Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for September 21, 2020

Dun, dah, dun, dun! Dun, dah, dun, dun, du-u-u-un!

I was working the night watch out of Frog Applause when I received the telex from the Bath Mat Factory. The shag had become unwieldy and Sister Teresa herself was needed to descend to calm the shearers. The job of reeling in the FA faithful for the coming migration fell to me. The Link below explains it all. Frog be with you.

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If it weren’t for the comics, I would not have met my beloved wife; and along with her came an entire community of new friends and associates, many of whom I have had the pleasure of meeting in the non-virtual world – otherwise known as Real Life.

CB taught me, at nearly age, that being a looser didn’t make you a bad person.

Small victories.

Big beaks. The better to smell you with my dear.

maybe the thing is that people that grew up with comics learned that the pen was mightier than the sword……at an early age…

…though I miss the comic code…

… most times because-like deadlines- it made artists stretch their limits farther…

…while without the code you still had tremendous art…

…a lot of it quickly became T&A and guts and gore and a never ending storyline that could have been done in two episodes…

…[I’m talking to you, X-Men]…

…that is the glorious thing about Frog Applause…

…tethered by only the restraining order inside the artist’s mind…

…every day…

…(well, almost every day)….

…we enjoy art afraid of not being afraid…

…daring to fail in order to remain good…

…taking chances…

…bursting bubbles…

…making us look things up on Google!…

…comics are more than Calvin & Hobbes reruns or Hi & Lois twilight zone sameness…

…though those, too, have beloved value…

…today is our independence day…

…viva the Frog!…

…some segments may not be recorded live…

… for years, the best part of my morning was coming to Gocomics to 1srt read FA and then every other comic on my list. I am going to miss that once FA is gone, but my heart won’t be with the site anymore. …

…parting is such sweet sorrow…

The ordinary world is enough for most people. Enough good or enough trouble doesn’t matter. Staying in your box has always pleased the overlords.

And it through the prism of the comments section where all is revealed.

No, I didn’t say ‘prison.’

Loud croaking applause, please!

Don’t beat it

Keep it

Good heavens! Pardon me, but sometimes the comics even make one laugh. It is permitted to laugh, even when it’s gallows humor.

To the point of today’s screed, however, some people could learn a lesson, if they weren’t obtuse and close-minded. Not naming names, but I may have some in mind….

Well said.

Whoever comes upon FA, write a letter of protest to GC….this is the most unreasonable move they have made to date! When they took Spectickles off their agenda, I was furious and now I’m MORE a furious! W R I T E !!!

2020, worst year ever?

To GC Overlords/Overladies:

“It has come to my attention that GC intends to cancel the strip Frog Applause. The reasoning behind this decision is unclear.

This strip is entertaining, thought-provoking, unconventional, and followed by many faithful readers- many of whom only come to GC for Frog Applause.

i most emphatically urge the directors of the GoComics site to reconsider their decision.

Any response by the directorate will be appreciated.

Thank you."

Rinse & repeat daily.

The gloaming is slowly becoming the gathering gloom … woe is me … Joe Btfsplk must be well-nigh … curses …!!!

So, lacking a coin to flip, I picked one of the two available options entirely by not quite random. One path led slightly downhill, and the other slightly up. Heading downhill seemed the most likely to lead me to some form of civilization and human habitation. So I headed the other way, reasoning that people farther away from centers of human clusters would be more reasonable and likely to render aid to a person such as would be in my present condition, and possibly a fugitive from said centers of human clustering.

It is true that comics are elemental, and the uninitiated may be unaware that Frog applause uses the elements to full effect; for example,

Wind: the wind in Froglandia is wonderfully scented and wildly variable depending on the district in which one is strolling through. Down wind from the swamp tends toward the delightfully fetid and sultry, what with the ample plumage always hanging about. Each afternoon a sizable crowd gathers in the square to enjoy the sweet and savory smells of Frida’s Corn Dog Cart and Cheesy Bread Menagerie. I would caution you to steer clear of the Bath Mat Factory on Wednesdays though, as that is the day that Mother Thalwag takes the shears and the pumice to Rotifers feet.

Water: really too much to list here, but one of the more popular attractions is the Ole Wishing Well, and if you come unequipped without a pretty pink head to make your wish and toss down the well, never fear, Grace has a shrunken head boutique near by. If you prefer the fresh variety, I can make a suggestion of a worthy candidate that would no doubt delight comic fans far and wide.

Fire: many examples here, F.F.F. (Froglandian Frog Foundry), (pronounced fff) where they have been churning out bronze frog lawn ornaments for years, the Pyrolamiacs Society down on Burnside Boulevard, but by far the most popular is the annual Petarade Parade & Fundament Festival (and it covers two elements! Wind & Fire!) where all things derrière are celebrated. Attendees are encourage to come bearing matches and lighters (please leave your torches and pitchforks at home, that is for another entirely different festival) so that all emissions may be liberated the Froglandian way, as a fireball rising upon high in honor of our Lady of Lame, and a reminder of how Grace the Face brought us the Lame Commandments that fateful night, after consulting the holy burning comixbrush, high on Tushy Peak. Lamen.

I doodle my emotions, fart my failures and sing my successes. I should be able to write something funny about that, but so far…it’s just obnoxious sounds, unpleasant odors and balled up pieces of paper.