Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for October 16, 2016
October 15, 2016
October 17, 2016
Transcript:
"I used to ride the school bus (It was crowded, as a rule). Sometimes I used to miss the bus my mom would get irate. I saw the world through windows that were high above the ground. I still could ride the school bus (It's one way to get to school). But that was then and now I ride a unicorn to school! But now however long I take my unicorn will wait. But now I see and hear and smell the beauty all around. But take my word that unicorns are way way WAY more cool."
luducks over 7 years ago
She’s undeniably right!
Averagemoe over 7 years ago
Upon reading the first panel of any strip, most readers will instincively go to the one on the right. The top row mostly works, but the lack of rhyme messes up the meter, the bottom row then gets awkward, due to lack of context.
bigcatbusiness over 7 years ago
Most Sunday strips dedicate to expand on the relationship between Phoebe and Marigold. That’s one of the things I love about this comic.
@Nun’Ya Bidness:Thanks for your little explanation yesterday. I guess that is it.
Sugar Bombs 95 over 7 years ago
Yay! Another poem strip!
Anyone else think these were inspired by the similar ones Bill Watterson used in C&H?
bigcatbusiness over 7 years ago
Well Phoebe and her Unicorn took inspiration from Calvin and Hobbes. So that’s no surprise.
SpongebobPatrickBackwards over 7 years ago
cuteness overload
Claire Jordan over 7 years ago
Actually, seeing the world from windows high above the ground is a very good way to see it. For example, there’s a point on the Glasgow-Shotts-Edinburgh train line where the train is travelling about 30ft above a wood, rather than through it, and if it’s early morning or dusk you can look out of the train and see deer grazing in the wood, who would have run away if you were on a level with them.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
My mistake I read it incorrectly. Now it rhymes! My apologies to Dana.
I Quit over 7 years ago
A unicorn is like a motorcycle that can talk, I guess.
Kirby_Dots over 7 years ago
Funny. I misread it too. I read the first panel and said, “good, a poem.” When I got to the second panel and it didn’t rhyme I thought she was doing Avant Garde poetry. Then I figured it out.
jerrica.benton333 almost 3 years ago
I’ve read so much of this stuff recently, that i’ve started thinking in Phoebe-song-rhymes at least part of most days..
Phoebe should be a rockstar[sic]