Unclear on the Concept

December 10, 2008 3:44 PM

Over four years of "Mr. Boffo" strips lay in Joe Martin's directories, waiting for you to read them -- as panels, strips, and Sundays. (Don't bother with the rest of his site; it's a mess.)
posted by not_on_display (13 comments total)

The freaky thing is how Mr. Boffo's wacky and wry humor comes from the same pen as freakin' Willy and Ethel. I mean, wow, Willy's fat and lazy, Ethel's fat and shrewish, they don't really like each other. It's about as innovative as Garfield. And then every time I see Boffo it's even better than I remember it. What gives?
posted by eritain at 4:02 PM on December 10, 2008

Also, it's lie. Present tense, intransitive.
/pedant

posted by eritain at 4:03 PM on December 10, 2008

eritain: Also, it's lie. Present tense, intransitive. /pedant

(This English major, unclear on the concept.) Also, I am in total agreement: quantity doesn't equal quality. Martin hits it on the head in every Mr. Boffo; he swings and misses everywhere else. For serious cringing, check out the animated Mr. Boffo on the main site. No, wait, don't. It's really bad. Stick with the strips.
posted by not_on_display at 4:13 PM on December 10, 2008

Heh. I thought you meant this guy, of Digitiser fame.
posted by Artw at 4:18 PM on December 10, 2008

STAY AWAY FROM MY BINS
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 4:27 PM on December 10, 2008 [1 favorite]

And then every time I see Boffo it's even better than I remember it

Having just read the comic for the first time, you're sure you're thinking of the right comic?
posted by GuyZero at 5:10 PM on December 10, 2008

It's like he's staring directly into my SOUL. ahem
posted by jessamyn at 5:11 PM on December 10, 2008 [2 favorites]

Is there a quick "too much information" comic I can link to, here?
posted by yhbc at 5:47 PM on December 10, 2008

yhbc: Is there a quick "too much information" comic I can link to, here?

How about "Too Little, Too Late"?
(The search function on the Boffo site seems to have comics from Jan-Sept 2005.)
posted by not_on_display at 5:54 PM on December 10, 2008

Not_on_display, why do you have an inside view of what I'm thinking about posting at any given moment? Are you a mutant? do we have the same dealer?Do you have tracking software on my laptop? Are we secretly the same person? Long Lost brothers? Quantum twins from an alternate dimension?

What I'm saying is , GET OUT OF MY HEAD!


also, nice post
posted by The Whelk at 7:36 PM on December 10, 2008 [1 favorite]

I wish I could find my favorite:
Two guys in togas looking at a giant in a toga face down in the dirt.
"You would think someone that good with a slingshot would be a little quicker on his feet."
posted by pointilist at 8:03 PM on December 10, 2008

mr. boffo is funny. one of the better syndicated strips out there. didn't he do some weird vegetarian world tour? oh wait that's Dan Piraro
posted by jcruelty at 11:09 PM on December 11, 2008

I'm not gonna argue that every Boffo is a masterpiece. He has off days like everyone does. But I ran across a book collection just a couple weeks ago, and oh how it made me miss it.

The experience may be a little different getting each strip in an eyeful, at the proper size and resolution, versus getting them slowly one at a time in huge TIFFs. Maybe a little.
posted by eritain at 12:26 AM on December 13, 2008