{"id":7062994,"date":"2026-09-21T11:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/babies-monsters-bird-men-the-comics-curmudgeon\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T11:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:03:48","slug":"babies-monsters-bird-men-the-comics-curmudgeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7062994","title":{"rendered":"Babies, monsters, bird-men \u2013 The Comics Curmudgeon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"visuallyhidden\">Post Content<\/h2>\n<p><i>Marvin,<\/i> 9\/20\/26<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joshreads.com\/images\/26\/09\/i260920marvin.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Now, if you were a normal person, by which I mean someone who has no idea what <i>Marvin\u2019<\/i>s whole deal was beyond \u201cIsn\u2019t that a comic about, like, a baby?\u201d, you would probably be taken aback by this strip, which seems to be a pretty harsh indictment of modern millennial parents, sucked into social media and checked out from what the wondrous moments of their kid\u2019s toddlerhood, precious memories they\u2019ll never get back. But <i>Marvin<\/i> realheads like you and me know that Marvin, the character, is the worst baby around, and deserves his father\u2019s neglect. Who cares what he\u2019s wearing? He sucks!<\/p>\n<p><i>Shoe,<\/i> 9\/20\/26<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joshreads.com\/images\/26\/09\/i260920shoe.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Given that the uncle-nephew bond is apparently the closest intergenerational relationship the bird-men of <i>Shoe<\/i> can experience, it\u2019s too bad for the Perfesser that his uncles <a href=\"https:\/\/joshreads.com\/2026\/07\/depressing-tuesday-6\/\" target=\"_blank\">keep dying<\/a>. Anyway, I think they should wait to make sure Uncle Walter\u2019s coffin successfully lands in the grave before carving anything into marble.<\/p>\n<p>Panel from <i>Slylock Fox,<\/i> 9\/20\/26<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joshreads.com\/images\/26\/09\/i260920slylockpanel.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>OK, yes, he should\u2019ve been smart enough to take the cap off the pen. 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