Tom…Umm, we’ve been talking, and—well, there’s no easy way to put this—But are you nuts? Two weeks of nobody northern Ohio “authors” going to book signings? You’re seeing a therapist, right? (Batton Thomas walks out indignantly. Followed by Dinkle, Lillian, Les, and My Father Was John Darling. Possibly also a talking chimp, if he wrote a book)
Oh, my, yes! The heck with those fancy-schmancy collected hardback volumes with their acid-free paper and creator’s notes and slick dust jackets! Rapidly yellowing wood pulp that turns brittle and flakes off in your hands in a decade is the only way to go! Why did you even agree to have your strips published in book form if you feel that way, Batiuk…er, Batton?
Also, wanna bet the comic strip syndicate made newspapers take a package deal? “If you want to run ‘Blondie’ and ‘Little Orphan Annie,’ you’ve also got to carry ‘Three O’Clock High!’”
I actually own four “Complete Funky Winkerbean” books,and am hoping to get 4 more books. I’m not getting Volume 13,though. (I prefer making fanfics as the time-skip,so Becky and Wally will be together,as mine are only half-canon)
Good God… Batty is so peeved about not being given a Pulitzer Prize, that he must portray himself in his own comic strip and have others heap a bunch of gobbledygook praise on him…. he’s using his own comic strip for self-therapy (again).
bakana 23 days ago
He’s got a point.
billsplut 23 days ago
Tom…Umm, we’ve been talking, and—well, there’s no easy way to put this—But are you nuts? Two weeks of nobody northern Ohio “authors” going to book signings? You’re seeing a therapist, right? (Batton Thomas walks out indignantly. Followed by Dinkle, Lillian, Les, and My Father Was John Darling. Possibly also a talking chimp, if he wrote a book)
Bill Thompson 23 days ago
—and directly underneath a two-pound canary.
Bill Thompson 23 days ago
Batton Thomas, like Sir Stafford Cripps, is a modest man with much to be modest about.
J.J. O'Malley 23 days ago
Oh, my, yes! The heck with those fancy-schmancy collected hardback volumes with their acid-free paper and creator’s notes and slick dust jackets! Rapidly yellowing wood pulp that turns brittle and flakes off in your hands in a decade is the only way to go! Why did you even agree to have your strips published in book form if you feel that way, Batiuk…er, Batton?
Also, wanna bet the comic strip syndicate made newspapers take a package deal? “If you want to run ‘Blondie’ and ‘Little Orphan Annie,’ you’ve also got to carry ‘Three O’Clock High!’”
paige.votruba 23 days ago
I actually own four “Complete Funky Winkerbean” books,and am hoping to get 4 more books. I’m not getting Volume 13,though. (I prefer making fanfics as the time-skip,so Becky and Wally will be together,as mine are only half-canon)
Muttley 23 days ago
I miss cheap newsprint. The outhouse just isn’t the same without it.
French Persons Premium Member 23 days ago
Good God… Batty is so peeved about not being given a Pulitzer Prize, that he must portray himself in his own comic strip and have others heap a bunch of gobbledygook praise on him…. he’s using his own comic strip for self-therapy (again).
French Persons Premium Member 23 days ago
“Three O’clock High”? …. I think it’s more like “420 High”…
Cabbage Jack 23 days ago
I can’t wait to see which character heaps praise on Tom Batiuk tomorrow!
Fetzee 23 days ago
The store should be renamed the Village Idiot
elbow macaroni 23 days ago
Get out of your own self-aggrandizing strip and bring back Crankshaft.
puddleglum1066 23 days ago
“My strips never looked better than when they were printed on cheap newsprint between Blondie and Little Orphan Annie”
I beg to differ. They looked much better when I was using them as fuel to start the charcoal grill.
lemonbaskt 23 days ago
theres no line outside like there was for the eclipse liliain is gonna lose her shirt
fourteenpeeves 23 days ago
DOC SAVAGE is “pulp”. This is just plain old wet paper
rockyridge1977 23 days ago
Now I know why there is a “Looks Good on Paper” comic strip!!!!!!!