cashprizes
+58 -1
you can, uh, go ahead and save whatever you're working on there.
you can, uh, go ahead and save whatever you're working on there.
never_die
+5 -2
this is briliant, like a haiku...so much is left unsaid.
this is briliant, like a haiku...so much is left unsaid.
petro
+30 -1
My Darling Roast Beef / Would you be so kind as to / Come in my office
My Darling Roast Beef / Would you be so kind as to / Come in my office
i_love_kate
+5 -0
That takes the mind to strange places. What would Beef be willing to do to keep his job?
That takes the mind to strange places. What would Beef be willing to do to keep his job?
mike24
+2 -1
i'd like to see the thong in this strip. but i suppose we all know it's there.
i'd like to see the thong in this strip. but i suppose we all know it's there.
spectre
+0 -0
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A comment left by spectre was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by NeoNaoNeo, tetrisattack, retinarow)
philosophe
+10 -0
Sorry, no can do. I've got a meeting with the Bobs in couple of minutes.
Sorry, no can do. I've got a meeting with the Bobs in couple of minutes.
salo
+2 -0
I wasn't aware of a meeting with them?
I wasn't aware of a meeting with them?
quinlaenar
+2 -0
They called him at home.
They called him at home.
joeyramoney
+1 -1
what purpose does this strip serve?
what purpose does this strip serve?
odei
+1 -0
It may be some kind of cliffhanging device, or Onstad may have been too lazy to do the rest of the strip, which we see in the next update.
It may be some kind of cliffhanging device, or Onstad may have been too lazy to do the rest of the strip, which we see in the next update.
rowboat
+37 -0
Well, based on the time frame in which this strip was posted, it's entirely possible that he really did lose his job at that point. The dot com bubble had technically already been blown for a little while, but there were some companies that managed to hold on a little longer. His might've just fallen. Maybe that day. Imagine that you've been through all the requisite college years in the hopes of getting some computer job that's supposed to be real hot shit. You get out of school, get the job, make good money doing next to nothing, say, being a "Usability Engineer" for, say, four years or so. Then, for reasons that seems almost make believe, it all comes crashing down and you basically have no job and don't really know how to do anything that is considered to be the least bit valuable now that all the fake jobs are gone. Now let's say that during this time in which you had a fake job paying you real money to do nothing, you had been working on a little surreal web comic just for a hobby. One day it all ends. You still have a daily deadline on this comic (self-imposed as it may be). I ask you - what does your comic look like that day? This is just speculation, but it could have gone something like that.
Well, based on the time frame in which this strip was posted, it's entirely possible that he really did lose his job at that point. The dot com bubble had technically already been blown for a little while, but there were some companies that managed to hold on a little longer. His might've just fallen. Maybe that day. Imagine that you've been through all the requisite college years in the hopes of getting some computer job that's supposed to be real hot shit. You get out of school, get the job, make good money doing next to nothing, say, being a "Usability Engineer" for, say, four years or so. Then, for reasons that seems almost make believe, it all comes crashing down and you basically have no job and don't really know how to do anything that is considered to be the least bit valuable now that all the fake jobs are gone. Now let's say that during this time in which you had a fake job paying you real money to do nothing, you had been working on a little surreal web comic just for a hobby. One day it all ends. You still have a daily deadline on this comic (self-imposed as it may be). I ask you - what does your comic look like that day? This is just speculation, but it could have gone something like that.
paco
+1 -0
you sound like you're talking from personal experience here.
you sound like you're talking from personal experience here.
zapatos
+0 -0
Dammit Rowboat, that is depressing.
Dammit Rowboat, that is depressing.
rowboat
+2 -0
It's OK. He landed on his feet.
It's OK. He landed on his feet.
editrix
+3 -1
OHHHHH SHIIIIIIIT!
OHHHHH SHIIIIIIIT!
miked
+0 -0
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A comment left by miked was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by luasn, NDCaesar, Omegatron)
anonymous
+0 -0
:(
:(
al_batross
+0 -0
I like to think of this one not as a character strip, but the first full-on Onstad strip (ignoring the early "lazy" ones, because I'm lazy and don't want to note them)
I like to think of this one not as a character strip, but the first full-on Onstad strip (ignoring the early "lazy" ones, because I'm lazy and don't want to note them)
snowman
+1 -0
I like this strip because you have to really know these characters for this to be funny.
I like this strip because you have to really know these characters for this to be funny.
lowtrees
+0 -0
Right, exactly.
Right, exactly.
unclesma
+0 -0
No doubt the most important strip to the overall story in the catalouge.
No doubt the most important strip to the overall story in the catalouge.
joeynarcotic
+0 -0
Yes! It is a love story!
Yes! It is a love story!
hendetta
+0 -0
WHY THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS TO MEEEE
WHY THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS TO MEEEE
woah