tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post7961121178037242336..comments2023-11-05T04:08:55.749-08:00Comments on Duck and Cover: That damned inconsistencyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-77927736050757736052008-03-26T01:28:00.000-07:002008-03-26T01:28:00.000-07:00I can see how producing bad writing is easier than...I can see how producing bad writing is easier than producing bad art (you don't have to color it), but just as a reader, I'm not sure which is worse: reading the boring-ass writing, or looking at the terrible art. I'd be happier if he published a blank strip every day, really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-53018835121072717702008-03-26T00:16:00.000-07:002008-03-26T00:16:00.000-07:00If he didn't fill the panel with scrawled text, he...If he didn't fill the panel with scrawled text, he'd have to <I>draw</I> something. And that's too much work most days (see also: Easter's strip).BillyWitchDoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311279565432013472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-67501345428189336332008-03-26T00:11:00.000-07:002008-03-26T00:11:00.000-07:00Yeah, you beat me to the punch - the writing in th...Yeah, you beat me to the punch - the writing in this strip is just so bad. It puts you to sleep. And it mostly just makes no sense, because no actual people would ever talk the way he writes. I mean, "If you said what I just said, you'd sound inconsistent, or at best uninformed! But not me, because I'm Barack Obama!"<BR/><BR/>WHO WOULD EVER SAY THAT? Besides the boring writing and the terrible punctuation, WHO WOULD EVER SAY THAT? Especially someone who is running for President. IT MAKES NO SENSE. That isn't how people talk, and he wouldn't say anything remotely like that! GOD I HATE THIS COMIC STRIP. This crap fills up ONE THIRD of a page on the Sunday comics in Newsday. So many talented artists and writers out there fighting for space, and this gets a THIRD OF A PAGE. It's unreal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-88452973014856870352008-03-25T14:45:00.000-07:002008-03-25T14:45:00.000-07:00Once again, lousy writing spoils a dishonest idea....Once again, lousy writing spoils a dishonest idea. Humor needs to be crisp, to have no wasted words, to be ... in a word ... "brief".<BR/><BR/>A good editor'd replace "what I just said" with "that", and cut the entire last sentence.<BR/><BR/>But, as has been pointed out before, this strip doesn't get printed because of the humor; it's published solely to provide some demented form of ideological balance.<BR/><BR/>And, as Soviet Art taught us, art based on ideology alone is really, really crappy. In contrast, Doonesbury, Candorville and the like put humor first, politics second. Mallard's rightwing competition <I>Prickly City</I> seems to have figured this out; it's reliably wrongheaded but usually manages to make its jokes work.rewinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14008105385364113371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-52887888968182467002008-03-25T14:28:00.000-07:002008-03-25T14:28:00.000-07:00Since Bruce is using the example of citizens prote...Since Bruce is using the example of citizens protecting themselves from criminals as an argument for gun ownership, I think he should be required to cite <A HREF="http://www.kctv5.com/news/15698864/detail.html" REL="nofollow">this story</A> as a rebuttal.Scott H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17116096475759559283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-83813591240162399792008-03-25T01:14:00.000-07:002008-03-25T01:14:00.000-07:00Well. I guess Tinsley's "libertarian" support of "...Well. I guess Tinsley's "libertarian" support of "state's rights" dries up when such self-determination involves legislation he doesn't personally care for. Go figure, huh?<BR/><BR/>The tradition of lousy caricaturing continues.BillyWitchDoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311279565432013472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-2725611715667165822008-03-24T22:59:00.000-07:002008-03-24T22:59:00.000-07:00Yes, but your timing in particular is amazing. I a...Yes, but your timing in particular is amazing. I am not sure how I am always there to witness it. <BR/><BR/>Actually, everyone here posts pretty fast. On a Mallard Fillmore blog no less. We are bored, bored people.<BR/><BR/>Michael: LOL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-41541547231638126142008-03-24T22:53:00.000-07:002008-03-24T22:53:00.000-07:00He supports free speech, AND slander/libel laws! W...He supports free speech, AND slander/libel laws! Why? Because he's Barack Obama!Michael Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420222848094093512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-85246168218123182962008-03-24T22:37:00.000-07:002008-03-24T22:37:00.000-07:00luke, it's a combination of being very bored and n...luke, it's a combination of being very bored and not having anything useful to say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-25404625221617350092008-03-24T22:27:00.000-07:002008-03-24T22:27:00.000-07:00factinista, I am impressed at how you always manag...factinista, I am impressed at how you always manage to post the first comment within 10 seconds of Davey's entries. <BR/><BR/>Uhhhhhh, that's all I got. This strip is too boring to even comment on. Moderation blows Tinsley's mind, what a surprise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-51772543359537935672008-03-24T22:18:00.000-07:002008-03-24T22:18:00.000-07:00Wait, Mallard put words in someone else's mouth to...Wait, Mallard put words in someone else's mouth to oversimplify their position and therefore shed them in the least appealing light possible?<BR/><BR/>Huh, I can't even manage to be shocked. Or even mildly outraged.<BR/><BR/>That must have been a good chocolate easter bunny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-17832893972651141802008-03-24T22:13:00.000-07:002008-03-24T22:13:00.000-07:00Oh wait, so the ban's just on handguns? This chang...Oh wait, so the ban's just on <I>handguns</I>? This changes everything. Mallard was making it sound like ALL guns were banned. He probably wants to just tell half the story to get more people on his side. Not like that's anything new, of course.<BR/><BR/>It makes sense though. If it was really all guns being banned, the Supreme Court would have dealt with it long ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com