Nothing ruins a joke like over-explaining it, but there's been an equal amount of confusion and adoration for the soft punchline in Monday's comic.
To that end, I thought I would post the clip from the movie that the comic references. For those of you in on the joke, this may serve as a fun trip down memory lane.
For the rest of you, just go ahead and buy Monster Squad already
The fourth panel in today's comic kind of comes out of nowhere. So to make sure everyone is on the same page, that's Ben Affleck Jared is beating up there.
Y'know. Because it's supposed to be a dream sequence after all.
Does anyone want to allegorically take a jump with their liberal white guilt in the General Lee? Because now I find myself wishing that was actually possible. We should be friends - me and my guilt.
I'm getting some feedback that people can't figure out who Cami is supposed to be. She's supposed to be Ellen Ripley from the Alien movies. Click here for a quick visual comparison.
I knew I wanted to cast Cami in the image of a strong female and also as one carrying heavy firepower. I basically wrote this comic starting with the punchline and worked backwards. And, well... this is the result.
Incidentally, Jared is supposed to be Rocky Balboa from the Rocky movies. It's more of a subtle commentary on the punishment he absorbs and dishes out in equal measure here in the comic...
For what it's worth.
This is just a quick afterthought, but I felt it would help explain the comic a little better.
I decided to depict Mel Gibson as Ned Flanders-level religious co-dependent because it seemed to make sense in the context of the interviews Mel has been giving lately. Keep in mind this is a man who stated in interviews that he felt his Episcopalian wife would be going to hell - even though he admitted she's much more pious than he.
Reading stuff like that made me think Gibson couldn't pinch a loaf without getting approval from the Vatican first...
