Annie by Jay Maeder and Alan Kupperberg for May 04, 2010

Good Morning Night Owls :-))

Certainly the water would have washed off any scent on the dead guy…………right??

Sandy has super dog nose! ‘Morning LS! *VB* turned in early tonight.

GN VB :-))

Good Morning/evening to one and all. Yes I think Annie should keep what she knows on the QT, otherwise how could there be any adventure?

Good point, LordD!

Good Morning/Evening Everyone!

She better not think too long before she tells someone!

You that never had a dog would be surprised at what they can smell—like the opening of the door of a fridge.

The old myth about throwing dogs off the sent by walking through water is just that, a myth.

Sent will blow along the surface of the water.

As for Jr. changing cloths?

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I’ve got it! It’s not the dead man’s scent that Sandy smells. It’s something that the dead man had on him, and Junior stole some of it. The dead PI still had some in his pocket. Junior had some in his pocket at the ice cream truck.

this is the beginning of another ANNIE & SANDY adventure. hot dog.

MemoFromDaddyWarbucks said, about 2 hours ago

this is the beginning of another ANNIE & SANDY adventure. hot dog.

Also, arf.

I love a good murder mystery…………………..

The butler did it.

In the immortal words of a NYC T-shirt vendor, “See something? Say something!”

David I think was close… its not the dead guy on jr. Sandy is picking up.. it’s Jr’s sent on the dead guy he smelled… and no matter how much you wash you can’t wash you own sent away… and as far as how his sent stayed on the dead guy it can happen even in water if he was just floting there

Lying there on her bed Thoughts of murder in her head Annie plays it close to the vest It may turn out not be for the best Papa I fear, once he finds out May put Annie’s life in doubt A deep dark secret hiding is he Adding to this murder mystery Annie should now make it known What Sandy’s nose may have shown Though the evidence is not concrete The investigation it may help complete.

Thanks all for yesterdays comments.

Okay, the fact that Annie has decided to wait to reveal her news is a huge clue as to how this will progress. (Maybe everyone already knows this.) The old man quizzes junior about the dog some more, and finds out he was with a young girl. So the old man tells him he’ll have to go get this girl and silence her. Thus the adventure really gets heated up. You read it here first (even if you did already know it.)

Earlier last month I thought someone ought to comment on the viable improvement in Ted Slampyak’s art work, and I did

Someone ‘strongly disagreed with me, even using superlatives. They are entitled to a different view but, one wonders how objectvie he was.

While there are several ‘technicaly’. better artist’s in the comics (e.g. June Brigman - Brenda) Yet they’re ‘refreshing’ art techniques Slampyak uses in a pronounced manner,that’s pleasing to the eye - and not so openly evident in other work.

1) The perception of ‘movement’ and action. e.g.See Annie’s head on April 30.

2) Depth of vision and sudden ‘Close up’ contrast (e.g.- excellent example Sunday May 2, with view of Harbour scene sharply contrasted next, against ‘close up’ of fallen Ice cream cone on the road).

Closer observation will also reveal that he has no ‘favorite body positions’ that are repeated ad nauseum, which would likely contribute to a FLAT, ‘lifeless’ presentation.(note: Annie’s changing body positions from panel to panel in the same Sunday page above) High marks !

He also executes it in an artful way, signaling to experienced readers that he has put considered ‘thought’ into the task at hand.

margueritem said, ” *VB* turned in early tonight.”

I hope this doesn’t go on my record! I’ll try to be on time tonight.

Amen to Sydney. The best comic strips for artistic honors, in my opinion, are Annie, Gasoline Alley, and Prince Valiant. Many are good as far as continuity and proportions are concerned and as far as the type of strip. The worst by all means has to be Dick Tracy.

I would agree also, this is very good artwork!

Warning - If this post is one too many for ones liking please disregard reading it. If that doesn’t work maybe special help is required.

Always a delight to navigate through someone’s phoney sock puppet exchanges to get to anything related to Annie. Does all this, “Hey A, howya doin’ and “good point B” and “Oh, so true, C” pass for wit? …let alone when it is in batches of a half dozen? Some narcissic people can be easily entertained generating the keystroke equivalent of styrofoam popcorn..

I suspect dogs and small children can pick up discordant tension in someone who is “off.” I don’t know if they understand “bad” but they can guess the downside of “aggression” and “anger.”

Well, at the risk of being called a schizophrenic sock puppet:

Sydney - I enjoyed that post and appreciated your comments.

Thanks Davidf, I truly believe what I said. While there are still a few rough edges, to my eye there’s been significant improvement. And this reader appreciates it.

A good critique, Sydney. I learned from it. I’m always happy to compliment a good job.

Really, tell him and think it out together. A man, girl, and dog are far better than just a girl and her dog.

Since a dog’s sense of smell is something like 40,000 times more sensitive than a human’s, maybe Sandy CAN get a scent from the drowned man.

Morning, Anniephans!