Comic for December 16, 2008: Surely, Maya, May I?
For the record, Maya is the quintet’s trombonist. But she knows her way around a tuba, and borrows a sousaphone from the local high school whenever TUBACHRISTMAS rolls around.
More on TUBACHRISTMAS to come.
“…euphonious majesty…” wow, that’s an amazing combination of words! lol
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Eeeh, I hate to be picky, but the Sousaphone was the marching equivalent of the Tuba. The one on her back looks more likely to be a Tuba, mainly since it isn’t round.
Jeez, I’m a pain. >.<
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When I first saw the strip I was also a little confused, but after looking up a few pictures of sousaphone cases I realized that it wasn’t actually so unreasonable:
http://images.finecases.com/products/B0054/images/skb380_1.jpg
http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/2/9/6/279296.jpg
But John drew it, so maybe he’d like to weigh in on this one?
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This is the case I found, actually:
http://www.finecases.com/browse/protec/protec-1070.html
Although the shape’s still weird, I admit!
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“the brazen horn of gods and titans…” Great turn of phrase!
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Thanks!
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Oh dear, Roy just TOTALLY let his newspaper fall to the floor!
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Isn’t the sousaphone more like a disphonium?
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