PA comic: Monday December 12, 2011 - Usurpers, Plural

Rehab · December 2011

Funny, but damn is Gabe's head huuuge in that third panel!

RMS Oceanic · December 2011

It is swelling with his indignation.

EvilBadman · December 2011

For those wondering, Gabriel is escaping the Seattle winter for Hawaii.

Rehab · December 2011

Jerry should draw the strip again!

Also, in line with what Gabe is saying in the third panel, I find it very funny when rappers refer to themselves as artists.

Aegeri · December 2011

Would the artist who does extra credits want to do a PA guest strip? That would be pretty awesome.

Alfred J. Kwak · December 2011

Rehab wrote:

Funny, but damn is Gabe's head huuuge in that third panel!

lately, the size of their chins is distracting me, somehow

artistic freedom and all, but I'm pretty sure the mouth is not normally located in the middle of the face

darleysam · December 2011

The Gabe's head grew three sizes that day.

Saint_Dipset · December 2011

I'm just gonna go right out there and say that I HATE Gabe's head in the third panel. Of course, I ain't taken me meds yet today either so take that with a grain of salt.

Rehab · December 2011

darleysam wrote:

The Gabe's head grew three sizes that day.

He had became the most headstrong, by getting ahead
Of himself, his own growth, thought his body with dread
"Curse my other self now, for drawing me in such manner!"
A Tychpo for the eyes, and on Gabe, what could be sadder?

No hasty editing of words could sooth his heads plight
Oh the strength it kept to balance, it took all his might!
And as he packed up his bags, he thought with dismay
"'How the fuck do you take off your shirt?' They'll all say!"

Viktor Walters · December 2011

Just sayin', AWWYEAH JOHN SCALZI

METATROPOLIS REPRESENT

kirg · December 2011

Rehab wrote:

darleysam wrote:

The Gabe's head grew three sizes that day.

He had became the most headstrong, by getting ahead
Of himself, his own growth, thought his body with dread
"Curse my other self now, for drawing me in such manner!"
A Tychpo for the eyes, and on Gabe, what could be sadder?

No hasty editing of words could sooth his heads plight
Oh the strength it kept to balance, it took all his might!
And as he packed up his bags, he thought with dismay
"'How the fuck do you take off your shirt?' They'll all say!"

Forget Scalzi. YOU paint the words for the comics next week.

Henroid · December 2011

We need that cut-out of sassy-Gabe up in here. "Look at me, I'm a writer, painting with words."

AlexanderDSoSo · December 2011

I dunno. As a writer, I both agree and disagree with this point. Yes, the involved steps are very different. But... if a drawer, a painter, a cartoonist, a sculpter, a molder, a jewelrymaker, a carpenter, ect, are all called artists... Why not the poet, the playwright, the scripter, the novelist?

How is it different that your medium is words instead of wood or paper or metal? Hell, they call chefs artists, working in the medium of food. So yes, a writer is an artist. (the whole paint with words metaphor though... a bit weak. )

Tube · December 2011

I think the third panel is intended as the punchline to a joke.

Gaslight · December 2011

"Guest workers" makes the fill-in artists sound like impoverished immigrants.

Also: Dat Gabehead.

belligerent · December 2011

The the impotence of proofreading.

wonderfuel · December 2011

Not a fan of the art for the past year or so. The art was best in, say, 2008-2009.

...which is pretty ridiculous for me to say, considering I cannot draw for anything. If I were Gabe I would be offended.

Zek · December 2011

I can't tell if the punchline is that Tycho said something dumb and Gabe is the straight man, or that Gabe is a drama queen being dismissive of writers.

Spackler · December 2011

wonderfuel wrote:

Not a fan of the art for the past year or so. The art was best in, say, 2008-2009.

...which is pretty ridiculous for me to say, considering I cannot draw for anything. If I were Gabe I would be offended.

Same, on all counts.

Fandeathis · December 2011

That is seriously the best news-post Jerry has written in a long time. I love it!

Tarranon · December 2011

gabe is extremely secure in his skillsets

Gaslight · December 2011

Spackler wrote:

wonderfuel wrote:

Not a fan of the art for the past year or so. The art was best in, say, 2008-2009.

...which is pretty ridiculous for me to say, considering I cannot draw for anything. If I were Gabe I would be offended.

Same, on all counts.

Thirded.

B_R · December 2011

Reeeaaaly lazy strip today.

Aurich · December 2011

AlexanderDSoSo wrote:

I dunno. As a writer, I both agree and disagree with this point. Yes, the involved steps are very different. But... if a drawer, a painter, a cartoonist, a sculpter, a molder, a jewelrymaker, a carpenter, ect, are all called artists... Why not the poet, the playwright, the scripter, the novelist?

How is it different that your medium is words instead of wood or paper or metal? Hell, they call chefs artists, working in the medium of food. So yes, a writer is an artist. (the whole paint with words metaphor though... a bit weak. )

Yeah, you should not take anything that Gabe says as a "point." At the risk of stripping the strip of humour by explaining it, part of what makes it funny is that Gabe would honestly be offended at a writer calling himself an artist. In his head, that's probably like a retired mall-cop calling himself a veteran.

iLaifire · December 2011

Funny thing I needed to share that Gabe would *hate*. In Russian a child "draws" a picture, while da Vinci "wrote" the Mona Lisa.

TychoCelchuuu · December 2011

Today's news post is pretty stupendous but I'm a little worried about this bit:

Gabriel should leave more often, I’m having a fucking blast. I’m gonna spend the entire week on a kind of trachea tour, like a mad wolf, just howlin’ and biting out throats.

Like... what?

Eddy · December 2011

Tycho is well known for his love of trachea

A natural outgrowth of giraffe-lovin

TychoCelchuuu · December 2011

But he doesn't eat giraffes!

The Good Doctor Tran · December 2011

TychoCelchuuu wrote: »

But he doesn't eat giraffes!

We're not entirely clear on what he does with giraffes...

TychoCelchuuu · December 2011

I don't think it's eating.

(Title of the comic: "Savannah Heat")

Aurich · December 2011

Yeah.. they're videos of giraffe neck.. eating...

Rehab · December 2011

Strippers using the giraffe necks as the long, slender, natural stripping poles that they are.

Putting on an exotic show and sliding down their necks playfully as they reach for higher branches . . . periodically getting some shots of those hot black tongues in action.

AlexanderDSoSo · December 2011

Aurich wrote:

AlexanderDSoSo wrote:

I dunno. As a writer, I both agree and disagree with this point. Yes, the involved steps are very different. But... if a drawer, a painter, a cartoonist, a sculpter, a molder, a jewelrymaker, a carpenter, ect, are all called artists... Why not the poet, the playwright, the scripter, the novelist?

How is it different that your medium is words instead of wood or paper or metal? Hell, they call chefs artists, working in the medium of food. So yes, a writer is an artist. (the whole paint with words metaphor though... a bit weak. )

Yeah, you should not take anything that Gabe says as a "point." At the risk of stripping the strip of humour by explaining it, part of what makes it funny is that Gabe would honestly be offended at a writer calling himself an artist. In his head, that's probably like a retired mall-cop calling himself a veteran.

Yeah, but I've heard this exact argument both ways from authors and visual artists and musicians. Especially in the webcomics field, where collaborations are common, there is argument over which is more important, the writer or the artist.

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