Ursula Vernon recently mentioned that this article is a strong part of the basis for the myth of the Black Mother and the Good Man in Digger (which if you aren’t reading, you should. Pony up the $3 for the archive, you won’t regret it.) The fact that these children are developing their own religion on the fly is fascinating enough, but to see the darkness inherent in it really says a lot about where we’ve left our homeless families — and what we think of ourselves as a people. There’s still hope, but we have so much work to do.
Tag Archives: webcomics
Sam and Fuzzy
Sam and Fuzzy is maturing (rapidly) into a fascinating and incredible story…. Sam Logan doesn’t rely on humor for every strip anymore, but instead is taking us all on a wild ride that has me looking forward to Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Count Your Sheep
I’m all for painting a world with realistic imaginary creatures, but if Sheep is everyone’s imaginary friend, why would he have to go to the bathroom?
xkcd
I keep seeing references that indicate I should be reading xkcd on a regular basis, but this parody / fanfiction of Penny Arcade may be enough to get me to start. Cannot. Stop. Laughing.
Sheldon
I have one and a quarter boxes of Wheat Thins at my desk. The guy on the other side of the wall usually has at least one (full) box as well. We have “a problem” with wheat thins. Remember those “an open box is an empty box” commercials? Yeah, that’s our problem.
I’m glad to see Sheldon’s grandfather has the same problem.
Three Things of Note
Thing the first: It’s not so much that Davan and PeeJee appear to be fighting (LGT image as I can’t figure out the permalink structure) that sets my hair on edge, as Randy’s comments at the bottom of the comic:
Twenty-four hours from now, all the concerns, problems, and worries will seem so small
Last time all my concerns, problems, and worries felt so small was five days ago when I was on the beach. The time before that was my uncle’s funeral. Somehow (maybe it’s the obvious fighting) this bodes more toward the latter than the former. Maybe that’s just my paranoia kicking in.
Thing the second: I had never considered using a speech bubble inside a speech bubble as a form of emphasis before. I learn more from the Foglios each time I read.
Thing the third: It’s the little critter all the way to the right in this Creatures in my Head that totally cracks me up, because it looks like he’s chewing on the big creature’s arm. How these don’t get posted to Cute Overload every single day is beyond me.
Devil’s Panties
This is so me. I actually bought skirts the other day. SKIRTS! It’s ridiculous.