Comments on: Anvil of the Week Award http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Tue, 22 May 2012 13:15:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Two Dogs of Mercy http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-17295 Two Dogs of Mercy Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:47:55 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-17295 Really no different and no more subtle than a lot of the stuff I've seen in Doonesbury or Non-Sequitir, just opposite end of the political spectrum. Really no different and no more subtle than a lot of the stuff I’ve seen in Doonesbury or Non-Sequitir, just opposite end of the political spectrum.

]]> By: Kamino Neko http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16981 Kamino Neko Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:58:04 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16981 That's the spin-off page, the one that explains the anvil is http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Anvilicious - this is not an anvil that needs dropping, it's just a particularly political anvil. That’s the spin-off page, the one that explains the anvil is http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Anvilicious - this is not an anvil that needs dropping, it’s just a particularly political anvil.

]]> By: furrykef http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16980 furrykef Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:55:49 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16980 It's not that I forgot to include the link; it's that I didn't format it quite right (apparently) and WordPress stripped it out. <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Anvilicious" rel="nofollow">This one</a> was actually the page I wanted (let's see if it mangles it this time), though the one Bill posted also explains it. As for the Parker thing, the strip <em>is</em> drawn by Parker, hence the Parker signature in the strip.. It's just a different Parker: Jeff instead of Brant. - Kef It’s not that I forgot to include the link; it’s that I didn’t format it quite right (apparently) and WordPress stripped it out. This one was actually the page I wanted (let’s see if it mangles it this time), though the one Bill posted also explains it.

As for the Parker thing, the strip is drawn by Parker, hence the Parker signature in the strip.. It’s just a different Parker: Jeff instead of Brant.

- Kef

]]> By: Cidu Bill http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16965 Cidu Bill Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:42:44 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16965 Patrick, that's because he forgot to include the link. Try <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this</a>. You might also want to visit <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GettingCrapPastTheRadar" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this page</a>, which mentions the Arlo Page. Patrick, that’s because he forgot to include the link. Try this.

You might also want to visit this page, which mentions the Arlo Page.

]]> By: Patrick http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16964 Patrick Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:38:09 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16964 Furrykef, your TV Tropes link isn't working. I'm curious to read it. Furrykef, your TV Tropes link isn’t working. I’m curious to read it.

]]> By: Cidu Bill http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16962 Cidu Bill Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:52:14 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16962 John, Parker's also dead. So... no. John, Parker’s also dead. So… no.

]]> By: John DiFool http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16961 John DiFool Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:49:17 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16961 Is Parker even involved in the direct creation of this strip anymore? Is Parker even involved in the direct creation of this strip anymore?

]]> By: furrykef http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16959 furrykef Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:09:58 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16959 MoWatt - <a>This TVTropes page</a> explains what Bill probably meant by it. (Warning: TVTropes is an <em>extremely</em> addicting website.) The short version is, it's when the author/cartoonist/whoever beats you over the head with their message with all the subtlety of an anvil being dropped on a cartoon character's head. That certainly fits this strip. Of course, this strip's argument is also a ridiculous oversimplification of the situation that overlooks the possibility that maybe teaching failing industries a lesson would be worse for America as a whole than bailing them out. Though of course we shouldn't exactly expect well-reasoned political/economical arguments on the comics page, but in that case, perhaps they shouldn't be making political statements in the first place unless they're actually funny (rather than trite and predictable). - Kef MoWatt - This TVTropes page explains what Bill probably meant by it. (Warning: TVTropes is an extremely addicting website.)

The short version is, it’s when the author/cartoonist/whoever beats you over the head with their message with all the subtlety of an anvil being dropped on a cartoon character’s head. That certainly fits this strip.

Of course, this strip’s argument is also a ridiculous oversimplification of the situation that overlooks the possibility that maybe teaching failing industries a lesson would be worse for America as a whole than bailing them out. Though of course we shouldn’t exactly expect well-reasoned political/economical arguments on the comics page, but in that case, perhaps they shouldn’t be making political statements in the first place unless they’re actually funny (rather than trite and predictable).

- Kef

]]> By: Red Chili http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16958 Red Chili Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:08:57 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16958 It's anvilicious in the fact that it tries to hammer the author's viewpoint across, instead of focusing on humor. It’s anvilicious in the fact that it tries to hammer the author’s viewpoint across, instead of focusing on humor.

]]> By: MoWatt http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16956 MoWatt Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:48:55 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/anvil-of-the-week-award/#comment-16956 Forgive my ignorance but I don't get your usage of "anvil" in this context. Can you explain? Forgive my ignorance but I don’t get your usage of “anvil” in this context. Can you explain?

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