Frazz by Jef Mallett for December 04, 2011
December 03, 2011
December 05, 2011
Transcript:
Squirrel Sled design Boy: I could tell right away it wasn't going to work, but I was having too much fun not to finish it. Frazz: I always suspected that's how Freddie Mercury wrote "Bohemian Rhapsody".
trspence almost 13 years ago
I am delighted to be young enough (in my heart) to think that makes perfect sense.
Michael Thorton almost 13 years ago
I agree with Frazz on this one. Bohemian Rhapsody is the perfect example of what so many writers suffer: “Failure to Launch”.
chris_weaver almost 13 years ago
I see a little silhouetto of a squirrel…
crobinson019 almost 13 years ago
But if it was successful, the Squirrels would work for peanuts
Larry Miller Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Scaramouche!
Nebulous Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Looks more like something DaVinci would come up with, instead of aGalileo, Galileo, Galileo, Figaro.
McGehee almost 13 years ago
Mama….Just drew a sled….Put squirrels in the reins,Now I fear I am insane…
Tree11 almost 13 years ago
What I’m wondering is when Jef Mallett drew this? How old? and who saved it? Or is it by one of the kids he knows? Love the lined paper and the millions of happy squirrels
troilee almost 13 years ago
Magnifico!
prrdh almost 13 years ago
One way you might get it to work is to have a sled pulled by cats in pursuit of it. Which is especially cool, because one way you might get a cat sled to work is to have a squirrel sled for the cats to pursue.
Lucindy almost 13 years ago
And a sled with wheels…doesn’t that make it a wagon?
fritzoid Premium Member almost 13 years ago
My only problem with this strip is the imputation that somehow Bohemian Rhapsody doesn’t “work.” It may not adhere to the “verse-chorus-verse” form, but no creative artist worth the name ever let formalism stand in the way of a masterpiece. It’s “songwriting as collage.”
rgcviper almost 13 years ago
“Oh, mama mia, mama mia, mama mia, let me go!”
ReaderLady almost 13 years ago
Weird Al Yankovich’s homage is a treat.“Any way the wind blows.”
frightenup Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Love the squirrel sled and the drawing! :-)
bevgreyjones almost 13 years ago
Lucindy says: And a sled with wheels…doesn’t that make it a wagon?
I think it’s patterned on a dog sled. Take a look at the driver on the back. Wheels are simply a variation for snowless areas. :)
Oh, and the famous Flexible Flyer sled had wheels, I understand.
Elderflower almost 13 years ago
beelzabub has a devil put aside for me…for me
fritzoid Premium Member almost 13 years ago
The Squirrel Sled wouldn’t work in real life, so it MUST be just fantasy. Question answered.
burleigh2 almost 13 years ago
Funny… the squirrels look beautiful in the picture (very well drawn), but he didn’t draw himself very well (especially the hands). LOL!
neatslob Premium Member over 11 years ago
Put a dog IN the sled and let him bark and the sled will go. It will go straight up a tree, but it will go.
childe_of_pan over 7 years ago
And remember: once again, nobody played synthesizer
Jhony-Yermo about 1 year ago
Another group of Jef Squirrels. The best in all cartooning.