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PA comic: Mon. August 29, 2011
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I'm back, baby!Santa Monica, CAModerator Mod Emeritus
I'm back, baby!Santa Monica, CAModerator Mod Emeritus
Contingencies
I sometimes wonder if PAX is a thing I will ever be able to contain in my head. The comedown is usually pretty hard: I spend a lot of time sitting quietly and staring forward, dimply aware that a child is tugging on whatever textiles I have managed to drape over my vile and bulbous frame. I spend three or four days at such a level of physical and psychic availability that for days afterward everything is just sort of ringing and raw. I have said on many occasions that we are not well suited to this task, and perhaps could not be, as men who spent their formative years in abject terror and subjugation; we are people suffused with a natural unease, each of us literally medicated for our demons. But noone else wants to do it, or noone else can. It’s possible that our damage has pounded us unto whatever shape is necessary for this. I’d be lying if I said I understood it.
I remember more of the show than I usually do. There are many highlights which are completely available to my mind, and don’t require a week of decompression to access, which is the usual case. For example, I can tell you that on Saturday I played a game of Dungeons & Dragons while decked out in chain mail; I can tell you that at a panel, someone asked us (in the most roundabout way possible) if we would introduce him to Wil Wheaton so that Wil Wheaton could introduce him to Felicia Day. I finally had a chance to play Crokinole. I agreed to officiate a wedding. I was convinced to to play Just Dance 3, specifically the song “Take On Me.” I tried to deliver the necessary theatrics.
The strip we made at the Create a Strip Panel, complete with a Derpy Hooves crowd request, is somewhere in transit as I write this. When the show closes down, it’s like a disaster movie in a lot of ways; a lot of people running to escape debris which is falling in slow motion. I think Kiko has it, but I can’t be sure; my only hope is that he made it out alive.
The following link will bring you the comic href=“http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/08/26”>when it is available - probably best to check the feed. Unless you want to just check the page over and over again, making me incredibly wealthy, which is also fine.
Our task with PAX is to fashion a vessel capable of holding a portion of the gathered enthusiasm, and not to lose it. I thank the Enforcers, as ever the spine of the show; I thank the Exhibitors for the, um… exhibits, all the exhibits that they had, and I thank the attendees, whose circulation through the show animates an entirely new form of life.
(CW)TB out.
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There's something about it...
Something wrong...
this.
what the hell is that even supposed to mean?
She has freakish ostrich legs.
Perhaps a lengthy explanation is in order.
1) There are several comics in which Gabe has professed his love for horses, unicorns, or other quadrupeds of that nature. For example http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/04/09, http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/01/09, and http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/10/13. There are multiple other examples if you care to search the archives. However I do not believe that anyone doubts that Gabe does love horses.
2) In the same position in both the first and the third panels is Kara and Derpy, respectively. One could postulate that the Pony shown in the third panel is indeed Kara. Indeed, in light of Gabe's comments in panel two, one may almost humorously assume that she has transformed into Derpy so that the situation which Gabe is envisioning will never occur, and the look on Derpy's face in panel three reflects her feelings on the matter. Therefore it is quite possible that in the context of the comic, Kara can transform into a little pony.
3) Due to the aforementioned (1) and (2), I found it humorous to make the initial statement I did, postulating that finding he has a wife that could become a horse, or pony as it were, it would increase his happiness manyfold, as it would lead to a "Squeeeee!!!!" situation for Gabe.
4) If you read more into this than is written at face value, I weep for the future.
I was wondering the same thing.
Also since this is probably the worst PA comic in the history of PA, perhaps they should put an end to letting the audience write a strip once a year.
It's really creepy that there are posters on this site that watch reality shows that involve watching other people's horrible lifestyles to make themselves feel better.
It's really creepy that there are posters on this site that watch cartoons about horses meant for 8 year old girls.
It's really creepy that there are posters on this site that actually enjoy lording it over other people as if there is a defined lifestyle that is correct for everybody.
If you don't like something, unless it's truly a menace to society, Keep. Your. Mouth. Shut.
Edit: I'm not saying you can't express dislike for things. However keep your hyperbole down.
Neither do I.
the panel starts with jerry bring up [mac notepad equivalent] and typing out the script whiel reading it aloud
then mike draws it.
the first question was the pony request. or second. and pax east's comic had the same type of request.
i dunno, after i got to request that ball got put into the comic way back when, i'm ok with what people request. seeing mike draw real life versions of jerry and himself was great.
Anyways, as far as the comic goes, it's about as funny as the one from a couple of years ago with the robot and Jonathon Coulton and whatever. It's funny to the audience at the time, and that's the point. So anyways!
There are many people on this forum that watch several other cartoons. Is that also creepy? I just want to know where you draw the line. Are all cartoons bad or just this one?
i could't be bothered by something like that.
it's the weird stuff happening around it, and yes i mistook sphyre's post for that.
which i was getting ready to apologize for, when he posted that little tirade.
sorry folks, this one is all me.
From PAX East 2011
I was feeling sarcastic earlier today, so I decided to go off. I apologize for that!
I don't know. I'm just tired of seeing/hearing about that damn show.
Also: The hot dog fairy disappeared! Here it is:
Personally, I think Derpy would fit in well with Twist & Catsby.
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Why would you incept this idea into our minds?
This is quite a stretch. But hey, look at it this way: you'll forget all about this when there's a new comic on Wednesday.
Or probably if you took a nap.
You seem like you could use a nap.
Nah. Pinkie Pie.
"It's high time we had a shindig of the utmost proportions, Catsby"
"Ohh, I know, I'll throw a party tonight!"
"Fortuitous!"
Or maybe this week is Pony Week. Kind of like Shark Week, but you know, ponies.
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amen.
no, wait
it doesn't add much to the comic though
Why?
You don't need to be so hostile to a large part of a PA membership like this.
Besides the worst PA comic is obviously dickwolves.
It's part of the PAX tradition.