I'd be willing to concede, though, that there might be some creative work involved in selecting the strips that will actually turn out to be funny.
Having created my very own "G - G," I decided to try out the concept on other strips and see if it had universally hilarious comic potential. Here, for instance, is the classic first installment of "Doonesbury" -- minus Mike Doonesbury!
Verdict: NOT FUNNY
Verdict: NOT FUNNY
Next up: Two day's worth of Dilbert -- minus Dilbert!
VERDICT: No better than the original.
I thought sure that The Family Circus would offer up some surreal laffs, minus The Family:
VERDICT: Not funny!Finally, I turned to that most beloved of classic comic strips, Peanuts -- minus the Peanuts! Except, that didn't make sense. So I went with the classic Charlie Brown and Lucy scenario -- minus Lucy!
VERDICT: When I finished this one, I remember feeling that I had made something not only hilarious, but with a certain psychological depth to it. In retrospect, this was probably just a side effect of too much time spent messing around with Microsoft Paint.
Note: If Garfield Minus Garfield is not to your liking, perhaps you will enjoy the machine-translator surrealism of Garfield: Lost in Translation.
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The Peanuts one is fairly profound actually... and sums up how I feel about life at times.
The Family Circle one though cracks me up...I think it works better with the victim of the 'slidewalk' out of the picture, I can imagine him flat on his back just out of frame in a pathetic "I've fallen and I can't get up" manner.
Yes, M5000, way too much time on your hands.... time better spent on quilting!
I think you've inhaled too much of that Microsoft Paint. However, I really like the shadow on the floor in the Family Circus. It lends a nice air of mystery to an otherwise ordinary Bil scene.
I enjoyed these. Richard Pryor had a variety show with some very funny bits. One was "and the Pips" doing "Midnight Train to Georgia" (no Gladys Knight):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdN27HzoyO4
Yeah the Family Circus - Family is the one that made me laugh out loud
You guys have kind of sold me on The Family Circus one. I... think there's something wrong with me...
I laughed out loud at Dilbert and FC. The latter was just on how silly it was that the background art alone would have anything to convey.
I'm late chiming in, but the Family Circle also had me lol. I believe you've actually improved 1,000 percent on the original.
And this is why I like you so much.
And weren't you the one who gave me Family Circle comics with profane captions typed in? I still have those somewhere ... they are freakin' hilarious. In my mind, I got them from you.
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