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One nice thing about being the most evil blogger on the interwebs is that I can occasionally trick my kids into thinking I might be just a little bit cool. My son Connlann introduced me to the black humor of Mr Wiggles (my kids have inherited a weird sense of humor!), and the author, Neil Swaab, offered me a copy of his latest compilation, Rehabilitating Mr Wiggles. I mentioned that it was my boy who led me to Mr Wiggles, and so Neil generously sent me a second copy, autographed for Connlann. See the effect?
If you don't know Mr Wiggles, you're probably going to spend the next few hours browsing in appalled fascination.
Comments
Posted by: Danny | July 16, 2009 8:31 PM
Somewhat related. One of my cats names is "Mr. Wuggles".
no "i" in it, but eh, close enough ;)
Posted by: Danny | July 16, 2009 8:33 PM
Somewhat related. One of my cats names is "Mr. Wuggles".
no "i" in it, but eh, close enough ;)
Posted by: Danny | July 16, 2009 8:35 PM
Somewhat related. One of my cats names is "Mr. Wuggles".
no "i" in it, but eh, close enough ;)
Posted by: Danny | July 16, 2009 8:37 PM
damn the cursed triple post error.
Posted by: 'Tis Himself
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July 16, 2009 8:37 PM
Gee, Danny, what's the name of your cat?
Posted by: JohnnieCanuck
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July 16, 2009 8:42 PM
I distinctly heard "Muggles", I think.
Posted by: Geds | July 16, 2009 8:48 PM
Why would you name a cat after waffles, Danny? That's only going to make people want breakfast. And there's never any good syrup around, at least for those of us who couldn't get that dream job at the IHOP...
Great. Now I'm sad. I'm going to go cry in to a stack of flapjacks.
Posted by: shamar
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July 16, 2009 8:52 PM
Did I read correctly that the author of Mr Wiggles is also the author of Superjail??
I love Superjail, I watch it all the time an Cartoon Network's "Adult swim" late night cartoons program. If it's the same author, then I'm sure that I'll like Wr Wiggles.
Thanks for the introduction......
Posted by: Sili
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July 16, 2009 9:07 PM
Oooooooooh ...
Your son is cute, PeeZed.
:objectifies:
Posted by: recovering catholic | July 16, 2009 9:10 PM
I'm proud to say that I was introduced to Mr. Wiggles through this very blog a year or so ago.
(Handsome kid, PZ!)
Posted by: Ray | July 16, 2009 9:11 PM
Fascinated and appalled indeed.
Cheers,
Ray
Posted by: A Recovering Catholic | July 16, 2009 9:13 PM
Never heard of this guy, unique, funny, strange. love it.
Posted by: Smoggy Batzrubble | July 16, 2009 9:33 PM
Brilliant! although as a Christian I was hoping for a little more profanity to give me one of those illicit sin-induced erections that I always get around smut and evilness.
I wonder if Mr Wiggles would like have a book in the new Bible I'm writing?
Posted by: Zarquon | July 16, 2009 9:56 PM
These guys need a copy.
Posted by: Mr.Man | July 16, 2009 10:35 PM
It's Corduroy gone /b/tard. I love it.
Posted by: recovering catholic | July 16, 2009 10:47 PM
Zarquon--bad link. Here's the fixed one:
http://www.thewiggles.com.au/
But I still can't see anything...
Posted by: CJ :) | July 16, 2009 10:51 PM
I read three and immediately subscribed. Wonder what that says about me?
Posted by: Sanity Jane | July 16, 2009 10:52 PM
"Appalled." Good word choice. I think I'll stick with the more subtle perversity and better artwork of Red Meat.
Posted by: Scott Hatfield, OM | July 16, 2009 10:55 PM
Actually, 15 seconds was sufficient. I'm afraid my taste in vaguely-unsettling stylized paedomorphism runs more toward Chris Ware.
Speaking of which, I intend to look up Phil Plait at the San Diego Comic Con:
6:00-7:00 Mad Science: The Science Behind Science Fiction Discover magazine and the National Academy of Sciences' Science and Entertainment Exchange explore science as a double-edged sword..it's ethically and morally neutral in and of itself, but science depends on who wields it and how. Join moderator Phil Plait (Discover magazine contributing editor and blogger), Jaime Paglia (co-creator and executive producer of Eureka), Kevin Grazier (science consultant, Eureka, Virtuality), Jane Espenson (executive producer, Dollhouse, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Rob Chiappetta and Glenn Whitman (staff writers, Fringe), and Ricardo Gil da Costa (neuroscientist and consultant on Fringe) for a lively and fun discussion on science used for good vs. evil. Followed by Q&A. Room 6DE
Anybody else going to be at the doings?
Posted by: Jadehawk, OM
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July 16, 2009 11:22 PM
sooooooo...... if I e-mail you my address, will you mail me your son?
why are you all looking at me that way?
Posted by: James F | July 16, 2009 11:25 PM
Chip off the old block, PZ.
Since other are plugging, I'll plug the excellent Something Positive. Just be prepared for long story arcs.
#19
Scott,
I've been to two Comic Cons, and they're just too big for me - what is it now, over 120,000+ people? Several friends of mine are gong, though. Enjoy!
I'll stick to Dragon*Con. Eugenie Scott, James Randi, Phil Plait, Steve Novella, Pamela Gay, D.J. Grothe, George Hrab, Rebecca Watson and a bunch of the Skepchicks, Derek & Swoopy, and on and on and on....
Not to mention Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Terry Gilliam, and on and on and on.....
Posted by: littlejohn | July 16, 2009 11:38 PM
You named your kid Connlann???? What did he ever do to you? Well, I'll tell you what he'll do to you when he's bigger than you...
Posted by: tim Rowledge | July 16, 2009 11:56 PM
http://mrwiggleslovesyou.com/rehab521.html FTW!
Posted by: Jadehawk, OM
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July 17, 2009 12:03 AM
didn't you know? PZ is one of those Americans who went creative with his kids' names (Connlann, Alaric, and Skatje, if I remember correctly); all three seem to represent data-points against there being any permanently damaging effects to unusual names. :-)
Posted by: gypsytag | July 17, 2009 12:09 AM
did someone mention pancakes, because now i have a hankering for some bacon
Posted by: Amazona farinosa farinosa | July 17, 2009 1:10 AM
Mr. Wiggles is quite twisted. But RED MEAT. is more up my alley.
Posted by: TigerHunter | July 17, 2009 1:19 AM
That comic is horrible. Not because it's vulgar, but because it's just not funny. The author seems to think that if he has the former, he becomes the latter.
Posted by: Jason | July 17, 2009 1:58 AM
Eh.... read about ten of them. They were okay. Two or so made me actually laugh. A few others were somewhat pleasing. All in all an average comic. If its your thing then go for it.
Posted by: Sanity Jane | July 17, 2009 1:59 AM
Ah, Amazona farinosa farinosa, my psittacine soul sibling! Nice to see another Red Meat fan chime in.
Posted by: Levi in NY | July 17, 2009 3:34 AM
Good timing, PZ. The next-to-latest comic on his website is about atheism.
http://www.mrwiggleslovesyou.com/rehab521.html
Posted by: Levi in NY | July 17, 2009 3:36 AM
"of course PZ thinks he is right and the billions of people on the planet WRONG.."
As opposed to Christians? Hahahaha!
Posted by: hot | July 17, 2009 4:13 AM
Fuckin' hot. HOW MUCH FOR YOUR CHILD!? SELL HIM TO ME!
Posted by: davem | July 17, 2009 4:30 AM
Read a few, got the one joke straight away. Got bored after looking at 3 or 4 strips. Sorry, but it's really not funny at all.
Posted by: eddie | July 17, 2009 6:00 AM
I couldn't follow the links from work. The firewall filters love (in the url) but not sex, aparrently.
Posted by: bsk | July 17, 2009 6:31 AM
Haha. Wow, some of these are fucking legendary. I can't believe I didn't know about this before. Thanks, PZ.
Posted by: andrea | July 17, 2009 7:05 AM
Damn, work web blocker has blocked it as "Tastelss and Offensive"
Those are my favourite things!! :(
Posted by: Mumon | July 17, 2009 8:59 AM
Red Meat. That's the comic.
Posted by: Eidolon
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July 17, 2009 9:00 AM
Looked at some of the work...meh. The man cannae draw either.
Posted by: Don K | July 17, 2009 9:02 AM
You want strange AND funny? Try 'The Perry Bible Fellowship'
(http://pbfcomics.com/). Believe me, it has nothing to do with bibles!
Posted by: hyoid | July 17, 2009 11:53 AM
Nice kid. Who's his father?
Posted by: hyoid | July 17, 2009 12:04 PM
Nice kid. Who's his father?
Posted by: Brownian, OM
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July 17, 2009 12:42 PM
Ah, RMW.
It should surprise no-one here that I'm a fan, because sometimes you just don't want the subtlety of PBF or Red Meat, dammit, though those are both very fine comics.
I read Mr. Wiggles twenty at a time, after which I cry in the shower for an hour or so.
Posted by: vila | July 17, 2009 1:11 PM
Is that... Agent Cooper holding a Mr.Wiggles book?
Posted by: TD | July 18, 2009 1:32 AM
My, isn't that the picture of contentment? And he's hot too.