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[–] [email protected] 62 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Imagine being bored to tears as a guard, then seeing this just pop up and be left with zero explanation.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

"Sir, I saw a... a..."
I swear to god if one more private brings up UFOs...
"..a screaming skeleton that teleported."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Vanished*, you can't be sure it teleported or just became invisible or stopped existing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

"..thank... thank you for the clarification sir, I feel much better..."

[–] [email protected] 41 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Fun fact: The Watchmen was the first comic book to use Comic Sans

Fun fact edit: I lied.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Watchmen came out almost a decade before Comic Sans existed, it was hand-lettered by Dave Gibbons. In fact, it directly inspired the creation of Comic Sans according to Wikipedia.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Holy shit I’m an idiot.

I just realized it’s comic as in books and not comic as in funny.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You're not an idiot-- That distinction isn't discernable from the name per se, that information is concealed within some relatively obscure typography lore!

Consider this quote from Wikipedia:

Although many people believe that the "Comic" in Comic Sans refers to the lettering common for comic books at the time, font designer Brian Richardson revealed that this was not the case: While speaking on a panel at the 1999 Microsoft DesignTalks conference for designers, he said "We just wanted to make something fun, that people could use to inject a little bit of humor into their documents. It was actually called 'Funny Sans Serif' during development, but Pat convinced me last minute to change it to "Comic Sans" so that it would appear higher in the font picker."

Now, Wikipedia doesn't tell you that because I just made it up, but it would be totally plausible! Then some of us would be talking about how we thought it was about comic books. So you're not an idiot, IMO.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bravo, the bit about changing the name so it would appear higher up in the list lent this a lot of credibility indeed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

I'm drunk and don't know what to believe.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

All typography lore is obscure.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I thought it was from comics as in newspaper comics, which are usually funny and used to be referred to sometimes as “the funnies.”

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Between this and the circulatory system one, I am feeling like they are from the same story and now I am curious wtf is going on in that world. What comic book is this from?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s the story of Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Ahh... Is the book better than movie? I've tried watching the movie like 8 times; I have fallen asleep at the same part every single time. :/

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The graphic novel was revolutionary when it came out in the late 80s. For a comic book it's still extremely good, if you like character-based stories.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Character-based stories as opposed to?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Oil based, or latex.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Plot / story based.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Some stories are about the interplay of characters, others are about a theme or an event. All the things exist in every story, but what the story is written with focus on is what is used as descriptive

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Substantially better. It actually has a theme and internal morality that makes sense.

Zack Snyder has a real talent for totally abandoning the actual meaning of comics in favor of capturing an aesthetic and this is no exception.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, but the aesthetics though 👌👌👌. I remember watching Watchmen at the theater and thinking these scenes are straight out of the comic panel. Love both of them.

Edit: who watches the watchmen? Me, its me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Lol yea the aesthetic is pretty perfect

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Funny enough, the movie has a better fitting ending while the comic has better story pacing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I hated the movie ending which is why I know it was so good. It ended in a way that was unsatisfying to me and I feel like that’s important to the story.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

That's both hilarious and completely understandable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Which part do you fall asleep at?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd suggest watching the hbo series then going back and watching the movie.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Oh, I just really liked the hbo series so that when I went back to watch the movie I was able to pay attention.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

On the first day of Partially Muscled Screaming Skeleton Day my Partially Muscled Skeleton screamed to me, “I hate this and should never be!”

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

I love this calendar

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

How can it scream? Would just be sitting there with it's mouth open.

You could teabag it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I ain't putting my balls in a skeleton's mouth that still has muscles. What if the jaw shuts?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Muscles...and teeth.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

What if the jaw shuts?

There's only one way to find out!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah just regular corpses for me thanks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

How can it appear and then disappear?

How can it exist at all points of its life at the same time instead of chronologically?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

What a great graphic novel.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Nothing unusual at the perimeter.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ummm .... what kind of decorations should I be putting up? Is there a playlist of songs I could put on?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I've been on my phone a lot lately and haven't had time to look or listen to this link .... what the hell ... I'm both amazed shocked and confused ... imagine if all digital information was lost in the future and the only information left was this video.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

A true role model

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Out of the ordinary I mean

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago