A couple of people have referred me to this issue of BizarroBlog, for obvious reasons once you click it.
I love nerd comics. The one above reminds me of this one. I get about three ideas like this a week. I wish I could draw — my people look like stick figures, and my stick figures look like a pencil sneezed on a piece of paper. If I had more free time I’d hire an artists and we’d get rich. But I have no free time. I don’t even have time to finish this blog po
Tip o’ the Whipple Shield to Ironic Sans and Matthew Harris.
January 21st, 2009 at 1:23 pm
XKCD seems to be doing Ok.
January 21st, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Stick Figure Theater used to be ‘the schizznit’ (as my nephew puts it.)
And your truncation of the blog post was pretty darned good, Phil. Well played.
January 21st, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Oh, that is *so* bad. “meteorologist” eh? Was that supposed to be a meteor*ite* he was talking to? Not to mention meteorologists study weather – ‘micrometeors’ like rain and hail – the name ‘micrometeor’ is pretty weird in its own right because meteors from space (which are not studied by meteorologists) *are* very small and thus burn up before reaching the ground.
One of my all-time favorite science cartoonists is Sid Harris (is he still around?) Every time I see some brochure or new article with the word ‘resaerch’ or similiar misspelling of research I’m immediately reminded of that Sid Harris cartoon with this guy saying “I think I’ve figured out why we’re not getting any grants”; in the window behind him was a large sign on a building that read something like “resaerch institute”.
January 21st, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Send me your ideas, I’ll be happy to draw them. I’m not very good, but I’m a half-a-level above stick figurinos [/Flanders]. (Feel free to delete links to my hack political opinions.)
I would of course defer the task to any more talented artists who can meet deadlines, I too have difficulty finishi
January 21st, 2009 at 2:38 pm
I was wondering if this would make your site.
I read Bizarro every day, and my favorite one of the things he sneaks into the comic is the bunny.
January 21st, 2009 at 2:54 pm
“I wish I could draw — my people look like stick figures, and my stick figures look like a pencil sneezed on a piece of paper.”
I can’t draw either, so my webcomic‘s just a bunch of clipart. It does OK. I think the “fan base” is up to 12. Woohoo! Double digits!
January 21st, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I think that the BA should have this poster on his wall.
January 21st, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Try the Funny Times Cartoon Playground. http://www.funnytimes.com/playground/
You don’t have to draw…you can select characters, bodies, heads, scenery, text bubbles and make your own comics with no artistic skill whatsoever! Trust me on that one!
January 21st, 2009 at 3:17 pm
I won’t even bother to finish this co
January 21st, 2009 at 4:52 pm
@hale_bopp:
Another Funny Times subscriber here!!
January 21st, 2009 at 7:56 pm
I had a college friend who maintained that the best thing to do on a tough exam was stop writing the answer to a question in midword to make the professor think that you knew what you were doing but just ran out of time. Your blog post was just as convincing.
January 21st, 2009 at 9:46 pm
“I don’t even have time to finish this blog po”
That was a po attempt at humour.
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:13 am
At least Phil didn’t mention Candle Jack.
Oh shi