Whooee! I just spent the last week in Celina, Ohio, attending my grandmother’s funeral! Well, I didn’t spend the whole week at the funeral. That was my other grandmother. Also, it bears noting that this ‘un had been sick for a very, very long time, and it was her time to go, and I therefore do not desire any condolences from you fine people. NEVERTHELESS, spending a week in small-town Ohio attending to funerary things was one of the most spirit-crushing experiences I’ve ever had. I got home and basically stared straight ahead for a coupla hours.
Feeling much better now, though!
Annotations for der cartoon below!
- So I drew most of this in an Ohio hotel room, while my brother watched VH1 and E! on the hotel cable. The words and phrases on Vincent’s shirt are thus culled from the fine television at hand. “Mondo” was a guy on “The Girls Next Door”; “Tango” and “12 Pack” were contestants on “I Love New York.” I asked my brother what he’d call himself if he were on “I Love New York”; he replied “Banana Hammock.” I said I’d be “Egg Salad Sandwich.” Abracadabra!
- I did, in fact, encounter some snackfoods incorporating “toad-ally” in their title, and did, in fact, misinterpret this for just a moment.