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Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[ELI is reading a book titled "Advanced Algebra."]] / [[ELI is now reading a book titled "Beginner's Algebra" and looking a little more determined.]] / [[Now it's "Basic Math" and he's frustrated and sweating.]] / [[Now it's "How to Kill Yourself" and he's shedding a tear.]] / [[Finally, it's "Suicide...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[ELI is still frustrated.]] / ELI: GRAGH! Algebra! Why did I ever think I could do this?! / SNUG (cheerfully): Why don't you quit? Quitting is always easy. / ELI: I need this class to get my GED. I just...I thought it would be easier as an adult. / SNUG: What skills have you mastered in the last...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth ELI: I don't know. I really just think I should quit. / [[Scratches his bum.]] / <> / TEACHER: We've only had one class! You can't drop out yet. / ELI: I don't have a head for math, and I really think this whole night school thing was a mistake. / TEACHER: Nonsense! We'll just pair you up...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth ELI: You can't be more than ten years old! What are you doing in an ADULT night class? / WILL TOOBER: Earning extra credit by helping the remedial students. / WILL: If I intend to graduate this year, I need all the help I can get. / ELI: GRADUATE?! You're in HIGH SCHOOL?! / WILL: Not for long! / ELI:...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth ELI: Hey, you know this kid Will Toober? He goes to your high school. / PETER: "TOOBER THE GOOBER?" I hate that little know-it-all. How do you know him? / ELI: He's in my night class earning extra credit. Seems nice enough. / PETER: You just met him. He blurts out answers before the teacher can ask the...
 
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth {{Guest strip by Brian Denham.}} / [[It's VIVIAN KILGORE's birthday. Cake, confetti, big "Happy Birthday, Mother" banner.]] / VIVIAN: Enough with the singing, already! You guys sound like a moose with buckshot in its trachea. / I got it: Happy Birthday. Whatever! Get a move on! I'm missing my stories! / HASTINGS:...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth {{Guest strip by Rosscott.}} / [[PETER is writing a letter.]] / PETER: Dear Eli, / Greetings from China! This whole business trip thing has been pretty interesting... / [[HASTINGS and PETER on the plane. HASTINGS is happily perusing a Racist-to-Chinese Dictionary while PETER listens grumpily to his iPod.]] / PETER:...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth WILL TOOBER: So the solution X in this equation is 6. Got it? / ELI: If you're in class day and night, when do you study? / WILL: I don't have to study. I've got all the answers up here. / ELI: SIGH...all right, so X=6. How do you get that? / WILL (nervous): Well, you um...First you uh...add the...ER... / WILL:...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[ELI and HASTINGS are returning from the grocery store.]] / ELI: It's HUMILIATING! Nobody else in class needs a 10 year old tutor! / HASTINGS: They're probably just not as stupid as you. / ELI: And I don't even think the kid even knows how to do the WORK! He just knows the answers. / HASTINGS: He...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[ELI lies in wait as WILL TOOBER enters.]] / ELI: There he is. He must be keeping a cheat sheet under that hat. Now just act normally...no sudden movements... / WILL (offpanel): Hi, Eli! Did you study for the... / [[ELI grabs WILL'S hat.]] / ELI: AHA! / ELI: LOOK everybody! UNDER HIS HAT! He's got...
 
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth ELI: Geez, I'm sorry, Will. I thought for sure you were hiding a cheat sheet under your hat. / WILL: PLEASE DON'T TELL MY MOM! / [[Closeup of the hamster on WILL'S head.]] / ELI: There's no rule against bringing a rodent to class, dude. / WILL: There is if you're using it to cheat. / ELI: Your HAMSTER...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth ELI: God...speaks to you through your pet hamster...and helps you with your algebra? / WILL: And history, French...God is really smart! / ELI: Can...can I hold him? / WILL: Sure! / [[WILL hands the hamster to ELI. The hamster looks a little worried.]] / [[ELI holds the hamster with both hands.]] / ELI:...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth ELI: What do you mean "so what?!" The kid thinks God is talking to him through his HAMSTER! / TEACHER: It is a little strange, but Will Toober is a child prodigy, and geniuses are often quite eccentric. / ELI: But he doesn't even know how to do the work! "GOD" IS JUST FEEDING HIM THE ANSWERS! / TEACHER:...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth ELI: Hey Will, can I hold Mr. Fluffy Bottom for a second? I need to, uh...cuddle. / WILL: Sure! I'll just need him back before the quiz st-- / [[ELI grabs the hamster and runs out of the building.]] / ELI: Ha! He'll never pass that quiz without you! Now to hide you in a place where no one will ever,...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[ELI is panicking as he looks down at the pulped hamster. WILL runs up behind him.]] / ELI: Oh! OH NO! / WILL: Hey, what's going on? Where are you taking... / WILL: NO! NOOOO! WHAT DID YOU DO?! / ELI: I'm so SORRY! I just thought if you didn't have Mr. Fluffy Bottom to feed you the answers to the...
 
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth WILL: Now my hamster is dead and I'll NEVER GRADUATE! / ELI: Man, I feel bad. I wanted you exposed as a loon, but not like THIS. / WILL: So make it up to me. Help me actually learn this stuff so I can pass! / ELI: But I don't know anything! Can't you just ask God for more help? / WILL: God is dead....
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[WILL is getting ready for bed.]] / WILL: Good study session with Eli tonight. He's really starting to grasp the material. / VOICE OF GOD (offpanel): As we planned. And you? / WILL: Everyone thinks I'm a religious nut now and my hamster is dead. / VOICE OF GOD: We all sacrifice for the cause, William. / WILL:...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[HASTINGS holds the dog, ZESTY CHIPOTLE. ELI stands in the background, near a puddle of dog urine.]] / ELI: What are you doing with the dog? You hate the dog. GIVE ME THE DOG. / HASTINGS: If this animal is to live here, she must be TRAINED. / ELI: Zesty can't do her widdles outside! Her footsies...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[NORA THE DOG, formerly known as "ZESTY CHIPOTLE," happily smears herself with her own waste, large amounts of which surround her.]] / HASTINGS (offpanel): Let's put the obedience and potty training on hold for now and skip ahead. / [[He shows her a picture, which we can't see.]] / HASTINGS: Do you...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[NORA THE DOG is listening to NPR on the radio HASTINGS taped a photo of ELLIOTT to.]] / ANNOUNCER: You're listening to Public Radio. On today's program, we'll be interviewing BAKER OSGOOD, who is well on his way to becoming the first cyclops President of the United States! / [[HASTINGS snatches up...
 
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[Newspaper Article with picture of cyclops BAKER OSGOOD, presidential nominee. Signs reading "Osgood is Good" and "I (heart) Baker" are in the background) / HASTINGS (offpanel): I can't believe it! I WON'T BELIEVE IT! / [[Hastings is reading the paper, slightly depressed. Peter is looking smug.]] / PETER:...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth HASTINGS: For the first time in history, either a woman or a racial minority could conceivably be running this nation inside a year. / UNACCEPTABLE! / HASTINGS: What happened? Did we run out of CREEPY OLD MEN? / [[Starts waving a little American flag.]] / HASTINGS: America, I implore you; DELIVER...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth SAMANTHA MUDRICK: Have you seen Mr. Kilgore? I have to warn him about Mr. Gooseberry's visit. / "HARTWELL KILBURN": I have not. Why would he need to be WARNED? / MUDRICK: Hastings was blacklisted from the company last year, but he continued working here under a false identity. If Ned sees him, who...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth HASTINGS/"HARTWELL": I had this elaborate disguise made up when I adopted the alternate identity of "Hartwell Kilburn." Convincing, no? / MUDRICK: Don't you think it's a little...MUCH? / HASTINGS/"HARTWELL": BULLSPIT! It's a PERFECTLY RATIONAL solution... / HASTINGS/"HARTWELL": This way, when...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth MS. MUDRICK (offpanel): Welcome to the Maulington Branch, Mr. Gooseberry! / GOOSEBERRY: Coffee. Black. / MUDRICK: We run a tight ship here, so I know your inspection will go smoothly. / GOOSEBERRY: There is no inspection. Am I drinking coffee yet? / MUDRICK: Oh? Then is it about some exciting new product...
 
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth PETER: Guess there's no inspection after all. Gooseberry came to make some secret announcement. / HASTINGS/"HARTWELL": I just want to get through this so I can take off this itchy disguise and get back to work. / HASTINGS/"HARTWELL": Ned Gooseberry is a DANGEROUS, MANIACAL LUNATIC and anything he...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth GOOSEBERRY: YOU! Yes you, in the back, come up here! / HASTINGS/"HARTWELL": Oh, uh, me? Sir? I don't, uh... / GOOSEBERRY: You're the only one here who showed enthusiasm when I announced my candidacy for President! I want these people to know what a REAL employee looks like! / GOOSEBERRY: <http://uglyhill.com/d/20080509.html
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth [[NED GOOSEBERRY has summoned HASTINGS, still disguised as "HARTWELL KILBURN," to his office. HASTINGS is sweating bullets.]] / GOOSEBERRY: So...KILBURN, is it? Tell me about yourself. / HASTINGS/"HARTWELL": I was born in 1971. My parents were George and Svetlana Kilburn, the former a millworker...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth GOOSEBERRY: You lie like a rug, Kilburn. I don't believe a word you just said. / HASTINGS/"HARTWELL": PLEASE, let me expl-- / GOOSEBERRY: Not necessary! You're a good liar; maybe a GREAT one. The only reason I was able to detect it was because I'm the BEST. / GOOSEBERRY: Joe Public would gladly...
Ugly Hill- A Daily Comic Strip by Paul Southworth GOOSEBERRY: It's you and me, Hartwell! With you managing my campaign, I can't lose! / HASTINGS/HARTWELL (nervous): HA HA! Uh, you and me! / GOOSEBERRY: We'll crush those sissy Democrats under our fearsome thumbs! We'll BURN DOWN their ideals, PILLAGE their hopes, and RAPE their dreams! / HASTINGS/HARTWELL:...
 

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