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As for this comic…
Many readers knew this was coming. It wasn’t a surprise. And I am aware that true understanding of this strip requires a passing familiarity with a TV show that is now almost half a century old. Not very accessible for the zoomers, I suppose. But no one under the age of forty is reading this comic anyway, I assume.
Um … cloak of audacity? I mean, no one will believe they’re trying to be covert, right?
Hide in plain sight. And loudly!
and miranda´s adorability will difuse all suspicion they could be up to something….i mean, only a crazy person would bring a toddler (in dungarees!) to a heist, right?
seriously, this is so outa there, it could actually work for no one can prepare for this kind of madness
NO ONE can prepare for OUR madness! NO ONE!!!
That’s one of Papa Schnorf’s girlfriend, isn’t it.
Nah, she was the social committee chair at the prom.
36 and reading this comic. But Millennials have picked up a surprising amount of pop culture from years before we were born.
Mostly through early seasons of The Simpsons.
I will give my generation this: our collective refusal to give up on the cultural hallmarks of our childhood has aggressively forced successive generations into at least a passive understanding of who, say, Marty McFly is.
I’m a mid-range Boomer. We picked up a surprising amount of 1930s and ’40s pop culture from Looney Tunes, the Stooges, and old movies on after-school TV. So I’d say the Millennials are on solid ground with The Simpsons. 😀
If you have a problem and no one else and you can’t afford thr A-team you could hire the D-team.
It’s Colin. Gotta be the C-Team. Maybe too high a rank for him, though. And also, the C-Team was what the chipmunks were called in that one episode guest starring Mr. T.
Now THIS was a surprise to see in this comic. A replica of the iconic A-team van. That and Miranda saying Mr. T’s iconic catchphrase is just icing on the sweet surprise.
Now, it must be noted that Mr. T never really said “I pity the fool” in an episode of the A-Team. (That line came from Rocky 3.) But hey, it’s too iconic NOT to use!
“No one under the age of 40…”
Excuse you, I’m 35 and I’ve been reading this comic since I first found it several years ago.
I still got the reference, mind you.
If you’re reading the comic, you’re already an honorary 40 year-old. Sorry about that.
So where did Colin steal that van from?
He rented it. From a place that Cy sourced. That’s why he went to the nerd store.
It occurs to me that the bad guys will see them coming and say “Oh look, the decoy team has arrived. Let us look for the real threat and ignore these idiots.”
As George Carlin noted, the concept that “It’s the quiet ones you gotta watch” is mostly false. Nine times out of ten, the threat comes from the dude who is screaming, “I’ll kill every last one of you!” Not sure the Cabal knows this, though.
I’m zoomer (27, started reading sometime during the end of Puck’s pregnancy, a bit before the babyshower arc) and I’ve never seen the show, but I still got the reference. Just in case that gives you hope.
Pregnancy arc?!? That arc ended in 2013!!! That was twelve years ago! You’ve been following this webcomic for almost half your life? Wow. I am honored. I think.
Now, they just need cool code names= Daphne is Hannibal, Tyler is Face, Colin is Murdock, Puck is B.A.
Gosh Kosh dungarees. If you are going to make product placement that aggressively cute, you should get some corporate support.
How may of your readers own the collected PUCK book? Has the thought of a second collection been a remote consideration?