Comments on: Mad Science Is Decadent and Depraved: July 12-17, 2004

By: Mental Mouse

Mental Mouse — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 02:19:56 +0000

Again with the Army rather than Air Force.

By: Pete (westrider)

Pete (westrider) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:27:16 +0000

If I ever do get around to making a song about this Arc, the dialogue from this strip is going to be the spoken word intro.

By: Joel Brackenbury (mockferret)

Joel Brackenbury (mockferret) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:27:15 +0000

It’s unlikely that she inspired Peter Jackson, seeing as this strip came out over six months after Return of the King hit cinemas, unless of course you’re referring to the little-known deleted scene in King Kong – although they were really cyborgs rather than robots, and it was Australia they were headed for rather than Canada, and Naomi Watts doesn’t have a beard. Oh for a super special extended edition of the dvd…

By: Johnn Reynolds (sleepyjohn)

Johnn Reynolds (sleepyjohn) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:27:14 +0000

It's the three panels of identical non-expressions on the Madbots that just raise the hair on the back of my neck. It's like being the fifth person that morning to give a PowerPoint presentation, you know that there's not a single human reaction left in the room.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:27:13 +0000

At first, I thought the last panel was a reference to the "Taking The Hobbits To Isengard" video on YouTube ... except that this comic was originally posted a couple of years before the video. Maybe Shaenon inspired the YouTube video ... or maybe she inspired Peter Jackson.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:27:12 +0000

Why do I love the last panel so much? There's just something about a girl with a superintelligent gerbil on her head ...

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:27:11 +0000

@Rob: Give Helen ten minutes, and it'll be, "The cake is ALIIIIVE!!"

By: Rob (rrreed)

Rob (rrreed) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:27:10 +0000

(inserting now requisite “THE CAKE IS A LIE!” reference here…)

By: Joel Brackenbury (mockferret)

Joel Brackenbury (mockferret) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:27:09 +0000

Personally, I love how Helen's epic wail about being "ALL ALOOONE!" still ranks lower in the crisis stakes than the cake.

By: Jon W. (kd7sov)

Jon W. (kd7sov) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:27:08 +0000

"ALL ALOOOONE", Helen? What about Dave? What about Artie? What about your etiquette slime that you're about to make?