A Lot Like Life

It's confirmed, John is going "Middle Aged Crazy" ala Bruce Dern in "For Better Or For Worse" - and it usually starts with the flashy sports car. On another level - one of the things that continuously cracks me up about this strip is the use of sound effects, if you will. From babies nursing to dogs sniffing, they're usually a hilarious hybrid of onomatopoeia. "Bip, bip, bip" certainly works for cel-phone punching.

Along the same lines, in "Hagar The Horrible", how funny is it that Snert, Hagar's hound, barks like a Swede; "voof, voof, voof!" Sometimes, it's just the details.