Frazz by Jef Mallett for August 12, 2013
Transcript:
RENT N STOR MRS OLSEN MUG SALE Mr. Spaetzle: WOW, what...? Frazz: Remember? Mrs. Olsen tackled Gabriela before a distracted driver backed into her. Breaks her arm in the process. She's a hero. But she doesn't want attention. She's also bored - she can't do much in a cast... like round up stuff for a garage sale. But she's been drinking coffee and teaching long enough to have a U-Store-It shed full of gift mugs ready to sell. Gabriela took it from there. Mr. Spaetzle: Is there anything I can do to help? Frazz: You could ask an open-ended question that lets me recap the story line.
Randy B Premium Member about 11 years ago
Done and done.
Lorenzo Browncoat about 11 years ago
That was just a little heavy-handed.
archipelago Premium Member about 11 years ago
An obvious plot device! :D Cute.
jimcos about 11 years ago
Did Jef open a new market that needed the recap? Or are we just taking a break for a (dare I say it?) cup of coffee?
StoicLion1973 about 11 years ago
No lampshade?
Aviatrexx Premium Member about 11 years ago
One of the more subtle fourth-wall demolitions in the current spate.
zenitheditor about 11 years ago
Uh, Jef? We’re ready for something new!
wcorvi about 11 years ago
Perhaps everyone should buy one of those coffee mugs and give it to Mrs Olsen.
Demmiaa about 11 years ago
Buy the lot!
unca jim about 11 years ago
Our butts have been officially chewed, rebuked and some other big words that fail me at the moment.
DickEstel Premium Member about 11 years ago
I like to think tht new people discover Frazz on line every day, as I have done with several of my now favorite strips, so no complaints about the recap here.
chromosome Premium Member about 11 years ago
No complaints here, either. I hope it is a lead-up to see a few people buying funny mugs and saying/doing goofy things with them.
annieb1012 about 11 years ago
I thought Frazz was talking about recapping the story for the customers so as to encourage them to buy the mugs. He and Mr. S. could be just sort of lounging about, and every now and then, when a new crop of visitors would arrive, Mr. S. would ask his open-ended question and Frazz would do his recap. No?
annieb1012 about 11 years ago
@bigpuma
Maybe you’re right, and this is not a lead-in to the next episode, but just an existential goof that doubles back on itself instead of moving ahead. Stay tuned….
colcam about 11 years ago
And here I thought the joke was the exposition.
chaosandcake about 11 years ago
This strip seems to have drawn in the tropers.
ableberry about 8 years ago
That he recognizes the need to recap validates Watterson’s decision to quit while he was ahead.