Welcome to the MythTickle plane of 'reality', where eclectically charming deities and legendary creatures try to get along and hopefully bring some comfort to the world, whatever you may believe in. There's good ol' Boody the dragon, the ultimate upbeat innocent and Sir Dudley, the cynical Scots knight who disdains him for being his best friend. There's Dziva, African creatrix and goddess of life; Anansi, the trickster spider god; Thor, the surly son of Asgard; and of course Karma quick to rage, quick to joy, and obsessed with balance. Displaced in time and place, they and many others learn from Ms. Nature, patient teacher of this unruly horde. Loki, take your seat. Shiva, go stand outside. Anubis, don't throw the erasers, and everyone mind the holy bees! You never know who you'll meet in Mythtickle.
Visit Comics Coast to CoastJustin Thompson - All Rights Reserved.
My Cage by Melissa DeJesus and Ed Power
Nancy by Guy Gilchrist
Comments (21) (Please sign in to comment)
legaleagle48 said, 6 months ago
Sorry to break it to you, Anansi, but spiders aren’t bugs.
bmonk said, 6 months ago
Well, she’s in good company. Calvin once reported on “Bats: The Big Bug Scourge of the Skies!”
niaje said, 6 months ago
tres morbid
Masterius said, 6 months ago
@legaleagle48
Well, neither are scorpions. Still and all, I like the poem.
runar
said, 6 months ago
@bmonk
He probably meant that they were a scourge on bugs…his wording could be interpreted that way.
runar
said, 6 months ago
I refuse to share my home with any living thing whith a natural complement of legs that is less than two or more than four.
Most non-entomologists are okay with considering anything with more than four legs a “bug”. Entomologists don’t consider anything that is not part of the order Hemiptera a bug, and some are so picky that even Hemipterans are excluded unless they are part of the suborder Heteroptera.
Etymologists don’t care about how many legs it has or what order it belongs to – just where the word came from.
capndunzzl said, 6 months ago
…well I say let folks be….live & let live for there may be a bigger bug than you and I’m sure you wouldn’t want to get poked by that curious bug.
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago
Very amusing, Dziva. And Anansi’s joke is good, too, though (predictably) he’s being corrected by the scientific community. But, about rhyming “suppose” with “proposed”….
defunctdoormat said, 6 months ago
@bmonk
I thought of that series, too, when I read that comment! I could hear the entire class saying ‘Bats aren’t bugs!!’
defunctdoormat said, 6 months ago
Oh, and spiders are TOO bugs. They aren’t insects, but they certainly do bug enough people.
puddleglum1066 said, 6 months ago
Oh… insects and arachnids. I thought Dziva was inspecting software on that there old-school IBM coding pad, and was finding a whole bunch of mistakes….
jason thompson said, 6 months ago
What an awsome little poem Justin, even if it is about spiders, bugs, etc.. Your talents never cease to amaze me. This one definately deserves a “BRAVO” big brother ;-)
DragonRydr said, 6 months ago
@legaleagle48
Bug: Informally, an insect, spider or other small pest excluding rodents; including most arthropods, except marine crustaceans, including individuals or species of centipede, millipede, mite, tick, woodlouse, Formally, an insect of the order Hemiptera, known as the “true bugs”
So, yes, a spider would be considered a bug, but not an insect, in most usage.
serenasakitty said, 6 months ago
I don’t care what the official definition is. A bug is anything with more than 4 legs.
Nathaniel_W said, 6 months ago
Poetic License on the creepy crawlies! Get Over it you guys.