NEW COSPLAY VOTING INCENTIVE!!!
I asked my high-tier patrons on Patreon about cosplay possibilities they wanted to see in a voting incentive. And we’ve got some wonderful suggestions that garnered a number of votes! So got to TWC and…
As for this comic…
The process of coming up with the monster name was lengthy. I felt that I wanted a definitively Canadian name, and there are a few names that fit the bill. My initial thought was ‘Gordie’ because there are a lot of Gords in Canada. But nothing is quite as Canadian as a Doug. Yes, there’s the legendary Doug Mackenzie, but this is one of those stereotypes that really has some basis in reality. There really are lots of guys named Doug up here. At least there were. (As a teacher, I can accurately report that the name is definitely becoming less popular now with the kids; it’s been a while since I last taught a young Doug.) But if you’re profiling Canadian dudes currently aged between 40 and 80, at least half of them will probably be named Doug.
And that’s … A CANADIAN FACT.
I would say that being named Dougie is pretty monstrous.
BTW, thanks for the monstrously wonderful Phoebe Boop! Well done!
As long as it’s monstrously something, I’m happy.
Depending on the age of your students you might be able to confirm if the fall off in students names Doug corresponds in time with the rise of the political family of Doug and Rob? Or was it happening before they became infamous?
Are you referring to the Ford’s?
Talk about a political Edsel.
It’s been a long, slow decline of Dougs, really. My parents’ generation had maximum Doug; mine had fewer. The subsequent generations had even fewer. Doug Ford had little to do with it, I suspect. Though he certainly didn’t help the name.
Douglas MacArthur and Douglas Fairbanks come to mind.
Irish and Scottish folklore have a smattering
Doesn’t sound very French-Canadian…thought that was what settled there…
Way back when. But this isn’t a French-Canadian community. This is a Dougie community.
I once read a list of towns in Wisconsin that were settled from various German nations or communities. It said one town was settled almost exclusively by Pomeranians.
I know what was meant, but it’s an image that just stays with you.
Oh, I know. How many of them are doctors?
Doctor Doug?
Don’t want to admit this but … my doctor’s name is Doug.
I have an odd feeling the “Dougie” is my mom, Jólakötturinn.
The abomidable “Yule Cat”.
Throughout recent Millennia she has been hiberanting all the warmer months, in her typical locales.
Kiruna, Yellowknife, Reykyavik, under the bed, and the northern window under the curtain have all been likely places.
But recently she has been missing, entirely.
Her habitual BLOOD LUST may now be focusing on Canucks.
It may just be the faint odor of delicious Pure Maple Syrup.
Beware.
We ARE very sweet, so … makes sense.
Reminded me of The Far Side. The sign reading: “Beware of Doug”.
Maybe that was cooking in the back of my mind?
Strange minds think alike. If it was read in Japan, I imagine “I wouldn’t do that, mister. Old Zeek’s liable to fire that sucker up” is how we got the manga Chainsaw Man.
It depends pretty heavily on what old stuff makes it overseas, though. I once had to explain “To Serve Man” to get credit on a paper.
Guess they’re not in Northern Ontario then. Otherwise it would be ‘Frank’.
Honestly I don’t spend much time in the iconic northern Ontario landscape. So the Frank dominance is news to me.
The Arrogant Worms track “Mounted Animal Nature Trail” told us about this and also used the phrase ” … and That’s A Canadian Fact.” as you did.
Yeah, it’s from SCTV. There’s an episode where the station goes bankrupt and they need to pipe in content from the CBC, Canada’s public broadcasting station. They take the opportunity to lampoon Canadian TV of that era. And the CBC used to run these PSAs all about Canadian events and such. Canada in the 70’s was all about boosterism and talking up the country as this amazing thing. So SCTV made fun of it by running a few completely erroneous “It’s a Canadian fact!” segments.
Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzXt6nwPvXY
I hope they pass it on the left-hand side
I empathize Chester.
My wife’s maiden name is Bowles (pronounced like Bowl, not Bowels as some telemarketers have suggested.)
I told her that I would take her name in marriage if she would merely support my idea of naming our child Cereal. A perfectly good idea and I got no support from that woman. None.
Your genius is clearly wasted on her.
Dougie is awesome!!! Even better, if that is possible, is Phoebe as Betty Boop. You have truly outdone yourself on this one! Wow!!!!!
I aim to please!
Doogie Howser, MD.
Dougie Gilmour.
Never seen together on the same sheet of ice. Coincidence? I think not…
All Dougs secretly the same people?
Our friends at Google advise that Douglas is Scots Gaelic for “Dark Water” and ranks a lowly 540 on the hit parade of boy’s names, with a brief spurt of popularity post WWII thanks to General Douglas MacArthur. It goes on to say that there are no notable literary characters named Douglas…. UNTIL NOW! Nine months after today, there will be a spawn of Dougies on the birth roles thanks to this panel.
(I predict “Chester” will be a close runner up).
This h8nges on words like ‘notable’ and ‘literary’, though. And I doubt this mostly unpopular mostly lowbrow webcomic would qualify as either. But a nice thought.
There have been a number of notable writers named Douglas, though.
Alas, a prophet (of doom) is not honored in his own home.
Prophets seldom are.
I can see Phoebe saying ‘Come along little dougie’ and it does!
Wouldn’t you?
Darn right I would!
I can too.
No, they wouldn’t.
No. They wouldn’t.
No surprise, really.
What immediately came to mind for me was Dougie Franklin from the Red Green Show.
Cripes. Me too.
Canadian through and through.
So can Dougie do the Dougie?
Well, hard to say. The song claims to teach you, but then it doesn’t actually teach you how to Dougie.
There ARE multiple instructional videos on YouTube, though. So he might be able to learn…
You could have gone with Dwane. You know, the guy who works at Canada Customs (les duanes)?
That’s a ref I honestly don’t get. I’m assuming it’s a Quebec border thing?
Les= in English, a name. Les- French for the.
Duane= in English, a name. Douane= in French, border guards, customs personnel, so on.
Now I know.
And knowing is half the battle.
By the way, I can see why that Phoebe thing was popularly demanded.
It wasn’t, really. It wasn’t highly voted up in the poll on Patreon but it WAS the highest voted Phoebe pic, and I thought it would be fun.
Well, fun it is. I approve.
There is only one thing that came into my mind after reading the comic:
“Teach me ’bout the Dougie. Teach me, teach me, ’bout the Dougie.”
By design. Kinda.
wow… apparently I forgot to say something witty! shame on me!
Btw, Betty Boop never looked so good!!!
Well, now you’ve been witty.
LoL
My middle name (officially called my ‘familiar’ name) is Douglas; so guess what nickname I was called until I reached my teens and made it known I no longer wished to be called it?
Dougie.
I must admit, this Chapter was not one that interested me as much as others have.
(My favorite was when Phoebe acquired freckles and was making out with Colin.)
But taking a turn into a “Haunted” valley is certainly my style.
There were a few readers who stated at the beginning of this arc, “A convention arc? Lame. I’m out.” And I wanted to scream, “THAT’S NOT WHERE I’M GOING!” But I couldn’t because of spoilers for everyone else.
Of course, with the slow update schedule, it takes forever and a day for me to even get a story arc started. So it’s been a long lead-in. And only now do we get an idea of the direction this train is heading.
They were weak.
We should know to trust you.
Agreed. When a arc takes pong to upsate I start rereading the comic.
So the monster in my neck of the woods would be the Brianrietta, then, based on the number of Brians. There’s guaranteed to be a duplicate first-last-name Brian at the pharmacy, at the auto mechanic, anywhere they look me up by name.
Is that a Strong Bad ref? If so, I approve.
I thought of “Dougie Hauser.” Or was it “Doogie”? (Ugh! Even worse!) 😉
It was ‘Doogie’ in the show. This is Dougie, which rhymes with ‘buggy’.
Good thing you didn’t name it “Gordie” since there (kinda) already a monster named Gordie (in a sense)
(incase the HTML didn’t work here’s the link again –
https://aceattorney.fandom.com/wiki/Gourdy)
Hey it worked
Well, I would feel that “Gourdy” is sufficiently different from “Gordie” to count as a different name. But maybe not?
True, true… and Gourdy is a lake monster, and since Puck and company are nowhere near a lake (I think?) they are really, really different
Whew!