18: Insomnia Modal Functioning
Jeremy: Speaking of being asleep in the van, my band had a guitarist who could sleep in any situation whatsoever. He would fall asleep practically the minute we started driving, and stay asleep until the moment we arrived at the next show. Then he would sleep in a chair/sofa/etc. at the venue until it was our turn to play. And then he would get a full night’s sleep to boot. It was really an amazing talent that I wish that I had, but I could never really fall asleep sitting up. The man was the master of sleep.
Every time I look at Balthazar’s face poking out from the side in that last panel, I chuckle. In order to pull off that angle realistically, he would have had to have been lying down on a high table. Either that, or we at least should see some of his shoulder in that panel. But it was just so much funnier to have his head craning out from the side, like some kind of Mr. Fantastic rubber-necked cartoon character. Hey, it’s a cartoon-y strip, so if it looks funny more than it looks realistic, I have done a better job at my craft.
Jeff: I’m also fond of Stan’s near-Machiavellian smile of triumph in the last panel. Makes me glad I’m writing him as one of the good guys… 😉
I. Have. No. Words. LOL
Wrong question to ask. What ISN’T my favorite musical memory from that time?!?!!?!
Is this series of strips based on a personal experience at a local Salvation Army? I have interest in a studded red leather jacket and one white glove, and it seems like something that they might have.
Righteous.
Last time I checked, they just had the arm bandage he wore in his later days. If you buy it, you may want to launder it.
HAHAHAHA! This one is great.
Laughs in capital letters! That’s what we strive for here at Ouro Bros.
Let’s see how many pick up lines we can make using the phrase “ninja battles” GO!
“It was nice of you to let those ninja battles out where I can see them”
“Was your father in a lot of ninja battles? Because you have Shuriken for eyes.”
How about you and I go back to my place for some “ninja battles”?
One thing missing…Stan’s eyebrow needs to have lines cut in it. 🙂
geez. i know what I’ll be humming all day…
Is it Beethoven’s 9th?
Lovin’ the flow chart.
You are definitely To Legit to Quit Balthazar. Add a fade job on the side Stan and when they turn off the lights…you’ll glow. 🙂
Man, hammer pants were off the chain…at least that’s what I kept telling myself when I tried to talk my mom into buying me some. I remember the late/late 80’s into the 90’s I was really diggin’ the styles of Kriss Kross, I even wore my clothes backwards a time or two. It’s amazing how much rougher an atomic wedgie feels when your pants are on backwards. 🙂
My music of the early 90’s consisted of Miami Base Wars, Poison, AC/DC and Metallica. Vanilla Ice was a poser from the moment he hit the scene and stayed a poser ’til the moment he left. Now I give big props to McHammer, I rocked out to a lot of his hits. After I graduated High School in ’93 I moved on to music by the likes of Hootie & the Blow Fish, Crash test Dummies, etc. But no matter what generation I was jamming out in the 80’s, 90’s, and the 2000’s I always stopped everything when a new “Weird” Al Yankovic Album hit. That man and his music will never be out of style.