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The Longest Night of the Summer (4 of 12)

Posted on January 29, 2005 by kirabug

panel 1: time stamp 11:15 pm. lila, cole, and daisy are snoring on the bed.from the window voices say, hey you guys we have to be quiet people are trying to sleep. what mom? i said lower your voice, people are trying to sleep. hey mom, we don't have any power! panel 2: voice continues: what part of keep your voice down don't you understa- YAP! daisy answers. panel 3: lila sitting straight up in bed yells aaah! what? what's going on? without getting up cole responds: sounds like the neighbors are home from the shore. daisy, go back to sleep. daisy answers: ruff.

The Longest Night of the Summer (3 of 12)

Posted on January 25, 2005 by kirabug

panel 1: timestamp 10:40 pm. lila and cole lying in bed covered with a blanket, and daisy (their jack russel terrier) curled up at the end bed on top of the blankets. lila: it's going to be so nice tonight, with no streetlight in the window and no noise from the air conditioner or the nighbor's tv, just a nice quiet dark room. panel 2: timestamp 10:45 pm. lila and cole still in bed but the blankets have been kicked off of them and over the dog. both: damn, it's hot. daisy (from under the blankets): mrrf.

And now a quick break for some stupidity.

Posted on January 23, 2005 by kirabug

headline from cnn.com's inside politics section. poll: nation split on bush as uniter or divider. sketch: two crowds of people facing off, some carrying uniter signs and some carrying divider signs. both crowds yelling rant rant rant rant at each other. below them two people sitting around. first says if they can't agree on this doesn't that make him a divider by default? second says who cares? when's the eagles game on?

We’ll get back to the plot Tuesday. Jzimbert sent me this gem Saturday, and I couldn’t resist pointing it out — but I didn’t want to wait until March (which is where the current queue sits). Tuesday, we’ll get back to Lila and Cole and Daisy.

The Longest Night of the Summer (2 of 12)

Posted on January 22, 2005 by kirabug

panel 1: cole, lila, and lila's mom standing in a room near the door. lila and her mom hugging. lila: so you'll call us when you get up at 5 to make sure we're up? mom: will do. thanks for coming over honey. lila: wait a minute. we came over, ran up your electric bill, ran up your water bill, and hogged the bandwidth on your dsl connection and you're thanking us? panel 2: same scene, just lila and her mom. mom: well, yes, i suppose i am. lila: tomorrow can we come over and eat all your food too?

The Longest Night of the Summer (1 of 12)

Posted on January 18, 2005 by kirabug

panel 1: Lila sitting on a recliner talking on the phone: 4:00pm. her: hi dad, how's it going? dad: hi honey. i'm okay. how are you? her: do you have power there? dad: yeah, shouldn't i? her: if you do, you're ahead of us. dad: cute. her: yeah, so anyway i was calling to ask you about windows. panel 2: lila in same recliner on same phone, 7:00 pm. lila: hi daddy. dad: you again? uh oh. lila: do you still have power? dad: yeah. lila: can i borrow a cup or two? we're still out. dad: come on over.

Whacko AOL Headlines III

Posted on January 15, 2005 by kirabug

title: Bad AOL headline montage 3: let's take 2 horrible events and mix them together! AOL headline reads Powell stunned by devastation, quote: never seen anything like this, next line pregnancy hoax suggestion. Sketch added of Powell talking to reporters, saying i've been in war and i've been through a number of hurricanes, tornados and other relief operations, but i have never seen anything like this. the power of the wave to destroy bridges, to destroy factories, to destroy homes, to destroy crops, to destroy everyon in its path, is amazing. Oh, and I admit I'm not actually pregnant, it's just a little holiday weight. crowd of reporters gasps at this confession.

Bad wave! No cookie!

Posted on January 11, 2005 by kirabug

Yahoo lead photo: a shot of a boat on dry land and a headline that reads: Massive Tsunami Feeding Program Announced. Commentary: Apparently, Yahoo felt left out because AOL was running all the idiot headlines. Added sketch, a wave with big eyes and eyebrows yelling Rawr! Feed me! Villagers (stick figures) reply But you already ate 150,000 people! Wave replies Raawr! Feed me! Villagers reply yessir!

Nighthawk spotted this one on his My Yahoo page Saturday. Can you imagine spending all that time writing an article on the relief efforts only to have some nut put a headline like this on your work?