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2006-02-22: Escape Phrase 11
Delicious Pizza.
Oh, the social satire!
This comic is in the storyline:
- Escape Phrase
This was intended to be a 24-hour comic but my hand hurt too much twelve pages in. And then it turned into a crazy experimental study of the interaction between form and content in the comics medium.
Text transcript
Voicemail: Thank you for calling emergency 911. Pizza-Pizza(tm) time is 6:15pm. Please hold, and you will be placed with an operator in the order we received the call. Voicemail: While you're holding, we'd like to tell you about some of the exciting new specials you can order from Pizza-Pizza(tm). Voicemail: Sometimes it feels like a 911-worthy emergency when you're hungry! Why not try the new MEAT HUMPIN' deluxe pizza? Voicemail: With twelve kinds of meat, it's sure to satisfy even the most CRIMINAL hunger! Order it today! Voicemail: Thank you for holding. If you'd like us to deliver a delicious Pizza-Pizza(tm) dinner combo with the arrival of a police officer, please press ONE, now. Voicemail: Please calmly state the nature of your situation in four or fewer words. Jimothy: Tsam -- she's gone... she's... Voicemail: Thank you... Voicemail: We do not have any responses available that match your request. Perhaps you are hungry? Jimothy: NO. Voicemail: Please calmly restate the nature of your situation in four or fewer words. Jimothy: My friend, she's gone... Voicemail: We are matching your request. Please hold. Voicemail: Please clarify: is she a friend, or MORE than a friend? Jimothy: What? That's inappropriate! Voicemail: We were just curious. Your location is known, and an emergency response team is on its way. Jimothy: Thank goodness. Voicemail: Wait, don't hang up -- are you sure you don't want a pizza? Jimothy: I AM HANGING UP. Jimothy: Jeez. Tsam -- are you okay? Tsamantha: I AM FUNCTIONING NORMALLY, YES. Jimothy: Gah! Please stop it! Go back to normal! Tsamantha: I -- what's wrong? If you don't want to tell me what the phrase was, I understand.
