Comments on: A Week of December 18 Story: December 18 – 23, 2000

By: 25

25 — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 15:02:54 +0000

Vlad: “What does one DO with a gamma irradiator, I wonder?”

Irradiate gammas. Duh.

By: James Rice (jhrice)

James Rice (jhrice) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:37:41 +0000

I think it is interesting to not that, that henchman finally got a chance to appear, in the Narbonic 4 bonus storyline, with the name pericles. That reason alone is enough to recommend Narbonic 4.

By: ribbles (ribbles)

ribbles (ribbles) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:37:40 +0000

That gerbil looks a little like your hamsters.

By: Zhou Fang (fhnuzoag)

Zhou Fang (fhnuzoag) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:37:39 +0000

Hmm, I see a bit of Dave in this guy.

Plus a certain level of monsterism, of course.

By: Dave III (dave_iii)

Dave III (dave_iii) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:37:38 +0000

I love behind the scenes stuff. After seeing where things have gone, it’s interesting to see where they came from.

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:37:37 +0000

Saturday's Comic: Aww man - I was about to admonish you regarding how using the word "bitches" ain't gonna get you syndicated anytime ever (let alone adhering to the parody source material, I presume), but then I noticed, as I ought, that you "actually" used it in the literal sense! So... congratulations on Getting Crap Past The (Nonexistant) Radar?

And thus we get to one of the defining elements of our dear Helen's formative years: her mother's fixation with neutronisation. It's a trait that Helen herself seemingly manifests but once - "First, let me explain that Reed is among the few private colleges with a nuclear reactor-"

Which reminds me... from that same linked strip we're able to identify the Webcomic Time of this story arc as being the week of December 18, 1980.

By: Virgil Greene (klyfix)

Virgil Greene (klyfix) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:37:36 +0000

“Light Bouy” must be “Lifebouy” which is a soap I’ve not though of for an eon or so. Presumably Shaenon wanted to avoid the manufacturer doing bad things to her for suggesting that their soap was good for discipline uses by Mad Scientists.

By: Matt Katinas (nidoking)

Matt Katinas (nidoking) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:37:35 +0000

“Light Bouy”?

By: Dave III (dave_iii)

Dave III (dave_iii) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:37:34 +0000

Leon: Probably the spikey bits that manga-style hair is famous for. Early on, most manga hair was fairly normal in it's stylized way, but during the '70's and '80's crew cut spikey hair became glam-rock type spikey hair, and it hasn't settled down yet, if it ever will, fully.

I read an article a while back saying that Japanese hairdressers were designing an "anime look". I thought it looked awful, myself.

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:37:33 +0000

Friday’s Comic: Und here we see a variation on one of the oldest and most saccharine of jokes – to bad people, good is bad! So if good people say “good morning”, bad people say “bad morning”! And on birthdays they say – wait for it – “many unhappy returns! Mwahahaha!” Ahh, classic.

Your application of glued-on cut-outs and marker pen on primary-coloured card makes me wonder what kind of school project this was for.
Also: “hair tails.” I was wondering what the technical term for those things was.