But no one ever mentioned the walrus

Kris Lachowski · Post by **Kris Lachowski** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 1:18 pm

DecafSilicon wrote:One hour.

Yeah probably, i suck at reading numberless clocks. Btw who else thinks this guy's going to sit on the walrus?

Rip Tanion · Post by **Rip Tanion** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 3:10 pm

Rippy noticed that the guy with the monocle can't decide which eye needs the lens.

Left eye in his debut panel, right eye in the next.

Did Scott mess up, or is this part of his master plan?

Christopher Lundgren · Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:43 pm

I didn't even notice until you said so, but take a closer look. It's the exact same person, just horizontally flipped, and a cane stuck in his hand. Not only is the monocle on the wrong side now, but his lapel folds the exact same way, both ties are curved the same way, and his knee is bent the same way, all just backwards. Scott cheated!!

Post by **Greg Stephens** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:47 pm

It's magic. Just like the Walrus' vest's buttons, which are backwards in the title panel, correct when he first walks through the door, then backwards again for the rest of the strip.

Post by **Scott McCloud** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 5:51 pm

It's the exact same person, just horizontally flipped, and a cane stuck in his hand.

Uh...No, it isn't.

Okay, seriously, these panels have been a little glacial, in part cause I'm travelling so much and I'd like not to have to skip anymore days than necessary, so I'm trying to build up a a backlog to tide me over. Ordinarily, you'd probably see at least a couple of panels on most days, but I'll be gone 8 out of the next 17 days, and in Korea especially, I have no idea how often I'll be able to work on each.

Lord have mercy on my walrus-ingnoring soul.

Kris Lachowski · Post by **Kris Lachowski** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:10 am

Hey Walrus!!! Quick tackle that guy he has a gun! DOn't worry he won't notice you.

Josiah Rowe · Post by **Josiah Rowe** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 12:31 pm

I have a new theory:

Bernice, the unseen receptionist is (wait for it...) also a walrus! In fact, our mild-mannered and unnnoticed protagonist is patiently waiting for his lady-friend Bernice to get off work, so he can take her out for a romantic evening's fishing (or whatever walruses do on dates). See, we all noticed the walrus in the waiting room, but no one, including us, has noticed Bernice...

Well, it made sense to me.

jazzsammich · Post by **jazzsammich** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 1:53 pm

oooooooooh...

Rip Tanion · Post by **Rip Tanion** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 3:46 pm

Greg Stephens wrote:It's magic. Just like the Walrus' vest's buttons, which are backwards in the title panel, correct when he first walks through the door, then backwards again for the rest of the strip.

The difference is, unlike the monocle, and a few name changes, nobody ever noticed the change in buttons - until just now. Scott only seems to correct these mistakes when someone points them out.

Personally, I'm disapointed that Scott corrected some of these mistakes (like the shifting monocle) instead of just leaving them there for posterity.

It's kind of like watching an epsiode of Star Trek and seeing Kirk's badge, or hair part, on the wrong side, because of a flipped negative (happens in a few episodes). I'd hate to see them correct these little flubs when re-mastering to DVD, because I grew up with them.

exspastic · Post by **exspastic** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 4:03 pm

just a weird thought, in the latest panel we're told that the place the walrus is at is called 'Redmond, Fenwick and Dunbar.' we can guess that Dunbar is 'Mr. D' the nicely dressed man to appear in the latest frames could possibly be another owner on his way to a business meeting. (i.e. the skinny guy might be 'Fenwick' or 'Redmond') -what if our nicely dressed walrus friend is actaully the 3rd partner? you know- the quiet, big money investor from overseas that no one has ever met? i know this theory is pretty far out there- but it would be funny. -he just decided to come in and quietly wait to see how he would be treated by the staff... then just walks into the meeting and takes over. wild theories...lol

Kris Lachowski · Post by **Kris Lachowski** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 4:05 pm

Josiah Rowe wrote:I have a new theory:

Bernice, the unseen receptionist is (wait for it...) also a walrus! In fact, our mild-mannered and unnnoticed protagonist is patiently waiting for his lady-friend Bernice to get off work, so he can take her out for a romantic evening's fishing (or whatever walruses do on dates). See, we all noticed the walrus in the waiting room, but no one, including us, has noticed Bernice...

Well, it made sense to me.

I like that theory!!! It's pretty good, but if it's true why does the walrus straighten his tie when mr. d shows up? Of course he could just be nervous, or be checking to make sure his tie doesn't change color.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 4:50 pm

Hey Walrus!!! Quick tackle that guy he has a gun! DOn't worry he won't notice you.

No, even worse! He doesn't have a gun, he has a burnt crossaint!

Okay. That requires minimal explanation. I attempted a mutation of 24hr comics: 3 hours, 10 pages. I screwed it up, though. Gave up before an hour passed. Ended up with a really stupid one-page comic. It broke the fourth wall and in the end the main charachter ends up suicidal. The gun he's holding, however, as he notices, looks more like a burnt croissant. That is sort of the ending gag.

Tim Mallos · Post by **Tim Mallos** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 9:08 pm

That guy looked like a Fenwick if ever I saw one.

It's sounding like this is an ad agency. We'll know for sure if we see everyone hitting the hard liquor stashed in their desks at 3pm...

-T

alsis37 · Post by **alsis37** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 12:08 am

Rip wrote: (snip)

It's kind of like watching an epsiode of Star Trek and seeing Kirk's badge, or hair part, on the wrong side, because of a flipped negative (happens in a few episodes). I'd hate to see them correct these little flubs when re-mastering to DVD, because I grew up with them.

I need to find a Star Trek DVD with extras of Shatner singing in Espranato or at a poetry slam or something. It'd be a gift for a certain someone whose had his fill of neckties, cologne, and even worse X-Mas cop-outs like the dreaded Safeway plastic "gift certificate."

What can I say ? Even before coming here, I knew lots of odd people.

Rip Tanion · Post by **Rip Tanion** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 1:38 am

alsis37 wrote:I need to find a Star Trek DVD with extras of Shatner singing in Espranato or at a poetry slam or something.

I don't know if there's any clips of the Shat-man singing in Esperanto, but there's a few CD's of him "singing" in English. I used to have a copy of The Transformed Man, which features Kirkesqe renditions of "Lucy In The Sky..." and "Mr. Tamborine Man", as well as some literary recitals (Henry V, Cyrano, etc,), but I lent it to a regular neighborhood customer when I used tend bar on the Upper East Side, and she never did give it back to me. It was one of my all-time cheesey favorites.

I did catch some of Shatner's pre-Trek Esperanto flick, Incubus, on the Sci-Fi channel, about a month ago. Very strange.

Tim Mallos · Post by **Tim Mallos** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 8:35 am

My wife came home all giddy about 6 months ago. With much drama, she pulled an Incubus DVD from its bag.

I am a lucky man.

T

Sampetra · Post by **Sampetra** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:52 pm

Hey hey hey people! We're forgetting the walrus, Bernice, here! (Not that Star Trek & William Shatner don't deserve their own glory.)

Sampetra · Post by **Sampetra** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:56 pm

Anonymous wrote:
Hey Walrus!!! Quick tackle that guy he has a gun! DOn't worry he won't notice you.
No, even worse! He doesn't have a gun, he has a burnt crossaint!

This was me. Most recently that is.

George Takei · Post by **George Takei** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:59 am

Sampetra wrote:Hey hey hey people! We're forgetting the walrus, Bernice, here! (Not that Star Trek & William Shatner don't deserve their own glory.)

Have you seen Shatner lately? He's almost as big as a friggin' walrus!

Post by **Greg Stephens** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:58 am

Rip Tanion wrote: I used to have a copy of The Transformed Man, which features.... It was one of my all-time cheesey favorites.

I have this on CD. It's priceless!

Tim Mallos · Post by **Tim Mallos** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:05 am

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

T

Kris Lachowski · Post by **Kris Lachowski** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:57 am

Lol, gotta love monkey jokes.

Alexander D. · Post by **Alexander D.** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:43 pm

New study on Walrus handedness: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3207912.stm

Sampetra · Post by **Sampetra** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 7:20 pm

Flipperedness, actually.

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