Jeremy: Hey look! It’s the van again. Our characters have explored several blocks of downtown Lancaster in the course of the better portion of a day in “Bro Time” (to all of us, that’s oh… about 2.5 months). When’s that show again? Oh yeah! It’s the following day… You know what that means? We still have a couple things planned to happen in Lancaster before our story is finished. Hopefully it has been an entertaining adventure so far, and you’re not all standing around looking like Balthazar in panel 3. Thanks for reading!
Jeff: Yeah, this is one of those strips that, if this were an episode of a TV show, the reviewers would be complaining about how its purpose was just to put all the players into their proper places for later, much like season 5 of Lost. But, also much like season 5 of Lost, it can still be very cool, with subtext and hidden meanings and shadowy figures holding leashes…
Okay, I guess it’s not that much like season 5 of Lost…
The shadowy figure holding the leash symbolizes how life is a privilege. We need to grab it by the leash and take it for a walk sometimes. Our parents had faith we could handle it when they got us life for our birthday. Sure, sometimes life takes a dump on your neighbor’s lawn and you have to get out that bag to pick up the poop and carry it home. But… Sometimes it’s really late at night and life takes a dump on the cranky neighbor’s lawn (the one who says you are a good-for-nothing loafer who plays his music too loud). When that happens you can just leave that big pile of dookie for him or her to find in the morning.
The veracity of such a statement, and how it applies to everyone, makes me weep for joy at having seen the display of such a well-spoken life truth.
David, I will never take pooping on my neighbors lawn for granted again. You’ve shown me thru your words that this is a metaphor for life that I need to cherish.
Stan is ridiculous to think he’s in charge.
If by “ridiculous” you mean worthy of or deserving of ridicule, then yes, I agree. If by “ridiculous”, you mean somewhat purple and smelling vaguely of kumquats, then you should have used a better word.
Well I for one love the fact that the cast has come back to a point where they have not decided who should be in charge, and I’m in agreement, the boys should be in charge…as long as that’s OK with Elle.
Is that Inky and Shadow coming to pay our crew a visit. Maybe he’s got somewhere they can stay. They’ve already have an established relationship with him…minus those hugs he dearly wanted as they left, and I’m sure Inky would be glad to have someone else walk Shadow ever now and then, those invisible dogs can be a booger to pick up after. That’s why I got rid of my invisible dog as a kid, he wasn’t house trained and there’s nothing worses than stepping in a pile of invisible dog poo in the middle of the night.