Comics for Breakfast

Shamelessmag.com created this comic, not Bette. 

Bette has learned I’m blogging about her and the sisters.  For a kid with no sense of humor she really took to the idea of me writing down funny things she, Fern, and Deena do or say.  (True, the stories probably are only funny to me, but it’s my blog so get over it.)  Anyways, Bette was driving me bonkers the day she heard of this blog.  She was trying her hardest to do something, anything funny so I would write about her – she’s SO competitive!  One of her “funny” ideas took off and she now has a binder full of comic strips she created in her need, desire, and obsession for acknowledgement here.  Well, she’s going to be acknowledged, just not how she wanted to be.  I’ll be completely honest - the comics are horrible!  Yes, the illustrations are great but every comic is about 2 wolves that live together.  The female wolf orders the male wolf to do some domestic duty or another in each comic.  The male then uses the same line to get out of doing the chore.  Then the female threatens, harms, or mutilates the male wolf in order to get him to complete the aforementioned work.  The comics taught me the following:

Bette really isn’t very funny when she’s trying too hard

Bette has a dark, violent side I wasn’t aware of

Bette could definitely illustrate comics, but she better hire a writer if this is to be her future

The comics were so bad my husband was begging me via text message to save him.  Well, that’s not being completely fair.  Two of them were pretty good and made me giggle…the other 30 were not so good.    

The Scene:

Dad sitting on the couch. Bette on the floor holding her binder full of wolf comics and reading. Mom at the table doing homework with Fern.  Deena, uh…I don’t know.  Remember?  Nobody has time for the baby of the family so she probably wandered off alone. 

Text from Dad:  Plz make it stop how many of these r there

Text to Dad:  I guess u shoulda gone 2 store like I asked earlier - then u wouldn’t b here 2 listen!

Text from Dad:  What did I do 2 deserve this

Text to Dad:  U didn’t listen 2 me!!!!!!!  hahaha  NOW u listen to comics

Text from Dad:  U hate me

All the while Bette just kept reading her comics.  It was a good night and a hard lesson learned for the dear husband!