Since these cartoons have already run over on the Patreon page, I’ve already got some feedback on this one…
So let’s examine Kara’s behavior… Competition junkie tries to turn her life around by dating someone who dotes on her and suits her father and doesn’t enable her competition addiction.
And she tries to turn him into Hubris the very second that she’s accomplished her goal.
Yep. Perfectly normal human behavior.
I’m now going to the kitchen to get my fifth soda of the day that I swore off five times today already.
There are always those arguments, that, once you’re in them, you tend to either back down or double down. It all depends on whether you’re getting hot about it or cold about it.
People hot into an argument will double down even when there’s that little voice in their heads telling them it’s gonna cost ’em dear if they can’t shut up and think for a minute.
People cold on an argument are already thinking about tomorrow and how they’re gonna make sure this difference of opinion becomes something somebody’s gonna wish they hadn’t got hot over.
People who tend to waffle and waver between the hot and cold go lukewarm and… let’s face it, they don’t win or lose. They just set up to have another argument later on.
This is a gentle stab at it. The first example that I can recall using in Hubris cartoons is when Kara first introduces Hubris to her dad. I even worked in a synonym, so I could wedge in more repetitions. I don’t recall how many repetitions it was back then and I’m too lazy to go find out. Plus, that was way back when Hubris was a horizontal cartoon strip, and there wasn’t as much room for dialogue. Maybe there were four or five. Maybe six. I can sorta picture using more, but…
I picture Lowell as one of the few people who could name a dozen department heads at his university, but not the coach. Typically, it’s the other way around.
I own a couple of Ohio State University hats and shirts, acquired during the Festival Of Cartoon Art they used to host. I get a kick out of people who see me in the park or someplace and say, “Yeah! OSU!”. I usually say, “Yeah! Billy Ireland Museum of Cartoon Art! … oh, I understand the school has a sports team or something, too, right?”
“Why” is sometimes a question that can shorten the heck out of a conversation. I mean, some of the videos on those old TV shows that were just collections of videos… (and the ones on Facebook now) are things you can’t question if you don’t want the magic taken away. For instance, I watched a video collage (is that what you call those? The ones that have a series of little videos strung together into one larger, funnier video) the other day of people doing face plants in various places.
One of the face plants was a woman going down an escalator and suddenly, whump, she goes down and scatters herself badly by the time she gets to the bottom of the moving stairs. Fine. But then you ask “Why”.
As in, “Why was there someone video-ing this woman (from behind) going down what is apparently an airport escalator?” It’s not security video. There’s no one else in frame. There’s nothing especially engaging about the woman one way or the other. But the video shows us this spectacular stumble and splatter… halfway down the escalator. Why, when the first half of the escalator ride was so uneventful, would someone continue video-ing this person… Unless she and the videographer had agreed beforehand that she would do something interesting on the ride down?
So here WE are with Lowell confronting the question, “Why”.
Let’s see if he can prove the videographer to be essential to the process.
How many times have I started conversations with my kids, or arranged meetings, or gone somewhere to accomplish something- and thought I had a reason. Sometimes, more than one reason. I like it when errands are done with, like, at least three reasons in mind.
And then, you get the point when you realize that your reasons break down one by one, and finally… You’re at Target SuperStore for, essentially, whatever you see that you can buy and make it look like you didn’t discover that you were on a fool’s errand the whole time. Poptarts and a diet Mountain Dew. Y’know, like you meant to come in for that. Maybe a Cadbury egg or two, in season.
See that ‘Share’ bug over there on the right hand side of the screen? That’s the latest angle on adding people to Team Hubris. If you use social media, roll over that ‘share’ and click on your preferred method of spreading the word about Hubris. You could even go to the first cartoon, share THAT, and get your buddies started on their own Hubris adventure. It’s much appreciated on my end, and hopefully a good read on their end. Thanks, guys! You, as ever, Rock!
I managed to cobble this thing together. It’s weird, and I had some issues that YouTube didn’t like, but take a look…
I have no idea why it’s up in the corner like that. There were several versions that were higher resolution, too, but YouTube wouldn’t load those at all. I have no idea where I botched it up, but there you go. Anyhow, I have no idea why the one guy stood around clipping his fingernails… I mean, I’d already asked him to move one way or the other ’cause I was filming. Who knows.
What matters is that the clinic classes went really well, and a lot of skaters learned new skills. I learned to drop in at my favorite skatepark. So there. The next clinic and competition is in February, and involves ‘street’ skills- meaning that the flat areas of the park will get used. This time was for half-pipe type skills. Some of the very youngest students didn’t drop in- the older ones rolled in, and a couple of the very littlest guys climbed down into the bowl and skated from there. It was great.
Also, the laid-back music I put on this Gideo was for the little folks and their parents who see skate videos with all the screamin’ and the cussin’ and the crashing guitar noise and are put off by it. Don’t be put off. Go and get you some exercise at the skatepark.
