New Adventures of Queen Victoria by Pab Sungenis for April 08, 2010

“Why is the paycheck so small?” “We are not amusing.”

Or [insert list of unfunny comic strips here]

Seriously, that list is too big!

it seems to me that an unfunny comic strip would be just a “strip.”

Formula for a Mallard Fillmore strip:

1st panel - repeat a wingnut talking point;

2nd panel - elaborate on the wingnut talking point;

3rd panel - make an insulting remark about a liberal and pass it off as a punch line.

On the other hand, State of the Union makes M.F. look good.

We are not amused!

Bwa ha ha ha ha! Vic, you just earned your paycheck!

SUH-LAYUM!!!

To be honest, I didn’t really laugh all that loud, but I think Her Maj should get points for “Amens.”

Then again, given Mallard and State prolly get plenty of those from their target audience.

Mallard Fillmore on the Right, Boondocks on the Left - there are politically slanted comics everywhere. Johnny Hart got so blatantly heavy-handed with his Christian message before he died that I stopped finding the strip funny. I don’t read the comics for ideology, I read them for insanity.

What do you mean, Queen Vic? Mallard Fillmore is one of the funniest cartoons around!

Theirs or yours, Old Wolf?

Wildcard24365 said, Then again, given Mallard and State prolly get plenty of those from their target audience. ———————— Mostly what they get are a bunch of ‘dittos’.

@ Old Wolf - Boondocks hasn’t been around since 2006. I wish Fillmore and SOTU would join it.

Keep up the negotiations Pab, we need you!

it is so easy to make a point promoting your cause, as fillmore does, by conveniently omitting opposing points.

the protest signs that were omitted from the teaparty sign strip in today’s fillmore are the ones that are considered hate signs:

“we came unarmed, THIS time”

“Warning: If Brown can’t stop it, a Browning can,”

and the sign showing people murdered by the nazis , stating that this is the result of the new health care bill

let’s not forget the verbal abuse(and spit) hurled at black members of congress just before the health care vote (n words galore)

Yes. Thank you, Pab.

There are certain people that think vicious spewing is the only valid form of humor.

They are convinced that valid anger towards conservative ideology is mere sour grapes.

They love that mallard.

MF is a severely damaged personality. (actually his creator)

He needs to be confined in an institution.

Unfortunately he already is committed to the Right Wing of the Republican Party, that endless enabler of selfish idiocy.

Thanks Pab. It’s about time someone challenged that very unfunny comic.

Amazing how intolerant those who oppose the right are. They talk about being all-inclusive, and yet their vitriol is every bit as spiteful as the invective coming from their adversaries. Again as I quoted from another strip yesterday, I suppose it is easier for them to see the mote in someone else’s eye than the beam in their own.

And to suppose that the liberally slanted comics don’t “conveniently omit opposing points” is so laughable as to be the funniest thing about this whole thread.

Ideologues from either side do nothing but create the political atmosphere we see today. There’s only one real way to deal with today’s issues. Get new blood in Congress from both sides.

Term limits now. Restore the balance of powers.

We tried term limits in California. Just ended up with the timed out pols being appointed until they could run again because politicians protect each other.

I wouldn’t mind Mallard Fillmore’s politics if the strip had the smallest particle of wit. Why is it that right wingers have such fractured senses of humor?

LOL!!! You get paid.

..if you are the NEW right wing-tea bagger..you would understand Mr.Right Wing Duck’s humour..they like it mean spirited,and not making any sense at all..hurting people for no reason other than getting their way is very humourous to them…haven’t you ever seen Sarah Palin’s smile when she lets go of one of her zingers???

I agree with yyyguy Re: “it seems to me that an unfunny comic strip would be just a “strip.””

Whenever I refer to SOTU - I always call it a “strip”. Glad to see I’m not the only one to differentiate what’s funny and what’s N☹T! Today’s SOTU wasn’t updated - making the whole strip “Ditto”!

BTW I Love this comic strip - especially when the character’s eyes (☺☺) bug out !:-))

@3hourtour - Did you ever see Ann Richards smile when she let loose one of her zingers?

Oh, and I agree with Pab - Mallard Fillmore just isn’t funny, except on vary rare occasions. Prickly City comes from largely the same point of view, but it’s as consistently funny as most of the strips you’ll find on the comics page.

Pab’s comment that he picked out “Mallard Fillmore” because it’s unfunny and not because it is conservative sounds sincere on the surface.

But then I question why, when he has scores of unfunny strips to chose from, he just happened to pick one with a conservative point. Coincidence? Maybe, but that’s not how I’d bet my money. Perhaps Pab could look more deeply into his motive.

(BTW, I am NOT a conservative! For example, I am strongly pro women’s choice on abortion, I favor nearly open borders and amnesty for otherwise non-criminal illegals, and I am too often embarrassed by Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, even when they agree with me. But neither am I a liberal except insofar as the word outside the U.S. still refers to an advocate of freedom. And no, I’m not a Libertarian either, for good reasons I won’t go into now.)

Besides, Her Majesty should be above politics.

Check http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/photos/uncategorized/mfparodyamericathebook_3.jpg

Pab, my comment wasn’t directed toward your comic which I found to be very funny. It was to those who are such ideologues that they can’t see that what they complain about is the exact same thing they are guilty of from the other side of the fence. I agree with you on MF and I don’t even read it any more for the very reason you state. It’s not funny, and it’s not entertaining nor thought-provoking, imho.

Spyder, I’m basically talking term limits for Federal Government elected types. The balance of powers between the executive, legislative and judicial branches is skewed because only one branch thereof is constrained by such limits.