The Mr. Roboto Prophesies

Domo Arigato, Rosenberg-san.

The shading on Diablo is awesome and weird. He looks like our favorite Stanic chicken as done by an airbrush T-shirt artist at the state fair.

Speaking of festivals, will Jon and/or Phillip be at the Big Apple Anime Festival? I just saw that rstevens is going, and I figured this one'd be a no-brainer (or at least a no-travel-expenses-er) for you kids.

In Response to mcgrue (#8011):

Yup, we'll be there. Speaking on some panels, too. More details as the date approaches.

In Response to jon (#8012):

I have to agree that the art in the strip is fantastic. I could almost feel the mosquitos biting. For having a huge lack of free time, you never disapoint.

In Response to jon (#8012):

I agree that you have outdone yourself with this Sunday strip. The 'Mr. Roboto Prophesies' panel gives it that Sunday paper look.
Hopefully our praise will score you some new Premies...

Damnit, tell the truth!! Your all just alternitive identities to Jon, all trying to get me to join the preimum to find out what the hell youre talking about!! Admit it!! COnfess!! Ah, hell, its working anyway.

In Response to unknown_poltroon (#8059):

If you join, you would be helping my kittens to not starve so much.

In Response to unknown_poltroon (#8059):

Jon doesn't have nearly enough time in the day to be both himself and me.

He has enough trouble finding time to be himself, Toothgnip, Diablo, and Fish.

And finding time to play with his poor starving kittens. Help feed his kittens, won't you please?

In Response to jon (#8065):

For less than the cost of a new houseboat, you can help one of these darling little felines live a better life... in New York.

Please, its either you help them, or they get turned into pop-tarts... or possibly eaten by mutant eggplants.

In Response to Clan_Hanna (#8070):

or possibly eaten by mutant eggplants.

Well, at least then Jon won't need any more money to feed the eggplant.

In Response to jettaboy20 (#8080):

Well, at least then Jon won't need any more money to feed the eggplant.

That's not true. Kittens don't come cheap.
I mean, the sign may say "Free to good home", but we're talking about Jon's home, so that deal is obviously right out.

You don't think the eggplant is gonna be satisfied with kittens for one day, do you?

In Response to zamphir (#8085):

Well, he could eat the eggplant, and then he wouldn't need to feed it anymore kittens.

At any rate, he should be able to feed the kittens for one more day now.

Oo, oo! I know who Kilroy was. I learned this just yesterday.

James J. Kilroy was a welding quality inspector for Bethlehem Steel during WWII. Inspectors would typically write their names in chalk on the piece of steel as a way to say it cleared inspection. Mr Kilroy wanted to do something a bit more permanent for his inspected pieces. He signed all of the approved steel that passed through his hands, "Kilroy was here."

In Response to Oedipa_Maas (#8094):

I used to be a hardcore Styx fan (but I've since lapsed).

And your post is making me itch.

In Response to Oedipa_Maas (#8094):

That's one of the more popular origins of the WWII doodle, but by no means the only one. I actually did some research, and there are entire sites devoted to the numerous stories people tell about how it came about. I'm not certain that there's an official origin, actually.

That said, the Kilroy of the song is not the same as the Kilroy of WWII. For explanation of the album as a whole (and lyrics of Mr. Roboto specifically), I recommend this page [styxnet.com].

In Response to jon (#8099):

Frankly, I would never recommend styxnet.com at any time. But that's just me.

Of course, that's because I go here: www.speedwagon.com.

I warn you, you might find yourself in a 'rocked' condition. Is that a Jherkin I see?

In Response to Oedipa_Maas (#8094):

So, thanks to Jon I had to go on BearShare and down load this styx song just so I could understand the Killroy thing.

To make a long story short, I got busted by the RIAA and they turned my name over to styxs and now they want to know if they can come over and "Jam" and maybe get some "Food." It's all very weird and I kind of feel bad becuase they sound really desperate for attention.

Also for painful 80s flashbacks get ready to highkick and check out: Taco [geocities.com]

In Response to jscott1617 (#8152):

There is nothing worse than a dead link. Especially one that is dead mere hours after being posted.

The excitement to go somewhere new on the web, the click, then the ultimate letdown of a giant underconstruction graphic.

In Response to Oedipa_Maas (#8094):

Actually, Kilroy is a true story that somehow Styx accidentally came to know about. The secret is: it is a story from the future that has been sent back in time. A robot was sent back from the future to kill Kilroy before he was born. He is the son of Dennis De Young. However, the plot was foiled, blah, blah, blah, and the robot switched sides. The robot's current name? Gary Coleman. Current aspiration, Governor of California. The Kilroy graffiti originated when Todd Bridges got Coleman hooked up on an Meth binge, during which Coleman met De Young and let too much of the story slip, resulting in the song.

So, kind of like Terminator meets Twelve Monkeys meets Diff'rent Strokes, that's the truth.

In Response to deerboy (#8164):

This is almost correct.

The one crucial detail you got wrong was the robot's current name.

You have the wrong African American child-actor with stunted growth.

The robot is actually Emmanuel Lewis [imdb.com].

In Response to zamphir (#8165):

I beg to differ. If we evoke the Terminator and mix it with reality, there must be a connection, and if the connection is actually real, then the entire story must be true. The link? Both the star of the Terminator and Gary Coleman are running for the governorship of California. So, Kilroy will soon be born.

In Response to deerboy (#8167):

I beg to differ.

You can beg all you want.

You're still wrong.

:-)

The Secret Masters of the Illuminated Bavarian Society of Egyptologistic Freemasonry Lutheran Universalists revealed this fact to me.

In Response to deerboy (#8167):

Anyone living in California is currently considered running for governer (including myself and ClanHanna)...or at least it seems that way..

In Response to michele9993 (#8156):

Hmmm... very very odd. I don't know why that didn't work, but worry not dear Monkey. Here is the link for you to paste and cut. Obviously this new fangled "HTML" just kicked me in the ass.

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/5227/

In Response to zamphir (#8171):

I see I no longer need to beg when dealing with this sort of foolishness. Yes, yes, there are signs that connect Lewis, but it is obviously a plant. I mean, what are the odds that two small, lovable, African Americans could show uup together. Maybe they are connected, or even came through time together. Based upon SCIENTIFIC information, I think this "Emmanuel Lewis" is a small man in a rubber costume trying to spoil the scent. I mean, the premise of the show is not even new. Little black kid adopted by rich white family. Heard of that one before . . .

Which leads us back to ga"R"y "C"oleman, it is obvious we might as well call him "R.C". Which is of course in reference to the Rosey Cross and the Rosecrucians. Beyond the obvious, Diff'rent Strokes itself is an appropriation of the theme of cutural adoptation - where the robot sent from the future is adopted by the current dominant culture, protrayed by the Drummond Family.

Webster? Lights, smoke, and a little brimstone apparently is enough to confuse the foolish. But the path to the grail is for the subtle and the great. Peddle your flutes all day my friend, but they are just cut up reeds.

DB