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| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[A Pale Bloke and a Chubby Girl are sitting in a cafe, talking. Esther is sitting in the background]]
/ Pale Bloke: ...So I don't know if we're co-dependent or just living together because we like it.
/ Chubby Girl: But do you like me? Becuse I like you. And liking you is something I want to keep doing... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060102 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Marten: ...so I don't know if we're co-dependet or just living together because we like it.
/ Faye: But do you like me? Because I like you. And liking you is something I want to keep doing for a considerable period of time.
/ Faye: Saying I like you is like saying that Manatees were grateful for the... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060102 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Esther and Erin are walking through a mall]]
/ Erin: Ah, the January sales. Where the old year brings out its dead. Come on Esther. School starts again on Monday, we've got to make the days count.
/ Esther: That's a lot of pressure. I usually count 6 hours spent staring out of the window as well spent. / Esther:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060103 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Entering an electronics store]]
/ Erin: Ah, the January sales. Where the old year brings out its dead.
/ Erin: Come on Esteher. School starts again on Monday, we've got to make the days count.
/ Esther: That's a lot of pressure.
/ Esther: I usually count 6 hours spent staring out of the window as well... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060103 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Child is watching The Father at a vanity table]]
/ The Child: Things are different now!
/ The Father: Yes, my boy, yes! A new order is upon this land. / [[The two look out a window at a green volkswagon van]]
/ The Father: Let us enter the message bus and spread our word to a special person. Big... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060104 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | The Child: Things are different now!
/ The Child's keeper: Yes, my boy, yes! A new order is upon this land. / [[the two look out of the windo at a green Volkswagen bus]]
/ Keeper: Let us enter the message bus and spread our word to a special person.
/ The Child: Message bus! Fun!
/ Keeper: Big times are... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060104 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Erin and Esther are walking. Roxy is in the foreground, looking in the other direction.]]
/ Esther: It's Roxy Postlethwaite. Try to look inobtrusive.
/ Erin: Wouldn't it be more polite to say hello?
/ Esther: I'm not sure I'm capable of thinking in the microscopic terms that small talk with her would... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060105 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Esther: It's Roxy Postlethwaite. Try not to look inobtrusive.
/ Erin: Wouldn't it be more polite to say hello?
/ Esther: I'm not sure I'm capable of thinking in the kind of microscoping terms that small talk with her would require. / Erin:That's not very nice.
/ Esther: I just feel like I could be wounded... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060105 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Roxy is leaning down to speak to The Child. The Father is standing behind her]]
/ Roxy: Hello little...boy... where's your mummy?
/ The Father: Have you ever thought about your place in the word? What it means to be under yon big sky? / [[Roxy is backing away from The Father, looking scared]]
/ The FatherLady:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060106 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Roxy leaning down, talking to The Child]]
/ Roxy: Hello little... boy... where's your mummy?
/ The Child's Keeper: Have you ever thought about your place in the world?
/ Keeper: What it means to be under yon big sky? / [[Roxy flinches]]
/ Keeper: The Child and I have a message. Come into the warm of the... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060106 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Boy, Milford and Esther, in a classroom]]
/ The Boy: Did you have a good Christmas, Esther?
/ Milford: IIIIII'm dreaming of a goth Christmas... just like the ones we used to know...[[in a gothic font]] in old Rumania / [[Esther looks offended]]
/ Esther: Yes, Milford, a big old goth Christmas. We... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060109 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | The Boy: Did you have a good Christmas, Esther?
/ Paul: Iiiiii'm dreaming of a goth Christmas...
/ Paul: Just like the ones we used to know...
/ Paul: [[Old English font]]in old Rumania / Esther: Yes, Milford, a big old goth Christmas.
/ Esther: We put the turkey skeleton on the table then commence gnawing. / Esther:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060109 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Mr and Mrs Postlethwaite are sitting at their kitchen table, and Roxy is walking out]]
/ Mrs Postlethwaite: And where were you last night, young lady? This house is not a hotel, Roxy! Any more of your nonsense and you can forget your credit card privileges! / Mrs Postlethwaite: Did you see the state... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060110 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Roxy's mother: And where were you last night, young lady?
/ Roxy's mother: This house is not a hotel, Roxy!
/ Roxy's mother: Any more of your nonsense and you can forget your credit card privileges. / Roxy's mother: Did you see the state of her, Peter?
/ Roxy's mother: Wall-eyed. I'm sure it's drugs. Or... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060110 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Oggy and The Boy are standing in a school hallway with Erin]]
/ Oggy: So anyway, I put my tongue on the scalextric track and I could see angels.
/ The Boy: That's great, Oggy. But not amazingly great.
/ Erin: The Boy, have you seen Roxy Postlethwaite today? / The Boy: No. Why?
/ Erin: She's cheeeee-anged!
/ Oggy:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060111 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Oggy: So anyway, I put my tongue on the scalextric track and I could see angels
/ The Boy: That's great, Oggy
/ Erin: The Boy, have you seen Roxy Postlethwaite today?
/ The Boy: But not amazingly great. / The Boy: No. Why?
/ Erin: She's cheeeee-anged!
/ Oggy: Did she get a bad lip job for Christmas?
/ Oggy:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060111 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Big Lindsay and Sarah are in the coat room watching Roxy]]
/ Big Lindsay: Just look at Roxy sitting there all icy and aloof. You can't just decide to be dark and eldritch, you have to work at it.
/ Sarah: Furiously. / [[Esther is sitting, reading a magazine]]
/ Sarah: And what's with the blonde hair?... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060112 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Lindsay: Just look at Roxy sitting there all icy and aloof.
/ Lindsay: You can't just decide to be dark and eldritch, you have to work at it.
/ Sarah: Furiously. / Sarah: And what's with the blonde hair? Darkness is dark.
/ Esther: She's gone "white goth". It's the new thing from the sad countries.
/ Esther:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060112 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Oggy, Erin, The Boy and Milford are eating lunch in the cafeteria]]
/ The Boy: What's that written on that bit of paper?
/ Erin: My sister puts notes in with my lunch.
/ The Boy: Can I see? / The Boy: Wow, she doesn't get any.... saner does she?
/ "Look out for El Diablo. He is fat and rides a tiny bicycle." / Milford:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060113 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | The Boy: What's written on that bit of paper?
/ Erin: My sister puts notes in with my lunch."
/ The Boy: Can I see? / The Boy: Wow, she doesn't get any... saner does she?
/ The Boy: "Look out for El Diabolo. He is fat and rides a tiny bicycle." / Paul: Is that a metaphor? The devil... rides a bicycle...... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060113 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Esther and Erin are walking on a bridge in a park. Erin is looking at a piece of paper, one of Shelley's notes.]]
/ Erin: Where does she get this stuff from? Why can't she just be normal?
/ Esther: You shouldn't be so hard on your sister, Erin. She thinks the sun shines out of your backside. You wouldn't... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060116 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Erin Winters: Where does Shelley get this stuff from? Why can't she just be normal?
/ Esther De Groot: You shouldn't be so hard on your sister, Erin. She thinks the sun shines out of your backside. You wouldn't like her very much if she was "normal". / Esther De Groot: Working as a bank manager... selling... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060116 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060117 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060117 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Milford, Esther, and The Boy standing by "Battle of the Bands" poster. Electricity shoots from Milford's clenched fists.]]
/ Milford: Battle of the bands! Battle of the bands!
/ Esther: If he doesn't unclench his fists soon, his fingers'll drop off.
/ The Boy: You don't understand, Esther. This is the... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060118 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Poster advertises the Battle of the Bands.]]
/ Milford: Battle of the Bands! Battle of the Bands!
/ Esther: If he doesn't unclench his fists soon, his fingers'll drop off.
/ The Boy: You don't understand, Esther. This is the moment he's been waiting for for years. / The Boy: Milford believes he was... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060118 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Sarah, Esther, and Big Lindsay are in a basement, with guitar and drum kit]]
/ Sarah: What's wrong with you Esther, why are you winking?
/ Esther: I've got something in my eye. It really hurts. Why is it that when you've got something in your eye, your first instinct is to get in there with your finger? / Esther:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060119 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Sarah is carrying a guitar case, and Lindsey is setting up a drum kit in a basement.]]
/ Sarah: What's wrong with you Esther, why are you winking?
/ Esther: I've got something in my eye. It really hurts. Why is it that when you've got something in your eye, your first instinct is to get in there with... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060119 |
| Scary Go Round | The Boy: Well Milford, that's a third chord. Now all you have to do is play them without looking at your fingers.
/ Milford: I've got three weeks, The Boy. A couple of days with the guitar and my latent rock abilities will spill out.
/ < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060120 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Boy and Milford are in Milford's room, The Boy is sitting at a desk watching Milford sitting on his bed practicing guitar]]
/ The Boy: Well Milford, that's a third chord. Now all you have to do is play them without looking at your fingers.
/ Milford: I've got three weeks, The Boy. A couple of days... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060120 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Onstage at the Battle of the Bands, three fellows dressed like various stages of Bavid Bowie are exiting stage left as Milford is running on, wearing nothing but a guitar and his briefs.]]
/ Announcer: Those were The Bowies, and next in the Battle of the Bands... Milford!
/ Milford: AWLRIGHT EVERYBODY!... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060123 |
| Just a dream | [[A bunch of guys dressed as rockstars (a la David Bowie) leave a stage]]
/ Annnouncer: Those were the Bowies, and next in the battle of the bands... Milford!
/ Milford! AWLRIGHT EVERYBODY!
/ ...Why did I forget to put my clothes on? / Milford: Mary had a little lamb... Lamby lamby lamby lamb...
/ < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060123 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Boy and Milford are outside a store with signs in the window saying: NEW STOCK! Banjos! Banjos Banjos! and The UN-ANO! Milford is carrying a guitar case]]
/ The Boy: Milford, why are we meeting at Music Exchange? I told you I want nothing to do with your musical humiliation.
/ Milford: All right,... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060124 |
| Scary Go Round :: Milford's band idea | [[Signs in downtown Tackleford windows:
/ New Stock! Banjos! Banjos! Banjos!
/ The UN-ANO!]]
/ The Boy: Milford, why are we meeting at the music exchange? I told you I want nothing to do with your musical humiliation.
/ Milford: All right, I got it wrong. Rocking isn't my gift. I couldn't tame the axe. / The... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060124 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Esther's Mum: Come in Erin. She's upstairs in her room. / Erin: Esther, are you all right? / Esther: Lindsay and Sarah said that I couldn't be in their band. Snif. They said I can't sing, that I've got no pitch. I sing flat. / Esther: Lindsay said I was so off-key, I caused the Doppler Effect like... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060125 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Erin is visiting Esther, whose mother is in the kitchen baking cookies while wearing an orange spotted apron]]
/ Esther's Mother: Come in Erin. She's upstairs in her room. / [[Erin stands in Esther's doorway. On the door is a poster of some fellow in a grey tribal mask with a red robe]]
/ Erin: Esther,... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060125 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Lindsey: I told you that Esther wouldn't be able to sing.
/ Sarah: It was worth a go. / Lindsey: She spends too much time with Erin Winters now anyway. She's not hardcore bleak any more. / Lindsey: Used to be she was reliably sad and silent. Now it's all grins and odd ideas.
/ Sarah: We need a singer... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060126 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Big Lindsay and Sarah are riding the bus]]
/ Big Lindsay: I told you that Esther wouldn't be able to sing.
/ Sarah: It was worth a go. / Big Lindsay: She spends too much time with Erin Winters now anyway. She's not hardcore bleak any more. / [[The two leave the bus]]
/ Big Lindsay: Used to be she... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060126 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Roxy: Blood blisters on a dying swan.
/ The Child: Hello, hello! / Father: Why, it's our special friend. Do come in.
/ The Child: Pretty! Pretty like the moon! / Roxy: Ash and bone. Ash and bone.
/ Father: You've joined a group? But how marvellous! The Child and I would like to teach a song, for you to... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060127 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Roxy is walking toward a door of a brick building, where she is greeted by The Child]]
/ Roxy: Blood blisters on a dying swan.
/ The Child: Hello, hello! / [[The Child takes Roxy's hand and leads her inside while The Father hangs up Roxy's coat]]
/ The Father: Why, it's our special friend. Do come in.... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060127 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Crowley: Crowley, Crowley, running this school is a torture even you could not have devised. How can I bend young minds to my plans when attempting to schedule "compulfory tefting". What say you, Mr Daimler?
/ Mr Daimler: P-p-p-please... / Crowley: I only keep you around to help me with these little... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060130 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Crowley is sitting at a desk writing with a quill pen. I the foreground, Mr Damler is sitting, shackled by his wrists, in a closet, his clothes in tatters]]
/ Crowley: Crowley, Crowley. Running this school is a torture even you could not have devised. How can I bend young minds to my plans when attempting... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060130 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Bob Crowly is watching his new employees work at a miniature desk]]
/ Bob Crowley: Mooncalves, how fare projections for the coming school year?
/ Mooncalf 1: Dire news on every front!
/ Mooncalf 2: Terrible problems, both fiscal and educational! We're falling far short of targets, you may be "named" and... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060131 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Bob Crowley is supervising his new hirees, two small green fellows {{previously thought to have been eaten by bears}}, in an office]]
/ Bob Crowley: Mooncalves, how fare projections for the coming year?
/ Mooncalf: Dire news on every front!
/ Mooncalf with Glasses: Terrible problems, both fiscal and educational!
/ We're... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060131 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Ms Liversey: Thanks for helping set up the stage, you two. Mr Pevenser will be in his truss for another month.
/ Erin: Well, I have to do something since all my friends are rehearsing with their bands. / Ms Liversey: Yes, I didn't realise this would be so popular.
/ Oggy: I think everyone likes music! / Erin:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060201 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Oggy and Erin are hanging and stapling things in the school auditorium]]
/ Ms Liversey: Thanks for helping set up the stage, you two. Mr Pevenser will be in his truss for another month.
/ Erin: Well, I have to do something nice since all my friends are rehearsing with their bands. / [[Ms Liversey is... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060201 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Erin is sitting at a computer, Shelly standing behind.]]
/ Shelly: Roffle me this and roffle me that, who's afraid of the big web chat.
/ Zee oh em gee, Erin! You're pregnant with Imhotep's baby?
/ You should have been more careful! / [[Shelly now hunching over Erin's left shoulder.]]
/ Erin: Stop reading... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060202 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Shelley is standing behind Erin, who is working at a computer]]
/ Shelley: Roffle me this and roffle me that, who's afraid of the big web chat.
/ Zee oh em gee, Erin! You're pregnant with Imhotep's baby?
/ You should have been more careful! / Erin: Stop reading over my shoulder. It's rude.
/ Shelley:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060202 |
| Scary Go Round | Shelley: So why did you decide to hold a "Battle of the Bands"?
/ Ms Liversey: Well really I wanted to show the kids that music isn't just about counterpoint and triads and--
/ Mr Pevenser: Anarchy and fornication! No good can come of their youthful thrashings. / Mr Pevenser: I had the same idea back... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060203 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Shelley is interviewing Ms. Liversey and Mr. Pevenser. All are seated and the interview is being recorded.]]
/ Shelley: So why did you decide to hold a "Battle of the Bands"?
/ Ms. Liversey: Well really I wanted to show the kids that music isn't just about counterpoint and triads and -
/ Mr. Pevenser:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060203 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Clean Street Crew member #1: Hey, you - We're the Clean Street Crew
/ Clean Street Crew member #2: Don't do drugs or the drugs do you
/ MC Horse: I'm MC Horse and I'm here to say
/ MC Horse: My two main lines are rope and hay ... hey!
/ < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060206 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[on stage: a student hip hop performance]]
/ yellow hooded performer: HEY, YOU WE'RE THE CLEAN STREET CREW
/ pony tail girl performer: DON'T DO DRUGS OR THE DRUGS DO YOU
/ horse-headed performer: I'M MC HORSE AND I'M HERE TO SAY MY TWO MAIN LINES ARE ROPE AND HAY - HEY!
/ [[the turntables emit lyrics:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060206 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[A quartet of students are playing onstage at the Battle of the Bands]]
/ Red Guitar Boy: This is so tight
/ < |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[a band plays on stage]]
/ < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060207 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Battle of the Bands: The Boy and Milford are on, playing synth pop. The Boy sings:]]
/ The Boy: We're spend some time in your rented flat / And go for dinner at a restaurant / Then listen to some Sondheim tunes / Perhaps look at wallpaper swatches / Milford: The Boy's a genius! It's impossible to put... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060208 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Milford and the Boy on stage at the Battle of the Bands]]
/ The Boy: We're spend some time in your rented flat
/ And go for dinner at a restaurant
/ Then listen to some Sondheim tunes
/ Perhaps look at wallpaper swatches / Milford: The Boy's a genius! It's impossible to put a foot wrong. / Esther: Wow,... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060208 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | {{Battle of the bands continues}}
/ [[Backstage the Boy and Milford talk]]
/ Milford: I think we've won it, the Boy!
/ The Boy: What about Lindsay and Sarah?
/ Milford: People don't want to hear songs about gravestones falling over. / [[On Stage Lindsay and Roxy talking]]
/ Lindsay: We are Coven of Sepsis,... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060209 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Boy and Milford stand backstage]]
/ Milford: I think we've won it, The Boy!
/ The Boy: What about Lindsay and Sarah?
/ Milford: People don't want to hear songs about gravestones falling over. / [[Sarah and Roxy on stage introducing their song]]
/ Sarah: We are COVEN OF SEPSIS, and this is...
/ Roxy:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060209 |
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