Comments on: Full page comic causes stir in New Hampshire

By: Clay McCuistion

Clay McCuistion — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:29:16 +0000

The strip is also now available as a JPEG:

http://www.conmon.com/documents/howwegotgaymarried.jpg

By: Aunt Cindy

Aunt Cindy — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:33:05 +0000

What, spam bots can’t add? Or is it that they don’t have enough fingers or toes?
Nephews,
I, or rather we since Bob asked to be included, loved the cartoon! And I didn’t have any problem downloading it. It’s always great to hear from both of you. Know you are loved and appreciated wherever life takes you.
Love, Aunt Cindy
PS I love the specter. I think he should make a return appearance!

By: sherry hermreck

sherry hermreck — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:50:46 +0000

Clay – Great cartoon AND content !!!! Your artistic expertise has come a long way – and so have you!!!! Keep up the good work!

By: Clay McCuistion

Clay McCuistion — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:21:20 +0000

Thanks to all for the nice comments.

I design and help edit the Monitor’s features pages, so I have an “in” when it comes to the content decisions.

I apologize for the PDF — I didn’t give a lot of thought to web presentation (merely figuring out how to construct a full-page print comic — images, color, type — took me a few weeks).

I hope to do more of these in the future (although on a broader range of subjects), and the web is definitely in my thoughts.

By: Monty Rohde

Monty Rohde — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:21:55 +0000

Harmless “family friendly” cartoon, except for the fact that homosexuality is not broadly considered an acceptable “family friendly” subject yet. Nothing offensive about it.

By: Beth Cravens

Beth Cravens — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:59:32 +0000

That’s such an awesome cartoon.

By: anne hambrock

anne hambrock — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:04:26 +0000

Stacy, thanks for the input but I have DSL and a pretty good mac with 1024 x 768. The image fit horizontally but not vertically. Since the image is so much longer than it is wide there is probably not a monitor made that could display the image in its entirety without making the text illegible. So we are left scrolling and that is what bothers me about reading certain things on my computer vs paper.

When I read a long blog article scrolling is not a distraction but when reading something visual like a comic it really messes with the timing. It helps me understand what movie directors are always complaining about when widescreen movies are cut down for TV screens and why they prefer letterboxing.

By: Stacy Curtis

Stacy Curtis — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:18:28 +0000

Ann,

Are you using dial-up?
Is your screen settings set at 800×600?

It did take a few seconds to load, but it fit on my screen horizontally, I just had to scroll down for the rest of the comic.

I’m not sure why web cartoonists tend to do webcomics in the traditional format of newspaper strips. It may have something to do with reprint collections or the hope that if they land a syndicate contract, they won’t have to redraw years of material that have appeared on their website.

By: R Pyle

R Pyle — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:16:07 +0000

If Clay was a composer, he could have strummed a song…a poet, he could have penned a sonnet…handy with tools, maybe he could have changed the oil or made a breadbox. In this case, he got a comic published. It’s fitting and it’s sweet.

By: Scott Metzger

Scott Metzger — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:02:34 +0000

“Yoink! In your face, ladies!”

What a great cartoon. Funny and right on the money.

I don’t understand why people freak out over gay marriage. This cartoon spells it out perfectly — gay marriage is a civil right and it shouldn’t be a big deal.

Bill Maher summed it up very well in his message to those who flip out over same-sex marriage:

“Look, conservatives, I know you’re sincere. I know you think you’re doing God’s work. But in a hundred years, people traveling by jet pack to Mars are not going to be tripping on gay marriage. The whole issue is just going to be a joke. On you.

So my advice to you is simple: They’re here, they’re queer, get bored with it.”