Volume 3

[CortJstr]

I noticed my first inconsistency last night. He drastically changed the final panel of Philippe's Wedding Day.

Of course I forgot to bring the book with me so I can't type the new ending verbatim but it involves Montmontre reminding Beef that he's missing therapy.

[Victoria Waterfield]

I noticed my first inconsistency last night. He drastically changed the final panel of Philippe's Wedding Day.

Of course I forgot to bring the book with me so I can't type the new ending verbatim but it involves Montmontre reminding Beef that he's missing therapy.

"Montmartre where are Woman-Man and Mr. Tears"

"THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU IN THERAPY"

"Oh my god I forgot it was Friday… Philippe I gotta run oh my god"


I prefer the original version.

[littlefallsmets]

Perhaps in the intervening years, a few of Mr. Onstad's own imaginary friends have suicided, making the original hit too close to home.

[pearced]

I noticed my first inconsistency last night. He drastically changed the final panel of Philippe's Wedding Day.

I just noticed this as well. I've re-read most of the archives several times (geek) so it really jumped out at me and was quite disconcerting.

Given that such as Ray's rad chillies are included and many margin notes are devoted to how unhappy Onstad is with these strips, my guess is that there must be a fairly specific reason for removing a joke about suicide as opposed to a cosmetic change. I wonder if it's an Onstad change or an editorial change?