Oh my.
SPOILER ALERT: This is probably not gonna end well. And they were having such fun together, too, fooling poor Rad and his secretary.
Next time (after writing strip after strip, and redrawing an entire page), a couple old friends show up, and Stephanie… well, you’ll see.
Just a note about today’s self-indulgent title.
Way back before your parents were born I was in my first ever play. I was (a terrible) Dr. Einstein in “Arsenic and Old Lace.” My buddy Brad, who was (a pretty good) Jonathon, had a line about “The Melbourne Method.” We had an in-joke about “The Johannesburg Method,” which involved whipped cream and peanut butter. So, when Larry wrote those lines, I just naturally thought of this. Thank you for listening.
Curiously enough, the last play I was ever in was “Arsenic and Old Lace,” a couple years ago. I was Mortimer. Unfortunately, my current job’s schedule won’t let me do any more shows. So I just perform through my comic.
Well, “let’s talk” is a scary thing to hear, but they, uh, very much do need to talk. And Edison needs to listen, too.
But at least they got the last laugh on Rad. Hopefully.
Yeah, “Let’s talk” is maybe second only to “We need to talk” for Scariest Things to Hear In a Relationship.
And Larry does need to say some things. As much as Edison needs to hear them.
And they definitely got the last laugh on Rad. He’s not Eleanor, after all.
Oooooo! Whipped cream!
* *ahem* *
So… shouldn’t we have seen smashed fragments a Rad’s squawkbox in the last panel? And if Rad’s receptionist is going to continue to meddle then I think you need to come up with a name for her. And, um, whipped cream, yeah….
I thought about drawing the smaahed sqwaukbox, but it would’ve proved distracting. I wanted Larry, Edison in the foreground, and her pouring a drink.
I was “inspired” by reading a lot of mangas created by Masayuki Ishikawa (Moyasimon, Maria the Virgin Witch, etc.). He does similar panels.
Rad’s Secretary’s name? I follow the great William Faulkner, who said he never names characters. They always tell him theirs. I’m still waiting on her.
Any suggestions?
You’re right, of course. The last panel would have to be twice as tall to have room for ruination along the bottom.
I suppose it’s her headgear that makes me think of her as a receptionist rather than a secretary. Marconia Capulet?
Oh, I like it!
Marconia Capulet it is.
Though she understandably doesn’t get along with Ms Montague from the first floor.
My parents were both born in 1935. I’m pretty sure you were referring to parents closer to my date of birth in 1958.
At the risk of giving too much away, you and I are pretty close in age.