peppermint
+28 -1
Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o'clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously.
Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o'clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously.
farqussus
+6 -1
arf!
arf!
magb
+0 -0
A comment left by magb was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by ishuta, Crowpaw, DavidL)
A comment left by magb was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by ishuta, Crowpaw, DavidL)
sje46
+0 -0
Yes, but did you do that by heart ?
Yes, but did you do that by heart ?
syrinx
+0 -0
A comment left by syrinx was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by Vondicus, bug, Howard, TTAGXAMM, nutmeg, morbo)
A comment left by syrinx was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by Vondicus, bug, Howard, TTAGXAMM, nutmeg, morbo)
petitegitan
+26 -2
It's true. When I have to read Dickens I always think, "I know I should enjoy this more than I do..but I can't."
It's true. When I have to read Dickens I always think, "I know I should enjoy this more than I do..but I can't."
whitey
+0 -0
A comment left by whitey was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by fakead, NDCaesar, TheLastWhiteMan)
A comment left by whitey was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by fakead, NDCaesar, TheLastWhiteMan)
whuppins
+7 -1
The people who say Dickens isn't boring always seem to have read, say, A Tale of Two Cities and not Great Expectations. C'mon, Great Expectations is dull .
That said, I didn't ever assume that this strip was any kind of commentary to that effect.
The people who say Dickens isn't boring always seem to have read, say, A Tale of Two Cities and not Great Expectations. C'mon, Great Expectations is dull .
That said, I didn't ever assume that this strip was any kind of commentary to that effect.
dougthehead
+0 -0
A comment left by dougthehead was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by fakead, eleion, NDCaesar)
A comment left by dougthehead was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by fakead, eleion, NDCaesar)
syrinx
+0 -0
A comment left by syrinx was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by pityparty, Scorpio_nadir, purplesafruit, Panserbjorne, LRosetw8, morbo)
A comment left by syrinx was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by pityparty, Scorpio_nadir, purplesafruit, Panserbjorne, LRosetw8, morbo)
whitey
+1 -0
If soap operas were written half as well as anything Dickens wrote, I would watch Days of Our Lives rather than the tripe offered by the History Channel in the afternoons.
Working nights, my options are limited.
If soap operas were written half as well as anything Dickens wrote, I would watch Days of Our Lives rather than the tripe offered by the History Channel in the afternoons.
Working nights, my options are limited.
dorothypoopbot
+1 -0
Strangely enough, being a soap opera writer has long been one of my life ambitions. Perhaps I will write them nearly that well?
Strangely enough, being a soap opera writer has long been one of my life ambitions. Perhaps I will write them nearly that well?
zapatos
+0 -0
I share your agony. Luckily they sell handguns in stores.
I share your agony. Luckily they sell handguns in stores.
hollis
+20 -0
He did get paid by the word. I think his style would have been a lot different if not for that fact.
He did get paid by the word. I think his style would have been a lot different if not for that fact.
whuppins
+1 -0
Well, my comment was about Great Expectations in particular, not Dickens in general. If you're trying to convince someone that Dickens isn't boring, have them read A Tale of Two Cities, not Great Expectations.
Well, my comment was about Great Expectations in particular, not Dickens in general. If you're trying to convince someone that Dickens isn't boring, have them read A Tale of Two Cities, not Great Expectations.
mortshire
+93 -0
OH MY DICKENS IT'S A DICKENS FIGHT
Isn't that just the dickens
OH MY DICKENS IT'S A DICKENS FIGHT
Isn't that just the dickens
from_circumstances
+1 -1
Somebody's gonna get their David Copperfield poked out...
Somebody's gonna get their David Copperfield poked out...
steerpike66
+4 -0
Who call him spurious and shoddy
Shall do it o'er my lifeless body.
I heartily invite such birds
To come outside and say those words!
Dorothy Parker
Who call him spurious and shoddy
Shall do it o'er my lifeless body.
I heartily invite such birds
To come outside and say those words!
Dorothy Parker
shmuckeles
+53 -0
anyone using this strip as a way of saying that dickens is interesting is missing the point that the depressed cat is using the droning pap to lull himself into restful slumber and not to boldly stride through 19th century England, turning each page with wide-eyed alacrity and engagement
anyone using this strip as a way of saying that dickens is interesting is missing the point that the depressed cat is using the droning pap to lull himself into restful slumber and not to boldly stride through 19th century England, turning each page with wide-eyed alacrity and engagement
rowboat
+0 -0
As I scrolled through the Dickens rumpus I was beginning to wonder if this simple observation would be aired. Thank you, shmuckles.
As I scrolled through the Dickens rumpus I was beginning to wonder if this simple observation would be aired. Thank you, shmuckles.
peterjoel
+0 -0
Ah crap. I saw it as RB trying to "get some culture".
Ah crap. I saw it as RB trying to "get some culture".
direhaggis
+1 -0
It is a point of startlingly effectiveness that Beef is cold asleep right at the intro. Dickens trumps Lunesta.
It is a point of startlingly effectiveness that Beef is cold asleep right at the intro. Dickens trumps Lunesta.
trollcollins
+0 -0
Man think about what you are saying. No one with a great love for the English language such as Onstad clearly has could hate on Dickens.
And Beef being From Circumstances is totally Dickensian. Samuel H. Invisible would fit right in.
Man think about what you are saying. No one with a great love for the English language such as Onstad clearly has could hate on Dickens.
And Beef being From Circumstances is totally Dickensian. Samuel H. Invisible would fit right in.
scifigrl47
+0 -0
Ha, it is obviously my own predisposition to Dickens, but I always felt the sleep came not from boredom or disinterest, but from a sort of comfort, the rhythmic, gentle reading of a bedtime story.
One gets the impression that bedtime stories were not on order in Circumstances.
Ha, it is obviously my own predisposition to Dickens, but I always felt the sleep came not from boredom or disinterest, but from a sort of comfort, the rhythmic, gentle reading of a bedtime story.
One gets the impression that bedtime stories were not on order in Circumstances.
zem
+5 -0
Assume the position
Stop look and listen
I spit on your grave then I grab my Charles Dickens
Bitch
Method Man
Assume the position
Stop look and listen
I spit on your grave then I grab my Charles Dickens
Bitch
Method Man
scorpio_nadir
+1 -0
Dickens being read aloud is a comfort and a hope for the depressed. It is about overcoming Hard Circumstances.
Dickens being read aloud is a comfort and a hope for the depressed. It is about overcoming Hard Circumstances.
trollcollins
+0 -0
Actually I did not much enjoy A Tale of Two Cities, but Our Mutual Friend made me a great lover of the Dickens. That is one cah-ray-zee book.
Actually I did not much enjoy A Tale of Two Cities, but Our Mutual Friend made me a great lover of the Dickens. That is one cah-ray-zee book.
cailetshadow
+2 -0
As is...Achewood.
As is...Achewood.
semiquaver
+2 -1
You say this like it isn't a web forum for a COMIC STRIP.
Still, Dickens can suck one, for the most part. Even Oliver Twist is perishin' dull.
You say this like it isn't a web forum for a COMIC STRIP.
Still, Dickens can suck one, for the most part. Even Oliver Twist is perishin' dull.
achilleselbow
+4 -0
A lot of novels back then were released in installments, usually in gentlemen's magazines (which had quite a different meaning at the time). The Picture of Dorian Gray comes to mind, and there's no way you can knock that shit.
A lot of novels back then were released in installments, usually in gentlemen's magazines (which had quite a different meaning at the time). The Picture of Dorian Gray comes to mind, and there's no way you can knock that shit.
charchar
+0 -0
Chubby for knowing your literary history.
Chubby for knowing your literary history.
pox
+0 -0
Chubby for hell fuck yes Dorian Gray combined with Prof. Bros
Mah boooy
Chubby for hell fuck yes Dorian Gray combined with Prof. Bros
Mah boooy
boredom_man
+0 -0
Unfair! Hard Times was also released in installments, and unlike Great Expectations , did not make the Baby Jesus cry.
Unfair! Hard Times was also released in installments, and unlike Great Expectations , did not make the Baby Jesus cry.
gazdatronik
+0 -0
Well, Dickens did invent the term "Boredom" after he got in a train wreck and had to wait for days to get other transportation from the area. Without him, there would nt be this word.
Well, Dickens did invent the term "Boredom" after he got in a train wreck and had to wait for days to get other transportation from the area. Without him, there would nt be this word.
invidious
+0 -0
People who think Dickens is boring should read E.M. Forster. Start with Howards End . If you can get a hundred pages in without clawing your eyes out over the sheer, frustrating, pointlessness of that book, I'll give you a dollar.
Then, go read Dickens. He'll seem a lot better.
People who think Dickens is boring should read E.M. Forster. Start with Howards End . If you can get a hundred pages in without clawing your eyes out over the sheer, frustrating, pointlessness of that book, I'll give you a dollar.
Then, go read Dickens. He'll seem a lot better.
mangtastic
+0 -0
Or, you could read books that are actually good.
Or, you could read books that are actually good.
leon_sumbitches
+1 -0
I have read on the internet about people reprogramming their aibos in ways similarly to this.
I have read on the internet about people reprogramming their aibos in ways similarly to this.
deusoma
+16 -0
it's like the 21st century version of putting a mix tape in a Teddy Ruxpin.
it's like the 21st century version of putting a mix tape in a Teddy Ruxpin.
kamet
+4 -0
Ah, the sweet sounds of "Ice Ice Baby" coming from Teddy Ruxpins mouth.. the uncomfortable growth of a confused child.
Ah, the sweet sounds of "Ice Ice Baby" coming from Teddy Ruxpins mouth.. the uncomfortable growth of a confused child.
cpnglxynchos
+0 -0
i feel like i missed out on something in pre-childhood now.
i feel like i missed out on something in pre-childhood now.
foolio
+1 -0
I'm not sure I would get a monogrammed satchel for a real dog, let alone an AIBO.
Just shows you Ray Smuckles plays a different game than the rest of us.
I'm not sure I would get a monogrammed satchel for a real dog, let alone an AIBO.
Just shows you Ray Smuckles plays a different game than the rest of us.
falseprophet
+1 -0
A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now.
A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now.
presterjohn
+1 -0
You are much better than a Dickens fan. Chubby.
You are much better than a Dickens fan. Chubby.
hypoluxa
+0 -0
I keep getting sucked into ranking a point higher just because of great alt text.
I keep getting sucked into ranking a point higher just because of great alt text.
rowboat
+0 -0
Nothing wrong with that.
Nothing wrong with that.
semiquaver
+0 -0
Go go riot rowboat.
Go go riot rowboat.
rowboat
+1 -0
I don't understand you. I just don't understand you. I cannot understand you.
I don't understand you. I just don't understand you. I cannot understand you.
semiquaver
+2 -0
I heard a sound. I turned around. I turned around and saw rowboat had made the sound.
God dammit I don't even like that band all that much how the hell ass do I know all their lyrics
I heard a sound. I turned around. I turned around and saw rowboat had made the sound.
God dammit I don't even like that band all that much how the hell ass do I know all their lyrics
rowboat
+1 -0
"Fingertips" is important. They're going to put it in the time capsule. The next race will know that we were all scatter-brained nerds.
"Fingertips" is important. They're going to put it in the time capsule. The next race will know that we were all scatter-brained nerds.
semiquaver
+0 -0
Veni, vidi, giggli
Veni, vidi, giggli
spenham
+0 -0
How in the world did that get started? Oh well. It's nobody's business but the Turks.
How in the world did that get started? Oh well. It's nobody's business but the Turks.
lux
+0 -0
I was just whistling in the dark when I got ambushed by giants. At least, they might have been, I couldn't tell.
I was just whistling in the dark when I got ambushed by giants. At least, they might have been, I couldn't tell.
semiquaver
+0 -0
Probably just windmills
[/fanwank]
Probably just windmills
[/fanwank]
fattypneumonia
+0 -0
Somethin' grabbed ahold of my hand. I didn't know what held my hand. But that's when all my troubles began.
Somethin' grabbed ahold of my hand. I didn't know what held my hand. But that's when all my troubles began.
thatcrazycommie
+0 -0
Ray owns 34 AIBOs but he still knows what Weldon's personal favorite toys are. That's responsible pet ownership.
Ray owns 34 AIBOs but he still knows what Weldon's personal favorite toys are. That's responsible pet ownership.
zeal
+1 -0
33. Doctor Kisses gave his life to become Roast Beef's new cyborg organs.
33. Doctor Kisses gave his life to become Roast Beef's new cyborg organs.
fosters
+0 -0
And he carried them around in a bag with a monogrammed W on it. And I doubt he just had the bag made for the trip over to Beef's place; the other 32 AIBOs probably have them too. The one with "Dr. K" on it is probably black.
And he carried them around in a bag with a monogrammed W on it. And I doubt he just had the bag made for the trip over to Beef's place; the other 32 AIBOs probably have them too. The one with "Dr. K" on it is probably black.
phthoggos
+0 -0
https://www.aibohack.com/
https://www.aibohack.com/
xiaomimi
+15 -0
Weekend Blogs
Ray: What Did Ray Do!
Roast Beef: orange keys
Onstad: Tense week recap
Little Nephew: School food is crass
Weekend Blogs
Ray: What Did Ray Do!
Roast Beef: orange keys
Onstad: Tense week recap
Little Nephew: School food is crass
echidnaboy
+0 -0
Damn, Onstad is fascinated by the concept of the blumpkin. What next, coprophiliac turkeys?
Damn, Onstad is fascinated by the concept of the blumpkin. What next, coprophiliac turkeys?
i_love_kate
+0 -0
Judge the audience, not the author.
Also, the blame probably lies more with Little Nephew than Onstad. He has to be true to his artistic vision.
Judge the audience, not the author.
Also, the blame probably lies more with Little Nephew than Onstad. He has to be true to his artistic vision.
xiaomimi
+15 -0
Today's Blogs
Philippe: I am not president.
Today's Blogs
Philippe: I am not president.
heccibiggs
+0 -0
This breakfast sounds almost unfeasibly delicious.
This breakfast sounds almost unfeasibly delicious.
sp1derbaby
+1 -0
I was standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
I was standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
tajto
+0 -0
i actually enjoyed great expectations - i seem to be one of very few
i actually enjoyed great expectations - i seem to be one of very few
theguitarhero
+0 -0
Man Beef, don't listen to Great Expectations ! It's a silly book! It's silly to like Great Expectations !
Man Beef, don't listen to Great Expectations ! It's a silly book! It's silly to like Great Expectations !
I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place; and, as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge, so, the evening mists were rising now, and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me, I saw the shadow of no parting from her.
See, I found Great Expectations to be far too tedious to enjoy, but little passages like this are quite pretty.
Don't want to get hell of flamed for this, but I actually enjoyed South Park's adaptation. They played it mostly straight, very well done, and edited into a manageable 22-minute format. Not that that's the preferred way to consume a classic work of literature, but it was a fun departure.
Why would someone lame this comment.
Hardcore Literature Enthusiast.
Not to be confused with the Hardcore-Literature Enthusiast. Those people are freaks.
::activates the Dr. Manflesh signal::
I am gravely disappointed that he didn't arrive when called. Dr Manflesh is Love.
I love the passage but I wish it was his original ending. He changed it to make it happier. Originally Estella says fuck off again and it ends like that.
A comment left by nbgreene was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by ted0phile, 7inchsplit, NDCaesar, daftsquare)
No Great Expectations fulfillment for you?
i know it is wicked typical and a bit cliche to say, but i totally think that none of dicken's other works come close to the brilliance that is David Copperfield. and that is saying a lot, considering the regard held for all of his work. 1850's were an exciting time for literature, with Copperfield defining the modern bildungsroman and huck finn damning the failure of the civil war and reconstruction.