Monty by Jim Meddick for August 09, 2011
August 08, 2011
August 10, 2011
Transcript:
Monty: It all started back in first grade... my family had just moved to a new town... I had no friends in school... and my parents were busy fixing up the new house. My only companion was a stuffed toy weasel named Hume. dad, Humae and I are... Dad: not now, son... I'm busy. Monty: It was sometime in the midst of this sad, lonely period that a miracle occurred... my old friend Hume came to life! Weasel: Dude, somebody needs to crack a window... I think these paint vapors are messin' with your head.
Montaholic over 13 years ago
Oh good, Hume’s abusive. Maybe he’ll smoke and drink beer, too.
Sisyphos over 13 years ago
Young Monty, especially in panel 4, looks a bit like Milhouse from The Simpsons. Maybe it was just the paint vapors that brought Hume to life in Monty’s head. I sense deliberate satire of Calvin and Hobbes coming….
reedkomicks Premium Member over 13 years ago
So Hume was his voice of reason..
tattooedcyberidiot over 13 years ago
Hey Monty had a chin once!
Varnes over 13 years ago
Why would a stuffed toy say the paint vapors were messin’ with his head?……ohhhhh….
Varnes over 13 years ago
Looks like Fungo’s cousin….
billyruffian over 13 years ago
I’m trying to picture a weasel with a Scottish accent.
On a different note, I find it remarkable I am currently reading a biography of another member of the Scottish Enlightenment, James Hutton, when lo and behold, David Hume pops up in the strip in such an unlikely manner – it’s a little spooky…
kullyrai over 13 years ago
A Monty Origins arc!!!
phuhknees over 13 years ago
Did the wall behind Lil’ Monty change color three times or are those fumes are messing with my head, too?
jpsomebody over 13 years ago
Hume, man, what are talking about?
Larry Miller Premium Member over 13 years ago
Yeah, that changing wall color is gonna be fun to explain with empiricism.
OldestandWisest over 13 years ago
Since Watterson stopped doing the strip and became a hermit, I don’t see how he can object to someone else picking up the torch.
nineteen7d5 over 13 years ago
Has no one noticed Monty’s wearing the SAME outfit as Calvin?
baileydean over 13 years ago
I suspect the colorists are having issues with “fumes” too.
pschearer Premium Member over 13 years ago
Which strip was it once did a C&H parody called “Luther and Locke”?
Richard Strader Premium Member over 13 years ago
It looks like Jim is paying homage to Clavin and Hobbs and well as Krazy Kat (the changing backgrounds) with this arc. These are the two best strips from the past, IMHO.
Sharkybill almost 3 years ago
A modern day Calvin and Hobbs.