What an exciting week for us here in the lab. Sunday Scott Kurtz Tweeted that he might need some help with guest strips, due to some cracked ribs he received during shenanigans in a hotel room (as naughty as that sounds, the details are more like a Disney Channel version of The Hangover). I immediately volunteered, expecting to be smited from above, but surprisingly, he took me up on it! As a result, we received the PVP Bump, and we have many new friends to welcome and entertain. Thanks all for taking a look, “liking” Franky’s Facbook Page, following our RSS and Twitter feeds, and for the many kind things so many of you have said.
One or two other cool things happened this week too, but they deserve their own blog updates. More on those soon.
Nice big update today, full of emotion, Easter eggs, sexiness, and who knows what else. Seems to me Eartha was a little quick to take Elsa’s frown down to French kissin’ town. Is she being… Helpful? Horny? Creepy? Crazy? Or something else entirely? I’d love to hear what YOU think.
Monday: Weeping with the Frenemy Part two. Where will this lead…? Not where you expect!
I’m a dude, what do you expect me to say…?
She’s being helpful by being horny in a crazy way that makes no one feel creepy!!
Makes sense to me
ITS FREAKIN’ AWESOME!!!!
See, this just makes me feel sorry for Franky rather than confused as to why Eartha and Elsa are so suddenly eating each others faces.
Hope things start to either look up for him or he finds an outlet.
Poor Franky – losing each endorsement and taking it as rejection
LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE TO ME JOHN! Going and getting me all involved in the emotional development of your characters…
I’ve got a terrible confession to make- it was INTENTIONAL!!!
Franky knew they’d be fooling around, but he doesn’t know EVERYTHING. Neither does Elsa!
Things will get better for Franky. Better, but still crazy.
I’ve noticed there’s a strong correlation between how interesting my life is and how confusing it is. So that seems totally reasonable.
Yeah I think you’ve made Franky quite a lovable, relatable, comical, sympathetic, hyper-libidinal character that you can’t help but to root for. The fact that he is a a low point in this life already makes every new negative twist makes him seem that much more of a sympathetic character. Glad to read he won’t always “get the short end of the stick”.
Nice touch with the Frankenstein, Jr. references and bonus points for riffing on David Bowie (Scary Monsters album)!
Elsa and Eartha locking lips?! Looks like that PG-13 rating is kicking in, hahaha.
I’ve been waiting for someone to say something
I want to do way more with the Frankenstein Jr. reference, love that goofy cartoon. The album cover is also a nod to Duran Duran’s cover for Rio by Patrick Nagel, SO 80′s.
As for the PG-13 rating, you’d be surprised how much has been said about how far past PG-13 the comic is. I guess Dr. Smith getting it from the Robot is pretty R.
Hope it’s leading to some extended fan service.
Okay, probably not.
Eartha’s motivations are a little suspect. Plus, bottom left panel… if vampires had buck teeth instead of fangs, she’d look like she was about to feed on Elsa.
It may not be leading where you think- THIS time, and for that I am truly sorry. I have nothing against fan service.
Also, on girls it’s an overbite, not “buck teeth”. My mother always told me that women with overbites are very oversexed, and in my experience this seems to be true.
(and to answer the question nobody asked, my mom had quite the overbite, and was quite frisky.)
So… many… Oedipus… jokes… must… resist…
No, no no- I’m just sayin’ my mom was full of life, she loved a naughty joke, and told them often. Also, as a kid I had to sleep with headphones, because she was quite loud. Which, as a kid freaked me out (I was very Christian, and I thought hearing stuff= incest), but as an adult I’m just glad she was having fun. A bigger apartment would have been nice though.
Frankenstein JR? Oh the memories you’ve awoken. Fan service never hurts, but you’ve proven this strip is about more than panty-shots. Isn’t it?
Nostalgia… and panty shots. They’re like chocolate and peanut butter.
Frank ‘N’ Stan, that’s awesome
Thanks, though my favorite part of Frankenstein Jr. was how he would say the kid’s name- “Okay, BUCK!”