Comments on: Dave Vs. Dave: August 12-17, 2002

By: 25

25 — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 15:47:48 +0000

In reply to Leon Arnott (l). Leon: even Dave couldn't fix the teleporter with just a sharp stick - he needed to use the No Flies sign also

By: Sean Riedinger (ariamaki)

Sean Riedinger (ariamaki) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:01:58 +0000

The thing I love most about the Monday strip here is not the rather... detail-oriented drawing of Mell.

It is Shaenon not drawing any attention to it in the commentary.

By: Naomi H (starbright)

Naomi H (starbright) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:01:57 +0000

He would be able to see them--it's wouldn't really shatter his worldview to accept that people are trying to kidnap him. However, if for some unfathomable reason the tentacle monsters from Hell had come after him, that would have been a different story.

By: Jeremy Berg (pisceneanteater)

Jeremy Berg (pisceneanteater) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:01:56 +0000

@Leon: Hmm. If the Dave Conspiracy had tried to kidnap Bill, would he have noticed? And if they had succeeded, what would that have seemed like to him? Would he even have seen coils of rope wrapping themselves around him, or would he just have been suddenly unable to move?

By: Elaine Corvidae (elaine_corvidae)

Elaine Corvidae (elaine_corvidae) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:01:55 +0000

I loved the end of this arc. I think the Dave conspiracy has the right attitude.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:01:54 +0000

(TUNE: "Unforgettable", Nat King Cole)

Indestructable,
That's Davenport ...
Inconceivable,
Our plans abort ...
Gerbils now consuming half of us,
Trouble's looming, Fate will laugh at us;
Screw this, we say ...
We'll run away!

Rulers of the world
Do as we please ...
Crazy jungle girl
Broke both my knees!
I must pay my doctor's bill in full;
My med plan has high deductible,
All 'cause Dave is indestructable,
Ooo!

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:01:53 +0000

Saturday:

It all seems a little too easy, doesn't it? Neither our heroes nor the evil ancient world conspiracy are beaten, and they both walk away as if the destruction of the other wasn't previously the most important task in the world. What a bunch of slackers. The least they could do is kidnap David's relatives or something.

Swirly sun: 3. Aaaah!

All I have to add is that today's episode was the first one to have arbitary words appended to the filename. This practice was introduced in Modern Tales when they realised that people could guess the URLs of comic images that are restricted to paying viewers. I know that I did so. The arbitary word for this episode was "rednaeroc", which I'm sure you can all recognise as the first word in The Neverending Story. Our author didn't hit onto the idea of putting mumble mumble into the filenames until three months later.

(Now who's the obsolete one?)

By: So It Begins (soitbegins)

So It Begins (soitbegins) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:01:52 +0000

Hooray!~

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:01:51 +0000

(TUNE: "Climb Every Mountain", Rodgers and Hammerstein)

Read ev'ry email,
Browse ev'ry link;
I'll clean out my inbox,
Hours without a blink!

Soon I can't hold the mouse,
And my eyes focus wrong ...
Should I increase my house,
Or refinance my schlong?

All spam deleted!
So freakin' tired!
Only one real message:
My firewall expired!

By: Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity)

Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:01:50 +0000

Mell is a college student, so I assume she lives in a dorm most of the time. I always felt like I should have shown Helen's apartment at some point, but Helen herself probably doesn't stay there much.