Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 08, 2013
December 07, 2013
December 09, 2013
Transcript:
Homer's Roman Empire Life continues I began to suspect that the dark alley wasn't the way to the marketplace as I was told... There was nowhere to run. All I could do was tremble in fear, hoping for a miracle. Then suddenly... Homer: ? ...There was no alley! The trembling wasn't just me...it was the ground! Then out from the rubble, a swarm of rats ran past me as fast as they could, away from their city homes. That told me it wasn't over, that something deadly was still coming. So without hesitation... ...I followed them. "Now leaving fabulous Pompeii Come back soon!" Homer: That's when things really started to get crazy... Bert: "Started"? Duncan: Sadly, yes...
Varnes almost 11 years ago
The quality of artwork on panels 5, 6 and 7 is incredible…Miller, he’s something else…..Somehow he makes fantasy seem real….The man’s spooky…
unnormal almost 11 years ago
Panel 7 made me laugh out loud . . . three times!
unnormal almost 11 years ago
. . . four times!
Ida No almost 11 years ago
Next week, Homer gets crushed by sheep.
puddlesplatt almost 11 years ago
rockngolfer almost 11 years ago
I vaguely remember a different 79.
pabsfx-comics almost 11 years ago
Wiley provides one of the best drawn modern comics, but Hal Foster (Prince Valiant) is the best I can recall. The Fantagraphic reprints are very good, but still not as great as the half-page format of the original Sunday editions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Valiant
Say What? Premium Member almost 11 years ago
In panel seven, I can hear Curly from the Three Stooges going “Woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop!”
chassimmons Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Night-Gaunt49 meant 1880’s, there’s a typo.
I rather poo-poo any suggestion of any particular insight into such rare events as catastrophic volcanic eruptions by such as rats and snakes, they are just responding to local conditions. In the weeks before the four huge explosions of 1883-08-27, “the volcano released huge plumes of steam and ash” [Wikipedia], sufficient to explain a serpentine exodus. It’s not like moving toward the shore would have done the snakes any good, the final eruption must have killed all higher life forms on the island.
Caddy57 almost 11 years ago
Next to last panel ….reminds me of the Mel Brooks movie “History Of The World Part 1” U’s and V’s …interchangeable ….literally trying to read that makes me laugh!
W6BXQ, John almost 11 years ago
Last time I looked, Italy was in Europe!
loner34 almost 11 years ago
Gee I wonder what will happen to Pompeii?
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member almost 11 years ago
To be boringly continued.
pcolli almost 11 years ago
I well remember the one hundred and eighty-eighth century. It was (will be) when I decided (will decide) to be reincarnated in reverse.
mistercatworks almost 11 years ago
People often ask me if my cats act strangely before one of our California earthquakes…Define “strangely” for a cat.
Dtroutma almost 11 years ago
Wiley: your efforts for us are very much appreciated.
watmiwori almost 11 years ago
A feature of English grammar: sequence of tenses. Latin also has it. Bulgarian does not..