Believe it or not it took me two days to decide whether to include a caption at the top saying “1983.” At the last minute I realized that since there’s such a small amount of dialogue in the strip, it would be distracting. And I think I’ve shown young Lemont often enough that readers will know this is the past, and not some depiction of his inner child.
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June 28th, 2009
Awwwwwwwwwwwww. Little Susan. OMG. Sooooooooooooooo cute! BTW, the strip is pretty nice, too. Hahaha.
Just noticed Little Lemont's Afro. VERY cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
In my mind it's actually a shag, not an afro. But you can't tell since he's wearing the hat.
Totally missed the message. Sorry, I don't think I'm clueless but this one completely baffled myself and my wife. We are both fans of the strip but we just don't get this. Are you pulling a fast one?
There's no message, it's just a joke. A kid spelled something wrong and he's rationalizing it. :S
I've always found that you can make anything sound deeper by throwing in the label "existential." Here we might say: "A young Lemont grapples with the existential crisis created by spelling quizzes."
Can someone TELL me what this strip means?
Nope. Isn't THAT ironic?
The only thing I hate worse than a stubbed toe is having to explain a joke. I hate it worse than math. Worse than taxes. I think I may be allergic to it. If you didn't get the comic, it's just not good & I beseach you to move on to the next one.
The idea a teacher is TELLING (i.e., ORDERING) you to spell a word his or her way is, in itself, NOT freedom. So, why does anyone HAVE to spell correctly? Why can't we spell phonetically? It would make more sense! EX: TELEPHONE could be spelled TELEFONE if there were freedom to spell how we want to spell. But, there are, in fact, restrictions on freedom. I, myself, feel a great deal of angst when stores have huge signs with misspelled words. Why should I feel that way? They should have freedom to make mistakes, even in business. Right?