Comments on: Professor Madblood and the Lovelace Affair: February 21-26, 2005

By: Kitirena

Kitirena — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 17:35:09 +0000

In reply to Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity). Is it just my imagination, or are Tuesday and Wednesday's panels drawn from a certain webcomic creator's real life?

By: John Dallman (jgd)

John Dallman (jgd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:52:57 +0000

Doonesbury did once run four successive all-black panels, with speech, thoughts and sound effects, but they weren't all in the same strip. It was brilliant.

By: Chris Anthony (besesoth)

Chris Anthony (besesoth) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:52:56 +0000

Doug, the original quotation was Winston Churchill talking about Russian foreign policy in the early days of WWII:

"I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest."

By: Doug Wykstra (dougthehead)

Doug Wykstra (dougthehead) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:52:55 +0000

Where did the "mystery wrapped up in an enigma wrapped up in a ______" gag come from? I've seen it in a few webcomics. Is this the first instance of its appearance?

By: Carl Fishman (carlfishman)

Carl Fishman (carlfishman) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:52:54 +0000

Probably the biggest difference between Helen and Helen is that the younger clone is surprisingly decent a good deal of the time, while the older one is much more consistently evil. And the one factor which seems to have caused this difference is that the younger clone fell in love with Dave. (Repeat after me; "All you need is love!") This is a remarkably mushy and romantic moral for such a funny comic!

By: Kay Gilbert (kaygilbert)

Kay Gilbert (kaygilbert) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:52:53 +0000

Well, of course it's a well-stocked bar; it's being run by a quantum PDA. Would you expect any less of Dave? I just hope Titus gets a cut of the profits.

By: Jon Stout (brasswatchman)

Jon Stout (brasswatchman) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:52:52 +0000

Also, spam o’clock.

By: Jon Stout (brasswatchman)

Jon Stout (brasswatchman) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:52:51 +0000

One of the things I enjoy about Helen as a protagonist is that she’s a surprisingly decent person for an evil mastermind. Well, except when she decides not to be, of course.

By: Mason Kramer (masonlk)

Mason Kramer (masonlk) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:52:50 +0000

It may be well-stocked, but that's not very fast service....

By: Jon Stout (brasswatchman)

Jon Stout (brasswatchman) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:52:49 +0000

Ah. So Artie has the “best friend dating his mom” problem? Out of curiosity, does he eventually come to see Dave as a father figure at all? … no, wait. Never mind. Forget I asked that.