Lookit me, usin’ this story to explain Joyce’s somewhat erratic behavior towards sexual information in Roomies!. Like a ninja.
And look, I’ve roped Mary into our shenanigans as well, but with a purposefully-timed later entry. Another usage of the ol’ handwriting font to paper over some unreadable handwritten text in the first panel. clearly this cartoonist has a vast […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The only thing that really sticks out to me in this strip is the background in the second panel. It’s pretty involved for a Roomies! background! The sharp-eyed may recognize it as the same residence hall lobby location seen in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I get the feeling, somehow, that all the women in Joe’s dorm are kind of fed up with him, and are relishing this opportunity to skewer him.
Joe’s seduction abilities may have been oversold. I mean, he can clearly Plastic-Man himself into frame, which is impressive, but he sure can’t close the deal.
That first panel is absolutely verbatimly true.
I’d mentioned before that Joe wasn’t allowed to be Mr. Sex Up Everyone in these strips because of the content guidelines. This is as close as I was able to skirt the line.
Help Me Harlan was a college newspaper advice column written by some affable dude that apparently didn’t run on Tuesdays. What ran on Tuesdays was The Sexpert! The only thing I remember from The Sexpert was a poor young lady […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On one hand, Sal’s description of coming in and out of third story windows also happens to nicely encapsulate her ongoing emotional arc. It’s a hell of a lot easier for life to throw you in the grinder than it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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