Mark jumps right in with his next interview. I’m not sure what difference it would have made if Reba couldn’t “shoot right”, by which I wonder if she meant “shoot straight”? Apparently, Reba has trouble with chronology and transitions, since panel 3 looks like there should be one or more panels between it and panel 2. So, fine. Reba was motivated by feral hogs beating up her fields. And I see the pseudo-patriotic parody going on here: “I’m gonna blast those commie hogs to kingdom come!”
What I don’t get is the rifle she is holding. What the heck is that thing!?
I’m not conversant on the many styles of firearms available, but I’m fairly certain none of them look like what Reba is holding in panel 4. That looks like something somebody might draw without having an actual rifle or photos of an actual rifle on hand. But tell me if I’m wrong, people. Please correct my ignorance. Is Rivera just being lazy or am I more ignorant that I think?
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Good catch on the rifle.
Jules uses a line to show a distinct difference between the fore-end stock and the barrel, but she makes them the same color, so it appears they are the same material. Fore-end stocks are meant to be held, so they are made out of wood or plastic, not metal like the barrel which heats up when you shoot it.
In panel 4 Jules makes the buttstock straight, instead of flaring out to fit more comfortably on the shoulder. Since every real rifle has a flared buttstock, her version looks awkward. She does better in panel 2.
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A lot (if not nearly all) rifles/shotguns have a stock that is designed to fall away (downwards) from the chamber at the “neck” (as it is often called), not run straight out, as Rivera’s rifle does. One exception is the M16, which this one definitely is not!
I originally found it surprising that Rivera couldn’t take the time to simply search for a decent example online that she could have copied and reformatted to fit into her strip. She does that with other things, such as cars and animals, as many cartoonists do and have done over the decades. Even Stephen Pastis likes to complain about having to draw certain objects (like beer cans!).
Maybe Rivera deliberately drew these rifles to look like a child’s toy in order to mock them, as she seems to be mocking these women. Or maybe Rivera was simply too indifferent to its appearance to care.
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