Baldo: I'm back!

And so no one likes Gracie.

This is not surprising.

Baldo: Baldo, you spend too much time reading!

Baldo's Internet porn addiction appears to be getting out of hand.

Baldo: I worry that you barely know him.

Some women, the sort that thinks dating is a good way to get to know men they don't already know very well, were probably confused by this comic. But that's just because they're enormous sluts.

Baldo: I think Tia Carmen has found her dream pot.

And so Tia Carmen is probably a cannibal.

This isn't terribly surprising.

Baldo: Papi, that's the best part!

Baldo is one tiny, floating rainbow away from turning into Rose is Rose here.

For the love of all that is holy, step back from the ledge.

Baldo: I'd vote for him because he's so cute.

It would be nice if people put more thought into their votes, but it's pretty clear that they generally don't. This Baldo reminds me of the old lady in the Goodwill store I overheard asserting that George W. Bush was a good president because of his chin. "He has a good, strong chin," she said. "A presidential chin." Indeed.

Baldo: I want to be an astronaut, President of the United States and ruler of the universe!

And so Gracie wants to grow up to be an oppressive tyrant.

This is not surprising.

Baldo: Technology isn't so fancy.

This comic is hilarious because people used to look out windows, but now they don't.

Baldo: Dude, I haven't seen your dad in, like, three days.

This comic is hilarious because Baldo's father has all of a sudden revealed himself to be very, very creepy.

Baldo: Obviously, we interpret signs different ways.

This comic is hilarious because Baldo's friend is fat.

Baldo: Tia Carmen! I'm changing in here!

This comic is hilarious because Baldo has a tiny penis.

Baldo: I don't want to worry you.

And so Baldo has decided to bludgeon his father to death with a baseball bat. He's always seemed to love his father, so this is somewhat odd. But perhaps this is just the beginning of yet another polemic about how Baldo watches too much of teh demon television, and now it has driven him to murder.

Baldo: Sonia Sotomayor's father was a tool-and-die worker with a third-grade education who did not speak English.

I'm not a huge Baldo fan, but I do really like the way it emphasizes Latino culture and issues. There's a lot of homogeneity in the comics section, and while Baldo isn't exactly breaking any new ground in the storytellling department, it is at least telling those stories from a different perspective.

Baldo and Luann: OK, the TV stays off.

Here's the thing. It's not actually the case that television is an inherently inferior medium as compared to all other media. And it's hardly the case that Lost is an inferior narrative as compared to Gone with the Wind. It's not even the case that reading a book is an anymore inherently valuable activity as compared to other activities. There are lots of books that are every bit as trashy as Desperate Housewives. Gone with the Wind might even be one of them.

But all these assumptions do make for easy jokes, so you see this kind of thing a lot.

Baldo: When I was your age, I didn't waste time staring at the computer.

Only one exhausted trope? And no stupid pun? Baldo's got nothing on Betty.