is a spineless idealist who craves love and acceptance to the
detriment of his own self-worth. Rat exploits Pig's need to be loved
and accepted. He's a sadist, a tyrant, who will trample the
seedlings of compassion wherever they're found.
God I loves me some Rat!
Now if we could just get that giant duck to take out Mark Trail.
--- In [email protected], "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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