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The Story Of Molly Sanders. January 23, 2007.
« on: January 23, 2007, 07:54:55 am »
http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=01232007

First of all, we were promised this comic over a year ago, and now that it's here it totally does not deliver. I wanted a boat and a guy shooting himself!
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Re: The Story Of Molly Sanders. January 23, 2007.
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2007, 08:03:33 am »
Oh, man, not another zine I will waver about sort of wanting and then not buy. This is getting old.
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Re: The Story Of Molly Sanders. January 23, 2007.
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2007, 08:24:10 am »
Now I know why Beef is so bad at getting ahead in life!  He has no perspective!

Ah ha ha ha ha...  ha... aha.

eh.

cough.
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Re: The Story Of Molly Sanders. January 23, 2007.
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2007, 08:30:03 am »
Ah I forgot about that teaser strip from last january. So this is the origin of Molly huh?
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Re: The Story Of Molly Sanders. January 23, 2007.
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2007, 08:33:03 am »
WHO ATE MY DANG NACHOOOOOOOOS!?!
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Re: The Story Of Molly Sanders. January 23, 2007.
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2007, 01:07:10 pm »
It's OK, R2. Molly lost her Welsh accent in all those centuries in Heaven.

This strip has caused much confusion for me. I hope this is not an omen for the rest of the day.  As follows:

1. I check the board and become very cross that someone started a thread that does not use a line from the strip as thread title, despite way more material to work with than usual.  While mentally preparing devastating smackdown, I click on link and find that said poster remembers relevant strip from year ago. Hella impressed by the connection but still cross that thread title is from that strip and not this one, can't decide what to think and start to get headache.

2. Isn't Tom Petty blond?  I'm sure. Start to Google. Realize picture of Tom Petty first thing in morning will probably cause nausea on top of headache.  Give up.

The tiny kite is excellent.
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Re: The Story Of Molly Sanders. January 23, 2007.
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2007, 01:41:18 pm »
I'm basically shocked that Onstad didn't contradict the ship picture from last year just to be contrary.
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Re: The Story Of Molly Sanders. January 23, 2007.
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2007, 01:43:26 pm »
The thread title is from the alt-text, as they frequently are.

Ninja edit: Cort, Onstad didn't remember the strip from last year.  He thinks that he thought of her origin for the first time again.  He just has a thing for drowned Welsh girls.
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Re: The Story Of Molly Sanders. January 23, 2007.
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2007, 01:53:52 pm »
Jeff Lynne, everyone's favourite Wilbury, is a brunette, whereas Tom Petty is blond.  Hmmm. On the other hand, I do want to know what the Traveling Wilburys have millions of. I may have to purchase this zine.
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Re: The Story Of Molly Sanders. January 23, 2007.
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2007, 02:00:08 pm »
Quote from: wombat on January 23, 2007, 01:07:10 pm
Hella impressed by the connection but still cross that thread title is from that strip and not this one, can't decide what to think and start to get headache.

As jough mentions it's the alt-text from today's strip, but I probably would have used the same title regardless.
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Re: The Story Of Molly Sanders. January 23, 2007.
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2007, 02:19:33 pm »
Quote from: wombat on January 23, 2007, 01:07:10 pm
2. Isn't Tom Petty blond? 

I think what's happening here syntactically is that Molly is saying "Tom Petty" in answer to the question "Who was the only blond member of the Traveling Wilburys?"  She then lists the other Wilburys by way of contrast -- "all brunettes." (She leaves out Jeff Lynne.)

Note the period after "Tom Petty."  This tells us that it is not part of the list that follows, of the brunette Wilburys, all separated by commas.
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Re: The Story Of Molly Sanders. January 23, 2007.
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2007, 02:26:38 pm »
Quote from: idiomsavant on January 23, 2007, 02:19:33 pm
I think what's happening here syntactically is that Molly is saying "Tom Petty" in answer to the question "Who was the only blond member of the Traveling Wilburys?"  She then lists the other Wilburys by way of contrast -- "all brunettes." (She leaves out Jeff Lynne.)

Note the period after "Tom Petty."  This tells us that it is not part of the list that follows, of the brunette Wilburys, all separated by commas.

Ah, well done.  Serves me right for not paying attention to punctuation in the morning
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Re: The Story Of Molly Sanders. January 23, 2007.
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2007, 02:28:21 pm »
Quote from: idiomsavant on January 23, 2007, 02:19:33 pm

Note the period after "Tom Petty." 

Ah!  Now I see.

Clearly I did not get enough sleep. I should just take this as a hint to climb under the blanket fort and try again tomorrow.
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Re: The Story Of Molly Sanders. January 23, 2007.
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2007, 03:52:21 pm »
Onstad, being the master of the double-bait-n-switch continuity tease, gave the story of Molly Sanders without giving it... again.

There is still going to be a story with a gun and a boat but it may not be for five years.

And you may have to buy a zine to see it.

Which is totally fair in comics-ville. We have been wired to crave "origin stories" by DC and Marvel since we first picked up a comic book (my first comic book? ALF. does this explain things? many things.) even when the origin is meaningless for the purposes of the stories we're currently reading.

I'm as guilty as anyone. Knowing the exact story of Molly's pre-heaven fumblings would enrich my enjoyment of stories involving her in pretty-much zero ways and... yet... here we are. I wanna know too. But basically only by total fanboy reflex.

Also: Jeff Lynne is ALWAYS the forgotten Wilbury. It is because... he's Jeff Lynne.
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Re: The Story Of Molly Sanders. January 23, 2007.
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2007, 03:52:57 pm »
Quote from: Victoria Waterfield on January 23, 2007, 01:53:52 pm
On the other hand, I do want to know what the Traveling Wilburys have millions of.

It's ocelots.
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