Today’s Invisibules comic has been replaced by a short animation I made for the birthday of a friend. You can find it on youtube by following this link. “Normal” service will be resumed eventually.
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Now you have a chance to get a glimpse some of the intense planning that goes into the production of these apparently simple comics. The strategy team monitor and analyse the entire internet daily, to come to a decision on what category of joke to use in a given issue, and pass their recommendations to the humour team whose job it is to come up with the actual jokes. The strategists subsist in the sub-basement, and have to send all their results up to the light and space of Eagle’s Tower where the humourists give life to comic ideas. It’s quite a lot of stairs, and there are many categories for the results, so we employ a team of runners to deliver them. Today, rather make a comic, I decided to show you what these reports look like. It’s very simple to just trip up a random runner on his climb and catch his sealed missive as he falls down into the spiral — I hastily add that we have a heap of straw at the bottom to prevent too many injuries as this is a common sport amongst bored humourists. Anyway, it probably turned out for the best as a quick check around the humour team indicates that none of us has a clue how to make a graph funny.
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1. propensity for graph jokes / LEGEND Invisibules / age of comic (number of published issues) / 187 / (projected)
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1. BEHOLD UNBULIEVERS -- I, BULE, WILL PERFORM MIRACULES FOR YOU
2. SEE ME WALK ON WATER
3. NOW I TURN WATER INTO WINE
4. NOW DRINK! sorry about the plastic cup
5. (we're not drinking that!) WHY NOT? IS THE BEST WINE!
6. (you've been walking on it)
2. SEE ME WALK ON WATER
3. NOW I TURN WATER INTO WINE
4. NOW DRINK! sorry about the plastic cup
5. (we're not drinking that!) WHY NOT? IS THE BEST WINE!
6. (you've been walking on it)
my first ever guest comic appeared today on the extremely excellent Edmund Finney’s Quest drawn by Dan Long. Find it here: http://eqcomics.com/2011/02/06/runner-up-andrew-kay-of-invisibules/
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1. (You pushed me over!)
2. [Well, you told me to]
3. (no I didn't!)
4. [You said "knock me sideways" -- so I did]
5. (but it's just an expression...)
6. (...I didn't mean it _laterally_)
2. [Well, you told me to]
3. (no I didn't!)
4. [You said "knock me sideways" -- so I did]
5. (but it's just an expression...)
6. (...I didn't mean it _laterally_)
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1. (I can't believe how petty my neighbours are) [why, what's up]
2.(well, I built myself a rock garden) [sounds harmless]
3.(exactly. I wanted to install my Alpine plants in the proper conditions) [but they objected?]
4.(yes, said I blocked out the light)
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6. [how high is this Alpine garden?] (only _low_ Alps, 2000 metres or so...)
2.(well, I built myself a rock garden) [sounds harmless]
3.(exactly. I wanted to install my Alpine plants in the proper conditions) [but they objected?]
4.(yes, said I blocked out the light)
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6. [how high is this Alpine garden?] (only _low_ Alps, 2000 metres or so...)
Dear Reader, this joke is so wrong in so many ways and on so many levels that it is one of my favourites of all Invisibule comics so far. There, I have a twisted sense of humour, and I don’t care who knows it. I’ve often wondered if the problem of choosing a material to make jars for vanishing cream is analogous to the problem of choosing containers for super-glue.
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1. (I don't _believe_ it)
2. (where _is_ _it_?)
3. (I've done it _again_)
4. (I've _lost_ my jar...)
5.
6. (...of vanishing cream)
2. (where _is_ _it_?)
3. (I've done it _again_)
4. (I've _lost_ my jar...)
5.
6. (...of vanishing cream)
Wishing a merry bah humbug to you all.
I still can’t decide whether the unfortunate Invisibulean not quite appearing in today’s strip is wearing spectacles or not.
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1. (operator -- get me the optician urgently!) -yes sir...
2. -hello -- I'm the optician. What's the matter?
3. (my lens has rolled round inside my head - it's _very_ painful)
4. -try closing your eyes and rolling them around
5. -this sort of thing often happens with contact lenses
6. (I don't _wear_ contact lenses)
2. -hello -- I'm the optician. What's the matter?
3. (my lens has rolled round inside my head - it's _very_ painful)
4. -try closing your eyes and rolling them around
5. -this sort of thing often happens with contact lenses
6. (I don't _wear_ contact lenses)
And a very happy 0x1Eth to mpj!
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1. (You are accused of stealing eggs from the supermarket. What do you have to say for yourself)
2. [It was a mistake your honour]
3. (How could it be a mistake?)
4. [Well, first I saw the premium range organic eggs, but I thought pthey were far too dear]
5. [Then I saw the economy range eggs, but they were still a bit pricey]
6. [And then I saw the free range eggs...]
2. [It was a mistake your honour]
3. (How could it be a mistake?)
4. [Well, first I saw the premium range organic eggs, but I thought pthey were far too dear]
5. [Then I saw the economy range eggs, but they were still a bit pricey]
6. [And then I saw the free range eggs...]
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1. (I did so much want to walk across your land) [well, you can]
2. (but you said I couldn't) [no, I said you could]
3. (you said I'd have to ask the Pope!) [I said no such thing]
4. (so why did you tell me to write to Rome, then?)
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6. [I said you had the right to roam]
2. (but you said I couldn't) [no, I said you could]
3. (you said I'd have to ask the Pope!) [I said no such thing]
4. (so why did you tell me to write to Rome, then?)
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6. [I said you had the right to roam]