Comics and Criticism
Once again, Whizzit was clearly written in the 50’s. The good old days when Football players merely beat their children instead of ignoring them. However, it’s difficult to pay attention to your kids when you can’t even keep track of them or their mothers. Here’s the current league leaders:
| Athlete | # of Children | # of Baby Mamas |
| Calvin Murphy | 14 | 9 |
| Travis Henry | 9 | 9 |
| Evander Holyfield | 11 | ??? |
| Shawn Kemp | 7 | 6 |
| Derrick Thomas | 7 | 5 |
| Scott Skiles | 6 | 4 |
When economic times are tough it’s comforting to have reliable sources of advice. Warren Buffett, Bill Gross, The Kiplinger Letter and Cock ‘N’ Balls continue to deliver the goods.
As a stand-up comic, you must know your audience. In certain Derry pubs, this joke goes over quite well–especially when the comic is full of hot Eire.
“This is not a rebel joke.” –Bono
“You rebel scum.” –George Lucas
“A scream of self-consciousness comes across the sky…”–Sally Forth
“Somewhere over Gravity’s Rainbow.” –Judy 19
Concision, by Dude and Cone, has periods where the author and artist switch places. Then they imitate other strips, such as here, where they mock the beloved Family Circle. They’re actually imitating a Family Circle where that comic allows a child to draw, so the meta-levels blow your mind. Or it blows something. And why can’t any child that’s old enough to draw this strip know how to spell the F word correctly? I guess this shows how greatly our shools are failing today’s youth.
This was the first Dinosaur Doctor I ever remember reading. What struck me was the odd zip-toning and the fact that the Dinosaur completely changed size and level of zip-toning between panels one and three. However, for the first hit it’s a fairly satisfying strip. This got me to thinking about other artists whose first hit made them seem to be a one hit novelty act, but actually turned into artists with real careers.
| Artist | First Hit |
| Beck | Loser |
| Radiohead | Creep |
| Green Day | Longview |
| O.J. | Ron Goldman |
Their be much that Travis could of done gooder. Its so alarming your not gonna beleive it. Now loose you’re objections to have a positive affect.
Whizzit clearly takes place in the 50’s so you’d think Fred and Polyethylene here would do what any parents would do in the 50’s. Give the baby a little whiskey, dress him in a coonskin cap and poodle skirt. Then they’d probably head over to the car hop and stuff themselves in a phone booth with fifteen greasers and then head home to have deviant sex. Probably in the newly discovered missionary position.
