Comments on: Professor Madblood and the Wetware Interface: November 12-17, 2001

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 14:49:26 +0000

In reply to Aaron Shades (prof_tinker). The cat is in the cardboard box, you can't have an empty box without a cat in it

By: Elaine Corvidae (elaine_corvidae)

Elaine Corvidae (elaine_corvidae) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:50 +0000

I love the series of expression in the center panel, which speak volumes without any dialog at all. Nothing like having the hypothetical coolness of a transforming car destroyed by the reality that it’s a Gremlin.

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:49 +0000

Saturday:

The chest-high car is all well and good, but where'd the rest of the robot go?

This transformation might reveal something about Madblood's primary source of giant robot building materials. Perhaps he was given permission to dismantle his mother's car, on the one condition that he must completely reassemble the car on the days that she has to get the groceries?
(P.S: This is now canon.)

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:48 +0000

I actually drove my cousin's Pinto for one summer while I was in college. I survived, amazingly.

Actually, this strip reminds me of the Marvel "Damage Control" mini-series, about the guys who repair the damage caused by superhero fights. Spider-Man had gone into a giant killer robot and pulled the plug inside its head, but got stuck. The D.C. rep used an RC controller (the type used for model planes) to get control of the robot and turn it into a Volkswagen Beetle. Spider-Man was in the trunk (which was in the front of the old VW bugs). Actual line: "Hey, Spider-Man, you're lucky we didn't quit while it was a head."

By: Monty Ashley (montykins)

Monty Ashley (montykins) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:47 +0000

I quite like Mell’s expression in the exact middle of this strip.

By: Aaron Shades (prof_tinker)

Aaron Shades (prof_tinker) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:46 +0000

I am utterly infatuated in the manner In which Mell and Hellens faces go from overjoyed and exited. . . to somewhat horrified . . . to, well, disbeleiving in a *bad* way.

It gives the impression that it is a painful looking process.

So, any guesses, dear fellow fans, as to what Miss Melody's 'Other Name' for a Gremlin is?

By: Dave Van Domelen (dvandom)

Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:45 +0000

A while back, I actually designed a Gremlin Transformer:http://www.dvandom.com/drawings/detonatorsk.JPGNamed “Detonator”. Later was reminded that the Pintos were the ones that exploded, Gremlins were merely hotboxes.

By: Vlad Taltos (flyingfish)

Vlad Taltos (flyingfish) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:44 +0000

I can’t remember. Does Dave get pulled over for drunk driving later in this arc?

By: That Guy (jsw)

That Guy (jsw) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:43 +0000

Well, seeing as how he’s a Transformer the inconsistencies in scale make perfect sense. I mean, Astrotrain was barely able to fit regular-sized Decepticons in one shot but in the next Devastator was able to stand up inside without a problem. And let’s not even get started on guys like Soundwave and Megatron.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:23:42 +0000

Rachel: Dov was talking about Thursday's comic, where Mell is threatening Madblood with the pistol to the nose.

Mell 2008: If I don't get elected, I'll have lots of free time and a map of precincts that went against me. Your call.

Her running mate would be Al Gore, because there's no one named Bloodshed. Of course, if she's elected, she'd paint the White House red and call it the Blood Shed.