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13 March 2008

Anthony and Liz are engaged →[More:]BOOOOOOOOOO I hate Anthony.

post by: ThePinkSuperhero at: 23:50 | 13 comments

The Foobocalypse has come!

I actually used to like that strip, back in the day. Now Michael is an insufferable prick and Liz has been lobotomized into settling for Granthony. Guh. I hope Lynn never meets her characters in a dark alley. Or maybe I hope she does...

posted by bmarkey 13 March | 23:58

That damn strip.I can't decide if I'm more bothered by the insufferable nature of the characters or my compulsion to read it anyway.

It, Funky Winkerbean, and Doonesbury are the only ones I keep track of at school (we don't have a local paper with comics in it).

posted by dismas 14 March | 00:03

Big day for the Comics Curmudgeon and Pop Culture Junk Mail (which are my two main sources for FOOBiverse information, more than the strip itself).

dismas, there are many other comics and many good ones on the Web... I should use this as an excuse to hype my own webcomics blog, but that would be tacky.

posted by wendell 14 March | 00:13

You put the b in subtle, wendell.

I guess i lied in that I keep up with several webcomics. But I forget to check most paper-route comic strips (and honestly, have no desire to keep up with most of them) except those three. I do sort of get the gist of where we are in the soap opera strips from Comics Curmudgeon.

posted by dismas 14 March | 00:25

Wow, that was so subtle and well-executed and nicely written and not heavy-handed and Liz doesn't act like a piece of soggy milquetoast AT ALL.

posted by casarkos 14 March | 02:04

I always used to snicker at the FOOB-cynics out there, especially the claim that LJ kept setting up her characters to fail. Then she pulled the "Mr. Wright" storyline rug out from under Liz and us. Sheesh. Well, he was kinda pushed into it by Elly ...

posted by stilicho 14 March | 02:42

I like to imagine that all Canadians talk like Anthony.

(Yeah, OK, ugggh. I pretty much agree with everything Comics Curmudgeon says about the recent storylines. When I was a wee kiddie, FOOB was sort of empowering, ya'know. But now it's all like, "Give you all your dreams and move back to marry your weird and awkward high school sweetheart! Careerwomen who don't want children are such a bitch!")

posted by muddgirl 14 March | 06:54

I'm glad we're all on the same page about this!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 14 March | 07:42

FBOFW used to be a great comic strip.

posted by grouse 14 March | 07:45

When I found out about this, I stomped out of the room.

ENJOY YOUR LIFE WITH BLANDTHONY!

posted by drezdn 14 March | 08:57

Before bed last night, I ruminated on how Liz looks just like Michael if her hair is pulled back. Then I realized that April looks just like Michael's wife. Then I realized that Anthony looks just like Liz's Dad. Now I realize that Anthony's spawn looks just like one of Michael's kids. There are 4-5 faces in this strip, tops- the rest is just hairdos!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 14 March | 10:41

Also, I was so in love with that Mountie in the northlands, and I was super-pissed off that he had to be dealt with so harshly to convince Liz to go home.

posted by muddgirl 14 March | 11:08

When did Liz get Angelina Jolie lips? I haven't read FBOFW for years. But I do still look at Cathy.

posted by Orange Swan 14 March | 12:38

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