This is topic An interesting Something Positive (I only wish my thread were as cool as Noemon's) in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.
Now, as a disclaimer, this comic is not for kids, and those of you who are easily offended (a majority of this board) will not like this webcomic. However, the past few days worth of comics have been really interesting. I think you might want to take a look at them starting with this one...
[ March 17, 2005, 01:14 PM: Message edited by: Primal Curve ]
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
I've been wondering if someone would post this. I don't usually go over the the other side, so I didn't realize it was there, either.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
If you haven't visited the other side lately, you've missed a LOT.
Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Tom's right. OSC has been posting over there fairly frequently, and things have definitely livened up as a result.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Yeah, it seems like he's been bored at night in the hotel rooms for the book tour. Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Long live the book tour!
Posted by St. Yogi (Member # 5974) on :
Yeah, he's posted 90 posts in just a week.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
I actually started reading S*P (from the begining) because of the post on the other side.
I find it hilarious. I actually laughed so hard I cried enough to give myself a headache.
But the comic is VERY OFFENSIVE and after a while the over-the-topness of it wears thin. Don't go there if you don't like gay people, the occasional gay joke, profanity, sexual situations, "friends" abusing one another, evil chinese women, or people with unaturally coloured hair. Oh, and the very first comic strip is an abortion joke.
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
I love yesterday's comic. I agree with it COMPLETELY, except for the assumption that there is something to forgive in OSC. The first panel had me in stitches.
[ March 17, 2005, 11:57 AM: Message edited by: Lady Jane ]
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
While I still think it's too preachy to truly be funny* (I've made a decision and I'm sticking to it!), the line "I still read Gaiman even though he insists on being more talented and better looking than me in real life" couldn't have been more accurate.
Gaiman even insists on being better looking than me.
edit: *that particular controversial comic, btw. Other SP comics are actually pretty witty.
[ March 17, 2005, 12:11 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I envy you Pixiest. I did the same thing when I first discovered the strip, and now I have to read it in tiny, daily little doses. I loved plowing through SP's archives.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Noemon, I gain more and more respect for you daily.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
I just want to know if the cartoonist is a jatraquero. It's way too much like one of our threads...
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
I think it has more to do with what Tom mentioned in the other thread. Randy was at the same convention as OSC and, I imagine, there was a lot of conversation flowing around amoung convention-goers about OSC's essays and he thought it would be a great subject matter for his characters (since they're all SF/F readers/watchers, comic book lovers, gamers and general geeks and so, consequently, is his audience).
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote:I just want to know if the cartoonist is a jatraquero. It's way too much like one of our threads...
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