The Perry Bible Fellowship has a new home in G2.

thx mordy

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/12/24/liver-surgeon-branded_n_4497249.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

http://www.pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF219-Transfer_Patient.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVrahOHlTWY

idk what it is about me that I adore everything he's done in comic form, but find the animated/live action stuff an instant turnoff, even though I can see it's the same sense of humour? I'm sure i'm alone in this..

You are not alone in this, it feels a lot more heavy handed for one thing.

Think this would be a lot funnier if it was 5-10 seconds long, like an animated Vine or something

"Puppet Porno" was pretty funny but the cartoons are excruciating

Yeah, these definitely feel like a step down, wish he'd return to cartooning, since he was so good at it. You could almost imagine the "Mr. Faeber" as a mid-quality PBF cartoon, but the length of the cartoon does it no favours, the joke should be over once the kid is eaten.

Bummer

Thanks for the new screen name Tuomas, hope you don't mind.

Extermination: Earth is pretty great though.

http://nicholasgurewitch.tumblr.com/post/85707454025/pbf-262-dreamcatcher

http://i.imgur.com/1m6oKLf.gif

Man, why can't he just keep doing comics instead of meh movies?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2116548608/notes-on-a-case-of-melancholia-or-a-little-death/

"Dr. Edgar O. Wye," eh? Well at least he's doing the Gorey tribute to the full.

Little death? I'm guessing the other meaning won't be mentioned?

http://www.pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF264-Father_Christmas.png

Unless I'm missing something, this one's kinda weak.

yeah. that one took me like 5 minutes to get and it wasn't worth it.

yr refund is in the mail sir

the execution is very good, better than the concept

I'm still not sure I get it. Santa is an elf in disguise?

Santa is secretly impregnating all the elf mamas I guess? Not very good, anyway.

would be funnier if it was one of the reindeer calves with santa's face amirite!!!!!

feel like it shdve been rudolph just spitballin

man that's terrible

That one elf's dad is santa hence the red face. Yeah its a bit rubbish.

I didn't realize the elves in the first panel were supposed to be child and not adult labourers.

too much time on ilx

lol

loooool

Why is the elf giving the reindeer a wink?
Is the second panel trying to convey the reindeer turning around?
Why is there a reindeer in this at all?

The wink resembles Santa - further evidence.
Yes, in a moment of realization.
Santa needs someone to do the "keep this on the down low" to.

I love Mr Gurewich but its amazing how many of his strips need explaining/cause confusion/make no sense.

I dunno, this is pretty untypical for him. Normally he nails the gag perfectly.

I blame the reindeer.

It's as if he just wanted to paint a pretty picture of a reindeer

what's in the picture framed by candy canes? is it a clue?

It's a stale joke, but makes perfect sense. The pregnant elves in the last panel are an unnecessary "nudge, nudge, geddit?," imo.

this one, a few back, is an all-timer imo

http://www.pbfcomics.com/261/

My favourite: http://www.pbfcomics.com/162

Now that I look back, he can get confusing at times, like the Edward Gorey and R. Crumb tributes.

I think there's more to this joke, like maybe Santa replaced a regular elf with his child and the elf is in the bag, hence the conspiratorial wink.

Or that Santa is running a Fritzl operation up there in the secluded North Pole.

I think there's more to it too, first thought was it's like in the cartoons where say huey due and luey stand on each other's shoulders and wear a big coat to look like a bigger duck. Hence the redness around the elf's jawline from where he wears a false beard. But I've got nothing from there.

I still think it's just Santa porking Elf moms

wow wow wow at 261

Yeah. I know it's nothing but the chalkboard in that panel is so fucking amazingly done.

I'm looking at this from the reindeer's perspective:

1st panel: Reindeer sees a 'familiar' face amidst the three children, the child winks at him
2nd panel: Thinking baout things. He ponders if what he thinks is true, that Santa is the father of that elf
3rd panel: Santa gives the same sort of wink, but..

Argh fuck, I've got nothing. Reindeer in 3rd panel is all O_O. No idea on the rest. Yes, Santa maybe knocked up those women, but eh.. so?

I think maybe part of the funny is that the reindeer doesn't give a fuck/his blank expression?

In Finnish folklore at least, Santa has a wife. Presumably the lady elves have husbands too; the other elf kids don't look like Santa, so they must've been sired by male elves. The joke is to contrast the image of Santa as a kid-friendly do-gooder with the idea that he is secretly (hence the wink) an adulterer. This contrast is emphasized by making the one who discovers the truth be one of Santa's reindeer, i.e. someone who's generally (and in this comic strip too) depicted as an innocent animal.

Really, guys, this isn't rocket science!

Point is, I refuse to believe it isn't rocket science.