Sunday, December 29, 2024

Quarterback Quandary

Brutus, in a floral Hawaiian shirt, comes across a box that has been gift-wrapped. He enthusiastically tears it open and takes off the lid but finds nothing. He lifts the box up, holds it upside down and shakes it. He sticks his head in it. He puts the box down and looks around with his hand covering his mouth and chin inquisitively. "There's got to be a gag in here somewhere..." he says.
August 10, 1986
I like how weird these Born Loser strips are. Who left that box there? Who wrapped it? It could've been much worse. Brutus could've fallen into the box and disappeared, or a monster could've popped out and eaten him. Not a loser in this strip...

Brutus is sitting in that green chair and watching TV. Gladys comes up alongside him. "How's the game?" she asks. "We're about to win it!" Brutus replies. "Oh, no! The quarterback just lost the game for us! I can't believe he did that!" "Why's it all his fault?" Gladys asks. "Because we were down by one point, with the ball, on our opponents' one-yard line. There were twenty seconds left in the game, and the clock was running. Then our quarterback spiked the ball to stop the clock!" Brutus explains. "Wasn't that the right thing to do?" "Not when it was fourth down!" Brutus replies angrily.
I vaguely know the rules of football but it took a couple reads for me to realize "Oh! It was the fourth down. That's bad."

Brutus should know better to think his team is actually going to win.





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