacs!

this wasn't my favorite movie but i really feel like half the criticisms of it i've been hearing are pretty lazy and/or kneejerk.

You know, I was thinking, it would cost like $70-100 to fill someone's mailbox w/Tic-Tacs! Those things are not cheap. Maybe she stole some, but preggers teen dressed all...like that...would be pretty conspicuous.

and after 9 kinda shitty (but kinda punkrock) months

Way to put pregnancy into poetry.

J.D. OTM

i liked this movie.

i don't think it pushed the cleverness all that hard after the first 10 minutes or so, honestly. i like the way the movie reversed its tone toward the jennifer garner and jason bateman characters.

MARK
Can you tell if it’s a boy or a
girl?

JUNO
The doctor can tell, but I decided
not to know. I want it to be a big
surprise.

MARK
Well, it can really only go two ways.

JUNO
That’s what you think. I drink tons
of booze so you might get one of
those scary neuter-babies that’s
born without junk.

MARK
Junk?

JUNO
You know... it’s parts...

MARK
I know what junk is.

JUNO
(teasing)
Yeah?

MARK
We definitely want it to have junk.

JUNO
Well don’t worry about it. My
stepmom is forcing me to eat really
healthy. She won’t even let me
stand in front of the microwave or
eat red M&Ms. Hope you’re ready.

Mark chuckles.