c/ComicStripEdits · by JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 1d

For Better... Mother

For Better Or For Worse tribute-edit, by Mike Peters of "Mother Goose & Grimm," 1997.

Not sure how many here remember these. FBoFW ended about 10yrs later, after a ~30yr run. It was one of those rare-ish strips that aged the characters naturally. MG&G is still going strong.

From the Great Switcheroo project.

36 points · 9 comments · view on lemmy.world

9 Comments

Mnem667@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1d

Man, I haven't thought about either of these strips in ~~decades~~ far, far too long.

tyranny@crazypeople.online · 3 pts · 1d (4 replies)

great edit, great fourth wall break, great art style, holding the speech bubble in hand makes the joke nice and clear. my only gripe would be that it takes 3 panels of confusion before the payoff, which feels like a long stretch

JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 3 pts · 1d (3 replies)

my only gripe would be that it takes 3 panels of confusion before the payoff, which feels like a long stretch

I'm a fan of tension-building, so that actually works for me. It's reasonably witty / amusing dialogue too, IMO. If it wasn't, then yeah, 3 panels would probably feel long.

Also, I'm thinking that the authentic FBoFW typically ran 4 panels, so it's also a nod to that.

tyranny@crazypeople.online · 2 pts · 1d (2 replies)

i think if it were more clear from the humans' faces that they're perplexed and alarmed by the words coming out of their mouths, it'd work more for me. i hear your point though, it's nice to stick to an established formula, especially when you're doing something different conceptually

JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 2 pts · 1d (1 reply)

Funny, they look plenty perplexed & alarmed over here compared to their normal faces, but that's as a long-time reader. I could see for less-familiar readers that they just look kind of blank-faced.

Whatever. We each have our own lens.

tyranny@crazypeople.online · 1 pts · 21h

i hear you, ive never encountered the comic before, but i imagine I'm not the target audience of a long-running strip like this

shweddy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d (1 reply)

What's the comic with the old Lady and the dog?

JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 3 pts · 1d

This:
https://www.gocomics.com/mother-goose-and-grimm

FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d

This could be my house when my wife is having a bad day.