Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 01, 2009
October 31, 2009
November 02, 2009
Transcript:
The deadliest beast in the forest wasn't the strongest or the fastest, it was the most treacherous... man. I found the body of a hunter stripped of all his possessions on my journey back to the Mi'k Maq tribe. I immediately knew this was the handiwork of a vicious tribe that had no name... or a conscience. It was fall, a time when tries prepared for the long, harsh winter... and when this nameless, soulless tribe was the most dangerous. They survived by raiding other tribes, leaving nothing but death and destruction in their wake. I had to get back and warn the Mi'k Maq! It all seemed vaguely familiar... then suddenly, all my memory came rushing back! It was just like the marauding Norsemen* I escaped from... Dog: Oh, goody. Reruns... Angel: Duncan, be nice. Homer: Yeah, but oddly enough, it put me at ease... because I had a plan! Homer - the Reluctant Soul... *The Djorks - fundamentalist Vikings.
oranaiche about 15 years ago
“Djörks” … good one!
wicky about 15 years ago
Excellent piece Wiley.
aldridgeg about 15 years ago
Dagny Taggart knew what she was talking about. Sorry guys. No sunshine. No lollipops. No rainbows. Unless you get them for yourself. TANSTAAFL.
Charles Brobst Premium Member about 15 years ago
bailout bankers with lots of foreclosures on their books.
Wiley creator about 15 years ago
You have leaped to a conclusion that was never presented or even hinted at in this story, “Zoot”. This storyline dates back to 2003, which was the allusion in this edition on just how Homer got there.
Anold Greenman about 15 years ago
2003, Arrrgggg, you’re making my head hurt. Help me out here, which collection contains that part of the “Homer - past life regression” series?
tcolkett about 15 years ago
I’m getting the feel of “free market fundamentalists” here. The Ayn Randian curse of the 21st century and potential downfall of civil society.
tcolkett about 15 years ago
I’m getting the feel of “free market fundamentalists” here. The Ayn Randian curse of the 21st century and potential downfall of civil society.
kfaatz925 about 15 years ago
Whatever the higher meaning, great strip and lovely artwork.
Wiley creator about 15 years ago
Why do so many of you here insist on reading something into the cartoons that simply aren’t there? It’s just an adventure story. No hidden meanings or editorializing, just a story.
And, sorry, but there’s no collection of past Homer stories. Not yet, anyway.
Anold Greenman about 15 years ago
Bummer - no Homer Collection. Sigh. Such is life.
Thanks for the great story line and artwork!
GLENN B WOODEN about 15 years ago
Please get to work on that collection. My illustrator brother-in-law is interested in your work and asked if you had any published collections. It is frustrating for those of us who subscribe to GOCOMICS to have no hard-copy format to share with admirers. Amazing artwork and compelling storyline. Attaboy!!
Wiley creator about 15 years ago
There are several collections, including the Non Sequitur Sunday Treasury, which does contain some of the Homer strips. There are also my Ordinary Basil books which are linked on this page.
kirbey about 15 years ago
I like/dislike these story lines because it is so hard for me to wait for Sunday ! ! !
Beautiful artwork
lazygrazer about 15 years ago
Wiley, the clever conclusions to your adventure stories always remain to be seen—exactly as you planned—so why not take the jaded guesses in stride as your tales unfold?
Congratulations on earning such a big and responsive following.
JanLC about 15 years ago
Let’s see, a fundamentalist is someone who believes in the fundamentals of a particular subject. That makes me a fundamentalist in accounting, motherhood, marriage and cat husbandry. (Not to say I’m fundamentally excellent in any of these, just that I fundamentally believe in their fundamentals.) Oh yeah, and comics. I love comics.
aerwalt about 15 years ago
Wiley, just keep doing what you’re doing.
Wiley creator about 15 years ago
“…so why not take the jaded guesses in stride as your tales unfold?”
That’s actually what I’m doing, trying to keep some readers here to just let the story unfold without trying to find some hidden political agenda in it.
daking27 about 15 years ago
Even when you DO have a political agenda, it’s seldom hidden, and I appreciate your equal opportunity skewering. We all need deflating. Thanks!
Miller_Junkie about 15 years ago
” …. BECAUSE I HAD A PLAN ! ” . Thanks Wiley, everybody needs a plan. . Sort of like the old days when Wiley Miller was the on the staff of the Santa Rosa (Californa) Press Democrat and moonlighting by drawing people cartoons in the bar downtown on the bar napkins. True ? That’s Gold man.
mirthiful about 15 years ago
Love the name “Djörks”!
Wiley creator about 15 years ago
For those like Mr. Doty who are still a bit confused about the Homer saga, it is nothing more than fiction. It is NOT religious in any way, but it is spiritual (there’s a difference). And the character doing Homer’s “Past Life Review” is not God. That’s Bert, who is a counseling angel.
The element of reincarnation is central to the theme here as a writing device, which enables me to place Homer into any era of history, which means he would look different in each life… different races and different genders, depending on the storyline. The only consistent “look” he has is when he’s in Heaven.
I hope that clears things up.
strodgers about 15 years ago
Wiley, I’m not sure which I like best, the daily or the Sunday. But so far it seems that many of the story lines that go for weeks(Sunday’s) could be made into a good movie. (except do to the fact Hollywood Producers would be doing it their way.)
bmonk about 15 years ago
@Ushindi, JAD certainly seems to know all about it. I’m not at all sure how he learned. And I’m utterly certain that he never learned about symbolic or metaphorical language: he insists on a totally literal interpretation of everything…
Yukoneric about 15 years ago
Do Djorks drive fyords?
Varnes about 15 years ago
Hey, wasn’t Jesus a Democrat? (Sorry Wiley, I couldn’t resist!)
Ronshua about 15 years ago
He was / is anti-establishment that’s for sure . Is that grounds for Democrat ?