Comments on: Blinded By The Light http://www.1977thecomic.com/1977-comics/blinded-by-the-light/ Life, One Tune At A Time Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:57:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Byron http://www.1977thecomic.com/1977-comics/blinded-by-the-light/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 Byron Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:10:14 +0000 http://www.1977thecomic.com/2009/06/02/blinded-by-the-light/#comment-1542 RE: Kevin - As long as it is not JUST you and I reading our comics... but yes, we DO have the best readers in the world! :) RE: Kevin – As long as it is not JUST you and I reading our comics… but yes, we DO have the best readers in the world! :)

]]> By: Kevin http://www.1977thecomic.com/1977-comics/blinded-by-the-light/comment-page-1/#comment-1541 Kevin Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:40:16 +0000 http://www.1977thecomic.com/2009/06/02/blinded-by-the-light/#comment-1541 I was gonna go off on you about claiming "the best readers in the webcomic world" for yourself, when obviously my readers are far superior. But then I realized that <i>I</i> read your webcomic, and <i>you</i> read mine… so maybe you're right. I was gonna go off on you about claiming “the best readers in the webcomic world” for yourself, when obviously my readers are far superior. But then I realized that I read your webcomic, and you read mine… so maybe you’re right.

]]> By: not_a_monkey http://www.1977thecomic.com/1977-comics/blinded-by-the-light/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 not_a_monkey Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:28:15 +0000 http://www.1977thecomic.com/2009/06/02/blinded-by-the-light/#comment-1540 ah, no, that's not a smoke stack, it's the power plug :) They decided to make it out of the body directly instead of wiring some cable; thus leaving the user with the responsibility to choose an appropriate cable to connect to power ... a bit of a problem nowadays, since I can't find that one anymore, and those flattish 4pin 380V AC connectors were banned some decades ago in favor of roundish 5pin connectors (extra earthing). But blast it, I will eventually find one at some flea market or another. Then we'll talk about movie rights ... and lots of work-out, I could barely lift that thing onto the shelf ^^ ah, no, that’s not a smoke stack, it’s the power plug :) They decided to make it out of the body directly instead of wiring some cable; thus leaving the user with the responsibility to choose an appropriate cable to connect to power … a bit of a problem nowadays, since I can’t find that one anymore, and those flattish 4pin 380V AC connectors were banned some decades ago in favor of roundish 5pin connectors (extra earthing). But blast it, I will eventually find one at some flea market or another.
Then we’ll talk about movie rights … and lots of work-out, I could barely lift that thing onto the shelf ^^

]]> By: Byron http://www.1977thecomic.com/1977-comics/blinded-by-the-light/comment-page-1/#comment-1539 Byron Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:50:47 +0000 http://www.1977thecomic.com/2009/06/02/blinded-by-the-light/#comment-1539 RE: not_a_monkey - Holy crap! That chain saw would have made the movie a bit more interesting now wouldn't it? It looks like it has a smoke stack on it! Steam power maybe? LOL! Now those were REAL men that used those tools. RE: not_a_monkey – Holy crap! That chain saw would have made the movie a bit more interesting now wouldn’t it? It looks like it has a smoke stack on it! Steam power maybe? LOL!

Now those were REAL men that used those tools.

]]> By: Byron http://www.1977thecomic.com/1977-comics/blinded-by-the-light/comment-page-1/#comment-1538 Byron Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:48:56 +0000 http://www.1977thecomic.com/2009/06/02/blinded-by-the-light/#comment-1538 Well, dgriff13, it's nothing like doing a comic about two aliens disguised as dogs!! Yeah, I have even bought a 1977 Sears catalog off eBay so that I can get color schemes and some of the "wild" outfits we wore back then. Holy crap, we wore some awful stuff. Just saw a Frederic's of Hollywood catalog from 1977 and think I'll sneak that one in someday! :D Well, dgriff13, it’s nothing like doing a comic about two aliens disguised as dogs!!

Yeah, I have even bought a 1977 Sears catalog off eBay so that I can get color schemes and some of the “wild” outfits we wore back then. Holy crap, we wore some awful stuff.

Just saw a Frederic’s of Hollywood catalog from 1977 and think I’ll sneak that one in someday! :D

]]> By: dgriff13 http://www.1977thecomic.com/1977-comics/blinded-by-the-light/comment-page-1/#comment-1537 dgriff13 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:33:14 +0000 http://www.1977thecomic.com/2009/06/02/blinded-by-the-light/#comment-1537 wow.. I bet you never thought you'd be looking for a 70's nail gun for reference. That's what you get for doin' a retro comic! LOL wow.. I bet you never thought you’d be looking for a 70′s nail gun for reference. That’s what you get for doin’ a retro comic! LOL

]]> By: satyrblade http://www.1977thecomic.com/1977-comics/blinded-by-the-light/comment-page-1/#comment-1536 satyrblade Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:13:34 +0000 http://www.1977thecomic.com/2009/06/02/blinded-by-the-light/#comment-1536 Great gods, man! That chainsaw looks like some sort of mad Beelzebubbian steampunk devilcock! AIIIIEEEE!!! Great gods, man! That chainsaw looks like some sort of mad Beelzebubbian steampunk devilcock! AIIIIEEEE!!!

]]> By: not_a_monkey http://www.1977thecomic.com/1977-comics/blinded-by-the-light/comment-page-1/#comment-1535 not_a_monkey Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:34:46 +0000 http://www.1977thecomic.com/2009/06/02/blinded-by-the-light/#comment-1535 Here's another one, I wouldn't have thought that taking inventory last year would be actually useful sometimes - even if it is only to amuse people :-) http://www.mannm.org/tools/mafell_us60_zimmereimaschine_1.jpg yes that's a handle at the far end of the chainsaw blade. Yes you'd have to try very hard to handle this baby alone. And you'd violate several security rules and, most probably, yourself in one go if you'd do so. So don't. Seriously. Here’s another one, I wouldn’t have thought that taking inventory last year would be actually useful sometimes – even if it is only to amuse people :-)
http://www.mannm.org/tools/mafell_us60_zimmereimaschine_1.jpg
yes that’s a handle at the far end of the chainsaw blade. Yes you’d have to try very hard to handle this baby alone. And you’d violate several security rules and, most probably, yourself in one go if you’d do so. So don’t. Seriously.

]]> By: satyrblade http://www.1977thecomic.com/1977-comics/blinded-by-the-light/comment-page-1/#comment-1534 satyrblade Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:40:48 +0000 http://www.1977thecomic.com/2009/06/02/blinded-by-the-light/#comment-1534 Popularized by Manfred Mann, but written and originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen in one of his weirder moments. (For what it's worth, I prefer the remake...) So... is "Shock Me" coming up, or have you already used that one? Other potential '70s rock songs for this de-construction theme: "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" (The Ramones), "Rip it Out" (Ace Frehley), "Hammerdown" (Ted Nugent), "You're My Home" (Billy Joel), "Blackout" (The Scorpions), "Careful With that Axe, Eugene" (Pink Floyd), and "Something's Gone Wrong Again" (The Buzzcocks). Popularized by Manfred Mann, but written and originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen in one of his weirder moments. (For what it’s worth, I prefer the remake…)

So… is “Shock Me” coming up, or have you already used that one?

Other potential ’70s rock songs for this de-construction theme: “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue” (The Ramones), “Rip it Out” (Ace Frehley), “Hammerdown” (Ted Nugent), “You’re My Home” (Billy Joel), “Blackout” (The Scorpions), “Careful With that Axe, Eugene” (Pink Floyd), and “Something’s Gone Wrong Again” (The Buzzcocks).

]]> By: Byron http://www.1977thecomic.com/1977-comics/blinded-by-the-light/comment-page-1/#comment-1533 Byron Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:05:03 +0000 http://www.1977thecomic.com/2009/06/02/blinded-by-the-light/#comment-1533 RE: vince - As Tim Allen's "Home Improvement" show demonstrated, there is no end to power tool gags. These are the true weapons of mass destruction: the weekend warriors and their power tools. Death by Nail Gun is now a national statistic, so enough "Here's Your Sign" type folks are using these things and killing either themselves or more than likely, their co-workers. As I tell my sons about driving, I trust myself, it's the other idiots behind the wheels that I don't trust. :) RE: vince – As Tim Allen’s “Home Improvement” show demonstrated, there is no end to power tool gags. These are the true weapons of mass destruction: the weekend warriors and their power tools. Death by Nail Gun is now a national statistic, so enough “Here’s Your Sign” type folks are using these things and killing either themselves or more than likely, their co-workers.

As I tell my sons about driving, I trust myself, it’s the other idiots behind the wheels that I don’t trust.
:)

]]> By: vince http://www.1977thecomic.com/1977-comics/blinded-by-the-light/comment-page-1/#comment-1531 vince Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:33:38 +0000 http://www.1977thecomic.com/2009/06/02/blinded-by-the-light/#comment-1531 I think the question for the week or so is: Will the studio be built before: 1. Bud ruins the house again with his "More Power"-tool antics? 2. Bud injures the rest of the gang with those same tool antics? 3. We run out of power tool gags? I think the question for the week or so is: Will the studio be built before: 1. Bud ruins the house again with his “More Power”-tool antics? 2. Bud injures the rest of the gang with those same tool antics? 3. We run out of power tool gags?

]]> By: Sandy http://www.1977thecomic.com/1977-comics/blinded-by-the-light/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 Sandy Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:24:34 +0000 http://www.1977thecomic.com/2009/06/02/blinded-by-the-light/#comment-1532 I love that song, but I could never figure out the lyrics... I always thought they were singing 'wrecked up like a douche, roller in the night', which made no sense, but hey, it was the seventies. Things didn't have to make sense. I love that song, but I could never figure out the lyrics… I always thought they were singing ‘wrecked up like a douche, roller in the night’, which made no sense, but hey, it was the seventies. Things didn’t have to make sense.

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