Comments on: Madness: November 13-18, 2006

By: linkhyrule5

linkhyrule5 — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 13:47:22 +0000

Oh, so he did let them through the forcefield intentionally. That makes a lot more sense than them outrunning a mad genius AI's speed of thought.

By: John Campbell (jcampbel)

John Campbell (jcampbel) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:48:42 +0000

This strip beautifully illustrates why Shaenon is brilliant. She throws away the punchline that most people would've settled for in the first panel, and then uses the rest of the strip to build to a second, funnier, and plot- and character-developing punchline. And then in the background she's got the slapstick going, and, far from overselling it, as is too common, she doesn't even bother to actually show it to us, letting it sneak up on us, and making us imagine a scene that, like Mell clocking Daves with a 'gator, is probably funnier than anything that it's possible to actually draw.

By: Pete (westrider)

Pete (westrider) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:48:41 +0000

Mell's off panel bit in the last panel is another of my favorite Narbonic bits. Comes in to my mind pretty much every time I have to do anything involving electrical cords.

By: Tetra Valent (4_valent)

Tetra Valent (4_valent) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:48:40 +0000

Mell's off-panel yells are hilarious because bad stuff almost never happens to her.

Even if there is some usable brain tissue, this brain has been chemically altered to be Bill. It's quite a long shot, but at least the Tinasky Study is finished if it doesn't work and Dave is no more.

By: James Rice (jhrice)

James Rice (jhrice) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:48:39 +0000

She needs a thing that goes "BING!"

By: Sam Ashley (evilmidnightlurker)

Sam Ashley (evilmidnightlurker) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:48:38 +0000

And dials. You need at least one black surface with a dozen or more inset glowing dials.

...wait, that's not mad science, that's a Leiji Matsumoto starship.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:48:37 +0000

You also need a Jacob's Ladder and control panel with at least twenty-four knobs. And one of those big double-blade knife switches.

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:48:36 +0000

Saturday:

That control panel in the lower-right of panel 1 does not approve of this jury-rigged setup.

By: Zarathustra's Id (zarathustrasid)

Zarathustra's Id (zarathustrasid) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:48:35 +0000

who says "handtruck"? Are you Canadians?

By: Dave Van Domelen (dvandom)

Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:48:34 +0000

The Handtruck of Relevance +1, +3 vs. Boxes.