FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for April 27, 2013
Transcript:
Jason: Like my costume? Paige: Spiderman. Cute. Jason: Spider-Man! Spider-man! Stop leaving out the hyphen! Are you people trying to make me climb the walls?! Actually, could you keep that up? It's a skill I need to learn. Paige: Tell me, is super-loser-boy hyphenated?
Templo S.U.D. over 11 years ago
I thought ’twas Spider Man.
Zaristerex over 11 years ago
Ok, Mr. stickler, always use a hyphen in the word “e-mail.” See, hyphens can go away over time. Even words like"tomorrow" used to have a hyphen (to-morrow), but was dropped over time.
Fogger_man over 11 years ago
How can he tell if she is saying it with a hyphen?I guess comics always have a literal balloon floating over their heads…
Doctor11 over 11 years ago
I already thought Jason could climb walls.
Stephen Gilberg over 11 years ago
Usually they don’t acknowledge their toonhood until the last panel.
irilyth over 11 years ago
I think the implication is that Jason is such a geek that he can hear the hyphen (or lack thereof) in the way she says it.
calvin.hobbes 11 months ago
my dad always gets annoyed at me for saying “slendermin” instead of Slender Man