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If you’re one of those readers who was confused by today’s cartoon, allow me to elucidate: Monty Python is the world’s greatest comedy troupe, beginning in England in the late 60s. One of their movies, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” had a scene in a medieval English village during a plague, in which a couple of tattered peasants are wheeling a cart of dead bodies down a street shouting, “Bring out your dead!” What follows is funny as hell. The big boat on the top of the hill is the mythological ark from the story of Noah in the Old Testament.
That should be all you need to know to fully enjoy this cartoon. If you actually needed every bit of that explanation, you can now crawl back under your rock and laugh.
And what’s this? Another bible reference? Have I been “saved”? Well, yes, I was when I was a teenager and believed in that concept, but the reason now is that common mythology makes for great cartoon fodder. The reason mythology is so enduring in the first place is because it captures essential aspects of human life. Ergo (nice word, right?), these same myths are a terrific jumping-off point for cartoons. They incorporate common knowledge as well as common experiences and beliefs.
And speaking of religion, I just yesterday inked and submitted my cartoon for Christmas day this year. (We’re required to be six to eight weeks ahead of the publishing date.) I can’t wait to share it with you––I’m really happy with it. In the meantime, though, all I can give you is this sneak preview, which is a closeup of but a small part of the cartoon. Hope you enjoy it!
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Whew, after reading the title I was worried your blog post would be something controversial about Bill Gates. Come to find out it’s about the boring old topic of organized superstition.
Amen to your assessment of MPFC. I’m pretty sure a day doesn’t go by but some Python quote, or several, pass through my consciousness. Today, I know not why, but it was: “A duck! (Crowd gasps.)”
Loved this one, I would like to see your take on another “Monty Python” favorite of mine, “Have a wafer”.
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so funny you make me smile!!!! “wring out your dead!!!!! brilliant!
And now for something completely different…
“I’m not dead yet…”
“You’re not fooling anyone, you know.”
Hilarious! I really love the second comic. Although the first one makes me wanna bust out my Spamalot CD. As a Christian myself, glad to know my name is in the Lamb’s “Facebook” of Life.
So who drew the very first cartoon of St. Peter and his desk, standing on the clouds outside the gates of heaven (which by the way are never Pearly) ? That person ought to be as famous as the Pythons.
Good question. I wonder if anyone knows?
you never expect the church police
Or the Spanish inquisition!
Yeah, just wait until they see your Christmas comic, then we’ll have to watch your back for Jesuits. Although keeping with the Python theme, that could be Brian in the manger.
I’m digging the ergo link….
I have had this exact scene in my head for days. It’s good for keeping myself entertained in the middle of the night when I’m nursing my son.
The wisdom link- wow! That one’s getting shared (but not in public, or down anyone’s throats).
I didn’t make that saying up, but it’s one of my favorites. No idea where it came from. :o)
It’s a *dead* parrot!
Love the MP and the Flood idea. How do they know the flood is over and it’s save to go outside? A swallow flies in carrying a coconut of course.
At what air speed velocity?
is that an African or European swallow?
Monty Python is/was indeed the best ever comedy troupe…great call!
“I’m feeling better” !