Dirkjan 8

Today I received a pleasant surprise from the Netherlands sent to me by my friend Simon: A Dirkjan comic, number 8. I read it as soon as I had time, and it's very good. I like the very dry humour used by Mark Retera. Also, the grandpa that appears now and then has the same last name as me: Bokma.

My favorite gag is the one in the Startrek section:

• Bert, to Dirkjan: Captain! The Borg!! They are going to assimilate us.
• Voice over the radio: We are smurf. We are going to smurf you.
• One Borg to another: We shouldn't have assimilated that smurf.
• The smurf: Resistance is smurf.

In the evening Rocio, a close friend of Esme, visited us. I translated several of the gags into English, and Esme translated them to Spanish so Rocio could understand them too.

Dirkjan related

• Dirkjan gag in Rotterdams Dagblad (Dutch)
• Dirkjan: an introduction
• Comic creator: Mark Retera
• Mark Retera's portfolio at ComicHouse

Also today

• A surprise from the Netherlands (overview)