Sunday, January 3, 2021

Dizzy fingers

[Bettle Bailey, January 3, 2020. Click for a larger view.]

Yes, I read Beetle Bailey. And now I have to read it more closely. Because the number of fingers on its characters’ hands varies, from person to person, from panel to panel. This panel from today’s strip is just one example.

A cartoonist’s joke? Mere sloppiness? Hard to say.

Those symbols, by the way, are called grawlixes, a Mort Walker coinage.

[Post title with apologies to Zez Confrey.]

comments: 2

Stephen said...

Michael, have you seen Bill Denton's series on the portrayal of libraries in Archie?

Michael Leddy said...

Not until now. Very choice stuff! I plan to go through them all. Thanks, Stephen.