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Longtime readers may recall the guest strip I did for Mitch Clem’s “Nothing Nice To Say” comic, wherein they crank call hell. This has been a running joke in my circle of friends for quite some time, it dates back to 1993 for me, when a group of my friends would always throw the goat at each other and I jokingly said one time that everytime you throw that goat, the Devil’s phone rings– sort of like everytime a bell rings an angel gets it’s wings thing.
The funniest story I have about throwing the goat is, back in 1996, a group of friends consisting of Bob, my friend Cliff (who would later become my brother-inlaw) and myself were going into a video store to rent some flicks and we all said “let’s crank call hell!” then threw the goat into the air at the same time and FWASH! Every light in Fayette-Nam went out. Total power outtage. We all stopped in the darkness and murmured… “whoa.” and things like “holy shit.” - I think Bob was really weirded out about it— the video clerk girl was freaked out. Cliff and I just laughed.
So, anyway, everybody crank call hell today. Maybe the world will end, or maybe the internet will have a total meltdown. Speaking of which… someone asked me why they should buy the Yirmumah books when you could read the strips online for free? That’s a damn good reason right there… I mean, imagine if the internet just went KABLOOEY! You’d be S.O.L. I mean, at least this way, if you have the comic books, they can keep you company in your shanty or cave as society burns. That’s why I still buy books. Heh.
And just so you know I’m not just always shilling my own books here, why not try out my Theater Hopper’s big book. THat thing is a whopping 200 pages and in full color! It’s a great deal, I think you can still catch a nice preorder deal where he’ll draw in them as well… I think the deadline is June 11th on those, so make haste — check it out here.
Recent Topics: Pittsburgh, Self Publishing, 6/6/6, End of the World, Satan, Lucifer, The Devil, The Omen, 666, Books, Crank Calling Hell, Prank Calls, Theater Hopper, Tom Brazelton
June 6th, 2006 at 9:09 am
Hmmm… A comic about throwign the goat and I beat Adam to comment first?
The end IS nigh!
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June 6th, 2006 at 9:26 am
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I’m going to go all Dorky McNerd here.
June 6 2005 was technically the 6th day of the 6th month of the 6th year.
I’ll just STF! now.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:46 am
Are you sure Prim? I mean the actual millenium wasn’t until January 1, 2001 (as there was no year zero).
But I also slept through the Sox/Spanks game last night, it must be the END! AHHHHHHH!
June 6th, 2006 at 9:50 am
Does this mean I’m actually 31 one now? Because… fuck that.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:54 am
1. Good call! I’ll just STF!
June 6th, 2006 at 9:55 am
Nah, DJ. I think you’re still alright being borne of the 70s and such rather than 1 BC.
June 6th, 2006 at 10:44 am
I’m fashionably late, as usual…
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Take THAT, Prince o’Darkness!!!!!
June 6th, 2006 at 11:41 am
We’re all wrong according to this guy
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19375525-29277,00.html
6/6/06 not such a bad omen: priest
June 05, 2006
PREGNANT women concerned their children would be born on the same date as the devil’s number, 6/6/06, have been put at ease by claims from a priest that the date has in fact already passed.
According to Jesuit priest and director of the Catholic Film Office, Dr Richard Leonard, the re-release of the 1976 horror movie The Omen was unnecessarily worrying women due to give birth on the date.
In the film, a diplomat’s child born at six in the afternoon of the sixth of June turns out to be the embodiment of the antichrist.
The significance of the 666 number comes from a passage in the Bible’s Book of Revelation which warns “calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a person”, Dr Leonard said.
The passage says the number is 666.
Dr Leonard said mothers-to-be should ignore the date, because when Christianity took over the Roman calendar, in the 4th Century, the monk who compiled the dates got it wrong.
“We assume that Satan knows that the sixth day of the sixth month in 06 was in fact the 6th June 2002,” Dr Leonard said.
“I take evil far too seriously to think The Omen is telling me anything realistic or important.”
Historians backdated to confirm the timeline of activities in 1582, and it was discovered the dating was four years out, Dr Leonard said.
He said the mistake had not been corrected and that going by the original dates, 6/6/06 had been four years ago.
June 6th, 2006 at 11:47 am
It also helps if you actually subscribe to the sexist, monotheistic, hypocritical sin-bin that Christianity actually is.
As I don’t, I find all the “end times” talk quite funny and I’m sure to point and laugh at those that do.
June 6th, 2006 at 2:14 pm
Hey Drew, why does your Devil remind me of Rowan Atkinson when he did that “Welcome to Hell” sketch in his comedy show a few years back? I can just hear his British-accent dripping with sarcasm. “You magnificient bastards.”
Awesome.
And, just to toss in a comment on the date thing. Were are all the other anti-christs for the other 6-6-06s? You know, June 6, 1906; June 6, 1806; June 6, 1706, etc. Silly numbers.
June 6th, 2006 at 2:48 pm
You guys are getting off-topic! We need to remember the *important* reasons for today, like when (and when not) to Throw the Goat. Behold!
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/42365
Consider yourselves edumacated. \m/
June 6th, 2006 at 3:31 pm
Some scholars think the number of the Beast should actually be 616, so the Anti-Christ was really born last Thursday.
June 6th, 2006 at 6:31 pm
That sneaky bastard!
June 7th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
Well, 6/6/6 technically happened 2000 years ago on June 6th, 6 A.D.
July 12th, 2006 at 7:47 am
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