Comments on: Professor Madblood and the Lovelace Affair: March 14-19, 2005

By: Daniel Barkalow (iabervon)

Daniel Barkalow (iabervon) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:55:11 +0000

"Now why would Helen be torturing the President with giant leeches?"

Because Artie insisted that it would be demeaning for her to use the tiny gerbils. In real life, she'd argue with him, but you know how dream logic goes.

By: John Campbell (jcampbel)

John Campbell (jcampbel) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:55:10 +0000

Maybe the giant leeches are not so much a torture as a means of acquiring Presidential blood samples for Helen's evil mad-scientific purposes.

By: Bo Lindbergh (blgl)

Bo Lindbergh (blgl) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:55:09 +0000

So that week had two Wednesdays?

By: Rachel S. (masamage)

Rachel S. (masamage) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:55:08 +0000

It totally makes sense for her as an evil thing to neglect, since she's in love with him and presumably doesn't anyone else to have him.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:55:07 +0000

Now why would Helen be torturing the President with giant leeches? Heck, why wouldn't she be torturing the President with giant leeches? You need a reason?!

But, just for s&g, let's assume she trying to get ... oh, I don't know ... the nuclear launch codes? Then she could launch a combined nuclear-biological attack on some remote country, and create an army of mutant creatures that would obey her every command. Hey, the Falkland Islands would be perfect! It's got more sheep than people, and the mutant creatures would willingly follow her, because they're, y'know, sheep.

By: So It Begins (soitbegins)

So It Begins (soitbegins) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:55:06 +0000

Worst thing? Not sure.

Is there something adorable about her dozing madschtick? You betcha.

By: Kay Gilbert (kaygilbert)

Kay Gilbert (kaygilbert) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:55:05 +0000

At this point in the story, for Dave, thinking that Madblood was Lovelace is the less-humiliating ooutcome.

By: Justin Kane (avatarjk137)

Justin Kane (avatarjk137) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:55:04 +0000

So, Ed, in this cartoon the hillbilly gave them his daughter? Or did he go after them with a shotgun for suggesting such a thing?

By: Jon Stout (brasswatchman)

Jon Stout (brasswatchman) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:55:03 +0000

Hey, English majors have to stick together, you know? (Well, that’s presuming that Zeta went to college.)

By: Rex Vivat (sirgarberto)

Rex Vivat (sirgarberto) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:55:02 +0000

The first time I read this strip I misread "simoleons" (I think I read "simolcons" instead) and thought it was an obscure grammar structure element or something like that. Gave the sentence a different meaning... but I guess it doesn't matter in the end.