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| The Service Bell | Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life | {{Edmund's Journal: I decdied on resting in a room, staying on the frugal side...}} / [[Edmund approaches the Fallapart Motel.]] / Edmund: I'd like a room please. / [[The Motel Owner sits behind the desk, reading a newspaper]] / Motel Owners: Read the sign. / [[Edmund looks at a sign that reads, "Ring bell for service" with an arrow pointing to a post-it note / sticky note.]] / Edmund: ...but there's no bell. There's just a sticky note that has "bell" written on it. / Motel Owner: Right. We can't afford a real service bell without customers, but we can't serve customers without a service bell! It's a catch-22! / Edmund: You could just bypass the bell system. / Motel Owner: [sarcastic] Oh, hey, great, is that working for your motel? / Edmund: I don't run a motel. / Motel Owner: Exactly. ...well as long as I'm getting advice from non-motel-owners, how about I ask the mice for their opinion?! / [[He pulls the bell sign up to reveal a mouse.]] / ...How bout it, mouse? / [[He is by the continental breakfast station with a toaster, bread, and a coffee container and mugs, covered in cockroaches.]] / ...Yeah, and I'll ask these roaches, too! Then the bedbugs! Yeah, maybe all these things can tell me what else I'm doing wrong! / Edmund: I think they can, actually. / [[The motel owner is holding his breath, fuming with rage.]] / < http://eqcomics.com/2011/02/01/the-service-bell/ |
| Motel Stay | Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life | [[Edmund is in his room at the Fallapart Motel with the owner.]] / Motel Owner: Here's your discount room. There's a bucket of water in the corner for bathing and drinks. / [[He points to a squirrel in a hammock above the bed.]] / ....We can't afford alarm clocks, so your alarm is that currently sleeping squirrel dropping on you at your requested time. / Edmund: How does the squirrel know what time it is? / Motel Owner: It doesn't. That's where Gordon comes in. / [[Gordon is a wide-eyed man hiding behind a nightstand in the dark.]] / ...Gordon will be waiting behind that nightstand and will snip the squirrel's rope with scissors at the time you specify. / Edmund: Can't Gordon just wake me up, then? / Motel Owner: Well, all Gordon really knows how to do is snip things with scissors. / [[thinks]] / ...so I suppose he could wake you up himself... / Edmund: [quickly] Squirrel's fine, thanks. / ~~~ / {{Journal Reflection: I soon learned in the middle of the night that Gordon was also quite good at talking to his scissors in a low voice.}} http://eqcomics.com/2011/02/04/motel-stay/ |
| The Stabby Janitor | Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life | {{Edmund's Journal: Though teh cheap motel room was under repair, at least a TV worked.}} / [[Edmund sits in his room at the Fallapart Motel, remote control in his hand, watching television with a coat hanger as an antenna, while a bearded man with a hat pokes his head out the bathroom door.]] / Janitor: Toilet will be fixed in a Jiffy! / [[Close-up on television, on News channel 4, with a picture of the janitor showing]] / Anchor: In other news, the "Stabby Janitor" is still on the loose, posing as maintenance and stabbing indiscriminately. / [[Janitor appears]] / Janitor: Almost done, just gotta fix one more leak-- / [[He pauses, sees the news story about him on TV. he turns to Edmund, towering over him menacingly, blank stare in his eyes]] / ...Whatcha watchin'? / Edmund: [panicking] Nothing! Certainly nothing stab-inducing! / Janitor: Wait...you assume to know all about me based on what one guy said? What about my feelings? / [[Giving a speech now]] / ...What about a society that isn't so quick to pass judgement? How about a little understanding and hey, who knows, empathy instead of fear? / ...That hurts. It hurts right here, like a knife to my heart. / ...Now you tell me, sir, who's the real relentless stabber in this room? / [[We zoom out from a close-up. A man with multiple knives in his back is laying on the table next to the Janitor. The Janitor holds another knife.]] / Janitor: I guess it's still me. / ~~~ / {{Journal Reflection: I realized after he was arrested that there were even more leaks in the pipes than when he started.}} http://eqcomics.com/2011/02/08/the-stabby-janitor/ |
| An Upgrade | Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life | {{Edmund's Journal: Since my last room had bedbugs and a murderer, the motel gave me their best room at a discount.}} /
/ [[Edmund and the Fallapart Motel Owner stand in a nice motel room with a painting, a lamp, and a large bed, among other things]] / Edmund: Well this is quite a deal! / Motel Owner: Yeah, now I'll just need a check-in fee of five bucks. / Edmund: [handing over money] Um, okay, I guess that's not horrible... / Motel Owner: Then there's the processing fee for processing the check-in fee. / Edmund: [more money] That's a bit absurd, but as long as that's it... / Motel Owner: Oh, and I see you have two carry-in bags. Five bucks each. / [[Dollar signs everywhere]] / ...There's also the check-out fee, the pillow fee, the privacy fee, and the breathable air fee. / Edmund: [reaching in pockets] I'm afraid I don't have any more cash on me. / [[A TSA agent with a badge and walkie talkie radio stands next to a metal detector, pulls on a latex glove]] / Motel Owner: That'll be for Gunther to determine. / ~~~ / {{Journal Reflection: I was advised that if I refused to pay the breathable air fee, the check-out fee wouldn't be needed either. I decided to pay it.}} http://eqcomics.com/2011/02/11/an-upgrade/ |
| A New Holiday | Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life | {{Edmund's Journal: I was reviewing notes in my motel room when suddenly...}} / [[Edmund sits in his bed, sees a large, overweight cupid-looking man with wings walking around.]] / Edmund: Um, how did you get in here? / Johnson: Magic. I'm the mascot for the fledgling holiday, It's Okay to be Single Day. / [[He takes a seat on a chair while tossing his bag to the ground. ]] / ...I've been prancing around flinging microwave dinners at people all day long and I need a flippin' break. I ordered a pizza=shaped pizza and I'm gonna put on a horror movie marathon. You got any beer? / [[He eats Cheez-O's]] / Edmund: Why are you walking around shirtless and wearing diapers? / Johnson: Because I'm single and I can. / ~~~ / {{Journal Reflection: I suppose a horror marathon is better than charging adult movies to my bill.}} http://eqcomics.com/2011/02/15/a-new-holiday/ |
| Johnson's Past | Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life | {{Edmund's Journal: I spoke mroe with whom I came to know as "Johnson," the mascot for "It's Okay to be Single Day..."}} / [[Edmund sits on the bed with his notes, interviewing Johnson the winged, diapered cupid-like man, in the Fallapart Motel.]] / Edmund: So you're similar to Cupid, but with a different goal? / Johnson: Cupids are morons! Look around; you think matchmaking is done by seasoned professionals?! Nah, I got myself fired from cupid duties long ago for goofing around... / [[Flashback to Johnson in the brush in a scene reminiscent of Nintendo's Duck Hunt, with a bow and arrow, looking at a pond where a duck is in the water and a beaver is on a log.]] / [[Johnson looks down at his heart-shaped arrow, raising an eyebrow]] / [[Flash forward to Johnson's boss, holding a clipboard, yelling off-screen as a duck-billed platypus sits in front of him]] / Boss: Johnsonnnnnn! / ~~~ / {{Journal Reflection: He also let me know that the armadillo was the result of an arrow to an opossum and a pill bug.}} http://eqcomics.com/2011/02/18/johnsons-past/ |
| A Single Benefit | {{Edmund's Journal: I was fascinated by the mascot of "It's Okay to be Single" Day...}} / [[Edmund sits on the bed, taking notes, talking to Johnson, the diaper-wearing, winged cupid fellow in the Fallapart Motel.]] / Edmund: Are you surprised that people stay single longer these days? / Johnson: I'm surprised it took this long! The benefits have always been obvious. / [[Flash back to the stone age, where a caveman looks up at a giant, mammoth / mastadon silhouette]] / [[The caveman looks up, mystified]] / Grog: Grog eat like king tonight. / [[The Mastadon is revealed: It is made up of a bag of instant noodles (like Maruchan Ramen Noodles), a box of EZ Mac N' Cheese (like easy Mac and cheese), and cheap beer. It has tusks, a long snout, and a tail. Grog winds up to throw his spear.]] / ~~~ / {{Journal Reflection: Additionally, since Grog had nobody else to answer to, he could take his wheel out for a spin whenever he wanted.}} http://eqcomics.com/2011/02/22/a-single-benefit/ |
| Duty Calls | Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life | [[Edmund talks with Johnson (the Cupid of It's Okay to be Single Day) in the Fallapart Motel.]] / Johnson: It's been nice chatting, Edmund, but now I gotta go. I must show people the benefits of being single. / [[Johnson stands on a building with a Batman symbol-type searchlight symbol with a broken heart shape and a smiley face.]] / ...after all, I'm the face of "It's Okay to be Single Day." / [[He flies over a city of skyscrapers and cars.]] / ...Wherever there's a city of couples arguing over leftover Chinese food...I'll be there. / [[He stands in the background as a couple scowls at each other on a park bench.]] / ...Wherever there's a couple arguing in public about in-laws... I'll be there. / [[He perches menacingly at night on a tree outside a window while a girl argues on the phone.]] / ...Wherever there's a girl getting yelled at over the phone by her possessive boyfriend... / [[The girl notices Johnson, looking horrified.]] / [[Cut to Johnson in a local jail with his hands cuffed.]] / Cop 1: Caught a peeping tom outside a gal's window in his underwear. / [[Cut to Johnson in the jail cell.]] / Johnson: You don't understand- I was trying to get her to break up with her boyfriend! / Cop 1: [to Cop 2] Recommend a restraining order. / ~~~ / {{Journal Reflection: They set his bail pretty high since he posed a significant flight risk.}} http://eqcomics.com/2011/02/25/duty-calls/ |
| The Survey | Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life | {{Edmund's Journal: It was time for me to check out of the Fallapart Motel.}} / Motel Owner: [handing Edmund a clipboard] Here, take this satisfaction survey. They're required of us by the business bureau. / [[Edmund takes the survey sitting in a chair.]] / Survey: How happy are you with the abnormally high level of carbon monoxide in your room? Not happy....very happy / How satisfied are you with our effort to scrub the footprints off your complimentary breakfast sandwich before we gave it to you? / How satisfied are you with the abundance of hidden cameras in your room and bathroom? / Edmund: Um... Do you ever get positive responses to these? / Motel Owner: [looking up from newspaper] Sure. All that really makes a difference is the last question. / Survey: How aware are you that everyone who doesn't go back and fill in all positive answers gets dragged out back, hacked up and fed to the pigs? Signature / ~~~ / {{Journal Reflection: I was told the swoosh imprint on my chicken sandwich was just grill marks.}} http://eqcomics.com/2011/03/01/the-survey/ |
| The Last Ice Fisherman | Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life | [[Edmund sees an Eskimo-looking ice fisherman on a pond.]] / Edmund: Excuse me, are you aware that spring is approaching? I'm not sure how much longer that ice will hold. / Ice Fisherman: Yes, and when this ice breaks, I shall fall into the water and become food for the fish, just as they have been food for me. It's the circle of life. / Edmund: I don't think pond fish typically eat humans... / Ice Fisherman: I know, I put sharks in the pond to rile up the fish. / Edmund: But sharks can't live in freshwater. / Ice Fisherman: I know, I put salt in the pond also. / Edmund: But the pond fish can't live in saltwater. / Ice Fisherman: Yeah, they all died and the sharks ate them all. / Edmund: ...then why are you fishing if all the fish are gone-- / Ice Fisherman: Look, if you haven't figured out by now that I'm a horrible decision-maker, continuing this conversation isn't gonna help! / Edmund: [walking away] Okay, then, have a good day. / [[The ice fisherman raises the pole and there is a stick of TNT dynamite at the hook. He holds a blowtorch up to it.]] / Ice Fisherman: Hm...Maybe I should light the bait... / ~~~ / {{Journal Reflection: And so was recorded the first shark rain the town had ever experienced.}} http://eqcomics.com/2011/03/04/the-last-ice-fisherman/ |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://eqcomics.com/2011/03/15/the-end/?utm_source=scribol.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=scribol.com">http://eqcomics.com/2011/03/15/the-end/?utm_source=scribol.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=scribol.com | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| On Judgment | Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life | [[Edmund speaks with the "End is Near" doomsayer]] / Doomsayer: [pointing at Edmund] You will be judged! / Edmund: Do you find judging everyone to be an admirable thing? / Doomsayer: Who knows? But just in case, I rid myself of all my worldly possessions. / Edmund: But what if the world doesn't end soon? / Doomsayer: My only worldly possessions were lit dynamite sticks and bears with rabies. / Edmund: Why would you own those things? / Doomsayer: Oh, hey, look who's the judgy one now, your honor!! / ~~~ / {{Journal Reflection: He later told me the parties at his place were a blast.}} http://eqcomics.com/2011/03/18/on-judgment/ |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://eqcomics.com/2011/03/22/the-prophecy/?utm_source=scribol.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=scribol.com">http://eqcomics.com/2011/03/22/the-prophecy/?utm_source=scribol.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=scribol.com | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| A Possible End | Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life | {{Edmund's Journal: I asked the Doomsayer how he thought the world would soon end...}} / [[Edmund and the Doomsayer sit in the grass]] / Doomsayer: Who knows? Maybe an alien attack? / Edmund: Why would aliens attack us? / Doomsayer: Heck, I dunno, for our cookies, maybe? / Edmund: Why cookies? / Doomsayer: Because they're delicious and addicting and there's never enough of them! / [[A girl scout appears next to the doomsayer]] / Brownie: Hi, would you like to buy some brownie scout cookies to help me earn a merit badge? / Doomsayer: (With an evil stare) Is it a merit badge for dooming the earth to imminent destruction? / [[The brownie scout runs away, dropping her boxes of cookies]] / < http://eqcomics.com/2011/03/25/a-possible-end/ |
| A Meeting | Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life | {{Edmund's Journal: The doomsayer convinced himself that aliens would cause the world's end...}} / [[The doomsayer is yelling into the sky, waving a stick]] / Doomsayer: Hey alien scum out there! Bring it! I'll knock you into the next galaxy!! / [[Two aliens, one with a moustache/mustache, both with three eyes and four legs, appear from behind a nearby bush]] / Alien Leader: God evening, gentlemen. My crew and I found your planet a couple hours ago and we've been observing you two. We have way more food on our planet than we need, and we were here to give countless decades of surplus food to your planet's inhabitants as an act of interplanetary good will. / ...however, seeing now that you are aggressive, hostile creatures, we're leaving to find a planet that deserves our offering more than you. Good day. / [[A line of alien spaceships fly away]] / < http://eqcomics.com/2011/03/29/a-meeting/ |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://eqcomics.com/2011/04/01/change-of-pace/?utm_source=scribol.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=scribol.com">http://eqcomics.com/2011/04/01/change-of-pace/?utm_source=scribol.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=scribol.com | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| The Bridge Guard | Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life | [[Edmund approaches a rope bridge that stretches across a body of water.]] / Bridge Guard: You there! You shall not cross that bridge! / [[We see him standing far away from the bridge. He is dressed in shining knight armor.]] / ...I am the bridge guard, assigned to this post by management! / Edmund: Why would they place you all the way over there? / Bridge Guard: It's quite hard to swim in plate armor if I were to fall in, you know! / Edmund: Wouldn't it make more sense to wear a bulletproof vest? / Bridge Guard: [shrugging] Management chooses to save money rather than update our equipment. / Edmund: It seems your managers may not be very good decision makers. / Bridge Guard: Well they installed a suggestion booth just past that shrubbery but nobody will contribute! / [[Edmund pushes some brush aside to reveal the booth: A small booth with firecrackers and a match book in front of a sleeping grizzly bear.]] / ~~~ / {{Journal Reflection: The guard was the only one properly dressed to submit a suggestion.}} http://eqcomics.com/2011/04/05/the-bridge-guard/ |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://eqcomics.com/2011/04/08/across-the-bridge/?utm_source=scribol.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=scribol.com">http://eqcomics.com/2011/04/08/across-the-bridge/?utm_source=scribol.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=scribol.com | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| Conversing with the Guard | Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life | {{Edmund's Journal: I conversed with the bridge guard...}} / Edmund: It's a bit disconcerting to be talking with you through your helmet. Might you remove it? / Bridge Guard: [pointing over his shoulder to a mountain in the background] How do I know you're not working for the dragon atop that mountain, trying to trick me into exposing my vulnerable cranium? / Edmund: Would my word suffice? / Bridge Guard: [removing the top of his helmet] Well, I suppose so... / [[In the distance, the dragon flies through the air toward them.]] / < http://eqcomics.com/2011/04/12/conversing-with-the-guard/ |
| Going Up | Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life | {{Edmund's Journal: The guard decided to go up the mountain to confront the dragon about his bullying...}} / Bridge Guard: Well, here we are. The foot of the mountain. / [[Just to the right of Edmund and the bridge guard, an elevator opens with a bellboy.]] / < http://eqcomics.com/2011/04/15/going-up/ |
| The Bellhop | Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life | {{Edmund's Journal: The bridge guard and I decided to take the elevator with the dubiously sane bellhop..}} / Edmund: Do you enjoy being a bellhop? / Bellhop: It has its "ups and downs." Haha! / [pointing at the buttons] / ...And passengers really know how to "push my buttons!" Bwahahahah! / [next to a "Warning: Maintenance Required" lit sign] / ...and sometimes that makes me become "unstable." Hahah! / [he opens the roof panel to expose snapping support cords] / ...and then I "snap!" Bahaha! / [he points to locked chest in the corner] / ...and then they're all like, "let's not lose our heads!" / Edmund: [Up against the wall, pressing the 'door open' button behind him] I think we'll take the stairs after all, thanks. / ~~~ / {{Journal Reflection: He surely took insanity to a new level.}}
/ ... http://eqcomics.com/2011/04/19/the-bellhop/ |
| Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the Meaning of Life - The Basement | {{Edmund's Journal: Looking for a way up the mountain...}} / [[Edmund stands with the Knight, pointing at a cavern.]] / Edmund: Look, there's a service elevator in the basement. / Knight: No way. I've been afraid of basements since I was a kid. / [[The Knight faces the audience, looking terrified. Edmund watches.]] / Knight: I got home from school one day and heard a noise coming from the basement. I went down and was startled by a surprise birthday party. / Edmund: But didn't the fact that it was a surprise birthday party make up for the startle? / Knight: No... / [[A child (a young version of the Knight in flashback) stands at the bottom of a staircase.]] / [[A sign reads, "Happy Birthday Slashclaw!!" The basement is occupied by a large spider, 3 monsters and a skeletal creature, and slender man all wearing party hats.]] / Skeletal creature: Hey, you not Slashclaw! / ~~~ / {{Journal Reflection: I dare not recount what he said the pinata was made from...}} http://eqcomics.com/2011/04/22/the-basement/ |
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