NEW WEEKLY VOTING INCENTIVE! THE MONTH OF SWIMSUITEMBER IS UPON US!!!
September is a month that has historically suffered a marked lack of swimwear. Thus, like a modern Robin Hood, I’ve planned to steal from the richness of my pen and give swimsuits to the poorness that is this dreary month. It’s SWIMSUITEMBER, BABY! A NEW ONE EVERY WEEK!
VOTE FOR PUCK ON TWC!!! 10% of every vote goes straight to Elvis – guaranteed!
As for the comic…
After spending many days on this comic and putting the final finishing touches on it, I woke up this morning to see Adam@Home (yeah, that comic) basically had the same f#@%ing punch line as this one. On the same day. Now I feel all staid and sad. (In honesty, though, the writing on Adam has gotten a hell of a lot crisper over the past five years. New writer, maybe?)
In other news, I’m actually finally figuring out an option for making t-shirts a reality. I just got a sample in the mail, and I’m pretty happy with it. Soon Puck shirts should be available in a wide variety of cuts and styles, with a bunch of different print designs on offer – and for a reasonable price, no less! I might also put up some of Daphne’s more famous shirt designs for sale too. More on that in the coming weeks.
Puck 301
Chapter: The Happiest Place in OntarioCharacters: Colin Daphne MirandaTags: Canada's Funderland Papa Shnorf shnorfs
NEW WEEKLY VOTING INCENTIVE! THE MONTH OF SWIMSUITEMBER IS UPON US!!!
September is a month that has historically suffered a marked lack of swimwear. Thus, like a modern Robin Hood, I’ve planned to steal from the richness of my pen and give swimsuits to the poorness that is this dreary month. It’s SWIMSUITEMBER, BABY! A NEW ONE EVERY WEEK!
VOTE FOR PUCK ON TWC!!! 10% of every vote goes straight to Elvis – guaranteed!
As for the comic…
After spending many days on this comic and putting the final finishing touches on it, I woke up this morning to see Adam@Home (yeah, that comic) basically had the same f#@%ing punch line as this one. On the same day. Now I feel all staid and sad. (In honesty, though, the writing on Adam has gotten a hell of a lot crisper over the past five years. New writer, maybe?)
In other news, I’m actually finally figuring out an option for making t-shirts a reality. I just got a sample in the mail, and I’m pretty happy with it. Soon Puck shirts should be available in a wide variety of cuts and styles, with a bunch of different print designs on offer – and for a reasonable price, no less! I might also put up some of Daphne’s more famous shirt designs for sale too. More on that in the coming weeks.
Papa Shnorf is referring to the force from Star Wars.
Alas, my Firesign Theater joke last week wasn’t picked up…
Well, she has been waiting for someone like the electrician . . .
Soon to be busted in more ways than one?
I see what you did there.
She still seems a little frighted. She might want her “NOT her boyfriend, whom she created an elaborate plan to be alone with in a dark makeout cave with” boyfriend back soon.
That’s an interesting take, though I really don’t think that would be in character or necessary. I don’t think Tyler would need any convincing through elaborate plans and dark caves.
Oh, I agree HE wouldn’t.
But that might be her story when the cops show up.
I get it, Schtroumpfs are blue, schnorfs are green…must be a copywrights’ color war… What hue were the Lilliputians again?
And the Brobdingnags, Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib.
Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos?
Literary shame confession: I stopped reading when he got to the island of ghosts. It just got a little too wacky for me.
Well, I made it up to the Brobdingnags but got a headache so jumped to the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos…That Yahoo Flickr still give me headaches…them yahoos pushing the plow…
Schtroumpfs have also dealt with nuclear apocalypse. Maybe they glow at night.
Just like the skulls in Canticle for Leibowitz! (And that qualifies as the most obscure sci-fi ref I’ve ever made.)
I thought Canticle for Leibowitz was an awesome book, but I didn’t think it was that obscure to be honest. It was one of the books I read in my sci-fi lit class in High school, along with “Day of the Triffids” and “Earth Abides”
Hmmm…. now that I think about it, My teacher had a real thing for post apocalyptic stories, and there really wasn’t that much to choose from in the 70’s…
It’s one of the least sexy post-apocalyptic tales ever, and I’m pretty sure it’ll be forgotten in the next few decades. More’s the pity.
Oh great, now I need to get another copy of it. I loaned it out over 25 years ago…I need a new copy. Never forget or it’ll happen again.
Awesome book !
Have not made it past page 2 in his sequel, however….
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman
Oompa loompa schlorkety fork,
Wars over colors use weapons of spork.
T-shirts are becoming a reality? Awesome.
Russian dimplomacy, German friendliness or Dutch courage? Yeah… I’m gonna agree that the answer is easy in this case.
The fact that another comic got the exact same punchline is… Actually quite impressive (I have never read it – nor even heard of it – personally).
I understand why Colin feels creeped out in the end (I doubt Miranda’s bothered by it, being a baby and all)…
T-shirts have taken me a long time, mainly because I’ve been ethically opposed to most of the custom print options available due to price. When a custom tee costs sometimes $30 US, plus shipping, from many of the companies (which for a Canadian like me would cost me close to $50 when all is said and done), I really can’t condone that. This company (Teepublic) has t-shirts ranging from $14 to $20 and tons of flexibility.
And I think Miranda is more creeped out by the continued presence of giant green weirdo than anything he’s saying.
If Daphne just wanted to whack a shnorf on the head, couldn’t she have jumped this costume wearer out in the open?
I’m guessing a dead guy in a mascot costume doesn’t fetch as high a price on the black market.
I guess Daphne is going to set off the trap of a few thousand shnorf blow darts that will accidentally take out Tyler and have a giant spherical boulder chase her all over the park…
Sort of makes you wish Daphne wore a brown fedora…
Indy never took a wrench to the golden idol. Maybe he should have.
Indy did not need to take a wrench to the golden idol. It came off to easily, springing the trap. What Indy needed was a trowel to jam the trap, and his sidearm set to “safe” at the very least to use as a hammer…
You’ve put a lot of thought into this.
Only once at the archaeological dig site, where you have TONS of time to learn that:
Fedoras are actually practical.
Bullwhips not so much. And every archaeologist worth his salt has a trowel and a hand brush in his kit. And a canteen is extremely overlooked tool.
The lack of use for the bullwhip is one of the many reasons I decided not to become an archaeologist.
Also, snakes.
“Why is it always snakes?”
I can not believe that Daphne did not bring a mallet to knock the bolt loose.
“I find” my “lack of faith” in Daphne’s abilities …. “disturbing”
(There’s your Star Wars reference”…
She’s not very prepared in a number of ways. More on that in coming comics.
Daphne, Starwars style….
“There is only Steal, and Steal not! There is no Try.”
I believe it is “Steal or steal not. There is no buy.”
THAT’S good.
It is !
Wow, drawing back to smack made Daphne’s boobs grow. I’ve gotta try that. :p
Intelligent and observant readers will note that chest size of female characters is relatively inconsistent throughout the comic. This is mostly due to drawing incompetence.
I fear that Daphne will get more than she bargained for when she cooked up this dumb plan…
And how is that Russian diplomacy? I thought it was a pretty universal style.
In Soviet Russia, diplomacy negotiates you! 😀
I suppose we could also call it American diplomacy too. But put simply, more of my readers are American so I avoided that one.
I suppose we could also call it American diplomacy too. But put simply, more of my readers are American so I avoided that one.
Nice to see the author do a double-post on occasion. LoL
That’s a site error, actually. Didn’t know it was there until you mentioned it.
Perhaps you could narrow it beyond “American” to “Perrian” after Comm. Matthew C. Perry, who sailed into Japanese waters and said (in effect), “You want to trade”, and then explained with the biggest guns the Japanese had ever seen that his statement did not have a question mark in it.
“Mallet? We don’t need no stinking mallet!!!”
How’s that for subtle?
Here is American Diplomacy:
You’re not happy ? Here’s twice as much money !
But if money don’t work, the next step is bombing.
TSHIRTS ARE COMING!!!! That is So Awesome! TAKE MY MONEY!!!!
Please tell me “The crack dealer next door called us bad neighbors” is one of them? Yes? Yes? Yes?
Hopefully it won’t be much money, because this company’s quite affordable for custom tees. But yeah, they look pretty cool. I could probably generate that shirt you mentioned without much difficulty, really. That’s the great thing; I’ll be able to throw up as many designs as people want!
Hey, Gecko, not sure if you’re aware but apparently there’s a real-life Chicken Tenders in the American presidential election
I am NOT aware! Man, if only I were American! Then I could vote the right way!
Did you hear?
Hillarys’ camp got busted because a sneaky Canadian did a strawman campaign donation.
Of course, being a democrat, it’ll probably be swept under the rug.
The last line should read ‘Being a politician, it’ll probably be swept under the rug.’ They all love to sweep. And they all love those rugs.
Yeah, but the politicians don’t do the sweeping. The media does.
If the politician involved is a democrap, the broom works.
If the politician involved is an independent, the broom is held and MAY work.
If the politician is a Republican, the broom is forgotten and the scandal is ensured (even if the media has to create one)
I’m sorry, but I don’t think I’ll be voting this time. 0_0; What little I can see of the ‘incentive’ is having the opposite effect from what you probably intended; that woman is putting me right off and causing cold shivers of alarm down my spine… ^^;
Well, Tracee is evil. Very, very evil. I don’t blame you. But I also don’t blame the 600 that just voted over the past day or so.
I forget; what exactly are we voting for?
Do you win gobs of loot if you win?
Or, is it just a “muah ha ha! I’m top of the list.” thing?
(also, I was just reminded to vote 😀 )
No gobs of loot. More a ‘muah ha ha’ factor than anything else. But there’s a real, concrete benefit to being at or near the top of the list: people will check out your comic. My having my comic in the top ten (or close to the top ten), it’s about the equivalent boost to my page stats that one or two hundred dollars worth of advertising would bring in. So for me, it’s a good thing.
Thou shalt not blaspheme against the Bronzed skinned Goddess,Tracee of the Golden Tresses and Azure Eyes, lest thee wouldst be assaulted by The ComedyHobo, and have thine eyes clawed out by The SalemCat!
What you said !!
10% of every vote goes to Elvis?
You know someone named Elvis? Cause it sure ain’t going to the “Elvis the Pelvis” I know of.
10% of the spirit of every vote is channeled by a professional spiritual medium to the ghost of Elvis, and said voting spirit is transmorgified into ghostly peanut butter, banana and mayo sandwiches to sate his ghostly appetite.
Considering the way he went, I’d expect him to have gone off those sandwiches…
Elvis never went off sandwiches. Even in death. Even considering the way he died.
Elvis Costello.
Elvis Costello is getting NONE of my vote. Stupid ‘hipster before it was cool’ Elvis grumble Costello grumble…
Do you know why the hipster burned his mouth on his coffee?
Cuz he drank it before it was cool.
I turn 43 in 10 days.
Just dropping this here since it reminded me of the breastfeeding arc: http://www.theonion.com/article/new-study-finds-link-between-breastfeeding-always–36823
That’s wonderfully accurate. I love the boosted immunity to others’ viewpoints.
You still read newspaper comics? I mean… you still *read* them? You don’t like pick up the newspaper and like wave your hand over the top of them and get a glassy look on your face and say in an ominous monotone: “someone hates mondays… and I sense… an old person struggling with technology… and a child doesn’t like their vegetables” and then open the newspaper and discover it’s all exactly as you predicted?
Some are pretty good. In Adam‘s defense, the writing got WAY crisper and funnier about seven or eight years ago (probably fresh writing talent), and there are a few gems in the newspaper still. I love Between Friends and Pooch Cafe, but those are both local Ontario comics so their greatness might not be broadcast widely enough.
I actually am always amazed by how the Blondie writers keep things relatively funny and (in some ways) fresh while always remaining thoroughly Blondie. Garfield is a wasteland, though. Hagar the Horrible is a wasteland too. But there’s some good stuff there in newspaper land when you look for it.
What the hell? Lol are they all connected? 😀
It’s the mystical shnorfs force. It binds the galaxy together.
I think that really is how the Russians conduct diplomacy. Shut the power off and then whack at it.
Art imitates life, man.