But no one ever mentioned the walrus

Hunter of Wisdom · Post by **Hunter of Wisdom** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 4:00 pm

Bernice wrote:Huh? What do you mean that's not a kind of monkey?
What is it, if it's not a monkey?

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Rip Tanion · Post by **Rip Tanion** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 4:11 pm

Tim Mallos wrote:Ok, so, not likely that a partner is in the habit of sitting in the waiting area. I guess he's not a Fenwick.

After removing his hat, one can say he's not just a partner, he's also a client.

Random Dent · Post by **Random Dent** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:39 pm

Between the monkeys, and that cute moment with the hat, this is becoming a very amusing improv.

Christopher Lundgren · Sun Oct 26, 2003 12:10 pm

Rip Tanion wrote:After removing his hat, one can say he's not just a partner, he's also a client.

Ha! Clever.

Seriously though, that walrus is cuh-yute. I wish I had a stuffed plush of him. Wouldn't that be awesome?

DecafSilicon · Post by **DecafSilicon** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 4:11 pm

To revert to an earlier topic -- I have an mp3 of Shatner singing with Ben Folds. Folds liked Shatner's work, so he wrote Shatner, who sang "In Love" on Folds's CD "Fear of Pop."

Yahoo ran a brief on it: http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news.asp?contentID=163205

If anyone wants a copy, *cough* I might *cough* know someone who would send it to you. Not that I necessarily approve of this.

Tim Mallos · Post by **Tim Mallos** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 5:37 pm

Feel better Scott! By the way, intentional or not, you are still entertaining- your comments for Sunday stretched your table and moved a number of panels out of alignment, so all of us are literally not able to see the IM straight. Comics as empathy aid.

T

Josiah Rowe · Post by **Josiah Rowe** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 7:11 pm

If it's not a monkey, it might be a lemur.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 6:51 pm

scott... i like your strips... this one seems to be dragging... i still have faith though... there better be a big pay off for all this waiting...

Post by **Scott McCloud** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 12:23 pm

I wholeheartedly agree, and I suspect it's the pace of *updates* that's the primary cause of it. "Walrus" is a slow strip by its nature, but I'm guessing it wouldn't be as torturous if you were getting 2 or 3 panels per day as you ordinarily would be.

I'm afraid that this cluster of trips I've been in the middle of (six trips in five and a half weeks) plus my current illness, means that what extra panels I'm able to draw are used to create backlogs in prep for my away time.

The good news is that once I return from Korea (Nov 6), I don't have any other travel planned until February! Hopefully I can get back to a more proper pace at that point.

Anyway sorry for this temporary detour into Mollasses-Land.

Post by **Scott McCloud** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 12:26 pm

Tim, does it look okay now?

Kris Lachowski · Post by **Kris Lachowski** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:15 pm

Scott McCloud wrote: sorry for this temporary detour into Mollasses-Land.

I kind of like "Mollasses-Land" it helps me identify with the Walrus.

Post by **Greg Stephens** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 3:07 pm

It's also a good name for a comic.

Kris Lachowski · Post by **Kris Lachowski** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 5:12 pm

Greg Stephens wrote:It's also a good name for a comic.

Yeah definately... race you to the title submission, um, thingy!

Random Dent · Post by **Random Dent** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 7:32 pm

No Mr. Walrus! Don't get your hopes up!
I'm starting to feel really bad for the poor thing.

Tim Mallos · Post by **Tim Mallos** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 12:42 am

Sorry for the delay in response....

Tim, does it look okay now?

Yerp. Sure does. I think it was just your comments of the day that stretched the table.

I too see a cruel turn of events for our tusked friend. Sigh. It's like waving back to someone who is actually waving to the person standing directly behind you, much to the amusement of both.

Lukily for the walrus, I don't think anyone will notice his embarrasment.

Tim

Sampetra · Post by **Sampetra** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 11:51 am

Well, at least now we know the othr guy's name.

DecafSilicon · Post by **DecafSilicon** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 4:12 pm

Ooh. Claire Pettibone sells lingerie.

Dr. Dennis Pettibone teaches history at Southern Adventist University.

There are other Dr. Pettibones on Google, but most are dull.

Scott, did you know a Dr. Pettibone?

Rip Tanion · Post by **Rip Tanion** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 4:50 pm

Dr. Pettibone? He looks like Dr. Mengele. One of those cold and creepy, effete Europeans you like to see get wacked before the end of movie.

I wonder if Dr. Pettibone is treating Scott's recent illness.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 6:58 pm

Of course! But he will get whacked before he can discover a cure for the common cold.

Rip Tanion · Post by **Rip Tanion** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 11:59 pm

Actually, after Thursday's panel, it looks like the doc is gonna whack somebody himself. He has that look of malicious evil in his eye. Now the question is, who is the intended victim of Mr. Monocle?

My guess is that it's Mr. D. Of course, then, and only then, will someone finally notice the walrus, and pin the murder on our poor brimley; while the evil, foppish foreigner slips away to a country without extradition.

However, I've been known to be wrong...on rare occasions.

Alexander D. · Post by **Alexander D.** » Fri Oct 31, 2003 3:40 am

Scott McCloud wrote:I wholeheartedly agree, and I suspect it's the pace of *updates* that's the primary cause of it. "Walrus" is a slow strip by its nature, but I'm guessing it wouldn't be as torturous if you were getting 2 or 3 panels per day as you ordinarily would be.

Actually, since this is really a story about agonizingly long, drawn-out, and (probably) futile waits, the slow pace works perfectly well for me. Gives it a sort of real-time feel that, while admittedly frustrating, actually makes the whole thing funnier.

Monkey Town dragged for me, because it was a fast paced story presented at a slow pace. Walrus is a slow-paced story presented at a slow pace, so I have no complaints.

Sampetra · Post by **Sampetra** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 9:15 am

On a completely unrelated idea . . . I think somebody wants fish for lunch, considering the fact that walruses (walri?) are given to eating seafood.

Jacques Cousteau · Post by **Jacques Cousteau** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 11:53 pm

Unless they are ordering the raw sushi, I do not think it will be pleased with the menu. The walrus is not know for batter-dipping, smoking, or broiling.

Josiah Rowe · Post by **Josiah Rowe** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 1:40 pm

Hey! Jacques Cousteau! Cool!

Wait a minute... isn't he dead?

Meanwhile, is that Bernice we're seeing dashing the walrus' hopes yet again? So much for my Bernice-as-walrus theory.