Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer for August 26, 2019

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    Concretionist  over 5 years ago

    There are very few true artists who have mastered the business of making a living through art. And very few business people who have any artistic talent. Unfortunately, among the few who manage to cross over, far too many end up creating the same damn thing over and over, because it sells. Remember the big-eyed Keane kids?

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    Auntie Socialist  over 5 years ago

    I thought this character worked for an obnoxious boss fielding complaints from their obnoxious perennially unsatisfied client while perennially trying to get his obnoxious underling to fill out his RJ-17 form

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    David OBrien  over 5 years ago

    This is probably a side job.

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    the Batusi  over 5 years ago

    Stick with the Allies and go with a PBY Cat-alina. Or maybe a Flying Fur-tress.

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    ChessPirate  over 5 years ago

    Kitty Hawk; Flying Tigers; F-11 Tiger; F-14 Tomcat; F4F Wildcat; F6F Hellcat; F7F Tigercat; F8F Bearcat; F9F Cougar; F9F Panther. And there’s probably more…

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    ekke  over 5 years ago

    I think Scott has dropped into reality here and temporarily left behind the world of RJ-17 forms. Or, at least, some version of reality, where he is authoring a comic strip. Not realistic, you say?

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    Andrew Sleeth  over 5 years ago

    It’s just plain dangerous for me to read Meyer’s strip while I’m eating.

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    Stephen Gilberg  over 5 years ago

    Hey, drawing Nazi cats worked for Art Spiegelman. Of course, he wasn’t trying to be funny.

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    Stephen Gilberg  over 5 years ago

    BTW, I kinda miss page-a-day calendars. They used to be so common. On the plus side, less consumption of paper.

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    GavinHamilton  over 5 years ago

    A really clever thinking strip about what Scott is actually doing, selling his art. But that’s not a Nazi plane, it’s a WWI German plane. Is that part of the joke?

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