The strip is wonderful. However, I think regular readers
of Bruno might get more out of it since Dee looks like
Bruno as a child, and we finally get to see her care-free
and happy. It's almost as if we get to see Bruno triumph
over her malaise and depression.

Edited by author 08-22-2003 10:31 AM
i don't think we needed to worry about them being recognized -- the city was eerily absent of people. like a de chirico painting, only sillier. ^_^

the costumes were beautifully appropriate for Ted and Vachel, by the way.

--jim

ps. now that my computer network is back up (stupid worms) i can start DIVING right into this weeks archives!

pps. you'd think ted, as astute as he is, would've noticed the chocolate smudges all over dee's hands and face.

I don't know if anyone else is having this problem, but I'm not getting any new Little Dee's. I solved it by going to the archive, but the last two weeks only show Monday's strip.
Just a head's up.

The site does that from time to time...it doesn't appear to the browser to have updated, so the browser loads the last page it has stored in cache. Try holding down the Control key and refreshing the page.

I'm not sure what I think of Little Dee yet, which is why I haven't commented. Right now I'm going back and forth between "cute" and "weird"...

*reads today's strip ("here's this heavy rock")*
*gasps in horror*

chris, the syndicates aren't gonna like this little storyline one bit, i'm betting.

--jim

PS. notice? the snorkel experiment worked! ^_^

Personally I think this comic is way too funny. That vulture takes the prize, is he a riot or what? And the dog OMG he is so slow witted he reminds me of my in-laws. I just love the bear, this ones a keeper.

Oh, I donīt really think that this storyline will cause any undue problems - a lot of syndicated comics have occasional dark humor. The main issue, of course, is that the atmosphere must be such that we know Dee couldnīt possibly be hurt.

Since snorkeling worked out right, hereīs a new keyword to see if we can get related ads:

ASPARAGUS

Edited by author 08-24-2003 03:24 PM
Indeed, eytan...

Personally, I get the feeling that a lot of people are trying to interpret Litte Dee waaay too literally... I love the surreality of it all.


Keyword: VEGETABLE

Little Dee is fast becoming one of the funniest strip I read. I mean actual chuckles here.

The only thing funnier are the ads for "SnorkleMart" and "Diver's Discount". Do you get the feeling that there's some guy back there thinking, "Influence my ads, will you! Here, I'll give you 'SnorkleMart'! Ha!"

And where's my BAHAMAS?

i know of course that dee won't get hurt. but i also get so involved with the characters that the strip elicited a gut reaction first (as if it were a REAL girl falling with a REAL rock) ...and THEN the humor response.

this, i think, is one of chris's biggest strengths. be it bruno or dee or madge or whoever, his characters are always ones i care about on an emotional level. his characterization is some of the best in the business.

--jim

oops! i forgot my ad-fooler!

so, chris, will we ever see sunday Little Dee strips? or is that a CARROT you're saving for the syndicates?

--jim

Yay for accurate science in cartoon strips!

Of course, given that it's Dee vs. A Rock (why does this sound like some WWE thing?) the rock will make it down first - lot less air resistance, Dee has all the hair and clothing and limbs stuff going on.

Oh, I remember now - someone call International Rescue or something!

(PARSNIP)

and now, a syllogism:

1. i am a chemistry / physics teacher at a high school.
2. we are covering acceleration currently.
3. i will be using these strips TODAY. ^_^

you know, just in case you were wondering.

--jim

...so dee would also fall at the same rate as a head of BOK CHOI? am i understanding this correctly?

The current strip (Dee falling physics) leaves me at a bit of a quandary. On the one hand, I enjoy this sort of humor. It is also well executed. But the sudden intrusion of a narrative voice just seems so... invasive to me. Totally out of place with all the previous strips, where interpretation and humor were left entirely to the characters.

If there was frequent (or even occasional) narration so far, I would have really liked this strip. Now, it just feels out of place. Really, really, out of place.

Oh, and POTATOES! lots and lots of POTATOES!

I realize that the narration in the "dee falling" strip is jarring because it's never been heard before. I've been struggling to find the perfect voice for it, and until I'm totally pleased, I'm not ready to do more. It's not as much that I included this strip, rather that since I liked it so much, i didn't exclude it.

And Sunday strips, I may not do Sunday strips. One Sunday strip pays as much as a full week of regular ones (in newspaper land), but it's also a ton more work, and I feel it's almost a different medium. I'd love to do it, but I think I may rather do a lot of other things. We'll see.

-Christopher Baldwin (vegatarian carrot onion)