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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 for a considerable period of time. Saying I like you is like saying that manatees were grateful for the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act of 1978. / [[They continue talking, but Esther lunges at them, her eyes wild and hair curling in anger. Erin is holding her back]]
/ Pale Bloke: I guess that what I'm really trying to say is that after being friends for eight years could we maybe find a way to take things to the next level and-
/ Esther: Shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up SHUT UP!
/ Erin: You'll have to excuse my friend. / [[The Pale Bloke looks dazed or happy, The Chubby Girl glares at Esther. Erin is escorting Esther, who still looks enraged, out of the cafe]]
/ Pale Bloke: That's so meh and not awesome.
/ Chubby Girl: Totally.
/ Erin: She has a phobia of self-absorbed people who talk loudly, at length, in public places. One jumped out of a bush and surprised her as a small child. 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 Florida Maanatee Sanctuary Act of 1978. / Marten: I guess what I'm really trying to say is that after being friends for eight years could we maybe find a way to take things to the next level and-
/ Esther: Shut up Shut up Shut up Shut up Shut up SHUT UP!
/ Erin: You'll have to excuse my friend. / Erin: She has a phobia of self-absorbed people who talk loudly, at length, in public places.
/ Marten: That's so meh and not awesome.
/ Faye: Totally.
/ Erin: One jumped out of a bush and surprised her as a small child. 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: You know, cursing the blood red sky. Does anyone need all these useless gadgets? / [[Erin had picked up a gadget and is regarding it]]
/ Erin: GPS SAT NAV, 200 Quid. Always know where you're going.
/ Esther: I need SAT NAV for my soul. / [[Erin holds the device up to her head. A sales clerk has appeared between them.]]
/ Erin: Destination: accountancy. Point of interest: largely destructive affair with older authority figure.
/ Sales Clerk: Can I help you?
/ Esther: Apparently it's much, much too late. 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 spent. / Esther: You know, cursing the blood red sky.
/ Ester: Does anyone need all these useless gadgets? / [[Erin picks up a gadget]]
/ Erin: GPS Sat Nav, 200 quid. Always know where you're going.
/ Esther: I need sat nav for my soul. / [[Erin holds the GPS to her ear as sales clerk appears]]
/ Erin: Destination: Accountancy. Point of interest: largely destructive affair with older authority figure.
/ Sales clerk: Can I help you?
/ Esther: Apparently it's much, much too late. 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 times are ahead, we need help with our message.
/ The Child: Message bus! Fun! / [[The two are now packing for their trip. The Child has a skull in his hand]]
/ The Father: Yes, my little harbinger, bring the things you like. Mr Skull, yes, Mr Dead Weasel. / The Father: Make sure Mr Dead Weasel does't come out of his plastic house this time. You know how that makes father sad. 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 ahead, we need help with our message. / [[The Child rummages in a chest, holding a skull]]
/ Keeper: Yes, my little harbinger, bring the things you like.
/ Keeper: Mr. Skull, yes, Mr. Dead Weasel. / [[The Child proudly carries a skull and a bottle with a dead weasel]]
/ Keeper: Make sure mister dead weasel doesn't come out of his plastic house this time.
/ Keeper: you know how that makes father sad. 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 require. / [[Erin and Esther have stopped, and Esther is leaning against a support pole]]
/ Erin: Well that's not very nice.
/ Esther: I just feel like I could be wounded by the experience. Oh, she's with her boyfriend anyway. I'm sure they're having a pleasant coversation.
/ [[Esther, speaking for the boyfriend, in red]] Hur hur. / [[Roxy and her boyfriend talking, with Esther speaking for them in red type]]
/ Esther: Can I come over later and get you pregnant? Sorry, no, daddy was so cross last time. / Esther: Do you want to go out then this evening, babe? Can't. I'm having my arms and back waxed tonight. 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 by the experience.
/ Esther: Oh, she's with her boyfriend anyway. I'm sure they're having a pleasant conversation.
/ Esther: [[mocking tone]] Hur Hur. / [[Scene of Roxy with her boyfriend, with Esther providing dialogue for both of them]]
/ Esther (as boyfriend): Can I come over later and get you pregnant?
/ Esther (as Roxy): Sorry, no, daddy was so cross last time. / Esther (as boyfriend): Do you want to go out then this evening, babe?
/ Esther (as Roxy): Can't. I'm having my arms and back waxed tonight. 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: The Child and I have a message. Come into the warm of the van and hear our message.
/ Roxy: I'd rather not, thank you. / [[The Father is holding up her cane, which has a red eye on the end. Roxy now has a glazed, happy look on her face]]
/ The Father: Look into the eyeball! It does not blink, which means it tells the truth. How could the truth ever be a lie? / [[Roxy is now being led into the van]]
/ The Child: Shiny, shiny!
/ The FatherLady: Yes, my boy, she is a special one. We will keep her very safe in the van. / [[In the van, The Child is playing with Mister Skull and Mister Deal Weasel. Roxy is sitting beside him and still looks happy and vacant]]
/ The Child: No Mister Dead Weasel you can't share my mints. [[in red]] Let me let me! 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 van and hear our message.
/ Roxy: I'd rather not, thank you. / [[Roxy mesmerised by an eyeball on a staff]]
/ Keeper: Look into the eyeball! It does not blink, which means it tells the truth.
/ Keeper: How could the truth ever be a lie? / The Child: Shiny, Shiny!
/ Keeper: Yes, my boy, she is a special one. We will keep her very safe in the van. / The Child: No mister dead weasel you can't share my mints.
/ The Child: Let me let me! 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 put the turkey skeleton on the table then commence gnawing. / Esther: then in the evening there's the traditional reading of Byron while wishing we had consumption. / [[Milford and The Boy have sat down and Milford is grimacing]]
/ Milford: It was a lot easier to tease Esther before she got spirited.
/ The Boy: When she sullenly acquiesced to your "motivational humour"?
/ Esther: Sssssss
/ Milford: Quiet, The Boy, don't turn around. I think she's giving me The Gorgon's Eye. 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: Then in the evening there's the traditional reading of Byron while wishing that we had consumption. / Paul: It was a lot easier to tease Esther before she got spirited.
/ The Boy: When she silently acquiesced to your "motivational humour"?
/ Esther: sssssss
/ Paul: Quiet, The Boy, don't turn round. I think she's giving me the Gorgo's eye. 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 of her, Peter? Wall-eyed. I'm sure it's drugs. Or drink. Or skateboarding.
/ Mr Postlethwaite: Mm-hm. / Mrs Postlethwaite: And look at that! Straight past us without a word! / Mrs Postlethwaite: Well congratulations Peter. Our daughter's a maladjusted deviant. We've failed. What do we tell the Penry-Joneses when she's in rehab?
/ Mr Postlethwaite: Rehab is a normal part of growing up these days, Pam. It's like national service, but with shivering and hallucinations. 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 drink. Or skate-boarding.
/ Roxy's father: Mm-hm. / [[Roxy walks by, without acknowledging anyone]]
/ Roxy's mother: And look at that! Straight past us without a word! / Roxy's mother: Well, congratulations peter. Our daughter's a maladjusted deviant. We've failed.
/ Roxy's mother: What do we tell the Penry-Joneses when she's in rehab?
/ Roxy's father: Rehab's a normal part of growing up these days, Pam.
/ Roxy's father: It's like national service, but with shivering and hallucinations. 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: Did she get a bad lip job for Christmas? Like two balloons taking a holiday on her lower face? Oggy, by the way, pleased to meet you. / Erin: Erin. Winters.
/ The Boy: Oggy and I have hall monitor duty together this term. Oggy is testing recieved scientific wisdom about electricity. Mostly testing it with the wetter parts of his body. 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: Like two balloons taking a holiday on her lower face?
/ Oggy: Oggy, by the way. Pleased to meet you. / Erin: Erin Winters.
/ The Boy: Oggy and I have hall monitor duty together this term.
/ The Boy: Oggy is testing received scientific wisdom about electricity.
/ The Boy: Mostly testing it with the wetter parts of his body. 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? Darkness is dark.
/ Esther: She's gone "white goth". It's the new thing from the sad countries. I read about it in the latest issue of Tears. / [[The cover of Tears magazine, Esther's point of view: "New sadness tips - 9 tricks to dismay" "10 minute lethargy workout" "Only £1.75" "Exclusive! My Chemical Romance - 'We got so down that we couldn't move'" "Real life trauma! "I pierced my eyebrow and lost a leg!" "My septic lip cost me my bloke!"" Big Lindsay is holding a magazine called "Malady"]]
/ Big Lindsay: Tears is for 13 year olds, Esther. The models in Malady all have drug habits and the problems page is twice as rude. 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: I read about it in the latest issue of Tears. / [[Enlargement of Tears magazine, with a goth person on the front. Headlines include "New Sadness Tips: 9 tricks to dismay," "Real Life Trauma! 'I pierced my eyebrow and lost a leg!' 'My septic lip cost me my bloke!'", "Exclusive! My Chemical Romance: We got so down that we couldn't more." Lindsay is holding a copy of Malady.]]
/ Lindsay: Tears is for 13 year olds, Esther.
/ Lindsay: The models in Malady all have drug habits and the problems page is twice as rude. 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: Is that a metaphor? The devil... rides a bicycle... and...
/ suddenly I have this pain right behind my eyes. / Erin: Yesterday's was equally astute.
/ Oggy: "The moon can see your underwear when you get undressed". / Milford: Her sister can say anything she wants.
/ With them big bambi eyes and fantastic little-
/ The Boy: Show some class, Milford.
/ Oggy: Wisdom like this comes from somewhere deep.
/ Erin: What, a mouldy sack of fortune cookies?
/ Fermenting in a landfill? 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... and...
/ Paul: ...suddenly I have this pain right behind my eyes. / Erin: Yesterday's was equally astute
/ Oggy: "The moon can see your underwear when you get undressed." / Paul: Her sister can say anything she wants.
/ Paul: With them big Bambi eyes and fantastic little-
/ The Boy: Show some class, Milford
/ Oggy: Wisdom like this comes from somewhere deep.
/ Erin: What, a mouldy sack of fortune cookies?
/ Erin: Fermenting in a landfill? 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 like her if she was "normal". / Esther: Working as a bank manager... Selling insurance policies to old ladies who don't need them. Putting her head in the big pencil sharpener every day. / Esther: My brother is a small, angry, monosyllabic youth whose friends like to rifle through my underwear drawer.
/ Erin: Well, I guess, but... / Esther: The worst your sister ever does is hug you and sing a demented song of her own creation.
/ Erin: I suppose. / Erin: Wait, "Putting her head in the big pencil sharpener"?
/ Esther: Sorry. I was flying by that point and couldn't stop. 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 insurance policies to old ladies who don't need them. Putting her head in the big pencil sharpener every day. / Esther De Groot: My brother is a small, angry, monosyllabic youth whose friends like to rifle through my underwear drawer.
/ Erin Winters: Well, I guess, but... / Esther De Groot: The worst your sister ever does is hug you and sing a demented song of her own creation.
/ Erin Winters: I suppose. / Erin Winters: Wait, "putting her head in the big pencil sharpener"?
/ Esther De Groot: Sorry. I was flying by that point and couldn't stop. 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 moment he's been waiting for for years. / The Boy: Milford believes he was born to save rock.
/ Esther: Actually, I can imagine. / The Boy: If drawing logos for your own imaginary bands was the main criteria for success…
/ Esther: …Paul here would be Elvis Presley. Number one in both music and fried foods. / Milford: Shut up, pencil neck, and you too Elvira. I met the devil at the crossroads.
/ The Boy: Oh I bet. He gave you a permanent marker and a satchel. Showed you how to draw reeeal good.
/ Esther [[holding up satchel with "Bioknyfe" logo]]: He showed you how to replace the letter "i" with "y". Nyce. 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 born to save rock.
/ Esther: Actually, I can imagine. / The Boy: If drawing logos for your own imaginary bands was the main criteria for success...
/ Esther: ...Paul here would be Elvis Presley. Number one in both music and fried foods. / Milford: Shut up, Pencil Neck, and you too Elvira. I met the devil at the crossroads.
/ The Boy: Oh I bet. He gave you a permanent marker and showed you how to draw REEEAL GOOD.
/ Esther: He showed you how to replace the letter "I" with "Y". NYCE. 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: Where's the logic? I've got something microscopic in my eye, and it's agony… …so the answer must be to put something giant in there too.
/ Big Lindsay: Have you finished complaining? / Esther [[holding notebook labeled "PAIN"]]: Yeah. I brought some of my poetry for lyrics like you asked.
/ Big Lindsay: Now you're sure you can sing? / Esther: Like a bird.
/ Big Lindsay: There are a lot of different birds. If I hear a magpie, I'm going to have a problem. 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 your finger? / Esther: Where's the logic? I've got something microscopic in my eye, and it's agony... so the answer must be to put something giant in there too.
/ Lindsey: Have you finished complaining? / Esther: Yeah. I brought some of my poetry for lyrics like you asked.
/ [[Esther offers a dark book titled PAIN for proof.]]
/ Lindsey: Now you're SURE you can sing? / Esther: Like a bird.
/ Lindsey: There are a lot of different birds. If I hear a magpie, I'm going to have a problem. 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 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 | [[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! Why did I forget to put my clothes on? / [[Milford, now in front of the curtain, proceeds to play and sing]]
/ Milford: Mary had a little lamb... lamby lamby lamby lamb...
/ < 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, I got it wrong. Rocking isn't my gift. I couldn't tame the axe. / The Boy: So you're dropping out of The Battle of the Bands?
/ Milford: No. I'm going to win it. I drew this plan up last night.
/ The Boy [[looking at a square of yellow paper]]: No. No way, no way! / [[Milford's plan, which appears to be written on a napkin, depicts himself playing a keybord with 'korg' written on it and The Boy singing at a microphone, labelled as 'fey frontman'. The title is 'Synth pop']] / [[Inside The Music Exchange, Milford keenly looks at keyboards while The Boy holds the guitar]]
/ The Boy: I know a problem shared is a problem halved, but this is your problem.
/ Milford: Look, from what I can work out, the big keyboard does all the work. / [[Milford is now holding a keyboard while The Boy glares at him]]
/ Milford: We spend the show giving lovlies the glad-eye from the stage. You'll be an artiste, The Boy, not a twiglet-legged-
/ The Boy: Quit while you're ahead. 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 Boy: So you're dropping out of the battle of the bands?
/ Milford: No. I'm going to win it. I drew this plan up last night.
/ The Boy: No. No way, no WAY! / [[Stained notepaper reads:
/ Synth pop
/ [stick figure of the boy, singing] <--fey frontman
/ [stick figure of milford in hat, banging on KORG keyboard] <-- maestro]] / The Boy: I know a problem shared is a problem halved, but this is YOUR PROBLEM.
/ Milford: Look, from what I can work out, the big keyboard does all the work. / Milford: We spend the show giving lovelies the glad-eye from the stage. You'll be an artiste, The Boy, not a twiglet-legged--
/ The Boy: QUIT WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD. 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 a siren. / Erin: What do you care what that genetic throwback thinks... er, what happened to your eye? / Esther: I scratched my cornea. So not only am I tone deaf, I'm also a pirate. 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, are you all right? / [[Esther is sitting at her window]]
/ Esther: Lindsay and Sarah said that I couldn't be in their band. Snif. They said I can't sing, that I've got not pitch. I sing flat. / [[Esther now sitting at her desk with a sad look. Erin stands half in frame]]
/ Esther: Lindsay said I was so off-key, I caused the doppler effect like a siren. / [[Esther, now standing by the window, Erin has an arm on her back consolingly]]
/ Erin: Why do you care what that genetic throwback thinks... Er, what happened to your eye? / [[Esther, now holding a (stuffed?) praying mantis, looking grumpy (Esther, not the mantis. The mantis looks quite happy)]]
/ Esther: I scratched my cornea. So not only am I tone deaf, I'm also a pirate. 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 who has lots of pain. Just out and out misery. Isn't that Roxy? / Roxy: The sky will split in two and all there will be is insects.
/ Sarah: Two words: untapped resource. / Lindsey: So Rox, can you hold a tune?
/ Roxy: The dark sod will claim us all.
/ Sarah: I'm giddy! I'm giddy! 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 was reliably sad and silent. Now it's all grins and odd ideas.
/ Sarah: We need a singer who has a lot of pain. Just out and out misery. Isn't that Roxy? / [[Sarah stands next to Roxy, talking to Big Lindsay who is off frame]]
/ Roxy: The sky will split in two and all there will be is insects.
/ Sarah: Two words: untapped resource. / [[Big Lindsay is now holding Roxy by the shoulders. Sarah is standing on her other side looking giddy.]]
/ Big Lindsay: So Rox, can you hold a tune?
/ Roxy: The dark sod will claim us all.
/ Sarah: I'm giddy! I'm giddy! 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 sing.
/ The Child: Wow bang pop! / Father: Listen carefully to the notes and tones of the moussephone. Join in when you feel confident. Try not to be distracted by the Child's jazz improvisation.
/ The Child: Quack quack moo pop! 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.
/ The Child: Pretty! Pretty like the moon! / [[Roxy sits on a stool as The Father looks through records labelled "Mr Nice" and "DISEASE!" to play on an antique grammophone. The Child is drumming on a blue drum with a strap.]]
/ Roxy: Ash and bone. Ash and Bone.
/ The Father: You've joined a group? A musical band? But how marvellous! The Child and I would like to teach you a song, for you to sing.
/ The Child: Wow Bang Pop! / [[The Father plays on a small keyboard attached to a (dead?) cow hanging from the ceiling. He is wearing a gas mask attached by a tube to the cow's rear end. The Child is still banging on his drum.]]
/ The Child: Quack Quack Moo Pop!!
/ The Father: Listen carefully to the notes and tones of the moussephone. Join in when you feel confident. Try not to be distracted by The Child's jazz improvisation. 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 problems, sir! I need your headmastering experience to thrive, to win!
/ Mr Daimler: W-w-w-w- / Crowley: Have I broken you? Damn it all, one cannot get the staff these days... or can one? / Crowley: Now I understand from your resume that you have birthed a thousand screaming young in the fires of Pluh-4 Dimension. But how are you with Excel? 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 to schedule "compulfory tefting". What say you, Mr Daimler?
/ Mr Daimler: P-p-p-please... / [[Crowley leans over Mr Damler, frowning]]
/ Crowley: I only keep you around to help with these little problems, sir! I need your headmastering experience to thrive, to win!
/ Mr Daimler: W-w-w-w- / [[Crowley pulls Mr Daimler to his feet by his chin. Mr Daimler's eyes have a glazed look]]
/ Crowley: Have I broken you? Damn it all, one cannot get the staff these days... Or can one? / [[Crowley is now interviewing what seems to be a giant earthworm that has appeared in a wormhole powered by the blue flames of the candles]]
/ Crowley: Now I understand from your resume that you have birthed a thousand screaming young in the fires of Pluh-4 dimension. But how are you with Excel? 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 "shamed"! / [[Mooncalf1 holds up chats showing that Math, Physics and Esperanto are all falling sharply]]
/ Mooncalf 1: You need to stop putting lead and bromine in the canteen food.
/ Bob Crowley: But lead soothes and bromine pacifies! It is prov'n! / [[Mooncalf1 now points to a book held up by purple tentacles, depciting a goofy-looking fellow giving the thumbs up. The title is "Jamie Oliver - Worrrrrr"]]
/ Mooncalf 1: Sluggish pupils will not pass muster! A zesty diet of grains and pulses is recommended. / [[Bob Crowley, now very upset, turns to a giant white bunny sitting at a computer smoking a cigarette]]
/ Bob Crowley: Mr Pooka, tell me, can't I just create a school of evil minions ... without all this legislative red tape?
/ Mr Pooka: Headmaster, I am a giant talking rabbit, not a miracle worker. And my paw keeps slipping off the mouse. Plus, I have O.C.D. 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 falling far short of targets, you may be "named" and "shamed"! / [[The Mooncalf shows Bob Crowley a bar graph showing math dropping, a pie chart with only a small sliver of physics, and a line graph that shows Esperanto falling sharply.]]
/ Mooncalf: You need to stop putting lead and bromine in the canteen food.
/ Bob Crowley: But lead soothes and bromine pacifies! It is prov'n! / [[The mooncalf now points to a cookbook, held aloft by a pair of purple, spotted tentacles, depicting a goofy-looking fellow and titled: Jamie Oliver - Worrrrrr]]
/ Mooncalf: Sluggish pupils will not pass muster!
/ A zesty diet of grains and pulses is recommended. / [[Bob Crowley, now visibly agitated, vents his fury on a giant white rabbit smoking and sitting at a computer]]
/ Bob Crowley: Mr Pooka, tell me, can't I just create a school of evil minions...
/ [[shouting]] ...Without all this legislative red tape?
/ Mr Pooka: Headmaster, I am a giant talking rabbit, not a miracle worker.
/ And my paw keeps slipping off the mouse.
/ Plus, I have O.C.D. 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: I guess you're right. Constant distraction removes the need to spend any time actually thinking. / Oggy: You're a very serious girl, Erin.
/ Erin: And it's a very frivolous world. / Erin: I hope by process of elimination to be in charge one day. 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 now fidding with wires while Oggy carries a black box in the background]]
/ Ms Liversey: Yes, I didn't realize this would be so popular.
/ Oggy: I think everyone likes music! / [[Erin is hanging white letters on the curtain]]
/ Erin: I guess you're right.
/ Constant distraction removes the need to spend any time actually thinking. / [[Oggy is still carrying is black box, while Erin is now cutting out a 'T' from a big white piece of card]]
/ Oggy: You're a very serious girl, Erin.
/ Erin: And it's a very frivolous world. / [[Erin grins and branishes a stapler]]
/ Erin: I hope by process of elimination to be in charge some day. 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 over my shoulder. It's rude.
/ Shelly: This is sisterly concern, Erin! Imhotep will make no kind of father for your child. / [[Shelly has produced an Egyptian painting, Erin now facing her.]]
/ Shelly: You can't trust a boy who is always depicted in profile! He won't even look you in the eye.
/ Erin: What do you want, Shelly? / [[Erin and Shelly now sitting on the edge of a bed]]
/ Shelly: I'm covering your battle of the bands at school tomorrow and I wanted to know if any of the teachers I fancied still got it.
/ Erin: Who? / [[Erin squints disdainfully at Shelly]]
/ Shelly: Mr Denton. Mr Moss.
/ Erin: Augh, you're diseased.
/ Shelly: I'll dress trashy and wink promiscuously. 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: This is sisterly concern, Erin! Imhotep will make no kind of father for your child. / [[Shelley has produced an egyptian painting]]
/ Shelley: You can't trust a boy who is always depected in profile! He won't even look you in the eye.
/ Erin: What do you want, Shelley? / [[Shelley and Erin are now sitting on the edge of a bed]]
/ Shelley: I'm covering your battlle of the bands at school tomorrow and I wanted to know if any of the teachers I fancied still got it.
/ Erin: Who? / Shelley: Mr Denton. Mr Moss.
/ Erin: Augh, you're diseased.
/ Shelley: I'll dress trashy and wink promiscusously. 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 in '73, high on the sound of Jethro Tull. My superior, Mr Cole, warned me... / [[Flashback]]
/ Mr Cole: Mark ye well, the modern rhythm overexcites young minds...
/ Mr Pevenser: [[thinking]] Man, what a square...
/ [[End Flashback]] / Shelley: Was this 1973 or 1873?
/ Ms Liversey: I think Mr Pevenser is a bit tired and emotional... / Mr Pevenser: Why didn't I listen?
/ Mr Cole: Music is dead to me. I'm going to live alone, naked in a cave. I didn't mean to bite those babies. 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: Anarchy and fornication! No good can come of their youthful thrashings. / Mr. Pevenser: I had the same idea back in '73, high on the sound of Jethro Tull. My superior, Mr Cole, warned me... / [[Flashback to a conversation between Mr. Pevenser and Mr. Cole in 1973. Mr. Pevenser is holding a vinyl record of Jethro Tull's "Aqualung".]]
/ Mr. Cole: Mark ye well. The modern rhythm overexcites young minds...
/ Mr. Pevenser: Man, what a square... / [[Present day.]]
/ Shelley: Was this 1973 or 1873?
/ Ms. Liversey: I think Mr Pevenser is a bit tired and emotional... / [[Mr. Pevenser recalls a memory of Mr. Cole (who invades the panel).]]
/ Mr. Pevenser: Why didn't I listen?
/ Mr. Cole: Music is dead to me. I'm going to live alone, naked in a cave. I didn't mean to bite those babies! 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!
/ <> / Clean Street Crew member #1: Barbiturates, quaaludes, crack cocaine.
/ Clean Street Crew member #2: Ecstasy's fun but it mashes your brain. / Clean Street Crew member #2: Lyin' on the tracks thinkin' you're a train.
/ Clean Street Crew member #1: Cryin' to your mum 'cause you can't find a vein. / Shelley: An uplifting and positive message! Nine out of ten!
/ Shelley: Plus... a half for choreography.
/ Erin: They shouldn't have let you be a judge, Shelley.
/ Erin: It's too much responsibility for the chronically whimsical.
/ Ms Liversey: How many drugs do I have to take to get this to stop? 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: I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can]] / yellow hood: BARBITURATES, QUAALUDES, CRACK COCAINE,
/ pony tail: ECSTACY'S FUN BUT IT MASHES YOUR BRAIN / pony tail: LYIN' ON THE TRACKS THINKIN' YOU'RE A TRAIN.
/ horse-headed performer sans horse head: CRYIN TO YOUR MUM 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T FIND A VEIN. / [[audience: Mr. Pevenser, Ms. Liversey, Shelley Winters, Erin Winters, Esther de Groot, and (I think, partially out of frame) Oggy]]
/ Ms. Liversey: HOW MANY DRUGS DO I HAVE TO TAKE TO GET THIS TO STOP?
/ Shelley Winters: AN UPLIFTING AND POSITIVE MESSAGE! EIGHT OUT OF TEN! PLUS...A HALF FOR CHOREOGRAPHY.
/ Erin Winters: THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE LET YOU BE A JUDGE, SHELLEY. IT'S TOO MUCH RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHRONICALLY WHIMSICAL. 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
/ < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060207 |
| 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 a foot wrong. / Esther: Wow. The Boy and Milford really capture the inner life of the gay computer, circa 1987.
/ Erin: You don't think...? / Milford: I bet the lasses are well impressed
/ Milford: Heh heh / Esther: Not The Boy. I caught him sniffing my hair in physics.
/ Esther: But Milford...he's just waiting for the right sailor to come along and open his eyes. 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, the Boy and Milford really capture the inner life of the gay computer, circa 1987.
/ Erin: You don't think..? / Milford: I bet the lasses are well impressed. Heh heh. / Esther: Not the boy. I caught him sniffing my hair in Physics. But Milford... He's just waiting for the right sailor to come along and open his eyes. 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, and this is...
/ Roxy: Viral puncture of the superior vena cava. / [[Band playing]]
/ < 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: VIRAL PUNCTURE OF THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA. / [[On stage, Roxy is singing, with Sarah on guitar and Lindsay on drums]]
/ Roxy: < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20060209 |
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