On the off-chance that I'm not the only fan of the Comics Curmudgeon around here, dig the ultimate in popular culture specialization: Matt's Silent Penultimate Panel Watch.
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independent worm | March 16, 2006, 4:05pm | #
Uncle Lumpy | March 16, 2006, 4:16pm | #
!! !Garth | March 16, 2006, 4:30pm | #
X: "What are you doing?"Y: "Blogging about silent second to last panels!"
Y: [bubble]?[/bubble]
X: "Because it is a standard and annoying formula!"
Garth | March 16, 2006, 4:33pm | #
Dang! Reverse the last two x & y:X: "What are you doing?"
Y: "Blogging about silent second to last panels!"
X: [bubble]?[/bubble]
Y: "Because it is a standard and annoying formula!"
smacky | March 16, 2006, 4:41pm | #
Damn! This Matt guy is on the ball. I guess there go my minor aspirations of ever becoming a comic strip cartoonist. That's easily one of the biggest tricks in the bag*, uncovered and exposed for all to see and mock.*At least for mediocre comic strips - hey, I have low aspirations.
Jeff P. | March 16, 2006, 4:43pm | #
Next up: A site about punchlines that begin on the penultimate panel......and end on the last.
Sandy | March 16, 2006, 6:20pm | #
In a similar vein, here are Garfield cartoons with Garfield's bubbles erased. It improves the cartoon greatly, turning it into a French surrealist piece about the emptiness of John's life.Take that, Lazy Muncie.