Phil “The Bad Astronomer” Plait says that this is the “Best. Web. Comic. Evah.” As a fan of both the Bad Astronomer and Doctor Who, you know I’m hardly going to disagree!
“He’s like fire, and ice, and rage. He’s like the night, and the storm, and the heart of the sun.
“He’s ancient and forever. He burns at the center of time and he can see the turn of the Universe.
“And he’s wonderful.”
Hi, I made some nice comment on the blog Bad Astronomy (where I found your blog link), here…
http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/08/10/is-it-hot-in-here-or-is-it-just-me/
…and it took me several minutes to write them, but they were all erased by the blogs owner, Phil Plait.
My comments are very nice and only with facts, but he probably find the facts opposing his views on things I guess.
Just wanted to tell you, because I think Phil somehowe shall be punished for what he did.
Thanx!
I’ve never known Phil to just erase things he didn’t like. What were the facts you posted? I’m not for punishing anyone, but if he did do as you say I’d be the first one to call him to the plate (ha ha) for it.
Phil just made another blog post:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BadAstronomyBlog/~3/143122499/
Apparently he upgraded WordPress and it ate some of the recent comments. Your comments probably just got hung up in that.
See what happens when you jump to conclusions?
Speaking of the Doctor, what do you think of the new season Shane?
Awesome! Steven Moffat is now one of my favorite writers (did you see Jekyll?) and Human Nature/The Family of Blood was the best Doctor Who story ever!
I’m turned off by the first panel of the first strip:
http://www.homeonthestrange.com/view.php?ID=211
wherein the fanboy is seen eating CHOCOLATE FROSTED SUGAR BOMBS cereal. That is a DIRECT RIP-OFF of Calvin & Hobbes.
Ray U.
Ripoff, or homage?
To my eye it’s plagiarism. Which yes some might call the sincerest form of flattery. But I suspect the writer was more hoping people would think it was his original joke. An homage should stand on its own in some way, to be worthwhile also to people who don’t get the reference. But this was just a straight recycling of the joke: wouldn’t it be funny if a cereal had such an outlandish name?
Eating a “Calivin & Hobbes” brand cereal would have been unmistakable homage. THAT hadn’t been the previous name of any C&H thing, but the name itself would be saying the author liked C&H, since that’s what the protagonist eats for breakfast.
Maybe one of the next strips will mention the Weekly World News shutdown and have their last headline be Space Alien Weds Two-Headed Elvis Clone.
Ray U.