Today's Funky Winkerbean strip

[Mr. Laser Beam]

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Is there some inside joke here that I'm not getting?

 

[Kira's Mom]

^Susan Smith was a student who had a crush on Les. She tried to kill herself.

 

[Davros]

^Susan Smith was a student who had a crush on Les. She tried to kill herself.

I remember many years ago when this strip was funny. Tragedy seems to have been the order of the day for Funky and his friends.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I stopped reading when he changed art styles. I simply can't look at it now. That and, as Davros said, tragedy seems to be the main theme of the series now.

 

[Canadave]

^ I don't read the strip regularly, but the art always vaguely reminds me of For Better or For Worse.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

And where the hell is Wally?

 

[Neroon]

And where the hell is Wally?

According to the Wiki on it:

Spoiler: Wally

Wally Winkerbean, who was serving in Iraq, is not in the core cast as shown on the Funky Winkerbean website, and there is a reference in the updated cast bios (on the main page) that Becky has remarried. At this time, Wally's fate is unknown, though on his blog page Batiuk mentions that it "may not be what you think happened." Batiuk also revealed that a "clue" to Wally's fate could be found in the October 11th strip which features Les getting mugged in New York after Lisa's death after walking past a newspaper vending machine with a headline saying "Soldiers Taken Hostage".

 

[TGTheodore]

THAT'S "Funky Winkerbean"?

Jeez, you stop reading a strip for 15 years and look what happens to it!

BWA?

--Ted

 

[Small White Car]

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Is there some inside joke here that I'm not getting?

Ha ha, you were expecting a joke? In Funky Winkerbean?

Now that's actually pretty funny!

 

[Christopher]

Wow, it's changed. I remember the days when it featured that school computer that fantasized about being in Star Trek. And a bunch of other comedic characters.

Odd that a strip would change from comedy to drama. I can't think of a case where that's happened before.

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

I know that Funky Winkerbean used to cross over with Crankshaft a lot. I'm guessing since the time jump, that's not happening anymore. Not unless Crankshaft made that jump too.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Okay, after reading the latest one, I am firmly convinced that Cory needs a serious beating, and quick. That little shit has gone way over the line.