For those of you wondering, no I don’t absolutely hate clowns. I think they’re great, grand, and wonderful. So, if you’re a clown reading this, please don’t bust out of my closet in the middle of the night and start devouring me from the feet up.
This could work. A lot of people get turned off meat later in life when they finally make the connection between cute animals on a farm and the meat on their plate. Logically, if we introduce kids to that connection much earlier, it will never seem wrong to them.
Or, it could horribly destroy the meat industry by making the children look at the sausages on the their plate and realize that what they’re eating is the exact same thing that they were playing with on their toy farm.
No, see, that’s what already happens now, because we get them too late. What we need is a children’s toy abattoir, where you push a little toy cow in one side, and plastic steaks and sausages come out the other. Every part of this playset has cutesy eyes and beaming smiles, except the cow, who looks grumpy. When kids think of a grumpy cow becoming happy meat, everything will be dandy.
Rest assured, kids LOVE things that freak out their parents. In my generation it was Ren & Stimpy and Beavis & Butthead; today’s kids have any number of weird, annoying cartoon characters to drive mom and dad completely up the wall!
I like the panel layout. It’s nice and different or was it just convenient?
Dan, you have just widely advertised your disliking to clowns, so who’s to guess that I haven’t called my cannibal clown friend and told them about you?
(Though one might guess I don’t have a cannibal clown friend and they would be correct.)
That sure is a tall sign in the middle of nowhere. Hope they made it tall enough for those guys in the first village, about fifteen kilometers away, to see.
Yeah, that is a bit creepy, but I think it would grab kid’s attentions, at least the logo. The “Me” in “Meat” is probably the creepiest part though. Great strip as usual, you have a very cool imagination.
On a side note, a thing about clowns is that they typically come out from under the bed at night versus the closet, and they usually like to start at the nose, because most clowns don’t have noses of their own, thus the large red nose they wear on their face to cover up the horrific gaping hole that is as dark as their souls. In the clown culture they feel devouring a victims nose while the victim is still alive will one day result in a nose of their own. So if you want to be truly safe remove your bed frame and allow your box spring and mattress to lie directly on the floor, thus the reason hobos don’t get attacked by clowns, no where for them to hid under a hobo’s bed.
I think there’s a day care place here that operates on the “instill a strong case of coulrophobia while they’re still very small” principle. It’s actually run by a couple of clowns and even goes 24 hours, so you can have real, live clowns watching your kids. At night. In the dark.
Then, there’s the clown luncheon meat over in Europe. Made from pork.
As for your suggestion as to what you would like the clowns to not do, there, Mr. Long, that sounds very specific, there….
I don’t find clowns creepy. MANNEQUINS, on the other hand, can all go die in a fire. Screw mannequins. I hate them. I hate them to the point that I am a Mannequinist (prejudiced against mannequins)
I always say that the word “meat” has two parts: “MMMMMMM!” and “eat”.
Never did like clowns much for the same reason I don’t like facial hair: I want to see people’s faces, covering up with fur or pancake makeup is too much like hiding something.
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Am I first?sweet!
It sure does look to be that way.
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WOOT!!!!
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Right sorry… Um..awkward… Lol put the Me back In Meat.. That is pretty creepy. Piggy!!!!!!
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kids don’t like clowns either.
those who call first are last.
I think some kids like clowns, or at least the venues in which clowns appear, like circuses and scary funerals.
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o_O
circus and clown funerals maybe, but I don’t know of anyone who directly likes the clowns. usually they just tolerate it.
fear of the painted face, for some reason it’s built into our genes. I dunno why.
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explain makeup then, will you?
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This could work. A lot of people get turned off meat later in life when they finally make the connection between cute animals on a farm and the meat on their plate. Logically, if we introduce kids to that connection much earlier, it will never seem wrong to them.
Booyah, amateur child psychology!
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Or, it could horribly destroy the meat industry by making the children look at the sausages on the their plate and realize that what they’re eating is the exact same thing that they were playing with on their toy farm.
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No, see, that’s what already happens now, because we get them too late. What we need is a children’s toy abattoir, where you push a little toy cow in one side, and plastic steaks and sausages come out the other. Every part of this playset has cutesy eyes and beaming smiles, except the cow, who looks grumpy. When kids think of a grumpy cow becoming happy meat, everything will be dandy.
Child psychology debate!
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Rest assured, kids LOVE things that freak out their parents. In my generation it was Ren & Stimpy and Beavis & Butthead; today’s kids have any number of weird, annoying cartoon characters to drive mom and dad completely up the wall!
This time it’s Flapjack, whom I adore.
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Nobody actually likes clowns…
Careful, they might be listening…
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*Cries*
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I like the panel layout. It’s nice and different or was it just convenient?
Dan, you have just widely advertised your disliking to clowns, so who’s to guess that I haven’t called my cannibal clown friend and told them about you?
(Though one might guess I don’t have a cannibal clown friend and they would be correct.)
The idea came to me, to have a tall billboard, and I thought “Hey that could make a cool scroll-down comic! I like the way it came out.
And anybody could have a cannibal clown friend. Perhaps you just haven’t caught him under your bed yet.
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That sure is a tall sign in the middle of nowhere. Hope they made it tall enough for those guys in the first village, about fifteen kilometers away, to see.
It’s Binocular-ville, so they can see it just fine.
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Yeah, that is a bit creepy, but I think it would grab kid’s attentions, at least the logo. The “Me” in “Meat” is probably the creepiest part though. Great strip as usual, you have a very cool imagination.
On a side note, a thing about clowns is that they typically come out from under the bed at night versus the closet, and they usually like to start at the nose, because most clowns don’t have noses of their own, thus the large red nose they wear on their face to cover up the horrific gaping hole that is as dark as their souls. In the clown culture they feel devouring a victims nose while the victim is still alive will one day result in a nose of their own. So if you want to be truly safe remove your bed frame and allow your box spring and mattress to lie directly on the floor, thus the reason hobos don’t get attacked by clowns, no where for them to hid under a hobo’s bed.
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Dang, i’ve got a loft bed and i can’t remove the legs. Maybe i can just haul up the ladder every night. . .
Thanks, Todd, now I have more nightmare fuel to plague my nights. (gets a hacksaw)
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I utterly love you, marketing man’s got such a great OMG face
It was quite the epiphany! He’s late on the concept.
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I dont wanna eat meat now…
Just make sure the pig wasn’t cute before you eat the sandwich.
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More like its too creepy to eat…
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Those are the cutest eyes I’ve ever seen on a pig.
That makes him extra delicious.
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Clowns….. You know the man has a point….
There’s no getting past the clowns.
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What about the “eat” in “meat”?
That just further proves its intended purpose!
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I was afraid of clowns too,
till I ate them. =p
There is nothing more satisfying then eating the cold dead brains of your enemies.
I’ve never tried that. Perhaps that will be my new anti-clown strategy.
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Very nice comic today.
Next stop – Billboardia?
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you are what you eat
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I think there’s a day care place here that operates on the “instill a strong case of coulrophobia while they’re still very small” principle. It’s actually run by a couple of clowns and even goes 24 hours, so you can have real, live clowns watching your kids. At night. In the dark.
Then, there’s the clown luncheon meat over in Europe. Made from pork.
As for your suggestion as to what you would like the clowns to not do, there, Mr. Long, that sounds very specific, there….
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I don’t find clowns creepy. MANNEQUINS, on the other hand, can all go die in a fire. Screw mannequins. I hate them. I hate them to the point that I am a Mannequinist (prejudiced against mannequins)
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I always say that the word “meat” has two parts: “MMMMMMM!” and “eat”.
Never did like clowns much for the same reason I don’t like facial hair: I want to see people’s faces, covering up with fur or pancake makeup is too much like hiding something.
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My aunts husband is a part-time clown….. My brother loves him. I think he’s frightening.
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Of course, most meat now days probably isn’t meat but plastic…
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Well you can blame Stephen King for being one of the biggest contributors to evil clowns. the rest of us just ran with the idea.