Tom the Dancing Bug: Super-Fun-Pak Comix, feat. Comic Strip of Theseus, and more!

[boingboing]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/03/20/tom-the-dancing-bug-super-fun-pak-comix-feat-comic-strip-of-theseus-and-more.html

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[danimagoo]

It’s kind of nice to not have one of these that makes me want to cry! Just laugh!

[Surprise_Puma]

Right?! Pedro will be so happy to just have the laughs today!

[Snakefarmer]

Hemingway!!!

[generic_name]

I’m pretty sure something very similar to that that “Draw Mickey Mouse” thing did appear in some comic book when I was a kid. (I remember learning how to draw Mickey using something just like that.)

[dpease]

I have a request for the administrators. I like Tom the Dancing Bug but I usually have to view the image in a separate tab because the comic in the post is a little small on my screen.

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One way a lot of websites approach this is to make the image clickable and bring up a full-sized version on click or hover. Would it be possible to do this or something similar in these posts? Thanks

[bluehenbear]

Maybe it’s just my morning denseness, but can someone explain the pipe/drill “pun”?

[chenille]

[Spocko]

I Loved the Comic Strip of Theseus one. I posted it on Mastodon I"m @spocko@mastodon.online with this comment. Clever philosophy joke.

Someone replied.
@spocko Cmon this is awful!!!
He’s making it up as he goes along???
I’m not sure if that is a joke about the Ship of Theseus joke.
My background in philosophy and the Ship of Theseus is shaky. Can someone explain if I’m missing a joke or they just don’t like it.

[BakaNeko]

[Mindysan33]

[bru]

This was my favourite part. I want that panel on a tshirt

[hhype]

Definitely the draw this and you can be a cartoonist was an add in comic books of old.

I feel like the showing how to draw something could have been a Highlights thing. Remember Highlights? Remember Highlights in the dentist waiting room?

[generic_name]

@hhype

Remember Highlights in the dentist waiting room?

Exactly.

Is that still around?

I remember the “draw the pirate” or “draw Tippy the Turtle” which was a gimmick to get you to sign up for art lessons, but somewhere else there was a “learn to draw Mickey” thing.