It’s been an adjustment in the transition over to the James led comic, even after a number of years. Its very meta…sometimes meta on top of meta. Not everything lands with me. And the artstyle is ok although I thought Gilchrist was a better artist, cheesecake Fritzi or not. Speaking of cheesecake Fritzi Ritz, in some ways Bushmiller was cheesecake too considering the times in the 1920s/30s when her type of character was quite provocative, much like Blondie Boopadoop and similar “flapper” socialites of the era. Finally, living in Nashville, it was strange to have “Nancy” firmly rooted in Nashville. Some things were obvious but there were plenty of other little easter eggs to find if you knew anything about Music City USA.
And yes, RFKjr. is being investigated for the whale head incident. Why? The Marine Mammals Act stipulates that you cannot collect the carcass or body part of a recently deceased cetacean. It does allow you to possess something really old, like finding a skull on a beach. But not sawing off the head of a whale and taking it home. It carries and fine and/or prison. This information comes from my cousin why works at NOAA and is a PhD marine pathologist. So when there is a whale beaching in south Florida, she’s one of the team that handles it. And a bonus fact….how do you take a tissue sampling of a dead whale? With a chain saw.
This was Berke Breathed’s first cartoon when he was a college student, pre-Bloom County. This joke was even repeated in Bloom County with Steve Dallas and a different woman.
Pat wondering, “Anybody still have this in their subscription list?” Answer, yes.