... syndicate editors aren't perfect. I know what you're thinking, "Say it Ain't So, JG." or maybe you're asking, "If syndicate editors are allowed to make mistakes, who will keep the pressure on the fat cats in Washington?"
And while both are important and thoughtful concerns, the gracious and uber-talented Richard Thompson points out on his lovely blog we missed the extra "tang" (highlighted in yellow) coming from the dialogue balloon and erroneously leading to Mom.
COMICS FUN FACT/DID YOU KNOW? : (apologies to Amy Sedaris/Ruben Bolling) A tang or a speech line lets the reader know where the dialogue is being generated. Not to be confused with THOUGHT BUBBLES!
-JG
I take full responsibility for this glaring screw-up (which nobody noticed as the line is only 2.5 microns in length, but I'm the one who opened his big mouth). It's what happens when I turn in a cartoon 15 minutes before press time. Wait, I didn't type that out loud, did I?
But I thank the genius editorial cartoonist Matt Wuerker for the word "tang". He asked me What do you call the little tang that points from the balloon to the speaker, thus answering his question and coining a word at the same time.
Posted by: R Thompson | January 29, 2009 at 01:58 PM
Makes you wonder what editors do to justify their exorbitant salaries, doesn't it?
Posted by: Wiley | January 29, 2009 at 05:30 PM
Does exorbitant mean "more than a substitute elementary school teacher" ?
Posted by: John Glynn | January 29, 2009 at 06:50 PM
I think we would have caught it if there had been yellow highlighter on it
Posted by: LW | January 30, 2009 at 09:20 AM
What ever Greg Melvin is paid, it ain't enough. I heard he was on line to be canonized for sainthood for his work with Aaron McGruder.
Posted by: MTatulli | January 30, 2009 at 01:09 PM