Comments on: D, D’: March 27 – April 1, 2006

By: Al Foote

Al Foote — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 14:29:54 +0000

Wait…. panel 3… Is Yak-Face smoking? Yak-Face never smoked!

By: Jason (hactar)

Jason (hactar) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:27:30 +0000

According to wikipedia, about a year and a half after this comic, the Fangoria warehouse containing all the back issues burned down. Those back issues are now quite a bit more valuable.

By: Tetra Valent (4_valent)

Tetra Valent (4_valent) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:27:29 +0000

@Ed: On-line, I'm silicon (carbon-based life forms don't seem to fare so well around Helen). Off-line, I should be carbon, but when I try to run I'm clearly lead.

By: Matthew Mather (madtinkerer)

Matthew Mather (madtinkerer) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:27:28 +0000

@Tetra: I think it's more an effect of Clone Dave's "mundane-ness" (or whatever Helen calls it; I don't want to search through the old Narbonic archives for tomorrow's strip for fear it might damage the continuum) that he no longer cares for science fiction-y things any more.

Science fiction, mad science, regular science: it's all "meh" to those who take them for granted.

Kind of like cell phones. Friggin' videogames on telephones, man. This really is the 21st century!

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:27:27 +0000

Saturday:

My favourite part of this episode is that Mell really did take the Yak-Man. It's basically family by now.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:27:26 +0000

@Tetra: Or it could be a side-effect of the <SPOILER> madness cure. Helen mentions that it also alters his personality. </SPOILER>

Tetravalent? Are you carbon, silicon, tin, lead, or germanium?

By: Sam Ashley (evilmidnightlurker)

Sam Ashley (evilmidnightlurker) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:27:25 +0000

I hope Mell hung on to Yak-Face so Original!Dave could get it back (after doing her bidding in some ridiculous fashion, of course).

By: Tetra Valent (4_valent)

Tetra Valent (4_valent) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:27:24 +0000

Dave’s attitude toward Yak-Face gives a third way for it to have disappeared in his youth. (The others were shown on May 18, 2001 and Dec 2, 2003.) I like that he can’t even remember its name – that’s such a contrast. But wasn’t the version of Dave that Helen downloaded the one that Dr. Narbon bribed with Yak-Face? Helen must have spent quite some time selectively editing Dave’s memories!

By: David Harmon (mental_mouse)

David Harmon (mental_mouse) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:27:23 +0000

Presumably Dave’s seen some episodes since he was decanted, and references to prior episodes.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:27:22 +0000

To Artie, it's perfectly clear
That six years just don't disappear!
Dave takes it in stride,
It's plainly implied
His brain is not wired for weird.