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The Blockhams in "AN ACUTE CASE OF MICHIGANITIS"
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AN ACUTE CASE OF MICHIGANITIS
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Soo, yes... the biggest February weekend in recent Michigan history is in the books,
and like the rest of us, Tom Blockham is still recovering. If you think MICHIGANITIS
is a fabrication... just ask your wife on a Saturday morning, or your boss on a Friday
afternoon. It's real, and it was a true PANDEMIC Saturday and Sunday.
May it show no mercy in 2012.
For those of you that publish blogs, contribute stories, or otherwise comment on the
goings on of all things Michigan, you can probably agree that it was no small feat trying
to find the right words to do it justice. I can handily say this was not my first attempt
at addressing The Best Weekend Ever in the comic strip medium-- but in the end it
just came back to the characters, which I hope you've enjoyed getting to know better.
Speaking of which... new character alert for Thursday's strip. Stay tuned.
THE BLOCKHAMS™ runs every Tuesday here at MGoBlog, and at least every
Thursday on its official home page. Also, don't forget to check out our newest
feature, Friday Roughs, a spontaneous low-end comic based on trending
Michigan events, available on Twitter and Facebook every Friday.
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for every strip as soon as it's posted. Thanks again and GO BLUE!
February 21st, 2012 at 11:53 AM | 
Part of the fun of this strip
Part of the fun of this strip
February 21st, 2012 at 12:07 PM |
It couldn't be any more
It couldn't be any more
It couldn't be any more "ripped from the headlines" unless a jogger in central park stumbled upon a murder victim with Olivia's card in her pocket.....
Class of '97: 4 Years -- 4 Four-loss seasons
February 21st, 2012 at 12:53 PM |
True
True
The strips are kind of South Park-esque in that way. It's pretty amazing how fast something like this, or South Park, can be completed. I was just thinking about this last night watching the South Park on Obama and McCain. Matt and Trey had to basically guess which guy was gonna win the election and they were right. The episode aired the day after the election I believe. Six Zero's comics are obviously smaller scale, but still pretty cool.
Andy, for the last time, I don't want your giant box of pornography.
February 21st, 2012 at 1:29 PM |
If I recall
If I recall
the 2008 presidential election wasn't really a nailbiter though.
/ not meant to be political
EE - Class of 2011
Women say my hair looks like Don Draper's. I say his looks like mine.
"Expect nothing. Blame no one. Do something." - Lloyd Carr
February 21st, 2012 at 1:44 PM |
Not much risk on that
Not much risk on that
Not much risk on that guess...that election was pretty much a done deal well in advance
February 21st, 2012 at 3:25 PM |
It wasn't about who won. It
It wasn't about who won. It
It wasn't about who won. It was that they had parts from the election in the episode. Just my $.02.
February 23rd, 2012 at 12:46 AM |
I believe they actually made
I believe they actually made
I believe they actually made two episodes that week
February 21st, 2012 at 11:54 AM |
My bet on the new Character?
My bet on the new Character?
Ryan VanBergen's Flow
/twitter gives me info
"Over? Did you say, over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!"
February 21st, 2012 at 12:10 PM |
Haha
Haha
No, Van Bergen's hair isn't actually the new character.
And I apologize for this not being so.
Cool guy, and down to earth.
February 21st, 2012 at 2:49 PM |
Brian?
He kind of has the
Brian?
He kind of has the
Brian?
He kind of has the Dude-esque quality to him though his /getoffmylawn persona may mess with that chi.
Blue is Faster
February 21st, 2012 at 12:08 PM |
Some of your...
Some of your...
...best work, Scott.
LSA '89 - MBB Natl Champions, Big 10/Rose Bowl Champions | Maize Pages Wolverines on Twitter | @MGoShoe
February 21st, 2012 at 12:28 PM |
Here's hoping the condition
Here's hoping the condition
Here's hoping the condition becomes chronic!
February 21st, 2012 at 12:41 PM |
So true. I was with my
So true. I was with my
So true. I was with my parents and I had my phone ready to go the entire day. I am starting to recover now but am open to a relapse.
Here's hoping for a bright future. This team does try hard and I will continue to support them.
February 21st, 2012 at 12:56 PM |
I am sending this to my wife
I am sending this to my wife
I am sending this to my wife so she knows it is not just me.
Love the "tremendous" case of Michiganitis.
"Are you Bluish? You don't look Bluish..."
February 21st, 2012 at 1:03 PM |
This one is one of the best
This one is one of the best
This one is one of the best yet, right up there with the day after the sugar bowl. Nice work Sixzero.
"Wasn't that Michigan drive just great. That's like Patton riding into Berlin." ~Bob Ufer
February 21st, 2012 at 1:21 PM |
Definitely Showing This...
Definitely Showing This...
...to the wife. There IS a name for what happened this past weekend and why I had to stay glued to my iPad during every single errand! Hopefully, they never find a cure for "Michiganitis".
Awesome work, Six Zero!
Follow the random tweets of a Michigan alum - http://twitter.com/#!/LorneEC3
February 21st, 2012 at 1:37 PM |
If I can log onto facebook
If I can log onto facebook
February 21st, 2012 at 2:13 PM |
This is a good one. I also
This is a good one. I also
This is a good one. I also especially like the 2/17 Friday Rough. Keep up the great work!
For my privacy, my new username is "non-Oriental non-Andrew"
February 21st, 2012 at 5:12 PM |
Whenever I don't want to go
Whenever I don't want to go
Whenever I don't want to go to work, I will just say I have a tremendous case of Michiganitis.
February 21st, 2012 at 5:43 PM |
Ahhh, so that's what it was...
Ahhh, so that's what it was...
I had one tremendous case of Michiganitis this past weekend, too. Must be going around :)
"Special thanks to my mom for letting me wear this hairstyle all season."
-- Kevin Koger
February 21st, 2012 at 6:18 PM |
Another great one.
Another great one.
As always, love the strip.
Based on the boards this weekend, how could the new character not be Kate Upton?
Yes, I am a girl.
February 21st, 2012 at 6:23 PM |
utopia?
utopia?
All that was missing was replaying the sugar bowl. Putting OSU down, commits on commits on commits. Sadly there couldn't have been an additional weekend day to keep it all going a little longer.
February 22nd, 2012 at 5:37 AM |
Seems to me
Seems to me
that Michiganitis is utopian by it's very nature.
Nice work Six Zero, I'll keep reading my man, thanks for the comic relief.
February 23rd, 2012 at 7:45 AM |
Bravo
Bravo
Maybe your best one yet, Six Zero, but any excuse to relive the best of the best of the best days ever...
Wherever you go, there you are.
February 24th, 2012 at 9:15 AM |
Love the last panel -- the
Love the last panel -- the
Love the last panel -- the way the kid is lifting the eyelid ... the tilt of his head ... eyes and eyebrows. That's terrific!
Midwestern born and raised ... now living in the heat of the Arizona desert
February 25th, 2012 at 7:20 PM |
Michiganosis
Michiganosis
How about Michiganosis? Wouldn't Michiganitis be an inflammation of Michigan? How about a pathology related to Michigan, hence -osis?
"I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe."
Is how current it can be. "Ripped from the headlines", as it were.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk