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46 responses to “Metapost: I am a whore Welcome to the National Lampoon Humor Network!”

1. kippetje2000
   February 8th, 2006 at 10:30 pm [Reply]

   does this mean the blogshub girl will be co starring in Vacation movies with Chevy Chase?

2. Bill Peschel
   February 8th, 2006 at 10:57 pm [Reply]

   Considering the quality of their movies, you help their reputation far more than they help you.

3. Mason
   February 8th, 2006 at 11:01 pm [Reply]

   Darn. I was really hoping for the sellout. You deserve fat paychecks and umbrella drinks.

4. randomdude
   February 8th, 2006 at 11:22 pm [Reply]

   National Lampoon still makes movies?? I thought they dropped out of existence in the early 90’s.

5. Concerned Citizen
   February 9th, 2006 at 12:09 am [Reply]

   Nat Lamp died from a massive exodus of their talent in the late 70’s and early 80’s. A victim of success. Good cartoons though, Dirty Duck, Trots and Bonnie, Dr. Colon’s Monster, Nutz, and numerous Gahan Wilson, M. K. Brown offerings. Doing toons for Playboy was more lucrative along with SNL.

   Oh, yeah, things were better in my youth. Yas, yas, yas…

6. Doug
   February 9th, 2006 at 12:44 am [Reply]

   NL was so great in the 70s. My favorite was definitely the “If You Don’t Buy This Magazine We’ll Shoot This Dog” issue.

7. bassogap
   February 9th, 2006 at 3:23 am [Reply]

   I will never forget the opening line to a National Lampoon music review of a Karla Bonoff album, c.1980:

   “I have always wanted to f@%$ Karla Bonoff.”

8. blueindian
   February 9th, 2006 at 4:31 am [Reply]

   no git sum girl anymore? i might cry in my spilt milk now.. or find a better late night activity..

9. Natural Medicine (of Humor) Man
   February 9th, 2006 at 6:01 am [Reply]

   I thought you would drink umbrella drinks with Hi and Lois.

10. SatchelFan
    February 9th, 2006 at 6:48 am [Reply]

    Wouldn’t it be nice if those NL links opened in a new window (or allowed you to right click and order them to open in a new window)?

    I’m just saying.

11. RichM
    February 9th, 2006 at 7:54 am [Reply]

    I thought it was National League of Hockey Network, and that we’d be treated to more fights. Wanna go?

12. yellojkt
    February 9th, 2006 at 7:57 am [Reply]

    Now that your are affiliated with National Lampoon, P. J. O’Rourke can teach you how to drive fast on drugs while having your wing-wang squeezed and not spill your drink.

13. Mohammad
    February 9th, 2006 at 9:35 am [Reply]

    Lynn wants us all to eat white bread and toe the line

    http://www.amuniversal.com/ups/newsrelease/?view=287

14. Matt
    February 9th, 2006 at 10:18 am [Reply]

    Hello all – Hope it’s ok to mention this here – After a brief break, we have started up with our comics page spoof again at http://www.diversionsurplus.com
    We are now moving on into Mark Trail, with a tried-and-true plot device that will enable us to be goofy with even more strips. Hope you enjoy!

15. Lyman\\\'s Return
    February 9th, 2006 at 10:52 am [Reply]

    Man, that Lynn Johnson can lay the smack down if she wants to, can’t she? It’s funny how she presumes to speak for all cartoonists, though. I wonder how other cartoonists feel about that?

    She has some good points, though.

16. Dark Star
    February 9th, 2006 at 11:04 am [Reply]

    Am I missing something? I have no nav bar on this page.

17. Dark Star
    February 9th, 2006 at 11:06 am [Reply]

    “Never mind”… Emily Latilla

18. Dark Star
    February 9th, 2006 at 11:11 am [Reply]

    Today’s Apt 3-G, last panel.

    Professor: Yes, Margo. It’s time to be bad. Very very bad.

19. gnome de blog
    February 9th, 2006 at 11:27 am [Reply]

    “What’s the point of being good when no one even notices?”

    That would fit very nicely on Blogshub Girl’s um, t-shirt. Yeah that’s it, her T-shirt.

20. Blitzer
    February 9th, 2006 at 11:28 am [Reply]

    That’s it. I’m outta here.

    OK, I’ll check back again tomorrow, but that’s the last time. Really.

21. James Schend
    February 9th, 2006 at 11:39 am [Reply]

    While you’re whoring out, do you think you can get rid of the mostly-naked bikini chick in the ads there? It makes it really hard to sneak in some Comics Curmudgeon reading at work withing co-workers getting the wrong impression. Save the porn ads for the porn sites, please.

22. James Schend
    February 9th, 2006 at 11:40 am [Reply]

    Withing = without. Me Proofreadn’: GOOD!

    Seriously, though, I have nothing against seeing naked women anywhere else in my life, but it’s awkward at work.

23. Dennis Jimenez
    February 9th, 2006 at 12:11 pm [Reply]

    I thought perhaps it was “writhing” co-workers, whipped into a sexual frenzy by blogshub girl!

24. Benicillin
    February 9th, 2006 at 12:47 pm [Reply]

    Who amongst us is not a “whore?” I say unto thee, let the one who has not delved into whoreishness cast the first stone.

25. Library Cat
    February 9th, 2006 at 1:24 pm [Reply]

    Oh, I care about how you sell the ad space. Does this mean Gitsum Girl will never return? What about the Chet? Have anyone thought about the Chet? For the love of God can someone please think about the Chet!!!â„¢

26. Concerned Citizen
    February 9th, 2006 at 1:27 pm [Reply]

    The gitsum girl radiated an innocent kind of sluttiness, the blogshub girl looks like a meat grinder that could chew you up and spit you out, not that I would mind that of course. It’s like having a horny little angel on one shoulder and a horny little devil on the other.

27. Library Cat
    February 9th, 2006 at 1:31 pm [Reply]

    #25

    Okay we all have proofreading problems today; make that “Has anyone thought about the Chet?”

28. King Dogmeat
    February 9th, 2006 at 1:41 pm [Reply]

    I would not have noticed the National Lampoon window had you not brought it to my attention. Thanks a lot. Now, who cares?

29. Concerned Citizen
    February 9th, 2006 at 1:43 pm [Reply]

    Hey, could Blogshub have some connection to Shub-Niggurath, one of the Elder Gods along with his tenacled buddies, Cthulu and Dagon? Seems a little suspicious.
    Oops, shouldn’t have said anything…

30. michael
    February 9th, 2006 at 1:44 pm [Reply]

    Wow…call me uninformed. I had no idea that National Lampoon had done anything at all since the Christmas Vacation movies.

31. el duende
    February 9th, 2006 at 1:56 pm [Reply]

    FBOFW: bad enough that dentist’s wives own bookstores as a hobby job to annoy hardworking book reps with their snivelling prattle; now st. lynn has to “speak out.”

    in the first place, is she an editorial cartoonist? does she know the difference between comics and editorial cartoons? does she have some sort of degree in foreign affairs or experience in the international realm? did she major in theology? in short, why are we supposed to pay attention to her self-righteous blather? or is she just another “concerned citizen” not wanting to alienate her muslim customers?

    (let the record show that this cartoon imbroglio was fomented by a danish neo-con editor to stir up a religious malestrom–qui bono.)

    i could go on, but its just not worth the effort. retire already, and look at your snapshots, and ponder the future of your blessed saintlets. and pray that no one will blaspheme their reputations.

32. loudfan
    February 9th, 2006 at 2:00 pm [Reply]

    While you’re whoring out, do you think you can get rid of the mostly-naked bikini chick in the ads there?
    This is the blessing & the curse of using ad blocking software with my browser… I don’t see the half-naked bikini chicks, which is a plus (I’m a straight female), but I don’t know what the rest of you are talking about. Anyway, if you don’t want CC to look like a pr0n site, I recommend Googling “ad blocker.”

33. MotoMike
    February 9th, 2006 at 3:30 pm [Reply]

    #29: Concerned Citizen says:

    “…could Blogshub have some connection to Shub-Niggurath, one of the Elder Gods along with his tenacled buddies, Cthulu and Dagon? …”

    Now that I think about it, didn’t Yog-sothoth have a wife named Blogshub? If so, Lovecraft should’ve illustrated his stories and he wouldn’t have died in poverty. One could get into way more trouble just bringing up those tenacles in the wrong context “… oh, baby, bring that three-lobed burning eye over here right now!”
    Sorry. I hate when my consciousness is temporarily taken over by one of the Ancient Ones, especially when I’m playing pinball.
    Michael (#30), from the reviews I’ve read, and the single unfortunate example I’ve seen (Van Wilder), NatLamp movies have been phoning it in for a long time (purists, if they can be called that in this context, would argue that Animal House was the only NatLamp movie able to hold up its (metaphorical) head in movie society.) I’m not sure that you couldn’t chart the relative quality of Doonesbury and the NatLamp movies and see them both go down from the same point in time to the current nadir they occupy.

34. AJ
    February 9th, 2006 at 4:11 pm [Reply]

    The blogshub girl looks mildly concerned for my welfare. “doll, you sure you wanna drink all that scotch before noon?” I’m sorry blogshub girl, I’m sorry.

35. James Schend
    February 9th, 2006 at 4:28 pm [Reply]

    Anyway, if you don’t want CC to look like a pr0n site, I recommend Googling “ad blocker.”

    I don’t want to block ads, because that’s what keeps the site up and running and it’s cheaper than me having to send in micropayments or watch a 30 second commercial or some other crap.

    I just want reasonable ads that aren’t (basically) porn so I can read it at work. In fact, when you think about it, this site probably comes up in a lot of searches kids do for comic characters, so maybe you should think about being a bit more picky about the ads for that reason also.

36. Liberty is dying
    February 9th, 2006 at 4:42 pm [Reply]

    Perhaps it’s Lynn’s Canadian sensibilities (read into that what you will), but I don’t think the cartoonists should take the responsibility for the burning of embassies, kidnappings and murders of foreigners by the religious zealots of the “peaceful religion of Islam.” That’s a load of crap. I’m sick of these people foaming at the mouth over every little perceived slight and insult. Remember Salmon Rushdie? These people want to end our way of life and put the whole world under a religious theocracy. Lynn’s comments disgust me.

37. Bill Peschel
    February 9th, 2006 at 4:57 pm [Reply]

    According to Lynn, free speech is fine, so long as you don’t use it.

    I find her comic strip disgusting and disturbing. It pains me. I classify it as a hate crime against humor and Canadians.

    Somehow, I don’t think she’s going to stop.

38. Gryph
    February 9th, 2006 at 5:20 pm [Reply]

    Speaking of CC looking like porn, the National Lampoon link is blocked at my office as porn.

39. T.J.
    February 9th, 2006 at 5:36 pm [Reply]

    Oh no! Josh! Your website isn’t blocked by the internet police at work, but your new link is! Now I’ve gotta stop visiting during work hours. :-(

40. Sassy_Rocks
    February 9th, 2006 at 5:53 pm [Reply]

    Why does Mark Trail suddenly want the redneck’s gun now when he showed no interest in it earlier when the rifle was lying right at his feet, his for the taking? This plot has more moves than jello. Pa and Duke may have been modeled after Redneck Rampage.

    http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/redneck-rampage/screenshots/gameShotId,127883/

41. cjcasa
    February 9th, 2006 at 6:47 pm [Reply]

    #35 — Is a girl in a bikini really your idea of pornography? What harm could that picture possibly do to a child surfing for comic sites?

42. gradioc
    February 9th, 2006 at 7:24 pm [Reply]

    Okay, now I’m confused. If this is porn, what were those other sites I was just surfing? Back to the comics,you know, if little Eon girl was willing to work it like a claw she might still be on track to be the future Mrs. JP Jr. As it is I think Randy has avoided his appointment with the special Kool-Aid.

43. randomdude
    February 9th, 2006 at 9:23 pm [Reply]

    MORE chicks in bikinis please.

44. Ferd Berfel
    February 9th, 2006 at 9:38 pm [Reply]

    #31 – Here, let me fix that for you;

    (let the record show that this cartoon imbroglio was fomented by a danish mullah who took cartoons published neo-con editor in SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER of 2005 then ADDED other, more BLASPHEMOUS cartoons and shipped them all in book form to the Middle East to stir up a religious malestrom–qui bono.)

    Glad I could help.

45. Dub Not Dubya
    February 10th, 2006 at 2:04 am [Reply]

    Matt 14: I’m glad you’re back. I love your series! Takes a while to load, though. Is there any way you could put some of the older cartoons on a separate page?

46. 2fs
    February 12th, 2006 at 10:52 pm [Reply]

    #29 and respondents: Dammit, I was the first one to make that joke (at #55). I want the respect I deserve! (sound of breaking glass; discovery of brick with single penny taped thereto) That’s more like it.

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