Comments on: July 6th: “Hypothetical Situation”

By: m45trkllr

m45trkllr — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:55:00 +0000

That was completely unexpected! LOlz *\(^o^)/*

By: watefrenept

watefrenept — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:47:09 +0000

Thanks !

By: Camille

Camille — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:56:11 +0000

I didn’t think of this comic as having a punchline, I don’t usually like punchlines anyway but this comic is very intelligent and it’s quite rare to be noticed

By: One Salient Oversight

One Salient Oversight — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:48:19 +0000

When it comes to art, I always try to give the artist leeway. It may be that what I don’t like now is something I might appreciate greatly in a year.

Just do what you do best Winston.

By: SFT

SFT — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:05:53 +0000

I must be of a different sort than those of you debating the finer points of joke writing & strip drawing. All I could think was “Damn! I can come up with a whole lot of ways to have sex with Salma Hayek that don’t result in poppin’ a kid!” But, yeah, saw the punchline coming a mile away.

By: Stutkhartz M

Stutkhartz M — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:58:21 +0000

I just wish the last panel had been posted on a separate page so that my overactive curiosity hadn’t made me look at it before I was done reading the rest… Or maybe I just need to use a smaller screen resolution so that I can’t see the whole page at once… Or maybe I need to get a life instead of being overcritical of something which is of a remarkably high quality and originality and is given to me for free every week…. Hats off as usual, Mr Rowntree.

By: Winston Rowntree

Winston Rowntree — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:48 +0000

Oh, crap. I meant “Sphinx,” not harpy.

Now she’ll come for me, doubtless…

Yes, you are almost certainly dinner. As to where the Sphynx originated, she flew out of that Oedipus comic I did and never looked back. As to where her attitude came from, I have no idea. She just kind of happened…

brilliant! the punchline was great (though I was half-expecting to see selma hayek…

Don’t give up hope yet. Who knows what the future will bring…

Robin Moshe: Yeah, it’s inevitable that some people are going to see the ending coming a mile away. It’s like back when “The Sixth Sense” came out, and I personally was all surprised by the ending, but then half the people I talked to were like [SPOILER WARNING]“I thought we were supposed to assume he was dead from the beginning,” which surprised me even more. So it comes with the territory I guess, not to compare this comic to a movie that is much better than it, that is. I don’t know if this comic even had a joke. It was just kind of a little scene that played itself out, and I’m fairly satisfied with that. That bit you mentioned about Andy Weir was really relatable. Sometimes the last panel’s not gonna be the most important part of the comic, which I realize goes against the grain. Are punchline comics better in general? Probably? I don’t know. I’m sure they’re immediately funnier, as they rely on surprise (the basis of comedy), but I don’t know if they age as well. There’s a lot I don’t know, currently. I do know that I appreciate your uber-thoughtful analysis though. Much appreciated.

You’re in your twenties, I’m pretty sure, so it’s time you learned about this.

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/birth-control-pregnancy/birth-control/outercourse.htm

The link doesn’t seem to work. Try again? You’re right about me being in my twenties, anyway.

Thanks to everyone for the good vibes!

By: Kelly F.

Kelly F. — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:52:58 +0000

I really liked this one. I didn’t see the twist coming. I think in my case what helps is the fact that the final panel is “below the fold” on my browser; I had to scroll down before I could read it. When reading multi-panel cartoons, I invariably end up accidentally glancing at the last few panels & have spoiled a number of would be punchlines, in doing so. I think that’s one of the reasons I’m drawn to one-panel cartoons–I can’t cheat & give away the ending. Once I scrolled down, I did glance at the last panel, but at least it was after reading a majority of the text.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:43:31 +0000

I thought it was well thought out and perfectly filled, none of it seemed too revealing or text-heavy. It was a comic, it was funny, it had a twist- bouns points. Thanks for another great one!

By: Banzai Bones

Banzai Bones — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:32:21 +0000

You’re in your twenties, I’m pretty sure, so it’s time you learned about this.

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/birth-control-pregnancy/birth-control/outercourse.htm