I love how it went from still showing 2010, to showing 2007 on the comics. Phenomenal. I also love that last panel, pure genius.

You're awesome Scott, keep the good stuff coming!

2007 copyright!!! My brain, it is melting! Aaaaaaugh!!!!!!

Hey, who doesn't like mr Pibb?

's okay. Because of this strip, I've always wanted to hand out Mr. Pibb just like this every Halloween, but my wife says no. One of these years, she will be GONE on Halloween, and I'll be able to do this.

My favorite Halloween:

"OK kids, what do you want, candy or frozen chicken?"

Some 8 year old actually went for the frozen roaster.

"Seasonally inappropriate rerun" in parenthesis made me laugh almost as much as the old favorite comic did.

Awesome response to trick or treaters! The only thing that concerns me is that you might anger a potential Stabby in disguise.

If you want to scare the kiddies, dress in jeans, a tee shirt, and a stocking over your head, brandish a realistic toy gun, and mug them for their candy. (Then you have to give it back, and add a little more. Otherwise, next year, you'll be the scary pimply fat person, but it won't be a costume)
If you just like dressing up, offer to take a group of neighbor kids around so their parents can stay home and give out candy. That way instead of thinking you're a dork for still dressing up, they'll think you're nice to take the kids off their hands and getting into the spirit of things, and they'll also owe you a favor. (This presupposes that they know you well enough to understand you're not trying to get their little darling alone...)

It *is* funny.

Judgment shall be reserved for The Judger.

In the few cases when all caps are necessary (allowed) caps lock > holding shift. See above for proof.

No. such thing as enough Mr. Pibb.

No... Such... Thing...

I judge you to be a wise man who authors my favorite comic of all time. You are right, trick-or-treaters have always been and will always be terrorists.

Where's the Judger when you need her?

Even reading it again, panel four is still awesome.

Kst....theh... bahahahahahahahaha. I don't remember seeing this one yet, but it's hilarious.

NOBODY shall refuse my hospitality!

WE JUDGE YOU HARSHLY!

Is this the birth of Stabby? :D

Re: Who would win - Dr Pepper vs Mr Pibb

The phrase "like all terrorists, trick or treaters cannot be reasoned with" is one of my favorites out of any of the instructions. Second only to any of the exchanges ending in "No...shut up"

Ah, Mr. Pibb. The poor man's Dr. Pepper.

ARE YOU REFUSING MY HOSPITALITY?
hahahaha

How timely.

Although I love most of Basic Instructions, this is the one that has a permanent home on my office wall. "Jazz Hands"

This was one of my all-time favorite strips.

Ummm....yes sir. Not judging you. I like it too.

Just go with: It´s a rerun! The details are not important! We will forgive you.

Mr Pibb in the Punkin! Love it & I am getting ideas for next Halloween...

No sir! We aren't refusing your hospitality of posting a re-run of a free comic today!

Hey, the date is wrong.

Can you believe that there are people out there who prefer Mr. Pibb over Dr. Pepper.

Yeah, we like it when you choose the re-run because if it's not one of our personal favourites, i t means we probably hadn't appreciated it properly first time round. I see that this strip has everything, jokes, jazz hands (of death?), young Rick, stabby dressed as a pirate for no apparent reason, and unfortunately scott playing on his console with no trousers (again). But mainly, it is just incredibly funny, thanks Scott

Excellent rerun choice, I mean who doesn't like Halloween.

One of the first comics (I think) to feature "Jazz Hands"!

This is awesome! Poor kid. Which happened first? The trick or treating nightmare, or calming a frightened child by showing him video game blood and gore violence, also accompanied by jazz hands? No wonder he became Stabby!

Some old man gave my little brother a piece of broccoli as a joke once. The look on his face was priceless.

Posted on dorm room door, this was the strip that got me started on Basic Instructions. Made me spontaneously laugh so loud at the time I woke up someone napping in the lobby.

Call The Judger!

He's right, there's no such thing as too much Mr. Pibb

As much as I'd love to do the last square I don't think I'd be able to keep a straight face while doing it.

These are not the fresh BI panels that you are looking for...

[gives Jedi wave of hand]

"They call me MISTER Pibb."