Captain America's shield that is frequently shown in the background is a real mantlepiece in the shop.
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Over the week of July 7, 2008, Pearls Before Swine parodied the tendency of Funky Winkerbean towards killing off main characters when it killed off Rat and the strip's own author, Stephan Pastis (the two would later be returned to the strip via the intervention of United Feature Syndicate), even utilizing Batiuk's representation of the Angel of Death.
The comic strip Funky Winkerbean initially presented its lead characters as teenagers.
Luis "Funky" Marrero | Funky G | Funky | Funky Four Plus One | Funky Drummer | UK funky | Play That Funky Music | My Funky Valentine | Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch | Funky Winkerbean | Funky Gibbon | Funky Cold Medina | funky | Clyde "Funky Drummer" Stubblefield |