Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for October 03, 2018
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richard's poor almanac - by richard thompson the coming year in comic strips cathy will be jilted at the altar & turn into miss havisham, the demented jilted bride from "great expectations." the strip immediately improves. howard huger will soar in popularity thanks to martin scorsese's "the aviator," a film about the real, histor-ical howard huge.r have you seen me? "puddikins" mutts will slowly cease to exist as a comic strip & become merely a string of "lost cat" notices. oop: hi, mark! mark: not so loud. mark trail will clean out 58-year-old wads of earwax. this'll restore his hearing, making all those exclamation marks unnecessary. non sequitur will give up on text entirely & feature only drawings of people with bubbles rising from their heads to indicate ironic dismay. lady: hello, dear. opus: nice hat. opus will continue to resurrect beloved old 1980's characters. unfortunately, many of them will be from doonesbury.
Diat60 about 6 years ago
Wow! he managed to target at least three of my favs.
chromosome Premium Member about 6 years ago
I wonder how those cartoonists reacted when this came out…
fritzoid Premium Member about 6 years ago
The gravitational pulls of Howard Huge and Marmaduke cause the two strips to inch closer together on the page, until ultimately they fuse and collapse into each other. What remains is a single panel strip about Panchito, the Half-Ton Chihuahua.
Sisyphos about 6 years ago
Gee, we could sure use a new look at the new coming year in comics! Richard, we miss you so!