Annie by Jay Maeder and Alan Kupperberg for April 23, 2012

  1. Rick
    davidf42  over 12 years ago

    Morning, Anniephans! GMartin has raised some interesting questions. And the comment I have is that, to my knowledge, this is the only time when we see Little Annie actually kill somebody. Someone with a better memory than mine might correct me on this.Here’s the link to Annie 2003 .

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    Ray_C  over 12 years ago

    I didn’t think Bonifay was on board. Isn’t he negotiating the hostage deal on shore? Ohhh…I’m SO confused. Just like I was most of last month and in fact the last three or so years.

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  3. Tarot
    Nighthawks Premium Member over 12 years ago

    without direct knowledge of the killing capability of a flare gun, it seems to me that a gun that is capable of shooting a projectile of any kind to a great height, discharged at point blank range into a human midsection would cause massive internal damage

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  4. Garfield
    linsonl  over 12 years ago

    ……massive PAINFUL internal damage.

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    APersonOfInterest  over 12 years ago

    Good morning Anniephans!!!-Annie is one tough cookie.

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    grainpaw  over 12 years ago

    Aren’t flare guns single shot? You’d have to reload each time. The bore on a WW1 flare gun I had was a good inch and a half, at least. It would hurt even without a flaming charge. But the poof of smoke emerges between Annie and Ketsu-Go. I doubt if anyone in a moving dirigible would risk a shot from such a distance at night knowing there was a hostage involved.

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  7. Spooky
    unca jim  over 12 years ago

    Yep, they’re single-shot all right, but she musta been readying it for another round to make sure.OR for sake of plot line, the second shot came from the grassy knoll. At least we now know that KetsSu-Go is multi-syllabic !! Ur-r-r-r-r-rr! Yeeee!! Yaaahhhh!!Stay tuned, boysen-berries! Keep your decoder rings handy!!The dirigible will be along ‘Short-ly.’

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    Ray_C  over 12 years ago

    If you look at the last panel in Sunday’s strip, it’s pretty clear that the second flare originated between Annie and K-G. My only problem is that in the previous panel she’s holding the gun in her right hand, and in the last panel he’s holding her right hand in a way that I don’t think she could’ve shot him in the gut. However, I think I’ll stop analyzing and enjoy the story.

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  9. Spooky
    unca jim  over 12 years ago

    Oh, Lord.. Too many Jay Ward’s old cartoon shows runningaround in my head. Rocky, Bullwinkle, Boris & Natasha…BTW:What’s the definition of an elitist? “Someone who can hear the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger!”

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  10. I go pogo
    I Go Pogo   over 12 years ago

    Don’t you hate it when your stomach flares up with that burning sensation?

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