Comic Strip Review: 44 Union Avenue
Yo! Check out this comic strip, 44 Union Avenue by Mike Witmer. First of all, I don't get this one. I think I understand what the joke is supposed to be. The kid is scared of the snowman and it reminds him of his nightmares or he just doesn't want the snowman in his nightmares. I think.
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If he's so freaked out, then why does he stand and stare up at it for two whole panels before running in terror? The silent first panel indicates an even longer sense of time taking in the horrifying snow monster. And why in a state of fear does the kid turn around in panel four and strike a pose of triumphant declaration with a finger pointed to the sky?
Here's why I really don't get the joke. (Is there a joke?) The question posed is what the melting snowman reminds the kid in glasses of. That comment is what triggers his friend running of which he doesn't understand. And then we don't find out what it reminded him of. Huh?
I may have a birdbrain but I know comic strips. Please, please, please, if you understand this strip, explain it to me!!!
4 Comments:
Nothing to help you understand the comic strip; just letting you know that it is not syndicated, as far as I know.
Moved from their Sherpa page to their regular comics page, but still a webcomic not a syndicated strip.
D.D.Degg...
You are correct, my mistake. Sometimes my birdbrain does kick in. I thank you for the correction and have edited the original post. Thanks for visiting Zingerding!
In the real world, the kid would be running after the second shouting his line, but comic strips rarely reside in the real world.
Comic strips are the real world to me but then again, I'm a cartoon bird.
Often in comics it is the use of real world human characteristics that connect the reader to the characters, whether they are human or not. When a strip like this appears to fail in this sense, it confuses the reader's understanding of it.
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