The Return of Stickman #1487

It makes you wonder if you should call the police if you find yourself sitting on an Indian Burial Ground, or maybe you should just put up a tent and sell some tickets first to cover the expense.

The Return of Stickman #1486

Good luck finding the right source article that inspired this strip. It turns out that dogs eating their owners infected toes is nearly was widespread as people with infected toes. Here's a tip: Don't ignore your toes, you dog won't.

The Return of Stickman #1485

It's not just me is it? Other people have thought this through too?

The Return of Stickman #1484

Just in case you missed this viral video.

The Comic Critic Reviews Ghostbusters

It’s very difficult for me to review a movie I love. My desire to share the film has to be tempered with the responsibility I feel is necessary for every reviewer not to give away spoilers. This becomes increasingly difficult when the movie in question not only became a huge box office success, but then launches into a multi-decade franchise that embeds its quotes, characters, and props into pop culture. I was a college student back in 1984 and the perfect target demographic for Ghostbusters. And I confess, it was one of those rare films I saw in the theater more than once, usually with a group of friends, half of whom had already seen it as well. I finally settled on a tack for doing this review when I started thinking about the unabashed silly joy of the film and searched my memory for other movies I’ve seen that shared with the audience that same joy.

The titles that jumped up and bit me were:
Topper (1937)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)

The Return of Stickman #1482 and #1483

I've been away on vacation for the last couple of weeks. The wife and I went on a road trip to Denver. Along the way we saw national parks, seldom seen members of the family, and sold out of books at the Denver Comic Con. Well, sold out of the books I had packed in the trunk. The family in Denver might be seeing me again next year, that was a darn good comic convention. Anyway, I'm back in the saddle. Here are a couple of new stickman strips to warm your hearts.

The Comic Critic's Review of Forrest Gump

I struggled with this review of Forrest Gump for a long time. It would have been too easy to fill all the panels with the mountains of catch phrases this movie introduced into the popular lexicon. I toyed with the idea of pairing two commentaries on each panel: one on love and one on country. But it didn’t take. My “country” theme kept hop-scotching from historical moments to pop-culture fads. And I was also struggling with the “love” theme. I grouched about my efforts to my wife. She responded, “It’s not a movie about love; it’s a movie about friendship.” I then remembered Milton’s essay on Friendship. The gist of it was how friendship, unlike love, is a bond created by choice. And it’s the strength of that choice that creates an element to life of unequaled depth and transcendence. I thanked my best friend in the world for her insight. The strip quickly fell into place.

Winner of six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Fans, I'm going to be taking some time off from the drawing board. I'm scheduled to attending the Denver Comiccon, Olympia Comic Book Festival, and the Silverdale Comic Book Show. I will be back in two weeks.