"Comic Sans"

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Alt Text: Comic Sans is the disease inside of our community.

Also, I wish that Onstad could link the blogs to the mian page, as somebody suggested on the page before this, 'cause Molly's blog post was too brilliant not to talk about here.

HCAZ WANTS TO TASTE THE FUCKING CURB!!!

I think he was talking about Molly's blog.

Truth.

Yes! It was amazing. I want so badly for somebody to feel that way about me it hurts a little.

Sigh, you and me both.

I...yes, damn it.

She is a good woman, and that too is hard come by.

And a good man is hard to find, don't let strangers sleep in my bed, and my favourite words are goodbye, and my favourite colour is red.

God damnit.

I just realized the model car deal is probably in response to Roast Beef's continuing obsession with childhood events both positive and negative. For all we know, his utter fear over getting married might stem equally from his standard neuroticism and the fact that his perception of women/relationships/motherhood would largely be based off of the woman he knew bestall throughout his life. Power relationships in Beef's mind are hopelessly skewed.

This is all conjecture, I have no idea whether Mr. Onstad is consciously working towards this Joycean level of detail in his characters; living with them for all these many years it's not unlikely. Regardless, I love this shit.

NB: Joycean is recognized by Firefox's spellchecker but neither spellchecker nor neuroticism is.

NNB: I JUST WROTE A SMALL ESSAY (WITH RESEARCH) ABOUT CARTOON CATS PLZ GET ME A GIRLFRIEND OR A SIX PACK OR ANYTHING PLZ

you could get both, but then you would have a Black Flag situation on your hands.

"My girlfriend asks me which one I like better!
SIX PACK!!!
I hope the answer won't upset her
SIX PACK!!!

You can't say NNB. NB stands for Nota Bene, meaning 'note well'. NNB means 'note note well'.

I would like to know what the advanced stages of the disease known as Comic Sans would be like.

Extensive douchebaggery and swollen prostate. It is a sad affair.

Comic Sans is what you used in the days before Myspace when you wanted to show off your HTML skills or the small country you just bought.

Recursive today, are we?

also, the inverse may be true.

I can't work out what Teodor is doing to the Comic Sans guy in the last frame, but he probably deserves it.

lyle don't speak in smaller typeface than other characters, brother

I guess that'd be Roast Beef speaking, but the arrow on the balloon points directly to Lyle's head. Also, Beef doesn't seem like the curbstomping type.

that's what makes it more INTENSE

While the typeface is small, the punctuation is not Beefy. I think it's Lyle's dialogue, rendered in a smaller font than usual to fit in the limited available space. Chris probably had to choose between using a full-size font and showing more action in the panel, and action won.

Based on his gesture and expression in the panel i believe that dialogue does belong to Beef, it all goes together to emphasise just how un-beefy he is being over the situation- ridiculous as it is (though i am a fellow comic sans hater)

Yes, clearly Lyle. The speech bubble is coming out of Lyles head.

It's definitely Beef talking. The fact that his mouth is open while Lyle's isn't, and the small font, and the agressive pointing/curb stomping motion all spell out that RB is the speaker. Also, though the bubble may appear to be coming literally out of Lyle's head, ear to be specific, if you follow the curve of it you'll see that it's pointing more or less towards Roast B's angry mouth.

I don't think speech bubbles usually actually touch the person they are coming from, do they? It even looks like this one is sorta overlapping Lyle's ear

I've never noticed any compromises on the choice of font or size of typeface on Onstad's part, nor even on the placement of word bubbles within the frame. (See the strip where Beef learns about Ray's cake porn fetish. It would be pretty ironic if this were the first strip where he did compromise on a font.

Beef has used punctuation before, specifically exclamation points, when he was especially angry. See the strip about the cost of getting married.

As captxtreme points out below, Beef's mouth is open, he is pointing emphatically with his foot on the guy's head. It is Beef who advocates the curbstomping.

When Beef does use punctuation, there's a space between the last word and the actual punctuation. That is Lyle's bubble.

God, I'm participating in an argument on the internet about what cartoon cat is advocating a curb-stomping.

Which he doesn't. It's clearly Lyle.

Clearly

I agree. Even when excited, Beef's punctuation is usually one space from his words. My instinct upon reading was that Lyle was the only one capable of talking about curbing, as well, even though they all are clearly agitated.

God you guys it is so clearly Beef

I mean, it's his font, his mouth is open, and he's pointing down at him angrily. It would be a little odd if Beef was just wordlessly pointing at the dude.

OH GOD WHO FUCKING CARES
Jesus H. Christ on a stripper pole, this is like a Kirk vs. Picard argument!

BEEF/KIRK IN 2008

ok let me settle this once and for all

this is basically conclusive

It's Lyle - he's cupping his hands to his mouth and yelling. Though granted the first time I saw this I thought it was beef because I didn't look closely.

I'm going for the voice balloon, personally.

I'm kind of astride these arguments: when I first read this strip I automatically assumed it was Beef, and was frankly pretty alarmed. I know full well I'd prefer it to be Lyle who advocates tooth-splintering violence so that's what I'm going for now. Am I kidding myself? Who knows? Who knows what Beef is capable of? He did win the GOF after all. NO QUIBBLING.

He's used punctuation without spaces before

Lyle is there because he does calligraphy. He admires good lettering.

I'm instantly reminded of fight club

Stomp that hapless muthafucka.

it's what 6th grade teachers use on worksheets

It's what Hitler used on the first run of Mein Kampf

Comic sans was first introduced as the font in The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Comic Sans looks just like my handwriting. Do not curbstomp me. I learned it in first grade.

Comic Sans is great. Especially for when you need to email a lot of people to tell them they're fired. Also: pink background with lovehearts.

SCREW YOU Comic Sans MS! FUCK YOU!

No, if you want to be a real 'font dick', you need to go after Arial - the font dicks hate that font.

The scourge of Arial

That is an amazing site.

But arial is a low-density font- if you type in Arial, you can meet page number requirements for essays a lot easier.

and your professors are aware of that.

... triple space action?....

Sorry out of Chubbies, but I always need to recognize a GOOD HSR reference.

Dually noted AND chubbied.
One time I actually included a page with some coins taped to it as the last page of a chemistry paper. My teacher was not amused.

but arial is all tall and slim, like a model! and times new roman is so unnecessarily knobby. undeserving of the default windows font title.

I COULD USE THAT FONT FOR MY COMIC STRIPS AND MOVIE REVIEWS ABOUT BATMAN POW! WHAP! ZAM!

I cannot describe just how 5 this strip is.

Indeed. Quickest 5 I ever rated.

It's funny because it's true

Smile about THAT, motherfucker!

oh wow, I think this might be one of the funniest strips ever.

I don't understand the hatred toward Comic Sans. Were it not for Comic Sans, idiots would write their home pages, memos, and business plans in harmless-looking Helvetica, and I'd have to waste time reading their drivel to find out how stupid it was.

Ah, I get it. As open sores are symptomatic of herpes, so, too, is Comic Sans indicative of shitty content.

That is exactly what I'd imagine the inventor of Comic Sans to look like; all cheeks and no features.

Man, T�odor's leg/arm in panel 6.

A long spell in hospital for Comic Sans guy... again.

I guess thats Vincent Connare.

And he makes a reasonable stab at defending his baby.

It's funny to think that there are people out there who genuinely hate it - people who are neither cartoon cats nor stuffed animals.

"Comic Sans was designed because when I was working at Microsoft I received a beta version of Microsoft Bob."

Nothing more needs to be said.

Oh holy shit I used that software as a kid.

I want to curl up whimpering, but I'm too busy being transfixed with horror.

I see the revolution dawning an end to all "WACKY/FUN" emails/posters/memo's conscerning team building/break allowence/redundency/family death!

He had it coming.

Guys, it is so heartening to see the 4.7 rating on this strip and know that people out there feel the same way I do about Comic Motherfucking Sans

What... what kind of animal is that

It... kind of looks like a very fat, very deformed otter to me.

The most disgusting animal on the planet.

It seems to be some kind of cross between Strong Sad and a denizen of the Perry Bible Fellowship universe.

I know a medical secretary who uses Comic Sans MS as her font. Maybe she thinks a funky font will help the patients get over the news of a positive HIV test, say.

i...i love you.

close to the best reply ever.

Come to think of it, what typeface does this comic use?

It looks like something from the Lucida Sans family.

Jesus Christ this was so unexpected that I laughed out loud HARD. The looks of pure hate/rage that Ray, Beef and Lyle have (as they hear the news) are PRICELESS.

fucking brilliant, had me laughing at the first frame

this is old school. nice break.

Not to sound too much of a suck-job... But damn, Chris Onstad, sir, you deliver.

I also enjoy how he's wearing a shirt with Comic Sans. Self-promoting fuck-bag.

But it's her favorite font:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38651

You're next, Chicago. Your pedigree won't save you.

I picture Chicago paunchy in a leather trenchcoat, baldmullet, Ray Bans. Thinks he's cool - isn't.

Chicago was basically invented by Jeff Goldblum.

talk about a font which basically has AIDS.

The next strip is AMERICAN HISTORY X, presented by Roomba! The Robotic Floor Vac!

Daaaaamn. That movie was the first thing to pop into my mind.

I can't think about AHX without imagining the taste of the concrete, and feeling it scrape across my teeth. Fuck you, Tony Kay!

This seems like an awesome strip to introduce more people to achewood, it's already been dugg by someone too.

http://digg.com/offbeat_news/We_found_the_guy_who_invented_Comic_Sans