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Corax · Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 3:03 pm Post subject:

I was wondering about those eyes, too (I don't remember an example in "Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga", actually...).

My first impression was more along the lines of Dante's Inferno, and how if you're really evil your soul goes straight to hell and your body gets commandeered by a demon. Of course, if that were true, then Kirk would have to die in the next panel...

Rip Tanion · Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 4:10 pm Post subject:

Holy Un-sacred Cow, I was right for once!

Of course, things might have gone a lot easier if he just called Father Merrin.
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jazzsammich · Forum Member Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 10

MOST... INACTIVE PROTAGONIST... EVER...

hortense gives inertia man a run for his money. ^_^

--jim

Tim Tylor · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:47 pm Post subject:

Chicken Pepsi... that's bland stuff. Even Ferris doesn't want to know. Give me an Anchovy Coke anytime.

Rip Tanion · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:58 pm Post subject:

Worst host ever?

I thought that title was reserved for Chevy Chase.
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losttoy · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 3:51 pm Post subject:

worst host ... worst movies. I never cared for Kirk Douglas.

Although this demon, throws an interesting twist to this story.
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Guest · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 11:21 pm Post subject:

No, I am Spartacus!

Guest · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 8:07 pm Post subject:

I just want so say thank god. I thought that the little devil was his tounge. (haha! I can use little devil literally! Thank's Scott!)
And he has a nipple piercing. This guy is bad.

Greg Stephens · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:55 pm Post subject:

Y'know, in panel 13 I really thought she was going to just say "Okay" like she'd done previously.
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DecafSilicon · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 1:26 pm Post subject:

How Hortense got her groove back.

Cyborg Caveman · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 2:32 pm Post subject:

Googy · Guest

its obvious shes likes white guys but is prejudiced against red guys.

Tim Tylor · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 3:53 am Post subject:

Do I scent a punchline?

Rip Tanion · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 2:14 pm Post subject:

I knew it!

I knew that Brad Pitt was in league with the denizens of Hell. How else could someone as wooden as a cigar store Indian get so many acting gigs, unless he sold his soul to the Devil?

By the way, I am Spartacus.
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Guest · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:41 pm Post subject:

And I am Miles Gloriousus. Actually, I'm not, but my friend is.

Hmmm...perhaps a breakup of Bennifer?

Or maybe she's the reason why the wedding was postponed! She caused evil! Yeah!...
I'll shut up now.

Guest · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 1:43 am Post subject:

i am vincent van gomango

DecafSilicon · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 3:49 pm Post subject:

No, Hortense, no! Reassert your feminine power!

Corax · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 4:47 pm Post subject:

Oka-ay, Scott's in the comic now... I give up on predicting where this is going.

Greg Stephens · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 6:09 pm Post subject:

Yeah, okay.... Waitaminnit... What?

Wonder what's coming next...
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DecafSilicon · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:28 pm Post subject:

Did Scott forget to do some evil?

Scott, for shame! Always remember your evil!

Rip Tanion · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 10:41 pm Post subject:

DecafSilicon · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 2:49 pm Post subject:

Curtain up.

Decaf creeps up to the mike. He is dressed in drab, non-confrontational clothing.

He coughs below the mike's threshold. He taps it gently and cringes at the resultant dissonance.

"Er...one could say...that half of Mr. McCloud's recent comics...could just as well have ended this way?"

He bites his lip. It bleeds.

"I respect him greatly, but I feel like quality has fallen since "Man-eating Shoes" and "Meadow of the Damned" when Mr. McCloud knew just where he was going when he picked the title. Or if he didn't, he could've fooled me.

"So, erm, I just wish him the best in planning the next comic, and I hope it is concrete enough that my puny gray matter can grasp it. An understandable comic -- heh, heh -- will refresh my faith in Mr. McCloud and spur me to vote for titles that matter."

Decaf sighs, but he crumples, unable to refill his lungs. A medic drags him from the stage.

Curtain down.

Greg Stephens · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 3:10 pm Post subject:

I don't think that question is out of bounds. I guess the question is what should the nature of the "improv" part of the M.I. be? How much does planning come into it? I suspect that the answer is something along the lines that in some cases, a title suggests a story to him fully-formed, with an ending, and some times he just has no idea what he'll be doing from one day to the next (so it's really improvised each morning).

I would disagree, however, that the endings have been weaker since "Man-Eating Shoes." Some have been better than others but, for the most part, I think they work. "Somnivore," "Uninformed Bob," and "The Parallelogram's Revenge" in particular strike me as quite well done.

Further- The practice of allowing the audience to vote on what the next title is would actually increase the likelihood that a title will be chosen that doesn't speak immediately to his creative process.
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