I love XKCD.
It is often funny, not in a lol way, but in a deeper way. This isn't one of its better comics (though I did learn what negging is!). Even in its not up to snuff mode, though, it hits a nerve.
The woman in this cartoon, especially the pentultimate box, resides in my head. She is alwasy there. Sometimes she dominates the conversation; mostly she merely resides in the background, biding her time and whispering to me how all the good things in my life could unravel.
I'm just a writer and dad of triplets trying to make it through this world. Consider this blog like the Huffington Post, without the Huff.
Showing posts with label comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comics. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Monday, June 14, 2010
Schmarmapuke
If you've ever wondered what the appeal of the comic Marmaduke is, well, this site won't help you much in figuring that out.
But it is pretty funny in a somewhat mean-spirited way. So, if you don't find Marmaduke funny, and you are looking to waste some time, and maybe laugh a little, and find someone to commisserate with, well, this is the site for you. It certainly won't help explain its popularity - in fact it will do just the opposite.
I for one have always wondered about the appeal of the oafish beast. And I have a dog that is biggish and sometimes mishaves in spoiled ways, so you'd think I would be the prime friggin audience.
Read Joe Mathlete Explains Today's Marmaduke and you'll realize that not only is the comic not funny, its not very well drawn, either. And pretty dated.
The funniest thing about any of the 88 strips on the blog are the blogger's analysis and some of the insights by the commenters. Cosplay gets a shout-out at one point that I only partly understood.
But it is pretty funny in a somewhat mean-spirited way. So, if you don't find Marmaduke funny, and you are looking to waste some time, and maybe laugh a little, and find someone to commisserate with, well, this is the site for you. It certainly won't help explain its popularity - in fact it will do just the opposite.
I for one have always wondered about the appeal of the oafish beast. And I have a dog that is biggish and sometimes mishaves in spoiled ways, so you'd think I would be the prime friggin audience.
Read Joe Mathlete Explains Today's Marmaduke and you'll realize that not only is the comic not funny, its not very well drawn, either. And pretty dated.
The funniest thing about any of the 88 strips on the blog are the blogger's analysis and some of the insights by the commenters. Cosplay gets a shout-out at one point that I only partly understood.
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