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Random Dent · Forum Member Joined: 07 Sep 2003 Posts: 18

Arrr, I have a fire in me belly to give Scott a right slap on the back for puttin' in th' pirate talk. Aye, tis good to see ev'ryone celebratin' this fine day.

What's a pirate's favorite resturant?
Arrrrrby's!
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michael patrick · Guest

In honor of "Talk Like a Pirate Day" I drew a self portrait as a pirate- I never finished it, but here it is anyway:

http://www.half-past.com/game/pyrite.html

gareis · Guest

That's high-brow existential stuff, Michael. You should sell it for lots of money.

michael patrick · Guest

actually, the NEA found that picture so controversial that the'yre giving me a grant to NOT finish it.

Rip Tanion · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 4:22 pm Post subject:

Here's my application for a ZWOL No-prize.

Did anyone notice, that when panel 3 was first put up, the "off-camera" character called the guy coming through the door "Wally". Today, his name in the panel has been changed to Stuart.

Wally, of course, is a perfect name for Walrus. Just ask Walter Lantz.

Yesterday, when Stuart was Wally, I thought Wally (who's now called Stuart) was going to somehow morph into a Walrus, at some point in the story.

Now that Wally is now called Stuart (as opposed to Stewart), one can deduce that Wally was changed to Stuart (only slight less nerdy of a name than Stanley) because Scott (a fine name, and certainly less nerdy than Stanley) either just decided to change the character's name for the hell of it, OR, and I think this likely, that he simply fucked up, and wrote Wally instead of Stuart (which is better than being called Myron), due to the fact that while he was typing, his mind was on Wally, who, one can, and will, assume is actually the name of the character who is "off camera", addressing Stuart (which is also better than being called Hyman...just ask your Uncle Hymie), and who is, indeed, with out a shadow of doubt ...a fat, mustachioed, ivory tusked WALRUS!

Or maybe not...

Scott and Greg (both fine names, for sure), you can leave my prize in the parking lot of the nearest White Castle, where one of my operatives will come to pick it up.
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Hunter of Wisdom · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 8:46 pm Post subject:

Rip Tanion · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 9:43 pm Post subject:

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DecafSilicon · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 10:43 pm Post subject:

Stuart is the only walrus and everyone else are people in walrus costumes?

Like "The Others"?

Greg Stephens · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 4:12 am Post subject:

Hunter of Wisdom · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 4:32 am Post subject:

gareis · Guest

The walrus is going to steal everything! He's a rotten nasty thief!

DecafSilicon · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 12:23 pm Post subject:

The walrus is up to his own plans, with no major bearing on the office workers, who serve as continual comic relief. Relief for what? Maybe for more comedy.

But maybe the Walrus has a mission.

Random Dent · Forum Member Joined: 07 Sep 2003 Posts: 18

I have to go with the thief view- it seems to me like he defiantly snuck in. BUt there's no evil glint in his eyes...hmmm...
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gareis · Guest

Do you know how hard it is for a walrus to put *any* glint in his eye, much less an evil one?

Norg · Guest

I bet that walrus is there for his firt day on a job!, NObody noticed on his application that he was a walrus because they were not allowed to.,damned affirmitive action!

ShadowCaster · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 10:43 am Post subject:

I'm amazed no one experienced any reading problems with this comic but me. Since it has no trail, I read it line by line and of course it seemed very strange

. I finally understood the problem when noticing the clock returning 5mn in the past. I think one of the aims of the shape of the first picture was to specify that the comic was ment to be read column by column. Since the first pannels are mostly identical, some more space beetween the first colums could be a way to help untrained webcomic readers like me figuring out the reading pattern.

kaos_de_moria · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 11:46 am Post subject:

Greg Stephens · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 11:58 am Post subject:

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Scott McCloud · The one and only Joined: 23 May 2001 Posts: 299

That was funny.

I added the trails this morning, fearing that some might read the comic in the wrong direction and then just arrived here to find that you guys were already discussing the need ahead of time.

And since you asked:
Yes, the increased spaces in "Evil" were introduced deliberately to affect the pacing, and...
No, trails are easy enough to implement. I just want to use them when they serve a purpose (rather than just an attempt to make it look "McCloudian" or something). "Walrus" is a good example of a comic that suffered for the lack of them, so I put 'em in. Something like the more conventional Somnivore didn't really need them.

Tim Mallos · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:54 pm Post subject:

I like the depth Scott has created, using fully saturated lines and color for the foreground and slightly less so for the background. Notice the Walrus (or don't, if you want to keep the spirit of the endeavor) as he moves from the desaturated background into the fully saturated fore.

Hmm. Just looked again, I guess the fully saturated effect is just to focus attention, as the sheet of paper is fully saturated in the second panel, but the desk at the same plane is not. Anyhow, I like it.

Also, tick-tock. Pacing-shmacing, we have a very concrete time cue in this comic.

Finally, Norg, I was the walrus you described. I showed up for my new job in November of 1997 an no one knew who I was. Everyone who had interviewed me and hired me was in New York at Internet World for a week.

I sat around for 3 days with people staring at me until I finally got fed up and started helping with a project in crisis. Very weird experience.

Tim
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Kris Lachowski · Guest

I bet that "HEY!" is not directed at him. Poor guy, i hate that "being ignored in the waiting room feeling".

josner · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 11:51 am Post subject:

She is Bernice when she's behind the desk, Cathy when she's in front. Or is Bernice still back there?
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