Gotta love a nice, refreshing "Sunporo." It's way better than a "Badwiser."
I'm gonna hold off saying much else about episode 17 here, because I gotta stretch my thoughts out across SEVERAL more comics after this one. Yeah, as befitting an...
2024-11-10 00:19:20 +0000 UTC View Post
SELF OWN.
...and yeah, I know it's not actually that uncommon of a LAST name (hey Alan, hi Cheryl, what's up Alan Jr.) but I've sure as heck never heard it used as a FIRST name anywhere outside of Baccano. But hey, I guess it sounds normal ...
2024-11-10 00:13:21 +0000 UTC View Post
NO, I'm not gonna explain the context down here! Where's the fun in that? Also, I'm not going to explain any of these OTHER notes I took, either:
"Ketchup kills Lum before music even plays"
"How many of you have taken candy from stran...
2024-11-08 18:22:52 +0000 UTC View Post
There are some who would say that this comic is flawed because I never actually showed the Digimon being referenced here. o those people. i counter that nobody should ever want to look at Sinduramon, and we are all better off with my not forcing t...
2024-11-03 09:48:21 +0000 UTC View Post
...and I'm actually exaggerating the first bit a lot more than the second. I went into my first viewing of Baccano already mildly spoiled, so I wasn't even all THAT confused by the chaos unfolding in front of me. I knew i was a sho...
2024-11-03 09:42:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Look, you can't mention "Digimon" and "camping" in any proximity to each other without me making SOME kind version of this reference. And then episode 16 had to go and introduce the gag of a ghost story, and there you have it.
Also, YES, I ...
2024-10-27 10:39:39 +0000 UTC View Post
...and I didn't even mean this to be a dig at Endless Eight. I was just thinking about how Haruhi does a much clunkier job of being presented "non-sequentially" than Baccano does, since only the late...
2024-10-27 10:28:50 +0000 UTC View Post
I mean, yeah. The dub didn't lie to us this time, that really IS refered to as an "energy drink" even in the original episode (I think the bottle is supposed to resemble Oronamin C) ...but that didn't stop all us fans at the time 2024-10-21 00:02:09 +0000 UTC View Post
To be clear, I don't mean that as a slight, just an observation that the tone of the song "Guns & Roses" REALLY shifts a lot between the verses and the chorus. That opening sounds like something that might have been played on Cowboy Bebop...
2024-10-20 02:01:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Ya'll thought I forgot about these bonus convention comics, didn't ya? Well, don't be absurd. I'm CONSTANTLY remembering and thinking about all the things I've not yet gotten around to doing... or have long since missed my chance to ever do at a...
2024-10-12 18:33:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I will always, ALWAYS stop to notice any silly sign, logo, or brand name in an anime that's an only slightly altered version of something else. Without fail.
Also, I'm gonna level with you all: I already had two whole comic ideas before I'd...
2024-10-12 16:42:50 +0000 UTC View Post
It's this, or a snazzy little vest, and I'm not sure which is less intimidating. I mean, yeah, I know the design of the individual Digimon is pretty much beyond the control of the show, and I still stand by the rest of the episode being pretty go...
2024-10-12 07:16:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay look, I know the art in the Adam Warren Dirty Pair comics doesn't ACTUALLY look like that, but there's just something about the lipstick that causes the lips to register as GINORMOUS in my brain. I'm not a fan. The same with t...
2024-10-06 12:50:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh gee, I wonder if this comic is going to result in a rambling, unsolicited rant about how bad the cartoonist's time living in Washington DC was? Well no, I won't do that... THIS TIME. After all, I don't have to because whatever you just imagin...
2024-10-06 12:40:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I mean, Otaku no Video DOES end with the whole cast voyaging out into space, so it's not COMPLETELY out of nowhere that my brain would draw this connection... but it is still a bit random of me. Also, just FYI, the dude is supposed ...
2024-09-29 08:15:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I mean, they've only barely even got wiki pages, let alone meaningful plot lines.
That's one of the other things that's struck me while going back to re-watch Tamers all the way through: these early episodes show JUST enough of...
2024-09-29 08:07:11 +0000 UTC View Post
...and this isn't even meant as a political joke, really, more of a general commentary on society as a whole.
A few weeks ago, I had the grave misfortune of being accidentally exposed to some political YouTubers. Who they were or what they ...
2024-09-22 06:22:15 +0000 UTC View Post
"What the- I thought the Digimon in this arc were going to be inspired by the Chinese Zodiac, not Tarot cards!"
And this isn't even the first&nbs...
2024-09-22 06:10:36 +0000 UTC View Post
If you follow me on any of the hellscapes that are social media, then you already saw this picture. What the heck? Did I travel back in time to the year 2005? Not quite, I ACTUALLY took a trip out to Eastern Carolina where, it just so turns out...
2024-09-15 17:31:25 +0000 UTC View Post
That's right folks, it's official! The next Weekly Anime Comic, which will start up as soon as we're done with Dirty Pair, is going to be BACCANO!
...and I for one am honestly quite surprised. I just threw that onto ...
2024-09-15 17:12:55 +0000 UTC View Post
I mean, I need to be clear: I've never read any of the Dirty Pair novels, so for all I know Auntie here might have been a prominent character in all of them right from the start... but as far as the ANIME goes, this lady just turns up right the he...
2024-09-15 17:03:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The more I think about it, the worse it gets.
Anyway, sorry the comics are late this week. I was on the road the past two days, and BADLY failed to get stuff done early before I left. More is coming, though! I promise!
2024-09-15 00:26:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I dunno, I'm as surprised as anyone. And the worst thing is, it's juuuuuuust enough of an idea that I couldn't naturally squeeze in Scribbles and turn it into a Writer's Block joke. Granted, I might have had more material if I ever actually got ...
2024-09-08 00:17:37 +0000 UTC View Post
I wasn't even BORN when The Black Hole came out, and I still watched it so many times as a kid that I will go to my grave getting John Barry's theme&...
2024-09-08 00:12:25 +0000 UTC View Post
I'VE LITERALLY NEVER EVEN PLAYED AMONG US, I'VE JUST BEEN ON THE INTERNET SO LONG THAT THE MEMES HAVE PERMEATED MY BRAIN JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE'S.
But yeah, the firs time I watched this, I originally thought I'd just seen too much anime whe...
2024-08-31 20:10:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, this probably won't make sense to anyone who doesn't have a VERY clear memory of what Tamers episode 13 looks like, and Lord knows I didn't remember any of this off the top of my head before re-watching it. But having done so,...
2024-08-31 10:53:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, it had to come up at some point, didn't it? For those of you who either don't know or just forgot: the teacher in Tamers is drawn a lot like the way grown-up Kari was drawn in the last episode of Digimon Adventure 02,...
2024-08-25 04:37:22 +0000 UTC View Post
The answer, as always, is just to draw myself wondering about the thing I actually was wondering about in Real Life. BOOM! Instant punchline!
No, but seriously, it's actually a really appropriate reference, since the whole "deliberately make...
2024-08-24 10:33:25 +0000 UTC View Post
...because I find heartfelt TV commercials for social causes a source of comedy. I apologize for nothing.
Also, I wonder if Impmon and Wormmon go to therapy together? Because I apparently find emotional trauma a source of comedy too.
2024-08-18 05:50:28 +0000 UTC View Post
I would say this isn't a topical comic, because this has been and always will be true of young people thinking they actually know things... but upon reflection, I actually think it is going to date pretty horribly, in the sense that I fully expect...
2024-08-17 15:26:22 +0000 UTC View Post