How to Create and Wear a Memorable Halloween Costume

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You could milk the ghost of a dead X bit for your entire life. One prop from a different costume and last year’s ghost of a dead hobo costume becomes the ghost of a dead cowboy, or a pirate, or an astronaut. The possibilities are limitless, and the effort needed is limited in the extreme!

Note from Missy: The very concept of “fluorescent brown” both horrifies and delights me. Also, new template! That only lasts for a few comics, I believe.

 

The Meyer family has books on sale this week! My "The Authorities" and both of Missy's Villains books are 99¢ in the USA Kindle store, and 99p in the UK Kindle store.

 

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How to Create and Wear a Memorable Halloween Costume

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You could milk the ghost of a dead X bit for your entire life. One prop from a different costume and last year’s ghost of a dead hobo costume becomes the ghost of a dead cowboy, or a pirate, or an astronaut. The possibilities are limitless, and the effort needed is limited in the extreme!

Note from Missy: The very concept of “fluorescent brown” both horrifies and delights me. Also, new template! That only lasts for a few comics, I believe.

 

The Meyer family has books on sale this week! My "The Authorities" and both of Missy's Villains books are 99¢ in the USA Kindle store, and 99p in the UK Kindle store.

 

As always, thanks for using my Amazon Affiliate links (US, UK, Canada).

How to Give a Kid a Story They'll Tell for the Rest of Their Life

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As with many of my comics, this one was based directly on a real conversation. The difference is that in this case I was the one saying something insane.

I suggested to a friend that we do this very thing. That we tell his kids that I’d challenged him to a trip around the world. That we make a big deal out of leaving. Then we’d part company, and he’d leave town on business, or whatever it was he was going to go do. When he got back to town, I’d pick him up at the airport with two suitcases covered with tourist stickers and two fake moustaches. I’d drive him home then park the car somewhere out of site and run the rest of the way on foot. He declined my offer, even though I said I’d let him win.

Note from Missy: This might be the first appearance of future-people. (When we’ll all wear … discs? Around our necks and sleeves? Can’t wait until we get farther into the future, when the codpieces show up.) I love the stickers on Scott’s suitcase here: five flavors of Disneyland, and Reno. 

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How to Give a Kid a Story They'll Tell for the Rest of Their Life

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As with many of my comics, this one was based directly on a real conversation. The difference is that in this case I was the one saying something insane.

I suggested to a friend that we do this very thing. That we tell his kids that I’d challenged him to a trip around the world. That we make a big deal out of leaving. Then we’d part company, and he’d leave town on business, or whatever it was he was going to go do. When he got back to town, I’d pick him up at the airport with two suitcases covered with tourist stickers and two fake moustaches. I’d drive him home then park the car somewhere out of site and run the rest of the way on foot. He declined my offer, even though I said I’d let him win.

Note from Missy: This might be the first appearance of future-people. (When we’ll all wear … discs? Around our necks and sleeves? Can’t wait until we get farther into the future, when the codpieces show up.) I love the stickers on Scott’s suitcase here: five flavors of Disneyland, and Reno. 

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How to Hide Your Scorn

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The second Rick appearance!

This one is a bit unfair, in that he’s actually just as big a Star Trek fan as I am. But he’s also a baseball fan, which I am not.

I still say that sports fandom and sci-fi fandom are two sides of the same coin. One group watches people playing pretend, then buys merchandise and wears clothing related to the characters they identify with. The other group watches people playing a game, then buys merchandise and wears clothing related to the players they identify with.

I’m just saying, me shouting at the TV when I saw the last 30 seconds of “The Best of Both Worlds: Part 1” is no more pathetic than my father shouting at the TV because Jim Zorn couldn’t complete a pass. Less pathetic, really. At least Picard becoming a Borg was a surprise.

On an unrelated note, “Scorn Spiral” would make a great name for an album by an emo band.

Note from Missy: Growing up in Seattle, Jim Zorn was the football player whose name I knew the best, probably because of how often people shouted it with rage. Also: definitely the bald dude.

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How to Hide Your Scorn

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The second Rick appearance!

This one is a bit unfair, in that he’s actually just as big a Star Trek fan as I am. But he’s also a baseball fan, which I am not.

I still say that sports fandom and sci-fi fandom are two sides of the same coin. One group watches people playing pretend, then buys merchandise and wears clothing related to the characters they identify with. The other group watches people playing a game, then buys merchandise and wears clothing related to the players they identify with.

I’m just saying, me shouting at the TV when I saw the last 30 seconds of “The Best of Both Worlds: Part 1” is no more pathetic than my father shouting at the TV because Jim Zorn couldn’t complete a pass. Less pathetic, really. At least Picard becoming a Borg was a surprise.

On an unrelated note, “Scorn Spiral” would make a great name for an album by an emo band.

Note from Missy: Growing up in Seattle, Jim Zorn was the football player whose name I knew the best, probably because of how often people shouted it with rage. Also: definitely the bald dude.

As always, thanks for using my Amazon Affiliate links (US, UK, Canada).

How to Accept an Unwanted Gift

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We all knew this day would come: the first appearance of Rick!

This was written after I had visited his house, where he had one of those bird clocks. He had recently been given it as a gift. It was still new enough that when it went off it startled him terribly and caused him to momentarily wonder if a bird had gotten into his house. I enjoyed that clock. I’d never want one, but I enjoyed him having it.

Note from Missy: Yay! Rick! (Quite possibly the first time those two words have been said in combination.) Also, I feel like the joke in panel 1 is an homage to Seinfeld and the “Moops.” Yes?

Answer from Scott: Yes.

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How to Accept an Unwanted Gift

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We all knew this day would come: the first appearance of Rick!

This was written after I had visited his house, where he had one of those bird clocks. He had recently been given it as a gift. It was still new enough that when it went off it startled him terribly and caused him to momentarily wonder if a bird had gotten into his house. I enjoyed that clock. I’d never want one, but I enjoyed him having it.

Note from Missy: Yay! Rick! (Quite possibly the first time those two words have been said in combination.) Also, I feel like the joke in panel 1 is an homage to Seinfeld and the “Moops.” Yes?

Answer from Scott: Yes.

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How to Handle Surprising Information

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Based on a real conversation, I swear! A guy I know told me that he experimented with homosexuality in the ’70s, which, historically, was probably the optimal time to run that particular experiment. One of the best stories I ever heard was a guy I know who went to a Village People concert and ended up going home with the construction worker. Not A construction worker. THE construction worker.

Anyway, back to my friend. I found the story noteworthy not because of the homosexuality, but because, and again, I swear this is true, he gave it up because he was not actually attracted to, and didn’t enjoy having sex with, men. 

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How to Handle Surprising Information

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Based on a real conversation, I swear! A guy I know told me that he experimented with homosexuality in the ’70s, which, historically, was probably the optimal time to run that particular experiment. One of the best stories I ever heard was a guy I know who went to a Village People concert and ended up going home with the construction worker. Not A construction worker. THE construction worker.

Anyway, back to my friend. I found the story noteworthy not because of the homosexuality, but because, and again, I swear this is true, he gave it up because he was not actually attracted to, and didn’t enjoy having sex with, men. 

As always, thanks for using my Amazon Affiliate links (US, UK, Canada).