How to Win an Argument

This is a technique that works and is used, in a slightly less exaggerated form, by many people every day. I wish it weren’t the case.

I also wish people didn’t hold on to the delusion that raisins are in any way an acceptable form of food. They are nothing but grapes that went bad, and should be discarded as such. Raisins are a practical joke the farmers of Fresno have perpetrated on the rest of us in retaliation for the fact that they have to live in Fresno. They are the thing you put in cookies that you then give to someone you think eats too many cookies, and the “treat” you give trick or treaters in hopes of discouraging them from ever ringing your doorbell again.

Note from Missy: I can’t wait to hear your opinion of prunes. (I already know how you feel about Red Delicious apples.)

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How to Win an Argument

This is a technique that works and is used, in a slightly less exaggerated form, by many people every day. I wish it weren’t the case.

I also wish people didn’t hold on to the delusion that raisins are in any way an acceptable form of food. They are nothing but grapes that went bad, and should be discarded as such. Raisins are a practical joke the farmers of Fresno have perpetrated on the rest of us in retaliation for the fact that they have to live in Fresno. They are the thing you put in cookies that you then give to someone you think eats too many cookies, and the “treat” you give trick or treaters in hopes of discouraging them from ever ringing your doorbell again.

Note from Missy: I can’t wait to hear your opinion of prunes. (I already know how you feel about Red Delicious apples.)

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How to Write a Letter

I later made up a letterhead with the slogan “With knowledge comes fear” and a better fist-and-lightbulb logo. I can’t find the image files now because I came to my senses before ever using it.

Question from Missy: is this the least amount of art to ever appear in a BI strip?

Answer from Scott: Yes. I think it is.

How to Write a Letter

I later made up a letterhead with the slogan “With knowledge comes fear” and a better fist-and-lightbulb logo. I can’t find the image files now because I came to my senses before ever using it.

Question from Missy: is this the least amount of art to ever appear in a BI strip?

Answer from Scott: Yes. I think it is.

How to Cheat at Video Games

I still contend that if I pay for the entire game, and the game has a story, there should be a way for me to see the whole story even if I’m not a skilled enough gamer to fight my way through.

For the record, the game in this strip was Viewtiful Joe. Yes, it really did have a level that ended up with Joe fighting a helicopter gunship armed only with his fists and feet. And yes, I did read an online walkthrough that directed me to “kick and punch the helicopter until it dies.”

Question from Missy: Did you ever end up finishing Viewtiful Joe? I don’t remember.

Answer from Scott: No. I did not.

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How to Cheat at Video Games

I still contend that if I pay for the entire game, and the game has a story, there should be a way for me to see the whole story even if I’m not a skilled enough gamer to fight my way through.

For the record, the game in this strip was Viewtiful Joe. Yes, it really did have a level that ended up with Joe fighting a helicopter gunship armed only with his fists and feet. And yes, I did read an online walkthrough that directed me to “kick and punch the helicopter until it dies.”

Question from Missy: Did you ever end up finishing Viewtiful Joe? I don’t remember.

Answer from Scott: No. I did not.

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How to Split a Tab

This is the first, and only time that I went back and added to a comic after the fact. In retrospect, if the material I was going to add was just going to be jokes about peeing my pants, it’s probably a good thing that it didn’t happen again.

Note from Missy: I had to zoom in on this, and I’m still not entirely sure: is that a dead mouse left behind on Scott’s plate? Was it garnish?

Note from Scott: Of course it’s garnish. When dining at a fine restaurant, one never eats the dead mouse on the side of the plate. To do so would be terrible form.

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How to Split a Tab

This is the first, and only time that I went back and added to a comic after the fact. In retrospect, if the material I was going to add was just going to be jokes about peeing my pants, it’s probably a good thing that it didn’t happen again.

Note from Missy: I had to zoom in on this, and I’m still not entirely sure: is that a dead mouse left behind on Scott’s plate? Was it garnish?

Note from Scott: Of course it’s garnish. When dining at a fine restaurant, one never eats the dead mouse on the side of the plate. To do so would be terrible form.

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How to Deal With Writer's Block

This is the first of several comics on the subject of writer’s block. What can I say? You write what you know.

I eventually set myself two rules. One was that comics about having writer’s block were not acceptable. The other was that having writer’s block was not acceptable. I know that sounds like I’m attempting to will away human weakness, but what it really means is that coming up with something—anything—is better than giving myself permission to come up with nothing. I realized that just because I made a comic, that doesn’t mean I have to post it. I could (and did) look at the comic I thought was just barely viable when I made it with fresh eyes before it went live. Often, it was much better than I remembered it being. A few needed to be reworked at the last minute. They all resulted in something useable in the end, and some of them turned out to be reader favorites. 

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How to Deal With Writer's Block

This is the first of several comics on the subject of writer’s block. What can I say? You write what you know.

I eventually set myself two rules. One was that comics about having writer’s block were not acceptable. The other was that having writer’s block was not acceptable. I know that sounds like I’m attempting to will away human weakness, but what it really means is that coming up with something—anything—is better than giving myself permission to come up with nothing. I realized that just because I made a comic, that doesn’t mean I have to post it. I could (and did) look at the comic I thought was just barely viable when I made it with fresh eyes before it went live. Often, it was much better than I remembered it being. A few needed to be reworked at the last minute. They all resulted in something useable in the end, and some of them turned out to be reader favorites. 

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