Metapost: Spooky, scary COTW
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It’s Friday the 13th!!! The first of two such days in consecutive months! Hopefully this comment of the week will assuage your fears:
“[patronizingly] That’s an awful big word, Dad. You didn’t hurt yourself, did you? Are your teeth okay?” –Handsome Harry Backstayge, Idol of a Million Other Women
The hilarious runners up will similarly soothe you!
“I think we’re misinterpreting this. The alien and robot aren’t trying to stop Heathcliff, they’re just … there. In that empty field. Doin’ stuff.” –A Grave Mind
“Heathcliff, known punk provocateur, set this all up to elicit a lawsuit from the NFL. The ‘Super Bowl’ refers to the name of the dip recipe, something that is not covered by the NFL’s trademark. When the NFL has to pay damages and attorney’s fees, he will use the cash to buy new, novel HAM outfits and props.” –Philip
“Yes, that’s an awful big word, alright. Here are a couple more: POSTOPERATIVE PERITONITIS.” –Charterstoned
“Say what you will about the insanity of the coaches, but both high schools have pretty nice walls with their names on them.” –treetown
“‘There is only ice and time’? Au contraire, there also seems to be a large building, and Randy Parker, and another guy. You can’t fool me, Judge Parker narration box!” –matt w
“Sorry, I cannot believe that this scene is real. I’m guessing tomorrow we’re going to see Dr Jeff snort himself awake from an impromptu nap on a pile of old Auto Mechanic magazines. He phones Mary and immediately gets his call declined.” –pugfuggly
“[Wipes tear] Looks like someone misjudged the futures market.” –Hibbleton
“Please let there be such a thing as bird strikes for yachts, please let there be such a thing as bird strikes for yachts, please…” –I’m Not Cthulhu, But I Play Him On TV
“The Camerons don’t strike me as typical bird owners. Don’t you have to care about another living being in order to do that? Ian and Toby always seemed like they were struggling with the effort to do that about each other.” –2+2=7
“‘URK … UGH … SIGH…‘ is the ‘Christ, what an asshole’ of Shoe. It could be Cosmo’s dialogue in every panel and the strip would probably improve.” –Navigator
“Is Dennis’s mother’s food so bland? I don’t want to make judgments about WASP cuisine, but they think that water is a fancy drink deserving a special straw!” –Ettorre
“I can’t blame Dennis here. Dinner appears to be a wooden cog, three Goldfish™ crackers, and three lima beans. And who set that table, anyway? Drinking glasses go on the RIGHT. This is just a disaster all around.” –Menace the Dennis
“Dick Tracy doesn’t really do catchphrases, but if he did, it would be something like ‘Hey, bad person! [PUNCH] Don’t. Do. Crime.’ or ‘Forget about crime, you deceitful crimer!’” –Hergen
“So my understanding is that humans haven’t invented anything, all of our technology comes from a cadre of archaeological entomologists making bank from what they’ve dug up from ancient ant homes.” –Tabby Lavalamp
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5 replies to “Metapost: Spooky, scary COTW”
Woot woot! Great work, Handsome Harry! And I made the float!!!
Thanks, Josh! Hail Harry Backstayge, our new heavyweight champion! Kudos to my fellow Floaters, The Gravemind sees matt w (I was kicking around one like this, glad I gave up, yours is WAY better), Menace the Dennis (brilliant!), and Hergen (I’m so stealing Dont. Do. Crime.). Y’all brighten the day, funny people!
Congratulations, Harry!
“Is Dad gonna put my appendix in Sarah? She gets everything!”
Congratulations!!
Also time for the Golden Otter Awards :3
(Baja told me he couldn’t do the shadows this week, so he entrusted me to do the Golden Otter awards in his place, as I will)
-The first award goes to……. (a group of adorable otters to the side are doing drumrolls on their little drums)
Hibbleton!
Marvin: And yet, taking Marvin to the vet instead of a pediatrician somehow tracks.
-Runners up is firstly Ettorre
Mary Worth: Dr Jeff is an experienced doctor, during his life he must have met thousands of people from all walks of life. I am very curious what he considers “the typical bird owner”
-And congrats to The Quiet Man
(you know I love a good Simpsons joke)
DT: Frank Grimes faked his own death to get out of Springfield and start a new life. Taking out a gunrunner like RayCzar was just warming up for his ultimate goal, to destroy the indestructible man: Homer Simpson!!
Lastly but not least, Menace the Dennis
RwO – While I’m sure this was meant to be a chilling insight into the human psyche, I can’t help but be enchanted by those little demons. They’re smiling and hugging and holding their owners’ hands like excited toddlers. If my inner demons were as adorable and loving as these guys are, I wouldn’t be filled with self-loathing.
Congrats to everyone! And thanks for the encouragement for me to keep doing this guys, when I started the Golden Otter awards, I found it difficult to do, but it got easier the more I did it :3