You’re Mom’s Best Gift
Thanks, Mom. I think you’re pretty swell too! Happy Mother’s Day!
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SCENE: A smiling woman holds up a happy baby.
MOM: You're perfect!
BABY (thinks): I know!
MOM: You're perfect!
BABY (thinks): I know!
A Beautiful Mind…and Body!
I have this problem all the time. People love me for my beautiful mind and forget all about my beautiful body…
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SCENE: A woman is undressing.
WOMAN: Okay! You can stop loving me for my mind...for now!
WOMAN: Okay! You can stop loving me for my mind...for now!
Happy Hour
Speaking of being happy, I’m tickled pink (with red spots) to say that three of my friends and favorite creators won top honors at the Toonie Awards Banquet held by Cartoonists Northwest on May 1.
Actually it was a tie for top honors as “Cartoonist of the Year.”
Kevin Boze and Stasia Kato jointly won a Golden Toonie for their book The Virgin Project. And my pal Mark Monlux also won a Golden Toonie for his web comics, The Comic Critic & The Return of Stickman.
Congrats!
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SMILING WOMAN: First comes happy hour! Then very happy hour!
Ask Mr. Last Kiss
Mr. Last Kiss solves your problems the old-fashioned way. He guesses!
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Dear Mr. Last Kiss:
Disoriented from an overdose of
double-rum raisin cake and triple-tequila smoothies, I recently
wandered into a comic shop and
accidentally read a few hundred comics.
Of course, I didn’t buy any! But, ever since, I’ve had a craving for more!
I feel guilty, though. Shouldn’t I be
watching TV instead? Aren’t comics just literary junk food?
--Frantic in Frisco
Dear Frantic:
Not at all! Eaten in sensible
quantities, comics can be a rich source of mindless violence and absurd fantasies! Of course, if you actually believe anything in comics (especially what you’re reading right now) you’re probably doomed.
--Mr. Last Kiss
MAN: Everything I know, I learned from comic books!
Disoriented from an overdose of
double-rum raisin cake and triple-tequila smoothies, I recently
wandered into a comic shop and
accidentally read a few hundred comics.
Of course, I didn’t buy any! But, ever since, I’ve had a craving for more!
I feel guilty, though. Shouldn’t I be
watching TV instead? Aren’t comics just literary junk food?
--Frantic in Frisco
Dear Frantic:
Not at all! Eaten in sensible
quantities, comics can be a rich source of mindless violence and absurd fantasies! Of course, if you actually believe anything in comics (especially what you’re reading right now) you’re probably doomed.
--Mr. Last Kiss
MAN: Everything I know, I learned from comic books!
Daddy’s Girl
While tearing off a game of golf
I may make a play for the caddy
But when I do, I don’t follow through
Cause my heart belongs to Daddy
–Cole Porter, from “My Heart Belongs to Daddy”
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SCENE: A man and a woman look out at a beautiful lake. There are mountains in the distance.
MAN: Someday I'll inherit Dad's Fortune! Marry me and all this will be yours!
WOMAN: Gosh! Couldn't I just marry your dad and have it now?
MAN: Someday I'll inherit Dad's Fortune! Marry me and all this will be yours!
WOMAN: Gosh! Couldn't I just marry your dad and have it now?
