Monty by Jim Meddick for August 04, 2012
August 03, 2012
August 05, 2012
Transcript:
You're over your writer's block? Hmm? What? Oh yeah. Sure. Sure. Just gettin' coffee. All work and no play makes Monty a dull boy. All work and no play makes Monty a dull boy. All work and no play makes Monty a dull boy. Cartoony lettering is a little less scary than the old-fashioned typewriter in The Shining, but it's still pretty freaky...
tuna1 over 12 years ago
HEEEEEEEERE’S MONTY!
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
Monty: a washed-up, drained, ex-would-be author, already! It’s a tough publishing world out there, E.B.!
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago
That suspended-in-the-air desk lamp is kinda freaky too.What magic is afoot?Or at hand…. or an elbow…
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago
You could be right, Sisyphos…but it looks too short to reach EB’s head from the floor — unless the base and shade are huge in proportion.
And the helical cord seems to be hanging straight down from the base.Eeerie……
Varnes over 12 years ago
Knowing E B, he may fall in love with the magic lamp….
johndifool over 12 years ago
I don’t want to hurt you, I just want to bash your circuits in…
SharkNose over 12 years ago
Better hide the axes…
sleeepy2 over 12 years ago
If it was Comic Sans it would be really scary.
Raygun over 12 years ago
The lamp is on the floor to create the eerie lighting effects – “tip toe tip toe…” – in panel three. What a great strip.
frumdebang over 12 years ago
I think the strip would have been better had Meddick not told us in panel 4 that panel 3 was a “The Shining” reference. Give your readers some credit, Jim. Your strip ain’t Pluggers, y’know.
boldyuma over 12 years ago
@ Radish..Good one!..
Can’t wait till next week for more twist and turns in the plot.