Speed Bump is one of the five best comic on this site. Is every one of them a winner? No…but the recommendation to try harder is better reserved for other artists.
The joke here is that it is an adult sentiment (“entire body of play” being reciprocal to “entire body of work”) being expressed by a child in reference to a mere playground game. It is not one of the best Speed Bumps, but like Lycka said, judge the entire body of work!
Hey, looks like I picked an interesting moment to check out my own work online for the first time (yeah, I’m a Luddite). Thanks for the kind words, and no worries about the negative ones. Goes with the territory when your work is public. In hindsight, I don’t like everything I come up with, either, and sometimes the ones I’m not crazy about get the most positive reaction. Humor’s a crapshoot. Appreciate the messages and feedback, though, it’s helpful.
DC
Oops, and for the record, that’s a dodgeballish thing in her hands (though I do like the idea of an enormous, inexplicable ball of yarn), and HabaneroBuck is correct in the cartoon explanation.
jtviper7 about 14 years ago
Stupid again… Dave you must try harder.
ottomaeshun about 14 years ago
Nah, just read it again.
HabaneroBuck about 14 years ago
Speed Bump is one of the five best comic on this site. Is every one of them a winner? No…but the recommendation to try harder is better reserved for other artists.
galanti about 14 years ago
I have reread it - and I still don’t get it.
edrush about 14 years ago
It looks like maybe a huge skein of red yarn and a hopscotch site. How do those to go together?
jpozenel about 14 years ago
Isn’t it better to just move on instead of griping if you don’t like it?
edrush about 14 years ago
HabaneroBuck about 14 years ago
The joke here is that it is an adult sentiment (“entire body of play” being reciprocal to “entire body of work”) being expressed by a child in reference to a mere playground game. It is not one of the best Speed Bumps, but like Lycka said, judge the entire body of work!
Dave Coverly about 14 years ago
Hey, looks like I picked an interesting moment to check out my own work online for the first time (yeah, I’m a Luddite). Thanks for the kind words, and no worries about the negative ones. Goes with the territory when your work is public. In hindsight, I don’t like everything I come up with, either, and sometimes the ones I’m not crazy about get the most positive reaction. Humor’s a crapshoot. Appreciate the messages and feedback, though, it’s helpful. DC
Dave Coverly about 14 years ago
Oops, and for the record, that’s a dodgeballish thing in her hands (though I do like the idea of an enormous, inexplicable ball of yarn), and HabaneroBuck is correct in the cartoon explanation.