Keys

[frameacloud]

Comic for the week of August 10, 2006.

[Edit on following day] After I posted this comic, Aaarhus informed me that there's another comic that made a very similar joke to this one. The comic is by Thornwolf and was made in 2003, so it predates mine pretty well: http://us-p.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Thornwolf/Sketches/pshift.jpg I honestly wasn't aware that anyone else had made that particular joke before, much less made it into a comic. Nice comic, Thornwolf! Sorry about the similarity of joke, it seriously was coincidental. "Great minds think alike," I guess. *blush* Thanks for kindly letting me know about that, Aaarhus.

[Edit 2017-04-03: Updated link.]

Comments

[inuki42.livejournal.com]

There's something faintly tragic about this one, I think... I hear echoes of desperation in the statement, especially the way it's composed on the page, and stated so plainly.

It makes me sad, because though we all laugh at the obvious humor, the thread of desperate hope is there too, and I think we've all felt that as well.

Very powerful.

[ladyfox7oaks.livejournal.com]

Aren't the best and most powerful statements USUALLY "Simple" in their presentation?

Still- I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything when I saw it... :D

[frameacloud]

Actually, I'd meant for the layout to convey something playful and tongue-in-cheek, but no matter what I did it kept coming out rather dark-looking instead. I experimented with different fonts and filters for the photograph, and I eventually just decided to go with this one. I'm glad that the changed presentation still works, although it changes the context of the message. I hadn't thought of today's comic the way that you describe it, but now that you've said it, I can see it.