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You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Wednesday, January 16, 2008 [ELI, now wearing his jacket and wool cap, is frantically running to the patent office.] / ELI: Must...reach...patent office...first...to validate...existence... / [He's made it into the office.] / ELI: HA! Now to patent my brilliant invention, THUS CEMENTING MY PLACE IN HISTORY! / PATENT CLERK: Good...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Thursday, January 17, 2008 [[Back from the patent office, ELI is dejectedly hanging around with SNUG and PETER.]] / ELI: Maybe that motivational poster was wrong and there ARE no great ideas inside me. / SNUG: But a pillow that stays cool on both sides IS a great idea! Somebody else just thought of it first. / PETER: Oh come ON!...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Friday, January 18, 2008 [[ELI runs after SNUG, holding a piece of paper. He passes a poster showing a smiling cyclops kid with the caption "Have you seen me?"]] / ELI: I signed up for night school! Turns out I only need a few classes to graduate. / SNUG: There are MILLIONS of high school graduates in this country who are spectacular...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Monday, January 21, 2008 [[HASTINGS is eating a sandwich. STEVENS reaches into the shot with a card in his claw.]] / STEVENS (offpanel): Here's the number you wanted for the adoption agency my wife and I used, Mr. Kilgore. / STEVENS: So, shootin' blanks, huh? I know how THAT is. / HASTINGS: Excuse me, but that is NOT the...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Tuesday, January 22, 2008 [[A light snow is falling as HASTINGS returns home. NORA is bundled up in a down-filled jacket, wool cap, scarf, mittens and earmuffs. HASTINGS wears a down-filled vest he hasn't even bothered to zip up.]] / NORA: Did they let you out early, too? / HASTINGS: More like FORCED me out. I can't believe...
 
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Wednesday, January 23, 2008 [[NORA shovels (a lot more snow has fallen since the previous strip) as HASTINGS, well...]] / NORA: Is there a reason I'm doing all the work and you're staring wistfully into the distance? / HASTINGS: All this snow reminds me of Mother. / HASTINGS: I'd normally shovel HER driveway too, but since she...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Thursday, January 24, 2008 [[NORA and HASTINGS are back indoors now with nice hot cups of cocoa.]] / NORA: If you want to patch things up with your mother, just go over there and shovel her driveway. I'm sure she'll appreciate it. / HASTINGS (red-eyed, slamming table with his fist): Why should I? She's the selfish, manipulative...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Friday, January 25, 2008 [[HASTINGS and NORA walk toward MOTHER KILGORE'S house.]] / HASTINGS: You didn't have to come with me. / NORA: I'm here for moral support. Plus I wanted to see the house you grew up in. / [[They've brought snow shovels.]] / NORA: You must have a lot of memories here. / HASTINGS: Oh yes. In some ways,...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Monday, January 28, 2008 [[HASTINGS is trembling from shock.]] / NORA: CALM DOWN, Hastings! What's the matter? / HASTINGS: I just uncovered a "FOR SALE" sign under a snowdrift! Mother is SELLING the house I grew up in! / NORA: You said she got screwed out of your grandfather's inheritance. Maybe she needs the money. / HASTINGS...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Tuesday, January 29, 2008 [[HASTINGS is on his knees, beseeching his mother.]] / HASTINGS: MOTHER, SAY IT'S NOT TRUE! SAY YOU'RE NOT SELLING THE HOUSE! / MOTHER KILGORE: But then I'd be drunk AND lying. I'm selling the house, Hastings. I need the money. / MOTHER: Since I was a girl I dreamed of the day my father would die and...
 
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Wednesday, January 30, 2008 NORA: Hastings came over here to make peace, Mrs. Kilgore. I'm sorry he's so upset about you selling your house. / MOTHER KILGORE: PLEASE, call me Vivian. So you and my son are planning a family, I hear? / NORA: Yes! It's very expensive. We're just starting the adoption process and trying to scrape...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Thursday, January 31, 2008 [[HASTINGS hands his mother a check.]] / HASTINGS (offpanel): Here you are, Mother. And don't worry about paying us back, we're glad to help. / NORA (to HASTINGS): Can I SEE you for a minute, please? / HASTINGS: Okay, but hurry up. I have to transfer all the money from our savings to our checking before...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Friday, February 1, 2008 [[HASTINGS and NORA, back at home.]] / HASTINGS: So you'd rather my mother end up on the STREET, then? / NORA: NO! I know giving her the money was the right thing to do, but... / HASTINGS: We'll rebuild our savings and look into adoption again in a couple of years, okay? In the meantime... / HASTINGS:...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Monday, February 4, 2008 [[NORA returns to MOTHER KILGORE's (hereafter referred to as VIVIAN, which we found was her first name on 1/30/08) house.]] / NORA: Mother Kilgore? It's Nora! Are you home? I just came to shovel your walk again after the fresh snow! / [[NORA is now inside, shovel in hand.]] / NORA: I also wanted to...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Tuesday, February 5, 2008 [[NORA vents at VIVIAN.]] / NORA: You blew all your money on this CRAP?! What happened to your mortgage? / VIVIAN: It's none of your DAMN business! / NORA: We gave you our adoption savings because you said you were going to LOSE YOUR HOUSE! / VIVIAN: Better I spend that money on a big screen TV than...
 
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Wednesday, February 6, 2008 [[VIVIAN is dazed and feeling her bruised cheek.]] / NORA (offpanel): Now that I've got your attention, you DECEITFUL OLD HAG, sit back and listen up... / NORA: Your son has bent over backwards to make you happy all his life, but now things are going to be DIFFERENT. You're going to return all this junk,...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Thursday, February 7, 2008 ELI: How you holdin' up, Buddy? / HASTINGS: I've been TWICE BETRAYED, Eli! How do you THINK I'm doing? / ELI: Twice? Your wife was just sticking up for you! / HASTINGS: Eli, she attacked our mother! / ELI: Fine. But Mom tricking you into giving her thousands of dollars she didn't need just to keep...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Friday, February 8, 2008 [[HASTINGS holds a photo of NORA. Everything is gray.]] / HASTINGS: She's gone, and I'm alone again...naturally. / HASTINGS (still all gray): SIGH...If only she'd left something to remember her by. A trifle, a trinket, anything so she won't fade from my memory like all the rest. / [[Silent panel of...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Monday, February 11, 2008 [[GRANT'S MOTHER is looking dubiously at the box for a game GRANT wants to buy.]] / GRANT'S MOTHER: Are you sure this is what you want to spend your Christmas money on? / GRANT: YES! We've been looking forward to this game for months! / GRANT: It's called "BLUDGEON PLANET III: THE BLUDGEONING." You...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Tuesday, February 12, 2008 [[Phone-conversation panel with GRANT and PETER. GRANT uses a headset so he can game while he talks.]] / GRANT: Peter! Guess what violence-based game I purchased today? / PETER: You'll have to narrow that down. / [[Same as first panel.]] / GRANT: "BLUDGEON PLANET III!" You should see the new bone splinter...
 
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Wednesday, February 13, 2008 GRANT: You missed a BREATHTAKING game night, Peter! They're actually divided up the character sprites into sections now, so you can shatter each limb INDIVIDUALLY! It's really quite... / PETER: Oh, hey Pestilence! We're off to the movies, Grant. See you later! / [[PETER and PESTILENCE leave.]] / GRANT:...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Thursday, February 14, 2008 [[GRANT sits dejectedly on his bed. His MOTHER stands in the doorway, drying a dish.]] / GRANT'S MOTHER: What is it, honey? You just started school vacation, you should be happy! / GRANT: Peter's too busy with his new girlfriend to spend time with me. / GRANT'S MOTHER (little smile): Oh, I see. So...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Friday, February 15, 2008 GRANT: I'm so BORED. What good is this game if I don't have anyone with whom to share my simulated murders? / [[He sticks his head out the window.]] / GRANT: Peter's new girlfriend is taking up all of his time, and I'm stuck here for the whole vacation twiddling my thumbs and smelling the bakery next...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Monday, February 18, 2008 [[Back home, GRANT is polishing off the last donut when his MOTHER catches him.]] / GRANT'S MOTHER: Well, son, you know what today is, don't you? / GRANT: MMPH? / GRANT'S MOTHER: It's my birthday, Grant. Didn't you GET me anything? / GRANT (thinking): I can't tell Mom I blew all my money binging on PASTRIES! / GRANT'S...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Tuesday, February 19, 2008 [[GRANT appeals to the worm-headed NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS GUY.]] / GRANT: Please sir, I don't belong here! / NARC ANON GUY: I've heard 'em all, hop-head. Take a seat. / GREEN STONER: Hey, nerd! What kind of drugs you on? NERD DRUGS? / GRANT: Uh, n-no, I'm actually not on drugs at all. Th-this is just a...
 
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Wednesday, February 20, 2008 [[GRANT is now in a hospital bed.]] / GRANT: Will I need stitches? / CHEERY BLUE DOCTOR: Oh yes! Many hundreds. / GRANT: This is the worst school vacation I've ever had. / CHEERY BLUE DOCTOR: Well, don't give up yet, kid. "There's always tomorrow for dreams to come true." / [[CHEERY BLUE DOCTOR checks...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Thursday, February 21, 2008 [[GRANT is visited by MIKE and JERRY from Child's Play and "Penny Arcade."]] / MIKE: Hey, kid! We represent a charity organization that donates video games to sick kids like you! / GRANT: Hi. I'm not really sick, I just got beat up by... / MIKE: SHUT UP, JERK! I'm charityin' here! Just take this advance...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Friday, February 22, 2008 [[GRANT is playing "Bludgeon Planet IV" and a NURSE sees it. She is horrified.]] / NURSE: Oh my GOODNESS! Where did you get this AWFUL game? / GRANT: These two weird guys gave it to me...HEY, don't shut it off! / NURSE: We don't allow this kind of material in the children's ward. I'm going to DESTROY...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Monday, February 25, 2008 [[Poor GRANT sits in a chair with his burned scalp bandaged as another doctor enters the room.]] / ZOIDBERGESQUE DOCTOR: Pack your bags, son. You're getting discharged today! / GRANT: Who cares? I might as well just stay in the hospital. / GRANT: So far this week I've been IGNORED by my best friend,...
You Are Reading the Ugly Hill Comic from Tuesday, February 26, 2008 [[PETER knocks at GRANT'S door.]] / PETER: Hey, Grant. Can we come in? / GRANT: PETER! Of course you can...Wait, "WE?" / [[PETER enters, with PESTILENCE.]] / GRANT (offpanel): Oh, I see. You brought your "Shiela." I might have known. / PESTILENCE: "SHEILA?" How DARE you refer to me using outdated...
 

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