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I prefer the âold Samâ, the cigarette smoker! The ânew Samâ simply doesnât look at all like the Sam we know and remember. Sam could be smoking one of those âelectronicâ no tobacco cigarettes!
The thrills, the excitement! âDaddyâ looks ready to judo chop someone. If he did itâd be the first bit of âAction Jacksonâ in what seems like 70 years! Honestly, this combination platter is beginning to taste a little bit spoiled. Donât hate, life is great!
âWho?â says Sam.Lex Associates; do the anagram thing, detective! Itâs Axel Nasti and gang, thatâs who. Can Agent Fritzi arrange a federal investigation of Thunder Island? What has become of Hotshot Charlie? Maybe we can get some AFSOC recce?
Voting is closed and the results are now being tallied for the 2014 Harvey Award for Best Syndicated Strip or Panel. As much as I enjoy Patrick McDonnellâs excellent Mutts, Iâll be rooting for Team Tracy to make it two in a row. The strip is tremendous. Still, those of us who enjoy Mutts are familiar with the acorn-tossing squirrels. Theyâll bonk all those who pass under their tree, while offering witty commentary. Looks like they are a bit peeved at Annie, given the high caliber of this crossover. She got plunked.
Itâs amazing how a rumour could cause the island to be declared off limits for decades. As for Lex Associates, itâs obviously just Axel spelled backwards, so Axel is leasing the island.
It looks like Asp would relish the opportunity to interrogate Axel. Yes, Axel has put a lot of time and resources into setting up Thunder Island. Given Axelâs desire for world domination, and the explosive nature of Kenyonâs work, it seems he is manipulating Kenyon in order to obtain a powerful weapon. This begs the question, âWhat about the time-travel tease?â Smith is working on project âBlue Image.â Warbucks assures him that he is not alone in taking on such research. Still, there is no indication that any time travel has taken place. Could Axel be planning to secure a powerful weapon from Kenyon and then travel back in time to alter the outcome of WWII? Far fetched, but it seems safe to assume we havenât heard the last of time travel in this ripping good yarn.
Guess it took a long time for the chemical accident to be cleaned up. There was an EPA Superfund toxic waste clean-up site not far from where I lived. The liquid poisons leeched into the ground, and spread for about a mile. The solid waste was buried all over town, in schoolyards, playgrounds, etc.
@*Rightwingmoron* from yesterday: From your comments,.You got my curiosity â Which of the other townsfolk (not Axel) do you suspect of being from the present?.And what did you mean by âTardisâ?.Too bad itâs so late in the day. Hoping you see my question and might answer (probably tomorrow)..Ray Toler chimed in about âTardisâ being Doctor Whoâs time machine..But Iâm still curious as to whom on this island you think, besides Annie, Tracy, and Axel, are from the present time!
cheapskate, keep in mind the simple fact that SAM IS A CARTOON CHARACTER and as such (unless the writer puts it in) cant contract any of the sicknesses that WE do from smoking etc
i say let sam light up every minute of the day.. indoors, outdoors, wherever he ants to.. its his TRADEMARK and let the PC pushers fall to the side
Speaking to the PC police out thereâŚ.Are e-cigarettes any safer for passers by than the original cancer sticks?.Especially with ads like âTake back your freedom!â weâre getting a lot more of these folks puffing away indoors..I know the devices are for self-administration of nicotine. But what do passers by get as they pass through these vaporous clouds?.Just because itâs odorless, doesnât mean itâs harmless!.Oh, yes. And now that whacky weed is legal here in Colorado, Iâm wondering just how long before we get e-joints!.Wondering if I can get fired for second-hand smoke!
âChances are those schools etc. were open land back when the dumping took placeâŚâ-âNo, the schools etc. werenât open land â the company producing the toxic waste gave it away free as âclean fill.âSo when remediation began, it was turning up in schoolyards, baseball fields, peopleâs yards, etc. all over town.Before the clean-up began, the company responsible knew they were in deep trouble financially, and spun the factory off as a separate business.So when the Fedâs came with the bill, the facility declared bankruptcy, sticking the clean-up cost to the taxpayers, while the corporation that made it is still happily in business, in another town.
NG, you DO realize that you are âhumanizingâ a cartoon character right?
and no, i have no problems with smokers at all.. what i DO have problems with are people that think its their lifeâs work to PREVENT them from doing whatever they want with/to their own body. you dont like smokers/smoking.. fine. Just don t try to impose your will.moals/whatever on someone else thats all.
Another topic: I lived in Webb City, Missouri, just north of Joplin. The big deal there was the now defunct lead mining industry..Just about all real estate around the Joplin area is horribly polluted with âtailingsâ from the old lead mines. Additionally, the area is laced with underground, abandoned tunnels..I remember when the parking lot at Missouri Southern State College (now a university) succumbed to a sink hole..You guessed it, that sink hole was an abandoned lead mine..I donât know what to say at this point other than to note that parents were told not to let their kids play in the dirt..What? Kids not to play in the dirt?.Now, thatâs un-American!.And now, back to Thunder Island.
As a side note, itâs fascinating to me that posters have been sniping with one another for hours, and for once, âthe usual suspectâ had nothing to do with it! You gotta love it! (May I add, LOL!)
Vista Bill Raley and Comet⢠over 10 years ago
Good morning fellow DT and Annie fans from Vista Bill!
âTheyâ seem to be in no big rush to go to the island!
mikatt1 over 10 years ago
Luthor has Lexcorp, who can this Lex be?
mikatt1 over 10 years ago
BTW: Good morning Vista Bill!
Starman1948 over 10 years ago
Good morning Vista Bill and other fans.
KaiserFrazer67 over 10 years ago
âLex Associates?â We may well get Superman involved in this strip yet (at least as an inference, like Popeye and Batman were).
DaJellyBelly over 10 years ago
Take the first letter from Associates and add it to Lex. ALEX is a fine anagram for AXEL!
Vista Bill Raley and Comet⢠over 10 years ago
I prefer the âold Samâ, the cigarette smoker! The ânew Samâ simply doesnât look at all like the Sam we know and remember. Sam could be smoking one of those âelectronicâ no tobacco cigarettes!
Jim Douglas over 10 years ago
OR maybe LEX Aasocites spelled packwards an old Gould trick
â LEXA + AXEL
come on you Tracy fansâŚ
davidf42 over 10 years ago
So the nuclear accident thing was just a phony cover story. Typical.
DaJaellyBelly and Jim Douglas are probably on the right track here.
avenger09 over 10 years ago
The thrills, the excitement! âDaddyâ looks ready to judo chop someone. If he did itâd be the first bit of âAction Jacksonâ in what seems like 70 years! Honestly, this combination platter is beginning to taste a little bit spoiled. Donât hate, life is great!
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
âWho?â says Sam.Lex Associates; do the anagram thing, detective! Itâs Axel Nasti and gang, thatâs who. Can Agent Fritzi arrange a federal investigation of Thunder Island? What has become of Hotshot Charlie? Maybe we can get some AFSOC recce?
Pequod over 10 years ago
Voting is closed and the results are now being tallied for the 2014 Harvey Award for Best Syndicated Strip or Panel. As much as I enjoy Patrick McDonnellâs excellent Mutts, Iâll be rooting for Team Tracy to make it two in a row. The strip is tremendous. Still, those of us who enjoy Mutts are familiar with the acorn-tossing squirrels. Theyâll bonk all those who pass under their tree, while offering witty commentary. Looks like they are a bit peeved at Annie, given the high caliber of this crossover. She got plunked.
Neil Wick over 10 years ago
Itâs amazing how a rumour could cause the island to be declared off limits for decades. As for Lex Associates, itâs obviously just Axel spelled backwards, so Axel is leasing the island.
Neil Wick over 10 years ago
Also, Axel has apparently spent 4 years preparing the current scenario. It required not only money, but a lot of time.
1MadHat over 10 years ago
âLexâ is Latin for âLawâ. Maybe a bunch of these karky fixers?
DaJellyBelly over 10 years ago
Maybe it is no longer classified information?
Pequod over 10 years ago
It looks like Asp would relish the opportunity to interrogate Axel. Yes, Axel has put a lot of time and resources into setting up Thunder Island. Given Axelâs desire for world domination, and the explosive nature of Kenyonâs work, it seems he is manipulating Kenyon in order to obtain a powerful weapon. This begs the question, âWhat about the time-travel tease?â Smith is working on project âBlue Image.â Warbucks assures him that he is not alone in taking on such research. Still, there is no indication that any time travel has taken place. Could Axel be planning to secure a powerful weapon from Kenyon and then travel back in time to alter the outcome of WWII? Far fetched, but it seems safe to assume we havenât heard the last of time travel in this ripping good yarn.
Can't Sleep over 10 years ago
Guess it took a long time for the chemical accident to be cleaned up. There was an EPA Superfund toxic waste clean-up site not far from where I lived. The liquid poisons leeched into the ground, and spread for about a mile. The solid waste was buried all over town, in schoolyards, playgrounds, etc.
Starman1948 over 10 years ago
Good comments fans. Especially the LEXA to AXEL flip.
puddleglum1066 over 10 years ago
âStreet-level FBI agentâ? Heck, anybody with a computer and time to go through the Wikileaks stuff knows about Thunder IslandâŚ
Constantinepaleologos over 10 years ago
âLex Associates.â Well, weâve already had Batman references, so why not?
Cheapskate0 over 10 years ago
@*Rightwingmoron* from yesterday: From your comments,.You got my curiosity â Which of the other townsfolk (not Axel) do you suspect of being from the present?.And what did you mean by âTardisâ?.Too bad itâs so late in the day. Hoping you see my question and might answer (probably tomorrow)..Ray Toler chimed in about âTardisâ being Doctor Whoâs time machine..But Iâm still curious as to whom on this island you think, besides Annie, Tracy, and Axel, are from the present time!
tsull2121 over 10 years ago
cheapskate, keep in mind the simple fact that SAM IS A CARTOON CHARACTER and as such (unless the writer puts it in) cant contract any of the sicknesses that WE do from smoking etc
i say let sam light up every minute of the day.. indoors, outdoors, wherever he ants to.. its his TRADEMARK and let the PC pushers fall to the side
mumbles over 10 years ago
Maybe like a Mid east war zone, a âWithdrawal dateâ on this Homeric adventure might be in order. 2014? 2015? Just a hint please?
Cheapskate0 over 10 years ago
Speaking to the PC police out thereâŚ.Are e-cigarettes any safer for passers by than the original cancer sticks?.Especially with ads like âTake back your freedom!â weâre getting a lot more of these folks puffing away indoors..I know the devices are for self-administration of nicotine. But what do passers by get as they pass through these vaporous clouds?.Just because itâs odorless, doesnât mean itâs harmless!.Oh, yes. And now that whacky weed is legal here in Colorado, Iâm wondering just how long before we get e-joints!.Wondering if I can get fired for second-hand smoke!
Can't Sleep over 10 years ago
âChances are those schools etc. were open land back when the dumping took placeâŚâ-âNo, the schools etc. werenât open land â the company producing the toxic waste gave it away free as âclean fill.âSo when remediation began, it was turning up in schoolyards, baseball fields, peopleâs yards, etc. all over town.Before the clean-up began, the company responsible knew they were in deep trouble financially, and spun the factory off as a separate business.So when the Fedâs came with the bill, the facility declared bankruptcy, sticking the clean-up cost to the taxpayers, while the corporation that made it is still happily in business, in another town.
tsull2121 over 10 years ago
NG, you DO realize that you are âhumanizingâ a cartoon character right?
and no, i have no problems with smokers at all.. what i DO have problems with are people that think its their lifeâs work to PREVENT them from doing whatever they want with/to their own body. you dont like smokers/smoking.. fine. Just don t try to impose your will.moals/whatever on someone else thats all.
live and let live
Can't Sleep over 10 years ago
Does that company headquarter itself in a tax free haven country ?"--I donât know, but I still see stickers with their name on NASCAR racers.
Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl over 10 years ago
Here is the Doctorâs T.A.R.D.I.S.Time And Relative Dimension In Space.
Cheapskate0 over 10 years ago
Another topic: I lived in Webb City, Missouri, just north of Joplin. The big deal there was the now defunct lead mining industry..Just about all real estate around the Joplin area is horribly polluted with âtailingsâ from the old lead mines. Additionally, the area is laced with underground, abandoned tunnels..I remember when the parking lot at Missouri Southern State College (now a university) succumbed to a sink hole..You guessed it, that sink hole was an abandoned lead mine..I donât know what to say at this point other than to note that parents were told not to let their kids play in the dirt..What? Kids not to play in the dirt?.Now, thatâs un-American!.And now, back to Thunder Island.
cpalmeresq over 10 years ago
As a side note, itâs fascinating to me that posters have been sniping with one another for hours, and for once, âthe usual suspectâ had nothing to do with it! You gotta love it! (May I add, LOL!)