Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley for March 26, 2012
Transcript:
Bucky: Why do I keep getting darth vader cards? Bob: In "Star Wars" tarot, that's death. You must beware the grim reaper. Satchel: Can he be cool with smiling reapers, then? Bob: There are no smiling reapers. Satchel: Then how do you know if one's grim? I saw a fish in the aquarium once that had a weird face, but he was eating, so I'm sure he was happy. Maybe reapers are just goofy lookin'. Bob: He must beware all reapers. Satchel; Ha ha! Now that just sounds racist.
DuHhozr over 12 years ago
Sowers are okay, though.
Peabody-Martini over 12 years ago
“Star Wars” tarot, sounds fun.
rshive over 12 years ago
More like reaper-ist, Satch.
orinoco womble over 12 years ago
It’s ironic that the puffer fish (or Fugu in Japanese) is deadly poison, and yet it is considered a delicacy for sashimi when properly prepared. When you look at a puffer head-on, it appears to be gently smiling. Perhaps at the secret it carries? I’d call that a “cheerful reaper.”
orinoco womble over 12 years ago
There’s a non-occult card game in France played with 2 tarot decks. It’s kind of like contract bridge but with picture cards. It’s called, not surprisingly, Tarot, and they have tournaments etc like standard bridge and pinochle do.
revisages over 12 years ago
the grin reaper, kinda like the mona lisa. why the **** is he smiling?
hometownk Premium Member over 12 years ago
The story line resumes after a hiatus of repeats.
doublepaw over 12 years ago
If the Reaper goes to Florida wearing a hoodie, beware!
SwimsWithSharks over 12 years ago
“Maybe Reapers are just goofy looking.” Satchel fears no reaper, but he would be polite just to be safe.
Varnes over 12 years ago
doublepaw, “Ouch!”
Varnes over 12 years ago
BTW, this is a case of Satchel being in rare form. actually, I’m kinda worried about Buck, he looks sad in panel one, and we don’t see him after he hears about the death card….
Michael Rosser Premium Member over 12 years ago
I follow Blue Öyster Cult’s advice when it comes to the Reaper. Or Commander Shepard’s…
orinoco womble over 12 years ago
In Central European folklore, the Grim Reaper is a woman.
RuinQueenofOblivion over 12 years ago
You know, I seem to recall that in Tarot, Death doesn’t actually represent Death, but change.
Kathe over 12 years ago
Oh Satchel, you are so wise not to take this tarot stuff seriously. In the first panel though, you look so concerned for Bucky.
orinoco womble over 12 years ago
Thanks, RR. I was just wondering what that card was called in English. In French for some reason it’s called “Maison Dieu”—the House of God—which can also mean a charity hospital for terminal cases, so you can see why I found it confusing.
Popeyesforearm over 12 years ago
Just don’t pull the Rodney King card. You’ll get a head whupin’.
rgcviper over 12 years ago
Ha—Satchel just makes me smile.
Part of me wishes he could get his own strip, but then “G.F.” would never be the same.