Rose is Rose

I never thought I'd see a Rose is Rose about erections, but here it is.

It's interesting to see an erection symbolized with hearts. Does that subvert the construct of the phallus or simply mask its violence? You decide!

11/14 comics

Far be it for me to proofread a comic (then again, I'm already queering them, translating them, and teaching them how to canoe), but as someone who's dabbled in the freelance copy editing in the past and who edits all sorts of writing for cool gay blog, I just can't over look that your/you're mistake in panel one. You'd be surprised what intelligent and creative writers make that mistake.

Of course, United Features Media should have someone on top of that. I'm guessing that Rose is Rose is so diabeticly sweet that s/he can't even stand to read the text to find errors in several dozen words, and neither can the writer.


I'll ignore the big ol' period after "find" as just an unfortunate blotch on the paper (post-Photoshop there's really no excuse, but, *sigh*), and focus instead on the recipe... what exactly is this Plugger reading? Polenta, orzo, tahini, and jicama? That sounds less "coastal, librul, big-city, Kerry-votin', gay-marryin', war-protestin' froo-froo food" and more "things mixed together like condiments at a junior high school cafeteria and then people are dared to eat." Gross.


"He's taking all the line"? "Keep the pressure on"? "Rod tip up"? "He's huge"?

This is intentional at this point, right? Or did RMMD writer Woody Wilson has been spending too much time on the Nifty. (Link NSFW)

But I still learned some things...

But I did learn a few things upon returning to the comics. Like in this Rose is Rose:

I learned: Jimbo married his mother's thin identical twin! Ahhhhh!!!

But they're still smiling while saying everything. Kinda disturbing, now that I've been away from it for a while.

Oh, and Jimbo seems to have quite a well-built ass for a cartoon character. Just sayin'.


I learned: Shabbily-dressed French women in berets wander around Ruthie's neighborhood.

But Ruthie's still punny.


I learned: Lois joined a lesbian separatist reading group.