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| "In which Leyla quotes Stompin' Tom." | [Katelyn] Hey there, Leyla!
/ [Leyla] Huh?
/ [Mike] Hiding in the corner. / [Leyla] It's the only place they would put on the hockey game.
/ [Mike] Hockey?
/ [Katelyn] Odd game. / [Leyla] The good ol' hockey game.
/ [Mike] What did you say? http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=740 |
| "In which it is noticed that Canadian divisions have patriotic logos." | [Katelyn] So, how are you enjoying the program so far?
/ [Leyla] I feel like I'm learning a lot, but, to be honest, I'm more than a little homesick...
/ [Mike] How's that? / [Leyla] It's winter... my little Canadian soul needs hockey, maple syrup and NEIGE... / [Mike] How would a little Canadian sould... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=741 |
| "In which an American boy argues for American style." | [Leyla] My beloved Canadiens! Down, you fiend named Mike Richards! My team is losing because of you!
/ [Mike] When's this game over?
/ [Katelyn] Wow, Mike, why so hostile?
/ [Mike] I just don't think hockey is a very good sport... that's all. / [Leyla] I've never met a man who didn't like hockey! / [Katelyn]... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=742 |
| "In which things would be different if women ruled the world." | [Katelyn] They're fighting!
/ [Leyla] That's what hockey players do sometimes.
/ [Mike] Why? / [Leyla] I don't know... you're a man, maybe you can explain it to me? / [Katelyn] Yeah... what is it about men that makes them constantly ready to hit one another?
/ [Mike] Oh c'mon... women fight too... / [Katelyn]... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=743 |
| "In which Leyla is a third wheel." | [Leyla] HeeHee... I love the way you guys argue... it's so cute... reminds me of me and MY boyfriend.
/ [Katelyn] Oh, we weren't arguing, were we, Pops?
/ [Mike] No, not at all... / [Katelyn] OoOooh! I love you Poopsey!
/ [Mike] I love you too, sugar-pie! http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=744 |
| "In which Leyla doesn't want to break the tricycle, but!..." | [Leyla] Sorry to be the squeaky wheel on the tricycle, but watching you two smooch is leaving me queasy!
/ [Mike] I'm sorry! We're normally not like that in public!
/ [Katelyn] Yes... we'll restrain ourselves from further public displays of affection, I promise.
/ [Leyla] Good... restrain or be reTRAI... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=745 |
| "In which Leyla apologizes for her sudden anger outburst a week prior." | [Leyla] I'm sorry for embarrassing you and Mike last week, Katelyn. Maybe I'm just overly-sensitive these days because MY boyfriend is so far away up in Canada.
/ [Katelyn] I understand. That would get to anyone. How do you survive? / [Leyla] Lots of chocolate. Avoiding moments alone too often. ... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=746 |
| "In which Leyla is spinning." | [Katelyn] That IS a problem, indeed. How are you going to solve it...?
/ [Leyla] I don't know. Maybe I'm too young for all these serious relationships I end up in. / [Leyla] I must be an idiot... I mean... I was briefly engaged, when I was younger. Not to Nillan, of course. And NOW, here I am in... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=747 |
| "In which Nillan wears his emotions on his mouth." | [Allison] Hi there, Nillan.
/ [Nillan] Howdy, Red Robin. / [Allison] So tomorrow is the last day of internship. What are you doing to celebrate?
/ [Nillan] Job hunting? I really don't know. / [Allison] You really need to get out more!
/ [Nillan] Shrug! / [Allison] You're the only person I would know... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=748 |
| "In which Nillan tells on his co-worker." | [Nillan] there's this girl at work and she won't stop flirting with me...
/ [Cinn] Oh? / [Nillan] Yeah. Lately it's gotten a LOT more noticeable. Yesterday she got all snuggly with me. / [Cinn] In what way?
/ [Nillan] She was putting her hands all over me... touching me... / [Cinn] Oh. Is that flirting?
/ [Nillan]... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=749 |
| "In which Nillan insists he and Cinn are simply chums." | [Cinn] Do you realize that you happen to have your arm around me right now?
/ [Nillan] That's different! We're chums! / [Cinn] And if Leyla were walking down the street with a chum's arm around her, way down in San Diego, how would you feel? / [Nillan] I concede that you may have a point. http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=750 |
| "In which a friendship becomes slightly more friendly." | [Nillan] Why accuse me of flirting withy ou?
/ [Cinn] You're a bit of a flirt, my friend. / [Nillan] Oh? I am dashing, am I?
/ [Cinn] Not so much. You have some boyish charm, I'll admit...
/ [Nillan] No rebel good-looks, then?
/ [Cinn] Oh... you're pretty good-looking. / [Nillan] Oh really?
/ [Cinn] Well,... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=751 |
| "In which post-modernism allows one to sleep in easier." | [Zoe] Big brother!
/ [Nillan] Little sister. / [Zoe] Your usual crabby self, I see.
/ [Nillan] Your usual chipper self, no-matterthe-time-of-day, I see. / [Zoe] It's 11:00am! It's too LATE to be such a sleepy-head.
/ [Nillan] I am a post-modernist. Morning is when I WANT it to be. http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=752 |
| "In which going out with a group of people means it is not a date." | [Zoe] You're just tired because you were out last night.
/ [Nillan] Yes. I went to a movie with Cinn and Jessica. / [Zoe] OooOh! I'm hearing CINN'S name a lot recently. / [Nillan] Oh shush. I went out with Cinn AND Jessica.
/ [Zoe] I know, but it's way more fun to make fun of you this way. http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=753 |
| "In which Z?e does not understand how little boys play." | [Zoe] There's no need to hide your true feelings from me, big brother! Share! Give me gossip fodder! / [Nillan] Who are YOU going to gossip about ME with? I am simply not interested enough!
/ [Zoe] Perhaps I would gossip with NICE about you!
/ [Nillan] Nick!? / [Nillan] Our little brother, Nick, is... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=754 |
| "In which communism is cool." | [Scott] So bro, how's the search for a job going?
/ [Nillan] O.K., I guess. / [Nillan] I'll be working retail over Christmas... / [Scott] Ah! A slave to old capitalism!
/ [Nillan] I'd rather be a slave to capitalism than be a slave to communism. Or worse -- POOR. / [Scott] There's a difference between... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=755 |
| "In which Ch? and Chew are compared." | [Scott] Why is communism cool to wear? One time, I caught Jessica with a Mao Tse-tung t-shirt on... / [Scott] Why are you wearing a Mao shirt?
/ [Jessica] Who is Mao?
/ [Scott] Um... one of the world's cruelest dictators. From CHINA. / [Nillan] I bet it's the same for Ch? t-shirts. Most people who wear... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=756 |
| "In which Ch? is compared and found to be chewy." | [Nillan] Ch? vs. Chew in five quick points! One: both wear bullets! Two: Both have funny facial hair. Three: t-shirt icons! Four: Movie stars! Five: Side-kicks to the main characters. / [Nillan] Of course, in REAL life, there are no sidekicks. We're all main characters in our own story. Which... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=757 |
| "In which Nillan has the monologues down." | [Nillan] Do you ever wonder... if they made a MOVIE about your life... would you be the main character? / [Nillan] I'm pretty sure I wouldn't. I mean, in order for a person to be a protagonist, things have to HAPPEN in their life. Nothing ever happens in my life... / [Nillan] Right now. I don't... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=758 |
| "In which the library is hardly Las Vegas." | [Scott] I don't know about that feeling you have... things definitely happen to you... just maybe not the sorts of things that happen to more exciting people. / [Scott] I mean, I'm sure you DO things... GO places... I visit Las Vegas... you go to--
/ [Nillan] -- The LIBRARY.
/ [Scott] Well -- I'm told... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=759 |
| "In which retail provides some benefits." | [Nillan] Thanks for the boost of confidence.
/ [Scott] Oh, shush. I don't see why YOU would need a boost of confidence... / [Scott] You have a beautiful girlfriend, you just graduated university with top-notch grades... you landed an internship at a cool little newspaper... / [Scott] If you asked most... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=760 |
| "In which Nillan works retail." | *DECEMBER*
/ [Nillan] Thanks for shopping here today. Have a nice week-end. http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=761 |
| "In which Nillan shovels snow." | *DECEMBER*
/ [Nillan shovels snow] http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=762 |
| "In which Nillan checks the weather in San Diego." | *DECEMBER*
/ [Nillan checks the weather in San Diego.] http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=763 |
| "In which Nillan spends New Year's watching snow fall." | *JANUARY*
/ Dear leyla, I spent New Year's walking as snow fell from the sky. I was invited to a few New Year's parties but it didn't feel right going with no one to kiss as the clock struck midnight. I don't ever want to do that on New Year's again. http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=764 |
| "In which Nillan flashbacks." | *JANUARY 2009*
/ Dear Leyla, Last year at this time, I remember being so close to you... to think that just four years ago, we didn't know each other... / *MARCH 2004*
/ [Nillan] (Oh just DO IT already, Nillan). Psst... Um... excuse me... you don't perchance happen to have an extra pencil, do you? http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=765 |
| "In which Nillan is so far from casanova he isn't even casionova." | I can't believe that I was so uncomfortable around girls back then. I should have started up a conversation... anything... instead all I could say was
/ [Nillan] Um, thanks. / [Nillan] (Now what?) http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=766 |
| "In which Nillan gives Leyla a replacement pencil for the one he took." | *MARCH 2004, still*
/ [Nillan] Hello again.
/ [Leyla] Hello. / Of course, the next class, I made a beeline towards where you were sitting... / [Nillan] You know, I feel bad... I forgot to return your pencil the other day.
/ [Leyla] Huh?
/ [Nillan] You lent me a pencil last class.
/ [Leyla] Oh. I did? / [Nillan]... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=767 |
| "In which Nillan just knows." | [Leyla] Well, thanks for the great conversation! And the fantastic flower pencil you gave me!
/ [Nillan] See you Friday?
/ [Leyla] I'll save you a seat. / [Nillan] Sigh... what a fantastic girl. / Sometimes, you just know. http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=768 |
| "In which Nillan falls for Leyla." | After that, I grew excited to see you every class... I would show up and hope there was a seat there for me to sit in. / [Nillan] Hi... is this seat taken?
/ [Leyla] Hi! / [Leyla] Well, technically I am sitting in it.
/ [Nillan] I meant the empty chair next to you.
/ [Leyla] Wait! You're sitting on Horace! / [Leyla]... http://lucastds.com/webcomic/index.php?strip_id=769 |
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