I would love to attend a convention that pays equal parts attention to The Sound and The Fury, Lost, and Benji the dog. Alas, I suppose we all can dream. Seriously though, once you get down to the second or third tier of comic conventions, the “guests” can get quite disappointing.
If in doubt how to get a laugh, blow something up. It usually works. If it doesn’t, blame short attentions spans that are always clamoring for something to blow up. Now, you haven’t failed as a comic, but the audience has failed you. See? Blowing things up is a cure-all answer.
But really, we worked hard on this one.
One of the things that happens after doing a strip long enough is that you find yourself backing into ideas. You start out at point A, and you end up at point B with no recollection of how you got there. The previous strip sets up this one, but I had little idea at the time of writing it that it would lead to a Lost joke.
So there you go, we’re less smart than one might assume.
There’s always a simple solution to any problem–sweep it under the rug. If freshmen cry too much, simply dispose of them. There, problem solved. Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to work with spilling oil.
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