This kind of joke, which never gets old, also reminds me of the stage production of Guards! Guards !, which got around the thorny problem of how to depict a full-size dragon on stage by having the cast look out over the audience and describe what they were seeing. This was effective, but did make me feel rather like I was sitting the wrong way around.
This made me giggle madly. The two of you are so good at knowing when to do silly fourth-wall breaking “artist-as-character” jokes without making them cringe-worthy!
But your child is looking at the drawing board, waiting to see what the city of Rome looks like. How could you pass up such an educational opportunity?
Ms. Garrity, please exercise discretion, and do not kill your collaborator. To paraphrase Spider Robinson, there just might be a jury somewhere that just might convict you.
Besides, he exercised his own discretion. He could have described their city as Venice made out of office supplies, which would have involved leaking pipes and damage to foundation of Annex One.
Have a little latte in a little bitty room,
You get a little cup and you get a little spoon.
A little bitty basement in a little bitty lair,
A little bitty mutant with some little bitty hair.
Well, it’s alright to draw little bitty,
A little silverfish or a big old city.
Might as well sing, might as well smile,
We’ll hear opera in a little bitty while
A little bitty baby with a little bitty pen,
Growing up fast with a big mother-hen.
A big drawing board and some little bitty strips,
It’s all part of these little bitty trips.
Well, it’s alright to draw little bitty,
A little silverfish or a big old city.
Might as well sing, might as well smile,
We’ll hear opera in a little bitty while.
—from “Little Bitty,” Tom T. Hall. Performed by Alan Jackson.
Taking your hologram friend to a scale model of Rome built out of office supplies would be showing her a good time, just sayin’.
😀
Best. Sideeye. Ever.
*cackle*
I laughed. Extensively.
and with many tiny bicycles
Should we ask about his T-shirt logo?
Good to see Robin again, comfortably weighing down Mom’s writing arm… Hope he revisits the Museum of Cat!
It says “Lawful Good.”
I guess this is Robin’s premiere appearance in the actual strip…
@Shaenon: the look on your face is PRICELESS!!! {giggling madly}
The cheesy grin on Jeff’s face is pretty good too!
Yup, good artistic choice Shaenon
This kind of joke, which never gets old, also reminds me of the stage production of Guards! Guards !, which got around the thorny problem of how to depict a full-size dragon on stage by having the cast look out over the audience and describe what they were seeing. This was effective, but did make me feel rather like I was sitting the wrong way around.
God damn it Jeffrey.
Best. Beat panel. Ever?
Torturing the artist jokes? Do they ever get old?
No, not really.
The smaller the espresso, the more concentrated the effect. A silverfish-sized espresso may actually kill him.
Or it could BRING THE ZERO-POINT FUNK.
Translation into a state of Knurd – much like the effects of Klatchian Coffee.
Very sensible of him, you don’t want to crush anything by accident.
This made me giggle madly. The two of you are so good at knowing when to do silly fourth-wall breaking “artist-as-character” jokes without making them cringe-worthy!
YES. I second this comment so hard that I also minute and hour it.
You are a cruel man, Jeff, and deserve the side-eye.
5:30 AM here on the left coast, just woke my entire household laughing. They are not amused…
This is the funniest thing I’ve seen all month!
The third panel entrances me dreadfully and reminds me of the strange photograph in the new “Westworld.”
But your child is looking at the drawing board, waiting to see what the city of Rome looks like. How could you pass up such an educational opportunity?
This is worth every apology I shall have to issue for laughing far louder than courtesy allows.
I laughed my ass off at panel 3! It kinda nuked the punchline!
Ms. Garrity, please exercise discretion, and do not kill your collaborator. To paraphrase Spider Robinson, there just might be a jury somewhere that just might convict you.
Besides, he exercised his own discretion. He could have described their city as Venice made out of office supplies, which would have involved leaking pipes and damage to foundation of Annex One.
This cheered me up immensely.
Have a little latte in a little bitty room,
You get a little cup and you get a little spoon.
A little bitty basement in a little bitty lair,
A little bitty mutant with some little bitty hair.
Well, it’s alright to draw little bitty,
A little silverfish or a big old city.
Might as well sing, might as well smile,
We’ll hear opera in a little bitty while
A little bitty baby with a little bitty pen,
Growing up fast with a big mother-hen.
A big drawing board and some little bitty strips,
It’s all part of these little bitty trips.
Well, it’s alright to draw little bitty,
A little silverfish or a big old city.
Might as well sing, might as well smile,
We’ll hear opera in a little bitty while.
—from “Little Bitty,” Tom T. Hall. Performed by Alan Jackson.
Seeing this made me realise how few silent penultimate panels there are in Skin Horse. The most recent one I could find was in March.
http://skin-horse.com/comic/amateur-ornithology/
That’s enough to not mind the idea of a scale model of an entire city of over 300 square miles being at all recognisable.