#17 - ooo! jane lane! (03-97) 



man, some crappy wash and text in this one, right off the bat, and it doesn't get much better. again, this wasn't a web-comic, and its illegibility is somewhat explained thereby. it's not a complete excuse, of course, but it's part of one. in the content, however, three themes quickly appear, overshadowed by some pertty poor figure drawing of christopher.

first, my love for the show daria. back in The Day, mtv had liquid television, beavis and butthead, daria, the head, downtown, and of course aeon flux. all of these things kicked serious ass, and since mtv and serious ass only get together these days with a one-note wonder like shakira, these shows are gone away for ever. my favorite daria-ite was her friend jane lane. i wanted to meet a jane lane more than anything else in the world, and i chose to publicize the fact here in my ongoing failed attempts to get a date via comic. jane was an artist, and cool, and sacastic, and sensitive--and a god-damned cartoon character.

second, when people ask me whey i complain about tv, newspapers, or godawful movies (such as the lamentable lord of the rings trilogy,) implying that if i continue to see them i have no right to complain about them, i always say, 'know thy enemy.' if i do not know what is going on, i can't understand the society i'm living in. if i shut myself off from reality-as-it-is--if i may be ironic--i'll end up in a shack building bombs, or flying planes into buildings.

third, chirp, worried about being thought a ferret earlier, goes right over the edge and into therapy. encouraged by his therapist to get into an otterist reading group, he announces that 'weasel-envy' is a result of oppression. you may take any of this as you please, but it mostly amused me at the time. i guess everyone else ignored it or maybe got worked into a lather about my insensitivity, but if the latter happened, they never brought it up to me.

yes, those are indeed mice living under the floorboards, enjoying a rather plains indian lifestyle. i slipped in both crow and snake, more death-symbols, on the front page, and, mimicking the layout on the second for some reason, found myself with two narrow slots to fill. so there you go.

the fun fact of the week refers directly to the heaven's gate suicides.







 

Posted: Tue - April 13, 2004 at 06:16 AM             |

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