I remember the first time I heard the dance remix of Carmina Burana (“O Fortuna” to be precise). I was appalled. Now I laugh along with it. I have become an immoral hard-skinned goof-ball.
I’m not sure if Bruno is being honest, or purposely obtuse to invite further “explanation.” I also very much like the fact that I’m not sure,
One of the fun things about creating a strict rule (strips will be only one panel) is to break the rule (several panels) when it really really adds to the strip. It’s also fun to make Bruno get all dopey.
Sometimes we want advice, and sometimes we want encouragement. And sometimes we have to specifically tell the person what we want. Ah, communication.
With this strip I was trying to express how it feels like to hang out with someone who keeps changing the subject, especially when you’re talking about something with emotion because it matters to you.
It’s a little muddy going, but it kinda’ does that.
Funny that Donna is just simply there, taking a nap. :)
This was my attempt to write some of the circles my mind used to go round when thinking about life and relationships. Fortunately, I’m a bit more grounded now.
I’ve found that this sometimes happens in friendships, where you’re always joking around, but at some point you lose grasp of what is joke and what are true feelings, and it can be tough to regain the foundation of earnestness.
And, of course, if you’re drunken and married then you have a “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” situation on your hands. Fun!
It’s funny that I’ve never really been a stoner, nor really enjoyed the experience (I didn’t inhale, of course), but I appreciate it, and find Randall’s good natured stoned existence to be irresistible.
This is one of those strips where I have no idea what it was about, and it may have been about nothing specific. But that feeling, that overwhelmed wrongness of the world which sometimes hits you square i the kisser. it’s THAT feeling. I happy that i caught it. And I’m even happier that it rarely hits me like that anymore.
I think I somewhat had Bruno creating her own problems somewhat to have others comfort her and take care of her. But a lot of writing the strip was just “feeling out” the character, so I’m not sure.












