Comments on: I Guess Caulfield Will Have to Think of Something Else This Year

By: Zak R

Zak R — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:45:39 +0000

On the off-chance that anyone is actually confused (and the dialogue in the last panel did take me a while), here’s a quick explanation. Walking in on a nearly-daily continuity-based strip with years of back-story does make this one day’s installment difficult to understand. Let’s just put it this way: Davan is a depressingly hate-filled misanthrope who has been spending time being a father-figure to Rory, a kid who might have been his but is not, while Rory’s equally cynical and caustic mother generally goes even one step beyond Davan’s horrifying parenting, as happens this day when she bemoans that Child Services would quickly give up on her brat and send him back, rather than keeping him and allowing her to live in peace once again.

If, however, you are familiar with the back-story and still don’t get it, my explanation is that Rory’s mom is doing a one-hand other-hand sort of thing, where the one hand is that the costume is horrifying and the other hand is that even if she let him go out like that, he would still come back eventually.

If you’re confused about the costume itself, perhaps a 1984 refresher is in order?

Yeah, I don’t know why I read a daily about such horrible people, either. Maybe it makes me feel better about my own dysfunctions? At least SP is open and honest about everyone hating themselves and everyone else, as opposed to the Lockhorns!

By: Keera

Keera — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:02:21 +0000

Bill, how about just “Lookit!” as a tag for stuff that has that “things that make you go hmm or blurt ‘Ooh!’” quality?

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:06:26 +0000

For those who think that CIDU is a place where we don’t discuss politics … I would like to refer you to
http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/20/the-2009-what-the-hell-were-they-thinking-award-goes-to/#comments
and
http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/16/and-jonathan-swift-didnt-really-want-people-to-start-eating-babies/#comments

By: BGneiss

BGneiss — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:54:00 +0000

OK, a political comment in direct reference to the comic is within the fringes of OK (whether I agree with it or not), but this isn’t the place for a political debate.

By: anaceofkidneys

anaceofkidneys — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:50:33 +0000

The creator of this comic thought of a badass idea for a Halloween costume, and decided to share it with the world. That’s really all there is to this strip. And man, what a badass idea!

By: Lola

Lola — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:42:34 +0000

CITTBA - Comic I though to be awesome
CTAM - Comic that amazed me
CIJHTPO - Comic I just had to pass on
CTMYT- Comic that’ll make you think
TCCIAG - This comic’s creator is a genius
XXX- This comic is unrated but not in a way you think (This will, by far, get the most hits ever)

By: MrKenneth

MrKenneth — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:29:01 +0000

Nicole - as a frequent contributor to the great site, you have a gift for clever stuff. In no way would I like to see this become another political chat room. You take a shot at the previous admin (not a great 8 years) however your comment seems to tell the world you have not been paying attention since Jan 20 if you thought Pres Bush was approaching Big Brother status.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:28:48 +0000

I think you should call that category: “Hey! Looka’ Dis!”

By: CIDU Bill

CIDU Bill — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:36:53 +0000

Well, for now I guess, if I throw a comic online without one of the standard tags, we can just assume that it falls into the “Hey, looka this!” category.

When I was with About.com, I did have a category of story that was essentially “This is cool and if you read it you’ll probably end up telling somebody else about it.” If I can remember what I called the category, maybe I’ll recycle it here.

By: WordSprite

WordSprite — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:19:45 +0000

Why can’t there just be a “great comic” category? Anyway, what do you call an awesome comic that doesn’t make you laugh, maybe that just makes you think? Or just say, wow! (I mean, we call superhero comic books “comic” when they are not, well, comical…) Maybe there is a better name for this category than “just an observation.” Ideas? Bill, I love how you show stuff I NEVER would have otherwise seen, but just love!