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rocketdave In reply to Writer-Guy-NC [2020-04-19 21:56:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.  I've been feeling a lot more creatively driven lately.

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rocketdave In reply to lacentickles [2020-04-19 21:54:14 +0000 UTC]

Within the context of the strip, he was supposed to be Mickey's brother and former stunt double.  I believe the bite mark in his ear was the result of a scuffle with Michael Eisner.   This stuff is only coming back to me now.  I remember a flashback sequence that showed Mortimer being flattened by things like anvils and a Fantasia hippo.  I thought that was a little odd at the time because I don't recall Mickey getting hurt much in his shorts, and certainly not in the extremely violent manner of Looney Tunes cartoons.  Well, thanks for commenting.  

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rocketdave In reply to erosarts [2020-04-17 17:19:12 +0000 UTC]

I dunno, Berke Breathed has a rather peculiar sense of humor.  I haven't tried reading Bloom County in a long time, tbh, but I'd also imagine the political humor dates it more than a lot of strips.  When I was flipping through the Outland collection in the bookstore, it was a disappointment to me to see how quickly the more outre artistic elements faded away because then all that was left was a lot of jokes about political correctness, etc. 

I was too young to really understand Bloom County when it was running in newspapers.  I think I mainly just liked the wacky talking animals and when they'd hang out in meadows and pretend Cutter John's wheelchair was the Starship Enterprise (and this was before I got into Star Trek).  

Honestly, it might be heresy to say this, but I don't know how well Peanuts holds up either.  I mean, it has a timeless quality to it - it definitely holds up better than something like Bloom County - but I'm definitely not as engrossed by it as when I was a kid.  I sort of bristled when my sister asked me to explain the appeal of Peanuts like four years ago when the movie came out, but then just recently I was reading a collection and I have to admit that while a couple strips maybe elicited a chuckle from me, I found it kind of a chore to get through.  I know I lack the genius to do something as good as what Bill Watterson achieved with Calvin & Hobbes, but when I look at Peanuts and certain other comic strips that are considered classics, I can kind of understand why I assumed I was funny/talented enough to become a syndicated cartoonist when I grew up.

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erosarts In reply to rocketdave [2020-04-17 22:19:13 +0000 UTC]

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rocketdave In reply to erosarts [2020-04-18 01:32:51 +0000 UTC]

I actually had one of those Billy and the Boingers 45s, but it was so flimsy, it was unplayable on either our regular record player or the little one that we kids had.  I was only able to listen to the songs years later on YouTube.

I am not a big fan of Pearls Before Swine.  I used to think it was okay, but got tired of it kind of fast (bad puns aren't funnier if you hang a lantern on them by having the characters remark on how unfunny they are), but maybe I will try looking up that special. 

Personally, I liked The Peanuts Movie.  I didn't see it as a gross violation of the source material to give Charlie Brown a rare win at the end.  I mean, even then, he still can't kick the football.  Were you also upset about the commercial where the Trix Rabbit finally got to eat Trix cereal for once?  Maybe there's something comforting and relatable about Charlie Brown's perpetual loser status, but after a few decades, it gets kind of depressing, like watching someone literally trapped in their own personal Purgatory.  Anyway, I thought the film was a nice tribute to the comic strip and it cheered me up at a time when I needed it, but ymmv.  

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