What is your favourite O&M strip?

[Rikirk]

Ive always liked this one....but I have no idea why.<br><br><br>*Hey look...it's Ozy doing his best Steve Martin imitation.*

[Novil Ariandis]

<!--QuoteBegin-Gizensha+Jan 8 2006, 07:12 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Gizensha @ Jan 8 2006, 07:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Well, it doesn't exist as a quote exactly, as far as I know. It is, however, the basis of one of the standard responses to "How can an all-loving God create a place designed to exue suffering upon people?" 'The Biblical Hell is metaphoric. In reality, Hell is just like earth but without the needless brutality of volcanoes and earthquakes. The torture comes from being able to see heaven' (parraphrased).<br><br>...Naturally with any philosophical points there are criticisms to the arguement and countercriticisisms and probably so on and so on but by the time you get to at the very furthest the second so on most people have lost interest in the topic having decided that there's no way of making a decission based on logic, and as such we'll just have to wait and see.<br><br>Which is why Millie said "They say that...", which is the most fuzzy parraphrase and non-attributable to any specific person or source possable and as such doesn't neccesarially mean anyone says anything at all, I'd presume. The notion is extremely prominant in modern Christianity, I believe, but I don't think anyone's sure where it originally came from, and they probably borrowed it from one of the philosopher's countercritisms to a critisism of an arguement... Either for the existence of God or for the existence of the Christian afterlife.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>I dunno...<br><br>There surely exist variants of this quotation. Heaven and hell are such popular topics that this is nearly inevitable <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->. But they don't mach exactly, so the quotation is more or less original. I would go so far to say, that this is one of the main aspects of writing: Capture the spirit of a topic which is around and pour it to paper with your own words. I think with that all is said about whether the quotation is original or not.<br><br>And I do think that the whole concept behind it is not at all restricted to the Christian view of <i>heaven</i> and <i>hell</i>. BTW: I'm not religious. It's suitable for all situations in life where you can't reach what you want for the one reason or the other, although you would give your live for it. Have I to say, that I speak from my own experience? The connection is only now coming in it's full dark glory to my mind...<br><br>I should write something for my fantasy campaign tomorrow, my writing is always the best when I am sad <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo-->. I don't have to point out, that there are also several O&M strips about "the artist has to suffer" (in the broadest sense), have I? I guess *sometimes* that's right.<br><br>[Sorry, I have real difficulties to couch my thoughts about such a sophisticated topic in English.]

[DesertFoxCat]

<!--QuoteBegin-Novil Ariandis+Jan 8 2006, 06:34 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Novil Ariandis @ Jan 8 2006, 06:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> [Sorry, I have real difficulties to couch my thoughts about such a sophisticated topic in English.]<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>Don't worry, it all makes sense to me. Except for "to couch" <!--emo&:wag:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ailwag.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tailwag.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br><br>But anyways...<br><br><a href='http://www.ozyandmillie.org/1998/om19980133.html' target='_blank'>Millie dreams of politics</a><br><br>Even if it does involve some American political figures, what they did has very little to do with the comic. Not only does it rhyme, it's insanity at its best.

[Tom Flapwell]

It's especially strange that Millie would dream of fairies who look so <i>human</i>. Where'd she get that image?<br><br>This is also the only O&M strip I can remember (without checking the archives) having two "throwaway" panels at the beginning, as if expecting some newspapers to crop it. Probably in imitation of C&H, whose throwaway jokes were funnier than most of the main jokes in other comics.

[Muninn]

<!--QuoteBegin-Tom Flapwell+Jan 9 2006, 06:16 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Tom Flapwell @ Jan 9 2006, 06:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> It's especially strange that Millie would dream of fairies who look so <i>human</i>. Where'd she get that image? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> I've always thought that if you want to explain that, while keeping it true with the nature of the strip, human-like figures are mythological or imaginary creatures in Ozy and Millie. Millie, much like someone in this world might liken famous figures as anthromorphs or such, is comparing political figures to humans.<br><br>Or rather, as I think, David used comics license and just drew them as humans because it was easier that way, or because it was more humorous, and so there's no big dilemma about it.

[Llewthepoet]

I can't really say, but he's one! No one likes blackeyes! Advantage: Avery!

[IceDragon]

please ignore this post. I'm in the wrong thread...

[Niko123000]

My favorite strip is the 2001 April fool's day strip, esspecially Timilty!