Comments on: #974 – Laced (24 Comments)

By: i.half4

i.half4 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:59:01 +0000

I guess that’s a fair thing to suppose, and I would be honest with you if you had got it right, but I distinctly recall that in my mind, the lyrics followed on the notion of a person being scarred by stars, so the comment definitely inspired the lyrics, and not the other way round.

In fact, I only rememebered that song because it was used by The Simpsons in an episode that began with Lisa’s stargazing being obstructed by light pollution from the town. I had to Google the lyrics, and when I read them, I hesitated to include the complete first verse because it was much darker than the way I remembered it. (I thought the title was Starry, Starry Night, not Vincent) But then I considered that in the context of this day in the life of Biff, and in the context of the music of the song, Vincent is a lullabye. I mean, the words don’t carry any more meaning than “down will come baby, cradle and all” do they? I stand by the original context of the quote.

By: Rex

Rex — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:27:38 +0000

@i.half4

it sounds to me like you just wanted to put those lyrics there, nothing you said seemed to make sense whatsoever.

Colors changing hue!

By: i.half4

i.half4 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:03:37 +0000

I can take a guess why that shoe is glowing. The large dot on the ankle means it must be a Converse All Star. Poor Biff! Imagine being hauted by every star in the sky. That’s even more scary than being haunted by every bug you ever stepped on without giving it a second thought.

Don’t panic, Biff. Don McLean and Vincent will tame that Dragon Sky:

Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and grey
Look out on a summer day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:35:15 +0000

@Matt Lee – Wow, that’s crazy! It’s almost identical!

By: Twilightfairy

Twilightfairy — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:15:11 +0000

Cicadas are everywhere over here in Jersey in the summer months. Little buggers are annoying!

By: sco3tt

sco3tt — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:06:11 +0000

The laces on that shoe look familiar, kinda like Biff’s eyebrows. At first glance I thought that he was having a nachtmare that he was a ghostly shoe. I thought for just a second there that it wasn’t just me that had that nachtmare, that I’d found a kindred spirit in Biff. Then I realized it was a cricket joke, and since I don’t play, I don’t get it.

(nachtmare – nightmare with German subtitles)

By: Matt Lee

Matt Lee — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:46:25 +0000

@Chris – This is the best I can find on youtube. This is that clip of Invader Zim everyone’s been talking about. Someone made a Blink-182 music video with clips of the show. It’s at 0:13.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkNqgCkm7a4

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:46:05 +0000

@steve-o – Was it funnier when you got it?

@Ziriath – It depends what time of year it is. He usually doesn’t wear a shirt in the summer.

By: Ziriath

Ziriath — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:17:32 +0000

Nice to see Biff sleeping in more clothes. At previous strips I always felt cold just from seeing him sleeping with no shirt.

By: onex

onex — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:07:26 +0000

It would be a chicken in my case. I know what you mean about crickets, Chris. The cement pad outside my west window is shaped perfectly for the buggers to keep me awake all night from -outside- my house. Fortunately, I’ve found many of their favorite hiding places. Our chickens are happy for moving food in the morning.