danielguntrip expresses his dislike for the kids of today using words and sarcasm.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:03:00 +0000

So the FINAL EVER issue of the London Lite was published today, and it wass entirely lacking in hot The Kids of Today action. I was hoping for some kind of grand finale, like the end of Combat Colin, but the world has been cruelly denied this.

So it looks like Neil Kerber gets the last laugh. Except not, because I guess that means his work was considered expendable when the crunch came. LOLLERCOASTER TO FULL SPEED!

The good news is that I have about three weeks worth of Lites waiting to be scanned, so most of The Final Days will be forever archived on the internets.

Still.

*sheds a single tear*

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:11:00 +0000

CLASSIC KERBER

(thanks to @sebpatrick / @stairstokorea for alerting me to this, which seems to currently be flying around Twitterererer)

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:39:00 +0000

You should probably be more concerned that your kids are HIDEOUSLY FUCKING DEFORMED.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:37:00 +0000

You've got to love the way the punchline is underlined in the last frame.
Twice.
Just in case you don't, y'know, "get it".

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:34:00 +0000

I think we can all be happy with the knowledge that, in the event of a serious global financial meltdown, "useless, unfunny, shithead cartoonist" will be among the first jobs to be given the chop.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:23:00 +0000

AWOOGA! AWOOGA! SUPERFLUOUS, PUNCHLINE-NULLIFYING DIALOGUE ALERT!

Plus, if you read this crap with the frequency I do, you'd notice all these kids seem to do is walk.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:39:00 +0000

This one is.. staggeringly surreal. Are the two thought bubbles connected? If so, are these kids are unable to talk because they've evolved the desirable skill of telepathy? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:04:00 +0000

Apparently, the countryside has hills made of butter.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:21:00 +0000

OH HOLY SHIT I'M BACK.

Oh, look, another example of a poor-quality joke executed really, really stinkin' badly. If he'd given her some cash at the end, it would have been slightly better. Because it would have made some Real World Sense. As it stands, Jayneesha now has a credit card that is of no use to her. GOOD WORK THERE KERBER, DO YOU ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND HOW CREDIT CARDS WORK?

Also, Jayneesha's father hasn't lost weight, he's simply gained a nice new tracksuit. Or 'trackie', as I believe the 'proles' are prone to say in their delightful patois.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:10:00 +0000

Jesus wept. So did I. So will you. Also, why do they have question marks floating over their heads?

I apologise for the irregular update schedule. It won't get much better, either, as I'm now off work for two weeks and thus have no access to a scanner. However, I've got a bit of a backlog, so you'll get a few more updates, and I'm going to keep getting the London Lite every day so any that are mind-bogglingly stupid will be saved and uploaded when I go back to work.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:43:00 +0000

Isn't this a bit... well... late 1980s? I distinctly remember my mother fretting over E numbers in about 1988.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:06:00 +0000

Aaaaaaaaand... it's back to normal.

Interesting factoid: Neil Kerber's official site doesn't mention The Kids Of Today at all. This is strange, because it mentions a lot of other regular commissions he has, and they're all about as funny as this bilge.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:57:00 +0000

HOLY SHIT THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY KINDA FUNNY

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:52:00 +0000

I don't think mishearing things is a young person-specific thing.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:07:00 +0000

Oh oh oh oh OH NO HE DIDN'T. You may recognise the artwork for this strip. You'd be quite right to as well. What makes it worse is he seems to be trying to disguise this by redrawing the backgrounds and modifying the last panel slightly. ATTN NEIL KERBER: YOU'RE NOT FOOLING ANYONE.

Although I am glad to see that he's at least given Troy some pupils in this one.

Anyway... borstal? Borstal?? What year is this? I'm starting to think Neil Kerber may actually be a drooling, confused OAP, rather than just a man who writes appalling cartoons seemingly aimed at that demographic.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:40:00 +0000

I'm not sure it's a laughing matter that these Kids Of Today have been let down by our country's failing education system. Does Neil Kerber have any morals? Answers on a postcard.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:59:00 +0000

hahahahahahahahahahaNO.

Also, I contest that these characters are "kids": they look about 30. And one of them looks like a hippo. You know which one I mean.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:55:00 +0000

The Healthy Survey for England predicts that, by 2010, there will be 12x as many obese adults as children in the UK (link-me-do!). Think about that before you stuff another doughnut down your throat, Kerber.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:52:00 +0000

This was originally published on the 31st of August. A-level exam results were published on the 16th August.

Neil Kerber: finger on the pulse.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:47:00 +0000

Firstly, the punchline has a superfluous word that turns it from "barely funny" into "nonsensical". Secondly, this is crap.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:55:00 +0000

This is basically the same 'joke' as used in the strip published on the 23rd of August. I'M ON TO YOU, KERBER.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 07:54:00 +0000

Neil Kerber unleashes the full might of his scathing anger towards liberal PC brigade nanny state nonny-noos.

I also like how the newspaper changes size in every panel.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:08:00 +0000

Most obvious punchline ever? Anyway, Troy seems to have escaped from the limbo dimension he was stuck in a few days ago. Good for him!

Thanks to Theo again for saving this strip for me.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:15:00 +0000

A nice-and-early update as I'm out seeing Sonic Youth tonight. Mmmm, Sonic Youth. A big thanks to Theo for saving this strip for me!

I think Jayneesha is swearing because she's realised that her parents are so ugly that she stands little chance of any success in Real Life™.

noreply@blogger.com (daniel) — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:13:00 +0000

Aaaaaaaaaand... we're back. A slightly longer absence than planned, but you can blame the traditional post-Festival hackingcoughofdeath for that. Anyway, to business:

I think this paints a far worse picture of Troy's parents than it does of him. They seem to be expecting him to do two very different tasks at the exact same time. If he had devoted himself to tidying his room, his dinner would have gone cold, and that would have most likely only brought him more aggro. The poor kid can't win, so it's unsurprising when he puts in a half-arsed job at both.

But, really, I'm not surprised they're all so angry and shouty. I would be too if I lived in a blank, featureless limbo dimension.