March 19th, 2008
#467 - Grind
Novelty over sized items were always cool as a kid. I always wanted one of those giant pencils or crayons. I have a feeling that they were plastic and you couldn’t actually write with them. Although a giant Sharpie® would come in handy if you won a contest that gave you one of those giant checks.
A few comics back I mentioned doodling during meetings and someone requested that I post some of them. Check them out here.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:12 am
I had a novelty pencil, except it broke and I couldn’t sharpen it. I’ll miss that pencil.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:41 am
I tried one of those big pencils, and I found it was more of a hassle than it was worth. Nowhere to keep it, for example.
March 19th, 2008 at 1:06 am
I have a giant inflatable Silver Surfer hammer. It was once my pride and joy. Well, it still is really… {>..>}
March 19th, 2008 at 2:05 am
I had a couple of giant pencils as a kid–you could definitely write with them. I was, however, much too small to do it without smacking myself in the face.
March 19th, 2008 at 2:32 am
Yes, but is it only a stop gap measure, or does it give them a real personality?
March 19th, 2008 at 3:38 am
I used to use a giant pencil and giant pencil sharpener all of the time. It hat multiple uses. write. slide things toward me that would otherwise be out of reach. beat people into unconsciousness. ah… good times.
March 19th, 2008 at 6:16 am
This is GENIUS. The visual gag is intricate, but so tightly executed. Chris, even among all your consistently-solid Biff cartoons, this one stands out. It’s just plain phenomenal.
March 19th, 2008 at 6:37 am
Another uncommon use for a common household device! Well, OK… Flamethrowers *aren’t* common… Except in BiffWorld!
I never really got into the “oversized item” thing. It seemed like too big a hassle.
March 19th, 2008 at 7:13 am
@Chivalrybean - I thought Thor was the one with the hammer.
@literatehyaena - I apologise for laughing at your story.
@Jackson - Thanks
March 19th, 2008 at 7:25 am
lol, I guess Biff has been stealing office supplies from the giants again.
March 19th, 2008 at 7:53 am
Men and their love of big pieces of
wood never cease to amaze me.
March 19th, 2008 at 8:45 am
LOL
Heh, he could use the pencil shavings as mulch, if he felt like fishing them out of his grease trap.
@Seraphine - If you got it, flaunt it.
March 19th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Seraphine, we men probably wouldn’t love our big lumber quite so much, if the women in our lives didn’t encourage us quite so much…
Oh, the places I could take the carpentry comments…
Mercifully, I shall refrain.
:p
March 19th, 2008 at 11:25 am
We’ve got one of those pencils lying around. I keep it stashed on the top of the blinds at the kitchen window, nearest the front door, as a means to stake any vampire that might be polite enough to enter through the front door.
Also, it writes just fine, however it’s several (10-15+) years old so the eraser no longer works. Oh well. It’s still a great antivampire security device.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Somewhere under the pile of junk in my bedroom floor is one of those gigantic coffee mugs decrying that I’m “The Worlds Greatest Boyfriend.”
Of course, two months after giving me that, the girl got mad and left…
March 19th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
@Chris
Yeah, Thor has the hammer, but this hammer just has the Silver Surfer on it. It is proudly displayed on the bottom of some paper bag in a closet somewhere.
March 19th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
I think we got ourselves another theme week!
March 19th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
haha, ironic thing is, they just made garbage disposals illegal where I live (Wendell, NC)
April 8th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
biff is a genious
May 13th, 2008 at 2:10 am
Actually no, those giant pens and pencils could be written with–I always got mine taken away in school XD
August 29th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
The biggest-scale things I’ve ever had were a pair of 5ft. drumsticks I actually played with in front of some 5000 people. That was the biggest gig I’ve ever had, too.