Comic for Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Posted: 8:00 am, Thursday, May 15th

This was one of my favorite strips to draw in quite a while. I actually was writing the idea for it when 2.0 first called from LA, and had to call her back after I got it out, because otherwise I'd lose it and wind up with another malt liquor on my hands.

So, 15, being the go-getter she is, up and set up a Facebook group for the site. She tells me these things are the rage - I am only a novice at Facebook and really only use it to... Hell, I'm not sure what I do with it. I'd say I use it to play Scrabulous, but I lost that one game to E and am already down about 90 points five moves into a game with 15, so that's a lie, too. Anyway, here's the link to Five Bucks to Facebook, which is a pretty clever name. Keeps the initials, makes as little sense as Five Bucks to Friday itself does... Good work, 15. I'm thinking I'll draw some one-off panels every once in a while for it, and maybe use it as a greatest hits site. I've put four of my favorite ones from this past year up there, and I guess use the Wall to vote for yours? I dunno, I'll figure out something useful to do there. The one thing it does do is get rid of the anonymity of the comment board, so anyone who's there already and wants their anonymity back, lemme know and I'll boot you out of the group, since I don't know if you knew what you were getting into.

Thanks for not doing this a few months ago, when maybe it could have prevented some of the scorched-earth politics Hillary's running, Edwards. Dink.

This is an awesome little article about an awesome little phenomenon. They're evidently replacing the parking signs in Park Slope, so the alternate-side rules are suspended all summer. If only now they'd ban strollers from Park Slope, it would be 100% awesome. You know why it's so hard to park in Park Slope? Because everyone there owns a Goddamn car. (CK and my old work friends excepted.)

Yumpin' yiminy.. I was drawing Monday's strip yesterday during the Sox game, and I needed a photo reference, so I did a GIS and found what I needed. My search was very specific, and yet the third or fourth result was something completely different from what I was looking for, so I thought I'd give it a look, and, bam, right into the crazyverse went I! Ah, the internets are fun.

If this gets released on my birthday like the first one, I'm going to be awfully pissed off.

bullfrog

Bullfrog -- Thursday, May 15 2008, 08:05 am

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is in the cult canon today - what an awesome movie that was.

http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/the_new_cult_canon_kiss_kiss

'Oink if you jihadit'

The words, they have left me.

Zero

Yeah, no kidding. I had to read most of that post to figure out what side of the crazy fence he was coming from. There was a slight chance it was satire, but, no.

If you think my essay's too much truth for you, check out my drawing of the Mass Murdering Mohammed

bullfrog - didn't we have a favorite line from KKBB? I can't think of it right now.

"Have you figured out the mystery? Times Square audiences, don't shout it at the screen."

Oh, man, I just read all the quotes from IMDB. What a great movie. Everybody play hooky this afternoon and go watch Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, instead. God, I think I have to go Netflix that again.

Oh fuck yes.

Responding to numerous things from past days:

1. In 'n Out Burger is nothing to write home about. It's pretty good, but I don't really get the raving. You can come down to DC and get an incredibly similar burger from Five Guys Burgers 'n Fries. Both burgers are of the fatty-meat, grilled on a griddle variety. I am more into the flame-grilled style of burger featuring the well-done thick patty with a nice char on the outside and juiciness inside, so I'm not one for the griddle burger. But if you like griddle burgers, either of those is good.

2. West Virginia is a great state for hickdom. It might be more hickish than any Deep South state. Being from nearby Pittsburgh, WV is a pretty constant joke. At one Pitt-WVU game the PA stadium announcer caused a stir by announcing "There's a tractor in the parking lot with its lights on, license plate E-I-E-I-O" and making some other joke about married cousins. The only cool things about W. Va. are the insane-party atmosphere at WVU and the Cabela's superstore just over the Pennsylvania border. That place is amazing.

3. I didn't realize Pete is in the same law-school class -- not school, but class -- as Geeta. That's probably only interesting to me.

4. Last night this dude from work left the job, so we went out for happy hour. He wore an outfit exactly like the Chairman Mao you have in today's panel. Very weird.

Shit, that was me. I cut and pasted but forgot my name.

The tractor with its lights on is hilarious. Man, that's great.

Congrats to Geeta, since this must mean she's walking in the next week or so.

And I think it's the *idea* of In N' Out that I like so much... I'd explain, but it would go on for too long. Just the idealized dream of California, I guess.