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Title: Weird, old comics...
Post by: Mr. Analog on April 10, 2005, 02:28:51 PM
 These old comics hail from the late 20s and seem to have perfected the art of the non sequitur.
Title: Weird, old comics...
Post by: Darren Dirt on April 11, 2005, 10:31:28 AM
 Wow. Um.

It's like viewing the silent movies of that era. Before the "talkies".

Cuz these comics don't have words. So they're like silent movies.

Only they're not movies. They're comics.

Without words.

Was humour a different phenomenon back then too?  <_<
Title: Weird, old comics...
Post by: Mr. Analog on April 11, 2005, 10:56:00 AM
 You should see "Jerry on the Job" with his Violently Ordinary Rejoinder...

Jerry on the Job: A.K.A. The Givney flip
Title: Weird, old comics...
Post by: Darren Dirt on April 11, 2005, 11:07:42 AM
 Blast! How dare you remind me of The Temporal Blackhole That Is Lileks!

(http://www.lileks.com/comics/doc2.jpg)

Ah, fond memories of scratching my head in response to "The Violently Ordinary Rejoinder"... Now I have to reschedule my whole waking hours routine. Dang this OCD...
Title: Weird, old comics...
Post by: Mr. Analog on April 11, 2005, 11:12:16 AM
 :D I aim to please, and mystify, and discombobulate, and...
Title: Weird, old comics...
Post by: Darren Dirt on April 11, 2005, 11:48:47 AM
 stop making up words.
Title: Weird, old comics...
Post by: Mr. Analog on April 11, 2005, 01:24:58 PM
Quote from: "Darren Dirt"stop making up words.
Hey, those are perfectly cromulent words, and I'd like to think that I embiggen you all by increasing your vocabularic intake.
Title: Weird, old comics...
Post by: Darren Dirt on April 11, 2005, 02:09:42 PM
 *fights gag reflex from excessive "vocabularic intake"* ;)

PS: D'oh!
Title: Weird, old comics...
Post by: Mr. Analog on April 11, 2005, 02:24:12 PM
Quote from: "Darren Dirt"*fights gag reflex from excessive "vocabularic intake"* ;)

PS: D'oh!
Let the chemicals do their work, and just relax...