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Funny stuff. But there is hope. I found a beautiful woman that has accepted my comic nerdom. If it can happen to me it can happen to everybody.

Saw the punchline coming from a mile away, and it still made me laugh. Well done.

Face the Face isn't very good, it's true.

It's the classic dilemma as posed in Wayne's World and the advice there was

"I say hurl. If you blow chunks and she comes back, she's yours. But if you spew and she bolts, then it was never meant to be."

The same rules apply here. Face the Face really wasn't that good, but the point is you have to be true to yourself.

I agree with Tyson. Saw the punchline coming, and I still laughed. Very nicely done.

... but I LIKE "Face the Face."

Good stuff, anyway. (The strip, I mean.)

This is probably the best one yet...even if Face the Face was actually good...much better than RIP anyway.

Excellent. Very well done.

This is definitely one of my favorites so far. Well done!

Good stuff. The streak remains unbroken. Keep it up, you're really hitting your stride here! (is it me or does the art seem to be improving along with the jokes?)

"If it can happen to me it can happen to everybody."

Well, yeah, Chuck, but you're a rap star!

Dude didn't even try to talk to the girl? Lame. He deserves to be sitting home alone.

Whatcha gonna do, hide your hobby until you take her home and she sees your bookcase then? Weak sauce, guy, weak sauce.

The best humor has a grain of truth in it. This one has just a little more than a grain. Since we all saw it coming, I wouldn't say this was one of the better strips, but it's a danm sight better than the bad ones.

Scarily enough I met my wife through a shared loved of the Giffen/De Matteis JLI...

Might have to print and frame this one though... Maybe a Christmas present for her...

I noticed the final panels have gotten better too. There was a stage where the strip seemed to always go on one panel too long, where it would have ended better if it stopped at the second to last panel. Now it seems they've gotten better at that. I wonder if they alter their style at all in response to comment criticisms or if it's just a coincidence.

Although not to nitpick, he could have always gone back for the comic book. He could always have found it again at some store. The opportunity to meet a beautiful woman that really excites you, not so much. Bad priorities!

I met a beautiful woman who... well, tolerates is probably the best word to describe how she feels about the comics. But she tolerates them without complaining, so I'll take it. She's told me that if we ever get divorced, she'll get a parrot because she'll have plenty of material to line the cage.

Lol, I saw it coming, and good. That being said, he totally should have tried to leave with both the comic and her number. What's the point in getting the number if she has an issue with the comics? But I long ago gave up on forcing comedy to adhere the logical human actions.

Har! It's funny because it's true.

"Well, yeah, Chuck, but you’re a rap star!"

Ha. Though Chuck D actually is a comic book fan, right? On "Raise the Roof" off PE's first album he talks about "Namor and the Mighty Thor" and then on their recent song "Black is Back" there was discussion of Superman and Daredevil. Not to mention the official Public Enemy comic book.

Also, people, discussing what you would have done had you been in the comic strip is a step below buying the "Face the Face" trade instead of talking to the girl.

Saw the punchline coming from a mile away, and it still made me laugh. Well done.

The best comedy is true!
We've all been there.

There was a stage where the strip seemed to always go on one panel too long, where it would have ended better if it stopped at the second to last panel.

I never minded that - not everything has to end on a gag.

I never minded that - not everything has to end on a gag.

Sometimes it didn't bother me and sometimes it felt like a valid complaint.

"Although not to nitpick, he could have always gone back for the comic book. He could always have found it again at some store. The opportunity to meet a beautiful woman that really excites you, not so much. Bad priorities!"

Thanks for explaining the gag to us, T.

Thanks for explaining the gag to us, T.

I know the joke you were going for, but it's a fail. I didn't explain the gag.

The morale is this:

Always go for the girl.

Here endeth the lesson.

Ha. Though Chuck D actually is a comic book fan, right? On “Raise the Roof” off PE’s first album he talks about “Namor and the Mighty Thor” and then on their recent song “Black is Back” there was discussion of Superman and Daredevil. Not to mention the official Public Enemy comic book.

Man, you're right, that makes me want to play Yo, Bumrush The Show right f*****g now! Not the reference especially, I mean just thinking back on that album makes me want to play it. Comics are less nerdy in HipHop culture than in overall pop culture though, you could easily fill a recurring column over here with references to comics made in rap songs.

Good strip--a bit predictable, but good nonetheless.

Always go for the girl?

Like carrying a comic book is the only thing that would prevent 95% of the comic reading population from talking to a girl.

I love reading advice like that from the polybagged set....

By the by, acceptance of comics does not guarantee a good relationship...believe it or not. My first wife managed stores in NYC and Jersey, read more than I did...not enough to keep things going in that relationship.

My wife today? Couldn't be less interested in comics. She isn't ANTI comics and even enjoys the mainstream movies (Heck, she watched Star Trek long before my time).

Of course, I'm a fairly sociable geek...I claim my geekhood proudly, but I also know how to clean up, how to act socially and how to take part in social events that don't involve words like Trek, Wars, Comics and Dragons.

Comics are less nerdy in HipHop culture than in overall pop culture though, you could easily fill a recurring column over here with references to comics made in rap songs.

A tangent about hip-hop and comics:

Yes and no. Marvel comics specifically are not only less nerdy in hip-hop culture but bona fide cool. If you notice, 90% of hip-hop comic references are Marvel, and they go pretty deep into obscure characters. DC comics though are considered nerdy with the exception of the REALLY big guns. Batman is okay. Flash, Green Lantern and sometimes Superman can be mentioned in passing. But mention something like Legion of Superheroes or anything that wasn't featured prominently on Superfriends and you will be considered a dork in hip-hop circles. Growing up (I was a hip-hop kid) no one read DC unless it was a special project being done by a creator already famous at Marvel: Miller doing Batman? Cool. Byrne doing Superman? Fine. Cary Bates or Eliot S. Maggin on a DC book? Laughed out of recess.

Just wanted to add: this is only among males in the hip-hop community. To the women, all comic books were dorky, whether Marvel or DC.

Bringing a Batman comic over to a table in which I am working in my suit pants and blouse would totally make my day. And if I was single, you'd probably get my number.

But I guess I'm just the oddity...

This is a really nice strip. I am interested in knowing how is it devloped