The hidden joke of this comic, of course, is that this sort of peacefulness never happens. Never. Not even once again for the rest of your life.
Tag: Baby
CUPS 114: Tiny
Rita’s just pragmatic. She could continue riffing with Sarge about puffy foodstuffs that this tiny baby looks like, but it seems like a waste of time in a world with so many CSI:Miamis to watch.
CUPS 113: Boss
‘During the whole ordeal she was writing a novella. It’s not all that great, really, and there are a handful of pretty serious character flaws and a significantly noticeable plot hole, but seriously… She was in the midst of labor and she wrote a novella, you know? It’s only 87 pages, but it’s tightly condensed — Norah has a really efficient way of writing. It’s about this detective with OCD and has a vendetta against… You know what? I don’t need to sell you on ‘Nova Scotian Tundra Homicide’, because the title does literally all the selling’
CUPS 110: Lemonade Stand
Not pictured — The 60 second ‘Beautiful Mind’-style montage of Lester going down to City Hall and rooting through file cabinets, files spread all over the desk… Microficheing the hell out of some old real estate listings and police reports. Unclear on the specific song playing during the montage, but it’s definitely NOT ‘Taking Care of Business’, because I’m trying to run a humorous comic, here, not lowest-common-denominator satire for dummies.
CUPS 109: Baller
Quick labor? That’s not very realistic, you may say, but then again you’re not the one writing/drawing a comic strip that’s based on humor and not getting too graphic… So, if you want to really get nitty-gritty with the whole labor process, providing a more realistic take on baby having, then go ahead and make your own comic.
