October 25, 2009 | 31 Comments The third panel of that last strip.
A few people have voiced some confusion as to the meaning of the third panel of this strip. It is meant to be a kids book rendition of one of my favorite books, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Here's the trailer for the excellent Terry Gilliam film adaptation.
The entire film can be seen on Hulu.
I did toy with a different book. Here are two of the ideas I was batting around:
FRIEND CLUB
"The first rule of friend club is, tell all your friends about friend club."
The Dark Tower of Tickles
"The man in black fled across the desert. The Gunslinger followed ... to tickle him."
I think I made the right choice.
Here's the trailer for the excellent Terry Gilliam film adaptation.
The entire film can be seen on Hulu.
I did toy with a different book. Here are two of the ideas I was batting around:
FRIEND CLUB
"The first rule of friend club is, tell all your friends about friend club."
The Dark Tower of Tickles
"The man in black fled across the desert. The Gunslinger followed ... to tickle him."
I think I made the right choice.
October 25, 2009 | 31 Comments
Reader Comments (31)
I'm sorry for anyone who didn't get the reference - it was VERY funny. I recommend the book :)
Yep, good choice on that one. Adults can read a second level of meaning into it. :-)
Personally, I would have voted for Friend Club.
Wow, I can't believe people weren't getting it. The book and movie are classics!
I love your other ideas too. :]
I hope you don't mind if I start a Friend Club?
Definitely the right choice. The Friend Club is quite good, and might have been more readily grasped by more people. But Fun and Laughing... is so much more appropriate for the boss to misappropriate.
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I also agree on your choice. Friend Club would be 2nd.
What kind of tickler would Roland be? I'd picture him sitting there, deadpan, with just the slightest grin.
Take that, Balazar! (jabs with feather)
Fun and Laughing was by far the best choice, but I mainly wanted to compliment your taste in books!
Fear and Loathing is one of my favorite of all time, Fight Club (I'm man enough to admit I've never read!) But was an amazing film, and I'm currently on book 5 of the Dark Tower series and loving every second!
Oh, and if you'd used the Dark Tower reference then soooo few people would have got the joke!
I haven't seen or read 'fear and loathing' but I still got the reference. Very surprised that people didn't. But then again I don't get the 'Dark Tower' thing.
Liked the 'friend club' idea
Just wanted to de-lurk to smugly say I would have got any of those. Look at me, I'm cool!
Yeah...
I almost laughed like an idiot when I saw the Fear and Loathing reference. (Which would have been fatal since my wife and I were having a serious discussion and I wasn't supposed to be surfing.)
"Friend Club" is great, but 90% of its greatness is the title. I'm really glad you chose what you did.
I would BUY one of those and READ THEM TO MY KIDS!
Can't you hear the revenue stream a-burbling?
How did anyone NOT get that? Seriously, learn to ignore some of the idiots who email you because they don't understand every last panel. They're on the internet for chrissakes, if they don't get the reference, they can look it up before you can finish loading the "Post New Entry" page.
I think you made the right choice, too. You need to expect a certain minimal level of cultural knowledge and erudition from your readers. One has to draw the line somewhere.
I adore Fear and Loathing (the movie), and that's not just because I'm a chick and it has Johnny Depp in it. It's such a fabulously fantastic (in the sense of the drug-induced fantasy) story with great actors, superb comedic timing and great effects that it can stand up to many subsequent watchings. All that to say, I got it and think your adult-movie-as-kid's-book idea rocks.
I read your post and thought I liked Friend Club better - until I looked back at the illustration in panel 3
I read your post and thought I liked Friend Club better - until I looked back at the illustration in panel 3
Unfortunately, Bob, many people on the internet these days don't know how to USE the internet worth a damn.
Never explain jokes!
BobisOnlyBob, it wasn't the last panel people had a problem with. It was the third panel. Number three. Next to last.
I think you misunderstood what he meant when he said "every last panel."
Sorry, Dark Tower of Tickles was the better choice. I'm still smirking about it, and I read this two hours ago. Sure, 28 people would have understood it, but those 28 deserve to be pandered to.
*confused look* . . . are we having an arguement over what Bob said/meant?
@Bob: you have to remember, most of the population on the internet are of the teenage age. Using my peers as models, almost NO ONE reads books anymore. They're all to busy texting and *nervous look* doing . . . other . . stuff . . to read. I knew what he meant, because my brother was a HUGE fan of Hunter S. Thompson's writing. There is no need to get all surly because some people got confused. God, if it bothers you THAT much, have a seminar over things people SHOULD know.