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| From The Desk Of . The Third | Some say that John Carroll Thistlewait, erstwhile inventor or the third, lost out to the campaign for the quarter by his choice of the less enigmatic and etch-worthy Thomas Paine. / [[one third dollar coin in foreground]] / Thistlewait: One fewer coin in your stocking purse than the General Washington... http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20050607.html |
| From The Desk Of . Egyptian Alphabet | [[Egyptian holding staff in front of a tall wall covered in hieroglyphics]] / Ashahebsed: Listen, kids, we've got a lot of ground to cover on Ashahebsed's playhouse. We're going to learn the hierogyphs today. All 22,000 of them. So just sing with me to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Rha... about... http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20050609.html |
| From The Desk Of . Young Huffers | [[director sits in canvas chair with three ragamuffins with paper sacks standing in front of him, he leans back over and says]]
/ Director: No, no, no! I said I wanted HOOFERS for the dream sequence. Where's the casting director?
/ Huffer: Who got the airplane glue? http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20050615.html |
| From The Desk Of . Counting | one Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi... / ... drei Danube, vier Danube, fünf Danube... / ... ||||| Nile, |||||| Nile, ||||||| Nile... / ... VII Styx, VIII Styx, IX Styx... / hide and seek throughout the ages http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20050617.html |
| From The Desk Of . Chinese Fire Drill | [[Harris working on computer in foreground, five office doors in background]] / [[announcement in Chinese over PA, man looks up, office workers stand in their open doorways]] / [[announcement continues, office workers go berzerk]] / [[man turns his head to look but the workers are gone and all their... http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20050620.html |
| From The Desk Of . Barber Wants | sign: BARBER WANTS (703) 354-0943 / I saw this sign in front of the Shell on the way to work. / I wondered if "wants" was merely a typo for "wanted" or if you were supposed to call the number to see what the barber wants. / When I drove home the sign was gone. / I wonder: Did the barber get what... http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20050622.html |
| From The Desk Of . Used to be a Tree | [[phone pole next to a tree]] / pole: I used to be a tree. http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20050706.html |
| From The Desk Of . Sphere Prints | [[Escher sketch of artist holding glass sphere, altered by peanut butter and jelly fingerprints]] / artist: OK, who was playing with my glass sphere? / {{why Escher had his own studio}} http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20050711.html |
| From The Desk Of . Ebay Haiku | if ebay feedback
/ were required to be left in
/ haiku poetry / Member Profile: cuttingword (85)
/ Positive Feedback: 96.3% / If the seller were
/ Selling another item
/ I would not buy it / A great Ebayer,
/ Shipping like the gray swallow
/ Swift delivery / Fast and sure payment,
/ Autumn's leaves fall... http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20050729.html |
| From The Desk Of . Mace | [[cook with weapon mace, Viking blowing spice mace at oncoming sword]] / When ordering online, specify. http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20050802.html |
| From The Desk Of . Odd Numbered Toes | odd numbered toes http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20050809.html |
| From The Desk Of . Astronaut Phone | [[setting: inside an elevator car]] / Callout balloon: Astronaut phone
/ Callout balloon: Ballerina phone http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20051027.html |
| From The Desk Of . Kia Sepia | [[picture of Kia Sephia in the foreground, all is tinted light brown]] / Guy with tie to guy in jumpsuit: You forgot the "h." http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20051118.html |
| From The Desk Of . News Outline | Talking Head Woman: Alarmist headline.
/ Talking Head Man: Another alarmist headline. / Talking Head Woman: Uneasy segue. Violent local event.
/ Talking Head Man: Alarmist weather headline. / Talking Head Woman: Another awkward segue, corny pun. / Talking Head Old Man: Overly optimistic pronouncement... http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20051212.html |
| From The Desk Of . Five Chinese Brothers | Ripped from the headlines!!! / [[newspaper headline: US Wrongfully Abducts Five Chinese Brothers]] / They tried to waterboard the first brother, but he swallowed alll the water. / They tried to electrocute the second brother, but he could not be electrocuted. / So they stacked the five Chinese brothers... http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20051216.html |
| From The Desk Of . Hippy Electrician | Man: If I were a hippy electrician I would call my company: Power to the People. / Man: And if I were a hippy baker I'd call my bakery: Flour to the People. / (silence) / Woman: If I were a hippy florist, I'd call... / Man: Sorry. No homonyms allowed. / (silence) http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20051219.html |
| From The Desk Of . Drive Home | I took random pictures every 30-40 seconds on my way home, changing the camera settings every so often. / Not looking as I took the pictures, I vaguely tried to aim the camera at interesting things. http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20051221.html |
| From The Desk Of . Clouds | [[two men on a hill below some clouds]] / cloud 1: That one on the left looks like a dentist. / cloud 2: The other could be a plumber. http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20060306.html |
| From The Desk Of . Zombie Hoboes | Man: There's a gaggle of flesh-eating zombie hoboes on my hoverpad!
/ Zombie 1: Brains!
/ Zombie 2: Brains!
/ Zombie 3: Brains! / Man: Say! The leading spray isn't working and the zombie hobo hotel doesn't attract all of them. Headshots are so messy! Is there nothing that will work? / Salesman: Next time... http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20060419.html |
| From The Desk Of . Mashup | Female celebrities I have been carefully avoiding... / Juma
/ Jamtasha
/ Jamiffer
/ Joprah / ... in order to prevent an unfortunate name mash-up. http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20060505.html |
| From The Desk Of . Hold on Polly | walker: Hold on, Polly! / walker: Wrong way, girl. / walker: Whoa! / unnamed dog: Hey, nice human. Do any tricks?
/ Polly: Run, spin around and jump so far. http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20060515.html |
| From The Desk Of . iImplant | {{in the future}} / guy: I've had this awful song in my head all day: "Have you heard about the lonesome loser/Beaten by the Queen of Hearts every time" / sales guy: That's a known bug in your version of iImplant. You'll need an upgrade. / sales guy: Of course, iImplant is free; but the upgrade is... http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20060522.html |
| From The Desk Of . Plinko | Bob Barker: Let's play PLINKO!
/ Pinky Tuscadero: Workers unite!
/ Fonzy: Aaayyyy! / Pinko Pinky Plays Plinko http://fromthedeskof.comicgenesis.com/d/20060524.html |