Oh, the ants! My friend, Kevin and i had a discussion about this strip. He insists that it would be as funny or funnier if you had no knowledge of the bible - based on sheer nonsensicality (as many of my comics are.) Would this strip be funny if you didn't know that Jesus was a carpenter? Maybe it's not funny anyway.
I'm not sure; it got a chuckle. :p
I'm wondering about that guy's outfit, though - is that an adult-size infant sleeper?
Posted by: cJw | February 25, 2005 at 10:31 AM
No, man. You...Jesus was A carpenter. The comic needs to reference the carpenters.
He shoulda been all:
Talking to myself and feeling old
Sometimes I'd like to quit
Nothing ever seems to fit
Hangin' around, nothing to do but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down
Now that's comedy.
Posted by: Ian | February 25, 2005 at 10:42 AM
i can be your test subject, since I am too stubborn and ignorant to ever pick up religious literature of any kind.
with that in mind, I didn't get it.
then again, this is a guy who learned jesus was a carpenter from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Posted by: bandelin | February 25, 2005 at 10:49 AM
Me too. And that I is the olde J.
Posted by: Ian | February 25, 2005 at 10:51 AM
What I was looking for, is a comic that is amusing only itself. Meaning, the elements of the comic are doing what they're doing without giving any thought to whether or not the reader will understand - like there's some sort of internal logic within the comic that the reader is not aware of.
It's a hard concept for me to explain successfully. But I did find a comic that achieved this pretty well:
LINK
It's the bottom cartoon entitled: "Chewbacca Fantasies"
Posted by: bearskinrug | February 25, 2005 at 11:50 AM
chewbacca strikes again!
Posted by: sutter | February 25, 2005 at 11:55 AM
I think it's funny either way.
the Carpenters ( the band) was a pretty great idea too...but i would choose another song.
Posted by: niff | February 25, 2005 at 12:10 PM
@ first, I really did think it was a Carpenters reference, until the last frame of "ant speech", then it clicked. =]
Posted by: cJw | February 25, 2005 at 01:25 PM
Maybe you should have used a more well known verse of the bible.
but maybe that would be too obvious.
Posted by: niff | February 25, 2005 at 01:45 PM
Hey! i might remind you that YOU, Niff, are the one who gave me those verses.
Posted by: sutter | February 25, 2005 at 01:54 PM
ACTUALLY, MATT--you called me and asked me for some redletter verses ( actual words of christ.) you didn't tell me what they were for..until after i gave you a bunch!
so there.=)
Posted by: niff | February 25, 2005 at 02:00 PM
Or had him talking about how he had to "get his ass up at 6am and do the drywall on the new McDonalds"
Posted by: Ian | February 25, 2005 at 02:16 PM
Ian, you should think about writting comics! haha. your cracking me up today!
Posted by: niff | February 25, 2005 at 02:21 PM
How 'bout this one The Niff:
And what's the deal with the ant bein' half asleep. I mean, are you Jesus or are you the guy from the Nytol commercial. I mean, what's the de-al with that?
Posted by: Ian | February 25, 2005 at 03:16 PM
but i don't even believe in jebus...
Posted by: wayne | February 25, 2005 at 03:59 PM