Monty by Jim Meddick for September 22, 2011
Transcript:
Butler: Greetings, brother. Man: Greetings, my friend. Boy: What was that? Some sort of secret handshake? Butler: Yes. And there are only two ways to learn the specifics. One is to undergo the highly classified initiation of this clandestine brotherhood. Boy: What's the other way? Butler: The other is to Google "secret handshakes, nefarious organizations."
Montaholic about 13 years ago
Jarvis is “The One”. He’s got the cloak, and everything. Lookout TC and EOTFMADC.
Sisyphos about 13 years ago
I guess that particular “secret handshake” is lots easier for four-fingered cartoon characters than for us ordinary five-fingered schlubs….
tattooedcyberidiot about 13 years ago
Take the Google search Sedgewick! You really don’t want to have to go through that initiation. and neither does the goat
ajnotales about 13 years ago
So I googled, and got – nada… truly a secret organization. I always suspected that there was more to Jarvis than the facade he presents.
GypsyWoman about 13 years ago
I’ve always liked Jarvis. A man servant who puts up with Sedgewick 24/7 has to be made of tough stuff.
demorodney about 13 years ago
Why do cartoonist use only 3 fingers and the thumb?
Larry Miller Premium Member about 13 years ago
^ You have to undergo a highly classified initiation to find that out.Or just try drawing some comics-sized characters with 4 fingers and thumb.
TheSpanishInquisition about 13 years ago
This is all an elaborate prank by Jarvis. I’m sure of it.
Hunter7 about 13 years ago
oh, no, no. Jarvis wouldn’t punk Sedgewick. The boy’s birthday isn’t for months!
boldyuma about 13 years ago
Sedgie really does have Marty Feldman
eyes today..
fritzoid Premium Member about 13 years ago
I don’t know whether this has been debunked or not, but the oft-told story is that Walt Disney started the three-fingers-and-a-thumb convention with Mickey Mouse. With animated characters, not only is a three-fingered hand quicker and easier to draw (which adds up, when you’re doing it hundreds and hundreds of times), but its motions “read” more clearly than a four-fingered hand. It caught on, even with human characters as well as animals, and spread from animated cartoons to static cartoons.
vampyre613 about 13 years ago
I am embarrassed to admit that during fits of pique I’ve been known to communicate using hands as quick code.
We’re none of us perfect. :(
iced tea about 13 years ago
It’s diabolical. That’s the only word to describe this week’s strip.
Sharkybill over 2 years ago
That sneak Jarvis has been a member all along!