Brutus Vs. Thanksgiving

January 9, 1967

Brutus can't hold his own ashtray or just keep one around? Jesus, some of the bullshit we've put women through makes me question why they continue to be around us and let us live. If I made my wife run over to me so she could catch my cigarette ashes in an ashtray, let's just say that divorcing me would be the nicest thing she would do to me.

I thought Mother Gargle was going to come over last weekend and stay through Thanksgiving? Now, you're going to see her? Or is she staying through Thanksgiving, going home, and then you are going to visit her? Look, I don't really care because we probably won't see much of Thanksgiving anyway, but get the plan straight.

I like the little centerpiece on the table. I've always been a fan of small pumpkins.

One Yard Line

The third month of Art and Chip Sansom's short-lived comic strip Dusty Chaps was published yesterday. The antics at the dude ranch, Dusty Chaps, continue with J.J. Jennings, Ernest McDuff, and about five other regular characters who are yet to be named, somehow. Except for Sally and...Chuck Wagon(?).

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August 23, 1987

Thankfully those were the receipts that proved the Acme account was just a money laundering scheme for prostitutes and he's just sleepily talking about making copies. Wait! That's why Veeblefester keeps him around! Brutus is so inept he can "accidentally" get rid of harmful evidence that could bring down the company.

And you know that will be the play of the day on SportsCenter and tonight's news. You can't escape it, Brutus. Might as well just turn off the TV.

Although the score is tied. Is there enough time for the other team to score or will we be going into overtime (that Brutus' team will likely lose in)? Did the quarterback even lose the ball? Why do I even care? It's a fictional football game and I don't even care about real football games. Brutus should just expect his team to always lose.

Meatloaf Memories

January 7, 1967

How(?!!) did the scarf get stuck in the zipper? And you know that scarf isn't coming out of that zipper. Gotta throw that scarf and that dress away.

MY MOTHER WAS A SAINT!!

I love a good meatloaf. I bet even just a little burned, it's still good. I have a frozen meatloaf dinner in the freezer and I'm sure it's not as good as this. I'm glad to see Brutus so happy.

Dusty Chaps #2

Here is the third month (March 1982) of Art and Chip Sansom's Dusty Chaps. You can read the first two months here.

So? We'll Just Have To Come Back On Monday

November 18, 2025

I work in a middle school so my entire life is 6-7. I just ignore it and embrace it if I ever happen to say anything close to 6-7. What I don't like is how it's used here. Usually when you say your graduating year, you'd say "67", pronounced sixty-seven. You don't go "Hey, when did you graduate high school?" "6-7! [makes hand gestures]".

January 6, 1967

When I was young I had overnight babysitters. My mom would drop me off before she would go to her night shift job. These were the same babysitters that fed me bread in milk one morning. I was never a morning person, still aren't, and would occasionally fall asleep on the bathroom rug while getting dressed in the morning. I'm not proud of it but I hate having to be woken up in the morning.

Is Brutus also working with a bunch of middle schoolers the day before a week-long break?

Maybe the day would go by quicker if Brutus would leave the watercooler alone and get back to work.

Everyone Is Familiar With Brutus

January 5, 1967

I love bird names. So many letters just to say "Eastern towhee".

I understand why Brutus is looking at that woman. She's gigantic! She's over six foot tall, she has to be. She's okay, right? Her gargantuan height isn't going to kill her is it? She looks like she's living her best life though.

Hmm. Wilberforce and Hattie must be in different classes this year. Or maybe the teacher dyed her hair black in the last week.

It would've been funny if yesterday's comic was Brutus actually setting up today's strip. "Hey, Pop, can you help me with my homework?" "Sure, what do you need help with?" "What's a gnu?" "Nothing much, what's gnu with you? Hyuk hyuk!" But again, I don't have a successful syndicated comic strip.

Tuesday Quickies

January 4, 1967

Ketchup? On your ice cream? Oh, Apex Doob, you rascal!

Is Brutus reacting to the request for ketchup or is he scared of Mr. Doob? I guess it's just up to the reader.

I think Veeblefester knows the answer to this question. Is Brutus fastidious? We ALL know the answer to that question.

You Know What Grinds My Gears...?

We have officially entered 1967 in our reprints of the daily Born Loser classics. Brutus and his family are not quite yet the stars (although I've been tagging them as such) but all the characters are there--Brutus, Gladys, Wilberforce, Veeblefester (currently called Veeblefetzer), and Mother Gargle. I have noticed that we get a bit more Agnes Dooley (the maid character) and Apex Doob in the coming month which I am incredibly excited for.

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January 3, 1967

Women be shopping, amirite? Look, I understand not wanting to spend money but if you got it, spend it. It's 1967, things are so much cheaper and better quality and very few things have succumbed to the darkness that is capitalism.

I think I've asked this, but was women buying new clothes really a thing that happened a lot back then like pop culture would lead us to believe? I know it was a major plot point on many episodes of I Love Lucy but that's not real life.

There are 7 hours in a school day, you putz. I don't like it when kids complain about going to school. I didn't even like when kids complained when I was a kid. We have to do it, just hold your nose and close your eyes and get through it.

Lookout Point Is Different Than Echo Point, Right?

Apparently the TV series Abbott Elementary made an appearance in Sunday's Sally Forth. A bunch of old comic strip characters also had cameos in Mutts. And I am all for promoting other comics than The Born Loser so enjoy.

In the first (and the throwaway) panel, Gregory Eddie (Tyler James Williams) and Janine Teagues (Quinta Brunson) appear. If you don't watch Abbott Elementary you are probably very confused at who those people are.

What kind of newspaper is Frank reading? Dick Tracy, Popeye, Gasoline Alley, and Snoopy still appear in newspapers and, with the exception of Peanuts, all are still being produced. Do any newspapers print reruns of Krazy Kat, Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy, or The Kin-Der-Kids?

Maybe he's reading a magazine or old comic book that reprints these comics.

December 31, 1966

Oh, kids and their schoolyard rhymes. Why did Brutus step outside? Clearly some kid is trying to kill Wilberforce with snowballs and Wilberforce is taunting them. It doesn't require you to go out there.

And he couldn't just take the bus back going the opposite direction?

Does Lookout Point have e-scooters? Couldn't Brutus just take an Uber or something?

Sunday Q&A

August 16, 1987

Brutus has a sister?! I wonder if she looks as much like Brutus as his mom does. I like when Brutus has his own family and not just Uncle Ted. They know to stay away and live their own life, unlike Mother Gargle.

Two of these questions are very easy to answer. Lightning is caused by warm air and cold air becoming charged due to the static. The sky is blue because the water droplets in the sky are reflecting the sun. What wouldn't Wilberforce understand about that? As for the other questions, the jury is still out on if the chicken or egg came first but most suggest the egg came first and there are twelve months in a year due to the lunar cycle and to coincide with the seasons. These are all very baseline questions that most of the general population should know. Maybe Brutus was kicked by a horse in his early 20s, I don't know.

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