Posted on 03/17/2006 3:01:53 PM PST by pcottraux
And the Dinklemeyer:
It is my privilege to now introduce to you, my readers, with the third major character to appear in the Dinklemeyer cartoons: MEET…Freddy’s Dad.
This strip concludes the “deathball story” that’s been going on for a few weeks, and introduces the Dad.
Freddy’s Dad is a fun character and almost as funny as the talking pig. He’s rarely named in the strip, but his full name, as a trivia matter, is Dockie-Pierre Dinklemeyer, a sort of weird mix of my Grandfather’s nickname and my Dad’s middle name. But mostly I’ll just refer to him as “Freddy’s Dad.”
I didn’t want the dad to be like Freddy. He’s a goofy, funny middle-aged man who’s just a little eccentric yet strangely down-to-earth. The most notable features about him are not only that he’s somewhat sarcastic, but that he’s also a big-time practical joker. We’ll see more of that in the future.
For example, in this partical strip (I’m not sure what he’s sitting in; I guess it’s some sort of poorly-drawn recliner), you can’t be too sure if he’s being serious or not. I have a good feeling he does notice Freddy’s beaten condition but is pretending not to.
Freddy’s Dad is, unfortunately, modeled after my own. He’s sort of the side of my Dad that people don’t see in public (my Dad in public is polite, serious, and very well-mannered).
The three main characters I’ve now introduced in the strip…Freddy, the pig, and Freddy’s Dad, are the only main characters to last till the end. Oddly, I desperately wanted to create a Mom character but never got around to doing it. I couldn’t figure out how Freddy’s Mom would look. She does make appearances off-panel, so to speak, so we do know that she exists. And she may be as crazy as the old man.
But I’m getting ahead of myself. That’s for later.
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Enjoy.
Hi Phil!!! I'm BACK!!!!!!!! Great job on this one.
Hey!!! What are you doing here???
6th tonight?
Yeah, closer to the beginning for you.
Good one tonight, BTW! I'm sure the MSM will bury this story.
I got back into town late last night.
I tried to do it with the green font but it didn't work out. I could have fixed it but I didn't have time.
Guess I'm going to get pinched.
Hehe I love the look on shark's face in the face of all that :) The Dinklyemeyer was really good. My parents were like that too.
Hi :) where were you?
Awesome! I thought you weren't getting back till tomorrow.
Ah, it's easier to read black font anyway.
I actually came up with a hilarious way to conclude this one.
Yeah, if you want to take the easy way out.
Hey Paul. Glad you could make it tonight.
I've spent the last week at Disneyland with my sisters and their kids. Just got back last night. I am sooooooo spent. My feet and legs are sooooo sore. It was a lot of fun, and very, very tiring.
I thought I wouldn't be back till Saturday either, but we changed our plans slightly.
Has everyone been good while I was away?
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