Thursday, March 17, 2011

St. Patrick's day avatars


[Frank the mouse dips a black tailcoat into a flat-tipped thimble (to which a handle has been attached) filled with green liquid. Jane the vole looks on, apparently having just walked in.] Jane: Uh… Frank, what are you doing? Frank: Dyeing my Thanksgiving avatar green for St. Patrick’s Day, what’s it look like? Jane: You do know that dye is permanent, right? [Frank freezes; his jaw drops; he suddenly realizes what that means. Jane looks on, her arms crossed.

Usually, this kind of joke would be explained by me saving over an old file, but that's not the case.
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How I started reading webcomics

Image: A small boy, no older than 10, sits on the floor, leaning his weight on his arms. He faces a cathode-ray-tube television set, set atop a small cabinet, in clear imitation of Calvin from Bill Waterson's "Calvin and Hobbes". Caption:
Yes, that's supposed to be me at that age.
Wasn't I cute?
No?
Okay, I suck at drawing children.

In About my display picture, I noted that I started reading webcomics in 2008. Those of you who read webcomics or know me from commenting on them are probably wondering how I could have lived before discovering them. Those of you who don't, are probably wondering how I got sucked into such a big and convoluted world.

To answer these questions we must go way, way back; back to when I was 10 years old.
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Happy St. Patrick's day


A series of photographs dated May 17, 1916. [Mrs. McMurray –a fat, female, bipedal cat in her Sunday gown– looks down sweetly at the camera through her pince-nez. She represents a 37-year-old woman.] Mrs. McMurray: Good mornin', boys. D'you know what very special day it is? [Rocky –a bipedal kitten representing a 12-year old boy– and Calvin –a bipedal kitten representing a 7-year-old boy– stop nailing peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches to the wall, and turn to face the camera.] Rocky and Calvin: Buhhh?
Mrs. McMurray: (full of wonder) It's St. Patrick's Day! Y'see, we come from the rich heritage of the Hibernian isle. The land of the mighty "Tuatha dé Danann"… (Rocky and Calvin stare on, filled with wonder) Mrs. McMurray: …of mystic druid circles … and fairy rings … and, oh, the wee folk who live beneath those enchanted emerald hills! Now y'know what that means, don't ya?
[Rocky and Calvin appear in traditional Irish clothes. Rocky dances a jig while Calvin plays the role of a leprechaun. Several green little "wee folk" dance at their feet, and potatoes float around them … But it's just their delighted imaginings.]
Mrs. McMurray: (holding up two child-size Sunday suits) IT'S TIME FOR CHURCH. … so we can celebrate the vanquishin' of all that superstitious, heathen nonsense. [Rocky and Calvin furrow their eyebrows. The floating potatoes "fizzle" and crush the wee folk.]
Later...
[The inside of a church. Rocky slouches in his pew, sliding onto the floor; his prayer book falling from his hand. Mrs. McMurray: (without looking up from her own prayer book) Sit up straight or the devil will steal your backbone … and lash you with it for eternity. [Calvin looks worriedly at the wee folk, which have turned red, have sprouted horns, and now carry pitchforks.]
Copyright 2010 Tracy J Butler. Lackadaisycats.com

Today, I'm commemorating St. Patrick's day with a strip from Tracy Butler's excellent comic Lackadaisy.
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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Modification to legal info

Image: Frank the mouse, clad in Twentieth-century formal wear, carrying a tan-colored briefcase.
Just a brief note to say I modified the Privacy Policy and other legal info page.
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