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First Lesson narrator: Today, little Timmy is going for his first saxophone lesson. / Teacher: That was CADENCE! / little Timmy: What? / Teacher: GOD! Why don't you SEE that?!
http://oboe-comics.com/?s=first lesson
Obohemia What would you have to plant to grow an oboe? / Grenadilla and nickle, probably / Roswood and silver, of course. / Pain and DISPAIR!
http://oboe-comics.com/?s=planting
a class="searchlink" href="http://oboe-comics.com/2011/02/02/hourly-comics-feb-1-2011/">http://oboe-comics.com/2011/02/02/hourly-comics-feb-1-2011/ [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!]
Hero I need a hero! / I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of night / He's gotta be strong / And he's gotta be fast / And he's gotta be fresh from the fight! / I need a hero! / I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light / He's gotta be sure / And he's got a bassoon / And he's gotta be larger than life...
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=12
A Softer World Tribute Your backyard is a jungle / where grenadilla grows. / Your oboe was once a tree. / {they killed it so you could play brahms}
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=19
Bunny Tribute *tweet* / The Bunny had too much reed in its mouth.
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=28
 
Questionable Content Tribute MOAR OBOE! / {{This was Hugh's idea.}}
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=29
Reality Machine Tribute Duck: *flap* / *flap* / *flap* / Black: But...how? / White: Magic! / {{It's only funny if you do not think about it.}}
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=32
Frankenoboe Jim: Try this Lorée bell on your Yamaha. / Student: Okay. / Jim: Hm. Try this epoxy resin head joint. / Jim: You'd better let me put some tape in that bell, too. / Student: But... / THAT NIGHT / FRANKENOBOE RETURNS
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=35
Louis Armstrong Graham: Ooh, the Marcello Concerto in C minor! / Ren: Yep. / Radio: (music) And I think to myself...what a wonderful world... / Graham: What's this? / Ren: Louis Armstrong, of course! / Graham: Louis Armstrong? Is he new?
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=37
The Third Boer War? THE BORE WAR / Oboe: Conical! / Flute: Cylindrical!
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=40
 
"Use the force, Luke!' Oboe-Wan Kenobi / {"Obi-Wan, I can't play through this phrase!" "Use support, Luke!"}
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=42
Oboe Memes In Soviet Russia, oboe plays YOU.
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=44
Further Euphemisms Ren: Did you hear? Graham walked in on Jane and Heather making reeds last night. / Justin: No! / Ren: Yes! / Justin: Is that why he's in hiding? / Ren: Probably. / Justin: Ah.
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=46
I Wish I Could Show You What He Was Doing With His Hands Brian Seaton Masterclass / Brian: Acousticians pretty much deny the existence of undercutting. / Brian: Oboe tone holes have FLAIR! / Brian: Undercutting... / Jim: Practical application! / Brian: Frequency... / Jim: Tabuteau reference! / Brian: Feedback... / Jim: I once had an oboe that! / Brian: Oboe tone holes are really, really small, and you have to feed a drill 2/3 of the way down the bore. It's impossible to measure. Basically, it's really hard. / Brian (in front of a chalkboard): It's SCIENCE!
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=48
'Cane Person 1: (shaking other person) Five pounds of Lorée's finest, every last piece straight and perfectly aged. Some even have purple! / Person 2: Are you on crack? / Person 1: Of course not. / Person 1: Who needs crack when you have cane?
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=50
 
Cracked Reeds Person: Can I play with a cracked reed? / Jim: Sure! You can play chess, or tiddlywinks, or collect them for an army of toy soldiers. / Reed: Reporting for duty, sir! / Reed 2: Welcome to the army, son.
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=52
Dance! Dance! Dance! I never understand people who move around when they play. / Does it help them get in "the mood"? / Does it enhance the performance? / Perhaps it magically improves technique? / Or is it, perhaps, some kind of illicit pagan ritual? / {I like to call it the Ribble Trance Dance.}
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=54
Forest <> / [[Oboist playing]] / Jim: You're sharp. / [[Jim hacks his way back through the forest]] / {{There is nothing to get.}}
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=56
Heresy Person 1: Well I hate the oboe! / Person 2: Heresy! / Person 3: Do you also hate puppies, fun with friends, board games, birthday presents, and summer?
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=58
Locomoboe There is only one thing more romantic, more fun, than being an oboist, and that is being the engineer of a steam locomotive.
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=60
 
Off the Page Jim: Comments on "Pan"? / Student: You need to get off the page. / Oboist: I can't, I'm stuck.
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=62
Reed Case Once I saw an ad for a 60-reed case. / I wonder if anyone actually buys them. I would think the empty spaces would be depressing. / That, or it would be full of reeds that don't play, or sound like dying animals. Probably a combination of both, actually. / Person 1: Check out my new case! / Person 2: Impressive! How many reeds are inside? / Person 1: Like, five. / THE OBOIST'S GUIDE TO A SIXTY-REED CASE / A. Blanks, half-finished reeds / B. English Horn reeds (dead) / C. Practice Reeds / D. Good reeds / E. Reeds (dead) / F. English Horn Reed / G. Duck / H. Reed that sounds like a duck / I. Pencil / J. Reed that sounds like a pencil
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=64
Warning: Tolkien Reference Behold! My masterpiece! This is no ordinary reed. This is a reed made with all the skill of the Noldor! A veritable silmaril of sound!
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=66
Superglue Brendan: I heard from somewhere that you can use superglue on a reed to make it seal. / Ren: Really? Let me know what happens. / Brendan: *ennnh ennnh* Owww! It'th thtuck! Uh oh. / Ren: *snort*
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=68
Look Around You Ren: What exactly *is* vibrato? / Dick: What is vibrato? That same question could be asked of cockroaches. What *are* cockroaches? We may never know.
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=70
 
Your Mom The oboe, notoriously difficult to play, has been satirized as "the ill wind that nobody blows good." / Person: Good thing your mom's not an oboe.
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=72
Cooking Television: Tonight on "The Copper Chef"... / Television: Transform a staple into an exotic feast! / Person: ...but how?
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=74
Decibels Dick: Can I get 20% more? / Ren: What do you mean? / Ren: If we limit the possible interpretations to "sound pressure" and "sound pressure level," 20% more could mean totally different things! If you mean Pressure, increasing the sound by 20% adds about 1.6 decibels, which is just barely noticeable. If you mean Pressure Level, on the other hand, and I'm playing at a moderate 50 dB, increasing 20% would mean playing at 60 dB. Since decibels increase logarithmically, I would be playing twice as loudly. So depending on what you mean, I could play almost exactly at the same dynamic, or twice as loud. / Dick: ... / Ren: Well? Which do you want?
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=76
English Horny The English Horn: / Sexier than the oboe since the 1760's.
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=78
Euphemisms Ren: Oh man, I was up all last night making reeds. / Person: Is that what they're calling it these days?
http://oboe-comics.com/?p=80
 

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