Mid-sneeze

[NHJ BV]

<a href='http://www.ozyandmillie.org/2003/om20031222.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ozyandmillie.org/2003/om2003 ... br><i>Just because you're mid-storyline doesn't mean you have to move the plot along rapidly with every single strip. At least, I hope not, because this is days into the story and I still haven't given the viewer the slightest clue as to where it's going.<br><br>In my case--and this is not necessarily advice, it's just an observation--the pacing of the story isn't really a primary consideration. It ranks below technical considerations, like the 3-4 panel a day limit, and the need to have every strip be at least a little self-contained. Sometimes that means every strip has some sort of joke in it, but even when it doesn't, I feel like each one should somehow be a self-contained creation.<br><br>This one is just a visual gag, and for me, that was reason enough to put off getting to the point. We'll get there eventually.</i><br><br><br>Not as funny as the last one, but good nonetheless <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[Zylo]

I'm still trying to figure out how fast a sculptor Llewelyn must be to create a bronze statue in only the course of a sneeze. Maybe Llewelyn uses a mold on Ozy then breaths fire onto it to quick-dry it, then has it bronzed. That's about the only way I can see making a statue in 5 seconds.

[NHJ BV]

<!--QuoteBegin-Ozymandias_the_great+Dec 23 2003, 02:24 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Ozymandias_the_great @ Dec 23 2003, 02:24 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I'm still trying to figure out how fast a sculptor Llewelyn must be to create a bronze statue in only the course of a sneeze. Maybe Llewelyn uses a mold on Ozy then breaths fire onto it to quick-dry it, then has it bronzed. That's about the only way I can see making a statue in 5 seconds. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Yeah, that question came to my mind as well <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br><br>Maybe he just took a picture of Ozy when he sneezed and made the sculpture later <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[Bendarr]

But in order for the scuplture to be life size wouldn't the picture and subsequently the camera also have to be life size as well? I can just imagine a 6 foot high camera being in the attic somewhere!

[Dr. Doog]

hey, he probably totes the camera around with him all the time! why save it for once a year?

[Zylo]

But the statues are 3D, while pics are 2D, so maybe it's a 6-foot camcorder, or a network of cameras.

[Dr. Doog]

hey, it's six feet tall. it's already impossible! why not make it 3-d?

[Doctor Fred]

The very query of how Llewellyn made the sculpture in such a short amount of time is the very joke of the strip. It is not meant to be analized.

[Tavis]

Maybe we should not be asking how fast Llewellyn sculpts but rather how slowly Ozy sneezes.<br><br>I think this is more of a joke about taking pictures, like in the annual school picture mugshots. Inevitably, some poor kid will have a bad moment in that brief instant teh shutter is released, and the results are just like Ozy's mid-sneeze sculpture. The fact that it was even possible to capture a sneeze in bronze is altogether funny in itself.

[Zylo]

<!--QuoteBegin--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> The very query of how Llewellyn made the sculpture in such a short amount of time is the very joke of the strip. It is not meant to be analized. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>But it's funnier to overanalyze things.

[Dr. Doog]

yes, like if you ask about that stock ticker in the background!<br><br>of course, had i not <i>over</i>anal-ized, i would have realized it is a chest!

[penguinita]

<!--QuoteBegin-Tavis+Dec 23 2003, 06:10 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Tavis @ Dec 23 2003, 06:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Maybe we should not be asking how fast Llewellyn sculpts but rather how slowly Ozy sneezes.<br> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> how slowly <i>does </i>ozy sneeze?

[Zaaphod]

<!--QuoteBegin-penguinita+Dec 22 2003, 04:31 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (penguinita @ Dec 22 2003, 04:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> how slowly <i>does </i>ozy sneeze? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> If we knew the answer to <i>that</i>, we'd know a lot more about the world than we already do.

[NHJ BV]

Wow, I found a forum that doesn't censor the word "analyze" <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->