Aloha Luna
Things are beginning to look up for our Ryan. He’s has his share of down-trodden-ness for awhile.
Moved to London to be with his girl, moves in with his girl’s incomprehensibly mussy brother, his girl is too busy to spend time with him, he misses his pal and muse, he runs out of money, he comes home and moves into his best pal’s much-too-small-for-two-people apartment, finds out his girl gets back with her ex-boyfriend in London, he has trouble finding a good paying job and winds up at the “Squid Kitchen”… THEN…
It’s nice too see that Ryan didn’t get eaten by a tiki, but instead got a better job. At least he doesn’t have to dress up like a squid anymore!
( Dangit, now I want some squid and chips!)
I hate the subliminal food desires. It’s gotten me hooked on, variously, tea, coffee, rice cakes, olive oil, gormet salts, and hard boiled eggs. Can’t argue with the flavor, though 🙂
Yes, the flavor is usually what gets me hooked too!
Yay, Ryan! Oh, now if only Mouse could get a bite of that “forward momentum” bug…
Ah, insider (info tip) trading.
Ryan better not quit the day job just yet.
Not sure of how time is passing in this strip, but last I checked the tiki tavern’s walls were still awaiting prepping ahead of base colors and eventual visual dramatizing.
Gotta say, the food fare may be more pricey at Lava’s which means more tips (a major part of waiter earnings, don’t let their minimum wage salaries fool you), so that’s a good thing.
Only thing is The Kalarmari Kitchen seems to be in a touristy spot which means lots of foot traffic outside and lots of unsuspecting newcomers with vacation money to spend on munchies making their way inside. Even if the food is lousy, lots of new folks will drop in.
Seems that Marina Beach may be off the tourist radar (“a goodly bus ride away”). So the food’s gotta be good enough to create repeat customer business, and the locals have to be wealthy enough to indulge in ordering up meals there frequently and often…with room left over for tiki drinks and tips, tips, tips.
Ah, regular (reward tip) serving.
Nice thing about hitting bottom… up is the only direction left to go.
Of course, that hadn’t happened to Ryan. And it probably couldn’t with his positive outlook on life. Still, it’s good to see reality validate your optimism from time to time.
That was always the worst. I worked at a place where you could still smoke inside, that smoke smell mixed with pizza, nasty!
Since things are looking rosier for Ryan, maybe he ought to try riding his lucky streak by also submitting some freelance works to the local newspaper. That, or perhaps make friends with some printers and start his own newspaper. He could even name it after Randie’s little stuffed friend…The Cypress City Harold.
stick… Marine Layer is a goodly bus right… It may not be 50 miles up the road… but on the bus, a two mile trip can SEEM like a 50 mile ride. In any case… Location is everything. If the restaurant is in a good high profile spot, it could do well. Also if word gets out how groovy the place is, people will seek it out.
Squid… you don’t have far to go enjoy a basket of squid! mmm…
Cy… interesting mish (*potatoes*) mash of (*popcorn*) grub and tasty (* candy corn) foods… (ala Saturday Night LIve).
Joe… Mouse seems to be stuck, don’t he?
Pete… Ryan IS a positive guy… I see him as a “how can I make this better?” questioner of life. If you ask such things, you are bound to find an answer.
Jack… oh! Pizza and ciggie smell! UGH. Similarly, I picked up some tea recently that reminds me of this… it’s roasted “dandy-lion” tea… and it tastes like ashtray and water… Blecht! $3 down the drain there!
Mebee Rye can think even bigger yet…The Cypress County Harold?
I enjoy reading these comments, even when I have nothing useful to contribute.
Uh-oh. Looks like someone’s pun went unsung. Even when redone it was un-Harolded.
Dang, now I’m jonesin’ for Lake Erie walleye.
Hark the Harold Angel Sings…
Joe… Oh-yah… (laughs) …Thanks for noticing.
Yeh, besides here, Squid Row also appears in the Monterey County “Herald.”
While I wouldn’t want Brig to jeapardize her paying gig, a paper tie-in for one struggling artist within a paper tie-in for our struggling artist, if it could even be pulled off, would surely be quite some thing. Mebee do up representations of the actual editor, publisher??? If nothing else it could score points for a Sunday paper return? Just ideas bouncing around in my head.
Joe,
Maybe we need a pun jar.
BB.
Those pun jars are everywhere! It’s gotten so bad at Wapsi Square, they’ve installed a Pun Vault!
Wapsi Square…Yikes.
Pun spelled backwards is Nup, and ‘a nup is a nup.’
stick,
Wapsi Square may be more “Fan-Friendly” than you remember. Paul did a commision for me that turned out great!
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/a-game-of-chess/
Speaking of commisions, Brig…
Was just thinking pun potential, Joe.
Very nice artwork you got there.
Danke, it’s my current desktop image.
Punsters… Harold/The Herald… yah… Harold knows about it. I doubt that The Herald knows.
Joe… we should talk soon, yah?
UWG… don’t ya hate it when that happens?