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Post by Rip Tanion »

when is monkey "a"'s special attack going to be revealed?
I thought Monkey A's power was already revealed...he can stretch a la Reed Richard or Plastic Man.

As for Monkey X, I figured he's either a wheelchair bound telepathic mutant, or a militant civil rights leader.

And how did they get that Lancelot Link to talk? That was one talented chimp.:wink: (Actually, I remember seeing that show as a little kid, and having nightmares with talking monkeys in them. To me, it was scarier than Planet of the Apes, because I knew that was obviously actors in ape suits. But Lancelot was a REAL monkey.)
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Super Anal-Retentive Monkey Spell-Check Attack

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Hey, in the giant cosmic super-combined frame, it's MULTIPLE not MULTPLE...at least, unless there's some kinda mutated monkey meaning to the word MULTPLE.
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Also, in the ENOUGH! text box, there should be a comma after "mind-slaves."

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Why IS the boiled lobster singing?

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That reminds me, you should all go read Fluble, particularly the storyline "Why is the Boiled Lobster Singing", Because it's really good! This should probably go in the hype forum.
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Multiple monkey powered what?

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Bjorn wrote:"... into giant cosmic super-combined multiple monkey powered ...

what? "

Obviously, we're in for a...

META-MONKEY!
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without giving anything away, .. monkey town is actually pretty similar to the powerpuff movie... ...

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i thought i was posting this message after Nathan P. on the end of the first page of all this monkey talk.. .. .. he .. said something like... ... the big monkey head looked like mojo jojo off of the PPG. so.. it was relevant

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Monkey Town

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This is the most fun than I've had in my mornings in a long time.

In the odd but relevant coincidence department: years ago I was working for Wizards of the Coast, the folks responsible for not only Magic: the Gathering but the Pokemon trading cards, which swept through our grade schools like crack cocaine through the inner cities, and whose brightly colored warriors bear a certain resemblance to a certain current Daily Improv.

WOTC was in many ways a deeply depressing place, sort of like student government if only the geeks were elected to posts. As I contemplated leaving its corporate confines for a place where the purpose of the company was NOT to hook 12 year olds on crappy recycled fantasy or bizarre Japanese anime, a friend told me, "I can see that look in your eyes. You're just getting ready to say 'Nertz to Monkeytown!'"

Which I did soon after.

Scott's Monkeytown looks much more colorful and fun than the Monkeytown I toiled away in.
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Coincidentally enough, I was thinking the Monkeytown setting might be nice not for the RPG others suggested but for a collectable trading card game, except skip the collectable part and just make it a boxed set.

Perhaps someone should pitch it to Cheapass Games.
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Who actually make some pretty hip games. Website here: http://www.cheapass.com/
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Re: Why IS the boiled lobster singing?

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Jack Masters wrote:That reminds me, you should all go read Fluble, particularly the storyline "Why is the Boiled Lobster Singing", Because it's really good! This should probably go in the hype forum.
That would be where I got my signature. Maybe I should turn it into a link or something.

I like the Meta Monkey idea, but I'm thinking it should be an ?bermonkey.
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Re: Why IS the boiled lobster singing?

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Zem wrote: I like the Meta Monkey idea, but I'm thinking it should be an ?bermonkey.
A beyond-monkey? Transmonkey?
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56 times, the word "monkey" has been said so far.

This is not a very good comic...
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Anonymous wrote:56 times, the word "monkey" has been said so far.

This is not a very good comic...
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Eh...

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Anonymous wrote:56 times, the word "monkey" has been said so far.

This is not a very good comic...
Well, more to the point, if it's not working, then why? Or if it is, then why? I thought that was the point of the morning improv, to have kind of a fail-safe environment to try out crazy ideas in, and figure out how to use them.
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Re: Why IS the boiled lobster singing?

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Anonymous wrote:A beyond-monkey? Transmonkey?
Pshh. When I say something, don't expect it to mean anything. For me, the prefix "?ber-" just means... I dunno, big or something. It's an all-purpose prefix. Although I guess it doesn't matter now that we have a giant mechanical monkey instead.

Hey, how'd it get mechanical? Where'd the machine come from? Well, this seems to be a parody of the generic "superhero team" comic, wherein this sort of thing presumably happens regularly... but still, I GOTS to know, yo!
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Poodle wrote:
56 times, the word "monkey" has been said so far.
This is not a very good comic...
Note to self: 56 times not good enough... Must write "monkey" more often...
Poodle

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Scott McCloud wrote:
Poodle wrote:
56 times, the word "monkey" has been said so far.
This is not a very good comic...
Note to self: 56 times not good enough... Must write "monkey" more often...
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Mighty Morphin Power Monkeys

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Now this comic is really similar to that dreadful show. THe evil monster is always almost defeated, and then is morphed into a giant monster. The rangers then thier giant robot and have the same fight they have every episode. Fooie. (the power rangers being in thier 134th different show.)



And in reply to Penner Theologius, It doesn't work for me because it seems like every other action comic, movie, anything else that I've seen or read. THe different monkeys are interesting though.
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Post by Rip Tanion »

If you ask me (and you why wouldn't you), Monkey Town has got everything a comic fan could ever want: a slew of primates, superpowers, labratory equipment, mind control, giant heads, dead presidents, cool gadgets, cavemen, cowboys, gangsters, rioting, and now ROBOTS!

Me, I can't wait until the next installment. I'm so excited, I just wet my pants. Now, excuse me, while I go change my underwear.
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Rip Tanion wrote:If you ask me (and you why wouldn't you), Monkey Town has got everything a comic fan could ever want
It's missing someone crying on the cover, dinosaurs, an unanswered question on the cover, and, of course, the color purple.
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Post by Rip Tanion »

Gee, I forgot to add dinosaurs to my list, but Monkey Town DOES indeed have dinosaurs...Monkeysaur Dinopower Attack.

I also spot various shades of purple used liberally through out the strip.

As for the cover there is none, yet.

But since you mentioned it, by your standards, and the way the stip has progressed; my idea for the Monkey Town cover goes as follows...a multi-layered action sequence chock full of stuff. In the foreground we put a close up of our lovely blond haired monkey gal, bawlling he eyes out. Behind her, a huge crowd, citizens fleeing, and the Monkey Team dukin' out with the Monkey Mind-Slaves. Emerging from the center of this crowd is the dreaded, giant, Mechanical Monster Monkey; his arms raised up menacingly. Glowing behind the robot monkey is the Giant Floating Monkey Head, looking even more menacing than the robot. Splattered across the action is our unanswered question..."Will Monkey Town Survive the Terror of the Mechanical Monster?"
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Post by guymc »

I really like MonkeyTown! It is a dead-on parody of the style, and has a lot of charm. I hope Scott will take it beyond the scope of Morning Improv eventually.

Hey, I wonder if there is any chance of sneaking a cameo appearance by Butch in there somewhere.

Meanwhile, evolution ray, anyone...?

"Great bananas! What is that hairless thing?"

"It's... MONKEY BEYOND!"
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Post by Randy »

Anonymous wrote:56 times, the word "monkey" has been said so far.

This is not a very good comic...
This is starting to remind me of the movie Being John Malkovich (http://www.beingjohnmalkovich.com/). Except they're saying, "Monkey? Monkey! Monkey monkey, monkey..."

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