Is it us, or is Mark Trail developing a decidedly, er, adult subtext?
Yeah, he's too old to get in on that "insurance" action, but he really knows how to show hospitality to a couple of handsome young fellas in the woods ...
And there's Mark in the background, taking off his jacket. "Mister, I got some jewels right here ..."
::wacka-chicka-wacka-chicka::
Meanwhile, large woodland creatures, drawn by the scent of male phermones, are beginning to converge on the cabin.
How- OOOWLL! Aaaaooooo!!
I am so pleased that your site now has "wacka-chicka."
Posted by: Jo | May 17, 2005 at 11:00 AM
It would help if I actually could READ the comic, so could a younger person please explain what's going on in the two strips?
And what's wrong with being polite to the beefcake?
Posted by: Anthony | May 17, 2005 at 11:18 AM
Hey, if you run your cursor over the men and you click, they get bigger.
Posted by: pam | May 17, 2005 at 11:24 AM
OMG--it is SO GAY! Mark Trail? Even that has a certain bizarre homoerotic subtext to it! Good gravy, when did classic comics get so metrosexual?
What's next, the Family Circus "My Two Dads" episodes? Berke Breathed's Outland becoming OUT Land? Beetle Bailey "Asks and Tells"?
Sheesh--the ramifications are mind-boggling!
Posted by: Anthony | May 17, 2005 at 12:17 PM
One of the things that makes this so funny is that The Boy is in the process of joining the cub scouts . . . and the Professional Boy Scout was REALLY homophobic (who feels compelled to tell a group of six-year-olds that homosexuals can't join, and the ACLU is upset by this?).
It was pretty funny.
Posted by: Anne | May 18, 2005 at 04:09 PM