Comments on: Zombie Woof: October 15-20, 2001

By: Anton Sherwood

Anton Sherwood — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 04:45:23 +0000

When was there a Ren Faire in the City?

By: Sailorleo

Sailorleo — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 08:27:43 +0000

In reply to Sailorleo. And apparently I accidentally a word. "Every few months"...

By: Sailorleo

Sailorleo — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 06:58:13 +0000

In reply to Leon Arnott (l). Recursively reinstantiated few months, at that. It's getting really silly at this point.

By: Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity)

Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:19:09 +0000

Hey... they didn't have enough money for surgical thread, but they had enough for ice cream and T-shirts? Huh.

Obviously, the Medical Necessities for Dave fund and the Ice Cream and T-Shirts for Helen and Mell fund are totally separate funds. You can't ask them to take money out of one and put it in the other! You know how much Helen hates doing complicated accounting!

Note also the subtle influence of the original publication year; no cell phones!

Not that Dave would've been able to carry a cell phone at this point. But, yeah, the increasing ubiquity of cell phones (although I still don't own one) changed storytelling forever. I started incorporating them into the strip around the the Moon storyline, although Dave probably should've had one earlier. He's the early-adopter type.

By: Aaron Shades (prof_tinker)

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

With mad scientists amok, a talking head in the lost and found isn’t so bad. She’s seen worse.

By: Sam Daniel (samhdaniel)

Sam Daniel (samhdaniel) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:19:07 +0000

I was in San Francisco a lot in the ’70s. A talking head doesn’t seem that weird when compared to some of the people I met.

By: David Harmon (mental_mouse)

David Harmon (mental_mouse) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:19:06 +0000

I dunno, if were working a Lost-and-Found booth, and I got a lost item that was able to talk for itself, I'd at least make a phone call! (Admittedly, that wouldn't actually have helped Dave much in this case, as the only one there would be Artie....)

Note also the subtle influence of the original publication year; no cell phones!

By: So It Begins (soitbegins)

So It Begins (soitbegins) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:19:05 +0000

Ay. Yi. Yi.

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:19:04 +0000

Saturday:

Hey… they didn’t have enough money for surgical thread, but they had enough for ice cream and T-shirts? Huh.

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:19:03 +0000

"BUT ... what about the girl with the long blonde ponytail in panel 1? Is this by any chance the same girl..."

Canonically, that special someone only appears two times prior to her official unmasking: once when Dave is absent, and once when Helen is absent. And she can't appear any earlier because this is still Timeline 2A (Dave smokes, and the future is unchanged).