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Weekly Webcomic Wrapup brings horrors from the deep
In case you were planning on showing up for work on Monday, consider this your early warning that we're smack dab in the middle of Memorial Day Weekend. Ostensibly a day of remembrance for fallen soldiers, Memorial Day is better known as a handy excuse to visit the beach and grill various fatty meats, both in patty and sausage form. In that spirit of lazy, sun-baked indulgence, we pose the following hypothetical scenario - of terror! You're trapped on an island, surrounded by giant, hungry crabs. Okay, actually, they aren't so much "giant" as "roughly terrier-sized," but that's still pretty impressive for a crab, and you'd better believe those pincers will sting like the dickens. You're running low on food, night is about to fall, and you can hear the menacing cacophony of thousands of tiny crustacean feet skittering toward your huddled form. Clickity-clack, clickity-clack. Clickity-clack, clickity-clack. You quickly rummage through your pack, searching for something, anything with which you might defend yourself. The only supplies you find are a broken wooden oar, a lighter, two cashews and a box of delicious Thin Mints. With only seconds remaining before those tiny terrors give you the pinching of a lifetime, you have to make a decision: What do you do?
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup wants to go play outside
Here in Portland, Oregon, our weather forecasts alternate between "rainy" and "rainy enough to spawn a race of bipedal fish people." Yet, somehow, it's currently 70 degrees, sunny and the only clouds in the sky are localized around our copious "blown glass retailers." Despite this natural beauty, here I am, strapped into the pilot's chair of the USS Joystiq to bring you this week's finest offerings from the world of Internet comic strips. You don't need to thank me - the crate full of office supplies I swiped this morning is reward enough - but if your local area is likewise bathed in the warmth of Earth's nearest star, let me know what your plans for the day are. Are you going to stuff your pocket with meat snacks, then visit your local park with a excitable pooch in tow? Are you going to hop through a sprinkler, then pester your mom until she buys you a sno-cone? Whatever you're up to, let me live (and tan) through you vicariously.
