Comments on: Dave in Slumberland

By: Tyler Wright (tylgar)

Tyler Wright (tylgar) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:47:03 +0000

This one rather gave me chills when I re-read it, with the foreshadowing. And yes, I just thought they were great Windsor McCay tributes until after the first read-through.

By: John Campbell (jcampbel)

John Campbell (jcampbel) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:47:02 +0000

That is one seriously horrific pun.

By: Rex Vivat (sirgarberto)

Rex Vivat (sirgarberto) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:47:01 +0000

I must admit I never realized they were foreshadowing until I looked at them again after the end.

By: fluffy <3 (fluffy)

fluffy <3 (fluffy) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:47:00 +0000

Hee, "ever so mad."

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:46:59 +0000

(TUNE: "Good Morning, Good Morning", The Beatles)

Wake up Dave! Wake up Dave!
Wake up Dave! Wake up Dave!
Wake up Dave!

Run down the hall, I'm searching all
Through the palace!
Meeting my twin, he's starting in
Threats of malice!

Doesn't it seem
More than a dream?
Dave, for evilness' sake,
It's time to wake!
Wake up Dave! Wake up Dave! Wake up Dave!

In hat and cape, I stare, agape,
At my double!
He says, "You see, there's going to be
Lots of trouble!"

I'm searching all the day and night
Although the colors are too bright!
I'm searching all the nignt and day
'Cause it's a pastiche of McKay!

Dave is asleep, he's got to keep
On the get-go!
He's searching for the corridor
That will let go!

Oh, what a trip!
There's Mell as Flip!
And she's wearing a hat,
Now look at that!
Wake up Dave! Wake up Dave! Wake up Dave!
Wake up Dave! Wake up Dave! Wake up Dave!

By: Shane Wegner (shanewegner)

Shane Wegner (shanewegner) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:46:58 +0000

I just love these foreshadowing Nemos.

PS- Shamble for the Cure.

By: Kay Gilbert (kaygilbert)

Kay Gilbert (kaygilbert) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:46:57 +0000

Shaenon, I love all the Dave in Slumberland strips, and I think the hyper-saturation adds to the dreamlike quality (though perhaps more a David Lynch dream than a Winsor McCay one).

tune: "Big girls don't cry," Stacy Ferguson & Toby Gad (Fergie, The Dutchess, 2006)

No, no, no, no
You woke me up from an unsettling dream last night
I have to go, but I when I'm with you, it feels right
Don't understand, are there some clues that I've missed?
Am I myself? Am I a mad scientist?
This tale has a twist

I need to know, I need to know
Should I run to—or away from—you?
I feel so torn. Myself and I,
We've got some figuring out to do
And I know I love you even while I'm distracted by a
Fruitless flirtation with Lovelace
It's time to be a big boy now
And big boys go mad
Go mad, go mad, go mad