Comments on: Get a Life: August 6-11, 2001

By: David DeLaney

David DeLaney — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 21:48:48 +0000

In reply to Eric Fretheim (ericthefred).

Because when he first knew Lucifer, the Lightbringer, Son of the Sun, Star of the Morning, it wasn’t down There?

–Dave, one lonely Tether in Canada, on the Laurentian bedrock, still survives

By: vincentmuyo

vincentmuyo — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:16:19 +0000

Well, I imagine mad scientists would also be a hot commodity in the afterlife. Or a threat to be contained.

… Oh, that’s why Helen’s ancestor is a ghost.

By: David Harmon (mental_mouse)

David Harmon (mental_mouse) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:08:44 +0000

Re: The cigarette, when Helen accidentally gets zapped with Dave's DNA, she actually has a cigarette "pop" into existence in (front of) her mouth. Presumably it's less discreet with her, because she's more used to Mad Reality.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:08:43 +0000

When I was young, I had a number of favorite haunts, where I made acquaintances with many types of spirits. *hic*

Thankyou, thankyou, Illbehereallweekend, dontforgettotipyourserver, yerabeautifulaudience, gnite!

By: K G (muppetk)

K G (muppetk) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:08:42 +0000

And I never did get a minifridge.

You didn't? Then whose fridge do I have? I somehow inherited yours after you graduated. Or at least, I thought it was yours. *scratches head*

By: Eric (erichamion)

Eric (erichamion) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:08:41 +0000

Notice how in panel one, Dave is so surprised that he drops his cigarette. In panel two, it’s back in his mouth.

It isn’t falling, it’s floating. Dave commonly talks with his cigarette about a foot away from his face, somehow, and no characters ever comment on it. He does the same in Monday’s panel 4.

A week that shows this well (in one panel, he should have set Helen’s hair on fire) is here:

http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/narbonic_plus/series.php?view=archive&chapter=23856

He won’t be the only one to do this. See these strips:

http://www.webcomicsnation.com/users/narbonic/080204Dr_Narbon.jpg

http://www.webcomicsnation.com/users/narbonic/082305It_was_as.jpg 

By: Dan Knapp (dankna)

Dan Knapp (dankna) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:08:40 +0000

Yeah, there's nothing quite "evil" about haunting. Nonetheless, the idea of there being stores for ghosts - wholesale, even! - is pretty entertaining.

And the use of ghosthood goes at least as far back as Homer, who at one point introduces the ghost of Achilles. :)

Notice how in panel one, Dave is so surprised that he drops his cigarette. In panel two, it's back in his mouth. Ah, but this needn't be an art error; we can easily attribute it to the fact that he's manifesting a ghostish cigarette without intending to, because he *expects* to have one in his mouth at all times.

Well, I doubt Shaenon had that particular explanation in mind. This is probably just part of the blanket rule that Dave always has a cigarette no matter what, because it's funny, and moreso from the fact that the dialogue never draws attention to it - it's just a background detail.

(Re-post to correct my embarrassing misspelling of Shaenon's name. Grin.)

By: Owl Who says South (owlsayssouth)

Owl Who says South (owlsayssouth) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:08:39 +0000

well, to haunt, to lurk. to linger. makes sense that it is all tied in with “ghosts”, but it still has its uses. even if they are generally considered sinister.

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:08:38 +0000

Saturday’s Comic: The audience, at this point, is now quite convinced that Dave is on the brink of his final transmigration. Ghosthood, as shown by the works of Messrs. Shakespeare and Lucas, is a fine and historically proven way to reintroduce important deceased characters.

Also, I personally get far too worked up at how the verb “haunt” has almost entirely become inextricated with ghosts. About the only non-supernatural variation left is the plural noun “haunts”.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:08:37 +0000

"Shrouds and chains are widely available through wholesalers..."

I always knew those big chain stores were evil.

(*rimshot*)