Strange: The first time I saw this, the captain had a “tomato”. Creative editing in the ol’ hometown paper, I guess, but is “tomato” more PC than “leggy, full-lipped chick”?
It was “tomato” when it was printed in the book too. Is tomato the original or is chick? Personally, I think tomato is funnier just because it’s an inherently more humorous word, but I’d really like to know which was the original.
I like reading this strips on gocomics not only to catch the ones that didn’t make the books (that I no longer remember at all!) but to try to spot the ones that are different. (This one was pretty obvious!) What I read was that Breathed changed some of the wording for the books when he didn’t like what he’d originally written. Pulling a George Lucas, you could say. This is one case where I think the change (to “tomato”) is better, though. More pithy.
wndrwrthg over 15 years ago
The captian has a…
ejcapulet over 15 years ago
The captain has a regular human chick, therefore the captain needs a room with a locking door.
Sisyphos over 15 years ago
Gotta like those “leggy, full-lipped chick[s].”
heligmyer over 15 years ago
Time for Spock and Sulu to go off on a landing party.
txmystic over 15 years ago
Strange: The first time I saw this, the captain had a “tomato”. Creative editing in the ol’ hometown paper, I guess, but is “tomato” more PC than “leggy, full-lipped chick”?
eriknielsen over 15 years ago
It was “tomato” when it was printed in the book too. Is tomato the original or is chick? Personally, I think tomato is funnier just because it’s an inherently more humorous word, but I’d really like to know which was the original.
Charles Spencer Premium Member over 15 years ago
Oh, good, I thought it was just me. I too remember this as being ‘tomato’, and I agree that word is much funnier than ‘chick’.
tobybartels over 15 years ago
Whatever's in the book (Loose Tails) is the original (well, according to the book).
ejcapulet over 15 years ago
I don’t think ‘chick’ is any more PC than ‘tomato’ - I’ve been called a chick, but I’d love to be called a tomato sometime!
bloomfan over 15 years ago
I like reading this strips on gocomics not only to catch the ones that didn’t make the books (that I no longer remember at all!) but to try to spot the ones that are different. (This one was pretty obvious!) What I read was that Breathed changed some of the wording for the books when he didn’t like what he’d originally written. Pulling a George Lucas, you could say. This is one case where I think the change (to “tomato”) is better, though. More pithy.