Friday, August 27, 1999: Roethke's "The Waking"
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:24 pm

So I thought the first panel had Ms. Mudd rushing into Millie's room holding a half-peeled banana until I noticed the clock hands.
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I could tell it was a clock right away, in the context of the picture if nothing else. This particular strip is a clever one.So I thought the first panel had Ms. Mudd rushing into Millie's room holding a half-peeled banana until I noticed the clock hands.
Good to know.Roehke's "The Waking" was at the time my favorite poem. Still is, really.
At the time I fancied strips like this a sort of rebuttal to the endless video game and B-movie references I saw in other online strips. There's a whole culture out there, people.