if you pick up a comically confused character and save them from their loops of madness, you should always return them to where they were. No point spoiling the fun.
I had lots of fun during the run of Bruno, writing in this kind of philoso-babble speak (not that I think it’s without meaning), and I’d say this strip is one of the more successful attempts.
This often happens when I talk with kids, I make some surreal play on thought which I think lines up with their thinking and which I think they will be trés trés amused by. They are rarely impressed, but they do often find it somewhat funny. Laughing AT me, not with.
This is something I still struggle with, the balance between feeling good about myself and yet not being or coming across conceited. In other words, not feeling TOO good about myself. Usually it’s just easier to feel lousy about myself.
Good to see that Lenny has her back. And it’s always that guy, who shows up in some special costume, is drunk, and everyone kinda’ knows from ‘around,’ isn’t it.
Btw, in case you forgot, this is a re-run (with comments) of the strip “Bruno,” and the dates don’t really line up, so this strip ORIGINALLY ran on halloween.
This strip came from me listening to a preacher on the radio. For some reason on that particular day I reacted by standing back and listening to how-he-was-saying-and-what. This strip is what my mind said.
I remember thinking about this one chill night, as I stood there peeing, thinking “I sure am glad that I don’t have to sit on that cold thing.”
Ick. This was based on an actual incident. An acquaintance of a friend was telling this story of how he beat someone up. As you can guess, I was unimpressed.