Enter Joanna
I have finished reading the super His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman (thanks to Erika), so you can expect some of that to be rubbing off on Overcompensating for the next, like, forever.
posted by jeffrey rowland at 7:25:00 PM
23 Comments:
that's actually my worst nightmare, a drunk cat and a zombie... going to america OH MY!
Jordan
I read that series in middle school. I liked it, but I have a suspicion I missed a bunch of subtext and hidden messages.
And did The Amber Spyglass make you weep like a baby, as it did for me? Like a BABY.
I had always pictured the Zombie America like that episode of Star Trek with the scantily clad blondes giving massages.
those books rock.
-deirdre
like a baby!
excellent books :)
that is one cool cat.
I read HDM this Xmas break. Here's how it was, for me, at least:
Golden Compass - Pretty good, but I hated everyone but the bears and gypsies. Also, Lyra was a damn liar, which seems intentional, and also seems flawed but unrepented.
Subtle Knife - Also good, Liked the "real world" stuff, but man, did Lyra ever turn from a self-confident liar to a whiny little girl in a hurry. Also, the explanation for "anbaric/electric" is super-lame. Super. Lame.
Amber Spyglass - Like the first two, but instead of a sense of mystery and wonder everything was forced out as quickly as possible. Odd, seeing as that book was the longest. I was not surprised by anything and as a whole it left me with a damper about the whole series.
Though, I mean, if you want to believe that all of human existance is about sexuality and control, here's a series for you!
Although in this situation the cat is awesome, it still does not compare to the awesomeness of the way you often draw cats. Please never stop drawing cats like you did in Wigu. Your cat-drawing style is the only thing that gets me out of bed in the morning -- the thought that, one day, an awesome cat will grace your comic once again. If that day were Monday, I would buy a t-shirt post haste.
I am convinced that the cat should be playing the piano.
what-ever happened to the cat-powered robot? that was intentioned to become a "T-Shirt". I am so con-fused!
Hey, a friend of mine made me read those books a couple months ago, and I loved them! I was thinking about buying them, because I like reading good books over and over again, and sometimes people mock me for it..
Erika is good people, i go to her college!
O yeah, I'm Cool.
Dan
is...is this...continuity?
The cat is OBVIOUSLY an homage to a scene in the Guy Ritchie directed film "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels" when the movie's protagonist passes out on top of the piano after a raucous night of booze infested shenanigans with his main posse. Obviously. Nice homage, Jeff. Reminds me of your subtle references to Michael Caine a few weeks back. Excellent work.
I've found that the only people who dislike the trilogy, are Christians who refuse to see it's literary merits because they're too offended by how "God" and the Church are portrayed.
Also, zombies are AWESOME TO THE MAX!!!
Are the backgrounds black-and-white because zombies are colour-blind?
HIS DARK MATERIALS rocked my socks and made me breakfast.
R.I.P. Hunter S. Thompson. If the freaks who visit overcompensating can't appreciate his work, no one can. Weird, it's all just so surreal.
Poor guy! I've never been crazy about his work but at the same time I have no problems with it...
Jeff, you're my hero! Sometimes I wake up and look just like that cat, only larger and furrier. Would you carry me out of the Zombie world and back to the exotic "America"?
Golden compass?
Wait one second, google take me to the knowledge...
My god it's true, once again they've foisted you of with an inferior title.
The first book should be called 'The Northern Lights'
fricken golden compass, mutter mutter.
Still hurray for Zombie Jeff
Yays for Jeff! Not only is he an awesome Author of Awesome Webcomics, but he's discovered the Awesomeness of His Dark Materials. Possibly the best Trilogy I've EVER read (even counting Lord of the Rings) I first read the Golden Compass in seventh grade, and I've re-read them several times afterwards.
They are Awesome Books! Just like Joanna, who isn't a book, but Awesome Nontheless!
Much,
Faundeare
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