MythTickle by Justin Thompson for September 15, 2010

Awww! Gruff Sir Dudley has a heart after all!

Great arc, Justin!

Hel of a good story, Justin!

Yes, wonderful story. Wonderful closure!

(And a tribute to an artist who can elicit empathy towards a tin can and a flag.)

It’s a bit more complicated than that, Boody. It is a BIG change over which the dying person has no control. Even those who are aware that it is just a transition may feel some anxiety. But I know many receive some last minute comforting. Like Sir Dudley, I am fortunate to have a friend who has made that trip, and returned to tell about it.

Lovely sentiments, Boody. And Sir Dudley no doubt has something in his eye…

Wonderful story, Justin!

Awwwwwwwww!

Congratlations on wrapping up the story so nicely.

I have loved this story from the begging to the end.

As a possible cartoon, I think you could do something with the story in the link below

http://fanzone50.com/Tales/ThorHammer.html

Careful not to rust yourself with those tears, Dudley.

Great ending to a great story, Justin. Sir Dudley has a heart after all. Of course I wouldn’t expect him to stop teasing Boody either.

So, how many times did you forget to draw the wings?

Can’t wait for Samhian

A little different from culture to culture?!

Uh, no.

lo-o-o-o-oved this arc. love you, too, justin, for your talented mind and art.

Me too. Not much I can add. Sniff

♥♥

For those who want to argue with Boody on his views, please remember that he is…. simple. Happy and simple. (he ‘gets’ the Tao but doesn’t know it)

oh no. more rusting of the can.

JUSTIN - Brilliant.

Justin, great story!

This was a great story Justin.

Thanks for sharing it.

Aww. Thanks, Justin.

I have something in my eye, dammit.

Such a nice arc Justin. Just wonderful.

screamingdolai - Must be going around, I do too.

Great job, Justin…

A wonderful story, Justin, deliciously drawn, carefully crafted, delightful dialog, wittily written, and artfully acted. I needed a hanky more than once. How can some static “scribblings” (you know what I mean) on a flat screen create such powerful emotions?

I think Mythtickle is a superb example of the art of cartooning. It is high art combining literature, theater, and all the graphic arts. Imagination is a wonderful thing.

Thank you, Justin, for bringing us Mythtickle and sharing your creative genius.

Wow, thanks everyone! whitecarabao, can I use that as a review for my next book?

New blog is up about the closing of this big story. http://mythtickle.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/the-epilogue-on-a-swampy-log-blog/

A truly wonderful ending.

I will echo the “great story” senitment wholeheartedly and am glad that Boody got his wings back!

…is that a bell ringing? :)

Much as I love Mythtickle and the wonderful characters, I still don’t believe in an afterlife.

aircraft-engineer/pschearer This IS my afterlife. My heart had to restarted after going into anaphylactic shock after an allergic reaction to a bee sting. It took two shots of adrenaline and a defib to bring me back. That happened when I was 8 years old. Don’t remember seeing anything on the other side, but that don’t mean it isn’t there.

You guys do realize you’re arguing with a dragon, right? =)

That last panel says pretty much everything that needs to be said….

Justin, they’re just dragon it out because they don’t want their story to end.

Never argue with a dragon beacuse you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

Not to change the subject, but I am.

I’m racking my brains, trying to figure out where bamboo and cattails grow side by side. This must truly be a magical place.

Well ‘rack’ no more mntim. The scenery in this comic strip is no more real to our world than magic hammers or Apple Pi computers.

Yes, Justin, you may quote me.

While we’re on the subject of books, I love Mythtickle One, but permit me to make a technical recommendation: In your next book (and if you do a new edition of the first one), please set a wider gutter at the binding edge of the pages so that the art doesn’t get buried in the binding.

Thank you, Justin!

bleeep it Justin, I was looking EVERYWHERE for an Apple Pi computer! And now you tell me it doesn’t exist!

(Did I sound too serious to be funny there?)

WTF? They bleeped “darn”?

Justin: “(he ‘gets’ the Tao but doesn’t know it)”

Isn’t that pretty much the definition of “getting” the Tao? I’m pretty sure the Tao te Ching begins by saying “The Tao that can be described is not the true Tao,” or something like that… but I’m too lazy to get up and find the text.

Yes puddleglum, you are right. Zen, Tao,… ‘Don’t even think about it!’ =) Me_Again: Really, who am I to tell you that something doesn’t exist? Believe in it and it’ll happen. Do what I do, take the other apple sicker that comes with anything Apple you buy, and cut a Pi symbol out of it and put it next to the Apple logo on your computer. Then it WILL exist. Heck, we could start a movement! Just tell people where ya’ heard it, OK?

aircraft-engineer and pschearer

I still do believe in an afterlife–if only so that we can truly love as deeply and as long as love deserves–only it’s not exactly Boody’s.

Perfect ending :)