The Puma - 2009

[John Prengaman]

I suppose we'll do this month to month, just like the old message board. If there's enough action on here, feel free to switch it up to strip by strip.

Anybody can go ahead and start up a new thread once we've moved along to the next month. Just keep it in the same format, because I'm anal like that.

[redtailfox]

Heh, looks like Bunker has been telling tales, although i doubt many of them are untrue, given what we know about Sandusky

[crosshair]

Oops, I've just been using my bookmarks and not clicking on the Forum button on the main page. No wonder there were no responses lately.

Yup, the "screwing with telemarketers" idea seems to be going along well. I don't see how Scott can get upset at them. Perhaps he will participate in the future.

Bunker needs to work on his improv skills. "My phones doesn't have a number 9" is not a good comeback. Still, he managed to do a decent job.

The thing I find even funnier is that Bunker was technically telling the truth. His sister WAS being "attacked" by a cougar. Come on Sierra, Noogies aren't that bad.

A 1978 AMC Pacer? Got to love those 30 year factory warranties.

I think the people responsible for those scam calls got mostly shut down recently.

[crosshair]

Another great comic John. Poor Sandusky, he spends way too much time trying to look like a cougar instead of thinking through his attack. It would be funny trying to see Sandusky try and run with an oven mit on one paw. Good thing he didn't try and catch them in his mouth.

I love the second frame. BTW ;D A predator has to make the best use of the available "cover".

To me it seems that the first two frames are Sandusky daydreaming about what he looks like during his "hunt", third frame, the "trap" is sprung and we snap back to reality and Sandusky is stuck looking silly again in the 5th frame.

Poor Ashley just wants her breakfast.

[crosshair]

Ugh, the boss leaves for a week and everything starts breaking. *headdesk* (Not really, but I've been on the road every day this week and I will be tomorrow.)

The funny thing about Wednesdays comic is that I saw it differently depending on when I read it. (I try to look over the artwork for subtle things.)

When I checked it last night at 11:30pm, I'm tired and trying to wind down from the day. The thoughts going through my mind were. "Geeze Sandusky, why do you keep going for all or nothing. You need to figure this stuff out."

When I first read the comic on Wendsday I was thinking, "Awwww, poor Sandusky." I felt like I wanted to give him a hug and scratch his ears. As long as there was no mauling involved if I don't scratch right of course. Some cats and dogs are very picky about how they are scratched and get really feisty when you do it "wrong". Some will just love you for the attention no matter what.

Your comics bring back lots of memories I have from my youth about pets my family has had and pets from other family and friends. I would love to get a cat, but my work schedule just does not allow it. (I would also have to better secure my stock of gunpowder and primers. They are only kid proofed as of now. Cat proofing takes allot more effort.)

I have experienced Wednesday's comic several times in the past. Some dogs and cats just love to "snuggle up" with you on the couch. We can see that Sandusky likes to do this.

Of course some dogs and cats have trouble with the "snuggle etiquette".

Couch = OK

Couch with blanket = OK on top of blanket. Under blanket: If person is wearing pants = OK. If If person is not wearing pants = Not OK.

Bed at night = OK on top. Not OK underneath.

Some dogs and cats get very confused trying to understand that. My uncle had a Pomeranian, named Ziggy, who didn't quite get this and would sometimes try to get under the covers at night then get this confused look when she was kicked out.

We can see that poor Sandusky doesn't get it and is extremely confused. If he just stayed on top of the covers he would be fine.

A Friend/former Co-worker has a cat that "got it". She actually would sleep on top of the co-worker at night on top of the blanket. So she would be sleeping and her cat would be sleeping on top of her. It is the cutest thing in the world.

This cat also had her own "spot" on the couch as well. She would meow at you until you moved. The cat sometimes liked to snuggle, depends on how well she knew you.

There of course was the time we got her tripped on catnip in a spray bottle. (I just used one spritz on the cats toy, the other person emptied about half the bottle onto a chair cushion that the cat liked to sit on, in addition to the couch. Once the catnip kicked in her pupils were huge and she just stared at us for about 15 minutes, then ran off and hid somewhere in the co-workers apartment. We couldn't find her. (For all I know she could have been hanging from the ceiling fan by her tail. ) She finally turned up that night when she kept the co-worker up all night playing with her jingle toys in a corner.

I also find it funny that Scott can pick up and drop Sandusky outside his door like he weighs 15 pounds in that strip. Kitty has been bad, go outside. ;D

[dinyaz]

In the June 5th strip Dusker comments on becoming a "Pooh-tist". That's not far off.

There was a book out (back in the early 1990's) called the "The Tao of Pooh". It was basically explaining Taoism using Pooh as their example. It was quite interesting. There was also a follow up book about Piglet too, but I don't remember the name of that one.

Just thought you might like to know.

Absolutely love the strip! Enjoyed the Colorado adventure that Sandusky went through.
Looking forward to the next books.

[crosshair]

Heh, I was wondering what Sandusky was reading in the first frame. I see that it isn't Stephen Hawking.

Question. Where is the keyboard and mouse for the computer?

[fox]

Stomach Ache.

Okay, just a guess here, but the cheese rolled in little tube, is it some type of American medicine for animals or something? Or is it just designed to make the animals throw up? It's very confusing.

[crosshair]

Jun 9, 2009 2:44:31 GMT -7 fox said:

Stomach Ache.

Okay, just a guess here, but the cheese rolled in little tube, is it some type of American medicine for animals or something? Or is it just designed to make the animals throw up? It's very confusing.

You take whatever pill you want to give the animal and wrap it in cheese so they will eat it. Our dog Patch, as he got older, figured out how to eat the cheese and spit out the pill. Very frustrating tying to give him his heart worm pills. We had to just keep trying until he eventually ate it.

I don't mean to bring in politics John, but I think you just created a superb illustration of the current US government economic intervention. (With Bunker as the US gov and Sandusky as the economy.)

[John Prengaman]

In the June 5th strip Dusker comments on becoming a "Pooh-tist". That's not far off.

There was a book out (back in the early 1990's) called the "The Tao of Pooh". It was basically explaining Taoism using Pooh as their example. It was quite interesting. There was also a follow up book about Piglet too, but I don't remember the name of that one.

I remember that book, now that you mention it. I wasn't consciously thinking about it when I wrote the strip, but you never know what might sneak in there subconsciously. I don't remember the Piglet book, but I'll have to do some research.

Question. Where is the keyboard and mouse for the computer?

It's on a roll-out tray underneath the main part of the table. Bunker is actually using the mouse in a couple of the frames. The keyboard is hidden throughout, though. (Sometimes it's necessary for me to take a few shortcuts so that I can get some sleep before I have to go to work the next morning)

Okay, just a guess here, but the cheese rolled in little tube, is it some type of American medicine for animals or something? Or is it just designed to make the animals throw up? It's very confusing.

Sorry for any confusion on that. Like Crosshair said, a lot of Americans (I suppose it's primarily Americans) hide pills in the cheese in order to get their pets to take them. It's much easier than trying to get them to swallow them whole. The idea behind the cheese will be explained more in the next strip.

[whisperpntr]

17 slices is never too much for me then again i'm a cheese freak.

[crosshair]

Ugh, I FINALLY get a chance to sit down and post. As much as I like my job, sometimes it takes up WAY too much of my time.

It seems we may have a mini-mini-series here. ;D I wonder how ill Sandusky is? The cheese most certainly did not help.

Anyone run across a dog/cat that when they are ill want to do nothing but sit in your lap? My guess is that the petting/attention makes them feel better and sitting on a toasty lap helps keep them warm. (Not to mention the one wanted to get carried everywhere.) I hope Sandusky isn't like this. That could get cumbersome, especially if Scott has to take Sandusky to the vet.

Now that I think about it, we haven't seen Sandusky go to the vet since he "went legal". He wouldn't "need" the disguise anymore. Could be interesting seeing Scott sitting in the waiting room bench with an ill Sandusky resting his head on his lap, with a puppy eyes look on his face, while Scott pets him. Scott would defiantly get some interesting looks.

Now that I think about it some more, I haven't seen any of those "Behold the power of cheese" commercials lately. Perhaps they don't run them on the channels I watch.

BTW, I LOVE Bunkers "I only made him eat a dozen or so." excuse. I've used that plenty of times in life, to varying degrees of success; "Hey, I did NOT break the voicemail. It was already broken, I just broke it more. Big difference."

The expressions on Scott and Bunker are looking great from my point of view. Good proportioning and positioning, not the easiest thing to do. I have to say you did very well. The comic is looking much better every week as you get more and more practice.

[crosshair]

"Three Turkey Lets, two pounds of ground Buffalo, a pint of moose tracks ice cream, a carton of whoppers, and 17 slices of cheese."

Dare I ask what time of the day this is? 8AM or 8 PM?

[crosshair]

I'm now getting plenty of ideas for the trouble that Bunker and Sandusky could get into just with Ashley's stethoscope.

Poor Sandusky getting himself worked up over a tummy ache.

[crosshair]

Ah, Sandusky got the "good" medicine. It doesn't cure the stomach ache, it makes you forget you had one. I don't think you thought your cunning plan all the way through Ashley.

Now I wonder what is going to happen here.

Are we going to be seeing things from Sandusky's point of view where he is flying above the city of Metropolis? (Or whatever comic he is reading.)

Is Sandusky going to see everything normally, but thinks he has superpowers?

Are we going to see things from everyone elses point of view, with Bunker and Sierra playing along just to see what Sandusky does.

Are we going to see Sandusky run headfirst into a wall?

Is Sandusky going to get hit with a Fire Hose, bringing him back to reality?

Are we going to see a combination of the above?