Guys guys! I'm going to be at SPX in Bethesda, MD this coming weekend! Will you?
If you're there, come get a cool book or a sketch or a handshake from me!
Today I spent 20 minutes playing Stick with my neighbor's dog. He loves all the Stick games: Fetch, Tug-of-War, Eat the Stick… That last one's kind of a solo thing, though.
I like how Meredith square rooted Hannah's facial features to make the parents' faces . Is this the first time they have appeared or am I forgetting an arch?
It took me a couple of read-throughs to realize Hannas dad is asking her if she packed her marmot. You can imagine how confused I was until a quick search revealed this: http://marmot.com/
Now, it makes sense.
I thought it was odd that her dad was asking that. As others have said, I imagine it was either a pet or a stuffed toy. I guess it would have been weird if she brought along an animal like that. Not so much if she brought a stuffed toy though.
i'd like to believe all the words surrounding the ecstatic doggie in the first panel are his own thoughts.. like.. "omg omg. omg! i'm being pet! yay yay yay yayyyy"
My mother's trained the neighbor's dogs to stop barking when we tell them to. Of course that's also trained them to bark up a storm when they first see us so we'll tell them to stop and give them a treat.
So I yhaven't read Oactopus Pie in a longlong while and jumped in to this current story arc but had to (belatedly) say that I FREAKING LOVE this dog's faces. 😀
If you're there, come get a cool book or a sketch or a handshake from me!
39 thoughts on “#620 – my old human child”
Alexis
THAT DOG IS A MINOR MIRACLE I ALREADY LOVE IT
@ohTHATsean
I love her dad's dog cup. He looks like he dove into the dog life with both feet!
Yotomoe
He didn't choose the Dog life. The Dog life chose him.
Ryan
At first I thought you were referring to the second to last panel, because the placing looks like the dog is his actual mug.
Laxantes
Happy 9/11 Eve's mom!
Also, great page, I loved that eve in the last panel.
Duke
I don't think that's the point of this holiday…
HateMachine
Ms. Ning wouldn't want us to forget.
Narf
It's so true. One time, she forgot… and the memory of that forgetting has NEVER left her.
Marvin Choi
eve gets more and more kawaii
Phasma Felis
Today I spent 20 minutes playing Stick with my neighbor's dog. He loves all the Stick games: Fetch, Tug-of-War, Eat the Stick… That last one's kind of a solo thing, though.
Dogs are just the best.
Jiles Lumbergh
I like how Meredith square rooted Hannah's facial features to make the parents' faces . Is this the first time they have appeared or am I forgetting an arch?
Kyle H.
Nope.
Here ya go, a night at the Thompsons: http://www.octopuspie.com/2009-11-20/340-on-faceb…
Black Drazon
Eve showing her belly!
Beccah
*HURK *SQUEEEEE PUPPEH!!! (That is the most realistically lovable pupface I have ever seen outside of real-life sidewalk encounters)
Josalyne
A DOG!
Hilarious! I love this comic, so glad you're back from your summer hiatus!
wykstrad
Haha, Mr. Thompson is doing a classic Hannah pose in the panel where he's saying how Hannah is just like him.
Also, great job with the pitbull head. That's the most accurate rendering I've seen in a comic strip.
Carlos
You sir, should start reading Templar, AZ:
http://templaraz.com/2012/10/23/chapter-5-intermi…
HateMachine
OH MY GOD THAT PUPPY! Pit bulls are the best!
MerchManDan
It took me a couple of read-throughs to realize Hannas dad is asking her if she packed her marmot. You can imagine how confused I was until a quick search revealed this: http://marmot.com/
Now, it makes sense.
@PersonalGenius
I assumed he meant some kind of large, desert squirrel. :3
Kyle H.
…I think I would've been happier not knowing the truth…
NOTDilbert
I was thinkin' a stuffed animal plushie….Hey Merch! See ya over at Wapsi Square!
MerchManDan
HOLY SMOKES it's NOTDilbert!! :O
Beccah
I misread it as 'marmite' and was like, "Wait, is Hanna's dad Australian?"
tony
I thought it was odd that her dad was asking that. As others have said, I imagine it was either a pet or a stuffed toy. I guess it would have been weird if she brought along an animal like that. Not so much if she brought a stuffed toy though.
JennyB
Aawww who's the center of attention? WHO'S the center of attention?? YOU are! YES you ARE!!
Lara
Is that a Pitt bull or a bull terrier?
@PersonalGenius
OMG THAT LEG CHUB
Kyle H.
I wanna hang with the elder Thompsons. They seem pleasant.
seann
The next to last panel= Meredith's best tweet ever.
MerchManDan
Oh, finally realized: There's Marigold and Puget Sean.
Kate
It's gonna be awkward…
oda.krell
One before last panel: proof that Eve is the twin sister of Kate Beaton's "Pony" http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=339
oceans
i'd like to believe all the words surrounding the ecstatic doggie in the first panel are his own thoughts.. like.. "omg omg. omg! i'm being pet! yay yay yay yayyyy"
humanalien
Yes! This is what dogs think in such moments, undoubtedly.
Bruceski
My mother's trained the neighbor's dogs to stop barking when we tell them to. Of course that's also trained them to bark up a storm when they first see us so we'll tell them to stop and give them a treat.
saoki
That is the doggiest dog ever drawn. I love it.
Dave
So I yhaven't read Oactopus Pie in a longlong while and jumped in to this current story arc but had to (belatedly) say that I FREAKING LOVE this dog's faces. 😀
Shras
Eve, I am waiting for the day you get a puppy of your own. I. Can. Not. Wait! Epicness!!