May is the new February (I guess)

Yesterday was the end of the Mrs. Yannes/Valentines series rerunning on Gocomics.com. If you want to read it from the beginning, start here cuz I’m going to throw out a spoiler below.

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The seed of the idea came of a Valentines-themed coupon we got in the mail from out car repair place. Then I had the idea of Mrs. Yannes recognizing her lost love in the cartoon of the muffler. Realizing that she actually resembles a spark plug came much later in the writing process. And, wow, I’m glad it did.

Reader Wildcard24365 was nice enough to comment, “Touching, yet consistently surrealistic.”

Thursday is the new Sunday – Pop goes the…

The Sunday strip that’s rerunning on Gocomics.com today doesn’t have the greatest end gag (does it really get across the craziness of Mrs. Yannes?) but I like the art and concept.

I think I was trying to represent the idea of a seismic rumble in the unseen-until-now drop panel. Once again, not sure if it works too well.

Apologies all around.

Happy Valentine’s Day

As you may know, when Bo Nanas reruns on Gocomics.com it’s…well…a bit out of sequence calendar-wise. Today starts a Valentine series featuring the kookiness of Mrs. Yannes.

Thursday is the new Sunday – Fill ‘er up

The Sunday strip rerunning on Gocomics.com today is an ever-so-timely post-thanksgiving one, using language from the old game show “Concentration.” (Now there’s a timely reference.)

In the unseen-until-now drop panel above Bo’s shadow goes looking for leftovers which, three months later, may have started to turn.

Thursday is the new Sunday – Brick…house!

 

The Sunday strip rerunning on Gocomics.com today shows Mrs. Yannes in the full-bloom of bonkerness.

The drop panel above is a tribute to the amazing Krazy Kat.

Thursday is the new Sunday – Rain, rain, go away

The Sunday strip rerunning on Gocomics.com today is an OK gag, one better suited to summer, but we’ve been having so much rain here that it ends up being appropriate.

The drop panel above shows why Bo will never go hungry.

Work, work, work

I really like this strip (and it’s one of my wife’s absolute favs), but the problem is that the reader might have to work to get the gag. The worry is that someone might give up before they get it. I’ve always liked comics that take a bit of effort; feels like a reward when it dawns on you. I have a 3-foot blow-up of this strip that was made for an exhibit that I use at conventions, but I get the feeling that it doesn’t “read” quickly enough and folks just think “Oh, a monkey” and walk on by.

Funny on top of funny

A couple of Gocomics.com readers have added some pretty funny riffs about the strip running today featuring Mrs. Yannes’ cooking exploits. (Kudos to “cabrobst” and “bald 716”)

The end of Bo, revisited – #7

The end of Bo, revisited – #6