[0075] Shadow’s Bad Fur Day
└ posted on Thursday, 9 July 2009, by Novil
The current story arc started with this strip: Summer by the Lakeside.
- Shadow: Get a grip on yourself, Shadow! Things are never as bad as they seem. You just have to stay calm and alert.
- Richard: By the way, I had the chance to talk to the new owner of the forest yesterday.
- Sandra: And, what’s she like?
- Woo: FOOD FIGHT!
- Shadow: AAAAA
- Richard: Let’s put it this way: She makes Elmer Fudd look like a militant animal rights activist.
- Sandra: Oh no…
oh dear Shadows in trouble
Interesting story fragmentation. Took me a second to figure out there wasn’t really a connection.
He’s not gonna get whipped cream in his mouth and get mistaken for having rabies, is he? I’m calling it!
Also, how do you “own” a forest? Isn’t it public or government property? Unless it’s a particularly small forest, I guess…
I’ve been reading your web comic for a while.
LOL on the title! Like the reference.
what does Sid have behind his back?
I love the angle in the first panel btw.
You can perfectly well own a forest.
I was staring at the paw in panel 1, wondering what it was….. And then Woo springs out.
Oh, I see where THIS is going… a mass animal shaving frenzy.
Clearly.
Oh yes, you can perfectly well own a forest… I used to know a man who did.
Woo, the masked bandit.
Oh, he looks so abject and craven in the first panel. Kudos to the artist. Also, use of punctuation for effect delighted me in the final panel. For someone writing outside their own first langauge, you use English with more elegance than a lot of native speakers.
Oh Boy….
Biting a kid’s hand by mistake = Panic stricken;
Getting into a Food Fight with a Raccoon armed with canned whip cream and cheese-wiz = An invitation for Ants;
Finding out the new landlord of your forest home is a blood thirsty hunter = Priceless!
For all that you do Shadow… There’s still Woo.
Uh-oh.
I’m fairly certain that in this day and age, about the only square footage of land that isn’t owned (at least in the minds of Humans) exist under a thousand plus tons of water. (International waters.)
Why, some of historical America was originally “owned” by those that could make long distance trips and plant stakes into the ground to declair what they wanted. Then, ownership became more of a money kind of deal.
Scratch that. Remember that Antartica has no official declairation of ownership. Nobody but a handful of scientists and film makers ever go there, anyhow.
This cannot end well for Shadow.
Slight language trifle: You get a grip ON yourself.
Uh oh, poor animals! Maybe Woo can lead a militant animals’ rights movement…
They’re doomed. 🙂
I get this vision of fox fur coats!
Oh shit! Not gonna end well at all.
I love the shadow work in the first panel.
@Tom Flapwell, it is not uncommon to say “Get ahold OF yourself, man!” in my experience. “Get a grip of yourself” seems perfectly fine to me.
Also, totally didn’t make the whipped cream-rabies connection at first. Oh crap . . .
The expression is simply “get a grip,” as in, “get a grip, Shadow!” I’ve never heard it used with a preposition, as see no reason for it to be.
Though if you wanted to avoid any confusion, “get a hold of yourself” seems to fit better. And yes, this way does use a preposition (of), even though the verbs are synonyms. That’s my experience, at least.
Regarding the grammar argument: It’s dialogue. Whether it’s wrong or right, any given character may speak properly or improperly in real life, so why not in comics?
For example, videotape any two people talking at the dinner table. See how many grammatical errors they make. So the fox may or may not have misspoken. So what? Proofreading dialogue for grammar mistakes is pointless.
Actually, most forests ARE owned. The practice started in midieval times when lords wanted a place they were sure they could always go hunting. They even brought their own animals over, let them loose in the forest, and when the animal was starting to get used to the place… well you get the deal.
Government-owned forests are more of a 20th century kind of deal.
No! Not Shadow :<
Yup, most forests are owned. Most of the Maine “wilderness” is privately owned, mostly by investment firms.
I did this to myself in another forum. A role-playing thread of sorts.
A little confusing, because I don’t know who Elmer Fudd is, but the comments cleared things up.
I liked how it was like two stories in one.
Brian–you’ve never seen a Bugs Bunny cartoon with Elmer Fudd, the bumbling hunter?
How can you have never seen a Bugs Bunny cartoon with Elmer Fudd?
Damn… these kids today.. make me feel Old.
*Stands on my porch, waving a cane and shouting in a wheezy Voice.*
‘Get offa my Lawn!’
I only just realized, what happened to Sandra’s tray of food in the last panel?
Ooooh nooo. Whipped cream. I can see where this is headed. D:
Dang. Anon up there called it before me. XD
And, for the record, I’ve heard the phrase “get a grip ON yourself” quite a few times, though not a construction with “of”.
Tray dropped to the floor. Emotional concern overrides holding of objects. How many movies and shows have taught that lesson?
besides being extra funny like this, this video shows a perfect example of Elmer Fudd. In any language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D_Ka4Bfqhk
Elmer Fudd like a mIlitant animal rights activist? That is one hilarious concept. This writing just flat out rocks!
Eh, considering the fact animal rights activists KILL animals all the time themselves… not that far off! They just pretend they are morally right and not nuttier than a nutbar.
(Granted they more so kill pets than wild animals, but still).
jup-reindeer wrote:
You might want to look up the Antarctic Territories sometime. A majority of Antarctica has been claimed. Australia have most of it.
Frank wrote:
Not really. In medieval times, the local lord was the government.
OK, I admit it. This is shaping up to be a worse fur day than I ever had. Aside from that one with the noodles, I mean.
My creative trap project:
http://tanya.post1.telrock.org