I'm reading the "Young Readers Edition" of Michael Pollan's _The Omnivore's Dilemma_ with my daughter right now...it's actually a pretty useful and carefully done adaptation.
Yes, James. The dialog box just behind mullet-boss's head reads: "Clearly, you and I both feel strongly that all children should use drugs." It's hard to see, but Scott made it that way on purpose so that only people who can get drugs to children could read it. You, Sir, have a good eye.
who needed to bring up where the wild things are, g.i. joe, and land of the lost when we now have 1.5 generations of reportedly otherwise adult people watching harry friggin' potter like it was God's gift to fantasy movies and twilight like ummmm...just yech!
To Jiggly: Are you aware that J.K. Rowling won the Hugo Award for her writing with the Harry Potter series? In my opinion she is THE best British fantasy author since C.S.Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Here's a list of others she's won: Prizes and awards 1997 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award) (9-11 years category) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1998 British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1998 Carnegie Medal (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1998 Children's Book Award Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1998 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1998 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award) (9-11 years category) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1998 Primo Centro per la Letteratura Infantile (Italy) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1998 Sheffield Children's Book Award Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1998 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1998 Young Telegraph Paperback of the Year Award Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1999 British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1999 Children's Book Award Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1999 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1999 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award) (9-11 years category) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 1999 Prix Sorciere (France) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1999 Scottish Arts Council Children's Book of the Year Award Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1999 Sheffield Children's Book of the Year Award (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1999 Whitbread Children's Book Award Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2000 Carnegie Medal (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2000 Children's Book Award (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2000 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2000 Sheffield Children's Book of the Year Award (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2001 Children's Book Award (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2003 British Book Awards Book of the Year (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2003 WH Smith People's Choice Award Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2006 British Book Awards Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2006 Royal Mail Award for Scottish Children's Books (best book for readers aged 8-12 years) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2008 South Bank Show Outstanding Achievement in the Arts Award
Haha, i second the third panel motion :) Excellent comic for the day. Trumpkin, sorry to hear about her problems. I keep Rowling books around the house for in case our loo paper runs out.
Reader Comments (28)
I want a 'Fun and Laughing In Las Vegas' t-shirt - NOW. :)
I enjoy the "about the author" on the last panel.
You must create "Fun and Laughing in Las Vegas." I would buy that book SO HARD.
That third panel is an *amazing* concept shot, Scott. I love it!
Brilliant, as always.
I haven't laughed that hard in awhile. In all honesty, I really wish that book existed now!
i've had this idea only i wanted to do it for political texts. "your first guide to liberalism" and "a primer for budding maoists" etc.
@yes:
Tom Tomorrow did something like that (see "The Very Silly Mayor")
I'm reading the "Young Readers Edition" of Michael Pollan's _The Omnivore's Dilemma_ with my daughter right now...it's actually a pretty useful and carefully done adaptation.
Your idea is to take other people's ideas and profit from them. Eh, It's been done. that's funny.
Others have said it before me, and surely more will after I leave this comment, but:
Best third panel EVAR!! That was freakishly inspired.
That third panel was solid gold!
I was somwhere in the middle of the third panel when I got the giggles...hee hee hee hee hee.
dude, you totally PWNED your boss in panel four!
you have an evil mind sometimes
Yeah, I think the third-panel concept's gold, too.
There's at least one joke in every panel! Man, some webcomics don't even have one joke in their entire strips. You're too generous.
I didnt really get the third panel, maybe cause im not from the USA
@metalmark
See "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120669/
We can't stop here this is boogieman country
Are you promoting drug use to children?
Yes, James. The dialog box just behind mullet-boss's head reads: "Clearly, you and I both feel strongly that all children should use drugs." It's hard to see, but Scott made it that way on purpose so that only people who can get drugs to children could read it. You, Sir, have a good eye.
who needed to bring up where the wild things are, g.i. joe, and land of the lost when we now have 1.5 generations of reportedly otherwise adult people watching harry friggin' potter like it was God's gift to fantasy movies and twilight like ummmm...just yech!
To Jiggly: Are you aware that J.K. Rowling won the Hugo Award for her writing with the Harry Potter series? In my opinion she is THE best British fantasy author since C.S.Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Here's a list of others she's won:
Prizes and awards
1997 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award) (9-11 years category) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
1998 British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
1998 Carnegie Medal (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
1998 Children's Book Award Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
1998 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
1998 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award) (9-11 years category) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
1998 Primo Centro per la Letteratura Infantile (Italy) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
1998 Sheffield Children's Book Award Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
1998 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
1998 Young Telegraph Paperback of the Year Award Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
1999 British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
1999 Children's Book Award Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
1999 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
1999 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award) (9-11 years category) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
1999 Prix Sorciere (France) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
1999 Scottish Arts Council Children's Book of the Year Award Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
1999 Sheffield Children's Book of the Year Award (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
1999 Whitbread Children's Book Award Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2000 Carnegie Medal (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2000 Children's Book Award (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2000 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2000 Sheffield Children's Book of the Year Award (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2001 Children's Book Award (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2003 British Book Awards Book of the Year (shortlist) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2003 WH Smith People's Choice Award Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2006 British Book Awards Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2006 Royal Mail Award for Scottish Children's Books (best book for readers aged 8-12 years) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2008 South Bank Show Outstanding Achievement in the Arts Award
How's that foot tasting, Jiggly?
Haha, i second the third panel motion :)
Excellent comic for the day.
Trumpkin, sorry to hear about her problems. I keep Rowling books around the house for in case our loo paper runs out.