Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for January 13, 2015
Transcript:
Marigold: Unique orns do not like "standardized" tests. "Standardized" is the very ANTITHESIS of "unique." It is therefore a badge of honor in the unique orn community to do as poorly on standardized tests as possible. Phoebe: That's not really how it works with humans. Marigold: Yes, and I suppose you will not punch the answer bubbles with your horn.
Rod Gonzalez almost 10 years ago
When did this strip’s title change from “Heavenly Nostrils” to “Phoebe and her Unicorn”?
Masterius almost 10 years ago
Since the strip is going newspaper syndication, Dana was sort of forced to change the name in order for it to be acceptable.
Monster Hesh almost 10 years ago
You guys need to visit Dana’s dA page (Pedantia) and Tumblr (HeavenlyNostrilsketches) once in a while.
KZ71 almost 10 years ago
Guarantee the Common Core thing wouldn’t help the unicorns any. Or Phoebe, for that matter.
tirnaaisling almost 10 years ago
http://pedantia.deviantart.com/http://nostrilsketches.tumblr.com/The Twitter/Facebook links are on the rightI’m for one preferred the original title, but understand the need, dang those silly marketing fools!
ckcsmum Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I have loved this strip from day one. I understand the reason for the title change, but I really do prefer the original one. It is more creative. “Phoebe and her Unicorn” is unimaginative and it almost sounds like Phoebe “owns” Marigold, which is something Marigold would not take lightly! Marigold will always be her own “unique orn”!
Thanks, Dana, for all the magic. May you continue and prosper in your newest endeavours.
johndifool almost 10 years ago
They bring you, they take youThey own you, they make you
WaitingMan almost 10 years ago
Although I much prefer “Heavenly Nostrils” as a title, I am grateful to be able to read the adventures of Marigold and Phoebe under any title.
Khatkhattu Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Wonder if Dana had much input into the title change-probably done by a focus group at the syndicate-my choice would have been “The Unicorn Files”
kaykeyser almost 10 years ago
but I would like to see her try (punching with her horn)
Konaphc almost 10 years ago
How about “The Unicorn and her girl”, like the Narnia story?
Thrackerzod almost 10 years ago
It will always be “Heavenly Nostrils” to me. I just hope we start getting new strips again soon, it has been reruns for quite a while now.
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Agreed Unicorn.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member almost 10 years ago
“Phoebe and Her Unicorn,” eh? I’ll bet Marigold calls the strip “Marigold and Her Human.”
dogday Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Sniff….I liked Heavenly Nostrils, too. Even Phoebe and the Unicorn would have been better. I’m sorry, Dana, Phoebe and her Unicorn is so pedestrian. Not unicornish in the least. Sniff.
Stellagal almost 10 years ago
When I read this comic yesterday it was still Heavenly Nostrils, but today it is the new Phoebe And Her Unicorn so it probably happened at midnight. They’ve been forcing name changes ever since Lil Folks became Peanuts, and maybe even before then.
puddleglum1066 almost 10 years ago
I have to admit I prefer comic strips whose titles don’t give away what the strip’s about. Like “Peanuts” (I didn’t know it was changed from an earlier title, but in all fairness “Peanuts” strikes me as better than “Lil Folks”), or “Zits” (which Schulz, according to the back-cover blurb on a collection, declared “the worst name for a comic strip since ‘Peanuts’”), or “Calvin and Hobbes” (a strip about philosophers, right?), or “Frazz.” To be honest, I might not have even bothered checking this strip out if it had a generic name like “Phoebe and Unicorn.” “Heavenly Nostrils” was intriguingly weird…
danasimpson creator almost 10 years ago
I feel like I should have something insightful to say about this, but I don’t. It’s a thing, we will all get used to it.
I suppose it’s different for me because I’ve known for a year that this was coming, and even before that, from the moment I pitched the title “Heavenly Nostrils,” my editor said “we can launch it online under that name, but marketing will probably insist we change it before the print launch.” At the time I was just tired of trying to name my strip, which longtime fans will remember began life as a strip called “Girl” that didn’t even contain a unicorn.
It is what it is! As I noted on twitter, the book is called ‘Phoebe and Her Unicorn’ too, and has done rather well.
DDrazen almost 10 years ago
Points for style when unique orns take tests.
DDrazen almost 10 years ago
When unique orns take standardized tests do they get points for style?
StrangerCoug almost 10 years ago
Where’d the RSS feed go?
sjsczurek almost 10 years ago
The name change isn’t all that bad. A little more descriptive, I would think, and a good one.
tirnaaisling almost 10 years ago
Heavenly Nostrils and her girl: The Phoebe Chronicles.or if marketing thought the word unicorn needed mentioning to create salesHeavenly Nostrils: The Chronicles of a girl and her Unicorn.
Masterius almost 10 years ago
So Dana . . . does this mean you’re going to be changing the items (swag) on sale at your store?
Just one more thing almost 10 years ago
Great name fits just right
gomaxmike almost 10 years ago
Think of it this way: When this strip becomes the next Calvin & Hobbes, we’ll be the hipsters who read it back when it still had the REAL title.