At work, we just got done with a 134-minute teleconference meeting where absolutely nothing was decided. I mean no one decision could be said to have been made, per se.
It’s times like these, which is pretty much every workday, when I like to read a daily helping of meta-Marmaduke, where Joe Mathlete explains today’s Marmaduke cartoon (in 500 words or less).
I’ve always joked that every Marmaduke cartoon, throughout histroy, could be paraphrased with the same 6 words: “That is a really big dog.” But Mr. Mathlete proves that there is much more going on in those single-panels than you might have thought.
Here are three gems:
Marmaduke and the Dog-Catchers
Marmaduke Ruins his Owner’s Life
Marmaduke and the Elevator Repairman
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I think “Marmaduke” has survived as long as it has because the dog almost always has that sheepishly cute dog expression that’s hard to resist.
Not that I pay much attention to “Marmaduke” or anything.
According to Wikipedia, Brad Anderson is 82 years old. He’ll probably continue to draw the strip ten years after he dies.
I remember Kris talking to me about Marmaduke. “That is a really big dog” made vodka come out of my nose the first time I heard it. And I wasn’t even drinking.
I think that strip is like “The FAmily Circus” – it was there and I read it, like I did everything there was on that page. I never laughed. But I read it again the next time. And the time after that. What does that say about me?
wow. the dog-catchers explaination was beautiful.