Comments on: Island of the Ur-Gerbils: May 6-11, 2002

By: Anton Sherwood

Anton Sherwood — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 20:29:04 +0000

“Women can’t help looking at nudie magazines.” This brings to mind the time in hi-skool when we boys thought the Playmate looked like Monica (who was a year or two ahead of me). We showed Monica her face and she said “Come on, let’s see the rest.” So we unfolded it and Monica just shook her head.

Thirty or forty years later I looked through the list of Playmates trying to spot the one that looked like Monica, and concluded that either I don’t remember Monica’s face at all well or my standards of resemblance have changed.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:48:41 +0000

(Sung to the tune of "Catch A Wave" by the Beach Boys)

We're in the ocean as we slowly waste away ...
(Shut up Dave! Shut up Dave!)
It doesn't mat-ter what we do or say!
(Ooo-waaah-ooo-waaah-ooo-waaah-ooo-waaah!)
But with this phrase, I invoke the curse:
"There's no way things could get any worse ..."
Shut up Dave! Now we're sitting right under your wave!

By: Joyce Melton (halfelven)

Joyce Melton (halfelven) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:48:40 +0000

Mell's piggies are cute and her fore-shortened chin; Dave's mock-ascot and the Barksian wave -- the dialog is almost unnecessary because the art is so funny. :)

Speaking of Artie, in panel two, I thought the word balloon belonged to the gerbil on Helen's head. Still looks like it does but Helen's mouth is open. Somehow that's even funnier.

By: Jeremy Berg (pisceneanteater)

Jeremy Berg (pisceneanteater) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:48:39 +0000

@Dave Rood: "She's not struggling against the imminent doom; she's not surprised or even remotely worried. "

Totally. In fact, the inflection on "Oh nice one" says to me that she's impressed with Dave for the amount of destruction he was able to bring.

By: Sam Daniel (samhdaniel)

Sam Daniel (samhdaniel) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:48:38 +0000

Did no one else notice that Dave got his flannel back?

With his powers restored, perhaps he can save the day....

(I'm reading this one day at a time, and valiantly resisting the urge to go to the archives and find out what happens.)

By: J K (txjak)

J K (txjak) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:48:37 +0000

What is that on the pole in the last frame?

By: Dave Rood (surrdave)

Dave Rood (surrdave) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:48:36 +0000

I’m with Rachel–Mell’s feet and her casual delivery of the line are what make this one for me. She’s not struggling against the imminent doom; she’s not surprised or even remotely worried. Death and destruction don’t faze her, in contrast to Dave, whose fatalism begins with waking up in the morning.

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:48:35 +0000

Saturday:

Now that I've been rendered obsolete, all I have left to mention is the presence of that beautiful deceleation of time that permits the cartoon character one final pithy line before gravity takes over. I have a theory that if a character ever knowingly refused to utter their one line, then time would stand still forever.

"DON'T SAY IT": 1.

By: So It Begins (soitbegins)

So It Begins (soitbegins) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:48:34 +0000

This just in: The forums are back online. It looks like the install failed. Again. Oh well, more info as I have it…

By: So It Begins (soitbegins)

So It Begins (soitbegins) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:48:33 +0000

Eep!

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