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Joey!

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A bear.
« on: 01 Dec 2008, 06:14 »
A bear.



















































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Paiman

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Re: A bear.
« Reply #1 on: 01 Dec 2008, 07:32 »
I'm holding out for a cameo by Stephen Colbert in tomorrow's strip, ready to bring the bear to justice.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #2 on: 01 Dec 2008, 12:58 »
Yes.  A bear.


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Re: A bear.
« Reply #3 on: 01 Dec 2008, 14:25 »
Quote from: Paiman on 01 Dec 2008, 07:32
I'm holding out for a cameo by Stephen Colbert in tomorrow's strip, ready to bring the bear to justice.

You do realize that if that happened, Colbert would then make the comic for all eternity all about himself.  It would suck.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #4 on: 01 Dec 2008, 14:27 »
Rearrange the following words into a well known phrase or saying:

Shark
Jumped
the
Just
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #5 on: 01 Dec 2008, 16:19 »
.....how can a web comic that features a sentient PC and IPod, and had a chick with a transforming scooter ever jump the shark, especially when featuring a loose bear. A bear that seemed very friendly (escaped from a zoo, very plausible) walking around in the park isn't shark jumping at all.


Also, I want to hug it. I want a shirt with the bear. Just the bear, eating a sammich. That would be delightful
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #6 on: 01 Dec 2008, 16:45 »
That bear better hit the bricks before the ranger comes!
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I mean, it would still suck, but at least it would suck creatively.

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Re: A bear.
« Reply #7 on: 01 Dec 2008, 19:27 »
for the record i would like to clarify that while yes, i do believe this strip is the result of hallucinogens, improperly used prescription medicine or alcohol (or some combination of the three) i do not feel that the strip has jumped any seaborne carnivore.

but i would like to point out again....


A bear just happened.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #8 on: 01 Dec 2008, 19:42 »
In Jeph's defense, heck, I lived in Easthampton for a few years (the town immediately south of Noho and in which he lives himself).  A black bear went through my front yard once, about seven minutes drive from the small park Penny and the geek are having their picnic.

Not that that conflates to a grizzly in Pulaski Park, 20 miles from the nearest zoo (and which is on the wrong side of the Connecticut River), but what the heck.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #9 on: 01 Dec 2008, 19:58 »
eww, urine.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #10 on: 01 Dec 2008, 20:25 »
Hmmm, looks kinda like Faye.

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Paiman

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Re: A bear.
« Reply #11 on: 01 Dec 2008, 21:14 »
Quote from: Ravenswing on 01 Dec 2008, 19:42
In Jeph's defense, heck, I lived in Easthampton for a few years (the town immediately south of Noho and in which he lives himself).  A black bear went through my front yard once, about seven minutes drive from the small park Penny and the geek are having their picnic.
The geek has a name, you know.


I think.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #12 on: 01 Dec 2008, 21:55 »
Yeah, I'm not seeing this as jumping the shark. This is more a short moment of the wackiness we used to see more often. Remember when Pintsize got a laser?
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #13 on: 01 Dec 2008, 23:04 »
A pelvic laser too, mind you! =o
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #14 on: 02 Dec 2008, 00:34 »
This is the comic that featured VespaGirl.

This isn't "jumping the shark." This is "continuing the awesome."
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #15 on: 02 Dec 2008, 08:50 »
Oh Angus, you once again fail to the "The Boy" award.

This time by not flailing your arms and attempting to look appetizing to save Penelope.

for shame, angsty poet.

for shame.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #16 on: 02 Dec 2008, 08:55 »
He's not Angus, though, he's Wil.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #17 on: 02 Dec 2008, 09:14 »
Quote from: pwhodges on 02 Dec 2008, 08:55
He's not Angus, though, he's Wil.
Yeah, see?  We're shaky on his name.   :?
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #18 on: 02 Dec 2008, 11:15 »
im kinda offended how bears are portrayed here.
i think its racist.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #19 on: 02 Dec 2008, 18:36 »
Is it racist or animalist? I'm not sure they would of acted the same way if a Koala Bear had walked up to them...
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #20 on: 02 Dec 2008, 21:51 »
Quote from: Joey! on 02 Dec 2008, 11:15
im kinda offended how bears are portrayed here.
i think its racist.

No, this wasn't bear-racist. It would have been bear-racist if the bear was wearing a hat or was muttering about stealing their pic-a-nic basket. This was just sort of cute...
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #21 on: 02 Dec 2008, 22:37 »
Quote from: GreyGabe on 02 Dec 2008, 21:51
Quote from: Joey! on 02 Dec 2008, 11:15
im kinda offended how bears are portrayed here.
i think its racist.

No, this wasn't bear-racist. It would have been bear-racist if the bear was wearing a hat or was muttering about stealing their pic-a-nic basket. This was just sort of cute...

It did kinda steal picnic foods.  It ate Pen-Pen's sammich.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #22 on: 03 Dec 2008, 09:09 »
Quote from: Aurjay on 02 Dec 2008, 18:36
Is it racist or animalist? I'm not sure they would of acted the same way if a Koala Bear had walked up to them...

Koalas aren't bears, so your example is moot. :-P
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #23 on: 03 Dec 2008, 13:16 »
I read that in China a guy scaled a panda's cage to give it a hug only to get viciously mauled instead.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #24 on: 03 Dec 2008, 13:23 »
Quote from: eddie on 03 Dec 2008, 13:16
I read that in China a guy scaled a panda's cage to give it a hug only to get viciously mauled instead.

Damn hippies.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #25 on: 03 Dec 2008, 13:25 »
Ha... thats Social Darwinism well at work.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #26 on: 03 Dec 2008, 15:43 »
I just love bears.   :wink:
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #27 on: 03 Dec 2008, 22:46 »
That's the most insightful first post I've ever seen for a newbie.

Interpret as sarcasm or not at your own will.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #28 on: 04 Dec 2008, 04:52 »
im just saying why does it have to be a BROWN bear STEALING food? couldnt have been a tame Polar Bear?



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Re: A bear.
« Reply #29 on: 04 Dec 2008, 08:15 »
I think that denigrating bears for being bears would classify a person as being speciesist-- mocking another species.

For anybody who is interested in a more positive view of bears, the story Bears Discover Fire, in the collection of the same name by Terry Bisson is amusing.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #30 on: 04 Dec 2008, 11:58 »
I support the Right To Arm Bears.
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« Reply #31 on: 04 Dec 2008, 16:31 »
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I support the Right To Arm Bears.

Agreed. They'll give smoky a run for his money with their fire arms.

hmm...smoky wears a hat...does that make it bear-racist?
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #32 on: 04 Dec 2008, 17:57 »
Bears seem already pretty well armed, actually. Nice big, hairy ones, with claws and all.

Like I said in WTC, Jeph will have to go pretty far out to jump the Shark, fantasy/weird happenings-wise. I'm not even sure that shift to Gilligan's island I mentioned would do it. No way can a bear in the park push QC behind the speedboat. BJ and the Bear, maybe. Or maybe not.

While writing this it occurred to me why that show may never, ever be remade into a movie.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #33 on: 04 Dec 2008, 18:50 »
Quote from: Aurjay on 02 Dec 2008, 18:36
Is it racist or animalist? I'm not sure they would of acted the same way if a Koala Bear had walked up to them...

koalas are marsupials, not bears. besides they're small and fluffy... (but they can kick ass too!)
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #34 on: 05 Dec 2008, 09:23 »
Quote from: sofiabailote on 04 Dec 2008, 18:50
Quote from: Aurjay on 02 Dec 2008, 18:36
Is it racist or animalist? I'm not sure they would of acted the same way if a Koala Bear had walked up to them...

koalas are marsupials, not bears. besides they're small and fluffy... (but they can kick ass too!)


Haha! Good point. I was just trying to make the point that if the bear was soft and cuddly(are there any bears like that?) then their reaction might have been different. Eventhough in this case the bear looked mean but in actuality it was nice. Appearances can be deceiving. You even helped prove my point of that by pointing out that Koalas can kick ass too
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Re: A bear.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #36 on: 08 Dec 2008, 04:28 »
Quote from: thatguy1944 on 03 Dec 2008, 13:25
Ha... thats Social Darwinism well at work.

No it's not
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #37 on: 08 Dec 2008, 17:32 »
Quote from: Jeans on 08 Dec 2008, 05:30
I guess it's... actual Darwinism?

Survival of the fittest. Whatever. Something.

The thread peaked with the image Joey! posted just now anyway.

thank you for using my proper title including my exclamation point.
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« Reply #38 on: 09 Dec 2008, 14:02 »
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Appearances can be deceiving. You even helped prove my point of that by pointing out that Koalas can kick ass too

Hell yeah! Ever heard of drop-bears? Those things are dangerous.
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #39 on: 09 Dec 2008, 16:23 »
It just occurred to me that the comic never established what happened to the bear. I hope that the zoo people were able to tranquilize and capture it; the other possibility is that it died in a hail of police bullets.

Which would have been a sad end to the bear's life. (Not sure that being an inmate in a travelling zoo is much better, mind you)
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #40 on: 09 Dec 2008, 19:25 »
I like to think that the bear escaped. It now lives its life on the road, traveling from town to town, doing good deeds in return for delicious sandwiches. Someday it will finally achieve its dream of being the first bear to compete in the Olympics on the moon after attending Harvard and being elected president. And maybe... maybe it will even find true love...

Coming to a theater near you November of 2009.
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« Reply #41 on: 09 Dec 2008, 22:07 »
Quote from: Aurjay on 05 Dec 2008, 09:23
I was just trying to make the point that if the bear was soft and cuddly(are there any bears like that?)

Polar Bears! Like the Coca-cola ones. Or the ones at the zoo.

I think the bear was killed and eaten. Or maybe its with Steve... :-D
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Re: A bear.
« Reply #42 on: 10 Dec 2008, 13:41 »
i heard the bear just joined "the dark avengers"
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