Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 28, 2024

Why?

“It can’t happen here”

I hope it’s not Heart of Darkness.

Fun fact: In the painting, the character may not be the one screaming, but instead is frightened by the scream.

Let’s limit our election season to the month of October from now on.

Since when is “Home Alone” great literature?

Ironic that Lemon Head would give a major and maybe final speech in the Garden [aka MSG]. I mean, if there was ever a truly bad case of over ingesting the additive MSG, Buttercup takes the prize.

The nice thing about Hallowe’en is that it lasts only one day. On Nov. 1 (or at least by the next weekend) all the ghoulish/garish decorations will be down and the country back to normal again (for sufficiently wide values of “normal”). This year, I truly fear that we will have our very own Guy Fawkes day, which could last well into the next year and, depending on how it works out, may indeed involve a Gunpowder Plot. I have voted in fourteen presidential elections, and this is the most concerned I have ever been about the consequences.

Thank you, thank you, aren’t we all? The ads are driving me bonkers — I just hit MUTE every time they start.

And i’m too tired of Caulfield’s coy, passive aggressive attitude about his costume.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

If he’s trying NOT to evoke “The Scream,” he’s doing a very bad job. The wavy stance, the “brush-strokes” on his torso…

How many third graders (Caulfield, of course, is exempt) know about Munch’s “The Scream”?

“Home Alone”? Is that great literature?

Great literature? Isn’t this the kid who doesn’t know how to use Google, and can’t figure out anything by himself?

Gravity’s Rainbow. That’s how it begins.

“For the love of God, Montresor!”

“Election behavior”: Just a word — I have read that there are people out there who say they are afraid to let a boyfriend or family member know who they’re voting for. Bullies are only bullies if you let them be. Grow a spine, show your teeth, BE YOU. Bullies just don’t know what to do with that.

“Too tired of election behavior”? Would it therefore please you no end if we never had any elections ever again? Because that’s a real possibility this time around. Be careful what you wish for; you may get it.

I’d guess his book is Project 2025: Remaking American Governance.