Frazz by Jef Mallett for July 22, 2014

It’s no fun being uncoordinated enough to pump yourself. I remember it well.

RadarRecon, seriously, where’s the initiative here?

She’s been waiting for her turn to swing for a very long time. (It is a little lame for a kid that age to not know how to swing. )

STRAIGHT outta Calvin and Hobbes. Although his punchline was “where the heck is the manual override!?”

KZ71 — I wouldn’t call it exactly the same…

A similar theme.

But to me, the joke in C&H is more about Calvin’s technical expectations and vocabulary.

I’m sure other cartoonists have riffed on this theme too.Almost anything funny has been thought of more than once.

When you’re a little older you’ll learn to get swinging by yourself. The longer your legs the easier it is.

Nope the Calvin strip isn’t exactly the same as Frazz. Maybe Jef is doing a nod to C&H, but the Frazz strip is more about today’s kids, and the C&H strip is about Calvin looking to automation for help… IMHO.

Dig those tiny sticks. There are not many drummers who have matched Gene Krupa’s talent.

“Today’s kids” – it’s beyond belief that today a kid would be in a playground without a parent less than ten feet away. When C&H came out, it was still possible; when we were kids (at least some of us) we told mom we were “going out to play” and showed up again at dinnertime.

Criticized? You’re the only one here that’s got a grip!

I remember the first time I tried to use a swing on my own. After several failed attempts, I rushed and dove on the swing stomach first. It worked for me.

Thanks for the Krupa link. Loved that man! Loved that musical era!