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2-21: Can't you hear me knocking?

sewerman

on Sept. 14, 2008

Ever been called "pal" by somebody who was not your pal?

This is kind of a perfunctory RG strip and I'm not pleased that I've left it in, but I did it and it's done. Hopefully everyone gets it and I don't have to like, underline that the plot of this story is not unlike the plot of Superbad. He's at a party being hosted by his current enemy, Rodriguez, and his peace offering is this ill-gotten booze. My desire not to be "bash-your-head-in obvious" occasionally leads me to be rather difficultly vague and it's hard to know how to walk the line. A tough call for any storyteller.

There are two types of people out there. Those who say "par-tay" to be ironic, and those who say it because they seriously think it earns them cool points. Rodriguez is a man running low on cool points, but his douchiness seems to have won him fear from his classmates. Plus, dude's like 19.

(Oddly enough, I might point out, it's legal to buy beer in Canada at 19… one of the geographic vagaries of my setting. If they are Canadian, then Rodriguez at least appreciates the effort.)

Before the day of this strip, I intend to rectify the situation by completing the next few while I have time. Hopefully you'll see the new page within a few days. Cheers.