It’s tough to be a dragon in the 21st century. You get no respect. This is as good a time as any to mention that only thirty more strips remain until AST achieves the unthinkable of 500 strips. I’m looking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Shellshock! Light!” is a reference to a scene early in the movie The Fifth Element, where an archaeologist is shouting for light from some kid named Aziz. At first when I wrote this strip I was going to have the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The joke in today’s strip is an homage to classic Bugs Bunny cartoons. Inevitably, when he had the monster standing right behind him, breathing steam on his tail, he’d turn to the audience and ask the same question Science Guy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oh look…a dragon.
The very notion that he can’t understand how something works is a completely foreign one to Science Guy. Of course, if you really look at the catapult from this LEGO set, the only way it could possibly work is by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s this thing called the Hammer Principle, which says “When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” All Shellshock and Science Guy have is a catapult…
The “What’s wrong with Bob?” joke actually goes all the way back to high school theater for me. The very first play I was involved in was a student-written and -directed spoof of Snow White entitled Snow White and the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Technically it wasn’t Science Guy who won third place, it was me. But he’s perfectly willing to claim credit for my accomplishments. Even if it was only for third place.
The problem with being a know-it-all is that Science Guy acts like a know-it-all sometimes.
I like how Shellshock automatically assumes anything weird is for Science Guy. The Vikings and Catapult were the third place prize from the Reasonably Clever Mars Remission contest.