For anyone that's counting, last Thursday's strip was #100, which makes today's strip #101. That leaves us only three more comics to go before we close the door on the rookie year of the Tales of a Checkered Man.
So before we wrap things up for the year and get the ball rolling on year two, I wanted to take the opportunity to thank one of my biggest behind-the-scenes influences my fiancée, the lovely Ms. Jillian Kurtz. Today's strip borrows much of its dialog from one of her most favorite films, the holiday classic, A Christmas Story.
This one was all for you kiddo.
During the summer of 2010, Jillian and I took a little weekend vacation for our anniversary to Cleveland, Ohio and swung by the A Christmas Story House & Museum. The proof is in the picture of the nerdy cartoonist poking his chubby face through the Ralphie stand-up thingy found on the museum's second floor. What's surely missing from the photo is the audible giggling of said fiancée as she snapped this photo.
I use to watch that movie every Christmas! Really liked the strip
I’m not aware of that movie.
But…
I just can’t help thinking, Clark Griswald.
Remember the Pig-in-a-Poke gameshow?
They won a trip to Europe.
Yes, technically it’s a rabbit. But you get the idea.
ROLFE
Great, man. A Christmas Story is also one of my faves we watch every year. Good stuff!
Aw, great strip and great commentary!
I would count how many times things ricocheted back at me and hit me in the head as a kid but the concussions make that sort of difficult.
So true. Why is life like that? Your work reads so well. It feels like you have been doing this for 20 years; it looks that polished & professional. Awesome.
What’s also missing from the photo is the nerdy cartoonist getting his tongue stuck to a frozen pole.
HAW HAW!
Hahahahahah! I love this! Great strip! Great reference!
“He looks like a deranged Easter Bunny” Great movie. Great strip.
Notafinga! Great strip!
I’ve been to the house too. Except there was no cutout deranged Easter Bunny to get my picture taken in.
This is good stuff!
I expect to see the lamp from said movie in CM’s room next time. Still going good but these other commenters detract from your greastest creation NORB:)