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| I said CHEERFUL, not spastic… | [[Ian, with Orip on his head, stands, bedraggled and beaten up, with JM behind]]
/ JM: For someone who doesn't drink, you sure look like hell warmed over. / [[flashback displays Ian surprised, Matt crying and JM with pointer finger in the air]]
/ Ian(recalling): UGH. I was up all night taking care of... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-11-15 |
| Ninjas can fly… No, Really | [[It is a dark and stormy night]] / Narrator: A night like any other… / Narrator: Or is it? / Narrator: Tonight, a lone avenger stalks the corridors of Mac Hall. / Narrator: Tonight, the guilty will be punished for their crimes. / Narrator: Tonight, one man's thirst for revenge will finally be... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-11-18 |
| Gobba-gobba | [[JM is standing, Ian is sitting in a comfy chair, resting]]
/ JM: Ahhh, so full. You eat well today?
/ Ian: Not really, why? / JM: Well…you know, THANKSGIVING and all.
/ Ian: CRAP!
/ < http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-11-22 |
| The Writing's On The Wall | [[Hallway, arrow on the floor pointing to a door. Vision is outlined in red, titled as Drew Cam]] / [[Still in Drew Cam, door number 450 is approached, there is a sign]]
/ sign: for anal sex and cake, apply within -Drew / [[Drew's face is seen, glowing red with rage and fists are balled]] / [[Drew... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-11-29 |
| I'm Only a Messenger | [[Greg has apparently pushed Betsy into a tentacle pit]]
/ Greg: Get in there, You!
/ Betsy: AIEEEEEEE / [[Matt enters the frame, Greg lights a cigarette]]
/ Matt: What's this?
/ Greg: Upping the ante on the war with Amuse Me. Whipped up a tentacle pit and pushed Betsy in. / [[Matt appears surprised, Greg... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-12-05 |
| Na-Na-Na-Na | [[Ian sitting on the couch with the cat perched on his head]]
/ [[Matt approaching from behind couch]]
/ Matt: Finals coming up soon.
/ Ian: Yup
/ Matt: Haven't see you studying much
/ Ian: Nope / Ian: I'm trying a new approach this semester. The way I see it, if I freak out and panic, I'll be in no shape... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-12-17 |
| Stock Monkeys | [[Kevin, drooling Greeter, and Wal*Mart supervisor standing In a Wal*Mart]]
/ Supervisor: Welcome to your first day here at Wal-Mart, Kevin. Let me show you around and take you to your position. This is the greeter's section. He gets paid to do absolutely nothing. You won't be working here. / [[Attractive... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-12-21 |
| Holiday Special Means More Effort | [[Matt sitting at a desk]]
/ Matt: Ah geez. Ian Needs more scripts, and I'm completely, totally, out of ideas. / Matt: Gah. I'm such a hack! I can't even think of a single, solitary... / Matt:... / Matt: Well it's about time you showed up.
/ Matt's Brain: Pff. Like I'm going to hang around all day when... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-12-24 |
| When the Piro is away... | [[Piro is walking away with a sack over his shoulder.]]
/ When webcomic artists occasionally vanish, much to the chagrin of their readers, it's not because they're being lazy... No, the truth is far stranger than that.
/ For every few months, these pioneers of digital entertainment retreat to a remote... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-12-28 |
| Come on, who's done this? | [[Helen sits, holding a game controller while Micah stands behind her, looking stunned and surprised]]
/ Helen: …a nice person, I guess. I dunno. What do YOU look for in a relationship? I like a guy with some intelligence. Not really a showoff, but someone who doesn't hide their smarts either. Someone... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-01-01 |
| Walk Around in Circles | [[Ian and Matt are alternatively shown sitting in recliners, listening to job interviewers, with Ian in the first panel.]]
/ I'm sorry, but we don't really have any illustration jobs open at the moment for... / ...someone of your relative inexperience in the field of journalism, but... / ...we encourage... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-01-07 |
| Not infact a Tiger | [[JM is standing outside as it snows, thinking to himself.]]
/ JM: Another year gone by, and I'm still here at college. I guess that's good. / JM: Of course, it seems like neither me nor any of my friends know what we're going to be doing once we leave. Or more importantly, why we're doing it. I wonder... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-01-15 |
| Martha, my mortal enemy | [[JM is holding a newspaper. Ian is holding a bottle of glue.]]
/ JM: So, heard the big news?
/ Ian: What big news?
/ JM: I took the liberty of saving you a copy of the front page. / [[The front page of a newspaper is shown. The headline reads "K-Mart Files For Bankruptcy, Thousands to lose jobs." In the... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-01-25 |
| 90# True | Day 1
/ The Monkey Avatar is changed to a wolf via a hacker program found online in order to halt any further references to "Spanking the Monkey" by Micah. Said creature promptly does a little jig. And so it is good.
/ Your creature is happy / Day 3,
/ After much physical and mental development, it becomes... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-02-04 |
| Ice Nine | [[Ian, chased by a mob of nuns who want to kill him for not saying the pledge of allegience, seeks shelter in a nearby cave.]] / [[Instead of safety, he finds himself trapped under a landslide. Unable to move, he survives for days on the water brought to him by a lone mexican jumping bean.]]
/ [[Throughout... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-02-11 |
| All Work And No Sleep Makes Ian Draw Bad | [[JM is looking at a medicine package, with a hot water bag on his head; Matt is covered in a blanket]]
/ Narrator: The Flu of Doom continues to rampage through Mac Hall
/ JM: Why would they make a child-safety cap with pictographic instructions?
/ Matt: Dear Lord in heaven, I beg of you, strike me down... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-02-16 |
| Only in Dreams | Professor: And so, from your reading last night, you should know that LeDoux disagrees with Eisenstein about the dominance of the written culture over the spoken... / Matt: Who cares!? Holy mother of God, I've been sitting here all semester thinking there would eventually be some point to your jibber-jabber,... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-02-21 |
| Words, can't describe this noise | [[Matt is vibrating uncontrollably]]
/ < http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-02-24 |
| Signing Bonus | [[Micah sits on a couch with an expressionless face; Helen rests her head on his leg]] / [[Drew enters the frame]]
/ Drew: -GRUMBLE- I'll Chu-Chu Rocket you… What does that even mean?? -GRUMBLE- / [[Drew notices Helen and Micah]] / [[Orip enters the frame, holding on to the back of the couch]]
/ Drew:... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-03-08 |
| War, Famine, Death, and Geek | JM: So Micah has a girlfriend now?
/ Drew: Seems that way.
/ JM: Huh.
/ Drew: Yup. / JM: Well, I'll see you later.
/ Drew: Later. / JM: Hey Jason, you heard about any seven-headed dragons rising in the East or other signs of the Apocalypse?
/ Jason: I dunno, I only really read Slashdot. http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-03-11 |
| Not Nice Intentions | Jason: Excuse me, do you know if someone named Helen Richter is around?
/ Drew: Who wants to know? / Jason: I'm her ex-boyfriend, and I wanted to, um...
/ Drew: Flowers and candy. Gotcha.
/ She's in there with Micah.
/ Jason: Thanks. / Jason: Why's the door locked / Jason: OH NO! / {{Note: Matt, I honestly... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-03-19 |
| Snap | [[Jason stands outside apartment. The door is being unlocked.]]
/ < http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-03-23 |
| Explicit Content | Helen: Jason?
/ Jason: You were... you were...
/ Helen: Playing Risk?
/ Jason: What? / Helen: We have to lock Drew out because whenever he loses, he yells "Blitzkrieg!" and sweeps all the pieces off the board.
/ Drew: Next time, Gadget! Next time!!
/ Jason: Oh... whew... I thought you were already... you... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-04-03 |
| Damnit, Joe-Josh | Jason: Look, Helen... I know I said we should see other people, but I was wrong. We had something together. Can you just throw that away? / Helen: Couldn't find someone else to suck face with, huh?
/ Jason: No.
/ Helen: Go home, Jason.
/ Jason: Okay... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-04-08 |
| Rub-On | [[Ian is standing, looking at his pocketwatch.]]
/ Ian (thinking): Bored bored BORED... / [[Ian contemplates a blue marker.]] / [[Ian traces lines on his right arm with the marker.]] / [[Ian continues tracing, his left arm also covered in marker lines.]] / [[Ian is sitting down, having traced his... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-04-16 |
| 90% True #2 | [[Spiderman is shown swinging through the air holding a baby he just rescued.]]
/ < http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-05-03 |
| The Slack-Zone | Ian: Hello, and welcome to the Slack-Zone.
/ Ian: It is often asked what Matt does for this comic. Sure his name is on the bottom of each, but what would "Mac Hall" be without him?
/ Ian: In today's installment of the Slack-Zone, I'd like to answer that.
/ Ian: Let's look at another universe parallel to... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-05-13 |
| More Then You Know | [[JM is reading a newspaper.]]
/ JM: So have you started looking for off-campus housing yet?
/ Ian: I thought we were just going to live here again next year.
/ JM: We can't. They're kicking upperclassmen out. Haven't you heard about this? People are already moving out.
/ Ian: WHAT!? / Ian: I thought we... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-05-17 |
| Guerilla Radio | [[Matt looking through newspaper]]
/ Matt: There's a nice three-bedroom not far from here, maybe one of the other guys would want to room together...
/ [[off-panel]]
/ Ian: Nah, to heck with that. It's time to go on the offensive. / [[Ian in military garb pushing a penguin through a scale-model campus,... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-05-20 |
| More Trickery | Ian: Water balloons filled with paint, check...
/ JM: You can call off the assault, Schwarzkopf. They're letting us stay. / Ian: Eh?
/ JM: The whole thing was a bluff. Once enough people moved off campus, they said everyone else can keep living here. / Ian: More trickery?
/ JM: More trickery. / Ian:... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-05-24 |