I have a friend who I'm trying to hook on Goats, but he's only seen a couple recent strips and just doesn't get it. He's not the type who would read through the entire archive, so I'm looking for some great, stand-alone (or small-series) strips that will convert him to our cause.

Any suggestions? (ie: post links)

	8% (3)	They should be left to their own devices.
	30% (11)	They should be forcefully converted to the cause.
	11% (4)	They should be gently persuaded to join us.
	11% (4)	They should be gathered up and locked away.
	38% (14)	They should be brutally and horribly killed.

I personally like those little things called "lobotomies".

*holds up a pair of scalpels, and a bloody hacksaw*

To start with a obvious suggestion, what about "kittens = pop tarts"?

From reports I've gotten, the best results for introducing reluctant folks is to get them a set of books. People will read lots of comics in a book even if they won't click through a lot of webpages. Human behavior and all that.

So I suggest you all go and purchase a set of books for your loved ones. Immediately.

Ahem.

The one's that got me hooked were a couple of the large colour Sundays - the one with phillip and diablo playing 'chess', and dungeons and hamsters. I was sent the links by a friend, and after I read them I just had to find out more. Might I suggest a similar strategy for your reluctant convert?

In Response to tynic (#15935):

I was sent the links by a friend

Anyone we know?

In Response to zamphir (#15942):

Don't think so. I suspect he got them from another friend, etc. etc. I mean, I can check: anyone here know David Thring? Yes? Yes? No?

Now to wait and see ...

In Response to tynic (#15943):

anyone here know David Thring?
Well, not by that name, no.

Okay, I really want to vote for both "They should be gathered up and locked away." AND "They should be forcefully converted to the cause."

Just because it's like Jesus and Peanut Butter.

In Response to Lonely Goatherd (#15953):

your a clever guy!
That's what I've been told. What's your point?

how many hours a day do you spend on here?
Probably too many. What's your point?

conversing with all the other goats?
I don't think that's the right term for the members of community here. What's your point?

you should be locked away
How do you know I'm not? What's your point?

and should be forcefully poked with a stick
OH! That's your point. On the end of that, well, sorry, it's not even a stick. It's too small to be a stick. It's a twig - maybe.

just because its like jesus and peanut butter. -j corn dog king-
Failure to identify Goats comic obscure reference despite readily available search button: -20

In Response to zamphir (#15958):

Failure to identify Goats comic obscure reference despite readily available search button: -20

See! I knew we were keeping score.

Cheers,
Graham

In Response to zamphir (#15958):

Let me know when you guys are done playing with him and I'll block him from posting.

In Response to Lonely Goatherd (#15953):

It keeps posting, and posting, and posting...

I kind of like to gently persuade new readers...

... with sulphuric acid and needle-nosed pliers.

In Response to jon (#15960):

Let me know when you guys are done playing with him and I'll block him from posting.

I'm done.

Graham?

In Response to zamphir (#15965):

No wait.

Lets see what he can do. It's been so long since we had a plaything. It's only been you, Graham and me that's had a chance. Give everyone a go.

In Response to jon (#15960):

and spanked with my mullet

What can we do? All our insults are moot. He's already insulted himself to negate our attempts.

Ok, I'm done.

In Response to jon (#15960):

I have to agree with Dynedain on this one, he's made an ass of himself. Besides I'm trying to cut back on the whole beating dead horses thing nowadays.

In Response to Magus (#15985):

And I prefer to insult those that others haven't. Especially those that are borderline not deserving it.

Not to ignore the dimwit, but as far as preaching Goats goes...
I mention the strip casually once in while, send links and stuff. I've shared my "Republicans for Voldemort" stickers around. My best friend since ninth grade has a sense of humor very similar to mine, so I've talked it up a lot with him, but he never told me if he'd read the strip at all.

So imagine my surprise when I received a copy of "Tasty, Yet Morally Ambiguous" in the mail yesterday. Since it was straight from Jon to me, I got confused, think Jon had for some reason decided to send it, then thinking I accidentally ordered it when i got my anger three-pack. Eliminating the impossible, I figured out that my friend had ordered it as a birthday present for me! Yay, it is shiny! So I have apparently ascended to loony fan-boy status in my promotion of Goats (at least, I'm sure my wife thinks so).

Of course I haven't confirmed that he bought it yet, or that he didn't steal my credit card number to order it. Hmmm...

This thread has been remarkably unproductive. Nobody has posted a single link, yet look at all the posts!

I remember Jon talked about making a teaser page to hand out at comic-cons a while ago. Did anyone ever get a copy of that, or remember which comics were on it?

In Response to FeldmanSkitzoid (#16200):

Assuming it's the one he used a bit over a year ago (as of UberCon I) it was a lovely little double-sided glossy number. I haven't the slightest idea where my copy is now, unfortunately, but I distinctly remember Gregor Mendel and the "Monotremes and Obscenity" content.

Suffice it to say yes: it exists, yes: people have it, and yes: those people (or at least two of them) are now regular Goats readers.