Well, I think that settles it. We’ll probably move on to other topics tomorrow. Yet another nickname or psedonym today! This story has been full of them.
I see that as the last page of this story. But I do demand (wish) that some items introduced and then discarded like the special bell with the infra-sound resonator still be used to better utility.
I find myself profoundly disappointed in the myopic dismissal of this latest story arc’s GENIUS by the plethora of provincial philistines posting on this platform. Am I the only one who has appreciated the deft way that Mr Curtis’ non-linear script placed a funhouse mirror to subvert the pedagogic expectations and rote procedural tropes that are all too common in mass media’s all-too-pedestrian crime fiction? Why, only a most self-assured artiste of the highest standing could so audaciously disregard most every convention of plot continuity and plausibility. Any struggling hack can suffer for their art—it is only the unbridled master who dares flog his audience as well!! In Piotr “Polar Vortex” Vorkov, Mr. Curtis has fully realized an intriguing post-modern man of action whose minimalistic schemes obviously manifest themselves from a Pythonesque “and now for something completely different…” absurdist philosophy. 105 years ago there were Parisian riots over Nijinsky’s challenging artistry in “The Rite of Spring.” I fear that a century hence, popular-art historians will be equally bewildered at the online vitriol heaped upon “l’affair Vortex Polaire.”
So I can only say my soul wilts slightly under a sorrowful ennui that there will be none joining me to deconstruct the minutiae of this masterpiece over espresso and unfiltered cigarettes (and yes I’m looking at you, Neil “but I was too busy today” Wick.) Hopefully I may find brief respite in drafting the finishing touches to my fanboy thesis on the sublime schadenfreude that is Batiuk’s “Funky Winkerbean,” so I bid you adieu…
I find that phrase “have a good one” a little frustrating. Have a good one what? If people mean, “Have a good day,” why not say that? It takes the same amount of time and syllables, but the meaning is so much more clear.
Is Lizz making sheepseyes? She seems to have “dolled herself up” gradually through this story. Not just earrings now, but pearls as well? And a new hairstyle?
I think that the whole Pitchblende angle was stuck into and superimposed onto the Polar Vortex drug-dealer-to-children story instead of being made a story on its own with its own con man villain. I believe the merging of the disparate tales caused both to suffer.
I can barely follow the storyline? anymore. For me it’s too brief to really get a feel for the characters. BO Plenty, for many years a main character, is seldom mentioned. No interaction with Dick and his wife or son. I am, however deeply grateful that the mystery of what happened to Annie was solved.
“Oh yes, the service has been SO fantastic in fact, that i am going to recommend ALL of my friends use your firm to handle their inheritance finances! Thank you so much!”
I do not like Lafayette Austin. He is a smooth-tongued liar stuck in the worst of ’70s fashion, and has yet to fulfill his avowed rôle as father to Crystal.
I think (hope) that Lizz is more bemused by his glib deception of poor Peter Pitchblende than “interested” in him!
And if the story is well and truly over, I’d say it was a failed effort, with much potential but weak realization. The art work has been consistently good, but the script, not so much. IMO.
Neil Wick almost 6 years ago
Good morning™, wrap-up readers!
Well, I think that settles it. We’ll probably move on to other topics tomorrow. Yet another nickname or psedonym today! This story has been full of them.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 6 years ago
I see that as the last page of this story. But I do demand (wish) that some items introduced and then discarded like the special bell with the infra-sound resonator still be used to better utility.
Cheapskate0 almost 6 years ago
Happy ending for the MCU. Us, not so much.
HarryCK almost 6 years ago
Good morning™, fake financial service officers !
Sam looks smug, sipping off that mug while Lizz has eyes for only “Craig”.
Donnie Pitchford Premium Member almost 6 years ago
I’d better go check with my cousin Pete Pitchblende. I seem to remember lending him some money.
Ray Toler almost 6 years ago
Why give Pitchblende BS? Why not just tell him the truth?
BigDaveGlass almost 6 years ago
I think the fast ending is to make way for a Christmas story
artsyguy65 almost 6 years ago
I find myself profoundly disappointed in the myopic dismissal of this latest story arc’s GENIUS by the plethora of provincial philistines posting on this platform. Am I the only one who has appreciated the deft way that Mr Curtis’ non-linear script placed a funhouse mirror to subvert the pedagogic expectations and rote procedural tropes that are all too common in mass media’s all-too-pedestrian crime fiction? Why, only a most self-assured artiste of the highest standing could so audaciously disregard most every convention of plot continuity and plausibility. Any struggling hack can suffer for their art—it is only the unbridled master who dares flog his audience as well!! In Piotr “Polar Vortex” Vorkov, Mr. Curtis has fully realized an intriguing post-modern man of action whose minimalistic schemes obviously manifest themselves from a Pythonesque “and now for something completely different…” absurdist philosophy. 105 years ago there were Parisian riots over Nijinsky’s challenging artistry in “The Rite of Spring.” I fear that a century hence, popular-art historians will be equally bewildered at the online vitriol heaped upon “l’affair Vortex Polaire.”
So I can only say my soul wilts slightly under a sorrowful ennui that there will be none joining me to deconstruct the minutiae of this masterpiece over espresso and unfiltered cigarettes (and yes I’m looking at you, Neil “but I was too busy today” Wick.) Hopefully I may find brief respite in drafting the finishing touches to my fanboy thesis on the sublime schadenfreude that is Batiuk’s “Funky Winkerbean,” so I bid you adieu…
Knightman Premium Member almost 6 years ago
And its a wrapped present for the season!!!
LongTom Premium Member almost 6 years ago
I find that phrase “have a good one” a little frustrating. Have a good one what? If people mean, “Have a good day,” why not say that? It takes the same amount of time and syllables, but the meaning is so much more clear.
Mark Jeffrey Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Is Lizz making sheepseyes? She seems to have “dolled herself up” gradually through this story. Not just earrings now, but pearls as well? And a new hairstyle?
iggyman almost 6 years ago
Love the art today!
Don Bagert Premium Member almost 6 years ago
You sure that’s not a live tv-cam showing Volkov watching as his control of that big inheritance has slipped away? :)
Ray Toler almost 6 years ago
I think that the whole Pitchblende angle was stuck into and superimposed onto the Polar Vortex drug-dealer-to-children story instead of being made a story on its own with its own con man villain. I believe the merging of the disparate tales caused both to suffer.
rickmac1937 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
It’s called payback
ssledge almost 6 years ago
I can barely follow the storyline? anymore. For me it’s too brief to really get a feel for the characters. BO Plenty, for many years a main character, is seldom mentioned. No interaction with Dick and his wife or son. I am, however deeply grateful that the mystery of what happened to Annie was solved.
tsull2121 almost 6 years ago
CHRISTMAS EARLY!!! CHRISTMAS EARLY!!!!! CHRISTMAS EARLY!!! (that is all, lol)
tsull2121 almost 6 years ago
“Oh yes, the service has been SO fantastic in fact, that i am going to recommend ALL of my friends use your firm to handle their inheritance finances! Thank you so much!”
BreathlessMahoney77 almost 6 years ago
I found this tongue-in-cheek “defense” of the Polar Vortex storyline more entertaining than the story itself! Great job!
Sisyphos almost 6 years ago
I do not like Lafayette Austin. He is a smooth-tongued liar stuck in the worst of ’70s fashion, and has yet to fulfill his avowed rôle as father to Crystal.
I think (hope) that Lizz is more bemused by his glib deception of poor Peter Pitchblende than “interested” in him!
And if the story is well and truly over, I’d say it was a failed effort, with much potential but weak realization. The art work has been consistently good, but the script, not so much. IMO.