Clem knows the use of some good adjectives. It takes some doing. You can’t just throw “awesome” or “spooky” in there, and try to do the job. You gotta go all Lovecraftian on folks and let the words ooze into everyone’s ears…
and send them to their tents, wishing there were doors… and furniture to pile against those doors… and electricity for some nice light fixtures to turn on and drive back the night. But, y’know… TENTS. Oh, well.
Sorry. Couldn’t stand it. Had to get One… More… Gag out of it.
Ha! You thought it was all done, yesterday. Right? But I got ya, right? Did I get ya?
Also, Urine punchline. Twice. Booyah. And just a few weeks after the big fart joke. We’re going downhill faster than a li’l red wagon, here.
Now, we’re back to comparing the two story styles…
Mine, and the kid’s. Mine is easier to color, that’s all I know.
I’ve got a spooky story to tell you. I like it, and I hope you do, too.
•also, apologies for this going up late again. I don’t know what the server’s problem is, but the alerts keep popping up that I can’t finish uploading these cartoons. Then I go to bed cranky.•
I like to read (or hear) David Sedaris books.
He pointed out some time back that his family quit (or tried to) telling stories in front of him, even when he swore he wouldn’t run off with them and put them in one of his books. Because he always ran off with them and put them in one of his books. Stories fly around all the time… sometimes, they need catching and spiffing up, right?
As I’ve mentioned before… probably several times… I did this trick on a person. Only it was five bucks, not twenty.
But it was all in fun, and I think I gave the kid the five anyhow. Entertainment value and all.
But really, try not to say “Like” a lot. That just irritates people and it’s lazy conversation.
Me? I say, “Y’know” a lot. Way too much. Irritatingly, blitheringly too much. But that’s okay, and doesn’t make me crazy when I’m aware of it while I talk. Y’know.
Do you guys remember when I used to do three cartoons a week, and a couple of blog updates too?
Maybe not. The metrics on the blog updates was wretched. I eventually quit so my family could see me for another minute or two a day.
But why not remind everyone of the fun they were missing?
That’s right! I wrote a silly article on FIRE LUMPS!
Here’s the photo that went with it.
Thrilling. Now that I think about it, there may be a reason there weren’t many page views on the ol’ blogs.
Tried this story out at a campfire… twice. It worked once. You try. Let me know how it goes.
Say, you know the shortest scary story in the world, right? “The last man in the world sat in a room. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.”
I love that one. And if you tell it to kids around a campfire, and they’re not sufficiently creeped out, you can tell them that it was a woman that knocked. The little ones are then totally grossed out.
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