Endtown by Aaron Neathery for February 01, 2016

Ugh. Plexigrass. That stuff gives me splinters.

I love Chic’s comment in panel 3. He’s never seen grass before, so he can only describe it as, “this green spikey stuff all over the ground.”

Painted sky, year round spring day, plastic grass – sounds totally boring. Jingles – still can’t get “See the USA in your Chevrolet” out of my mind, just shows how long-lived jingles can be.

Interesting lighting pattern – reflection of the light source off the “white” clouds and on to our characters? If so that means the characters have substance, right?

“Caged…er… gated community.” Perfect description. A kind of jail for the mobily affluent, a First-World disorder.

It’s where affluenza is a right, not a disease.

Caged Community.

Welcome to Hotel California!

There used to be t-shirts available at the Kansas City airport that said, “Leavenworth. A gated community.”

For those not familiar with it, several federal prisons are located in Leavenworth.

“No stems, no seeds that you don’t need……..”

I like the Canyonero-Jingle :) That’s a jingle I never forget!

Maybe, under the grass, gummi worms?

like the Libby’s commercial…….earworm!!!!!!!

“We’ll leave the light on for you.”

I’d like to teach the world to sing….Double your pleasure, Double your fun…Gimme a break. Gimme a break…..Meow, meow, meow, meow…My Bologna has a first name…I don’t want to grow up…Two all beef patties, special saucs, lettuce, cheese…

OK. I googled these. May some of them stick.

Bet no bed bugs here.

“Baseball, Hotdogs, Apple Pie and Cheverlolet!”To be fair, I’m a Chevy man.

The other interesting thing is this is the first time I can remember Wally being this sarcastic. I think seeing his old stomping grounds has brought it out in him.

Wally knows a bit more now about Holly.Her help the world attitude of her mouse self is far different from her crap on the world human self.Her human attitude is very….Topsider like.

Jingles just happen.

One of the reasons I didn’t think that it was just chain link fencing in the earlier comic. I think it’s more like the sort of safety glass that’s used in schools and prisons.

Chain link would be too easy to crash through or break out of, and would be more difficult to keep climate controlled.

Methinks that Apex is probably going to use this to their advantage and arrange for there to be a sudden mutagen outbreak in Holly’s neighborhood to keep them from talking.

Although it looks like them saying “Hey, we saw a gigantic lovecraftian monstrosity (that may or may not have been a police man) mutate before our very eyes and get disintegrated by Apex a few months before the other reports” wouldn’t do much, but the fact that Apex was immediately on the scene and tried to quietly sweep it under the rug could do some serious damage to their public image.

Hell, it might even cause an outright revolt and force them to speed up their takeover.

I’m also still sticking with the “Mutagen wasn’t airborne until Apex started disintegrating people” and guess that either it’s an Extremophile virus, or/and Amesworth radiation caused it to mutate to something more virile.

This could probably even explain why Sparkplug was immune.

this is probably the first time the poor kid ever saw grass, and it’s artificial turf…

Is it my imagination, or is Kirbee starting to look a little worried. Her facial expression in panels 2 & 4 look troubled to me.

It is kind of odd just how far back this story goes – this part being practically started just before they left endtown.

That is really old. I saw that when I was 11 YO. lots of years ago. Kinda be fun to see it again.

I’m picturing mouse Holly climbing out of rubble, and I’m wondering if Apex nuked the stacked neighborhood and she survived….

We’ve never established Kirbee’s age, but I’m guessing she was a child post apocolypse and is now in her late teens. Sometimes her reactions remind me of some of the more air headed moments of my teenage daughters.

“You’ll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent”.

BRYLCREEM! A little dab’ll do ya!

Oh I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wienerThat is what I’d truly like to be’Cause if I were an Oscar Mayer wiener Everyone would be in love with me..In the valley of the Jolly (Ho Ho Ho) Green Giant.Stronger than dirt-See the USA in your Chevrolet.Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet.You’ve come a long way babyTo get where you’ve got to todayYou’ve got your own cigarette now babyYou’ve come a long, long way

I don’t know about “Takes a licking and keeps on ticking.” I mean when’s the last time you licked your watch?

Call Rotorooter that’s the name, and away go troubles down the drain! Rotorooter! :0)

Soil-less Green: It’s for people! It’s made for people!

Since we’re trying to infect each other, how about:

Hey! It’s Rosco, for Bosco!

“Bosco puts hustle in your muscle,Bosco puts whee in your knee….”

or…

“A-new-a , a-now-a Kellog’s a-bring-a younew kind of break-a-fast cereal.Him puffed and toasted nice,Him called Kellog’s Puffa Puffa Rice.”

There’s more about “digga digga bowlful” etc….

Never heard the Rosco one, but I can imagine all sorts of endings for it!

No, I’ve never had a dog lick my watch, is that common?

Wally’s first description (caged) seems more appropriate. It’s surprising that Lyn and Holly are allowed to go anywhere. Otherwise, it would be guaranteed that they couldn’t leak their experience. Entance/exit by aircar only? What if there’s a fire? There must be combustibles up there somewhere.

This feels bad. They are in a high-elevation subdivision, aircar accessible…but not open to the sky. In fact, apparently some sort of sealed environment with a ceiling. Preparation for coming bio disaster? Were HollyLyn “recruited” for a more sinister purpose…like breeding? After all, would have been easier/cheaper to just kill them on that deserted road.

Darwin, I believe the use of the word “licking” is a euphamism for beating. In my time if you did something your parents didn’t approve of you were in for a “licking” Ie: spanking if they found out.

“Oh, when you think you’re ready come on down to Crazy Eddie, the man whose got most everything in stereo sound.His audio selection will meet perfection and he’s got the lowest prices around…”

Crazy Eddie’s prices are insane. Better call Saul.

I wonder if moving to Merryvale Fifteen was Holly’s idea or if it was part of their deal with Apex. When I was divorced and got out of debt, I made a point of continuing to live below my means so that I had a cushion to help deal with life’s ups and downs. That helped me keep things afloat as I deal with unemployment. It had seemed stupid to me that Holly and Lyn would buy an aircar and move into top flight digs after a windfall from Apex helps them get out of debt. It sort of makes sense if Apex provided the home and the car. The home probably has a “security” system that allows Apex to spy on the couple.