Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 29, 2010

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    pouncingtiger  about 14 years ago

    How do you think made-for-television or “based”-on-a-true-story movies came to existence.

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    Sisyphos  about 14 years ago

    Never trust a mud puddle (something I learned from reading Danae’s memoirs).

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    Ice_Bear66  about 14 years ago

    Lucy can READ?! Since when?

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    Coyoty Premium Member about 14 years ago

    Lucy prefers hose over wearing crocs.

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    GROG Premium Member about 14 years ago

    Those memoirs are likely going to end up to be pure fiction.

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    Joe.Hilbig  about 14 years ago

    It’s so nice to see that very young children read the comics on line!

    But why do adults never comment?

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    ses1066  about 14 years ago

    ^ @ Joe.Hilbig ^ ^ Because we reserve our comments for the comment commentators. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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    Lurah  about 14 years ago

    Cute!

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    coot31  about 14 years ago

    Several years ago I overheard an old vet say, “Hell! We all remember things that never happened.”

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    Trebor39  about 14 years ago

    C’mon Danae, that croc wasn’t nearly that big.

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    RonBerg13 Premium Member about 14 years ago

    D@mnit! I’ve been reading this comic strip for several years now.

    Would someone please tell me…

    The pony - is it real or is it Hobbes?

    Blessings on those who answer this burning question.

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    Justice22  about 14 years ago

    To answer Ron,,, Yes!

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    milano99  about 14 years ago

    Lucy is real……

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    MatureCanadian  about 14 years ago

    Sorry Ron, Lucy is real only to us and Danae. Other “Grown-ups” see only a stuffed toy. But just like Tinkerbell, we believe!

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    Auslander47  about 14 years ago

    What’s the logo on Danae’s shirt?

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    Wiley creator about 14 years ago

    No, MatureCanadian. Lucy is not a stuffed toy. She’s Danae’s horse, just as Petey is Kate’s dog. Instead of Danae having the usual pet, I thought it would be more fun for her to have a horse. After all, what little girl doesn’t want her own horse?

    Ripping off Watterson’s scenario of the stuffed toy being real to the character would be beyond lame an unimaginative.

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    lazygrazer  about 14 years ago

    SEE?—Wiley’s above comment is a perfect example of today’s comic. He types out whatever he wants and we tend to fall for it. What if he’s lying??

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    Wildmustang1262  about 14 years ago

    Danae, do not write the adventure like Indiana Jones and the Ark and etc….

    Auslander47 said, 25 minutes ago

    What’s the logo on Danae’s shirt?

    Danae’s shirt has a “yellow heart with white skull.”

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    Wiley creator about 14 years ago

    For those who want the whole story, it was compiled in a book a few years ago. Go here and buy a few dozen to pass around to your friends and family!

    http://astore.amazon.com/ucomicscom/detail/0740750992

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    milano99  about 14 years ago

    I love the fact that the author (I disdain the term “cartoonist” for talented people like Wiley) monitors and chimes in with comments and clarifications. I also love the fact that my 8-year-old granddaughter is more like Kate than Danae ;-)

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    Can't Sleep  about 14 years ago

    Let’s get something straight –

    I love Calvin & Hobbes as much as any of you, but Bill Watterson is not the be-all and end-all of comics.

    After all, Calvin’s adventures with Hobbes was simply an update of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh. (You know, a little boy’s imaginary adventures with a stuffed toy?)

    So please, loose all the “Gee, you’re stealing from Bill Watterson” remarks. If that’s all you think of Non Sequitur, you haven’t been reading it for long.

    But if you can only relate cartoons and stories as far as Calvin and Hobbes, go to the library.

    Kids and their animals in comics have been around for more than a hundred years, going back to Buster Brown and his dog Tige (who debuted in 1902).

    They were the creation of Richard Outcault, who also created the Yellow Kid, the first American comic strip.

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    Jaroca2  about 14 years ago

    You can’t tell how deep a puddle is from the top…………..

    my grandson is proof of that

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    Wiley creator about 14 years ago

    milano99 said, “I disdain the term “cartoonist”…

    Why? What’s wrong with that? I appreciate the sentiment, but I am a cartoonist and there’s nothing wrong or derogatory about the term. Unfortunately, it has been used as an epithet of sorts, demeaning it as a lesser form by the literary elite, probably because it remains more popular with the majority of readers than anything else in the newspaper. Always has, always will.

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    lin4869  about 14 years ago

    I’m not sure I can explain it, but I’ve been in love with Lucy since she first appeared. I have always been enamoured of draft horses and Lucy has the cutest “hoofies.” Her being paired with Danae makes it all so fascinating. Thank you, Wiley!

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    yyyguy  about 14 years ago

    science fiction was another genre that was looked down upon by the literati. i have much respect for all authors and cartoonists who can consistently entertain me. and both comic strips and science fiction have obtained a higher regard in recent years. about time, i say. thank you for sharing your talents with us Wiley.

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    JP Steve Premium Member about 14 years ago

    So Danae got her facts a little mixed up – it must have been a muddle puddle!

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    MobyD  about 14 years ago

    I haven’t been reading this strip all that long either, so I wondered about whether Lucy is supposed to be “real” or whether she just comes alive in Danae’s imagination. But then Lucy said something about getting her “hoofs” washed and I didn’t think one would do that for a toy. Then I saw Wiley’s clarifying comment. I’m still not sure if anyone besides Danae can hear Lucy when she talks.

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    Joseph Krois  about 14 years ago

    On my horse one day… Out to romp, out to play…. Having stepped in mud, so vile… Sadly disturbed a crocodile… But mind to wit… And lasso so quick… Did save my horse’s bleeep awhile… (While I made up even more salacious adventures!)

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    Joseph Krois  about 14 years ago

    Hey, what’s with the expletive deleter function? Lasso is a word!!!!

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    cutiepie29  about 14 years ago

    I see the word “lasso” in your poem. Just not one word in the next line.

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    MatureCanadian  about 14 years ago

    Wiley, I do apologize for intimating that your strip was dirivitive of another’s. I had forgotten the beginning. Had the book but it was taken away by my children when I kept having “accidents” from laughing so hard. Will put it on my wish list for upcoming gift-giving events. Again, mea culpa.

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    Joseph Krois  about 14 years ago

    Just for the record, when I first posted my comment, “lasso” appeared as “lbleeepo”. I thought I was having a senior moment ! STG!

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