--- In [email protected], "Ellen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> yeah maybe, but he doesn't seem to resort to physical violence with
> pig like Bucky does.
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "James" <ttlsccr@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Rat and Pig are friends? It's much more complicated than that.
> Pig
> > 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"
> > <ellengoodman6@> 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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