Matt Fraction really should be writing the new Batman comic, but instead he made the mistake of wondering, "What exactly is this comic strip Jeff and Brooke are talking about?" It's a dangerous question to pose to yourself. Even more so, as Matt discovered, if one makes the mistake of Googling this comic strip. It kind of opens a Pandora's box. Which is what happened, and the next thing Matt knew, he was reading years' worth of Chickweed Lanes. Seriously guys, he took pages of notes! After the deep immersion, he agreed to join us on the podcast to talk about the things he witnessed. That includes: couples going to TGI Fingerbang's, something known as "ffawnky mozm fimps," curious children who lift mommy's skirt, hetero-curious ballet dancers, buttholes that look like clown's mouths, falling in love with Nazis, vaginas (with and without crawfish), "knockout gams," how much Brooke Mc-El-Dee knows about menstruation (not much!), elderly men who produce ink when startled, the hypnotic sexiness of cat's buttholes, and a final strip so surprising, it floors Brooke Dillman, almost literally. And this after two of the earlier strips nearly killed her already! Along the way, we talk about Dilbert, Alan Moore, Gene Simmons, and Kansas City's most famous serial killer. Also Matt makes a really good point about Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's our largest episode ever and for a good reason! Drake! Dillman! Fraction! Let's go!
The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:
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This ffawnky mozm fimps episode includes:
- Malcolm in the Middle
- Good Brooke vs. Bad Brooke
- the Death Star trash chute
- Game of Thrones
- Dilbert
- Dutch angles
- Terminator 2
- sexual chicken fight
- The Shining twins
- The Brady Bunch
- Converse All-Stars
- Hoosiers
- Alan Moore
- Swamp Thing
- The Mona Lisa & the Scream
- Eva Braun
- Danny Thomas
- Bill Oakley
- tight butts drive Matt nuts
- KISS and the Kiss Kasket
- Gene Simmons
- Cindy Lou Who
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- The Lockhorns
- Stephen Sondheim
- Stan Lee
- Kansas City serial killer Bob Berdella
- Jorge Jimenez
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