Our Long National Nightmare is Over (I think)

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wintergreen48 · #1 Post by **wintergreen48** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:13 am

Well, it looks like Mark Trail won't be around to piss me off much longer.

In yesterday's strip the Bad Guy shot Mark Trail: he's pretty skillful, shooting accurately from one moving boat to another, using a handgun; I would have a hard time making that shot. I was concerned for a moment that maybe they were trying for some real drama, and the Bad Guy might have shot himself rather than be taken alive, or at least punched out, by Mark, but you can see in the last panel that Mark has been shot, apparently fatally-- at least four of his hairs are out of place, and a living Mark Trail would never let that happen. http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showCo ... Mark_Trail

Today's strip confirms that Mark's a goner: http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showCo ... Mark_Trail He's obviously gone to sleep with the fishies, or at least, what's left of him will sleep with the fishies (note that the gulls are already swooping in to feed on his dying flesh).

It's morning in America...

Mark Trail Naughty Person · #2 Post by **Mark Trail Naughty Person** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:17 am

Horsefeathers. Mark hasn't punched me out yet. He can't cash in his chips until he has had at least one final chance to use his Fists of Doom. You just watch: he'll probably slip out of the boat and swim through the surf, no doubt catching me in my speeding speedboat in time to punch my lights out. Probably after punching a hole in the hull of my boat. Yes indeed, ourlittle pas de deux has not yet run out its string.

silverscreenselect · #3 Post by **silverscreenselect** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:18 am

wintergreen48 wrote: He's obviously gone to sleep with the fishies, or at least, what's left of him will sleep with the fishies (note that the gulls are already swooping in to feed on his dying flesh).

It's morning in America...

Are you a betting man?

silvercamaro · #4 Post by **silvercamaro** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:31 am

I think Mark is only temporarily permanently dead. I believe in miracles!

TheNotSoGreatPretender · #5 Post by **TheNotSoGreatPretender** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:39 am

silvercamaro wrote:I think Mark is only temporarily permanently dead. I believe in miracles!

YESSS!!!!!!!!

Beebs52 · #6 Post by **Beebs52** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:46 am

You mean he's not most sincerely dead?

#7 Post by **littlebeast13** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:05 am

Mark Trail Naughty Person wrote:Horsefeathers. Mark hasn't punched me out yet. He can't cash in his chips until he has had at least one final chance to use his Fists of Doom. You just watch: he'll probably slip out of the boat and swim through the surf, no doubt catching me in my speeding speedboat in time to punch my lights out. Probably after punching a hole in the hull of my boat. Yes indeed, ourlittle pas de deux has not yet run out its string.

You have a lot to learn about knocking off your enemies, Naughty Person.....

lb13

themanintheseersuckersuit · #8 Post by **themanintheseersuckersuit** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:12 am

For some reason when I followed a link to The Comics Crudmedgon I thought of WG.

The comment for 2/15 on Mark Trail

It appears that Mark has been shot directly in the head, and the bullet has struck with such force that it’s knocked a few hairs out of place. He’s really going to do some serious punching, once he shakes that off.

http://joshreads.com/

tlynn78 · #9 Post by **tlynn78** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:29 pm

He's only mostly dead.

t.

flockofseagulls104 · #10 Post by **flockofseagulls104** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:31 pm

He's not dead, He's just stunned. Beautiful plumage, tho.

flockofseagulls104 · #11 Post by **flockofseagulls104** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:32 pm

Maybe this is a seque to a new plot line where Mark comes back as a zombie.

flockofseagulls104 · #12 Post by **flockofseagulls104** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:36 pm

Or perhaps he'll wash ashore on an island and be greeted by Benjamin Linus.

silverscreenselect · #13 Post by **silverscreenselect** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:50 pm

flockofseagulls104 wrote:Or perhaps he'll wash ashore on an island and be greeted by Benjamin Linus.

Flock... I'm shocked.

You added three replies to a thread without bringing up politics one single time.

Are you feeling okay?

christie1111 · #14 Post by **christie1111** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:01 pm

Sorry WG. I think you are being a tad bit optimistic on this one.

silverscreenselect wrote:
flockofseagulls104 wrote:Or perhaps he'll wash ashore on an island and be greeted by Benjamin Linus.
Flock... I'm shocked.

You added three replies to a thread without bringing up politics one single time.

Are you feeling okay?

Sorry the same can not be said for you SSS.

a1mamacat · #15 Post by **a1mamacat** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:30 pm

I just want to know how he managed to fall from sitting on a thwart, to lying completely under the thwarts!!!

gsabc · #16 Post by **gsabc** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:35 pm

a1mamacat wrote:I just want to know how he managed to fall from sitting on a thwart, to lying completely under the thwarts!!!

Maybe the Thwarts was with him?

christie1111 · #17 Post by **christie1111** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:43 pm

a1mamacat wrote:I just want to know how he managed to fall from sitting on a thwart, to lying completely under the thwarts!!!

Really? Is that what a seat on a row boat is called? Or power boat for that matter.

a1mamacat · #18 Post by **a1mamacat** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:56 pm

christie1111 wrote:
a1mamacat wrote:I just want to know how he managed to fall from sitting on a thwart, to lying completely under the thwarts!!!
Really? Is that what a seat on a row boat is called? Or power boat for that matter.

http://www.pickyguide.com/sports_and_re ... guide.html

christie1111 · #19 Post by **christie1111** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:02 pm

Cool!

Thanks Saucy! I learned something today!

wintergreen48 · #20 Post by **wintergreen48** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:11 pm

a1mamacat wrote:I just want to know how he managed to fall from sitting on a thwart, to lying completely under the thwarts!!!

Being the eternal optimist that I am, I would like to think that, as the gulls tear as his living flesh, the release of bodily fluids has caused him to slide down and under the thwarts.

The pessimist in me worries that he might wash ashore on some jungle island where he will be restored by natives, and will come back as the new Ghost Who Walks, leaving skull marks on people's jaws when he punches them. Maybe dog skulls (we haven't seen Andy for a while).

earendel · #21 Post by **earendel** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:12 pm

You must be truly optimistic to post the same thing three times!

MarleysGh0st · #22 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:17 pm

a1mamacat wrote:I just want to know how he managed to fall from sitting on a thwart, to lying completely under the thwarts!!!

Well, you see, that's how you can be sure that Mark is still alive, despite wintergreen's wishful thinking. Mark was so shocked by the bad guy's unsportsmanlike use of a firearm that he decided playing dead was the only reasonable option and he crawled under the thwarts to get the most cover possible.

But he'll be back to get some two-fisted revenge on the bad guy before you know it!

gsabc · #23 Post by **gsabc** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:56 pm

I feel a song coming ....

"I am not dead yet
I can dance and I can sing
I am not dead yet
I can do the Highland Fling

I am not dead yet
No need to go to bed
No need to call the doctor
Cause I'm not yet dead."

And there was much rejoicing (yay).

Okay, I'll stop channeling Monty Python stuff now.

SportsFan68 · #24 Post by **SportsFan68** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:47 pm

gsabc wrote:
a1mamacat wrote:I just want to know how he managed to fall from sitting on a thwart, to lying completely under the thwarts!!!
Maybe the Thwarts was with him?

LOL!

jaybee · #25 Post by **jaybee** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:59 pm

tlynn78 wrote:He's only mostly dead.

t.

Mostly dead is a little alive.

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