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« Reply #15 on: September 20, 2005, 05:15:53 pm »
Oh man... I am SO glad I waited until I got home from work to read this, as opposed to reading it at 3:30 in the morning.

I'm leaning towards the "him dead" theory at the moment, although it's certainly plausible that it's a performance piece. It just seems like it wouldn't be the "GRAND FINALE" otherwise.

My summary: Budd Dwyer, as recreated by Tim Burton. And it gives me the jibblies.
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« Reply #16 on: September 20, 2005, 05:18:38 pm »
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I think you sychophants overlook the fact that this entire arc was probably motivated by Onstad looking up 'scream' in Google's Image Search. Within the first ten results are:

MOVIE SCREAM

and

PAINTING SCREAM

But... the movie Scream guy is already a reference to the painting Scream guy. They're not two seperate things (sorry this was just bugging me).
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« Reply #17 on: September 20, 2005, 06:23:52 pm »
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I am fully amazed at how this made me sad. Why am I sad for Cartilage Head? Why!?


God, same here.

P.S.- Hi, all! I'm not actually dead! I'm just unemployed, not in school and living in a roach-infested apartment in a neighborhood where everyone hates me. So it's like being dead, only it's just my soul. Hopefully I'll convince Time Warner to let me pay them for internet (they're still not convinced that I'm "good people"), so I might be online as soon as next week, or possibly the heat-death of the sun.
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« Reply #18 on: September 20, 2005, 06:57:25 pm »
Something else that I've noticed that tends to convince me more that this was a planned moment instead of an accident... in the sixth panel, CH is making a facial expression closer to smiling than anything seen in the previous days.

The pupils disappearing from his eyes post-snap is an excellent touch, too.
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« Reply #19 on: September 20, 2005, 07:40:29 pm »
Long time lurker,

I loved CH enough to make an avatar and make an account here ;)

(I don't have anything else to contribute, sorry.)
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« Reply #20 on: September 20, 2005, 08:33:34 pm »
Welcome, safety_otter. That's the best avatar I've seen in a long time.

Also, my sympathies, Bozack, and my hope that things manage to work out.
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« Reply #21 on: September 20, 2005, 09:22:21 pm »
CH's look of joy in panels five and six is quite possibly the most chilling and wonderful part of this arc yet. Goddamn. Awesome.
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« Reply #22 on: September 20, 2005, 09:27:04 pm »
I empathize with CH so bad I want to be him.
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« Reply #23 on: September 20, 2005, 10:23:51 pm »
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this arc was lot's of slooooooow and steady buildup, like the good love making.

and then, poot.

it's done.

boo to that.

you take a day off to finish a story arc about a pair of talking shoe brothers, but you rush the end of your singular macabre masterpiece?



I doubt that this is the end of this particular story-line. 'Grand Finale' might refer more to CH's performance, not the story. Onstad leaves the end wide open. Perhaps Ray will take his car... He's been known to do things of that sort.
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« Reply #24 on: September 20, 2005, 10:42:02 pm »
This is the best thing that I could have ever hoped for...
Cartilage Head's creepy parlor trick backfires and now he is fuck*ng dead. That is so awesome.

This story was totally worth the pay-off. This painful storyline totally just brought teh funnay and that is great.
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« Reply #25 on: September 21, 2005, 12:27:52 am »
poor CH.  i'm thinking this is his final performance and he selected ray because he knew only such a discriminating fella could appreciate it for what it truly is.  he's smiling in panels five and six because he knows the end is near, the sweet release of death from his carnival freakshow existence.  it reminds one of kafka's "the hunger artist"
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« Reply #26 on: September 21, 2005, 01:05:34 am »
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I empathize with CH so bad I want to be him.


You win!
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« Reply #27 on: September 21, 2005, 02:28:27 am »
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I empathize with CH so bad I want to be him.


how did you do that.

why did you do that.
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« Reply #28 on: September 21, 2005, 02:57:04 am »
I am really, REALLY sad that Cartilage Head died that way.

Seriously, seeing that totally ruined my entire day.  It's tragic.   :cry:

You think I'm kidding, but I'm not.

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« Reply #29 on: September 21, 2005, 04:05:03 am »
Call me cynical, but I don't think CH is dead.  Someone (something?) like that couldn't go so easily.
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