You may disagree, but the current storyline at PVP sure looks like a classic shark-jumper.
In a nutshell, Brent is dreaming about a possible future, because Jade thinks she might be pregnant.
I’m hoping it’ll turn out to be a false alarm, with some plotty goodness that makes it all just a scary side-issue. But it may well be the next direction for this strip, because quite often strips follow a kind of life of their own that may more or less mirror their creators’ lives.
Which means that the classic dictum “write what you know” works just as well for drawing comic strips as it does for writing The Great American Novel or the next hot blog or whatever.
Can’t promise I’ll be interested in going along with the story if it goes in that direction; depends on whether the strip continues to be well-written and drawn (PVP has a really strong graphic sensibility). But all I know is that some favorite TV shows went downhill when somebodeehaddabaybee. Not just because baybees are teh evil (the majority disagrees with me on this one, so I won’t bother arguing the point) but because baybees are teh too easy as a plot point, or as a a conversation starter (or killer).
In a week or so, the plotline on PVP will indicate whether the current “dream sequence” is just that, or a harbinger of things to come.
But… but… baybees ARE Teh Evil!
of course YOU know and I know they’re teh evul, but I got tired of being chased home by raging mobs of peasants waving pitchforks and boxes of flaming Pampers on sticks.
Hey!
Babies are teh cute!
Obsessed self-important mybabeeistheonlythingintheuniverseworthpayingattentionto parents are teh evil!
Accept the word of One Who Knows!
RE PvP — I suspect it will be “just” a dream. Kurtz could surprise us, though.
Okay, ***Dave, I will acknowledge your view of babies as teh cuteness, because I know you’re not one of teh evil the-universe-revolves-around-my-progeny parents. 😀
re PvP: It was a dream, but now we have to wonder if Brent will do anything with the engagement ring he bought before they got the “false alarm” result.
re Teh Evil: people who bring babies… NEWBORNS… to see the latest R-rated action movie with stuff blowin’ up and loud SFX are teh most evil of all. Discuss.