The daily story started way back on August 1 as sort of a segue from the Joel / Rufus amnesia with Dumb and Dumber looking for a bear cave to hide in as they try to beat the hospital bill. Here’s a quick summary for those who came in late and might have missed the “action”:
8/1: talking bear, with some kind of bionic hearing ability, hears Joel and Rufus heading for his uncle’s cave
8/2: bear meets “Jones”
8/3 – 8/9: the two wander though the woods looking for Jones’ parents and reach campsite, guided by talking deer (hoo boy)
8/10: forest fire starts, not “far to the ranger tower”
8/12: the two reach ranger tower
8/15 – 9/13: bear, Hoogie and Jones bond as the fire is apparently put out as Hoogie does nothing to help
9/14 – 9/19: The “Authorities” show up and Jones escapes (boarded up window simply disappears)
9/20 – 10/02: Bear scares Authorities away and bear and Hoogie jabber for days and days about nothing
10/03 – 10/07: The Authorities return and are somehow tricked into believing that bear is a “talking mannequin”, howbeit a very smelly one
That’s what the last two+ months of absolute nonsense has been. Sure, this story has more “action” than the “Rufus has amnesia” dreck but that is a ridicuolusly low bar. But why has GA come to be such a mess? Why do all of the characters have to act like absolute idiots? For many decades this strip was built around the real-lfe antics of characters that people could identify with. Why was there a need to add time-travelling talkiing dolls, talking bears, and piano playing mall lizards? Is Jim incapable of telling a story that doesn’t involve slap stick type hijinks that make the Three Stooges seems like Fellini? Have we finally hit bottom or is there still a ways to go? Haven’t the long-time fans suffered enough? Is Jim going to work until he’s 100 like Corky?
The daily story started way back on August 1 as sort of a segue from the Joel / Rufus amnesia with Dumb and Dumber looking for a bear cave to hide in as they try to beat the hospital bill. Here’s a quick summary for those who came in late and might have missed the “action”:
8/1: talking bear, with some kind of bionic hearing ability, hears Joel and Rufus heading for his uncle’s cave
8/2: bear meets “Jones”
8/3 – 8/9: the two wander though the woods looking for Jones’ parents and reach campsite, guided by talking deer (hoo boy)
8/10: forest fire starts, not “far to the ranger tower”
8/12: the two reach ranger tower
8/15 – 9/13: bear, Hoogie and Jones bond as the fire is apparently put out as Hoogie does nothing to help
9/14 – 9/19: The “Authorities” show up and Jones escapes (boarded up window simply disappears)
9/20 – 10/02: Bear scares Authorities away and bear and Hoogie jabber for days and days about nothing
10/03 – 10/07: The Authorities return and are somehow tricked into believing that bear is a “talking mannequin”, howbeit a very smelly one
That’s what the last two+ months of absolute nonsense has been. Sure, this story has more “action” than the “Rufus has amnesia” dreck but that is a ridicuolusly low bar. But why has GA come to be such a mess? Why do all of the characters have to act like absolute idiots? For many decades this strip was built around the real-lfe antics of characters that people could identify with. Why was there a need to add time-travelling talkiing dolls, talking bears, and piano playing mall lizards? Is Jim incapable of telling a story that doesn’t involve slap stick type hijinks that make the Three Stooges seems like Fellini? Have we finally hit bottom or is there still a ways to go? Haven’t the long-time fans suffered enough? Is Jim going to work until he’s 100 like Corky?