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2008-11-19: Open Mic (D)
A Big Deal
I am pleased to have made it this far. I wonder how big a number I can reach.
Thank you for reading my comic. Maybe some day I will sell a tshirt! And you can reminisce about the good old days back before I sold out. Of tshirts.
This comic is in the following storylines:
- 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. - Open Mic
The gala celebration for the 500th comic posted. Includes cameos of almost every single character so far.
This comic includes the contributions:
- Lisa suggested: Dr. Quickly hosts an open mic night at Noel's coffee house.
- zusty suggested: A chess game becomes stupid.
Text transcript
Dr Quickly: Alright! Welcome back to open mic night here at "Noel's Just Beans"! Hold on to your hats, because Noel and I are going to play a demonstration game of HIGH LEVEL CHESS!! Noel: There is no way this is any fun for the audience. Noel: CAN YOU ALL SEE THE BOARD NOW?! Dr Quickly: I was about to get a goal!! Dr Quickly: Fine okay. Now for a brief word from our event organizer, Nick. Me: Hi everyone!! Me: I'm really happy to see you all here. This is the five hundredth comic! (if you count number 278) That means this webcomic is the most amazing thing anyone has ever done. Dr Quickly: I can't believe you did that. Noel: Hee hee! Space Frog: GOSH SPEECHES ARE ALMOST AS EXCITING AS CHESS Sycophants: WOW YAY AWESOME Tsamanatha: Wait -- is THAT Doctor Quickly? I'm confused. Horsis: HEY Me: So keep coming back! Thanks for participating! Buy some ad space!! Lady Slug: Who is this guy? Second Place Monster: I WANT A COFFEE Li'l Beefy: I could have been so... popular. Executioner: Popular? Do you know how many people read this? Giant Space Frog: DOES THIS ESTABLISHMENT SERVE CAKE Air-Dweller: Watch it, bozo!! Cactus: Come here often? Clerk: NO Scary But Cute Baby Imitator: HEE HEE Feltpad Multipak: How come HE got service?! Bread Crab: Dude, that's Murderhavoc Souleater! <<peel!>> Dr Quickly: Stick around, because we've got a couple more acts. And we be saving the best for last! Maybe!! So... stick around!