FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for April 27, 2013
Transcript:
Jason: Like my costume? Paige: Spiderman. Cute. Jason: Spider-Man! Spider-man! Stop leaving out the hyphen! Are you people trying to make me climb the walls?! Actually, could you keep that up? It's a skill I need to learn. Paige: Tell me, is super-loser-boy hyphenated?
Templo S.U.D. over 11 years ago
I thought ’twas Spider Man.
Zaristerex over 11 years ago
Ok, Mr. stickler, always use a hyphen in the word “e-mail.” See, hyphens can go away over time. Even words like"tomorrow" used to have a hyphen (to-morrow), but was dropped over time.
Fogger_man over 11 years ago
How can he tell if she is saying it with a hyphen?I guess comics always have a literal balloon floating over their heads…
Doctor11 over 11 years ago
I already thought Jason could climb walls.
Stephen Gilberg over 11 years ago
Usually they don’t acknowledge their toonhood until the last panel.
irilyth over 11 years ago
I think the implication is that Jason is such a geek that he can hear the hyphen (or lack thereof) in the way she says it.
calvin.hobbes 9 months ago
my dad always gets annoyed at me for saying “slendermin” instead of Slender Man