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| Other Side | Matt: JM, I don't know if I'm ready to move out. It's a lot of responsibility, and it isn't THAT bad here.
/ JM: Out of curiosity, do the people across the hall always smell like this?
/ Matt: Dave and Bob? They're not so bad. They're just kind of... musky. / JM: It's like a yak died in there.
/ Matt:... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-07-25 |
| Deadpool | [[A television is shown with an oldish newsman reporting.]]
/ Reporter: On a sad note, entertainer Bob Hope died today at the age of 100...
/ Drew: HA! / [[Matt stands next to Drew, and Alan who are sitting on the couch. Drew is throwing up the horns.]]
/ Drew: And John Paul is still kicking! Pay up,... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-07-30 |
| Comic that shouldn't be | {{Mac Hall v1.5 #213, "Comic that shouldn't be," 8-1-03. Written by Matt Boyd, art by Ian McConville.}}
/ [[Helen and her mother sit at a table outside under an umbrella. Trees and a banister are behind them. There is a light-brown beverage in an ordinary drinking glass next to Helen's mother, who... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-08-02 |
| Otakon 2003 Report | [[Otakon - 2003 Con Report: Ian and Matt's con badges are shown, Ian's shows him lowering his glasses and looking at something, and Matt's shows him grabbing his head, gritting his teeth, and making a fist with his other hand in frustration.]] / [[Levels of unrequited nerd lust are at an all time high,... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-08-07 |
| Worst Snow Ev'a | Reader: Hey, Ian. How come you haven't said anything about Morrowind's latest expansion? I mean it's been out for months now and you haven't made a peep.
/ Ian: Well, I haven't really gotten to play it that much with all my side projects and such, but I can sum up what I've played thus far of it, if... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-08-18 |
| Oven Voodoo | Matt: Set temperature to 350 degrees, preheat and...
/ < http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-08-21 |
| Catch 22 | [[Helen is shown talking on her cell phone.]]
/ Helen: Helloooooo, Micah.
/ Micah: Midnight on a weekend? Is this a booty call? / Helen: No, this is not a booty call. I got a cell phone so I could talk to people during my job.
/ Micah: What job?
/ Helen: The job I TOLD you about. I'm working events at a... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-08-26 |
| Bad Idea | [[Micah is sitting at his computer, talking on the phone to Helen.]]
/ Micah: All right, so what's going on there now?
/ Helen: Working a wedding, catering and stuff. / [[A bride is shown strangling another woman.]] / Helen: It probably doesn't bode well when the groom's mistress shows up at the reception.
/ Micah:... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-09-04 |
| Klingon (worst pun ever) | [[Micah and Helen are shown sleeping in bed.]]
/ Micah: Hmm? / [[Sleepy Micah looks up, Helen sleeps on and drools.]]
/ Micah: Right. Time to get up. / [[Micah is shown standing in the living room with sleeping Helen attached to him still. Ian and Matt look at the strange sight as they're playing on... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-09-08 |
| I Hate People | [[Cheerful Matt on the phone at his work]]
/ Matt: Newsroom, Matt speaking.
/ Caller 1: I demand to know why your paper didn't cover my church bake sale. / [[Matt still on the phone looking a little more weary and slouched over]]
/ Caller 2: My power has been out for THREE DAYS! When I call the electric... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-09-10 |
| Got Back? | [[Helen, Drew, and Jon are all napping.]]
/ Music: I like big butts and I can not lie! You other brothers can't deny! That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist and a round thing in your face, you get sprung! Wanna pull up tough 'cause you notice that butt was stuffed deep in the jeans she's wearing.... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-09-12 |
| Not Found | Helen: Ramen again? Man...
/ Micah: I know. What this place really needs is a nuclearator.
/ Helen: A what?
/ Micah: You know, a nuclearator. You put things in it and it nuclearates them? / Micah: Er.. microwave! I mean microwave! / Helen: HA HA HA HAH AH-HAH HA HAH HAH HA HAH HAH HAH HAH HA HA HA HA... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-09-15 |
| Pep Talk | Drew: Hello, freshmen. If you can keep your minds off fucking long enough to pay attention, I've got a few things to tell you. The time you spend here will be mostly wasted. Peals will be cast at your feet while you're busy wallowing in the mud. The reason for this is that all of you fail to grasp one... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-09-22 |
| At Odds | [[Ian is outside on the streets as a cheerful man stops him.]]
/ Man: Excuse me sir, would you like a free copy of the Watchtower?
/ Ian: Um, okay... / Ian: So the world as we know it is going to end pretty soon?
/ Man: Could be any day now.
/ Ian: And then only a certain number of people will go to Heaven,... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-09-24 |
| j00 guys | [[Matt at his office on the phone.]]
/ Matt: Yes, we're working on a story about Rosh Hashana and the start of the High Holy days, and I was wondering if I could attend some of your weekend services. I could? Great! Thank you! / Matt: Yes, I would be taking notes. Why? I can't? Why not? Oh, because it... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-10-06 |
| More than j00 | [[At Matt's office with him and his editor.]]
/ Editor: Did you make it to the synagogue?
/ Matt: Yeah, but I think I might have made them mad at me?
/ Editor: What happened? / [[Matt is shown at the synagogue.]]
/ Matt: Well, when they have services, they cover their heads as a sign of humility. Outside... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-10-09 |
| Time Saver | [[Ian is shown at his computer with his eyebrow cocked up as he hears a scream from somewhere.]]
/ AIEEEEEEE!!! / [[Matt is shown with a hot iron next to him while Ian looks in from the doorway.]]
/ Matt: Have you ever been in such a hurry you tried to iron your pants while you were wearing them?
/ Ian:... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-10-14 |
| Relocation | [[A disgruntled looking Jon is sitting on the couch with a sock on his head.]]
/ Jon thinking: Guh, what is it, Friday? I feel like I've been dead for three days. / [[Jon gets up.]]
/ Jon thinking: Food... / [[Jon is shown with a surprised look on his face as to where he is at: the new house.]] / [[An... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-10-20 |
| Relocation 2 | [[JM is on the phone with Matt, Micah & Kermit, and Ian behind him.]]
/ JM thinking: A while ago, I'd finally convinced everyone to go in on the house...
/ JM: Borris? We'd like to take that house I was looking at yesterday.
/ Micah: Kermit wants to sex you up. Yes he does. / [[JM is in the bathroom shaving... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-10-27 |
| Relocation 3 | [[JM's landlord sits at his desk on the phone, turned away from the viewer.]]
/ JM narrating: So we called the landlord the next day...
/ Landlord: Good, good. You have $4,800 for first month's rent and security deposit? / JM: Um... sure. We need a few days to get it all together, though.
/ Landlord:... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-10-29 |
| Relocation 4 | JM: That sneaky @#$%ing Russian. Who has forty-eight hundred dollars on tap?
/ Ian: He's Russian?
/ Drew: I have forty-eight hundred dollars. / Drew: But it'll take me a few days to get it.
/ JM: What? How did you come up with that much money when all you do is work in the Comp Sci building? / Drew: Certainly... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-11-04 |
| Intermission | [[We now interupt our current story arc with Things I've Learned While Playing Final Fantasy XI by Ian McConville]]
/ [[Malakym is shown with a tear-streaked face wearing "Leather Trousers" that are actually black undies.]]
/ Malakym: All I want is pants! How much must I suffer for one decent pair of pants?!?
/ Lesson... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-11-10 |
| Relocation 5 | [[Two girls are looking at the house.]]
/ JM narrating: While we were waiting for the money to transfer to Drew's checking account, there was still the matter of the other prospective renters...
/ Prospective renter 1: The neighborhood is good, the rooms aren't completely disgusting, and it's practically... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-11-15 |
| Sugoi Con Report p1 | [[One guest at the opening ceremonies talked for half an hour about his Urusei Yatsura fan fiction...: Said guest is talking at a podium with Ian sitting next to him playing his Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.]]
/ Guest: And this last brother DIDN'T have a girlfriend, so I wanted to write a story about... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-11-26 |
| Relocation Omega | [[JM is playing video games and Jon is watching.]]
/ JM: ...And so we signed the lease, got the house, and here we are.
/ Jon: Oh. Cool. / [[Silence.]] / Jon: Then how did I get here?
/ JM: Wheel barrow. http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-12-01 |
| For Her | [[JM and Micah are at a gas station.]]
/ JM: You know, we've been living in our house for months, and we haven't even said hello to the neighbors yet?
/ Micah: Mmm-hm.
/ JM: Time was, everyone in a town used to know each other.
/ JM: Even the guy at the gas station was on a first name basis with you, your... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-12-03 |
| Below | [[JM is at the kitchen table as Ian walks in.]]
/ JM: Morning, Ian. Sleep well?
/ Ian: Wee.we.eeeewwwwwphtt.... geh...rebg / [[Ian breaks off part of his hair.]]
/ < http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-12-14 |
| Unneeded | [[Matt has given Micah a present.]]
/ Matt: Merry Christmas, Micah.
/ Micah: Hey, thanks! / Micah: WD-40? Uh... why? / [[The night before: Matt is lying awake in his bed listening to the squeaking from the Micah's room.]]
/ < http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-12-20 |
| Yeah, that's Me. | [[Ian sits at a computer, JM stands with his back to Ian]]
/ JM: Ian, there are two large men outside trying to cut off our electricity. I find this odd, because we have been giving you our share of the power bill since we started living here. / [[JM grabs Ian's head and rattles it, Ian stares blankly]]
/ JM:... http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-12-23 |
| Applegeeks guest art | caption: Happy holidays from the slackers at Mac Hall. http://machall.com/view.php?date=2003-12-25 |