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| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Father brings a pink envelope to The Boy, who is in bed.]]
/ The Father: Letter for you, son! Looks like a girl's writing, ho ho. / [[view of the opened letter in the Boy's hands]]
/ Shelley's letter reads: SUPER BEST FRIENDS SOCIETY Dear Eustace Boyce You are invited to a thank-you party for your... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070718 |
| Scary Go Round 20070718 | [[The Boy, in bed, is woken up by The Father.]]
/ The Father: Letter for you, son! Looks like a girl's writing, ho ho. / Letter: Super Best Friends Society - Dear Eustace Boyce - You are invited to a thank-you party for your efforts against the forces of grisly evil. 7.30 PM until late. RSVP Shelley... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070718 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley: So um, Mr. Wogun, exactly how badly did you beat up the Devil?
/ Mr. Wogun: Well, t'call the feller a big skin bag full'a broken china... / Mr. Wogun: Might do a disservice to the structural soundness of a smashed teapot!
/ Percival: Chip!
/ Shelley: How thrillingly brutal! / Mr. Wogun: He won't... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070719 |
| Scary Go Round 20070719 | [[At the celebratory gathering.]]
/ Shelley: So um, Mr Wogun, exactly how badly did you beat up the Devil?
/ Wogun: Well, t'call the feller a big skin bag full'a broken china... / Wogun: ...might do a disservice to the structural soundness of a smashed teapot!
/ Percival: Chip!
/ Shelley: How thrillingly... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070719 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[ Esther and The Boy are in the kitchen, talking. ]]
/ Esther: That's the third time that big biker has offered me tickets to the gun show.
/ Such a lovely combination of revolting and persistent.
/ The Boy: Manners and crime are distand cousins, Esther. / [[ Esther sits down at the table with The Boy... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070720 |
| Scary Go Round 20070720 | Esther: That's the third time that big biker has offered me tickets to the gun show. Such a lovely combination of revolting and persistent.
/ The Boy: Manners and crime are distant cousins, Esther. / [[In the background, Shelley and Des dance.]]
/ Esther: This thing wasn't all bad, The Boy. At least we're... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070720 |
| Scary Go Round 20070723 | Esther: If you're not sure whether you still want me, there's one fool proof test. Imagine another man with his hands all over me. / Esther: Let's just say he's pawing and squeezing and whispering. / Esther: How do you feel? If you feel nothing, it's over. / [[The Boy has taken off his shirt, grabbed... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070723 |
| Scary Go Round 20070723 | Esther: If you're not sure whether you still want me, there's one fool proof tets. Imagine another man with his hands all over me. / Esther: Let's just say he's pawing and squeezing and whispering. / Esther: How do you feel? If you feel nothing, it's over. / [[The Boy has removed his shirt and jumped... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070723 |
| Scary Go Round 20070724 | Moon: Shelley, I think Ernest has had too much navy rum. We'd better take him home.
/ Shelley: The Navy may be forced to invest in extra stills!
/ [[Shelley is holding "Box Wine."]] / [[Moon and Desmond are helping Ernest. Desmond is wearing a "Def Leppard" shirt.]]
/ Ernest: Arr, so, Jeff Leopard and... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070724 |
| Scary Go Round 20070724 | Moon: Shelley, I think Ernest has had too much navy rum. We'd better take him home.
/ Shelley: The Navy may be forced to invest in extra stills!
/ [[Box Wine]] / [[Des (in his Def Leppard shirt) and Moon each take one of Ernest's arms to guide him.]]
/ Ernest: Arr, so, Jeff Leopard and Moomin... what... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070724 |
| Scary Go Round 20070725 | [[Ernest opens a garage door to a shed.]]
/ Ernest: Let old Ernest show ye somethin'. Maybe ye'll be less keen to waste yer young lives.
/ Desmond: I bet it's full of Indonesian children sewing up Nikes. / [[He shows a new round wooden submarine.]]
/ Ernest: The Super Elaine! The most advanced research... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070725 |
| Scary Go Round 20070725 | [[Ernest lifts up a garage door.]]
/ Ernest: Let old Ernest show ye somethin'. Maybe ye'll be less keen to waste yer young lives.
/ Des: I bet it's full of Indonesian children sewing up Nikes. / [[It's another wooden submarine.]]
/ Ernest: THE SUPER ELAINE! The most advanced research vessel ever created!
/ Des:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070725 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[bedroom]]
/ ame: shelley, this adventure has been a life-changing experience. it's time to set childish things aside and be a lady. never again will i wear my "hot to trot" t-shirt. / shelley: but ame, you are hot to trot. this tshirt just helps men be less confused. / ame: confusion will be my new... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070726 |
| Scary Go Round 20070726 | [[Amy is putting clothing into a bag marked "Help the wretched".]]
/ Amy: Shelley, this adventure has been a life-changing experience. It's time to set childish things aside and be a lady. Never again will I wear my "Hot to Trot" T-shirt. / [[Shelley holds the shirt in question.]]
/ Shelley: But Ame you... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070726 |
| Scary Go Round 20070727 | [[Bob and Erin are in a bleak black-and-white terrain.]]
/ Bob: This is Hell, Erin Winters. Get used to it.
/ Erin: My sister will save us! She's completely demented! / Bob: Soon she won't remember you. No one will. Your meat, your matter are no longer part of the universe we knew. / [[They pass a foodcart... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070727 |
| Scary Go Round 20070727 | [[Bob and Erin are in a bleak black-and-white terrain.]]
/ Bob: This is Hell, Erin Winters. Get used to it.
/ Erin: My sister will save us! She's completely demented! / Bob: Soon she won't remember you. No one will. Your meat, your matter are no longer part of the universe we knew. / [[They pass a foodcart... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070727 |
| Scary Go Round 20070730 | [[Ryan is writing on a typewriter while playing a record. Shelley comes up behind him with fingers in her ears.]]
/ Record: chooglin' booglin' fish eye helicopter
/ Shelley: Ryan, what is this racket? Have you been buying records from the rag and bone man again? / [[Typewriter brand: Olivetti]]
/ Ryan:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070730 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Music Playing]] Chooglin' Booglin' Fish Eye Helicopter
/ Shelley: Ryan, what is this RACKET? Have you been buying records from the rag and bone man again? / Ryan: Shelley, Philistines ain't welcome in my home. Sit down and I'll tell you ...
/ [[Colourful letters coming out of Ryan's typewriter]] "Grows... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070730 |
| Scary Go Round 20070731 | Ryan: By '67, Captain Beefheart was gettin' popular with his unique brand of rhythm 'n shoutin'.
/ [[Black-and-white, Beefheart is singing and someone else is on guitar. Sixties chicks dance around them.]]
/ Beefheart: Diddy wah diddy
/ Ryan: So he got asked to play the Monterey Pop Festival with his Magic... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070731 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Ryan: By '67, Captain Beefheart was gettin' popular with his unique brand of rhythm 'n shoutin'.
/ Beefheart: Diddy wah diddy
/ Ryan: So he got asked to play the Monterey Pop Festival with his Magic Band. / Ryan: They made it to the festival, but the Magic Band legged it when they saw a bunch of twisters... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070731 |
| Scary Go Round 20070801 | Ryan: With pop hits provin' unlikely, Captain Beefheart retreated to a cabin to shout at his band for months on end. The result was Trout Mask Replica.
/ [[Album with the cover of a man in a trout mask and high hat.]] / Ryan: These were complicated sounds designed for serious "heads".
/ [[The band is... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070801 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Ryan: With pop hits provin' unlikely, Captain Beefheart retreated to a cabin to shout at his band for months on end. The result was Trout Mask Replica. / Ryan: These were complicated sounds designed for serious "heads".
/ [[Beefheart is singing in the studio. The band plays their instruments with rabbits]]
/ Beefheart:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070801 |
| Scary Go Round 20070802 | Ryan: In the '70s, Captain Beefheart fell under the spell of smooth music, cuttin' a disc with Doobie Brothers producer Ted Templeman!
/ Beefheart: My baby's got some sardines for me, woah-oh / Ryan: Contractually dismayed and with his Magic Band gone, Beefheart did the unthinkable!
/ [[Beefheart singing... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070802 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Ryan: In the '70s, Captain Beefheart fell under the spell of smooth music, cuttin' a disc with Doobie Brothers producer Ted Templeman!
/ Beefheart: My baby's got some sardines for me, whoah-oh / Ryan: Contractually dismayed and with his Magic Band gone, Beefheart did the unthinkable!
/ [[with The Carpenters]]
/ Beefheart:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070802 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Captain Beefheart and his band perform outdoors amongst some crows, with Beefheart holding an ice cream cone]]
/ Ryan (as unseen narrator): In the 80's, Beefheart got his Magic back and kicked out some fresh jams with a new Band.
/ Captain Beefheart: Ice cream for crows
/ Ryan (as unseen narrator): But... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070803 |
| Scary Go Round 20070803 | Ryan: In the 80s, Beefheart got his Magic back and kicked out some fresh jams with a new Band.
/ Beefheart: Ice cream for crows
/ Ryan: But after not bein' asked to sing on "We Are The World", he retired hurt, tired of chooglin'. / Ryan: He became plain old Don Van Vliet and was feted for his art. Don... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070803 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | SCARY GO ROUND-- San Diego Disaster Problem / Shelley: Hee hee! Hee hee hee!
/ Amy: Are you happy now? / Shelley: Oh yes! Meeting Luther Plimpkins is the high point of my woman's life! / Shelley: OH DEAR OH NO! / Shelley: LAWKS AND DARN IT! / Amy: Did you remember that pixies aren't real again?
/ Shelley:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070809 |
| Scary Go Round 20070813 | [[Two burly hicks in overalls, Grezzer and Bun, are chasing a skinny hick, Lorcan.]]
/ Grezzer or Bun: Ay, c'mere!
/ Bun or Grezzer: We've not finished with yun! / [[He hides in a shed.]]
/ Lorcan: Huff puff
/ Father: Grezzer! Bun! I told you to finish that milking!
/ Grezzer or Bun: Bah! / [[Lorcan strokes... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070813 |
| Scary Go Round 20070814 | [[Big poster Amy is making.]]
/ Tackleford Metropolitan Borough Presents
/ THE GREAT TACKLEFORD SHOW
/ Aug 12-14
/ Featuring
/ An Improbably Range of Produce - Judged by Some Right Minds
/ The Borough's Finest Beasts
/ Horticulture at its Most "Lavish"
/ An Array of... Glorious Activities
/ Dog o' the Borough
/ Those... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070814 |
| Scary Go Round 20070815 | Shelley: Paula requests our presence in the editorial office. I think she has a hardcore assignment of danger news for us, Mike! / Paula: I have a very important job for you...
/ Shelley: Yes yes!
/ Paula: ...covering the Great Tackleford Show.
/ Shelley: No no no no no!
/ Mike: That's not writing, it's... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070815 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Mike: It's your fault we have to cover the show, Shelley. If you hadn't called Paula "Triangle Head"...
/ Shelley: It was the Christmas party! High spirits are allowed! Theoretically. / Shelley: Come on Mike! We'll make this fun! Three days in the great outdoors. / Mike: I hate animals, I hate mud... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070816 |
| Scary Go Round 20070817 | Shelley: Oh Mike! Partner of mine! You're so sad and down! Look at me! Look how pretty I am! Doesn't that cheer you up? / Mike: I thought I was going to be something. Someone. Instead I've spent 23 years on the same miserable local paper. "Dog bites man who bites dog back." / Shelley: But Mike, there... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070817 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley: Oh Mike! Partner of mine! You're so sad and down! Look at me! Look how pretty I am! Doesn't that cheer you up? / Mike: I thought I was going to be something. Someone. Instead I've spent 23 years on the same miserable local paper. "Dog bites man who bites dog back". / Shelley: But Mike, there... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070817 |
| Scary Go Round 20070820 | Shelley: At least feign excitement, Ame. For me. Come on.
/ Amy: Woo. It's the Great Tackleford Show. It's like they found Atlantis and they're giving it to me. / Amy: Are you satisfied now?
/ Shelley: Satisfied-ish. / Shelley: The first show was held in 1894. It featured many now-rare farm animals like... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070820 |
| Scary Go Round 20070820 | Shelley: At least feign excitement, Ame. For me. Come on.
/ Amy: Woo. It's the Great Tackleford Show. It's like they found Atlantis and they're giving it to me. / Amy: Are you satisfied now?
/ Shelley: Satisfied-ish. / Shelley: The first show was held in 1894. It featured many now-rare farm animals like... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070820 |
| Scary Go Round 20070821 | [[Behind a trailer, Amy is fitting some kind of ceremonial gold-colored necklace around Mayor Mayor.]]
/ Mayor: Do I look relatively mayorly?
/ Amy: Just get out there and mayor it up, Mr Mayor. Last year Mayor Davies kicked off proceedings by wrestling a greased bull. I think your watchword is "low-key".... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070821 |
| Scary Go Round 20070821 | Mayor Mayor: Do I look relatively mayorly?
/ Amy: Just get out there and mayor it up, Mr Mayor. Last year Mayor Davies kicked off proceedings by wrestling a greased bull. I think your watchword is "low-key". Think "safe pair of hands." / Mayor: AWLRITE, TACKLEFORD, AWLRITE! Great Tackleford Show 2007!... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070821 |
| Scary Go Round 20070822 | Shelley: Mike! What are you doing in the beer tent at 11 o'clock? There's a lot of news out there. / Mike: I'm demob happy, Shelley. I don't care any more. In my head I've already resigned.
/ Shelley: I'm not covering this show on my own Mike. I expect you to pull your weight! / Mike: I wrote my report... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070822 |
| Scary Go Round 20070822 | Shelley: Mike! What are you doing in the beer tent at 11 o'clock? There's a lot of news out there. / Mike: I'm demob happy, Shelley. I don't care any more. In my head I've already resigned.
/ Shelley: I'm not covering this show on my own Mike. I expect you to pull your weight! / Mike: I wrote my report... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070822 |
| Scary Go Round 20070823 | Shelley: This is just fantastic. Mike goes mad and I have to do twice as much work.
/ [[Amy ties her shirt above the navel.]]
/ Amy: I'll help you, Shelley, I don't think the mayor can get into much more trouble. / Shelley: All right! All you have to do is note down prize winners and a bit of local colour.
/ [[She... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070823 |
| August 23rd, 2007 | Shelley: THIS IS JUST FANTASTIC. MIKE GOES MAD AND i HAVE TO DO TWICE AS MUCH WORK.
/ Amy: I'LL HELP YOU, SHELLEY. I DON'T THINK THE MAYOR CAN GET INTO MUCH MORE TROUBLE. / Shelley: ALL RIGHT! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS NOTE DOWN PRIZE WINNERS AND A BIT OF LOCAL COLOUR. / Shelley: CALL ME IF YOU HAVE... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070823 |
| Scary Go Round 20070824 | [[Lorcan's father, carrying two pigs, confronts Lorcan, smoking by the truck.]]
/ Father: Lorcan! Where was'tha, lad? Yer brothers and I'd to unload t'stock alone.
/ Lorcan: I 'ad to load up Bessie! / Father: We've no beast o' that name, son.
/ Lorcan: Aye, we do! I raised 'er mesel' from a babe! Look! / [[Father... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070824 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Pa: Lorcan! Where was'tha, lad?
/ Yer brothers and I'd to unload t'stock alone.
/ Lorcan: I'ad to load up Bessie! / Pa: We've no beast o' that name, son.
/ Lorcan: Aye, we do! I raised 'er mesel' from a babe!
/ Look! / Lorcan: She'll take a prize for sure!
/ Pa: Tis an abomination! It mun be destroyed! / Lorcan:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070824 |
| Scary Go Round 20070827 | [[Lorcan shakes his motionless father.]]
/ Lorcan: Fither! Fither! I'm sorry but I 'ad to... / [[Father falls over onto the grass.]]
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| Scary Go Round 20070827 | [[Lorcan shakes his motionless father.]]
/ Lorcan: Fither! Fither! I'm sorry but I 'ad to... / [[Father falls over onto the grass.]]
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| Scary Go Round 20070828 | [[Amy is leaning against a sheep pen with her pen in her mouth and her navel exposed.]]
/ Amy: Local colour, local colour...
/ Lorcan: Sweet mercy on me soul, she is a painted angel. Be the man y'are now, Lorcan, talk to her! / [[Exaggerated sweat drops appear around him. Amy is now looking in his direction... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070828 |
| Scary Go Round 20070828 | [[Amy is leaning against a sheep pen with her pen in her mouth and her navel exposed.]]
/ Amy: Local colour, local colour...
/ Lorcan: Sweet mercy on me soul, she is a painted angel. Be the man y'are now, Lorcan, talk to her! / [[Exaggerated sweat drops appear around him. Amy is now looking his way with... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070828 |
| Scary Go Round 20070829 | [[At the Tackleford Fair, the mayor is on his mobile phone.]]
/ Mayor: Amy? Amy?
/ Amy's message: You're through to Amy. I'm far too busy to talk to the likes of you. Leave a message! / Mayor: Amy, I lost my piece of paper and I don't know what to do. Lots of love, the mayor. / Mayor: "Lots of love"?... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070829 |
| Scary Go Round 20070830 | [[Lorcan and Amy are in "Hawhaw's Pie Emporium".]]
/ Lorcan: I like your top, it's er, you know... I like your tattoos. / Amy: Why don't you get the pies in, Lorcan, while I freshen up. / [[On the phone.]]
/ Amy: Shel, I'm on a hot date with a genuine rustic! This is the new journalism, isn't it? I'm... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070830 |
| Scary Go Round 20070830 | [[Lorcan and Amy are in "Hawhaw's Pie Emporium".]]
/ Lorcan: I like your top, it's er, you know... I like your tattoos.
/ Amy: Why don't you get the pies in, Lorcan, while I freshen up. / [[On the phone.]]
/ Amy: Shel, I'm on a hot date with a genuine rustic! This is the new journalism, isn't it? I'm Norman... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070830 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[In the grassy parking area of the Great Tackleford Show, Grezzer looms over two pigs.]]
/ Grezzer: Benson! Funjy! Where's Pa?
/ Bun: Fither never lets them two out of 'is sight, Grez! Maybe 'e is avin' a nap in't van. / [[Grezzer and Bun look in the back of the van, finding only a great shaggy heap... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070831 |
| Scary Go Round 20070831 | [[Grezzer comes upon two of the family's pigs.]]
/ Grezzer: Benson! Funjy! Where's Pa?
/ Bun: Fither never lets them two out of 'is sight, Grez! Maybe 'e is avin' a nap in't van. / Bun: That ain't Fither.
/ Grezzer: What critter nestles within, Bun? / Grezzer: Tis asleep!
/ Bun: Then we mun wake it, lad! / Bun:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070831 |
| Scary Go Round 20070903 | [[An elderly couple's home.]]
/ Jam judge: Irene, this trifle is so delicious that not to have seconds would be a crime.
/ Irene: But... the night before judging the jams? / Jam judge: A man's stomach is his castle! Seconds, Irene! And thirds!
/ Irene: Lawks... / [[Next day. The jam judge is lying down... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070903 |
| Scary Go Round 20070903 | Judge: Irene, this trifle is so delicious that not to have seconds would be a crime.
/ Irene: But... the night before judging the jams? / Judge: A man's stomach is his castle! Seconds, Irene! And thirds!
/ Irene: Lawks... / Ethel: E's as white as a sheet!
/ Doctor: This level of indigestion could only... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070903 |
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