thx mordy
― Nhex, Monday, 25 November 2013 23:54 (ten years ago) link
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
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 13:57 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVrahOHlTWY
― Mordy , Wednesday, 19 March 2014 18:24 (ten years ago) link
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..
― sktsh, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 23:54 (ten years ago) link
You are not alone in this, it feels a lot more heavy handed for one thing.
― ewar woowar (or something), Thursday, 20 March 2014 00:54 (ten years ago) link
Think this would be a lot funnier if it was 5-10 seconds long, like an animated Vine or something
― Vinnie, Thursday, 20 March 2014 03:14 (ten years ago) link
"Puppet Porno" was pretty funny but the cartoons are excruciating
― open-y, ob-la-da (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 20 March 2014 03:40 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 March 2014 10:48 (ten years ago) link
Bummer
― We hugged with no names exchanged (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 20 March 2014 13:57 (ten years ago) link
Thanks for the new screen name Tuomas, hope you don't mind.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 20 March 2014 14:13 (ten years ago) link
Extermination: Earth is pretty great though.
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 20 March 2014 14:51 (ten years ago) link
http://nicholasgurewitch.tumblr.com/post/85707454025/pbf-262-dreamcatcher
http://i.imgur.com/1m6oKLf.gif
― 龜, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 10:04 (nine years ago) link
Man, why can't he just keep doing comics instead of meh movies?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 11:07 (nine years ago) link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2116548608/notes-on-a-case-of-melancholia-or-a-little-death/
― celfie tucker 48 (s.clover), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link
"Dr. Edgar O. Wye," eh? Well at least he's doing the Gorey tribute to the full.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
Little death? I'm guessing the other meaning won't be mentioned?
― StanM, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
http://www.pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF264-Father_Christmas.png
― Mordy, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:15 (nine years ago) link
Unless I'm missing something, this one's kinda weak.
― jmm, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:47 (nine years ago) link
yeah. that one took me like 5 minutes to get and it wasn't worth it.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:49 (nine years ago) link
yr refund is in the mail sir
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:50 (nine years ago) link
the execution is very good, better than the concept
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link
I'm still not sure I get it. Santa is an elf in disguise?
― Hark! The Village People (fake penthouse letters mcgee), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
Santa is secretly impregnating all the elf mamas I guess? Not very good, anyway.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link
would be funnier if it was one of the reindeer calves with santa's face amirite!!!!!
― imago, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
feel like it shdve been rudolph just spitballin
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:05 (nine years ago) link
man that's terrible
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
That one elf's dad is santa hence the red face. Yeah its a bit rubbish.
― I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Thursday, 18 December 2014 03:00 (nine years ago) link
I didn't realize the elves in the first panel were supposed to be child and not adult labourers.
― Edward G. Craver (fake penthouse letters mcgee), Thursday, 18 December 2014 04:01 (nine years ago) link
too much time on ilx
― 龜, Thursday, 18 December 2014 04:02 (nine years ago) link
lol
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Karl Malone), Thursday, 18 December 2014 04:06 (nine years ago) link
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?
― poxy fülvous (abanana), Thursday, 18 December 2014 05:26 (nine years ago) link
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.
― nickn, Thursday, 18 December 2014 05:49 (nine years ago) link
I love Mr Gurewich but its amazing how many of his strips need explaining/cause confusion/make no sense.
― I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:40 (nine years ago) link
I dunno, this is pretty untypical for him. Normally he nails the gag perfectly.
I blame the reindeer.
― jmm, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
It's as if he just wanted to paint a pretty picture of a reindeer
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Friday, 19 December 2014 00:21 (nine years ago) link
what's in the picture framed by candy canes? is it a clue?
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 19 December 2014 01:13 (nine years ago) link
It's a stale joke, but makes perfect sense. The pregnant elves in the last panel are an unnecessary "nudge, nudge, geddit?," imo.
― nickn, Friday, 19 December 2014 04:16 (nine years ago) link
this one, a few back, is an all-timer imo
http://www.pbfcomics.com/261/
― Simon H., Friday, 19 December 2014 04:22 (nine years ago) link
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.
― jmm, Friday, 19 December 2014 05:17 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 19 December 2014 08:06 (nine years ago) link
Or that Santa is running a Fritzl operation up there in the secluded North Pole.
― Øystein, Friday, 19 December 2014 09:45 (nine years ago) link
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.
― ewar woowar (or something), Friday, 19 December 2014 12:17 (nine years ago) link
I still think it's just Santa porking Elf moms
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Friday, 19 December 2014 12:28 (nine years ago) link
wow wow wow at 261
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Friday, 19 December 2014 12:42 (nine years ago) link
Yeah. I know it's nothing but the chalkboard in that panel is so fucking amazingly done.
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Friday, 19 December 2014 12:57 (nine years ago) link
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 him2nd panel: Thinking baout things. He ponders if what he thinks is true, that Santa is the father of that elf3rd 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?
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Friday, 19 December 2014 13:39 (nine years ago) link
I think maybe part of the funny is that the reindeer doesn't give a fuck/his blank expression?
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Friday, 19 December 2014 13:46 (nine years ago) link
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!
― Tuomas, Friday, 19 December 2014 13:46 (nine years ago) link
Point is, I refuse to believe it isn't rocket science.
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Friday, 19 December 2014 13:56 (nine years ago) link