New Adventures of Queen Victoria by Pab Sungenis
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Non Sequitur by Wiley MillerAbout New Adventures of Queen Victoria
Join HRH Queen Victoria as she daily levels her regal gaze upon the fools and tomfoolery of our time. Along with her classically-rendered co-characters Prince Albert, Anne Boleyn, George III (aka “Grandpa”), Mrs. Clipart and Maurice, Queen V grapples daily with the strange state of our affairs, whether it be resisting a vicious comic strip jihad, surviving a visitation by Howard Stern, or hosting a special edition of “Victorian Idol”. Never has a sovereign quoted the Marx Brothers with more aplomb, paid such heed to the fate of the lite-brite, or dared to go where a comic strip has never gone before: shopping for a Wii. Join the Great Lady as she dares to do battle with Oliver Cromwell and James Cameron, and rules with a steady hand over people who can’t tell the difference between the Virgin Mary and Mary Worth. “Curse you, historical accuracy!”
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Ira Nayman said, 9 months ago
Heeeeeey,
Be careful what you say about Commedia dell’Arte - it was actually a wonderful art form, one which gave us many characters who are popular to this day. :-)
wndrwrthg
said,
9 months ago
Yo, Vicky. A belated happy anniversary. But really, your first cousin?
pschearer
said,
9 months ago
Fumetto, per Google definitions, seems to be Italian for a speech bubble, and by extension, for comics in general.
What would I ever do without the Internet to help me understand the things I read on the Internet?
Orgelspieler said, 9 months ago
Idiomatically, that’s correct. Literally, it’s “a little (puff of) smoke”. Cute. Can’t wait to see what Pab does with this one.
pabsungenis
said,
9 months ago
Re: “Fumetto.” Literally it is “a puff of smoke,” which is descriptive of speech balloons. In modern terms, it’s Italian for “comic” (since comics use “fumetti” for speech).
In modern English, thanks to magazines like “Private Eye” and “Cracked,” it has come to mean a comic made up of photographs and other stock images.
Thus, “Queen Victoria” is a fumetto in both English and Italian senses of the word, as would be the basement strip here. This makes “Fumetto dell’Arte” a sort of bilingual pun.
Looking into who I have to talk to about changing the strip’s name to “I Don’t Get It” once and for all.
DigitalFrog
said,
9 months ago
(sub)Divide and conquer! Way to go Vicky!
tedlogdon said, 9 months ago
I like where this is going.
Krazy Kat and Popeye started this way, among many others.
Doctor Toon
said,
9 months ago
Pab - the problem with doing intellectual humor is, well, your audience.
BlueRaven said, 9 months ago
Now that I know what a fumetto is, I find this even funnier than I did on first read. Subdividing by itself was a good gag.
Orgelspieler said, 9 months ago
wooHOO, doctortoon, you hit it right on the head. ROFL! Pab, PLEASE stay intellectual. The world doesn’t need another “Garfield”.
stpatme said, 9 months ago
Amen!
cwreenactor said, 9 months ago
LOL!
jackfertig said, 8 months ago
Sadly, this is why you’ll never be as popular as Garfield, Pab. Your strip challenges and appeals to the intellect. “Nobody lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” (P T Barnum?) This explains why Jim Davis is rolling in it and your appeal is more exclusive to the cognoscenti. Alas, we’re an appreciative audience, but a lousy market.