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Real Life comic strip from July / 16 / 2008 [[Airplane]] / Cup: / Greg: / Liz: / Unknown Character (F): May I take your trash for you, ma'am? We're on final approach. / / [[Airplane]] / Cup: / Unknown Character (F): / Greg: / Liz: Oh, no thanks. I've still got some water in here that I'm drinking. / / [[Airplane]] / Cup: / Greg: / Unknown Character (F): I'm sorry, ma'am, but I can't allow you to keep the cup during approach. It's an F.A.A. regulation. / Liz: The F.A.A. has a regulation about plastic cups? / Unknown Character (F): Yes, ma'am. / / [[Airplane]] / Cup: / Greg: / Liz: ...Has anyone made them aware that cups don't FLY? / Unknown Character (F): THESE cups fly. / Liz: Touche.
Real Life comic strip from July / 17 / 2008 [[Space Station (DS-1)]] / Cell Phone: / Dave: / Tony: No, I had nothing to do with it. Honestly. You know I'd own up to it if it was my work. / / [[Space Station (DS-1)]] / Cell Phone: / Dave: / Tony: Frankly, I'm a little offended. Because! It lacks elegance. It's all over the place, and none of it is in big cities. / / [[Space Station (DS-1)]] / Cell Phone: / Dave: / Tony: Well, okay. That's fair enough. Apology accepted. / / [[Airport Interior]] / Cell Phone: / Liz: / Greg: To be fair, though... When half the state of California is on FIRE, you do kind of come to mind.
Real Life comic strip from July / 18 / 2008 [[Outside (Urban)]] / Liz: / Text: One Year Ago / Greg: It's amazing how easy it really is to spot a tourist here in San Francisco. / / [[Outside (Urban)]] / Liz: / Greg: They pack nothing but warm clothes, because hey - it's California. Except the city doesn't go over 70 except for like, THREE days in November. / / [[Outside (Urban)]] / Liz: / Greg: So they wind up wearing the official tourist uniform: a red "S.F." branded fleece pullover over a pair of shorts. It's pathetic, but funny. / / [[Outside (Urban)]] / Liz: / Text: Present Day / Greg: Shut up. Just shut the f--- up.
Real Life comic strip from July / 21 / 2008 [[Outside (Urban)]] / Liz: / Sign: Wells Fargo / Sign: Starbucks / Greg: Okay, I know Starbucks is just about everywhere...but are you kidding me with this? / / [[Outside (Urban)]] / Sign: Wells Fargo / Sign: Starbucks / Liz: Hey - dropping off your paycheck is thirsty work. / Greg: Look in there! It's a full, complete Starbucks! / / [[Outside (Urban)]] / Sign: Wells Fargo / Sign: Starbucks / Liz: Holy crap - you're right! There are tables and chairs! / Greg: And right over there, across the way, are the bank tellers! / / [[Outside (Urban)]] / Sign: Wells Fargo / Sign: Starbucks / Liz: I wonder if you can get direct deposit to the Starbucks itself? / Greg: It would certainly save time.
Real Life comic strip from July / 22 / 2008 [[Outside (Movie theater)]] / Greg: / Liz: / / [[Outside (Movie theater)]] / Greg: So, did he...? / Liz: Yeah. / Greg: And he flipped over the...? / Liz: Yeah. / / [[Outside (Movie theater)]] / Greg: And the Joker...? / Liz: Yeah. / Greg: And the BATPOD...? / Liz: Yeah. / / [[Outside (Movie theater)]] / Greg: Holy S--T that was an awesome movie. / Liz: I'm officially putting Christian Bale on my list.
 
Real Life comic strip from July / 23 / 2008 [[Outside (Urban)]] / Greg: Well, I guess it's time we headed down to San Diego for Comic Con... / Correction: Comic-Con / Liz: Wait. Now just hold the hell up. / / [[Outside (Urban)]] / Greg: / Liz: We've been spending the last week walking around San Francisco doing basically nothing, and you're just going to skip straight to Comic Con and ignore the convention we're RUNNING here in the city?! / / [[Outside (Urban)]] / Greg: / Liz: The very doll convention, I might add, that I am not only co-chair of this year, but actually CREATED from scratch last year?! What, just because it's a ball-jointed doll convention, you're suddenly too GOOD to make a comic or two about it? / / [[Outside (Urban)]] / Greg: Yep, you pretty much summed it up. / Liz: No jury in the world would convict me...
Real Life comic strip from July / 24 / 2008 Greg: Dude... STICK FIGURES?! Are you kidding me with this? / Greg (Artist): Sadly, no... I don't have any of my artwork files with me at the moment. / / Greg (Artist): I mistakenly left the external hard drive with all of the comic files on it behind our table at the convention. / Greg: FAIL. / / Greg (Artist): It doesn't help that I'm working on absolutely no sleep from last night - I have a toothache that kept me up all night. / Greg: Whine, whine. Bitch, bitch. / / Greg: Oh, VERY mature. / Greg (Artist): I'm too tired for mature. For now, you get bitter, vindictive cartoonist.
Real Life comic strip from July / 28 / 2008 [[Hotel]] / Cell Phone: / Narration: The day of hell begins. / Unknown Character: Hi, Mr. Dean? This is UPS. I have a delivery of five boxes here at the Bristol Hotel in San Diego. / Greg: Okay, I already talked to the guy there, and you can just leave the boxes with him. I'll pick them up when I get there... We're in Los Angeles at the moment. / / [[Hotel]] / Cell Phone: / Unknown Character: Actually, sir, there is a $17.50 brokerage fee on each box that has to be collected C.O.D. / Greg: Um...no, I already paid the people shipping the merchandise - there shouldn't be any C.O.D. on it. / / [[Hotel]] / Cell Phone: / Unknown Character: No, sir... These are charges that the United States charges based on the type and value of merchandise being received into the country. / Greg: So...what's the point of me paying you guys to ship it to me if it's just going to have more money added on before it gets here? / / [[Hotel]] / Cell Phone: / Unknown Character: I'm not sure you understand how this works, sir. / Greg: I KNOW I don't understand how this works! That's sort of the POINT of this whole conversation!
Real Life comic strip from July / 29 / 2008 [[Car]] / Cell Phone: / Liz: / Greg: Hi... Yeah, I'm trying to find out the address where my packages were taken this morning. / Unknown Character: Hold on one moment, sir. I'll look that up for you. / / [[Car]] / Cell Phone: / Liz: / Unknown Character: Hmmm... I'm not seeming to find anything in the system for the tracking number you gave me. / Greg: Um... WHAT? / / [[Car]] / Cell Phone: / Greg: / Liz: / Unknown Character: I'll have to do some digging, sir, and I'll call you as soon as I find anything, but right now, the last thing I have is the record of it leaving the hotel this morning. There's no destination in the system. / / [[Car]] / Cell Phone: / Liz: / Greg: Interestingly, that's kind of what the whole concept behind a TRACKING number is supposed to be all about. / Unknown Character: Yes, yes... That's the first time we've heard that one, sir.
Real Life comic strip from July / 30 / 2008 [[Convention (Booth, San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Liz: / Steve Troop: / Greg: Sorry I'm so late getting here guys - we've had a helluva morning. / David Willis: It's cool, dude. Don't worry about it. / <> / / [[Convention (Booth, San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Cell Phone: / David Willis: / Liz: / Steve Troop: / Greg: Hello? / Unknown Character: Hello, Mr. Dean... This is UPS calling. I'm happy to let you know we found your shipment. / / [[Convention (Booth, San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Cell Phone: / David Willis: / Liz: / Steve Troop: / Greg: Oh, thank God. When can I pick it up? / Unknown Character: You can pick it up tonight at our hub in Clairemont between 8:21 PM and 8:27 PM. / / [[Convention (Booth, San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Cell Phone: / David Willis: / Liz: / Steve Troop: / Greg: ...You're kidding, right? / Unknown Character: Actually, yes. I am. You only have until 8:26 PM.
 
Real Life comic strip from July / 31 / 2008 [[Office (UPS)]] / Greg: Okay, I'm here. I hope you guys are happy - I had to leave the first day of Comic-Con an hour and a half early. / Unknown Character (F): I have no idea what you're talking about, sir. / / [[Office (UPS)]] / Greg: Forget it. I'm here to pay the C.O.D. brokerage fees on my EXPRESS SHIPPED packages so I can finally release them from your vile death grip. / Unknown Character (F): Certainly, sir. And how would you like to pay for that today? / / [[Office (UPS)]] / Greg: Debit card, I guess - it's the only form of payment I have on me. / Unknown Character (F): Ohhh.. I'm sorry. We only accept checks for C.O.D. payments. / Correction: Ohhh... I'm sorry. We only accept checks for C.O.D. payments. / / [[Office (UPS)]] / Greg: Then why the hell did you ask me how I was going to be paying today?! / Unknown Character (F): Because I knew the look on your face would be PRICELESS.
Real Life comic strip from August / 01 / 2008 [[Hotel]] / Greg: Hi - I'm checking in. My name is Greg Dean - I was moved here from the Bristol because they overbooked. The travel agent is Central Reservations in Las Vegas. / Unknown Character: Certainly. Let me get you all checked in. / / [[Hotel]] / Desktop Computer: / Greg: / Unknown Character: ...Okay, now don't freak out, but it appears that reservation has been cancelled. The credit card provided by Central Reservations - their card - has been declined. And unfortunately, after the reservation was cancelled, we booked solid. / Correction: ...Okay, now don't freak out, but it appears that reservation has been canceled. The credit card provided by Central Reservations - their card - has been declined. And unfortunately, after the reservation was canceled, we booked solid. / / [[Hotel]] / Greg: / Unknown Character: / / [[Hotel]] / Unknown Character: / Greg: OKAAAY... Now don't freak out, but I'm about to jump across the counter in a fit of desperate yet misplaced rage and strangle you to within an inch of your life with one of my shoelaces.
Real Life comic strip from August / 04 / 2008 [[Outside]] / Liz: / Greg: Oh mans, Cliff, thank you so much for letting us crash with you for the con. You're a total hero. / Cliff: It's my pleasure, dude. Hell, the room's got two beds in it anyways... more than I need. / / [[Outside]] / Cliff: / Liz: / Greg: What are those weird looking lights sticking off the top of the building? They almost look like... / / [[Outside]] / Greg: / Cliff: / Liz: / <> / / [[Outside]] / Liz: / Greg: ...Landing lights. / Cliff: Don't worry... You can hardly hear the jets over the sound of the freight trains that run right behind the building.
Real Life comic strip from August / 05 / 2008 [[Convention (Booth, San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Liz: / Greg: Hi there! Have you heard of Real Life Comics before? / Unknown Character (F): No, I haven't. What's it about? / / [[Convention (Booth, San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Unknown Character (F): / Liz: / Greg: Oh, well it's this comic I do about me and my friends, and it's free online every weekday. I've been doing it about eight and a half years now...started in late 1999. / / [[Convention (Booth, San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Greg: / Liz: / Unknown Character (F): Oh, wow... Really? I was just getting out of kindergarten right then. / / [[Convention (Booth, San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Unknown Character (F): / Liz: / Sign: Old Man / Greg: Well. That's... Great. Very nice. Good to hear.
Real Life comic strip from August / 06 / 2008 [[Convention (Booth, San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Liz: / Greg: Holy crap, Rich! Is that Wil Wheaton signing at the Dumbrella booth?! / Rich Stevens: That it is. / / [[Convention (Booth, San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Liz: / Rich Stevens: / Greg: How the hell did you manage that? / / [[Convention (Booth, San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Liz: / Rich Stevens: I asked him. / Greg: You can.. You can do that?! / Correction: You can... You can do that?! / / [[Convention (Booth, San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Cell Phone: / Liz: / Rich Stevens: / Greg: Hi, Kevin Smith? Yeah, I was wondering if you wanted to come sign at the Blank Label booth. No, that's how it works. R. Stevens told me.
 
Real Life comic strip from August / 07 / 2008 [[Convention (San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Unknown Character (F): / Unknown Character: / Alan Extra: / Cliff: Excuse me... What is this line for? / / [[Convention (San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Unknown Character (F): / Alan Extra: / Unknown Character: This is for the World of Warcraft panel. / Cliff: Oh! Awesome... I was meaning to check that out. / / [[Convention (San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Unknown Character (F): / Alan Extra: / Cliff: They said something about everyone who goes to the panel gets some sort of prize, right? / Unknown Character: Yep, pretty much. / Cliff: Cool. So, what time does the panel start, anyway? / / [[Convention (San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Unknown Character (F): / Cliff: / Alan Extra: / Unknown Character: Sunday.
Real Life comic strip from August / 08 / 2008 [[Convention (Booth, San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Liz: / David Willis: Dude! Just had the best idea. / Greg: Wossat? / / [[Convention (Booth, San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Liz: / David Willis: I'm just going to put up a sign that says "Licks - $20". And then lick anyone who gives me twenty bucks. / Greg: Willis, I would pay you to AVOID being licked. / / [[Convention (Booth, San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Greg: / Liz: / David Willis: Ooh! That's even better! I can stand there with my hand out, and threaten to lick them if they don't pay me! It's genius! / / [[Convention (Booth, San Diego Comic-Con)]] / Liz: ...Genius, that is, until you take into consideration that you are at COMIC CON. / Greg: That's a LOT of big, sweaty nerds. / David Willis: Right. Sticking to merchandise sales.
Real Life comic strip from August / 11 / 2008 [[Car (Being driven)]] / Cell Phone: / Liz: Who are you calling? / Greg: Now that I finally have a spare moment, I'm going to call the travel agent and give them a piece of my mind. / / [[Car (Being driven)]] / Cell Phone: / Uknown Off-Camera: We're sorry, you have reached a number that has been disconnected, or is no longer in service. / Greg: What the... Are you kidding me!? / Liz: What? / / [[Car (Being driven)]] / Greg: The number's been disconnected! I called them on the same number last week! / Liz: Well, then if they went out of business, they got what was coming to them, right? / / [[Car (Being driven)]] / Greg: I guess... But I was all psyched up to do some good, quality screaming. / Liz: Call up UPS and scream at them some more. I'm sure they're used to it by this point
Real Life comic strip from August / 12 / 2008 [[Airport Interior]] / Airport Counter: / Greg: / Unknown Character (F): Allrighty, Mr. and Mrs. Dean, I've got your tickets printing right now, and your baggage is checked through to Austin. Looks like you're good to go! / Correction: Alrighty, Mr. and Mrs. Dean, I've got your tickets printing right now, and your baggage is checked through to Austin. Looks like you're good to go! / Liz: Great! / / [[Airport Interior]] / Airport Counter: / Liz: / Greg: / Unknown Character (F): Now, just a couple of quick things. First, your original direct flight was cancelled, so your new flight routes through Denver. There's a small layover--just a hair over 6 hours. / Correction: Now, just a couple of quick things. First, your original direct flight was canceled, so your new flight routes through Denver. There's a small layover--just a hair over 6 hours. / / [[Airport Interior]] / Airport Counter: / Greg: / Liz: / Unknown Character (F): Also, the flight from Denver to Austin is a CRJ-150, and I was unable to get you two seats together. You're not too far from each other, though...it's only 9 rows apart. / / [[Airport Interior]] / Airport Counter: / Liz: / Greg: Your capacity for understatement is ASTOUNDING. / Unknown Character (F): Oh, I almost forgot...since your carryon won't fit in the overhead bins of the plane, we'd be happy to check it for you for a small fee of only $75 extra. / Correction: Oh, I almost forgot...since your carry-on won't fit in the overhead bins of the plane, we'd be happy to check it for you for a small fee of only $75 extra.
Real Life comic strip from August / 13 / 2008 [[Carport]] / Car: / Greg: / Liz: Oh MAN is it good to be home at last. / / [[Back Porch]] / Liz: Three weeks. I don't think I've ever been on vacation that long before. / Greg: Tell me about it. I just want to go crash in bed and sleep for days. / / [[Dining Table]] / Greg: Hey - you know what the best part about being gone for this long is? / Liz: What's that? / / [[Living Room]] / Greg: The realization that the one week you DO spend at home costs EXACTLY THE SAME as spending all FOUR weeks at home. / Liz: And yet, it's still less expensive than four days in San Diego during Comic Con.
 
Real Life comic strip from August / 14 / 2008 [[Outside (Movie theater)]] / Liz: Wow. I'm tired just from WATCHING all those people dancing around. / Greg: No kidding. / / [[Outside (Movie theater)]] / Liz: Nobody in the world has that much energy. It's unnatural. / Greg: I don't even think the people in the Broadway version had that much energy...and that's saying a lot. / / [[Outside (Movie theater)]] / Liz: / Greg: All in all, though, I'd say the movie version of Mama Mia is actually a little better than the Broadway version. / / [[Outside (Movie theater)]] / Greg: ...And I'm probably the only straight guy in the world who has ever uttered that sentence in complete sincerety. / Correction: sincerity / Liz: Yeah, I'm not sure if that's something you should be proud of or not.
Real Life comic strip from August / 15 / 2008 [[Living Room]] / Liz: / Greg: Okay, this just sucks. / / [[Living Room]] / Liz: / Greg: Just because a bunch of damned athletes get together once every four years to compete, I've gotta miss out on my shows? / I think NOT. / / [[Living Room]] / Liz: / Greg: Until they stop preempting programming for this dreck, I am officially boycotting the Olympics! / That should show them who's boss! / / [[Living Room]] / Liz: It's somewhat difficult for you to boycott something you already don't watch. / Greg: The will RUE the day they crossed Gregory David Dean! / RUUUE!!
Real Life comic strip from August / 18 / 2008 [[Office]] / Greg: You know what just occured to me? / Liz: What's that? / / [[Office]] / Greg: When was the last time you burned a CD? / Liz: Oh, probably... Um... You know, I honestly can't remember. / / [[Office]] / Liz: / Greg: Exactly! With the way everything's networked, it's just more effecient to transfer a file over the LAN, or pop it on a thumb drive. And there's no reason to burn audio CD's, 'cause most cars have iPod jacks. The CD is the new 1.44 MB floppy disk. / Correction: Exactly! With the way everything's networked, it's just more efficient to transfer a file over the LAN or pop it on a thumb drive. And there's no reason to burn audio CD's, 'cause most cars have iPod jacks. The CD is the new 1.44 MB floppy disk. / / [[Office]] / Liz: Well, except you can't use nail polish remover and ground up match heads to make a CD that bursts into flames when you use it. / Greg: The fact that you KNOW that is both mildly disturbing and a huge turn-on.
Real Life comic strip from August / 19 / 2008 [[Living Room]] / Remote Control: / Liz: / Greg: Allrighty... I went ahead and set up the secondary router out here and ran a cable to the DirecTV box. / Correction: Alrighty... I went ahead and set up the secondary router out here and ran a cable to the DirecTV box. / / [[Living Room]] / Remote Control: / Greg: And if I've got things right, it looks like... Yep! We can now take full advantage of On-Demand programming! / Liz: Yay! / / [[Living Room]] / Remote Control: / Greg: / Liz: / / [[Living Room]] / Remote Control: / Greg: ...And whether or not that's actually a positive thing remains to be seen. / Liz: Well, um... We can watch a clip of The Colbert Report from 2006, or a documentary about cheese making.
Real Life comic strip from August / 20 / 2008 [[Living Room]] / Couch: / Coffee Table: / Liz: Wanna watch Eureka? It's on the TiVo. / / Greg: Do you mean DEGREEka? Sponsored by Degree for Men? / / [[Living Room]] / Couch: / Coffee Table: / Ficus: / Liz: / Greg: A Degree for Men production? / / [[Living Room]] / Couch: / Coffee Table: / Ficus: / Liz: / Greg: Starring Colin Ferguson and Degree for Men?! / / [[Living Room]] / Couch: / Coffee Table: / Ficus: / Liz: You're clearly very bitter about the product placement. / Greg: "And the Emmy for best deodorant in a sci-fi series goes to...Degree for Men!' / Correction: "And the Emmy for best deodorant in a sci-fi series goes to...Degree for Men!"
 
Real Life comic strip from August / 21 / 2008 Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Liz: What should I rate the second two "Pirates" movies as? / Greg: Eh... I say four stars they had glaring problems, but they were still pretty enjoyable. / / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Liz: Blade Runner? / Greg: You still have to watch that, but rate it a 5... It's fantastic. / / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Liz: The Sound of Music is a 5. / Greg: Three. / Liz: Fine... I'll meet you in the middle and give it a 4. / Greg: In that case, I say it's a 2. / / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Liz: At what point do we stop rating movies on Netflix and actually put movies in our queue? / Greg: When it stops recommending that we rent "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", that's when.
Real Life comic strip from August / 25 / 2008 drink: / Greg: Check out what I got at Fry's! It's a little Mana Potion Energy Shot. / Liz: Oh, that can NOT taste good. There's just no way. / / drink: / Greg: Oh, please. Just because it's blue doesn't mean it's gross. / Liz: Pepsi Blue, Greg. / Greg: Point taken. / / drink: / Greg: It says the minimum age to drink it is 16. / Liz: Which is interesting, since alcohol is probably safer for you, and you have to be 21 to drink that. / / drink: / Greg: But how can something with 6667% of the daily recommended value of vitamin B12 be bad for you? / Liz: By HAVING 6667% OF THE DAILY RECOMMENDED VALUE OF VITAMIN B12.
Real Life comic strip from August / 26 / 2008 [[Living Room]] / Couch: / Coffee Table: / Vial: / Liz: / Greg: Bottom's up! / / [[Living Room]] / Coffee Table: / Couch: / Vial: / Liz: / Greg: MMM, Tangy. / / [[Living Room]] / Couch: / Coffee Table: / Vial: / Liz: / Greg: HURK! / / [[Living Room]] / Couch: / Coffee Table: / Liz: / Greg: My word. I daresay that experience has been positively illuminating. I have at least for postulates as to how this may have affected my cerebral cortex. / I require a whiteboard.
Real Life comic strip from August / 27 / 2008 [[Living Room]] / Liz: / Greg: Now, whilst I have a plethora of theories as to how my current situation came to be, one takes precedence above the others. I believe the high concentrations of pyridoxine and cyanocobalamin found in the energy shot had a reaction with the enkephaline in my brain. / Sign: Symptoms / Increased Brain activity / Elevated intelligence / Horrible Handwriting / [diagram] / / [[Living Room]] / Greg: The result of this reaction is the rapid exponential growth of neurotissue, vis-a-vis my enhanced intellectual prowess. / Liz: The drink made you smarter. / Greg: *sigh* Yes, if you must dumb it down, "the drink make me smarter." / / [[Living Room]] / Liz: / Greg: One other side effect that I seem to be exhibiting is acute myopia in my right eye. Puzzling. / / [[Living Room]] / Greg: No matter, I've just the thing to solve the predicament! / Liz: I'm fairly certain I'm going to murder you before this thing wears off.
Real Life comic strip from August / 28 / 2008 [[Office]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Liz: So, What does this mean, exactly? Do you know how long this will last? Will it even wear off? / Greg: Liz, I'm trying to work, here. Could you prattle on elsewhere? / / [[Office]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Liz: You know, just because you're all of a sudden super smart doesn't mean you get to be a dick. / Greg: I apologize for my lack of decorum. You're right - my newfound intelligence is no excuse for boorish behavior. / / [[Office]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: I'm merely caught up in a small project here, and though I have a great deal of thought to spare, I simply haven't given any to the questions you have posited. I shall be able to give you my full attention in a few minutes. / Liz: What are you finishing up? / / [[Office]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: Naught but a trifle. I thought it might be fun to unify physics. / Liz: If I had a dollar for every time a guy's used that line...
 

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