Rube Goldberg
I’m sure everyone’s familiar with Rube Goldberg devices (I think the most well known is probably from the “Mouse Trap” game) which were based on his cartoons & illustrations of outlandishly complicated machines which performed a simple task. I think there have been all kinds of crazy Rube Goldberg alarm clock designs over the years, but his actual alarm clock was probably pretty simple.
August 19th, 2008 at 6:01 am
so the alarm goes off and the lampshade falls down to stifle it?
August 19th, 2008 at 6:23 am
Alright, enough is enough.
The comics are alright. Maybe even a little better than Brevity.
But please, please stop with the explanations. They literally ruin the comic for me. You can talk about other things, or link to the explanation - but I don’t want to see it. I suppose you could even try posting yesterday’s explanation when you post a new comic.
Remember, people who need the explanations are not reading your comic.
August 19th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I don’t know if the depiction is historically accurate, but Rube Goldberg looks a lot like my boss, who’s actually quite like Goldberg in a lot of ways now that I think about it.
I don’t mind the explanations. I see it more as an insight into the mind of the artist. But what do I know.
August 19th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
But he’s never talking about the creative progress- he’s talking about the joke.
August 19th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
I’d never heard of Rube Goldberg, so I found it very imformative! Also, I do of course understand 98% of the jokes, so I’m not going to not read it because of the rare one that I don’t immediately ‘get’.
August 20th, 2008 at 8:19 am
hey bryce, why don’t you just…not read the comments at the bottom
i get all the jokes, but i still read the comments and like them
November 28th, 2008 at 9:31 am
I’m with Chris. I enjoy reading the comments and I do get the jokes. What is the big deal?
July 16th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
I say you get rid of the explanation and the comic and just stick with the comments.
May 19th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
I say just get rid of the comic and leave the explanations and comments…lol