So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
I prefer 'brusque', myself. :D
Leon Arnott (l) says:
Monday: The enfleshening process is just as disgusting as you might imagine it to be. (If he needs to feel better about his newly enfeebled meatiness, he could perhaps think of it as becoming his own avatar.) This is actually the second time in this comic that a non-human is swiftly cast into the bewildering shape of humanity. One could be forgiven for thinking that we're treading slightly similar ground to that in a few scenes of Doppelganger Gambit (but then, I suppose the Bewonderment of Transformation is a mandatory font of comedy for pretty much any arc featuring unwieldy shapechanging, including The Geek or even Gender Swap).
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
Incarnation: meating someone new
Daffyd Wagstaff (lord_killerfish) says:
@Ed: That was a well thought out, and excellantly timed pun. Bravo! Am I the only person wondering if Hell has a gift shop? (And I don't mean the town of Hell in Michigan)
Simon Hogwood (strange_simon) says:
Too bad, because in that Hell every building (all three of them!) is a gift shop. Or, at least that's how it was last time I was in Hell.
Andrew Cole (andy4hire) says:
@Ed: Have I told you lately that you're my hero? Because you totally and completely are. (Well, you've got a prominent place in my pantheon of heroes, anyway, which puts you in very good company.)
Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity) says:
People are going to have to start writing daily filk to celebrate Ed.
E.T. the Eccentric Type (et_the_eccentric_type) says:
Is that a beard on Caliban or a neck shadow?
Diane Castle (deecee) says:
@Shaenon: Yes! Why aren't more people going over to "Everyday Heroes" and writing song filk for Ed? (Not me though, I already have a palce for all my song filk.)
Daffyd Wagstaff (lord_killerfish) says:
@Shaenon: Challenge accepted! (Tune: Man they call Jayne, Firefly): EDDDDDDD! Oh he read all the comics, Now his words set the whole world a shakkin' Oh he read all the comics,
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
Thanks to all! Glad I can amuse you.
Andrew Cole (andy4hire) says:
@Daffyd: Congratulations on having made what is probably the most perfect match between Source Material and Filk Subject that can possibly be achieved. I salute you.
Leon Arnott (l) says:
Tuesday: It's seldom that Helen gets her hands on a subject who isn't legally alive.
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
I think the mortality is weighing heavily on Helen's morality.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
(BTW, thanks to everyone for the encouragement. It keeps me going. Of course, depending on your opinions of my filks, that may or may not be a good thing.) (TUNE: "Like A Virgin", Madonna) I have escaped the afterlife! Now I'm fresh ... in the flesh! Like a victim,
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says:
Big Frakking Hypo count: 1?
Daffyd Wagstaff (lord_killerfish) says:
Ah yes, I recognise that type of hyperdermic. It's a comedy type designed to make other needles look better by comparison.
James Mirkle (jmzlost) says:
Caliban's sure in a hurry to fix that 'unusually good health' :P JMZ
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
Bi. Whodathunkit.
Leon Arnott (l) says:
Wednesday: I just want to say that this strip is pretty amazing in its delivery, in that it manages to make the erudite and eloquent Caliban's panel 3 line seem almost like a non-sequitur. (And, of course, one can't overlook the quality of Dave's superbly underplayed reaction.) Mell is nothing if not quick on the draw.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
CHORUS: I never knew
Daffyd Wagstaff (lord_killerfish) says:
Lessons for surviving life as a mortal #1: Blurting out everything that crosses you mind is not conductive to remaining upright and breathing. Try installing a brain/mouth filter, unless you really like the taste of foot.
Maricruz Villalobos-Zamora (maki_p) says:
I think I mentioned before. But Caliban discovering "the pleasures of the flesh" is one of the best things in this comic
Leon Arnott (l) says:
Thursday: That angry yanking looks familiar. Where have I seen something like this before?
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
Dave will now purge Caliban of the last remaining traces of his demonic nature. Translation: Dave's about to beat the hell out of him.
Daffyd Wagstaff (lord_killerfish) says:
@Ed: Right, that deserves a Second Verse of "Man they call Ed" :P Now here is what shows us a Legend He knows the words he needs to send a message And the man they call Ed, his eyes turning red Oh he read all the comics,
Daibhid Ceannaideach (daibhidc) says:
Someone needs to write the whole "Love Song of D. Prescott Davenport". (The concern about his hair getting thin would be particularly appropriate, given his reaction to his future self.)
Connor Moran (potatoknight) says:
Let us go then, you and I Where the patient is etherised on the table Like the evening spread out against the sky
Diane Castle (deecee) says:
@connor: Dare I tease a Mell?
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
Heh.
Leon Arnott (l) says:
Friday: What you can't see is that Dave is actually lifting Caliban. His legs are spinning below that panel border.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
(TUNE: "Fly Like An Eagle", Steve Miller Band) I fall to the ground now, So now I curse ye, ye mortal
Diane Castle (deecee) says:
@Ed: Wow. Steve Miller would be jealous. Wait, given some of the rhymes Steve Miller's made over the years, he could be jealous of pretty much anyone. I guess that's not much of a compliment. 'pompatus of love'. Yeesh.
Brandon Gorley (bowtothebard) says:
I really hope, for his sake, that "curdle" isn't the most threatening verb at Caliban's disposal.
Daffyd Wagstaff (lord_killerfish) says:
Eh, flesh curdling is so 12th Century. There are so many other uses for flesh. Today's modern active Demons prefer the 3 F's; flaying, filleting, and the use of the Foreman (the grill, not the two times former world heavyweight champion)
Sam Ashley (evilmidnightlurker) says:
Emergency! Well, sort of. The filename story site at http://www.ci-n.com/~jcampbel/narbonic.txt, the only complete version on the Net as far as I can tell, is down -- just as I was trying to show a friend. :( Is this a permanent condition? Can backups be activated?
Sam Ashley (evilmidnightlurker) says:
So a friend of mine who I just recently convinced to read Narbonic -- which of course turned him into a raging fanboy :) -- went to SDCC last week, and purchased the first three volumes for me. And I just received them from him. And you signed the first one! With a little Artie sketch, and the i dotted with a heart, and it's so awesome I want to do cartwheels but this room is too small! Thank you, Shaenon :)
Justin Grubbs (jjgrubbs) says:
I feel bad for Caliban every time I read this strip. Or at least, I feel bad for him until I remember that he gets to have Mell, and then there is no sympathy, only envy.
John Campbell (jcampbel) says:
I bet Dave, as a younger brother, has been waiting his entire life to be on this end of that situation.
John Campbell (jcampbel) says:
Oh, and, Sam: I'm in the midst of relocating the servers those copies of the filename stories are on. My old ISP went away Friday morning, and the activation date for my new connection isn't until Monday (and I wouldn't put money on FairPoint actually hitting that date). In the meantime, I've still got the files, but I don't have any means of making them publically accessible. They'll be back whenever this here blinkenlight stops blinking. Maybe I'll quit slacking and get the Skin Horse one caught up while I'm waiting...
Sam Ashley (evilmidnightlurker) says:
@John: Thanks, that's good news. And good work! :) There's another (fully updated) Skin Horse compilation here: http://hyniof.livejournal.com/78200.html
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
*snicker*
Leon Arnott (l) says:
Saturday: That poor fellow's eyes. He never thought leaving the pits of Hell would be so distressing.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
(TUNE: "Bittersweet Symphony", The Verve) I'm such an idiot ... stuck in human form!
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
Also, in case there were one or two people on the planet not aware of this ... it was exactly ten years ago today (July 31, 2000) that the first "Narbonic" strip was posted online! In honor of this auspicious day ... (TUNE: "Almost Like Being In Love", Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) What a decade it's been! It's today, less ten years, Now, we know, Shaenon's beau just might say But her fans, best to worst,
David Harmon (mental_mouse) says:
Reminds me of that James Blish duology, where Armageddon gets set off early, the demons come out of Hell to take over... and then they're all "WTF? We don't have anything to do to them, that's worse than what they were doing to each other!"
Daffyd Wagstaff (lord_killerfish) says:
Lessons for surviving life as a mortal #2: Human is a bad choice for a mortal form. It has no natural weapons, poor survival insticts and no venom sacs. Also be aware that you will be sacrificing almost all of the power you have into the incarnation spell matrix, and will no longer be able to regenerate limbs or heads.
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