Comments on: NEW STRIP :: "Everything's Better As Comics: Eddie Murphy"

By: Amie

Amie — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:26:51 +0000

Love the strip. I'm with Liz that it should be psych….but maybe I was just too much of an OCD nerd to go with the casual spelling.

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By: DHARBIN!

DHARBIN! — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:05:47 +0000

Man, yes, the Mr. T. bit is funny. Hilarious. But I get squirmy thinking of being next to a gay friend of mine if that were on. Isn't that a bad sign? I'm willing to admit that I think it is hilarious, but less willing to not feel a little guilty about it. And I LOVE Mr. T.

By: J Chris Campbell

J Chris Campbell — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:12:20 +0000

Dusty, I love this comic so much! Great job. I was anticipating it and wondering if you'd try and do it like the Godfather comic. I'm so glad you decided to cover just one joke and one of the best. My sister and I still say today. Great job man.

If you go back in time and look on everyones spiral notebook you will see that psych was spelled S-I-K-E. I also remember seeing is spelled "Psyke".

Also, that Mr. T bit will always be funny. I don't care what year it is. Except maybe if you didn't know who Mr. T was or if it was a time before the Popularity of Mr. T. Basically it's more of a goof on Mr. T than gays. I love Mr. T, but not like that. Can we stop talking about Mr. T now. Thank you.

By: DHARBIN!

DHARBIN! — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:00:03 +0000

See Liz? SIKE!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:08:39 +0000

When I used to say the word on a daily basis, I was NEVER picturing "psych" in my head.
It was always, and will always be, "sike".

By: DHARBIN!

DHARBIN! — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:21:01 +0000

There's something willfully childish about the "sike" spelling that I like. I'm working on a series of strips about famous Indians, and I struggled with calling them "Indians" or "Native Americans." Beside even the whole racial sensitivity issue, "Indians" is just technically WRONG, which offends my OCD if nothing else.

But "Indians" is also the way a kid thinks of it. Something about the word puts you in that 8-year old boy state. Which "sike" also does for me.

By: Rich Barrett

Rich Barrett — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:59:58 +0000

Excellent work, Dustin. It's funny how iconic the red on blue of that movie has become. The strip wouldn't have been the same in black and white.

I second Liz on believing that "sike" is actually "psych" but for some reason you're like the third person in the past few weeks I've seen use that spelling of it so either I'm wrong or "sike" is catching on.

By: DHARBIN!

DHARBIN! — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:13:04 +0000

Thanks Paul! Although I will say that as far as characterization, I was swiping all the actual body language from the movie itself–he moves like a cartoon already!

I will graciously accept your color compliment, however.

By: paul

paul — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:15:11 +0000

Bravo, Dharb– you outdid yourself on this one. Excellent characterization and coloring!

By: DHARBIN!

DHARBIN! — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:20:47 +0000

You know Ben, in a weird way that's one of the bits that really gets my brain computer working–when he describes the girl who kisses the gay guy and then "…goes home with that AIDS on her lips…" Beside the obvious ugly aspect, it's almost like a time capsule, y'know? I mean, 1983–AIDS was still this silent mysterious menace that only struck gay people and (inexplicably) Rock Hudson.