Mutts is great for animal lovers--Molly must love it. And Mooch is a
tuxedo cat like the one I grew up with--special place in my heart and
my childhood cat's replacement will also be tuxedo if I ever get
around to getting him. Did I mention that muscle and mussel both
come from the Latin (or Greek) word for little mouse?
--- In [email protected], "maxshenk"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "denisesudell"
> <dsudell7781@> wrote:
> > I'm one of (the many, the proud, the) MUTTS-haters. Occasionally
> > the strip has something that makes me smile, but the balance
leans
> > so far to the saccharine/preachy side that the excellent art is
> > completely overcome.
> >
>
> MUTTS is one of the few strips I've followed since its inception. I
> agree with you that it's sometimes (ENOUGH WITH THE SHELTER STORIES
> ALREADY) preachy and saccharine... but it is also occasionally very
> funny... which is more I can say for the preachy, saccharine FOR
> BETTER OR FOR WORSE, which really used to be one of my favorite
> strips, but God, it's like SHELTER STORIES EVERY DAY!!!
>
> And is there any WORSE strip than FUNKY WINKERBEAN, which, about,
> uhh, 30 years ago, was funny, but now it's like FOR BETTER OR FOR
> WORSE, except with smirking characters you just don't care about.
>
> Back to MUTTS: when it's good, it's both funny and well-drawn, but
> the stretches between great panels seems to be getting longer and
> longer. It might be one of those strips that's best viewed in a
> collection.
>
> McDonnell's squirrels, crab and mussel are my favorite non-PEARLS
or
> FUZZY animals in the comix.
>
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