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| Marcon Review | Ian's Marcon (I-wish-went-to-E3-instead) Sketchpad 2002 Vol.1 'Important Con Lessons' / [[Ian and Anthony in a car, with Anthony driving.]]
/ Anthony: I'm an excellent city driver. Hell, I'm a car-ninja!! See that parking space?! I'm there!! The driver next to us? Dead!!! You didn't hear anything! No... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-05-26 |
| Dead Ian Day | [[Ian sits behind his desk, looking with what seems like disgust at his monitor]]
/ Caption: attack of the megatokyo readers
/ Monitor: I haven't heard from Ian yet about the Mac Hall guest strip (I only hope he remembers - someone please bug him about it :)
/ Speaker: You have 3,641 new messages http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-05-31 |
| Self Service | TV: ...you won't believe what lengths these will go to! And as part of this special TV offerwe'll send you an introductorycopy of Nymphos Gone Wild, absolutely free! There's no obligation! Call now!
/ Drew: Hey Micah, you should order that and cancel it after the free stuff.
/ Alan: Yeah, you should.
/ Micah:... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-06-03 |
| Damage and Spin control | Drew: Did it come yet?
/ Micah: It came. / Micah: I can't believe I ordered that thing.
/ < http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-06-05 |
| Late AND poorly drawn | [[Drew is thinking to himself while standing outside the room where Helen and Micah are watching Micah's recently purchased porno.]]
/ Drew: Excellent, it's been an hour. I'm guessing by now Micah has been reduced to a quivering ball of whipped jelly, so it's time to check in. / [[Drew peeks in.]]
/ Helen:... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-06-10 |
| Under Power vs. Mac Hall in: Playing the Game!!!! | Narrator: Somewhere in the den of scum and villainy knwon as Machall....
/ Mr. Cynical: ...so that's our offer man!!..
/ Ian: Now wait a minute, you just can't come in here expecting that we'll link a strip like yours.. / Ian: We have standards you know..
/ Ian: We have our readers to think about..
/ Ian:... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-06-12 |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-06-15&ref=nf">http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-06-15&ref=nf | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| Bop 2 -- Blood Omen | Matt: This is my new desk.
/ Matt: It's a Cole steel desk from the late 60's.
/ Matt: My grandpa used to work in the factory where they made these.
/ Matt: This is not a desk for fancypants ar-TISTES.
/ Matt: This is an utilitarian slab of cold, industrial metal. / Matt: you know how they used to tell people... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-06-18 |
| Mr. |\/|@600 | Ian: Scooch back a second, I've gotta go to the bathroom.
/ JM: Sure. / [[Ian walking to the bathroom.]] / [[Ian in a stall.]] / [[Two girls passing by in front of the bathroom stalls.]]
/ Girl 1: And that's when I said him, "Tony, you need to stop messing around and decide!" I tell you, hon... / [[Ian... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-06-21 |
| Stupid Rat Creatures | [[Matt is running away scared, JM is reading a book.]]
/ Matt: RATS! / Matt: Stupid, stupid rat creatures!
/ JM: I wonder if there's anything sillier than a 20-year-old with a doormouse phobia.
/ Mouse: Squ33k! / [[Ian walks in with his cat on his shoulder.]]
/ Ian: 'Sup. / [[Ian's cat has jumped on JM's... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-06-24 |
| No Pants Zone | [[Micah and Jon are lounging around with blank expressions on their faces.]]
/ Micah: Hey, what time is it?
/ Jon: It's shirtless o'clock.
/ Micah: Thought so. / [[Accordingly, Micah and Jon are now shirtlessly lounging around with blank expressions on their faces.]] http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-06-28 |
| Martha Who? | [[Ian is shown with a fry pan in hand.]]
/ Ian: Bacon bacon bacon... Funny, I don't remember ever seeing vegetable oil bubble like that before. / Ian: Oh crap! The pan! Too hot! Gotta put it out in the sink! No, wait! You can't put out a grease fire with water! Oh man, if I don't get this out of here... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-01 |
| If we went to MWNY | If We Went To Mac World New York 2002 / Anthony would stalk booth to booth collecting the heads of developers who failed to port their games to the Mac... He's weird like that.
/ [[A grinning Anthony holds a blue lightsaber and a large bag over his shoulder while two developers hide behind an overturned... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-03 |
| Denied | [[Jon, Micah and Helen are sitting on a couch]]
/ Jon: It's shirtless o'clock again.
/ Micah: Already way ahead of you.
/ Micah: Hey Helen-
/ Helen: Nope.
/ Micah: It's-
/ Helen: Nope.
/ Micah: But it's-
/ Helen: Nope.
/ Micah: It's time-
/ Helen: Nope.
/ Micah: Shirtless 'o-
/ Helen: Nope nope nope nope nope.
/ Micah:... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-08 |
| Unholy Cookie | Ian: Preheat to 350 degrees, bake until cookies are golden-brown...
/ Bowl of cookie dough: Come to the dark side, McConville... / Bowl of cookie dough: Yesss... I sense the hunger welling deep within you. Now pick up your spoon and strike me down! / [[Ian has plunged his face into the cookie dough.]]
/ JM:... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-12 |
| I Hate Sushi | [[Ian is holding a brown takeout bag reading Class ? (Japanese Hiragana for "A").]]
/ Ian: We just got back from a sushi place. Want the leftover wasabi?
/ Matt: What's wasabi?
/ Ian: Try some, it's good!
/ Matt: Well, if you say so... / Two weeks later / Ian: By the way, Matt...
/ Matt: I'm still not listening... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-15 |
| True Dreams of Witchita | Drew: Maybe when you're a senior they'll let you have a room like the one they showed you on the tour, but until then you're getting packed like a sardine. Deal. / Drew: The computer science building? It's up that way. Follow the heart-rending sobs of students just realizing they've sentenced themselves... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-19 |
| 7-21-02 [Guest Strip] by Alexandra Meadows | [[Helen and Micah are on the couch as Ian enters the room]]
/ Ian: Yo.
/ Micah: C'mon!
/ Micah: That's not natural....
/ Micah: It's from Viagra! / Ian: ...May I ask why you two are watching drunk, naked guys?
/ Helen: It's "Guys Gone Wild-Frat Edition".
/ Helen: Sure makes up for the scenery at shirtless... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-22 |
| Mac Hall :: Archive | [[Ian is napping on the couch when suddenly his cat jumps on the coffee table.]] / [[Ian springs up off the couch, confused. The cat commands solemnly:]]
/ Cat: Arise Ian.
/ Ian: zuh?
/ Cat: Arise and Obey. / Cat: Smile!
/ [[Ian, now standing, strikes a cheesy smile and exudes a strange sound could only... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-23 |
| Guest strip - Heroes | Jess: Hey, Nikki! It's past ten. Do you mind if I check webcomics on your computer?
/ Nikki: Not at all, Jess. Go right ahead. / Tissa: Y'know, I don't see what you like about those comics. The artists and writers are freaks.
/ Jess: Tissa! How can you say that? Those people are my heroes!
/ Tissa:... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-24 |
| Anime-works guest strip | [[Text at the top reads "Machall. Copyright Matt Boyd and Ian McConville.]] / [[Three 'Anime-works' characters (?) are in the frame. They are discussing Mac Hall's guest strip week]]
/ Black haired character: Hey, Joulian, we need a comic for Machall's guest strip week!
/ Joulian: Yeah sure but... I don't... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-25 |
| One Last Try | [[A purple squid sits in a pan on the counter. Ian pokes at it with a fork.]]
/ Ian: What's this...a squid? / [[Ian holds up a shiny meat cleaver and smiles.]]
/ < http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-26 |
| Nani Nazi WHERE'S MY DAMN BAG Mac Hall | Ian: ALL RIGHT, WHICH ONE OF YOU ASS-GOBLIN, MOTHERFUCKERS STOLE MY DAMN BAG!?! http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-07-29 |
| Indier Than Thou | JM: Matt, are we going to leave or what? I thought you just came here to look for a copy of Final Fantasy Tactics.
/ Matt: Well, they have it, yeah, but... you have to ask the clerk to get it fro the locked case, and... uh... / JM: Oh, I see what's going on here. It's because the only clerk on duty is... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-08-02 |
| Warning Signs | [[Micah is at the computer, with Helen standing behind him. The constant clicking of his mouse is made apparent.]] <<*Click-Click*>>
/ Helen: Micah, if I could just pull you out of your EverQuest trance for a moment... I just wanted you to know I'm wearing side-tie panties, and I'm going home in an hour. / [[Micah's... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-08-07 |
| Lazier Than Thou | [[Ian and Matt are lounging on the couch.]]
/ Matt: So Micah gave up video and computer games cold turkey because they were pissing off his girlfriend?
/ Ian: That's what he says.
/ Matt: Wow. / [[Micah pops in.]]
/ Micah: Hey guys. Matt, can I borrow your textbook for a second?
/ Matt: OK... / < |
| So far I have not seen the science | Helen: Micah, it is true I think you get too obsessive about everquest, but I think maybe you're overreacting. I never asked you to quit. I don't want you to give up something you enjoy just for me. It's like anything else, you just need to bring it into balance with the rest of your life without it... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-08-14 |
| Enter the Plot | [[Headquarters of the Recording Industry Association of America]]
/ Fancy-Suited, Monocled & Mustached Man: ...And in conclusion, hopefully congress will soon see that the music piracy problem is too big for convential law enforcement to handle, and will pass the bill approving our government-funded orbital... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-08-15 |
| The Part 2 | Ian thinking to himself: This Nine Inch Nails CD I borrowed should provide an excellent means to break in my new CD player. / < http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-08-21 |
| The Part 3 | Robot: Target Locked
/ Ian: Eep / Shawn Fanning: Hoo-ha!
/ < http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-08-30 |