Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 14, 2010
Transcript:
Man: What happened to the court jester? Man2: The investigation ruled it a suicide. Man: What?! Are you sure? Man2: Yep. That's what the report says. Man: That's so hard to believe...he had so much to live for, and the people loved him... In fact, his playful, yet biting humor elevated him to become the most popular member of the royal court... Oh, right...suicide. Man 2: Yep.
LordDogmore over 13 years ago
“Yes, you see he was juggling the large mallet, when he became depressed and for no appearant reason, steppd right underneath it.”
kittenpah over 13 years ago
Darned impressive how fast they can write up those reports.
pouncingtiger over 13 years ago
This is what happened to Danny Kaye. (He usually plays the court jester)
Sisyphos over 13 years ago
You wouldn’t doubt the official, Royal report now, would you? –The king is listening, you know….
remiles51 over 13 years ago
Would hate to be a court jester. Turnover must be VERY high.
Pezcita7 over 13 years ago
“Alas poor Yorik …” I used to think it was just Ophelia!
hawgowar over 13 years ago
Two words…
Vince Foster.
converses over 13 years ago
Obama, BP oil spill…
Olfarto over 13 years ago
Live by the joke, die by the joke…
grapfhics over 13 years ago
Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest, Ride more than thou goest, Learn more than thou trowest, Set less than thou throwest; Leave thy drink and thy whore, And keep in-a-door, And thou shalt have more Than two tens to a score. (King Lear 1. 4. 71-80) The advice of fools and jesters oft goes unheeded.
ses1066 over 13 years ago
Now that is a real royal CRITIC in action.
Any successful comic will tell you, “You got to know your audience!”
You know what the truism is; “Live by the word and die ON the word!”
Sandfan over 13 years ago
CSI: The Early Years.
Gigantor over 13 years ago
Watch your back, Wiley!
cleokaya over 13 years ago
He’s not dead. He’s just hammered.
peter0423 over 13 years ago
Well, there’s lots of different ways to commit suicide…especially assisted suicide.
CogentModality over 13 years ago
Kind of puts the lie to the Saul Alinski rule that “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counteract ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage.”
kkfin over 13 years ago
LordDogMore, upon further investigation, I would say the Jester’s depression became much deeper AFTER he stepped under the large mallet
MatureCanadian over 13 years ago
Comments today are almost as good as the strip.
Love the look on the King’s face Wiley. Thanks for the laugh.
willwot over 13 years ago
Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well. He suffered the sledgehammer of this life. suicide Death by squash
starbase502 over 13 years ago
Was that the jester from “Wizard of ID”? Is so he was probably so hammered he didn’t feel the hammer.
Wildmustang1262 over 13 years ago
The King murdered the joker!
Creniere over 13 years ago
Evidently We were not amused….
<95> over 13 years ago
Murder with Mallet aforethought?
T Gabriel Premium Member over 13 years ago
I WANT THOSE GREEN SHOES!!!
Dtroutma over 13 years ago
He just works for Faux got critical and found out what Ailes him.
Can't Sleep over 13 years ago
If the Court Jester’s job was the most dangerous, then the Court Investigator’s job was a close second.
Really, though, this is covered by the old show business rule: never upstage the main act.
taker48 over 13 years ago
That’s one job I won’t apply for
Lawrence Stetz Premium Member over 13 years ago
Hey, It’s Wiley Miller in a previous life… under the mallet.
ccmills over 13 years ago
I always thought the Joker trumped a King - my bad
jeffreybradmc over 13 years ago
He got the gong.
COGNIZANT over 13 years ago
The mallet is mightier than the gong.
vldazzle over 13 years ago
Great strip AND comments!
JP Steve Premium Member over 13 years ago
”THE KING IS A FINK”
Joseph Krois over 13 years ago
To laugh is a sin?… To evoke a gentle grin?… It’s for the jester to jest…. Sacred waters to test… So the big can feel small… Like they’re one of us all… But the truth is a bitter pill… And in a moment of haste… Might the jested often kill… And the jester just so much paste…
mlswartz_99 over 13 years ago
Some blood oozing out on the carpet would have been a nice visual… or is this a family comic strip?
magnamax over 13 years ago
looks like the mallet got the drop on him.
Ed The Red Premium Member over 13 years ago
He clearly died of natural causes. It was only natural for him to expire after being crushed by a huge mallet.
smyle over 13 years ago
Hey, this is what happened to Iris Chang, the author of “The Rape of Nanjing” The Imperial Japanese Government didn’t like what she wrote about.
Ronald Johnson over 13 years ago
Thus, endeth the “reform progressive movement by the Liberals ” in the White House by the mid-term Congressional elections and the issuance in of the Far Right Conservative and Tea-Party Republican caucus into the House of Representatives and the Senate of the honorable Congress to make “the new (old) wave over the next two years to the present interloper to the White House…..President Barack Obama…..