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| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Shelby Winner and Shelley Winters are walking down an urban street. They are in front of a corner store with signs in the window for egg cream, Marlboro cigarettes and an ATM.]]
/ Shelley Winters: New York City! Home of boomboxes, breakdancing, and murder.
/ Shelby Winner: Those were the 1980s, Shelley. / [[They... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080516 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley: New York City! Home of boomboxes, breakdancing, and MURDER.
/ Shelby: Those were hte 1980s, Shelley. / Shelby: Think of it now as a bad-tempered Disneyland.
/ Shelley: Mickey Mouse cussing you out, yes, yes. Donald Duck shouting at a waitress. / Shelley: Goofy doing a wee down a side alley.
/ Shelby:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080516 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley: I like the subway, it's an inexplicable never-never land! The L! The E! The "6!" Neither rhyme nor reason were involved in naming any of these things. / Shelley: Lines and destinations are arbitrary ... the tracks rearrange themselves by night!
/ Shelby: Why are you babbling, Shelley? / Shelley:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080519 |
| Scary Go Round 20080519 | Shelley: I like the subway, it's an inexplicable never-never land! The L! The E! The "6!" Neither rhyme nor reason were involved in naming any of these things. / Shelley: Lines and destinations are arbitrary ... the tracks rearrange themselves by night!
/ Shelby: Why are you babbling, Shelley? / Shelley:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080519 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley [[Watching Shelby get bawled out]]: Goodness me, that looks like a full and frank exchange of views. / Shelley [[To 1st visiting businessmen]]: I like your glasses! Are you famous?
/ 2nd visiting businessman [[in Japanese]]: http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080520 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley: I can't believe they have free soda pops in the kitchen! How FREEDOMLY!
/ Shelby: Jesus ... I thought he was NEVER going to stop shouting. / Shelby: I think we'd better steer clear of Conde Nast Traveller ... FOREVER.
/ Shelley: I told you that number was too wide! / Shelley: Oh my god oh my... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080521 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Shelby exits her supervisor's room]]
/ Shelley: I can't believe they have free soda pops in the kithen! How freedomly!
/ Shelby: Jesus...I thought he was never going to stop shouting. / Shelby: I think we'd better steer clear of Conde Nast Traveller... forever.
/ Shelley: I told you that number was too... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080521 |
| Scary Go Round: May 22, 2008 | [[Malcolm Gladwell is marching down a hallway. A star-struck Shelley trails after him, and Shelby brings up the rear.]]
/ Gladwell: Here's how I see things. The more beautiful redheads who love me who work for the New Yorker... / [[Star-struck Shelley stands next to an annoyed-looking Shelby. Malcolm... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080522 |
| Scary Go Round 20080522 | [[Malcolm Gladwell marches through a door, with starstruck Shelley in tow, and Shelby farther back.]]
/ < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080522 |
| May 23, 2008: Shelley and Shelby discuss the presidential campaign | [[Shelley and Shelby are walking down a subway platform, past a large sign identifying the area as Bleecker Street. Shelley is grinning and carrying a green backpack with multi-colored buttons on it, while Shelby looks more serious.]]
/ Shelley: What a day! A fancy commission and free soda pop! America... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080523 |
| Scary Go Round 20080523 | [[Shelley and Shelby at Bleecker Street station.]]
/ Shelley: What a day! A fancy commission and free soda pop! America is a dreamland!
/ Shelby: It's going to be tough out there on the election trail, Shelley. / Shelby: Middle America won't understand your funny accent and liberal slant. They'll think... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080523 |
| Scary Go Round: May 26, 2008 - Feats of Strength winning comic, by Lisa Treiman | [[Moon and Desmond are sitting at a table on the submarine, next to a porthole.]]
/ Moon: So be straight with me, Des, where'd you come from?
/ I mean really, what are you?
/ Desmond: Whatever do you mean, Moon? / Moon: Well, you've got gills and fins like a fish... / Moon: ...but you're all scaly and... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080526 |
| Scary Go Round: May 27, 2008 - Feats of Strength strip 2 by Nicole E. Robitaille | [[Amy and Shelley are in the kitchen. Shelley is sitting on the floor by the TV. Amy is standing in the kitchen, holding up a box of cereal while a pot cooks on the stove.]]
/ Shelley: Ames, do you know what's been botherin' me lately?
/ Amy: Um... gnomes. / Shelley: It was a rhetorical question.
/ Amy:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080527 |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080528">http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080528 | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Guest comic by Joel Jessup and Chris Gould, or 'Cruel Gossip' / [Tackleford Thievery Club (and Cads' Advice Bureau)] / ...And so the sphinx's nose remains in private hands ...
/ Zut! That must be your finest act of cracksmanship... / Oh? Reapply your monocle glue and listen to the time I liberated... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080529 |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080530">http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080530 | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Amy is asleep in bed]]
/ < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080531 |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080601">http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080601 | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080602">http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080602 | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | The Boy: Here we go, Esther! We're about to embark on our grand tour of America!
/ Esther: Yes, watch out Fast Food Nation, here we come! / Guard: Hold it right there you two! / The Boy: Is there something wrong? / Guard: Well, you are obviously traveling with a terrorirst! / Esther: A terrorist? / The... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080603 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Rock: Oh boy! Here I am in the famous "Monster Town," where I will make my fortune as a monster! / Rock: Wow! Here comes my first victim! / Rock: Hey you! / Rock: LIttle did you know when you left the safety of home that you soon would meet a talking rock! / Rock: Grr grr! ROAR! / Rock: Am I freaking... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080604 |
| Shelley, Amy, + Ryan in... Seaside Rendezvous | {{Guest comic by Feats of Strength 2008 competition runner-up Megan Rose Gedris.}}
/ [[A sign reading "BEACH" with an arrow. Shelley pushes Ryan in the indicated direction. Amy walks alongside, with a bag reading "Sun! Fun! [unreadable]un!" on her elbow. All three are in swimwear. Shelley wears green... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080605 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | {{Guest Comic by Simon Perrins}} / [[Big Lindsay, Sarah Grote, and Esther are standing outside.]] Big Lindsay: Is this place any good?
/ Esther:Apparently, it's 25% more sepulchral than Misery of Sound. / [[Esther is standing outside a building, pointing to a door. Above the door is a sign that says... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080606 |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080607">http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080607 | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley: Amy! I've finally figured out why our casual acquaintaces keep falling victim to super-natural shenanigans. / [[A chart showing a butterfly, leading to a squirrel on water skis, leading to a hurricane, leading to Jeff Goldblum, leading to a Werewolftapus]]
/ Shelley: It's butterflies. Their... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080608 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Shelley: Amy! I've finally figured out why our casual acquaintances keep falling victim to super-natural shenanigans. / [[Shelley gives Amy a paper showing a buterfly flapping its wings, leading to a squirrel on water skis, leading to a hurricane, leading to Jeff Goldblum leading to a werewolftapus]]
/ Shelley:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080608 |
| Scary Go Round 20080609 | [[Hugo in a suit. Boxes piled high marked MЯCO.]]
/ Hugo: Hugo returns from a hard-earned mini-break to much unscheduled deliveries. Apprentice, what is the meaning of this? / [[Ryan is at a desk, a marker in his hand.]]
/ Ryan: Now Hugo, before you go all crazy, I can explain. There were some men... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080609 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Hugo: Hugo returns from a hard-earned mini-break to much unscheduled deliveries. / Apprentice, what is the meaning of this? / Ryan: Now Hugo, before you go all crazy, I can explain. There were some men from teh former Soviet bloc. They had some very persuasive arguments for low cost dinners. / Ryan:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080609 |
| Scary Go Round 20080610 | [[Ryan in front of piled-high boxes marked "MЯCO", reading a notice.]]
/ Ryan: You're terminatin' my employment immediately? What happened to second chances? / [[He crumples the notice angrily. Hugo has his arms out in anger.]]
/ Ryan: What happened to old time loyalty?
/ < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080610 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Ryan: You're terminatin' my employment immediately? / What happened to second chances? / [[Ryan crumples the termination contract]] < http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080610 |
| Scary Go Round 20080611 | [[Esther, her hair now a deep pink, comes up to mopey Ryan on the sidewalk.]]
/ Esther: Ryan, why are you sitting on the pavement at 10 o'clock in the morning?
/ Ryan: Esther, do you ever feel like just when you know what was goin' on in life, and maybe winnin'... it all collapses? / Esther: You mean... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080611 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Esther: Ryan, why are you sitting on the pavement at 10 o'clock in the morning?
/ Ryan: Esther, do you ever feel like just when you know what was goin' on in life, and maybe winnin'... ...it all collapses? / Esther: You mean like when you have a really good pair of tights and you put your heel through... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080611 |
| Scary Go Round 20080612 | Ryan: I gots to get another job, Esther. I don't have fantastic money-making powers or much exams. / Esther: You're a free thinker. A square peg among round holes. Become a postman.
/ Ryan: Woah. / Esther: Out from under the watchful eye of The Man... free to come up with ideas, and home by 3 o'clock! / [[She... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080612 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Ryan: I gots to get another job, Esther. I don't have fantastic money-making powers or much exams. / Esther: You're a free thinker. A square peg among round holes. Become a postman.
/ Ryan: Woah. / Esther: Out from under the watchful eye of the man... ...free to come up with ideas, and home by 3 o'clock! / [[Esther... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080612 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Ryan: I was wonderin' how you go about becomin' a postman. / [[A postman grabs Ryan and pulls him through the inquiry window]] / Postman 1: Here's an alarm clock / Postman 2: Put on this shirt / Postman 1: Summer means shorts
/ Ryan: Aw but my knees! / Postman 2: Take these letters / [[A postman... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080613 |
| Scary Go Round 20080613 | [[Ryan at the post office.]]
/ Ryan: I was wonderin' how you go about becomin' a postman. / [[He is grabbed and hauled through the window.]] / Postman 1: Here's an alarm clock / Postman 2: Put on this shirt / Postman 3: Summer means shorts
/ Ryan: Aw but my knees! / Postman 4: Take these letters / [[He... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080613 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Ryan: Becomin' a postman's like joinin' the army. They gotta break you down to nothin' then build you back up again. / Ryan: You don't have to go to boot camp because you're never going to be asked to cold cock anyone with a rifle. In fact, that's frowned upon. / Ryan: But it's a responsible position,... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080616 |
| Scary Go Round 20080617 | Amy: Ryan, where have you been? I haven't seen you for days.
/ Ryan: I'm now a postman in Sutton-on-Sea. It's complicated. / [[Amy is bemused.]]
/ Amy: Sutton-on-Sea!
/ Ryan: All that sea air, I'm so tired. It's arguably too bracin'. / Amy: Well, you better not be too tired... for Fan Fiction Friday! / [[Ryan... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080617 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Amy: Ryan, where have you been? I haven't seen you for days.
/ Ryan: I'm a postman now in Sutton-on-Sea. It's complicated. / Amy: Sutton-on-Sea!
/ Ryan: All that sea air, I'm so tired. It's arguably too bracin'. / Amy: Well you better not be too tired... for Fan Fiction Friday! / Ryan: All I do is... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080617 |
| Scary Go Round 20080618 | [[Ryan is on Amy's couch reading "Wasp Fancier".]]
/ Amy: I heard from Shelley today. She doesn't think she'll be back for six months.
/ Ryan: Aw, that's a shame. She won't get the benefit of the huge TV you bought or how you got a cleanin' lady now. / [[Amy slumps onto the couch from behind.]]
/ Ryan:... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080618 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | [[Ryan sits on the couch reading "Wasp Fancier" magazine]]
/ Amy: I heard from Shelley today. She doesn't think she'll be back for six months.
/ Ryan: Aw, that's a shame. She won't get the benefit of the huge TV you bought or how you got a cleanin' lady now. / Ryan: It's funny how no one has a cleanin'... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080618 |
| Scary Go Round 20080619 | [[Ryan is hanging paper model airplanes from a ceiling lamp. Des hands him Comrade Bat. Des is wearing a ginger wig, fake ginger beard, glasses, and a blue T-shirt the same color as Shelley's iconic one, in case we didn't get the message.]]
/ Des: Ryan, your space mouse thing is complaining. Make it... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080619 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Des: Ryan, your space mouse thing is complaining. Make it stop. / Ryan: He's hungry for his acorns, Des. Also he ain't got any manners. / Ryan: I must've left the new tub at work. I'd better go back and get it.
/ Des: Take him with you. He's ruining Antiques Roadshow. / [[Ryan puts the bat in his pocket... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080619 |
| Scary Go Round 20080620 | [[Ryan comes to the post office in the middle of the night. Comrade Bat is in his jacket pocket.]]
/ Ryan: Now you be quiet, Comrade Bat. If they see me, they might make me do some work, and I'm strictly off the clock. Don't want to accidentally get promoted to middle management. / [[Ryan opens his locker,... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080620 |
| Scary Go Round :: Monday-Friday Comic by John Allison | Ryan: Now you be quiet, Comrade Bat. If they see me, they might make me do some work, and I'm strictly off the clock. Don't want to accidentally get promoted to middle management. / Postman 1: When does she make shore?
/ Postman 2: 2AM. The wreckers are in place. / Postman 2: Look at that. Do you know... http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080620 |
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