“Frank and Ernest” creator dead at 81 [EDITOR & PUBLISHER] Bob Thaves, the creator of the long-running comic strip “Frank & Ernest,â€? has died at the age of 81.
Thaves started the comic strip in 1972. Over the years, it chronicled the exploits of Frank and Ernest, two characters who were able to travel through time and change their appearances. Their names were a play of words based on their “frank and earnest� attitude. Read more.
Of course, the story goes on to say that Mr. Thaves’ son Tom, who began helping his father with the strip nine years ago, will carry on the strip.
Evil Inc – February 25, 2025
by Brad J. Guigar
Panel 1
(Exterior of an office building, music notes are floating out of a window.)
Caption: The following day...
Panel 2
(Inside the office, Miss Match looks distressed, covering her ears. Lightning Lady is also covering her ears. Through a glass window, Jeremy is seen playing a clarinet for Cassie Cruz, who sits at her desk.)
Miss Match: What’s that horrible noise?!
Panel 3
(Miss Match and Lightning Lady continue covering their ears in agony.)
Miss Match: Jeremy has been playing for Cassie for hours!
Panel 4
(Close-up of Miss Match and Lightning Lady, both wincing from the sound.)
Miss Match: This is terrible!
Lightning Lady: Tell me about it...
Panel 5
(Inside Cassie’s office, Jeremy enthusiastically plays the clarinet, with music notes filling the air. Cassie sits at her desk, looking unimpressed. A cobra in a basket, presumably meant to be charmed, looks just as miserable.)
Lightning Lady (off-panel, in a thought box): Just our luck we got a tone-deaf cobra!
