I thought I might use this space today to explain why I used this particular punchline.
Hopefully everyone (save for one or two people) saw it and thought, “Oh, cute, they think Bigfoot is a Wookie. What a fine pop-culture mash-up.”
But there’s also people like Mike Norton, who does Battlepug (The link is down there on the left, on the main page. You HAVE clicked on it before now, right?)
Mike used to live here. He’s a tallish, hairyish sort of fellow his ownself and he draws comic books. Lots and lots of comic books. The good ones. The real ones. One of my favorite illustrations he’s done made me laugh out loud. I’m not even sure it was in a printed comic. It wasn’t when I saw the art, yet. Anyhow, the page showed Mike himself at a comic convention being forced to confront an obnoxious attendee or something like that. I only remember the funny bit- the funny bit was Mike rising up out of his chair to tower over this other guy while two little kids watched from off to one side.
One of the kids says, “Ten bucks on the Wookie.”
I have no idea if that was an original line, or a parody of a movie line or what. I don’t know if I recall the page correctly at all. I do recall being so impressed by the art and the line that I, like many other people reportedly have done, tried to buy the original page.
That was many years ago, and when I laid out this cartoon, I had a totally other gagline in mind. ‘Til I remembered Mike and his page.
So, tip o’ the hat, Mike… and for the rest of you… “Hey, look, the dumb guy in the audience mistook Bigfoot for a Wookie.”
I’d put my money on the wookie too, but it would fall off.
I see a Liti-Gator up there… ought to be interesting race for sure.
Didja see the Wookiee got into trouble with a light saber? Who knew he would join the Jedi? http://tinyurl.com/kbpvzov
Of course it was the TSA bothering Peter Mayhew about his lightsaber looking cane. He got on Twitter and the TSA decided to quit giving him grief and give him his cane back and let him through. Sheesh.
I know the TSA is there for a reason but we hear about all the (eye roll) stuff that happens…..
Don’t be silly. They did a five-minute check because it was an unusual weight for a walking stick. They weren’t looking at his Twitter feed.
http://now.msn.com/peter-mayhew-chewbacca-actor-and-tsa-clash-over-lightsaber-cane?ocid=ansnow11 what I read…..
$ 5 on Paste
$10 on Wookie
$ 5 on the dude with the drink helmet.
Will Paste even be able to start? He can’t even see over the handlebars!
Paste can keep up with Hubris on the trails, so he’ll be a contender. I’m just hoping that Ike has a ghost of a chance here. The wookie would be faster if he threw the bike over his shoulder and ran down. The liti-gator will end up in the pile created by “is it a nice bike” guy, and everyone else will get caught behind them. Nikki probably has some experience on a bike, so she’ll maybe come in in the top three.
I’m tellin’ ya- it’s the little kids that learn that focus who do the most amazing stuff.
We shall see…
Ok, then Ike and Paste tied for first and second, Nikki in third.
Nah, I think a woman is going to take this one.