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| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Amy Chilton and Shelley Winters sit at a table talking to two Dai Davis scientists]] / Amy Chilton: You two work for Davies Drinks? Didn't your boss become mayor then go nuts? / Scientist 1, Simon's Partner: Shhh. We're not allowed to talk about that. / Shelley Winters: Oh prease! / [[Nightime view of Davies building behind wire fence]] / Shh! / Ow! / Hee hee! / Watch it buster! / [[Simon, Amy, Shelley, and Simon's partner standing inside the Davis building]] / Simon: Keep it down youtwo. / Amy: Wow! / Shelley: Hee hee! / Simon's partner: Simon, this is a terrible idea. If we get fount out... / [[Simon, Shelley, Simon's partner and Amy walking past a security door]] / Simon: Last I heard old man Davies couldn't even spell "sack". / Amy: Where are we going? / [[Simon, Shelley, Simon's partner and Amy standing before a door]] / Simon: Are you two ready to have your minds blown? / Shelley: Cor! Yes! / Amy: Talking ape / Talking ape / Talking ape http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070207 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Simon: HERE IT IS, THE VIT-RX LAB.
/ Shelley: LAWKS A MERCY! / Shelley: ALL THESE CRITTERS . . . THEY'RE ENORMOUS!
/ Amy: IS THAT A WORM WITH PECS? THAT'S WEIRD, AND WRONG, AND WEIRD. / Shelley: I FEEL SICK!
/ Simon's Partner: PROFESSOR DAVIES DISCOVERED THAT A MIXTURE OF POP ROCKS AND SEA MONKEYS IN SOLUTION CREATED NEAR-INSTANT MUSCLE GROWTH. / Shelley: IS THERE A CURE?
/ Simon's Partner: ANY ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS ARE USUALLY RELIEVED WITH . . . A KIND OF HOT LEAD PILL. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070208 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Out on the street, Shelley hands back a hip flask to Simon]]
/ Shelley: WHY WOULD YOUR BOSS TEST SOMETHING LIKE VIT-RX ON HIMSELF?
/ Simon: I THINK HE WAS TIRED OF GETTING SAND KICKED IN HIS FACE AT THE BEACH.
/ Simon: HE WANTED THAT "ATLAS BODY". / [[Simon and Simon's Partner stand by while Shelley moves to join Amy as she signals a bus to stop]]
/ Simon: HE'S IN HIS SIXTIES. I JUST DON'T THINK HIS SYSTEM COULD TAKE IT.
/ Amy: THIS IS OUR BUS. BYE LOVELY BOYS! / [[Simon and Simon's partner discuss things on the street while Amy sits smiling next to Shelley on the bus]]
/ Simon: DO YOU THINK SHOWING THOSE GIRLS THE LAB wAS A MISTAKE?
/ Simon's Partner: AS NEITHER OF US IS CLIMBING UNDER AN UNFAMILIAR DUVET RIGHT NOW INTO A WORLD OF UNTOLD PLEASURES...
/ Simon's Partner:...I'D SAY SIGNS POINT TO YES. / [[Simon drools over a piece of paper he was given by the girls]]
/ Simon: BUT WE GOT THEIR NUMBER. 07101 800-8135. / [[Simon's Partner reads the number out angrily while Simon tries to call it on his phone]]
/ Simon's Partner: "L-O-L BOOBIES", SIMON.
/ Simon: IT'S ENGAGED! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070209 |
| Scary Go Round 20070209 | Shelley: Why would your boss test something like Vit-RX on himself?
/ Simon: I think he was tired of getting sand kicked in his face at the beach. He wanted that "Atlas Body." / Simon: He's in his sixties. I just don't think his system could take it.
/ Amy: This is our bus. Bye lovely boys! / Simon: Do you think showing those girls the lab was a mistake?
/ Scientist B: As neither of us is climbing under an unfamiliar duvet right now into a world of untold pleasures... I'd say signs point to yes. / Simon: But we got their number. 07101 800-8135. / Scientist B: "L-O-L BOOBIES," Simon.
/ Simon: It's engaged! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070209 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Shelley and Amy in the hallway]]
/ Shelley: Be very very quiet! / Amy: We're hunting wabbits.
/ Shelley: Shh! No monkeyshines! / [[Shelley and Amy in Erin's bed]]
/ Erin: What are you-
/ Shelley: Shush Erin! Do not wake the household!
/ Shelley: Amy has a very important rule for you! / Amy: Don't let a boy put anything in you that isn't a hot dinner.
/ Shelley: That is not the rule we discussed! You made it considerably ruder. / [[Shelley turning out the light]]
/ Amy: I improved it. Don't hog the duvet Erin dear.
/ Shelley: Ames, we are going over the rules of being a classy broad again tomorrow. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070212 |
| Scary Go Round 20070212 | Shelley: Be very very quiet! / Amy: We're hunting wabbits.
/ Shelley: Shh! No monkeyshines! / [[They enter Erin's room and get into the bed, each on one side of her.]]
/ Erin: What are you--
/ Shelley: Shush Erin! Do not wake the household! Amy has a very important rule for you! / Amy: Don't let a boy put anything in you that isn't a hot dinner.
/ Shelley: That is not the rule we discussed! You made it considerably ruder. / Amy: I improved it. Don't hog the duvet, Erin dear.
/ Shelley: Ames, we are going over the 5 rules of being a classy broad again tomorrow. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070212 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Erin is yelling because Shelley and Amy are in her bed]]
/ Erin Winters: All right it's seven o'clock!
/ Erin Winters: Horrible old women have to get out of my bed now or I'm telling Dad! / Erin Winters: 5-4-3-2-
/ Shelley Winters: Erin, I remember why we came here last night! / Shelley Winters: We found out you won't go crackers like Mayor Davies did!
/ Shelley Winters: He's just old and decrepit and not ready for science potions. / Shelley Winters: So you putting Big Lindsay in the toilet and threatening Esther...
/ Shelley Winters: ...is, uh... / Erin Winters: Lindsay was payback. She did that to me once!
/ Erin Winters: And I just wanted to frighten Esther...
/ Erin Winters: the Nosferatu-loving traitor cow. / Shelley Winters: And what about your newfound popularity with men, boys, and chaps?
/ Erin Winters: In future I'll be carefully screening for octopus hands. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070213 |
| Scary Go Round 20070213 | [[Erin wakes up with Shelley and Amy beside her. She is considerably put out.]]
/ Erin: All right it's seven o'clock! Horrible old women have to get out of my bed now or I'm telling Dad. / Erin: 5-4-3-2-
/ Shelley: Erin, I remember why we came here last night! / Shelley: We found out you won't go crackers like Mayor Davies did! He's just old and decrepit and not ready for science potions. / Shelley: So you putting Big Lindsay in the toilet and threatening Esther... is, uh...
/ Erin: Lindsay was payback, she did that to me once! And I just wanted to frighten Esther... the Nosferatu-loving traitor cow. / Shelley: And what about your newfound popularity with men, boys and chaps?
/ Erin: In the future I'll be carefully screening for octopus hands. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070213 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | The Boy: Is she here, Mrs De Groot?
/ Mrs De Groot: She's working on something in her room, The Boy. / The Boy: Esther? Are you decent?
/ Esther's voice: Come! / The Boy: Wow, that's hilarious!
/ Esther: There is nothing hilarious about my love for Mr Crowley.
/ Esther: My heart wants to beat out of my chest, just saying his name. / The Boy: Ha ha ha! Oh God, stop it!
/ The Boy: It sounds too real!
/ Esther: How ... dare you? / Esther: I am in love with him, you silly, stupid, pathetic boy.
/ The Boy: Esther, is that the skull eye?
/ The Boy: ... But ... you promised! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070214 |
| Scary Go Round 20070214 | The Boy: Is she here, Mrs De Groot?
/ Mrs De Groot: She's working on something in her room, The Boy. / [[Esther's door. Poster: Pestface 2006 Tour.]]
/ The Boy: Esther? Are you decent?
/ Esther: Come! / [[Esther has made a large painting of Bob Crowley, rather grotesque, with a dripping stylized heart in the middle with the words "My Heart Eternal."]]
/ The Boy: Wow, that's hilarious!
/ Esther: There is nothing hilarious about my love for Mr Crowley. My heart wants to beat out of my chest, just saying his name. / The Boy: Ha ha ha! Oh God, stop it! It sounds too real!
/ Esther: How... dare you? / Esther: I am in love with him, you silly, stupid, pathetic boy.
/ The Boy: Esther, is that the skull eye? ...but... you promise! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070214 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Mrs De Groot: That was quick! Aren't you staying for dinner?
/ The Boy: Bye Mrs De Groot. Thanks for ... being so nice. / The Boy: What ... just happened? / Mrs De Groot: What did you do to that poor boy, Esther?
/ Esther De Groot: I don't ... I don't know! / The Father: There'll be other girls son.
/ The Father: They probably won't smell like an incense factory.
/ The Father: Or occasionally affect a spiked dog collar.
/ The Boy: I guess mum was right.
/ The Boy: The only good goth ... is a goth glimpsed from afar. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070215 |
| Scary Go Round 20070215 | Mrs De Groot: That was quick! Aren't you staying for dinner?
/ The Boy: Bye Mrs De Groot. Thanks for... being so nice. / The Boy: What... just happened? / Mrs De Groot: What did you do to that poor boy, Esther?
/ [[Esther seems to have been crying.]]
/ Esther: I don't... I don't know! / The Father: There'll be other girls son. They probably won't smell like an incense factory. Or occasionally affect a spiked dog collar.
/ The Boy: I guess Mum was right. The good goth... is a goth glimpsed from afar. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070215 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Goblin 1: Bob this is extremely upsetting.
/ Goblin 2: We urge you to reconsider! / Bob: What do I care for your opinion? Love is dead! / Bob: If I cannot wed Esther, that sweet nymph of night, I do not wish to live! I believe this device will end my miserable existence with maximum certainty! / Erin: I've got my doctor's note explaining my absence.
/ Secretary: I'll take it through to the head to be signed. Wait here dearie. / Bob: What vision is this? So tall! So pure! So... good!
/ Secretary: Erin Winters, sir.
/ Goblin 2: Winters! / Bob: From scorched earth springs forth a lilac! I am new!
/ Love forever!
/ Simultaneous suicides never! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070216 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Erin Winters enters Mr Crowley' office, all has an mystical look]]
/ ERIN: MR CROWLEY? MR SLACK SAID YOU WANTED TO SEE ME
/ MR CROWLEY: ERIN! COME IN. CLOSE THE DOOR. / [[Mr Crowley start doing some hypnotizing movement, as just to
/ hypnotize Erin]]
/ MR CROWLEY: YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF SUDDENLY OVERWHELMED BY MY PRESENCE. DO NOT WORRY, THIS IS THE MOST NATURAL THING IN THE WORLD. / [[Scene changes, Tim and Shelley are in an airport, looking
/ at the pannel of arrivals and departures, checking the flights]]
/ TIM: SO YOU THINK YOU PROBLEMS WITH YOUR SISTER ARE OVER?
/ SHELLEY: YES, ERIN STILL HAS A WISE HEAD ON HER SHOULDERS.
/ IT'S JUST HIGHER UP, WITH MASSIVE HAIR AND STILTS FOR
/ LEGS. / [[Shelley and Tim still in the airport, talking to each other]]
/ TIM: AND THIS FRIEND OF YOURS WE'RE PICKING UP. SHE'S A
/ VILLAINESS WITH TIES TO EVIL, MURDERERS AND DEATH?
/ SHELLEY: YES, BUT SHE'S A REAL SWEETHEART. SHE'S JUST REALLY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT HER WORK. THE WORK AT THE TIME BEING WORLD DOMINATION AT ALL COSTS. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070219 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Erin: Mr Crowley? Mr Slack said you wanted to see me.
/ Crowley: Erin! Come in. Close the door. / Crowley: You may find yourself suddenly overwhelmed by my presence.
/ Do not worry, this is the most natural thing in the world. / Ryan: So you think your problems with your sister are over?
/ Shelley: Yes. Erin still has a wise head on her shoulders.
/ It's just higher up, with massive hair and stilts for legs. / Ryan: And this friend of your's we're pickin' up.
/ She's a villainess with ties to evil, murderers and death?
/ Shelley: Yes, but she's a real sweetheart.
/ She's just really conscientious about her work.
/ The work at the time being world domination at all costs. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070219 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Moon, Ryan, and Shelly outside Shelly's flat]]
/ Moon: Gawd Shelly, is he in there? The fish man?
/ Shelly: Yes Moon, and he promised to vacuum. But don't be surprised if he's in his swimming trunks watching diagnosis murder. / [[Inside the flat]]
/ Shelly: That is just his slothful fishy way and-
/ Ryan: Shelly, I think you've been burgled! / Shelly: Where's Desmond where's Monty? / [[Desmond is hiding on a shelf in the closet]]
/ Desmond: They took him, man, they took Monty.
/ Ryan: I found Des. / Des: I tried to fight them off, but...
/ Ryan: By hidin' in the airin' cupboard?
/ Shelly: No time for blame Ryan! We have to find Monty before his captors tire of him.. and throw him down a railway embankment! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070220 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Moon: Gawd Shelley, is he in there? The fish man?
/ Shelley: Yes Moon, and he promised to vacuum.
/ But don't be surprised if he's in his swimming trunks watching Diagnosis Murder. / Shelley: That is just his slothful fishy way and -
/ Ryan: Shelley, I think you've been burgled! / Shelley: Where's Desmond where's Monty? / Ryan: I found Des.
/ Desmond: They took him, man. They took Monty. / Desmond: I tried to fight them off, but...
/ Ryan: By hidin' in the airin' cupboard?
/ Shelley: No time for blame, Ryan!
/ We have to find Monty before his captors tire of him...
/ And throw him down a railway embankment! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070220 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Moon, Shelley and Ryan enter the house]]
/ Moon: Gawd Shelley, is he in there? The fish man?
/ Shelley: Yes Moon, and he promised to vacuum.
/ But don't be surprised if he's in his swimming trunks watching Diagnosis Murder. / Shelley: That is just his slothful fishy way and-
/ Ryan: Shelley, I think you've been burgled! / Shelley: Where's Desmond where's Monty? / [[Desmond is cowering on the top shelf in a cupboard]]
/ Desmond: They took him, man, they took Monty.
/ Ryan: I found Des. / Desmond: I tried to fight them off, but...
/ Ryan: By hidin' in the airin' cupboard?
/ Shelley: No time for blame, Ryan!
/ We have to find Monty before his captors tire of him...
/ and throw him down a railway embankment! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070221 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Moon: Who would kidnap your friend? And why?
/ Desmond: It was a bunny and a tentacle! / Ryan: Des, it' ain't cool to hallucinate.
/ Unless maybe you're a native American lookin' for meanings.
/ Desmond: I saw it, Ryan, I saw it! / Bunny: You're sure this is the world's foremost expert on pan-dimensional travel, Ralph?
/ He looks like a gibbering simpleton to me.
/ Ralph: 'E's shut down, mental like.
/ Monty: Blerg / Ralph: Professor Braun 'ere looked into the void and saw somethin' e weren't meant to see.
/ Bunny: How do we fix him? / Ralph: No substitute for poppin out the old brain and giving it a good scrub.
/ Bunny: If you want us, we'll be gibbering over there. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070221 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Boy is writing poetry: Esther: Omega by [covered by pen]/I wandered ruined as a planetoid/Wrecked by a colliding asteroid/Drained of strength like lifeless solenoid /I'll die alone, or am I paranoid?/FIN]]
/ Erin Winters: Whatcha doin', The Boy? / [[The Boy closes his notebook and rests both arms on it to make extra-sure that the poetry doesn't leak out. He looks miserable. Erin Winters has hopped up onto the table he's writing on. She is coquettishly holding her hand in front of her mouth.]]
/ The Boy: Oh, just ... thinking.
/ Erin: Can I tell you a secret?
/ Erin: I'm engaged! / The Boy: What?
/ Erin: I know! It's insane! But I love him and he loves me!
/ Erin: I'm not really meant to tell anyone, but I'd explode if I didn't. / [[The Boy is radiating sparks. Erin is angrily turning her back.]]
/ The Boy: Erin, you're 16!
/ The Boy: That's too much, too young!
/ Erin: I thought you'd be happy for me.
/ Erin: Friends are happy for friends. / [[Erin is clutching her hands together with girlish glee. Purple spirals have replaced the sparks emanating from The Boy's head.]]
/ Erin: Every day that I'm not Mrs. Bob Crowley just seems wasted.
/ The Boy [[In bold]]: Mrs. Bob Crowley?
/ The Boy: This is a nightmare. It has to be.
/ The Boy: I'll wake up in a minute
/ The Boy: one foot in a flowerpot, about to wee in the wardrobe. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070222 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Boy is writing in a notebook]]
/ Text: "Esther: Omega"
/ by E
/ I wandered ruined as a planetoid
/ Wrecked by a colliding asteroid
/ Drained of strength like lifeless solenoid
/ I'll die alone, or am I paranoid?
/ FIN
/ Erin: Whatcha doin', The Boy? / The Boy: Oh, just... thinking.
/ Erin: Can I tell you a secret?
/ I'm engaged! / The Boy: What?
/ Erin: I know! It's insane! But I love him and he loves me!
/ I'm not really meant to tell anyone but I'd explode if I didn't. / The Boy: Erin, you're 16! That's too much, too young!
/ Erin: I thought you'd be happy for me.
/ Friends are happy for friends. / Erin: Every day that I'm not Mrs Bob Crowley just seems wasted.
/ The Boy: MRS BOB CROWLEY?
/ This is a nightmare, it has to be.
/ I'll wake up in a minute
/ One foot in a flowerpot, about to wee in the wardrobe. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070222 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Boy comes upon Sarah and Big Lindsay in a school corridor]]
/ The Boy: Sarah, Lindsay, are you in love with Bob Crowley?
/ Sarah: Oh yeah, we completely want to do it with the headmaster
/ Sarah: Its the 'tache and ponytail
/ Sarah: So hot.
/ The Boy: Esther chucked me because she says she's in love with him
/ The Boy: ...and now Erin says she's marrying him
/ Sarah: Hey Esther!
/ Sarah: Your boyfriend's having that episode we warned you about!
/ Sarah: He says you're in love with the headmaster.
/ [[Esther starts to march off]]
/ Sarah: And that Erin's going to marry ole Crowley!
/ Sarah: ...Where are you going?
/ [[The boy chasing Esther through corridors. They pass Paul]]
/ Paul: Esther, I hear you favour the older man now. Ha ha.
/ The Boy: With so many skilled diplomats in one class, earths future is in safe hands. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070223 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Boy is looking concerned. Sarah and Lindsey look scornful.]]
/ The Boy: Sarah, Lindsay, are you in love with Bob Crowley?
/ Sarah: Oh yeah, we completely want to do it with the headmaster.
/ It's the 'tache and the ponytail.
/ So hot. / [[The Boy and Lindsay look worried.]]
/ The Boy: Esther chucked me because she says she's in love with him...
/ Sarah: Hey Esther! Your boyfriend's having that episode we warned you about!
/ The Boy: ... and now Erin says she's marrying him. / [[Esther stalks by, The Boy and Lindsay looking on. Sarah has a mischiveous smile on her face.]]
/ Sarah: He says you're in love with the headmaster.
/ And that Erin's going to marry Ole Crowley!
/ ... Where are you going? / [[Esther turns to glare at Paul's snarky comment. The Boy is peeved.]]
/ Paul: Esther, I hear you favor the older man now. Ha ha.
/ The Boy: With so many skilled diplomats in one class, Earth's future is in safe hands. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070223 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Erin: I'm incredibly good at sport now!
/ Student 1: Darn it
/ Student 2: The day the world changed
/ Erin: This is a remarkable development! / [[Esther is leaping to attack Erin]]
/ Erin: No need to look so shocked, some of us are just late- / [[Esther lands on Erin]]
/ Erin: -bloomers / Esther: He's mine! Mine mine mine mine!
/ Student 3: Damn!
/ Esther's whaling on Erin like...
/ ...like a Japanese trawler on International Whale Hating Day! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070226 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Erin: I'm incredibly good at sport now!
/ This is a remarkable development!
/ Girl 1: Darn it
/ Girl 2: The day the world changed / Erin: No need to look so shocked, some of us are just late - / [[Esther tackles Erin]]
/ Erin: - BLOOMERS / Esther: He's mine! Mine mine mine mine!
/ Milford: Damn! Ester's whalin on Erin like...
/ ...like a Japanese trawler on International Whale Hating Day! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070226 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | The Boy: She's an eldritch creature now.
/ Drifting beyond our control.
/ Into the ether.
/ Sarah: Esther's just gone off the rails, The Boy. / The Boy: How do you go off the rails in the space of a week?
/ There would have been signs.
/ Paul: Like what? / Paul: Unconventional dress?
/ Peculiar attitude?
/ Unhealthy pallor?
/ How would we have spotted that?
/ Lindsay: She just needs our care, sensitivity, and understanding. / Lindsay: Now hurry up and back up the car, Sarah, I can't sit on her forever! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070227 |
| Scary Go Round 20070227 | The Boy: She's an eldritch creature now. Drifting beyond our control. Into the ether.
/ Sarah: Esther's just gone off the rails, The Boy. / The Boy: How do you go off the rails in the space of a week? There would have been signs.
/ Milford: Like what? / Milford: Unconventional dress? Peculiar attitude? Unhealthy pallor? How would we have spotted that?
/ Tall Lindsay: She just needs our care, sensitivity and understanding. / [[We see that Tall Lindsay is sitting on Esther, who is gagged.]]
/ Tall Lindsay: Now hurry up and back of the car, Sarah, I can't sit on her forever! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070227 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley: Who would kidnap Monty? Who would even know we had him?
/ Only us, and Amy's dad...
/ Desmond: Len's solid. / Ryan: Well, I told Ralph about him.
/ Just to get a mystical perspective.
/ Shelley: You told Ralph? / Ryan: He's my mate!
/ Shelley: He's a creepy old Satanist! / Shelley: You may recall him encouraging you to raise your friends from the dead!
/ Oh, and sending you to be stabbed by backstreet occultists! / Ryan: Ralph's just got an old fashioned way of doing things.
/ Shelley: Anyone not interested in seeing a supernova of white hot fury...
/ ...may leave now. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070228 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley: Who would kidnap Monty? Who even knew we had him?
/ Only us, and Amy's dad...
/ Desmond: Len's solid. / Ryan: Well, I told Ralph about him. Just to get a mystical perspective.
/ Shelley: You told Ralph? / Ryan: He's my mate!
/ Shelley: He's a creepy old Satanist! / Shelley: You may recall him encouraging you to raise your friends from the dead!
/ Oh, and sending you to be stabbed by backstreet occultists! / Ryan: Ralph's just got an old fashioned way of doing things.
/ Shelley: Anyone not interested in seeing a supernova of white hot fury...
/ ...may leave now. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070228 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Amy: Come on Shelley, please don't cry! / Shelley: I don't know what to do! I don't know how to help Monty and I don't, I don't- I don't know what that weird thing is that someone's building on Gimmer's crag! What's that? And I don't know what these weird pages someone posted to me at work mean! I'm out of depth! We can't fight weirdness like this with common sense and disguises! / Amy: Shel, how do you feel about witches? A. Scared, B. Scared... but interested. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070301 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Amy: Come on Shelly, please don't cry!
/ Shelly: I don't know what to do! I don't know how to help Monty and I don't, I don't- / Shelly: I don't know what that weird thing is that someone's building on Gimmer's Crag!
/ Shelly: What's that? / Shelly: And I don't know what these weird pages someone posted to me at work mean! I'm out of my depth! / Shelly: We can't fight weirdness like this with common sense and disguises!
/ Amy: Shel, how do you feel about witches? A. Scared, B. Scared... but interested. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070301 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[The Boy and the old salt in the left; Ester, gagged and bound with thick rope is between two mean looking schoolgirls on the right]]
/ Old Salt: A victim of the Siren's Call, y'say lad?
/ Old Salt: Ah yes. Many's the time a sailor's been wrapped like a pig in a blanket for his own salvation. / [[Old Salt kneels by Ester, holding playing-card sized piece of what appears a very thick peg board. He loosens her gag.]]
/ Ester: Gasp
/ Old Salt: Not only is she mesmerised... She seems to be in the last states of consumption.
/ Old Salt: Hot tea and hard tack might save her yet! / [[Old Salt holds the hard tack to Ester's mouth. The Boy stands behind her, hands on her shoulders.]]
/ Old Salt: The bracing thrash of the cat o nine tails usually has the desired effect.
/ Old Salt: Or a scorpian in the ear.
/ The Boy: You can't do that to her! / [[Ester spits out the block of hard tack and pulls away from The Boy.]]
/ < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070302 |
| Scary Go Round 20070302 | [[Sarah and Tall Lindsay push Esther along, bound and gagged.]]
/ Ernest: A victim of the siren's call, y'say lad? Ah yes. Many's the time a sailor's been wrapped like a pig in a blanket for his own salvation. / Ernest: Not only is she mesmerised... she seems to be in the last stages of consumption. Hot tea and hard tack might save her yet!]]
/ [[He takes off her gag.]]
/ Esther: gasp / [[He puts something in her mouth that may be hardtack or may be a block of wood.]]
/ Ernest: The bracing thrash of the cat o nine tails usually has the desired effect. Or a scorpion in the ear.
/ The Boy: You can't do that to her! / [[Esther spits it out.]]
/ < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070302 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Amy: I know Mother Shipton's cave is around here somewhere.
/ Shelley: Ames, are you sure about this?
/ Mother Shipton is surely far too dead to tell us about the future. / Amy: She's still kicking, Shelley!
/ The city gets half a million a year from the EU...
/ Shelley: ...to offset the detrimental effect of her hideous face! Yes! I remember! / Shelley: I thing we're getting close.
/ Amy: My, that's attractive. / Shelley: Maybe some decking would cheer this place up!
/ Sign 1: Mother Shipton's Cave
/ Sign 2: See the future
/ Sign 3: enjoy unique odours http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070305 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Amy and Shelley are wearing raincoats in a rainy woods. Amy consults a map.]]
/ Amy: I know Mother Shipton's cave is around here somewhere.
/ Shelley: Ames, are you sure about this? Mother Shipton is surely far too dead to tell us about the future. / Amy: She's still kicking, Shelley! The city gets half a million a year from the EU...
/ Shelley: ...to offset the detrimental effect of her hideous face! Yes! I remember! / [[They are now among trees with scary faces. Amy looks ahead.]]
/ Shelley: I think we're getting close.
/ Amy: My, that's attractive. / [[They approach a cave entrance with signs "Mother Shipton's Cave", "See the Future", "enjoy unique odours"]]
/ Shelley: Maybe some decking would cheer this place up! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070305 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Amy and Shelley have wandered into Mother Shipton's cave. There is a large amount of steam or other wispy substance coming from a large cauldron, and torches burn on the walls.]]
/ AMY: Hello? Mother Shipton?
/ MOTHER SHIPTON: You! Lady and the Princess! / SHELLEY: You know who we are?
/ MOTHER SHIPTON: I know all! Now, will ye cross my palm with silver? / MOTHER SHIPTON: The paper ye hold is prophecy! Tis a marker of the coming storm that ye visit me. / MOTHER SHIPTON: When beast and swan are united under the needle's eye...Old Scratch will reign in blood for 100 generations.
/ SHELLEY: Ame...Freak out any way you want to. I'll be in no position to judge. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070306 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Amy and Shelley in the cave. Mother Shipton at a cauldron in front of them.]]
/ Amy: Hello? Mother Shipton?
/ Mother Shipton: You! The Lady and the Princess! / Shelley: You know who we are?
/ Mother Shipton: I know all! Now, will ye ross my palm with silver? / Mother Shipton: The paper ye hold is prophecy! Tis a marker of the coming storm that ye visit me. / Mother Shipton: When beast and swan are united under the needle's eye...
/ Mother Shipton: ...Old Scratch will regin in blood for 100 generations.
/ [[Amy and Shelley clutch their hands in fright.]]
/ Shelley: Ame...
/ Amy: Freak out any way you want to. I'll be in no position to judge. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070306 |
| Scary Go Round | [[Inside Mother Shipton's cave. Shelley is talking to Mother Shipton, who is holding a flaming torch.]]
/ Shelley: What can we do? I don't want 100 generations of fiery death!
/ Mother Shipton: Only you, The Lady, may avert the awfulness to come. / Shelley: With a chariy concert starring Sting, Peter Gabriel and U2? Possibly also Duran Duran?
/ Mother Shipton: Nay! Ken ye well the OLD GODS! / [[Paintings on the wall show the gods mentioned. Ould Gabby is a green humanoid figure with boxy hair and a wide open mouth. Paninatu is a horned red blob.]]
/ Mother Shipton: Primitive deities belov'd of early man. Ould Gabbu, sainted talker of the Celts! Paninatu, who rests in rock under fire. / [[More paintings. Mr Lapin is a rabbit. Phoebus' Torch is a round yellow face surrounded by stars. The Kraken is a green creature with a tentacled mouth.]]
/ Mother Shipton: Mr Lapin, ancient fertility god. Phoebus' Torch, Earth's dusty watchdog! And the Kraken, prehistorical ruler of the sea. / [[Amy enters the scene.]]
/ Shelley: Oh brilliant. And that will do it?
/ Amy: I don't think finding gods is like looking for a lost slipper. They're not under the sofa. Unless you're looking for the god of six month old TV guides and fluff. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070307 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[In Mother Shipton's cave.]]
/ Shelley: What can we do? I don't want 100 generations of fiery death!
/ Mother Shipton: Only you, THE LADY, may avert the awfulness to come. / Shelley: With a charity concert starring Sting, Peter Gabriel and U2? Possibly also Duran Duran?
/ Mother Shipton: NAY!
/ Mother Shipton: Ken ye well the OLD GODS! / Mother Shipton: Primitive deities belov'd of early man. Ould Gabby, sainted talker of the Celts! Paninatu, who rests in rock under fire. / Mother Shipton: Mr Lapin, ancient fertility god. Phoebus' Torch, earth's dusty watchdog! And the Kraken, prehistorical ruler of the sea! / Shelley: Oh brilliant. And that will do it?
/ Amy: I don't think finding gods is like looking for a lost slipper. They're not under the sofa. Unless you're looking for the god of six month old TV Guides and fluff. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070307 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley: So where do I find the old gods?
/ Mother Shipton: Ha ha! All the silver in the world would not buy the answer to that question! / Amy: How about us saving the world from the Devil?
/ Mother Shipton: Mother Shipton appreciates your point, princess. / Mother Shipton [tugging on Amy and Shelley]: All right! But there is a price! The princess stays with me until ye thwart the Devil.
/ Shelley: Ow! No! Not acceptable! / Shelley [hugging Amy]: Amy is my most precious friend and vital to my plans! No deal! / Amy: I'm not afraid of witches, but I am afraid of the end of the world.
/ Shelley: Stop it! I'm frightened enough without you being noble. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070308 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[In Mother Shipton's cave.]]
/ Shelley: So where do I find the old gods?
/ Mother Shipton: Ha ha!
/ Mother Shipton: All the silver in the world would not buy the answer to that question. / Amy: How about us saving the world from the devil?
/ Mother Shipton: Mother Shipton appreciates your point, Princess. / [[Mother Shipton grabs Amy by the hood and Shelley by the hair.]]
/ Mother Shipton: All right! But there is a price! The Princess stays with me until ye thwart the devil.
/ Shelley: Ow! No! NOT ACCEPTABLE! / [[Shelley throws her arms protectively around Amy.]]
/ Shelley: Amy is my most precious friend and vital to my plans! No deal! / Amy: I'm not afraid of witches, but I am afraid of the end of the world.
/ Shelley: Stop it! I'm frightened enough without you being NOBLE. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070308 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Ryan and Moon are driving through the rain in the forest]]
/ Ryan: Shelley and Amy have been gone for hours. Maybe we should go after them.
/ Witches are a dangerous business and-
/ Moon: Ryan, I think I see them! / [[Shelley appears at the car]]
/ Moon: What happened? Where's Amy?
/ Shelley: I had to leave her behind! / Ryan: You can't do that. That ain't a right thing.
/ Shelley: She made me. I had to.
/ We'll get her back, I promise. / [[Later, back at the lab...]]
/ [[Esther presents a letter to The Boy]]
/ Esther: Did you get one of these last night?
/ The Boy: Yes! / [[The letter is shown, with a "Super Best Friends 2007" seal]]
/ Letter: Dear Esther De Groot
/ please come to the inaugural meeting of the Super Best Friends Society on Friday evening at 7 pm. Critical matters will be discussed.
/ Yours sincerely,
/ Shelley E. Winters
/ Esther: I think we have every reason to be nervous. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070309 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Ryan and Moon in a car, parked in the rainy woods.]]
/ Ryan: Shelley and Amy have been gone for hours. Maybe we should go after them. Witches are a dangerous business and --
/ Moon: Ryan, I think I see them! / [[Moon at car door, addressing Shelley.]]
/ Moon: What happened? Where's Amy?
/ Shelley: I had to leave her behind! / Ryan: You can't do that. That ain't a right thing.
/ Shelley: She made me. I had to.
/ Shelley: We'll get her back. I promise! / [[Esther and The Boy in chemistry lab. Esther holds up a pink letter.]]
/ Esther: Did you get one of these last night?
/ The Boy: Yes! / letter text: Dear Esther de Groot ~ please please come to the inaugural meeting of the Super Best Friends Society on Friday evening at 7 pm. Critical matters will be discussed. Yours sincerely, Shelley E. Winters ~ xxx
/ Esther: I think we have every reason to be nervous. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070309 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley Winters: Thanks for coming, Esther and The Boy. Go right on through. / Shelley Winters: Thank you all for coming to the inaugural and maybe only meeting of the SUPER BEST FRIENDS SOCIETY. / Shelley Winters: Basically the world will end if we don't find five old school gods within a week. Your missions will be terrifying and dangerous. Any questions? / Ernest Rom: Arr. Is there a membership pack? Be there hotel discounts? Mayhap a badge?
/ Shelley Winters: Ernest, the crushingly inconsequential nature of your questions... suggests I chose wisely. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070312 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley: Thanks for coming, Esther and The Boy. Go right on through. / [[Ryan, Desmond, and Len seated on couch.]]
/ Shelley: Thank you all for coming to the inaugural and maybe only meeting of the SUPER BEST FRIENDS SOCIETY. / [[Moon, The Boy, and Esther seated on another couch, Raffles sitting on arm of couch.]]
/ Shelley: Basically the world will end if we don't find five old school gods within a week. Your missions will be terrifying and dangerous. / [[Ernest standing in front of Shelley, Bonzo Cribbens behind.]]
/ Ernest: Arr. Is there a membership pack? Be there hotel discounts? Mayhap a BADGE?
/ Shelley: Ernest, the crushingly inconsequential nature of your questions... suggests I chose WISELY. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070312 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Panel 1:
/ Key: Known Location of the "Kraken"
/ (Map with Islands: Hoy, South Ronaldsay, Mainland, Westray, North Ronaldsay.
/ Region bound by dotted line reads: Orkney/Here be monsters
/ Canal Pentland Firth
/ Point John O'Groats) / Panel 2:
/ Shelley: I've assigned the task of luring the kraken to our nautical bureau...
/ ...Gibbous Moon, Ernest Cromerty, and Desmond Fish-man.
/ Ernest Cromerty: A woman on board? Tis madness and terrible luck! / Panel 3:
/ Desmond Fish-man: Shelley, that sister wants to chop me up and inspect my scaly gizzards.
/ Gibbous Moon: Honey, we'll get on fine. You know, once I finish dissecting you and sinking the ship. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070313 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Map titled "Known Location of the "Kraken", with picture of shadowy creatures dated 1922]] / [[In the room]]
/ Shelly: I've assigned the task of luring the kraken to our nautical bureau...Gibbous Moon, Ernest Cromerty and Desomd Fish-Man.
/ Ernest: A woman on board? Tis Madness and Terrible Luck! / Desmond: Shelley, that sister just wants to chop me up and inspect my scaly gizzards.
/ Gibbous: Honey, we'll get on fine. You know, once I finish dissecting you and sinking the ship. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070313 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[A hand-drawn map of the Atlantic Ocean, labeled "Known Location of "Paninatu". A compass rose (of sorts) shows that the map has the usual "up is north" orientation. The word "Portugal" runs vertically down the upper right edge; below it is a land mass highlighting a single road and the towns of "Torres Vedras", "Mafra" and "Cascais". Paperclipped over the map at the bottom left are two head shots of two villians. Unfortunately, their names escape me at the moment. And highlighted above them on the map is Armageddon Island: a large yellow land mass with a "Volcano (Active)" and a "Base". Circling the island is a dashed line labeled "Security Perimeter". Inside the dashed line, the water is a darker blue; outside the line are four shark fins.]] / [[Shelly Winters, looking fetching in a red long sleeve top, white pleated mini skirt, and purple scarf knotted at her throat, stands at the focal point of the room (ie, beside the telly) displaying the aforementioned map backed by a green folder.]]
/ Shelly: Armageddon Island is a treacherous place!
/ Shelly: Thus I have assembled a team of Tackleford tough nuts.
/ Shelly: They barely wince at terror! / [[The right wall of the same room, seen from Shelly's point of view: The Boy, Ester, Raffles, and Bonzo Cribbins sit or lean against a blue couch in from of wooden shelf full of stereo gear. For some reason, there are flowers growing from Bonzo's head. The Boy and Ester look up attentively at Raffles as he speaks.]]
/ Raffles: I, Raffles, Gentleman Thief, and Bonzo Cribbins here, will lead a gang of scurvy dogs into this wasp's nest. / [[Ryan and Shelly standing alone. Possibility, the meeting has broken up or taken a break. We see the kitchen through a opening on the right, a dimmer switch beside it - classy! Ryan seems earnest; Shelly, sad and worried, clutches the green folder to her chest with both arms. No longer covered by the map, we can see that word "Ryan" written on it.]]
/ Ryan: Shel, are you sure you can trust criminals to catch a volcano critter?
/ Shelly: Let's just say I evaluated all my friends...
/ Shelly: ... on the Potential Magma Death Index. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070314 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Case file for Known Location of "Paninatu" -- Armageddon Island in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Portugal, near Torres Vedras and Mafra. Volcano [active] marked in center of island, surrounding waters marked as Security Perimeter. Small pictures of Dr.Petrescue and Bentley Quorn are paperclipped to the bottom of the page]] / Shelley: Armageddon Island is a treacherous place! Thus I have assembled a team of Tackleford tough nuts. They barely wince at terror! / [[Raffles and Bonzo lean confidently near the sofa that Esther and The Boy are on]]
/ Raffles: I, Raffles, Gentleman Thief, and Bonzo Cribbins here, will lead a gang of scurvy dogs into this wasp's nest. / Ryan: [[out of earshot]] Shel, are you sure you can trust criminals to catch a volcano critter?
/ Shelley: [[looking fretfully concerned]] Let's just say I evaluated all my friends...on the Potential Magma Death Index. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070314 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[School Nurse Holland brings Esther de Groot to see Headmaster Bob Crowley in his office.]]
/ Bob Crowley: Come hither, my pretty Esther.
/ Esther de Groot: You asked to see me, sir? / [[Bob uses magic to charm Esther, making her fall in love with him.]]
/ Bob: You love Bob Crowley, don't you? You would do anything for him?
/ Esther: Yes... / Bob: And there is not greater honour that to give your most valuable treasure to Bob Crowley on our wedding night?
/ Esther: Oh yes! Except I lost it in a caravan in Wales... / Bob: Nurse! Take this ruined creature away from me! / [[Bob sits disconsolately at his desk, attended by a goblin and a purple tentacle.]]
/ Bob: She was ideal. Ideal. My black heart is broken.
/ Fetch me "iced cream" and a moving picture about a spirited lady. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070315 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Map of the lands around Blarney Castle in Cork, Ireland. Accompanied with rough sketches of Karma Goblins, labeled as 'Gnomes']] / Shelley: Ryan, your job is to go and find Ould Gabby.
/ Ryan: All on my own? I ain't a good solo traveller! / Shelley: [[sorry]] There aren't any Super Best Friends to spare!
/ Ryan: [[sulky]] Dang. Findin' some gnome in Ireland. / [[Ryan heads out into the hall, Shelley standing just outside her apartment's front door]]
/ Ryan: This is frankly insultin' to my adventurin' skills.
/ Shelley: It can't all be glamour, Ryan. Just do your best! / Ryan: [[alone in the hallway now]] Man, I'll show ol' bossy. I'll catch this gnome so good. Next week she'll be beggin' me to punch Medusa in the ass. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070315 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Esther and The Boy sitting on the sofa as Shelley presents them with their case file]]
/ The Boy: Shelley, it's not that we don't want to save the world. But I don't think our parents will let us leave the country on a school night.
/ Esther: [[annoyed]] Thanks, Professor Priorities.
/ Shelley: You two need to think global and act local. / [[Case file is revealed to be the Known Location of "Mr Lapin" -- Griswell's Grammar School on Thorn Edge Road in Tackleford]]
/ Esther: [[off camera]] Oh come on. / [[All three are standing now]]
/ Esther: [[doubtful]] We'd have noticed a giant rabbit in our own school.
/ The Boy: [[looking over reference material]] He could be nocturnal... or shy.
/ Shelley: [[looking plotty/saucy]] Yes yes! He keeps himself to himself! Quiet nights in... with his mail order carrots! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070316 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | The Boy: Shelley, it's not that we don't want to save the world. But I don't think our parents will let us leave the country on a school night.
/ Esther: Thanks, Professor Priorities.
/ Shelley: You two need to think global and act local. / [[Map shows Griswell's Grammar School, under a Post-It saying "Known Location of 'Mr. Lapin'"]]
/ Esther: Oh, come on. / Esther: We'd have noticed a giant rabbit in our own school.
/ The Boy: He could be nocturnal... or shy.
/ Shelley: Yes yes! He keeps himself to himself! Quiet nights in... with his mail-order carrots! http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070316 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Esther: [[holding mission plan for her and The Boy]] All right. We'll find this big bunny for you. / Shelley: [[looking concerned]] Thanks Esther, it means a lot. I know these schemes seem weird. / Esther: You're very brave. Come on, big hug.
/ Shelley: [[hugging Esther with a floaty heart by her head and one leg up]] Goth love is unexpectedly soothing! / Len: So Shelly, what are you going to do? Are you overseeing efforts from here? / Shelley: [[looking over her own mission plan]] No Len, I have the weirdest scheme of all. / [[Shot of Shelley's mission plan: Known Location of "Phoebus' Torch" AKA The Moon. -- showing the moon, 385,000 km above the Earth, accompanied by the Hubble Telescope, Mir, and Satellites amid the vast blackness of space]] http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070319 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Esther: All right. We'll find this big bunny for you. / Shelley: Thanks Esther, it means a lot. I know these schemes seem weird. / Esther: You're very brave. Come on, big hug.
/ Shelley: Goth love is unexpectedly soothing! / Len: So Shelley, what are you going to do? Are you overseeing efforts from here? / Shelley: No Len, I have the weirdest scheme of all. / [[Map shows picture of space, under Post-It reading "Known Location of 'Phoebus', AKA The Moon]] http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070319 |
| Scary Go Round | Shelly Winters: Len, I'm putting you in charge of co-ordinating the war effort.
/ Shelly Winters: Here's a brand new pencil and a jotter.
/ Len Pickering: What about Tim Jones and Fallon Young? They could help you ...
/ Len Pickering: ... get to the moon. / Len Pickering: I know Tim would race down from the Welsh valleys to help you.
/ Len Pickering: He's an action man, a man of action!
/ Shelly Winters: Of course!
/ Shelly Winters: But word has it that a small Jones is on the way. / Shelly Winters: I cannot risk the health of the pater-familias.
/ Len Pickering: Well no, but ...
/ Shelly Winters: Lest I be pursued to the end of my days by an enraged orphan! / Len Pickering: What about Fallon?
/ Shelly Winters: Yes, she too has an action hat.
/ Shelly Winters: Unfortunately she wears the skullcap of recklessness beneath.
/ Shelly Winters: And the headband of bein' completely nuts. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070320 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Shelley talking with Len]]
/ Shelley: Len, I'm putting you in charge of co-ordinating the war effort. Here's a brand new pencil and jotter.
/ Len: What about Tim Jones and Fallon Young? They could help you...get to the moon. / [[Shelley has vanished behind a changing screen]]
/ Len: I know Tim would race down from the Welsh valleys to help you. He's an action man. A man of action!
/ Shelley: Of course! But word has it that a small Jones is on the way. / Shelley: [[looking concerned and now wearing a dark green speed-suit with yellow piping]] I cannot risk the health of the pater-familias.
/ Len: Well no, but...
/ Shelley: Lest I be pursued to the end of my days by an enraged orphan! / Len: [[holding up framed photo of Shelley and Fallon being pals]] What about Fallon?
/ Shelley: [[either tying her hair in pigtails, pulling on it in distress, or pulling on it for effect]] Yes, she too has an action hat. Unfortunately she wears the skullcap of recklessness beneath. And the headband of bein' completely nuts. http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20070320 |
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