Today’s strip reminds me of something an English teacher taught me many years ago. She said that every story can be boiled down to three different types of plot: man against man, man against nature and man against himself.
She’s right when you boil it down, but only to the extent that whether you’re boiling down anything from spaghetti to your leftover Halloween candy, it becomes mushy and unappealing. Out there in the great wide literary world, we have Man v. Parking, Man v. Sumerian Assembler Code and Man v. 1987 Toyota Camry Wagon and all sorts of other epic battles.
I’m just kidding about that last one – my ‘Yota served me well until that sad day when I found out that the cost of new brakes was greater than the cost of the car itself and it had to be hauled away by some sort of children’s charity. I can only assume that it is now being used by sickly children to drive themselves to the doctor. Or, in the case of doctors situated at the bottom of hills, right past them.
But I digress.
When I started working on the Fuzzy Five, I had the same problem as Nina Jr. has in this strip. Everyone has to go toe to toe with someone or something, even if it’s just fear itself (which, incidentally, was the only thing FDR was really afraid of). Later on, you’ll see what the Five are up against, but for now, a question: what’s your “Man (or Woman) versus” story?
I loooove this comic!! its soo funny
The expression on Breakfast in panel five is hilarious!
I’m sick and I declare my body the enemy for getting me sick. My story is My Brain versus My Body!
How are they communicating through the TV? I question the realism
of two plush toys conversing via a one-way media device! The vampire was fine, but this extends my suspension of disbelief too far!!!
Fluffy toys have all the powers in the world. It’s a law of nature.
my unfortunate perpetual battle seems to be man vs stupid viruses
Woman versus large price of squishy. Ay yai yai!
Yes, I do not understand how they are talking via TV. Is der a vid cam or sumfin? Otherwise, it’s great!
My longest and most epic struggle has been “Woman vs. Gravity” … that’s right. Thanks to gravity I am CONSTANTLY falling down! Down the stairs, up the stairs, on flat surfaces, you name it! And let’s not even get into the whole “inability to fly” thing, I’m still pretty bitter over that …
Smurfs, Beiber, and Glee?
Let’s go back to references of DBZ.
omg! this is like the funniest one yet! love it!