Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 08, 2009
Transcript:
Homer: Every fall, all the tribes packed up everything and went farther south for the winter... and always lying in wait to raid one of them was the malevolent tribe without a name. They were a gang of thugs... a loose band of misfits who just took whatever they wanted to survive. They were a tribe too lazy to even name itself. Their raids depended on the element of surprise, but that was lost when I discovered they were in Mi'k Maq territory. Even though the Mi'k Maq now had the advantage, casualties were still a certainty. I told the tribe elders there was another way. I had a plan to take all of them south without going to battle... Dog: Hold on... why isn't there any historical record of this "tribe without a name?" Homer: Well... Angel: Patience, Duncan... he's getting to that next... Homer - the Reluctant Soul
ejcapulet about 15 years ago
They probably didn’t bother to invent writing either.
randayn about 15 years ago
Duh, They were a tribe without a name.
Potrzebie almost 15 years ago
Shut up sendup! This is not about politics!
Ok, so let’s see who is the first poster to offer some dissertation on the tribe with no name.
js305 almost 15 years ago
Wanna bet it’s not about politics??? Sendup is right I just know it. It may not be about dems or reps but maybe congress. Look what they did last night while we were watching football.
lazygrazer almost 15 years ago
The descendents of this tribe live on today, but they’ve since come out of hiding and into the open. We now know them as “Televangalists”.
palos almost 15 years ago
I’m betting the tribe with no name rode horses with no name also. Only the horses were later memorialized in song.
Might that be Wiley sitting at the computer? He seems to know what is going to happen next.
Wiley creator almost 15 years ago
Let me put a stop to this before it gets started…
IT’S NOT ABOUT POLITICS!!!!
This is a fable, an adventure story, pure and simple. There is nothing “between the lines” to read into it, no hidden agenda, no opinion being put forth.
locoboilerguy almost 15 years ago
And I was having such a good time reading the comments and speculations about politics.
glennday almost 15 years ago
I don’t know, Wiley. Are you sure it’s not about politics? Everything else in our society seems to be, whether we want it to be or not.
DBjorn almost 15 years ago
Go Wiley, go Wiley! and Go Homer! Go Homer!
I’m still chucklin’ about the “riding horses with no names” comment. LOL
tcolkett almost 15 years ago
Time will tell. Wait for it….wait…wait..
Justice22 almost 15 years ago
Of course there is no history of this tribe because they had no name. They could not act nor think for themselves. Eventually a thinker will evolve in the tribe and name them “Pa’dee wak”.
alife almost 15 years ago
I remember F-Troop the The Hekawi tribe!! OR “Where the heck are we?” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_Troop
aerwalt almost 15 years ago
Wiley, you need anti-troll for your site.
No, I don’t know where to get it. Sorry.
strodgers almost 15 years ago
I take Wiley at his word. Because one sees this or that doesn’t mean the Artist means anything but a story. An example is “Lord of The Rings”, people have been taking that out of context too, Tolkien just wanted to write an British myth. Wiley is writing a myth if you wish.
DevXIII almost 15 years ago
Yeah, how could there be a tribe if there’s no record of it?
Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 15 years ago
OMC-USNR almost 15 years ago
Well, it’s Sunday & Homer is in Heaven, so it MUST be about religion!
lewisbower almost 15 years ago
This is not about Congress the tribe with no brain.
kirbey almost 15 years ago
I just can’t wait for next Sunday … patience Duncan and me too !
David_J Premium Member almost 15 years ago
I’m enjoying these Sunday strips the best. Thanks Wiley.
And…
You party poopers really need to lighten up. It’s a freakin’ cartoon for crying out loud!
The Duke 1 almost 15 years ago
The BT Tribe??
AKHenderson Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Maybe this is how the Mi’kmaq migrated to Prince Edward Island.
I wonder if Cap’n Eddie ever met their descendants…
Nelly55 almost 15 years ago
nice drawing style and great depiction of that viking ship!
love the story too
thanx Wiley
MatureCanadian almost 15 years ago
Thank you Wiley! No politics, just good old fashioned myth! Gotta love it!
Can’t wait for next Sunday. How is Homer going to fix the sail? How is he going to convince the tribe to trust him and his funny looking boat? All these and other questions await your pen Wiley.
Dirty Dragon almost 15 years ago
Sshh, Wiley, don’t cause a fuss. I’ll have your politics. I love it. I’m having politics, politics, politics, politics, politics, politics, politics, baked beans, politics, politics, politics and politics!
DevXIII almost 15 years ago
@DD: Baked Beans are off..
pbarnrob almost 15 years ago
“It’s not got much Spam in it!”
bmonk almost 15 years ago
Many early tribes didn’t really have names. They were “the People” or “Us”. Everybody else, all those not-fully-real-people, they had names…
spasticjack almost 15 years ago
It may be man things, but interesting is not one of them.
Lyons Group, Inc. almost 15 years ago
After the second coming, we won’t have to worry about dealing with politics anymore….or anything else that’s deemed “politically correct”.
GROG Premium Member almost 15 years ago
THANK YOU, WILEY!!!
That being said, there are those who will still force their political views, in spite of your comment. Sigh!
Dr. Toon I loved your comment!
DoraDingle almost 15 years ago
That’s right, back off, you carlitains! If this was “Ordinary Basil”, you said it would deal with politics also!
Ushindi almost 15 years ago
Funny - in today’s “Dilbert”, Dilbert is telling another person “Apparently you have a social disorder that compels you to insert irrelevant stories and trite observations…”
Seems a rather appropriate observation (for “Tsowa” , anyway).
Tink1300 almost 15 years ago
Morons, like Wiley posted, this is a fable, an adventure story, it has to nothing to with politics, to which I agree with my cousin also that soon this condemnation that’s called “politics” will soon cease to exist!
kfaatz925 almost 15 years ago
Politics or not, I look forward to the next installment. Beautiful artwork also!
vasgar1 almost 15 years ago
Thanks Wiley, guys lighten the heck up or go put your stupid statements on State of the Union or Doonesbury where they belong and let us laugh without you. Loving the story Wiley, can’t wait to see how it ends.
Ronshua almost 15 years ago
Josh …Read it again for yourself , and prepare for martyr hood . The coming Rapture is a cart-load .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture
Start at “Doctrinal history” no one needs to read any move .
http://www.fulfilledcg.com/
JanLC almost 15 years ago
Never ceases to amaze me how people like Ronshua take a non-christian’s word for what christianity is all about and then touts it like’s its gospel (pun intended). If you pick at anything hard enough, you can find perceived flaws which may or may not necessarily really be there.
Ronshua almost 15 years ago
Luk 9:27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.