Get on Youtube and look up Frente – they were a short lived Australian band in the 90s. It was ALWAYS fashionable to not like Frente, which meant everyone sort of had a quiet little soft spot for them. The film clip about the street they live on is such a bright, fun little clip you can’t help but smile at the catchy little tune!
Thank you to Talekyn who has contributed some comments towards this year’s End Of Year Report Strip. A few more will make writing that strip up SO much easier. :)
You don’t want me making stuff up, do you?
Cheers.
You know I’ll be looking up Frente as soon as I get a chance.
Can’t wait to see what you do with my year-end comments!
I have at least one guess as to who this “company” is that would be so embarrassing, but I’ll keep it to myself for now.
Just as long as it doesn’t turn out to be another girl!
1. Eminently too predictable
2. Hot button social issues really wouldn’t “fit” this comic, in my opinion.
I… don’t know what Hot Button Social Issues mean, actually! :)
But you lot know I try not to be TOO predictable. I am now going to look up ‘hot button social issues’!
Oh dear… a hot button means a politicised issue? (Note I used an s cos I speak the Queen’s English! Just… with a definite Australian bent she probably wouldn’t understand anyway!) If I ever start preaching political through this site you lot let me know and give me a good clip over the ear’ole, eh?
You got it in one, old friend! Well said. I’m glad you take that view, personally, and would be MORE than happy to give you that clip o’er the ear’ole if you start going down that road. This is far too fun of a comic to start injecting that kind of rot (politicized/politicised issues) into it, IMO.
Nah, when kids get political it’s because they’re trawling out what they hear their parents ranting. For all intents and purposes these kids have barely even mentioned their parents, so I’d rather keep it all at their level.
And less of the ‘old’, eh? I don’t have to round up to 40 yet… :P
I taught 8th grade (12-13) United states history in the chicago area, but I also worked with boys 7-10 in our Scouting movement. It’s a pleasure to read a strip by a fellow teacher. Reading your strip has (and still is) a real introduction to australia for me, but underneath the cultural differences, kids are pretty much the same. Give Chastity, Pandora, and Liberty a few years, and I can truthfully say I’ve had them every one of the 37 years. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the encouraging words. You’re right – underneath the little differences, kids are much the same everywhere. They all like a good laugh and good mates, and none of them like broccoli.