There once was a comic called bug
the greatness of which made the author quite smug
his genius was clear
in the comedy you’d hear
for he was the one we all wanted to hug
that marvelous author of bug
Mommy? Are you my mommy?
The worst part is that sometimes creepy little dolls get left places that you would think no child would leave them in. And instead of being rational about it (Suzy must have left her dolly here), you immediately think “How the hell did that thing get there?” As if the doll actually did move itself there.
The only thing creepy about that doll is that it lacks antennae. In bug world that would be creepy. Just like the Betsy Wetsy dolls my sisters had. They’d pee but they had no genitalia. Creepy.
Okay, I absolutely understand what you’re talking about – those freaky puffy-cheeked things with hard plastic faces and painted-on eyes that skip right past the Uncanny Valley and plummet to the bottom of the Uncanny Marianas Trench – but I think the doll looks kind of cool.
Also, I freakin’ LOVE this poem. Panel 2 is definitely the best.
There once was a poet named Stan
Whose poetry never would scan
When told it was so
He said, “Yes, I know.
It’s because I put every possible syllable in the last line that I can.”
Did anyone else hear Jonathan Coulton playing in their mind while reading this?
That was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the strip.
In a house in the woods on the top of a hill…
Just hope it isn’t a Slappy relative
Bye-bye, Talking Tina!
It’s like you are right there in my head….wait….GET..OUT..OF..MY..MIIIIND!
I’m so thinking of Friday the Thirteenth The Series right now.
Not the movie series but the TV series.
omg ur creepy doll looks like stitch from lilo and stitch
And there’s a creepy doll, that always follows you…
There once was a comic called bug
the greatness of which made the author quite smug
his genius was clear
in the comedy you’d hear
for he was the one we all wanted to hug
that marvelous author of bug
*LIKE*
Mommy? Are you my mommy?
The worst part is that sometimes creepy little dolls get left places that you would think no child would leave them in. And instead of being rational about it (Suzy must have left her dolly here), you immediately think “How the hell did that thing get there?” As if the doll actually did move itself there.
The only thing creepy about that doll is that it lacks antennae. In bug world that would be creepy. Just like the Betsy Wetsy dolls my sisters had. They’d pee but they had no genitalia. Creepy.
Is it odd that I read this to the tune of “Oh Christmas Tree”?
………? What? …How?
Classic Twilight Zone episode with Telly Savalas.
My sister’s Barbies thought my G.I. Joe was a creepy doll…but I informed her it would be more rightly referred to as a creepy ‘action figure.’
She’s just jealous that Ken doesn’t have guns like Joe’s.
the jerking monkey with the clashing cymbals is the one that does it for me. Yeeesh.
OMG I love this one! I HATE dolls! they are way too creepy. Even as a kid I hated them. This is my new fav, thanks for a great webcomic.
Adam, it’s not to often we get to see your poetic side, well done sir!
Lalaloopsy. Absolutely terrifying. Look it up…if you dare.
Okay, I absolutely understand what you’re talking about – those freaky puffy-cheeked things with hard plastic faces and painted-on eyes that skip right past the Uncanny Valley and plummet to the bottom of the Uncanny Marianas Trench – but I think the doll looks kind of cool.
Also, I freakin’ LOVE this poem. Panel 2 is definitely the best.
There once was a poet named Stan
Whose poetry never would scan
When told it was so
He said, “Yes, I know.
It’s because I put every possible syllable in the last line that I can.”
If you’re a Shakespearean jackass (which I am) who pronounces “every” as “eh-veh-ry”, that actually flows really quite well.