Category: failed GET
Thirty Days Remain
It used to be cool, then it was “cool”, and now it’s neither.
The bad apostrophes on the sign in panel one are intentional. Also, is that the “Metal Health” album by Quiet Riot on the left of the middle shelf? I don’t remember, but it miiiiight beeee [October 2, 2013]
maybe, just maybe, you will find success
purchasing items out of sympathy for the business is weird, though
See? I was into complaining about “first-world problems” before it was fashionable. #horntoot #firstwordproblems #whyamIaddingtags #thisisnottwitter [November 14, 2011]
didn’t want one that badly anyway
what’s funny about this comic — not like, Ha Ha funny, just Odd funny — is that after all the references I made to the Wii I never actually wrote a comic about the time I finally got one. I wrote one for getting a big old Xbox, but one of my single most anticipated purchases went totally unmentioned. I can’t account for that, really. It’s just one of the many examples of the way in which I am kind of terrible at keeping an honest journal, ironic given that this is supposed to be a Journal Comic. [May 22, 2011]
I wasn’t actually about to buy "Breakin’" today
First of all yes, the date on this comic is wrong-o and it’s definitely not the only time I slip up on that.
For some reason I can actually remember that the movie I nearly bought was “The Sting”, with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. I had never seen it but heard good things, and this was some Amazing Ultimate Anniversary thing (as they all seem to be). And it was cheap and I had it in my hands but then I saw it was full-frame, and I thought “WHY WOULD YOU EVEN PUBLISH THE AMAZING ULTIMATE ANNIVERSARY THING IN FULL FRAME.” Who clamored for that, is what I’m wondering. [May 21, 2011]
all I wanted to know was the version number
This comic marks the first appearance of tiny, circular eyes. I have an impolite name for that style of eye but suffice it to say that they are almost always reserved for jerks or idiots. Something about them suggests a certain…simple-mindedness. I’m not sure how I settled on that idea but I have been drawing stick-people for years before the comic started.
Since we’re talking about this comic, I’ll also add that the Wal-Mart sales guy looks like a character from the old cartoon “Stickin’ Around”. [April 25, 2011]