Authio Commentary
XMEC - by the InterNutter
This is one my darling dearest co-wrote. As an incohate idea [panel one] it had
appeal. Ken laughed like a drain when he saw this - primarily because Kurt
dropped his soda.
As always with baby strips, I tend to go with whatever Kenny is saying at the
time. He's a chatty little fellow, so I never really run dry for his dialogue.
XMEC - by the InterNutter
My first attempt at a XMEC/Bob and George crossover. I honestly *did* try
to line this up with Dave, the author of _Bob and George_, but he was in the
thick of a storyline that he couldn't interrupt. Rats.
I stole the colour scheme from one of his older strips, so any time you see that
grey-vs-grey background, you know you're in Light Labs, and the _Bob and George_
universe. I refuse to change just 'cause he's changed the backgrounds. So ner.
The 'obvious comment' in panel two is "professional psychiatric help" ^_^ just in
case you were wondering.
XMEC - by the InterNutter
Most of the folks in _Bob and George_ act as if they've had a temporary
brain bypass ^_^ I guess there's just no end to stupid jokes... Anyway, Dr.
Light completely fails to recognise Cape Man(tm) as a villain because he's
*polite*. Villains usually point a gun at you and demand whatever.
And, as you can see in panel three, Cape Man(tm) is *not* a man. Oooooo... I
ain't telling what he *is*, though. It'll spoil the surprise.
XMEC - by the InterNutter
I've observed that, in the _Bob and George_ universe, the only character
with near-consistent brains is Roll [the gal in the red dress], and *she*
spends most of her time cleaning up after the rest of the strip.
And Doctor Light, while smart enough to build robots, has the memory
capacity of an overripe stilton, and sometimes the brains to match. This is
why he doesn't remember Cape Man(tm) in the later strips.
XMEC - by the InterNutter
Isn't it always the way? You get yourself a cool item that costs an arm
and a leg, and you bring it home in a box slightly bigger than *it* is--
and you find it's in pieces and your own weight in styofoam. Then you find
those fatal words in fine print. "Some assembly required".
Three words of doom for the mechanically inept like myself ^_^
XMEC - by the InterNutter
What is it with musical interludes that makes people laugh? Everyone who reads
this strip busts out laughing at panel one [which, in retrospect, should have
used a brighter colour for the musical notes. Sigh] and again at panel four. I
just wanted a bit of sillyness as Cape Man(tm) assembled his minion. I never
expected a barrel laugh.
I just love the idea that Kurt treats the 'walking boxes' as creatures. It's
just so surreal.
XMEC - by the InterNutter
This one made my darling dearest *roar* laughing, because it implies that Cape Man(tm)
is too unfit to catch a baby in a box.
I say he's never tried to catch a small child. Those little dickenses can put on an
impressive turn of speed every time you bend over to snag 'em. And when you've actually
*caught* 'em, you're exhausted and they're hyper. Whee fun.
I love the last panel. Sort of a "What did you do to the birthday cake?"/"(burp)" kind of
riff. Yes, Kenny eats things. Some of them are actually edible...
XMEC - by the InterNutter
I wanted to do something special at 64, since both Kurt and I are Beatles fans, and I
wound up talking about it to my darling hubby for two *days*. He didn't give a rats'
anatomy, and a punchline was born.
Kurt's singing, FYI, is perfectly in tune and sounds wonderful. It's just that he has
this effect on people when singing Beatles' tunes.