Why “Dango the Hyena”? If Tarzan expects the guard to know apeish he only needs to say dango. If Tarzan knows the guard doesn’t speak apeish (and Tarzan should always assume others don’t speak apeish) he only needs to say hyena. The confused guard may think this is Tarzan of the Hyenas and Dango is his buddy.
Comic strip dialog is written for the reader of the strip, not the characters in it.
Tarzan is getting soft in his old age. Back in the day, he’d climb the nearest tree, drop a noose over the guard’s head, effortlessly pull him up hand-over-hand, gruesomely dispatch him, and then drop the guard’s lifeless, mutilated corpse into the village square as a party favor. Tsk, tsk, Tarzan.
Silent as Sheeta the panther, Tarzan drew himself over the top of the stockade. Then he screamed as loud as Bluey the kookaburra when he got a splinter in his fanny.
SHAKEDOWNCITY 11 months ago
Not a “laughing” matter if hyenas get you.
BigDaveGlass 11 months ago
That guard is not laughing now……
profkatz 11 months ago
That evil arab guard must have a very large head to have a headress big enough to tie him up and gag him. Tarzan will regret not slitting his throat!
Thomas 11 months ago
Dango: “When Tarzan is around, food is always plentiful”.
Gent 11 months ago
He fortunate that Tarzan not throw him into pit.
NoDice 11 months ago
“…gnaw thy bones?” This is the King James Version of Tarzan. Next thing you know, there will be “weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Polsixe 11 months ago
This guy will turn out to be the luckiest one in the village.
Old Comic Strip Lover 11 months ago
The guy will probably gag to death since he hasn’t washed that headdress in more than a year….if ever.
LawrenceS 11 months ago
Why “Dango the Hyena”? If Tarzan expects the guard to know apeish he only needs to say dango. If Tarzan knows the guard doesn’t speak apeish (and Tarzan should always assume others don’t speak apeish) he only needs to say hyena. The confused guard may think this is Tarzan of the Hyenas and Dango is his buddy.
Comic strip dialog is written for the reader of the strip, not the characters in it.
chris_o42 11 months ago
Good Lord! Tied the guard up with his own headdress! How humiliating—he’ll never live it down!
Out of the Past 11 months ago
Finally, a threat I don’t have to fear: being tied up with my own head dress.
General Trelane (Ret.) Premium Member 11 months ago
Bludgeon him now .
[Unnamed Reader - bf182b] 11 months ago
And when the surviving slavers found their bound comrade, and figured out that his lax job at guarding had led to Tarzan’s victory, they murdered him.
jtt 11 months ago
Tarzan is getting soft in his old age. Back in the day, he’d climb the nearest tree, drop a noose over the guard’s head, effortlessly pull him up hand-over-hand, gruesomely dispatch him, and then drop the guard’s lifeless, mutilated corpse into the village square as a party favor. Tsk, tsk, Tarzan.
joe piglet Premium Member 11 months ago
Maybe Tarzan needs to suck the life out of Sheeta, Lions, Crocs, apes etc. and then use their powers. Kind of like a vampire.
prrdh 11 months ago
Hyenas don’t exactly gnaw bones. They crunch them up as if they were dog biscuits.
ChessPirate 11 months ago
Guy wears a dress on his head. Deserves what he gets… ☺
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace 11 months ago
Well that is what the headdress is there for.
David Rickard Premium Member 11 months ago
Silent as Sheeta the panther, Tarzan drew himself over the top of the stockade. Then he screamed as loud as Bluey the kookaburra when he got a splinter in his fanny.
h.v.greenman 11 months ago
In the original Burroughs stories all the interactions with Arab tribes used the archaic Thou, Thee, Thy, Thine, pronouns