Comments on: Doctor Who in This Modern World!

By: Mike Torr

Mike Torr — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:37:13 +0000

Though I live in the UK, I was in Tennessee a week or two ago, and had a brief conversation with an oldish fellow there. The chat turned to politics for a number of slightly unusual but irrelevant reasons, and he commented of Obama, “how can I vote for a guy with a name like that?” I am sure there are plenty more people in the USA who DON’T think that way. I hope so, or else you’re all DOOMED…

By: Naked Bunny with a Whip

Naked Bunny with a Whip — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:22:02 +0000

Why does it have to be funny just because it’s a comic strip? TMW is basically a mini-blog in cartoon form, not Garfield. (Okay, bad example.)

By: Ronn Blankenship

Ronn Blankenship — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:33:12 +0000

@Greg in Austin —

“The light is on, but nobody’s home”?

By: Dom

Dom — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:41:48 +0000

Joe, chances are this “mallard filmore” is just as unfunny.

I’m British so the politcal snarkiness on either side doesn’t concern me. My point was the comic wasn’t funny, it was just going after an opinion; “Oh, hey, thats what I think too, LOL.”

The third panel is especially pointless, the only possible punchline I can see is “Coming up next, some disaster, somewhere.” Trivialising disasters is always a lark.

By: Joe Meils

Joe Meils — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:56:33 +0000

Dom,

Yeah, you’d NEVER see partisan snarkiness in something that was utterly Pro-GOP, say, like “Mallard Filmore”…

Tom Tommorrow is often brilliant. As one friend of mine put it… he puts the “mock” in de”mock”racy.

My own personal favorites, the ones I clip and save, are the parodies of FOX NEWS, where two little alien commentators, (who look suspiciously like the brain slugs from the Who episode “Keys of Marinus”) are protrayed as lockstep parts of a hive mind… which is pretty much what that network has become.

By: Torbjörn Larsson, OM

Torbjörn Larsson, OM — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:25:44 +0000

sings of…optimism

» Be optimistic!
Don’t you be a grumpy
When the road gets bumpy
Just smile
(Smile and be happy!)

Your troubles can’t be
As bad as all that
When you’re sad as all that
No one loves you

Be optimistic!
Don’t you be a mourner
Brighten up that corner
And smile

Don’t wear a long face
It’s never in style
Be optimistic
And smile! »

… Nah. Not Tom Tomorrow.

By: CQT

CQT — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:54:55 +0000

You know, I would be just as interested in seeing a bit more diversity in the Dr. Who characters. I mean come on, the character changes appearance every few years – so why not have an Indian-English Dr. Who, or an African-English Dr. Who? No legitimate reason not to, and it would be an interesting approach.