Strong Bad Email #112: old comics

Kilroy · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:33 am

Obligatory Wikilink added by Tom: old comics

Post comments about this here.

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail112.html

I thought it was pretty good, I liked the part where Homestar and Strong Bad suddenly appeared when you least expected it.

Good stuff.

ThatGoblin · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:40 am

Great day for update! A new game AND a Strong Bad E-mail!! I loved Strong Bad singing that song! Not very good in the comic, but the Strong Mad easter egg was funny.

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:41 am

Comic gold.

"IT TASTES SO GOOD!"

fahooglewitz1077 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:43 am

Yes. Comic Gold.

Shopiom · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:46 am

I laughed when SB talked about that West Is Lip song! And, there was even an egg with that description! But, I still wish we could have gotten a real answer to why The KOT has a Poopsmith instead of a few comic strips. Though, I did like how everyone was drawn crappily in that comic!

cyco · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 1:22 am

i like the song, "she parted without dancing, she parted with my heaaaaaart!" the email was good, i like how he made fun of the comics, even though he said he liked the lockhorns in powered by the cheat.

Warlordofhomsaria_v2 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 1:27 am

i thought that email was funny

Tompkins · **Joined:** Thu Aug 26, 2004 1:37 pm **Posts:** 1391

tbc rushed to make this one probably.

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 1:59 am

tompkins wrote:

tbc rushed to make this one probably.

Rushed? They clearly put tons of work into those comics. They had to develop completely new looks for four of the characters.

The Brothers E · **Joined:** Tue May 11, 2004 1:29 am **Posts:** 24

I thought the overall cartoon was kinda so-so. Jones is right, though- The cartoon drawings must've taken a lot of time. I think it would be fun to see this expanded on in the future.

Skippy · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 3:45 am

Ditto: This one WAS just sort of so-so. Probably a better idea on paper. If the funnies had looked more like a black and white comic from the 1910's or something, I think I would have appreciated it more - it would have been a good satire on the way comedy has evolved. As it was, it seemed to be trying to satire two different eras of comic-stripdom(?): The earliest strips from the turn of the last century, and relatively unfunny comic strips like Wizard of Id and B.C. from the 70's/80's.

I must admit though, the "Mushy Chamberpot" thing was pretty funny. I wonder if we are going to get into a Senor Cardgage/CCOSB style debate in this forum over whether that is the Poopsmith's real name or not. If so, let me fire the opening salvo (bad choice of words when concerning Poopsmith) in THAT debate by saying "I don't think it is."

Anyway... duck guardian was stupid.

Strong Lad · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:42 am

*Sigh*. Another E-mail that accuses the English of all still being stuck-up, snotty snobs. Oh well. It's just words, and they won't go away.

The E-mail was kind of cool, I did like Strong Mad's brilliant five seconds in the E-mail. And the Mushy Champerpot. The comics themselves, focusing on "so unfunny that it's funny at how crap it is" was pretty funny.

I rate it Not Last Place. Ding.

cbrubaker · **Joined:** Mon May 24, 2004 1:19 pm **Posts:** 146

it was okay. Could be better, but it was interesting to see some "Homestar" in newspaper.

BTW, for some reason, before I read the by-line, I KNEW that Sportsinterview fellow drew it, and I was right!

Also, the strip stretches longer than the usual comics today. I guess they don't care much.

meeko · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 1:09 pm

Well screw all a yalls, I liked it. :sm:

IT TASTES SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOD!

Tompkins · **Joined:** Thu Aug 26, 2004 1:37 pm **Posts:** 1391

and

with a nose? wierd....

merockssobad · **Joined:** Fri Aug 27, 2004 7:44 pm **Posts:** 5

This has got to be the best email in a long time. lets see:

Original Concept +
Lots of Easter Eggs +
Makes fun of british =
SOLID EMAIL

I hope TBC makes more emails like this one!

Warlordofhomsaria_v2 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 2:07 pm

merockssobad wrote:

Makes fun of british

Why would anyone want to make fun of the British? Great Britin is cool. They were the birth of punk,Beatles,Fish'n'chips,and Authurian legend.Glastonburry Tor is also there

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Tor

Skippy · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 2:47 pm

Warlordofhomsaria_v2 wrote:

They were the birth of punk

debatable (but not in this forum, I guess

)

ThatGoblin · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:15 pm

"She partied without dancing, she partied with my heart!"

BEST EASTER EGG EVER "IT TASTE SOOOO GOOOOD!!!!!"

Warlordofhomsaria_v2 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 5:38 pm

Skippy wrote:

Warlordofhomsaria_v2 wrote:

They were the birth of punk

debatable (but not in this forum, I guess

)

The Clash=first punk band
The Clash=from england
first punk band=from england

i lovd this one. i thought it was interesting

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 5:59 pm

Warlordofhomsaria_v2 wrote:

The Clash=first punk band
The Clash=from england
first punk band=from england

Heh. Or not.

The Clash's first gig was opening for The Sex Pistols. The Clash formed in 1976, The Sex Pistols formed a year earlier. But even whether The Sex Pistols were the first punk band is up for debate. The Ramones formed in 1974. But even before that, in 1972 The New York Dolls formed, and in 1967 The Stooges, following MC5 in 1966 and The Fugs in 1965. Those bands could just as well be called "proto-punk", however, since the actual term "punk" was first used to describe a band in 1971, when David Marsh (a writer for Creem magazine) used it in an article about a band called ? & the Mysterians.

But thanks for playing, and we have some lovely consolation prizes for you.

Warlordofhomsaria_v2 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 6:05 pm

InterruptorJones wrote:

Warlordofhomsaria_v2 wrote:

The Clash=first punk band
The Clash=from england
first punk band=from england

Heh. Or not.

The Clash's first gig was opening for The Sex Pistols. The Clash formed in 1976, The Sex Pistols formed a year earlier. But even whether The Sex Pistols were the first punk band is up for debate. The Ramones formed in 1974. But even before that, in 1972 The New York Dolls formed, and in 1967 The Stooges, following MC5 in 1966 and The Fugs in 1965. Those bands could just as well be called "proto-punk", however, since the actual term "punk" was first used to describe a band in 1971, when David Marsh (a writer for Creem magazine) used it in an article about a band called ? & the Mysterians.

But thanks for playing, and we have some lovely consolation prizes for you.

ooh ooh what do i get what do i get?i hope it is a RP board

i still think The Clash was the best band ever though ((IMHO))

"I'm all lost in the supermarket
I can no longer shop happily
I came in her for that special offer
A guaranteed personality

The111 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 6:39 pm

Strong Lad wrote:

*Sigh*. Another E-mail that accuses the English of all still being stuck-up, snotty snobs.

You're right. Referencing a fictitious British new wave band is equivalent to badmouthing the entire nation.

And since you have such a knack for reading into things, I'll assume you got the sarcasm in that statement.

Warlordofhomsaria_v2 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:55 pm

Also, a restaurent i my town flies the Union Jack in my town, it is a cool flag

i am going to call one of my friends "Mushy" for now on

Pikachu Almighty · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:00 pm

Meh. Too many plot holes.
There is no way :hr:

and

were alive before 1947.
There is no way :kot:

and the Poopsmith were that old before 1947.
:sb:

didn't even answer the question.

2 out of 5 Golden The Cheats. :cheat:

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:16 pm

Pikachu Almighty wrote:

Meh. Too many plot holes.
There is no way :hr:

and

were alive before 1947.
There is no way :kot:

and the Poopsmith were that old before 1947.
:sb:

didn't even answer the question.

2 out of 5 Golden The Cheats. :cheat:

I'm getting sick of saying this: don't use emoticons in place of actual words.

And "plot holes"? Seriously.

Thnikkagirl · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:43 pm

it was ok... I loved the egg, but the rest was sort of...average (humor-wise, not Strong Bad Email-wise)

Swooshoman · **Posted:** Wed Sep 01, 2004 12:29 am

Plot holes? We have someone who takes the site WAY too seriously... This is a gag site, NOT a webcomic!

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Wed Sep 01, 2004 12:32 am

Swooshoman wrote:

Plot holes? We have someone who takes the site WAY too seriously... This is a gag site, NOT a webcomic!

Wait.. so if it were a web comic we'd be concerned with plot holes? Someone takes web comics WAY too seriously.

Swooshoman · **Posted:** Wed Sep 01, 2004 12:38 am

Please note that the kind of webcomics I like are Bob and George and Irregular Webcomic... I wouldn't know much about non-storyline ones...

http://www.irregularwebcomic.net

http://www.bobandgeorge.com

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