--- In [email protected], "Max H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> That's precisely why I like it so much. Bucky is a completely
antisocial
> psychopath, but he's part of their dysfunctional family. Besides,
he's too
> dim to do any real harm most of the time, and if he does, Rob does
punish
> him. He's completely at Rob's mercy, really, but Rob is too nice to
make a
> point of it unless Bucky does some serious damage. I love
dysfunctional
> family humor.
>
> Great, now that I've analyzed it, I probably won't enjoy it any
more, thanks
> Ellen...
>
> (Just kidding! See how now that last sentence isn't as funny any
more, now
> that I've explained...oh, forget it.)
>
> -Max H.
>
> On 6/5/06, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I guess it's a fine line, but mean-spirited and violent are 2
> > different things. The shark wants to kill the fish, the crocodile
> > wants to kill the zebra, I'm actually OK with that. These are
> > predatory animals. But rat and pig and zebra are friends, they
> > aren't mean to each other most of the time. You actually get the
> > impression they enjoy each other's company. Get Fuzzy is really
in a
> > class by itself as far as the sheer nastiness, of Bucky
> > specifically. Even strips that have a mean streak don't usually
have
> > housepets turning against their owners and fellow pets. Robert is
an
> > unlikeable schlump, but he isn't inherently mean and nasty. Just
the
> > cat. I mean even Garfield isn't that obnoxious! I guess there
are
> > strips I like less due to their sheer pointlessness or stupidity,
but
> > I'm just considering the nastiness factor at the moment. Not
that I
> > really care about a comic strip, I was just wondering if others
feel
> > the same way.
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > It's that mean-spiritedness, along with that in "Pearls Before
> > Swine,"
> > > makes it one of the few comic strips I consistently find
funny. All
> > > the other stuff is most often treacle or tripe. I'll only read
them
> > > when I have a print version since they take all of 2 or 3
seconds to
> > > skim through.
> > >
> > > I want Boondocks back now. The tryout comics they've been
running
> > are
> > > weak... I forget what the name of the first one that they ran
was,
> > but
> > > it was basically "A Different World" in comic strip format.
> > >
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