The Right Tool

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.

 

 I've been telling y'all about Leonard Gilmore and his adventures in the city as a garbage collector. He really had some yarns to tell.  When we first started talking he mentioned bein' homeless and I  asked him about it.

 

 "Well, when I first got to the city I went to work as a bouncer in one of them exclusive night clubs where they don't let just anybody in."

 

 I didn't doubt that none since Leonard had always been a big old boy who didn't mind a scrap one bit. He went on with his story, "Well, I was mindin' the door one night when this guy wanted in and didn't have no pass. I told him he couldn't get in and he ups and kicks me in the chest and walks on in. He bowed to the crowd of folks and said,' Kung Fu from China,' and the whole crowd laughed."

 "I just straightened up and went back to mindin' the door and the same thing happened later with another feller only he bowed to the folks and said,' That's Karate from Korea,' and they all laughed again."

 

 It seems like this was startin' a trend because then a little fellow just walks up, grabs my wrist, and throws me to the ground. He bowed to them clubbers and said," That's Judo from Japan,' and they all laughed again."

 

 "Well by then I'd done got plumb fed up so I got another feller to relieve me at the door and I went to my truck to get a little help. When I went inside all three of them fellers was sittin' at the bar just laughin' and jokin' and high fivin' each other and just havin' a big old time. I walked up behind them and about the time they looked up and saw me in the mirror-blap-blap-blap- and all three of them hit the floor and layed there in a pile. I might not have got fired if I hadn't turned to the crowd and bowed and said, 'Lug Wrench from Ace Hardware."

 

Well, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'" I know Judo, Jujitsu, Karate, and a few other foreign words but there just ain't no substitute for a good tire tool. Whatchall been thinkin'?

 

 

Hank on Water Saving Toilets

There is a lot of truth in this answer.  Sometimes saving the Earth just ain't that easy.

CAN YOU TAKE IT?

Lately I have found that there are a whole lot of folks that like to dish it out but can't take it. I think this is especially true in politics. When one side uses something it is constructive criticism but when the other side uses it they call it "hate". I reckon that confuses me because I don't understand how anyone can hate anybody. Sometimes I don't understand how some criticism is constructive either.

GATORHEAD SUPER HERO

Here is a video I did awhile back using puppets. Duct tape has amazing qualities.

Opportunities

Be sure and come back tomorrow for a new episode of HTHM-Men In Gray

What Do You Do With Your Money?

Here is anothre Retro Kurt and Burt. I hope to start posting new comics on the weekends too but it seems that there is little or no traffic. I don't believe that is because of the Retro comics. There was little or no traffic before I started running re-runs. There will be new stuff here every weekday and I am real excited about some of the improvements I have been trying to make. I sure would like some feed back. Let me know what you think I need to do to improve the site.

Bo

SHINE ON

I haven't had a Kurt and Burt comic posted in awhile and I thought it was about time. I am trying to upgrade the settings and work on some new material. I hope to have them back on a regular basis before too long.

IMPATIENCE!

Don't forget to check out the Gatorhead site today. There are some interesting people in the webcomic community and I have mentioned a few of them in today's blog there. I am going to try to do a little better at mentioning others and letting my readers know about the great people who blog and do webcomics. Check it out.

"What's That Taste?"

Most of you have probably heard this in one form or another but it just struck me as something that would come up in a Kurt and Burt Conversation.

THE WAY TO GO

NEW POSITION

SEE A SAMPLE OF THE GATORHEAD GREETING CARDS

Just click on the gatorhead button and you can see a sample of the Greeting Cards that we are working on here at Gatorhead Comics

THE GOOD LIFE

DO IT YOURSELF TV

Makin' A Livin'

CPR Emergency

Be sure and come back tomorrow as Dee Cline calls on Hank The Handy Man to save the day.

HEY... Today is Groundhog day and since I didn't make a comic for this momentous occasion you can go to the Gatorhead site and see last years Warren The Weather Wolf comic. Just click the button.

500th Post

500th Strip

Hi y'all, I've been gettin' prepared for this posting.

I would have liked to have postponed it because it kind of snuck up on me. I won't be around today to respond to any comments because of a prior committment but I'll be back online tomorrow. Instead of drawing a bunch of new stuff I wanted to give everyone a look at the old characters. (Some of them didn't make today's strip so you will have to come back tomorrow for the 501st posting.

This has been a learning experience for me and I hope I have learned enough to make the next 500 better than the first.

I reckon I ought to give you a little play by play on the characters.
The first panel is me and Boomer. Boomer appears more in my writing than in my comics.

The second panel is R.E. and Dee Cline. R.E. is our resident couch potato and he came along sometimes last year during March Madness. He hasn't made many appearences lately but I am hoping to reintroduce him. Not only does he appear in comics but he also writes a guest column.

Aunt Edna kind of makes cameo appearances when there is a smart aleck remark that doesn't fit Mildred that well.

Mildred in the Morning has a dual role. She is Hank's sister and Buster's mother in the Hank The Handy Man Series. She is a recluse with the most negative attitude imaginable and she pretty much verbally abuses everyone, especially Buster.

Burt and Kurt are just like thousands of other men who congregate in public places and discuss the problems of the world.

Buster and the monkey Shirley, work for Hank The Handy Man. They usually appear on Monday and Wednesday but this week is a little different.

The Ladies are Gatorhead's resident Gossips and they talk about their husbands, neighbors, and anyone else that they think of.

The last panel is local legend Colonel Beauregard J. Southbound, Confederate Air Force, Retired. It that doesn't cause you to have some questions then you ain't thinkin'.

More will be revealed about the Col. and his history in the comics and in the articles of future posts.

Thanks for sharing my 500th post with me, (and it would be mighty helpful if you would share it with others). I hope to be back online tomorrow with another large strip featuring the characters that I left out today.
Bo

Why Did I Do That

Hey y'all, don't forget to check back here Monday, January 11th. That will be my 500th post and I have a special post scheduled for that day! Be sure and tell all your friends about it and come back and check it out.

I have been away from an internet connection for a few days and will be away again until Tuesday. I don't want my friends and readers to think I am ignoring you. I do want you to

help make my 500th post special though so leave me a comment.

YOU DID GOOD

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'. Sometimes when kids are tryin' to please their parents they get a little over enthused.
Ludlow works over at the Gatorhead Feed and Seed Store and he said Bodie Barlow came to town the other day for a load of feed. He had his wife and several of his younguns with him. They went down to Grab Some Grub for a few groceries and other supplies while Ludlow was loading the feed on the truck. Bodie had a cage full of chickens in the back of his truck and Ludlow set it out before he loaded the feed.
When Bodie and his family came back the truck was loaded but there wasn't enough room for all the family and the cage full of chickens so he just had his oldest boy to carry the cage full of chickens home.
It was gettin' awful late and Bodie was standin' on the porch waitin' on the boy when he finally come up the road with the cage. There is some debate whether Bodie was more concerned about his boy or about the chickens.
Bodie called out to him, "What took you so long gettin' home boy?"
"I'm sorry paw but the door on the cage come open and they got out but it's okay," he said, "I chased 'em down and I finally caught all 12 of 'em."
Bodie just grinned and said, "I reckon you done real good boy because there weren't but 7 chickens in there when you started out."
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'. Whatchall been thinkin'? Leave me a comment or send me an email to bo@bolumpkin.com or bolumpkin@gmail.com. I sure would like to hear from you.