Java 309
Time to start the Java letters show! So much easier to draw, I could probably do these twice a week. Maybe I could have Lana Louis-Lane fill in for Java one of these days. Her newscasts are also really easy to draw… :o)
Ok, so I’ll be answering questions from: Steve, Senok13, Archives and Cat Man over the next few strips. MerlinOfTheTower, I didn’t use your question for the Sphinx but I did use the contents of your first letter to spring the sphinx and get him to the coffee shop. So 5 Kick Points to all of y’all. To everyone else, sorry, I only pick the ones I think I can turn into some kind of gag. Feel free to submit additional questions from now until I start drawing, you know, “real” comics.
Hey, maybe the Sphinx will start hanging out at the cafe from now on. Can’t have too many talking felines in a comic strip, right?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Archives, what city are you from? (for the letter column).
Lynden, Washington!
42? Hope that wizard remembered his towel to cry in.
Anyone here to young to have read Hitchhikers Guide?
You know, I know the reference but I’ve never actually read the book. I started it but got bored. I actually fell asleep watching the movie.
The Movie. (EYE ROLL)
Movies are always “*$#@&%!” compared to the book. Read the book, then we’ll talk.
Yeah the book is great!
Maybe you should read Matt Vogon poetry till he whimpers and crack’s the book open? As an aside, the BBC TV version was my introduction and led me to reading the book. It might have helped that Arther Dent is played by the actor who was the model for, er, Arthur Dent.
Java would snap my spindly wrists like violin strings!
Can’t recommend the book enough. If you don’t have enough time for it there’s Bleak Expectations…. here:
https://archive.org/details/BleakExpectationsS02E02AReKipperedLifeSmashedSomeMore
For free (legally) online. It’s the same vein of British absurdist humour, but in audio form!
Yes, that IS the answer to most question that have a number for an answer.
Later.
“You were wrong, Sphinxie. It only took 20 slaps for him to start crying.”
“Yes, but that was to cry like a normal wizard. At 42 is when the pitch of his voice changes so that his crying is like a little girl.”
“… Seriously?”
“Uh huh!”
“I’ll be back.”
I would like to point out that I have never actually hurt Java. Even the leopard thing was just a joke (I can’t believe he still thinks he was pretending – sweet). It was supposed to time out and not hurt the little cub. But if he continues to attack me I may have to cast another spell – for example, some jurisdictions require declawing.
I think I’ll hazard another question – we need to know what to call our Sphinx.
“True names are private so I can’t use that. What should we call you Golden Sphinx? Your pal, Merlin.
Sorry, check the Email on this comment for a match – that was my question.
For those who don’t have the energy to read Hitchhikers guide here is an easy to watch BBC TV version. It is also a chance for fans to see if their memory is clear and good. Possibly the World has changed to the point it now seems normal.