Comments on: Jolly Green Synchronicity http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Wed, 23 May 2012 09:00:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: chuckers http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33308 chuckers Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:40:46 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33308 It probably has to do with the way the eye flows over the comic. For English lang based comics, you are going to naturally look from left to right. The artist most likely wants you to focus on The Jolly Green Giant first and then get to the punchline of "War and Peas." If done with a west facing profile, you would focus on the book first and then see TJGG. Doesn't quite flow the same way. But good catch on noticing the title of the book is on the "back." It probably has to do with the way the eye flows over the comic. For English lang based comics, you are going to naturally look from left to right.

The artist most likely wants you to focus on The Jolly Green Giant first and then get to the punchline of “War and Peas.”

If done with a west facing profile, you would focus on the book first and then see TJGG. Doesn’t quite flow the same way.

But good catch on noticing the title of the book is on the “back.”

]]> By: Mateus http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33280 Mateus Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:18:49 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33280 Is it just me, or do cartoon characters have a slight tendency to read their books "Japanese style;" ie: what Americans would consider back-to-front? I'm just saying that I see this a lot, and it can't be that hard to draw a person in profile facing west.... Is it just me, or do cartoon characters have a slight tendency to read their books “Japanese style;” ie: what Americans would consider back-to-front?

I’m just saying that I see this a lot, and it can’t be that hard to draw a person in profile facing west….

]]> By: Clay http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33264 Clay Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:11:42 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33264 Today's (2/11/2010) The Argyle Sweater daily calendar also has a Green Giant reference. Today’s (2/11/2010) The Argyle Sweater daily calendar also has a Green Giant reference.

]]> By: chuckers http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33247 chuckers Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:23:45 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33247 My initial thought for the 2nd one was that he had a bad case of "planter's wart." Corns didn't hit me until several minutes later. I have been a bit slow of late. My initial thought for the 2nd one was that he had a bad case of “planter’s wart.” Corns didn’t hit me until several minutes later. I have been a bit slow of late.

]]> By: mkilby http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33218 mkilby Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:46:07 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33218 Ooops. That browser tab turned out to be an hour old. I should remember to reload the page before posting. Ooops. That browser tab turned out to be an hour old. I should remember to reload the page before posting.

]]> By: mkilby http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33217 mkilby Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:36:43 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33217 @ Soup Dragon (1) - He's simply got an incredibly bad case of "corns" on the sole of his foot. P.S. I remember seeing a monument to Pythagoras on the island of Samos (Greece); the inscription lauded him as a man of "PEASE". Unfortunately, googling doesn't produce any pictures clear enough to make the text legible (and they may have corrected the misspelling since then). @ Soup Dragon (1) - He’s simply got an incredibly bad case of “corns” on the sole of his foot.

P.S. I remember seeing a monument to Pythagoras on the island of Samos (Greece); the inscription lauded him as a man of “PEASE”. Unfortunately, googling doesn’t produce any pictures clear enough to make the text legible (and they may have corrected the misspelling since then).

]]> By: Mark in Boston http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33210 Mark in Boston Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:49:43 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33210 Well, at least there's no joke about him going into the pea patch to take a pea. Well, at least there’s no joke about him going into the pea patch to take a pea.

]]> By: Elyrest http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33209 Elyrest Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:32:52 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33209 Soup Dragon - Jolly has corns - Corns are small, painful areas of hard skin which can form on your foot. A play on words. Soup Dragon - Jolly has corns - Corns are small, painful areas of hard skin which can form on your foot. A play on words.

]]> By: Soup Dragon http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33206 Soup Dragon Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:04:23 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/10/jolly-green-synchronicity/#comment-33206 Why would the Jolly Green Giant have a corn cob as a foot? Or is it the cob that has sprouted a JGG? Why would the Jolly Green Giant have a corn cob as a foot? Or is it the cob that has sprouted a JGG?

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