“’GENTLEMEN’!? Why, these are bloody woodsmen, Mark!”
These panels might make more sense after Happy Hour. Why does Mark want to stop the match? I presume it is so he can reveal Tad Crass’ real estate fight. Which would accomplish what? Are the fighters going to quit and throw away their chance to win a lot of money?! I don’t think so!
I wonder where that large curtain and lectern came from, because it was not part of the setup that we saw when the contest area was first depicted in panel 4 on March 31 (Go ahead and scroll back to look. I’ll wait for you..).
And I know you’re gonna have questions about how to interpret the rink in panel 1 and panel 3, as well as what the heck Mark and Cliff are doing. For some reason, it didn’t occur to them to simply hop out of the rink and walk around it. Poor Tad Crass; he looks like he lost his marbles (panel 2) and doesn’t know what to do. That must have been what made it possible for Mark and Cliff to walk right in front of him without being recognized. I’m not sure I have the skill or patience to interpret the details in panel 3, so I’ll leave that to you all. But even the turkey vulture looks frustrated.
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There used to be a couple of outdoor ice rinks in Cambridge about the size of that ring. Looking at the boxing going on, they might as well be wearing skates.
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Skates might add a bit of excitement to this burlesque of a match, but I’m totally confused by the rink’s architecture. Just what in @*#! are Mark and Cliff walking on in panel 1?!
What the #@)! is that curtain or wall in front of the boxers in panel 1? Maybe it’s an optical illusion or something.
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