Comic for December 5, 2008: It’s The Skeleton Guy!
Everybody remembers Mr. Skeleton! Yeah! Well, it just so happens that Mr. Skeleton speaks with a North Central American English dialect.
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[…] unusual. And anyway, can anyone really say “no” to a comic featuring a friendly talking skeleton?* Or a jetpack-toting dean who’s inexplicably two inches tall? This is the kind of […]
Eye dialect.
P.S. I imagined him talking like the King of Town.
I imagined more of a Coach Z type of voice. Especially with the word “Frahsty”.
Orceiacum’s got it, insofar as that I’d say that of all the H*R characters, Coach Z is the closest to what we had in mind for Mr. Skeleton. But to each his own! If you imagine him talking like the King of Town, don’t let me stop you!
I can see Coach Z now.
What happened to the bone from the last strip? It seems like… his forearm was disconnected and Milo took the rest of his arm. I accuse you of webcomic witchcraft.
I have no answer for you, but I admit that I had already registered the incongruity somewhere in the back of my mind. Perhaps John has an answer.
Uhh… When you said North Central American English, did you mean North Central English English?