Shoe, 9/27/24

I guess if all you want to get out of the daily comics is to briefly linger on each little joke and then move on to the next one, you might be satisfied with today's Shoe, where they spin up up "disagree with" as a metaphor for indigestion into a matter of geopolitical importance. But me? The Comics Curmudgeon? The guy who's blogged about comic strips for decades? I hopefully do not have to explain that I am the kind of person who wants more than that, and after lingering on this joke slightly longer than most would, I have decided I do not care for it. I think it's the "not only" at the beginning of the first word balloon, which implies that that the second half of this sentence is going to be something new, rather than just an extension of the metaphor. Plus it invites you to contemplate how the peppers got there, suggesting the "ramming [X] down my throat" formulation that is one of the least pleasant phrases in political discourse. So, sorry, Shoe, I'm not on board today. Do better.

Blondie, 9/27/24