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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Kwyjor
Published Letters: 67
Better known for "The King of Spain", Moxy Früvous did a truly stunning acappella/beat-box rendition of Green Eggs and Ham. Of course, it was apparently not released on a major label, and perhaps it was easier for such things to slip under the radar in those days. (Especially a Canadian group's music.)
But like the Dylan rendition, this version of Green Eggs and Ham is still floating around out there. It is worth seeking out for any Seuss fan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxy_Früvous_(album)
It's just lacking in the old subtlety.
It's not Miss Taken or DoubleDee and DoubleDum. That's got to count for something, right?
...but if this is an indication of things to come, I'd still take my chances with her weekly offerings.
Pretty much all the other webcomics I read are on a Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule, unfortunately (with the possible exception of 8-Bit Theatre, which I can hardly recommend to anyone anymore).
I suppose there's always Dinosaur Comics.
Sigh. Now where will I get my Tuesday morning comics fix?
You know, like the Garfield Randomizer, in which seemingly dadaist strips result from randomly combining panels from the many years of Garfield strips? Or that other collection, wherein surrealism is produced by removing all of Garfield's dialogue? Perhaps this strip can still be salvaged in a similar way.
(I will addd that the authors have had quite long enough to "set us up for something". There are innumerable other comics that can start setting us up for something and take a lot less time than a few months in doing it.)
Are Canadian movies too obscure to deserve a mention anymore? Mr. Taylor gave it such a glowing review here, but I guess that was six years ago after all.
Still, it was the first thing that came to mind upon hearing a discussion of horrific-changes-as-puberty-metaphor.
She was often pretty good too. Let's go read that instead.
http://dir.salon.com/topics/lynda_barry/
Just imagine that his ear is actually his nose, and it suddenly looks like he's facing the other way, and that the back of his head is freakishly large!
(I hope I didn't just ruin the comic.)
I finally decided to order a somewhat-pricey copy of the out-of-print "Strip Joint" collection of Ms. Lay's strips this week. Good times.
Is it really just a coincidence that this strip is being cancelled just when Hillary Clinton's chances are nearly finished?
Is there to be no essay on the profound postmodern metaphysical meaning of Kansas to dissuade us of this notion?
Yes! Bring on the Toni/Tom/both article! The possibilities for artistic insight are staggering, albeit not guaranteed.
Seriously, ever since Story Minute moved to Fridays, there's been a gaping hole in my webcomics schedule, which the likes of Wondermark is insufficient to fill. Or is it substantially more popular on Fridays now?
*Disclaimer: This is not an invitation to bring back Kansas, oh please not that.
Good times. A Salon exclusive, if I'm not mistaken (unless it was published in Now Endsville). Ms. Lay has not done much else like it, and more's the pity.
Remember that Fantagraphics "Unseen Peanuts" book? I read Salon's roundup a little too late and subsequently spent far, far too much time and energy trying to track down a decently-priced copy afterwards. Last week I finally succeeded. (I probably should have just gone to the eBay merchants with their outrageous shipping prices and have been done with it.)
The lesson? If you see something you like, get it now - you might not have a chance later!
Is this Tuesday gig going to be a regular thing? I'll drink to that.
Not sure if I get this one, but I laughed quite loudly at the "53 minutes" bit.
Oh, it's a topic ripe for satirical possibilities, but Mr. Bolling's other variations on this theme were much better.
Remember Scalia rescuing Superman from the Public Domain? Now that was funny!
I realise that this, too, was probably published in the eponymous and sadly out-of-print Now Endsville, but I do not remember coming across it in the Salon Archives. (If it is there somewhere, then there's no need for us to stay in suspense for the next few weeks!)
May I take this moment to express my annoyance with these Bowflex ads that have suddenly taken over Salon? (Or is it a campaign targeted at specific regions, i.e. Canada?) All these shirtless mutants are creeping me out.
At least whoever is in charge had enough good sense to dispense with the strobing "Get a Free Laptop" ads. And I must admit Bowflex is still somewhat preferable to the bidet ads of questionable taste from a few months ago.
Perhaps it's part of the Evil Man-Bashing Feminism taking over Salon (at least according to many of the letters pages these days).
Oh well, at least Tom Tomorrow is still funny.
It is curious to compare this current run of strips to that sequence that Ms. Lay did years later.
To echo part of captcrisis's sentiment, I too greatly enjoyed WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS. There is much to be said for sweeping aside all the distractions of a GUI, including graphical fonts. Of course, WP5.1 was downright hellish as soon as you started trying to position graphics or create complicated layouts, but the simple stuff still worked great.
Considerable information on how to get WP5.1 (and WP6.x) working on modern systems can be found by clicking my sig.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
