Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for July 09, 2010

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    hawgowar  over 14 years ago

    That wasn’t nearly as sinister as I thought it would be, unless more is coming.

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    LordDogmore  over 14 years ago

    “When the Red Sox beat the Yankees, tis like a morn in sprng.” “When Stienbrenner’s bums are losing, you can hear the angels sing.” “When the Yankees go and strike out, all the world is bright as day.” “And when the Red Sox beat the Yankees, sure it’ll steal your heart away!” (And yes I AM a Red Sox fan, even when they weren’t winning)

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    wndrwrthg  over 14 years ago

    Congress would be another option.

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    MurphyHerself  over 14 years ago

    Go to any city who didn’t get LeBron James

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    pouncingtiger  over 14 years ago

    Being a Yankees fan, I feel a little guilty. NOT!!!!!!!!!

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    gjsjr41  over 14 years ago

    A Yankee fan? I didn’t know there were any left.

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    myming  over 14 years ago

    how BIG is ekert going to get ?

    this will be another story line.

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    Dutchboy1  over 14 years ago

    Negative attitudes and irrational fears? Sounds like Washington D.C. to me.

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    ksoskins  over 14 years ago

    At least the Red Sox win once in awhile. If you really want to enjoy futility, go to Wrigley Field.

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    GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago

    Feeding off Danae wasn’t enough?

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    lazygrazer  over 14 years ago

    Like the bumblebee, those wings are doing the impossible even before Ekert pigs out at Fenway.

    I have a simular problem at supper times.

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    HappyChappy  over 14 years ago

    He is already in America, he doesn’t need to go anywhere else.

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    larryscountry  over 14 years ago

    Go anywhere Left wing Liberals congregate. Negativity is abundant! D.C. would be a great start.

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    mizcraig  over 14 years ago

    Hey! What a let-down. Something tells me Wiley had something else in mind, then decided discretion was the better part of valor.

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    harrietbe  over 14 years ago

    The story line is a let down, if that’s the end of it. But, the comments on this board yesterday made it worth while.

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    cdward  over 14 years ago

    Sheik as a lifelong Cubs fan, I think it’s fair to say that Ekert would have a better meal at Fenway. Cubs fans always have hope in the face of all contrary evidence.

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    puddleglum1066  over 14 years ago

    Sheik–Ekert would find little to feed on at Wrigley Field. Cub fans have no expectation of winning, and so feel no anger or frustration when the team loses. In fact, a winning team might disrupt the precious Zen state that develops after spending a sunny summer afternoon guzzling beer in the bleachers.

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    wicky  over 14 years ago

    nancy pelosi would be a staple for it.

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    Potrzebie  over 14 years ago

    Umm, is today a game night at Fenway?

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    MobyD  over 14 years ago

    How much does a Fenway, Frank?

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    madKanga  over 14 years ago

    I am betting they all decide Ekert must be locked up again - what would a world without anger or angst be!

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    prrdh  over 14 years ago

    puddleglum1066 said, 41 minutes ago

    Sheik–Ekert would find little to feed on at Wrigley Field. Cub fans have no expectation of winning, and so feel no anger or frustration when the team loses. In fact, a winning team might disrupt the precious Zen state that develops after spending a sunny summer afternoon guzzling beer in the bleachers.

    That ‘precious Zen state’ is called “pohoda”, the Czech equivalent of nirvana or satori that you get from drinking just the right amount of beer. It was Anton Cermak’s great legacy to Cubs fans, even though he was a South Sider.

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    GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago

    In that case I hope Ekert multiplies like a tribble until anger and angst are vanquished.

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    Allan CB Premium Member over 14 years ago

    Send Ekert to Toronto … the Leaf Fans could be very easy to find! LOL

    THEN (and I’ll do this FOR Wiley) send him to Afghanistan and Iraq, North Korea, The Gaza, and other .. geeze, we need a few Ekerts!

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    Wiley creator over 14 years ago

    No, this is NOT the end of the story line… it’s just the beginning!

    And there’s no comparison between Cubs fans and Red Sox fans. Cubs fans have always been glass half full, while Red Sox fans just assume someone is going to knock over their glass, no matter how full it is.

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    BloomCo  over 14 years ago

    The United Nations would be a good place. They are always preaching doom and gloom. Hanging out with Al Gore and other global warmists would also be a good place.

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    wilburgarrod  over 14 years ago

    I know Wiley, that the strip was written & colored ?2-6 weeks ago? didn’t know of Lebron’s choice to move to Miami. This is Cleveland’s heart ache, closest chance for a major league title since ‘48. The only title was baseball then or ‘64 for football before the leagues combined. Never for basketball.

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    Justice22  over 14 years ago

    Lebron who?

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    Nelly55  over 14 years ago

    I’m loving this story line, glad it’s going to continue

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    MatureCanadian  over 14 years ago

    Wiley, totally unexpected turn of events, made me laugh out loud. Although Allen V was right he could have used the Toronto Make Believes……

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    g6793  over 14 years ago

    LOL Amen, ,aircraft-engineer! :)

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    susie77 Premium Member over 14 years ago

    Darn. I would’ve sent him over to Fox to the Glenn Beck show.

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    knowman  over 14 years ago

    That cuts deep, Wiley. Not saying it isn’t true, mind you…

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    durtclaw  over 14 years ago

    Ekert couldn’t handle D.C.

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    Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 14 years ago

    At the risk of getting political, I would have sent him to Keith Olberman. He hates everybody, even Chris Matthews isn’t as bad as him.

    I apologize Wiley, I just had to throw that in there! And I was worried this was it! Can’t wait to see what you have in store!!

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    Wiley creator over 14 years ago

    @Knowman- They are my people, as I am citizen of Red Sox nation.

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    furnoir  over 14 years ago

    no, he should really go to Cleveland right about now

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    yyyguy  over 14 years ago

    as long as he doesn’t need to visit Netherlands on Sunday night I will be very happy. Oranje Boven! (ih&p)

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    jpozenel  over 14 years ago

    Negative attitudes and irrational fears?

    Sounds like he’ll be going to the editorial cartoons!

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    dfowensby  over 14 years ago

    any state or federal court in California.

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    lewisbower  over 14 years ago

    Lord I swear to you that someday

    I WILL EAT A FENWAY FRANK IN OCTOBER

    God is just testing the Nation with a couple of accidents.

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    WittWicked Premium Member over 14 years ago

    If you really want to talk World Cup, Ekert needs to go to England. If they ever win it, the Brits will spend the next two weeks talking about the flaws in their side and how poorly they played during the Championship game. But that’s probably not going to happen anyway.

    If you really want to bloat Ekert, take him to the Black Hole and mention Al Davis.

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    dmcboss  over 14 years ago

    How about FOX Noise?

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    emelless  over 14 years ago

    Ekert should start at the following places: the White House, Michael Steele’s house, Bobby Jindal’s, Rush’s, Mitch McConnell’s, John Boehner’s, Detroit, the home of any patriot militiaman, the state of Arizona, the Rio Grande border. Ther are just too many places to name.

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    AKHenderson Premium Member over 14 years ago

    World Cup, that’s the ticket. Those vuvuzelas provoke lots and lots of negativity to feed on.

    Or,,,Danae’s geek friend has a time machine - he could send Ekert to Lubyanka in the heyday of the Cold War era.

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    jules1021  over 14 years ago

    When it’s time to get him/it back into captivity, send Ekert to Chicago: Cubs and/or Bears. Those fans are so unable to see the writing on the wall/scoreboard! There are no negative feelings there.

    Ekert will slim down in no time!,

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    freeholder1  over 14 years ago

    Actually, it sounds like he would be right at home in middle America or anyplace where any of US live.

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    Jaroca2  over 14 years ago

    I’m losing faith in Danae and this strip very quickly.

    Where’s Cap’n Eddie when you need him?

    LordDogmore….what are we gonna’ do?

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    Mythreesons  over 14 years ago

    He needs to be inside those internet tubes coming out of Wiley’s studio into GoComics and then on out to all our computer screens. Just as long as he doesn’t eat the puns.

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    treered  over 14 years ago

    let him loose on the teabaggers!

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    Cmlbx  over 14 years ago

    How about Philadelphia? Those fans would boo Santa Claus!

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    Can't Sleep  over 14 years ago

    Red Sox fans come by pesimism with good reason -

    I’ve yet to figure out how Youklis could hurt his leg stepping into a batter’s box.

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    valia  over 14 years ago

    Has anyone else forwarded this to Dennis & Callahan?

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    olmail  over 14 years ago

    Ekert is not going to go hungry so long as he maintains contact with humans. and, if he fed on positive feelings, the same would apply. we do run the gamut.

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    alviebird  over 14 years ago

    Am I the only one wondering where Ekert may have been before being locked away? Did he cause ‘The Summer of Love’? Was he locked away in December of ‘69?

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    reynard61  over 14 years ago

    “Negative Attitudes and irrational fear”?

    Send him to Fred Phelps’s Westboro Baptist Church. He’ll have a never-ending smorgasbord of hate and looniness.

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    lin4869  over 14 years ago

    I grew up watching Cubs games with my Mom on WGN television and I’m still a bit loyal to the Cubs–except where the Cincinnati Reds intervene. I moved to the Cincinnati area with my husband over 30 years ago and they’ve grown on me. Plus, they’ve had some winning seasons. However, I still have a soft spot in my heart for the Cubbies.

    Dear Wiley–I like the way this arc is going (not that it matters what I think.) Your comic is a pleasure to read!

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    dmgmd43  over 14 years ago

    Remember, this guy is from New England (everyone talks with a Maine accent) so he has to tell every joke on the Red Sox. But it really applies more to Philadelphia fans, and especially Phillies fans, who boo everybody and everything.

    And, as many people above have so appropriately commented, it applies especially to right-wing talk show hosts and various other politically pure ideologues - from Sierra Club to Naral to small government - low-tax people to libertarians, etc

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    Kaero  over 14 years ago

    I was about to cringe at the thought of it going political, but I was glad to see you took it to a more important place: baseball. (Now if only some of the other commentators would remember that baseball is closer to life than politics is. (Are? I never know if politics is singular or plural….))

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    cdward  over 14 years ago

    Just for fun, I heard about an octopus in Germany that has picked the winners of all the games so far. It has picked Spain for the champ and Germany for third place. If this comes to pass, you heard it from the octopus first.

    But even if Spain wins, I think Ekert wouldn’t find that great a meal in the Netherlands – they’re pretty laid back.

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    vldazzle  over 14 years ago

    Wiley- good to hear! Not a sports fan but growing up and spending most of my life in various Chicago ‘burbs, I know that other cities are far more negative - as Wrigley was well attended while other losing teams had empty stadiums (I see that suff in the news).

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    POPPA1956  over 14 years ago

    When the Red Sox play the Cubs in the world series, the sun, moon and stars will turn to blood, the sky will be rent like unto an old garment, and the federal government at the ends of the earth will behave in a sensible and prudent manner. Then the end of days has come.

    The book of Poppa, chapter 6, verse 66.

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    Aposteriori  over 14 years ago

    Forgot to mention the “anti-everything” control freak mentality of organized religion.

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    ChazNCenTex  over 14 years ago

    Distilled down to it’s simplest, Ekert should go to wherever anyone that disagrees with the commenter resides/works/plays.

    Busy guy. Way to earn a lot of frequent flyer miles for Ekert.

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