Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 15, 2009

Okay, I’ve been following this - - sort of. The members of the tribe with no name appear to be dressed for tropical weather. - - But the ship appears to be a viking ship, which is from colder climes. And normally, seals (or sea lions) are in nontropical regions.

So where are we?

Manhattan?

People, people. shakes head Must I remind you: CARTOON PAINT.

Serves you right, jerks! (The tribe with no name, not the commentators.)

Sadly, the Tribe With No Name that lived off the hard work of others survived not only that winter, but are with us unto this very day.

They are now better known as politicians.

I guess some people are into this weekly storyline, personally, it’s not working for me. I can’t remember the previous week’s strip one hundred percent, then it leave’s you hanging until the next week (as if I would remember this one considering all the comics I read in a day). IMHO Wiley should have done the “Eden before Eve” concept that focuses more on the gag than a dragged out storyline.

I don’t know, I’m following it okay. The Viking ship is because Homer came to them in the Viking ship. He was cared for by the Miqmak but not one of them. I think Wiley wants a story-line that’s totally different from his weekday work but still continuous.

You can refresh your memory about last weeks story line if you are genius. Click on the calendar in the upper left corner and select i 8, the previous Sunday.

And they too passed into obscurity.

Actually, he was a card-carring piute.

well, i follow the the line and the weekly strip, no problem. NS is one of the strips I read even when I have no time, just the basics.

Well, I don’t know where Wiley is going with this but what fun would it be if I DID know where he was going with it… I’m new here, but I have to say that I read Non Sequitur online before anything else in the morning. Sure beats the news.

How about “Organized religion”…

Thank you, Wiley. I love the art work and the colors, particularly in frame 3. And I enjoy wondering where the story goes next.

Is Homer’s pal about to re-enter the story at last? I was wondering what happened to him after he fed the bear to the killer whales…

Thanks, Wiley. I enjoy the comics for what they are…. And my guess is Homer’s “Mi’K’maq” are from Newfoundland (where they have discovered that yes, the Vikings had settlements in what is now called North America long before the Europeans…)

You tell em Wiey.

Thanks Wiley. And for what it’s worth, I like the weekly storyline.

Great art can be interpreted several different ways and stimulates thought. Wiley is indeed one of the greats.

Prince Valiant and Little Nemo in Slumberland did just fine for many years with a weekly format.

Wiley,with all this talk about you flagging anyone who goes against your wish to be “apolitical” something had occurred to me: have you ever been flagged yourself..?

Because I fear some people might read into your stance like the “Constitutional Peasant” in “Monty Python & the Holy Grail” and do that just to say “Two can play at that game”

The Sunday edition has more panels so it allows for more plot development each time. Besides, it’s a great way to keep us reading, either to catch up with Danae and the gang during the week or to catch up with what is happening in the Sunday Funnies. Or, like me, BOTH. Thanks for the work Mr. Wiley - and for your referee skills ;-).

Your’e missing the point this isn’t political, it’s about the human condition. There is always some nameless fear waiting to wipe us out. We have to adapt, change and learn how to survive. Then the fear ceases to exist. Conquer your fears, instead of blaming others for your situation, look to yourself to resolve it! Hurrah Wiley I commend you.

I enjoy every story line, but Ordinary Basil. It’s kinda boring to me..but that’s just my taste. The preoccupation with Danae in the daily strip is getting a little old….But, again, I just prefer the other characters.

My link to GoComics is the Nonsequitur page – on several computers. I don’t have eidetic memory, but I don’t have any trouble following the story line unless I miss a week or two.

Political trolls should hang out under another bridge on Sundays. Please!

Go Wiley!

I think it’s refreshing to see an author state that sometimes a story is just a story, that there is no need to read anything more into it. It must be doubly frustrating for an author to see their simple stories being twisted to represent something that goes completely against their own beliefs. Not that I’m saying that’s what is happening here, mind you, just in general.

Your published comics are downright brilliant, Wiley—but your threat to censor public comments about them isn’t. Take a breath, friend.

Actually card carring stems from the “Tail-Gunner-Joe” era used in a western comic strip called “Tumbleweeds” and the character was “Bucolic Buffalo” that used it. and, confound it! I never could remember how to spell piute or pyute or whatever it is, inasmuch as I am part cherokee and mescalero myself, alas.

I like the strip, until he drags these “Homer the Reluctant Soul” storylines into it. I hated “Ordinary Basil” too. Thank God he only does this on occasion, and just on Sundays.

Children, children. Behave now. Wiley is right. If you want to bring your “bash the %#$*& __” (fill in the blank) rants here, you are not welcome. Try “State Of The Union” - political comments are welcomed there. I’ll grant that sometimes Wiley’s strip seems to be making a political comment of one kind or another, but the operative word here is “seems”. To use that as an excuse to display your political bias ad infinitum is annoying and unwelcome. To use Wiley’s simple request to confine your comments to the comic strip as an excuse to spout your intolerance is just plain childish. Grow up.

Wiley,

My sincere and humble apologies.

It was not my intent to stir things up. I was only attempting to make a generic, non-partisan gag in reaction to how much I enjoy your work, and the Sunday story lines in particular. I see now that I should stick to my day job.

Your Sunday strips are a highlight of the week, and I deeply regret causing any angst.

Regarding the TWNN’s apparel - wasn’t the Medieval Warm Period (AD 800–1300) right around this time?

I seem to recall that there’s some Tierra Del Fuego tribe that dresses a bit sparsely despite the climate.

Maybe Duncan will get some of his semiaquatic mammal friends to help keep the boat steady in the choppy water. They could even catch a few fish for the Mi’kmaqs - a gesture that would dissuade the Mi’kmaqs from thinking about dining on some of their rescuers.

As far as location is concerned, the “Mic Macs” are native to Maine and New Brunswick…why the obscure Indian tribe is dressed that way, I cannot say.

dear folks, i don’t usually comment but today well…wiley, thank you for your work. recently ‘cracked’ had an article about ‘trolls’ the best thing to do is ‘flag and ignore’ . i have noted that for some reason here in the comics section there seems to be a lot of trolls i guess they have nothing to do with the rest of their life than be trolls but anyway…. this is a comic strip, well done, i come here to read enjoy and move on with my life, hopefully with a smile and a thought for the day. if you are in the editorial section then have at it but this is the COMICS. get on with your life and have a nice day.

Isn’t it amazing how the morons can turn any forum into a mud tussle?

Hint, you may be a moron if you think you need an apostrophe to make the plural of “democrat”. If you think the words “apostrophe” and “plural” are too brainy for reg’lar folks ta use, then you’re definitely a moron.

They seem to pop up everywhere, don’t they?

I BUT WISH MY CARTOONS WERE AS CREATIVE.

With all the name calling looks like many missed the point of todays comic. By living off of the industry of others the TWNN condemed itself to obscurity when forced to rely on themselves. While certainly not in any way a political lesson todays comic is a pertainent lesson in values. If you’re going to raid other people for your food, make sure you have a boat.

Interesting!

Love the expression of the one sitting down in panel 3… He looks so dejected…

Nuts to the Poli-nuts. I may never get an answer to something that’s eating at me at this point thanks to being all this way down the comment thread but: Wiley, is there any significance to the v2.2 to the 2nd power on the monitor or was it just something “math-y” sounding for it?

I get the G Infinity (although isn’t there an Infinti G-series car?) but the v2.2 to the second is bugging me for some reason.

As for the Sunday strip gripe, it seems self-eveident to me: they’re larger and you can do more detail artwork. Look at Ordinary Basil and Homer…the detail is much higher than ever gets seen in a daily strip.

No, if I’m gonna gripe about something in strip it’s that the “girlfriend for Joe” sequence died suddenly with one sister (Danae’s preferred version) in Vegas and the other (Joe’s preferred version) minding the clam shack.

That’s one long winning streak she’s on to have stayed in Vegas that long (though in my mental version, they’re the same woman, said lady having realized that Joe would never look at her “that way” as long as he thinks of her as his old childhood bud…)

Seriously, Wiley…sequenceus interruptus…

Quoth the Richard, I never could remember how to spell piute or pyute

Paiute. They lived in Oregon, California, Utah, Nevada and Arizona. Don’t feel bad. I don’t think they could spell it either. No written language, doncha know.

It’s an unimaginative man who can only think of one way to spell a word. – Mark Twain

Wiley insisted: Ok, folks… there’s nothing political here, and like yesterday, I don’t want any of you using this cartoon forum as your personal little stump for the tiresome partisan politics.

Honestly, sir, I think you’re going a bit overboard here. I was in complete agreement with you yesterday when you took after the ones who turned every punch line into a personal vendetta against a particular national leader.

That qualifies as “using this artoon forum as your personal stump for partisan politics.”

In my honest and worth-both-cents opinion, making satirical references to politicians or even an entire political party, regarding a comic strip story line involving a hostile tribe of natives – that is not hijacking a cartoon strip blog for partisan political propaganda preachmentalization purposes.

It’s satire in the most ancient and honored humor tradition. Johathan Swift. Mark Twain.

“I can say, and say with some pride, that these United States have some legislatures which command among the highest prices in the world.” – Mark Twain

I too tired of seeing Obama getting bashed every day by one clueless idiot or another, but it was easy to pass over the message and not read it. That’s what avatar icons are for.

However, today’s thread has been hijacked completely over the issue of what’s appropriate to post here and what’s not, and the resulting flood of responses from those free spirits who make this cartoon as popular as it is saying

Wait, what? Explaining the humor in your stip in detail to us are you? We’ll just see about that. Flag this

And it can’t be passed over in favor of the comments I want to read. Those are, well, buried in the mud slide.

Do you see the irony here?

WIley then concluded: Those who do are flagged.

Since you seem to be doing what you have asked us not to, I feel duty-bound to flag your comment. I hope you’ll understand.

Ever our fan and uflagging ally, “nonsequitous” the non-nonsequitur

so they fit all their people and all their provisions into one boat?