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For Better... Mother (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 days ago by [M] to c/ComicStripEdits@lemmy.world
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For Better Or For Worse tribute-edit, by Mike Peters of "Mother Goose & Grimm," 1997.

Not sure how many here remember these. FBoFW ended about 10yrs later, after a ~30yr run. It was one of those rare-ish strips that aged the characters naturally. MG&G is still going strong.

From the Great Switcheroo project.

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[–] [S] 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

my only gripe would be that it takes 3 panels of confusion before the payoff, which feels like a long stretch

I'm a fan of tension-building, so that actually works for me. It's reasonably witty / amusing dialogue too, IMO. If it wasn't, then yeah, 3 panels would probably feel long.

Also, I'm thinking that the authentic FBoFW typically ran 4 panels, so it's also a nod to that.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    i think if it were more clear from the humans' faces that they're perplexed and alarmed by the words coming out of their mouths, it'd work more for me. i hear your point though, it's nice to stick to an established formula, especially when you're doing something different conceptually

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Funny, they look plenty perplexed & alarmed over here compared to their normal faces, but that's as a long-time reader. I could see for less-familiar readers that they just look kind of blank-faced.

    Whatever. We each have our own lens.

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