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2008-11-17: Open Mic (frog and bees)
Big Week
Open Mic night is a handy way to clear out some of the less useful suggestions while still acknowledging them.
Wednesday is numerically important.
This comic is in the storyline:
- Variations
A long-running series, maybe the crux of the site. Reader submits a suggestion, and I draw three comics based on that suggestion. Originally all three had to start the same, but it evolved.
This begins a storyline which spans the following comics:
| 2008-11-17 |
Open Mic
Open Mic (frog and bees) |
| 2008-11-19 | Open Mic (D) |
| 2008-11-21 | Open Mic (flat beat) |
This comic includes the contributions:
- Sean McBride suggested: rabid to rabish: "would you like to read my concrete poetry?"
- THE FREEZING RAIN! suggested: Rabid is desperately searching for an "almost=pinecone".
- CAPTAIN LAZERS suggested: An orange mysteriously steals itself
- Fritata Del Taco? suggested: Rabid is eating a can of bees and yelling WHERE IS THE CHEESE!? WHERE IS IT?! GAAAAAAHH!!
- Lisa suggested: Dr. Quickly hosts an open mic night at Noel's coffee house.
- Ludwig suggested: Rabid decides to play Battletoads
- Patch the Jester suggested: Space Frog is a magician.
Text transcript
Dr Quickly: Okay folks! Going to try something different tonight... Welcome to the inaugural OPEN MIC night here at "Noel's Just Beans"!! First up, the magnificent SPACE FROG! Space Frog: ACTUALLY MY STAGE NAME IS BUFO THE MAGNIFICENT HI I'M A WIZARD NOW LOOK AT THIS PERFECTLY NORMAL ORANGE Space Frog: HOLY CRAP WHERE DID IT GO THAT'S RIGHT MAGIC <<APPLAUSE APPLAUSE>> Dr Quickly: Such a grand illusion! Up next is Rabid who will perform some conceptual... performance thing! He say it's good! Rabid: Oh crap I can't find my "almost=pinecone"! It's the main prop!! Dr Quickly: I'm sure he'll be ready to go any moment now. Rabid: Could you go up and read the introduction while I get this can open? Rabish: The words shaped like ducks... am I supposed to shout those? Rabid: Yes. Rabid: WHERE IS THE CHEESE? WHERE? WHERE IS IT?! THE CHEESE! <<beeeee beeeee beeeee beeeeee>> Audience: BOOOOOOOO AWFUL Rabid: Screw all you haters who don't understand art! I'm gonna go home and play Battletoads! <<beeeee>> Audience: GO AWAY STOP HURTING US WITH YOUR STUPID ART Dr Quickly: Okay, uh... things will get better. We've got plenty more excitement and far fewer bees lined up for the rest of the evening. Please stick around. <<beeeee>> Noel: As if the rats weren't enough of a problem!!