Ah, I didn't catch that part of the kerfluffle, I just saw the immediate mutual consent stuff and assumed it was readership-driven. I guess the readers lamenting that rivera "obviously doesn't watch fox news" (as per today's comment thread) are still playing catch-up.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑23 Oct 2020, 3:28pmI think you're off-base, tho, re. Allen's departure. It was announced that he was leaving—"by mutual agreement," ho ho—after he posted on Twitter(?) some crass comments about AOC. If it was about his approach not being viable, the syndicate would have let him finish that heroin actor storyline rather than just run that "Mark chooses dog over award" story. He got canned because corporate media has concluded non-knuckledraggers are a better demographic to pursue. JR's hiring would also seem evidence to that point, too.
The Mark Trail Thread of Punching Justice and Smug Life Lessons
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I guess if I want social commentary comics I tend to look elsewhere.
I'm not knocking her but right now it all seems so forced and as WWK said 90s.
I'm not knocking her but right now it all seems so forced and as WWK said 90s.
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I miss the talking animals and buildings.
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We all do, man.
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Happy Trail Farms is where the whole giant animal experiments started.
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Mark, in fact, was once a dog.
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
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This better start happening!
(Tho the juxtaposition of Mark's crotch and those trees make it look like he has a spiked dong. That goes so contrary to the Ken doll Trail crotch that speaks to the radical remake of the strip.)
(Tho the juxtaposition of Mark's crotch and those trees make it look like he has a spiked dong. That goes so contrary to the Ken doll Trail crotch that speaks to the radical remake of the strip.)
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Is Amy playing Mark or is she really that dumb not to make the connection? And if she's playing him, why?
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So...is Marcus "Happy" Trail III supposed to be Mark's dad? I'm assuming our Mark Trail must be Marcus Trail IV? Also, Mark has taken on bad dudes for decades, handing out much punching justice. Are we to believe that he's allowed his family to harm the environment?? I mean come on, Mark just won a major award. He cares about the little animals and the pristine forests.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 8:21am
Is Amy playing Mark or is she really that dumb not to make the connection? And if she's playing him, why?
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Apparently he's been carrying/hiding a lot of guilt.WestwayKid wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 8:29amSo...is Marcus "Happy" Trail III supposed to be Mark's dad? I'm assuming our Mark Trail must be Marcus Trail IV? Also, Mark has taken on bad dudes for decades, handing out much punching justice. Are we to believe that he's allowed his family to harm the environment?? I mean come on, Mark just won a major award. He cares about the little animals and the pristine forests.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 8:21am
Is Amy playing Mark or is she really that dumb not to make the connection? And if she's playing him, why?
(Do people still say "made bank"? That seems to add to your observation that this all seems pretty 90s.)
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Ive never used the term but yeah very 90s.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 8:35amApparently he's been carrying/hiding a lot of guilt.WestwayKid wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 8:29amSo...is Marcus "Happy" Trail III supposed to be Mark's dad? I'm assuming our Mark Trail must be Marcus Trail IV? Also, Mark has taken on bad dudes for decades, handing out much punching justice. Are we to believe that he's allowed his family to harm the environment?? I mean come on, Mark just won a major award. He cares about the little animals and the pristine forests.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 8:21am
Is Amy playing Mark or is she really that dumb not to make the connection? And if she's playing him, why?
(Do people still say "made bank"? That seems to add to your observation that this all seems pretty 90s.)
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I contend that while Jules Rivera has updated Mark and brought him out of the 50's...she only brought him and his gang as far as maybe 1996. I guarantee Mark is going to be listening to Sister Hazel on his Sony Discman very soon.revbob wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 8:41amIve never used the term but yeah very 90s.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 8:35amApparently he's been carrying/hiding a lot of guilt.WestwayKid wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 8:29amSo...is Marcus "Happy" Trail III supposed to be Mark's dad? I'm assuming our Mark Trail must be Marcus Trail IV? Also, Mark has taken on bad dudes for decades, handing out much punching justice. Are we to believe that he's allowed his family to harm the environment?? I mean come on, Mark just won a major award. He cares about the little animals and the pristine forests.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 8:21am
Is Amy playing Mark or is she really that dumb not to make the connection? And if she's playing him, why?
(Do people still say "made bank"? That seems to add to your observation that this all seems pretty 90s.)
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Mark and the boys from Slipknot go after some falcon poachers. And the evidence is on a minidisc!WestwayKid wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 8:55amI contend that while Jules Rivera has updated Mark and brought him out of the 50's...she only brought him and his gang as far as maybe 1996. I guarantee Mark is going to be listening to Sister Hazel on his Sony Discman very soon.revbob wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 8:41amIve never used the term but yeah very 90s.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 8:35amApparently he's been carrying/hiding a lot of guilt.WestwayKid wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 8:29amSo...is Marcus "Happy" Trail III supposed to be Mark's dad? I'm assuming our Mark Trail must be Marcus Trail IV? Also, Mark has taken on bad dudes for decades, handing out much punching justice. Are we to believe that he's allowed his family to harm the environment?? I mean come on, Mark just won a major award. He cares about the little animals and the pristine forests.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 8:21am
Is Amy playing Mark or is she really that dumb not to make the connection? And if she's playing him, why?
(Do people still say "made bank"? That seems to add to your observation that this all seems pretty 90s.)
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