Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for September 14, 2012
September 13, 2012
September 15, 2012
Transcript:
Phoebe: Dr. Phoebe scans for evidence of ancient civilizations. She combs the desk for signs of fourth-graders who have been here in the past. Signs point to a kind, in the age of mental. A ruler referred to here as OZZY.
Im reminded of all the times when I would go to a new class and check threw the books to see if the last kid had left any thing. Often you would get a desk or a text book or a slice of wall with some thing funny on it to the name of some one you knew or whatever. now if a school cleans and updates then all that history is wiped out.
reminds me of being in lecture halls at University of Toronto (yeah, the let me in) and seeing stuff carved on the tables like “2T9” which is what was on the graduating class’s jacket in 1929. Kinda blew my mind. Wonder what it would be like in, say, Oxford…
I think if she meant one of the title characters from her old comic Ozy and Millie, she would have spelled it accordingly; after all, she wrote it for 11 years (12 counting when it was a college paper strip, if my memory serves me correctly). Ozzy Osbourne fits this context better than Ozy Llewellyn does.
And while we’re on rock bands, I’ve been known to have an obsession with Guns and Roses, and I think they’re pretty good.
Now that Phoebe found a unicorn, I wonder if she will find other mythical creatures, like the gnomes that live in her house, or the elves, nymphs and fairies in the woods or the gremlins in the car?
MoonlitKnight Premium Member over 12 years ago
Dana got it right. Ozzy RULES!
jamadams1030 over 12 years ago
This may be a callback to an earlier strip Dana created.
Q4horse over 12 years ago
What of the chewed gum to be found stuck to the bottem of every desk and chair? What tales might they portend?
Magnolia42 over 12 years ago
I thought she was younger than a fourth-grader.
rocketscientist over 12 years ago
Just as an aside, the guy in front of Phoebe has some serious Groucho Marx eyebrows…
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 12 years ago
: Danyone have a vote for Elvis?how about (killer) Jerry Lee Lewis?LINK
DDrazen over 12 years ago
“She hates time, make it stop.When did Motley Crue become classic rock?And when did Ozzy become an actor?Please make this stop!”
Stellagal over 12 years ago
Beatles and Elvis are great, but OZZY is cool to scratch into the surface of the desk when bored. Tho for my money, it’s gotta be Def Leppard. :)
danasimpson creator over 12 years ago
R.E.M., man. R.E.M.
Comic Minister Premium Member over 12 years ago
I think she’s good.
Plods with ...™ over 12 years ago
SHARON!!!
kaykeyser over 12 years ago
Im reminded of all the times when I would go to a new class and check threw the books to see if the last kid had left any thing. Often you would get a desk or a text book or a slice of wall with some thing funny on it to the name of some one you knew or whatever. now if a school cleans and updates then all that history is wiped out.
Tue Elung-Jensen over 12 years ago
Guess it couldn´t keep running with showing Marigold in every cartoon :)
Elderflower over 12 years ago
reminds me of being in lecture halls at University of Toronto (yeah, the let me in) and seeing stuff carved on the tables like “2T9” which is what was on the graduating class’s jacket in 1929. Kinda blew my mind. Wonder what it would be like in, say, Oxford…
StrangerCoug over 12 years ago
I think if she meant one of the title characters from her old comic Ozy and Millie, she would have spelled it accordingly; after all, she wrote it for 11 years (12 counting when it was a college paper strip, if my memory serves me correctly). Ozzy Osbourne fits this context better than Ozy Llewellyn does.
And while we’re on rock bands, I’ve been known to have an obsession with Guns and Roses, and I think they’re pretty good.
craigwestlake over 12 years ago
Now that we’ve found Ozy, maybe Phoebe will run into Millie – please….
Q4horse over 12 years ago
Now that Phoebe found a unicorn, I wonder if she will find other mythical creatures, like the gnomes that live in her house, or the elves, nymphs and fairies in the woods or the gremlins in the car?
LumFan over 12 years ago
My great one is Freddie. God save Queen!
Aurora_Gale about 12 years ago
I am Ozymandias, king of kings, behold Millie, and despair…
I wonder if Marigold knows Chief Diagonal Pumpkin Non-Hippopotamus Dragony Thingy-Dingy-Flingy Llewellyn the 19th.
Tyrnn over 11 years ago
I would love to see Millie sign her name with lightning bolt L’s
AStarofDestiny over 6 years ago
Iron Maiden for me!!!