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If you guys are wondering what’s up with today’s strip, then I invite you to take a trip in The Wayback Machine to precisely a week ago to check out where this story arc began. All caught up? Good!
Today’s strip reintroduces a long-lost fan favorite character – Scurvy Joe: the local transient in Tom and Jared’s neighborhood. He helped scare the pimp juice out of Tom in this comic from earlier in the year.
I don’t know why I’m dusting off these old characters. First Goth Jared. Now Scurvy Joe. It must be a bug I’ve caught from all those year-end, top 10 list programs I’ve been seeing so much of on TV.
Went to see Ocean’s Twelve on Friday and was pleasantly surprised. I think my expectations were low because advance reviews were saying, while fun, the movie carries little heft.
While essentially true, you’ll still have a damn good time in this movie. It’s just good entertainment, even if it doesn’t add up to much.
Fans who loved the heist aspect of Ocean’s Eleven will probably be disappointed here. The majority of the crew spends the movie in a European prison. Bernie Mac is almost completely wasted as he’s one of the first to get pinched.
In any case, it’s less about the heist and the “How’d they DO that?!” and more about the twists and turns. The fake-outs. The red herrings. A few of them you can see coming a mile away. Actually, after the fact, they all seem pretty obvious. But the movie zips along at such a steady clip, you feel like you’re two steps behind the crooks.
Julie Roberts still annoys as the most gaunt-looking pregnant woman in film history, but props to Catherine Zeta-Jones. She gives a very confident performance and one of her least condescending in years. It’s almost enough to make me forget those T-Mobile advertisements and rekindle the same kind of interest she sparked with her turn in The Mask of Zorro so many years ago.
…almost.
Those of you who ordered t-shirts, baby doll tees or hoodies the last few weeks will be happy to know that I’ve placed the order with the printer. No E.T.A. on when I’ll receive them, but once I know, you’ll know. Check this space for updates. Previous experience indicates it could be anywhere between two to three weeks before they’re in your hot, little hands. So nothing by Christmas, sorry. Then again, I never promised that, did I? ;-D
If you missed the boat on this last round of orders, I’m taking pre-orders for a whole other batch. Everything we sell, you can find in the store.
One last bit of fun. I know I promised not to bug you guys about it, but Theater Hopper has been hovering around number 11 on the buzzComix list for about a week now and I’ve playfully laid down the gauntlet to Anime Arcadia that I will usurp their position on the list. We’re about 60 votes away from achieving that goal, so if you want to lend a hand, it would be pretty cool. Just to say we could do it.
More later. Sleep now.
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I don’t know what’s going on with Web Comics List. Seems like it’s been down for a few weeks. So you probably can’t see today’s incentive sketch. Darn shame, because I think it’s really funny and it turned out pretty good. I’m thinking I might switch back over to buzzComix on the whole voting/incentive scheme. We’ll see what pans out.
Truthfully, I’m not really into the ranking sites like I used to be. It was just a kick to see how long we could stick it out in the top spot for a while and pal around with some good friends in the Top 10. The incentives are always fun, though. I like how I can typically sneak in another extra little punchline that I might not be able to squeeze into a regular strip.
Here’s hoping that today’s comic isn’t too blue for those readers with small-children. I don’t know why things have become so sexually-oriented lately. It’s certainly isn’t sexy, so it’s probably not going to drive up traffic. It’s not like I have Cami running around in a bikini for no good reason.
Although that’s an idea!…
At any rate, I had to do careful research coming up with the porn parody movie titles. Some of them are quite profane, as you might imagine. I needed to find something quasi-graphic so you would get the gist of what I was referencing without crossing the line into flat-out offensive territory.
That said, I wish I could claim these titles as my own, but I’m not that witty. These are – in fact – actual titles off porn parody films.
I remember distinctly my first encounter with this phenomenon. It was 1996 and I was a freshman in college. Cami and I were going to the local campus video store to rent Mallrats. It was in and out of theaters so fast, we never got to see it. By the time we were in school, it was out on video.
Prominently displayed in the tiny, privately owned video store was a comprehensive selection of pornography. Not tucked away in some back room behind a beaded curtain and under black lights. No. I’m talking about these things being within arms reach of the checkout counter and comedy section. You couldn’t miss them.
Two titles immediately lept from the shelf. "Black Booty" – a parody of the children’s film Black Beauty – and "Wednesday is Humpday." I don’t think that second one was parodying anything specific, but the title was so unintentionally hilarious, it became a catchphrase of sorts for the remainder of our college career.
"Hey, what day is it?"
"Wednesday is Humpday!"
Oh, how we laughed!
I’ll be back later in the day to annouce a VERY COOL CONTEST. So make sure to visit us later to find out how you can participate!
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