Go figure: 10 Comic Strips that have Something in Common
Here is to all you peeps that cannot survive the weekend without a computer, smart phone or internet connection: What do the following 10 comic strips have in common?
Be aware, this is a trick question!
Comic 01: 'You have major self-esteem issues. I highly recommend that you immediately disable commenting on your blog.'
Comic 02: 'You don't send me trackbacks anymore. Are you blogging someone else?'
Comic 03: 'I wanna Wii' - 'Well, please wait until you're finished telling Santa what you want.'
Comic 04: 'Will blog for food'
Comic 05: 'You can't go outside to play until you've finished reading all your RSS feeds!'
Comic 06: 'Hey Sport, there's a huge sale today so I'm going to buy some software. You need anything?'
Comic 07: '...and Phillip, do you promise to blog about Janice, every day for the rest of your life...'
Comic 08: 'Waddya mean all my facts are wrong? I copied everything straight off the internet.'
Comic 09: 'I can't find my GPS.' - 'Oh, the sweet, sweet irony.'
Comic 10: 'I don't care what 57% of your blog readers think is cool. We're not naming her Skype!'
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July 15th, 2010 - 14:08
They're all drawn by the same person.
July 17th, 2010 - 01:36
haha, that's right, and it seems that this person has a preference for glasses too
May 1st, 2011 - 09:31
haha your right. every single one of these has their eyes covered up. I guess he's not good at drawing eyes
May 1st, 2011 - 09:33
Everyones wearing glasses
August 15th, 2011 - 08:30
So, the artist has a preference for characters wearing glasses. So what. The presence, or absence, of eyes draw on a character has a profound effect on your perception of that character and is up to the discretion of the artist. In fact, the only character (at the writing of this comment) that has visible pupils (and may NOT be wearing glasses) is the pregnant female character in comic 10. If you compare your own observations of the rest of the comics to comic 10, I am willing to bet that those two little dots dominate your attention more than the any of the rest. Your eyes "want" to lock on to that character's eyes. Choosing to not draw eyes on a character, I believe, helps you to NOT identify with that character, and instead, just be a witness to the scene.
Then again this could all be just a convention of the artist; Part of the style. Zoning in on the fact that none of the characters have eyes and making assumptions that the artist does so because he can't draw them—Whether this is true or not is irrelevant— really detracts from your appreciation of the humor and subject matter. Thats like saying that the artists on an animated show can't draw because the characters have mostly worn the same clothes since day one.
August 25th, 2011 - 20:45
Hey Rich, you are funny – and I completely agree with you. It's like not getting ice-cream for a week will make your desire for a slurp even deeper. In case of a drawing the omission of 'essential', common, or typical parts will emphasize the expression once they actual re-appear.
Thanks for the comment!
Cheers, Mike
September 8th, 2011 - 22:05
All of the comics relate to the subject of "digital immigrants and digital natives"…the term was coined only a decade ago. I'm doing a speech soon about the very subject and I found these very amusing. They're awesome. It's interesting to see how these two groups of people (pre and post 1980) combine their skills. I like thinking about the possibilities.
September 8th, 2011 - 22:08
Yeah, I think I definitely nailed your question. (: Let me know if I failed!
April 11th, 2012 - 18:29
I think your answer was a bit too clever.
February 28th, 2012 - 14:01
they all have somthjing to do with blogging
February 29th, 2012 - 11:35
yes, hehehehe
March 3rd, 2012 - 03:49
I loved these pics so much, that showed them to my friends today. All of them are enthusiastic bloggers, and loved these images. Not sure, is in funny or sad. We've forgotten how to communicate without Internet
March 6th, 2012 - 13:50
Just consider my 2 yo son. He doesn't even have to forget…when he touches my monitor with a scrolling gesture to move to the next video and nothing happens he gets frustrated and think it's broken. It's the new reality…