Ya know…everyone could just let the grammar go. This isn’t an exercise in an English class after all. And mind you, this is coming from the one in my family known as the Spell Nazi. Adam doesn’t really need all of us griping about his little grammatical faux pas all the time. I mean, do I see them? Sure. Do they drive me crazy sometimes…meh. Bug is too funny to get all riled up over a few minor things like missing comma’s or periods. IMHO…
Honestly, I don’t really think anyone has gotten “worked up” over Adam’s various minute grammatical or spelling errors. As far as I’ve seen, everyone points them out as nicely as humanly possible.
If *I* see them, I mention them for two reasons. First, so that he might fix them and make the comics a smoother read for other Bug fans.
Second, I consider Adam a writer, like I am. While I am by no means a great novelist (or a talented cartoonist), I appreciate it when other people mention my mistakes, as do the vast majority of other writers. It’s editing. I like my work to be as perfect as I can make it, and editing helps out a lot with that.
I edit Adam’s work as a professional courtesy (for lack of a better term) to him, so that his work might also be as perfect as possible. If it annoys him or anyone else, I apologize.
For the record: I deeply appreciate it when folks politely alert me to typos in my comics.
I don’t have an editor or someone to proofread my work. It’s just me and I’ll occasionally make mistakes. I’ve watched Scott Kurtz (the webcartoonist who draws PVP) draw his strip in UStream a few times and his chat room will notify him of misspellings and grammatical errors so he can correct them before he even posts the strip. I don’t have that – I have you guys, and you’ve been amazingly helpful to keep my strip on the straight – and grammatically – narrow path
Trust me, it would be much worse if everyone stayed silent and it wasn’t until my first book collection (it’ll happen someday, guys. Be patient) that I discovered all the mistakes in my strips.
Why does every one assume Satan wears a robe with a pointy collar? He’s TOTALLY nude all the time. I mean, come on. If you ruled an entire plain of existence and where the prince of all that is unholy and evil, why would you EVER wear cloths?
Do not underestimate the power of the Divine Legal System: greater than the powers of God almighty and Satan combined. That’s why Satan is so intimidated by the idea of false advertising
Offers Wi-Fi, but only 802.11a and with spotty reception and download limits… that results in more pain the more you download… o wait that is my monthly bill already.
I would totally buy a satan fish sticker. That’s probably what the first transitional fish looked like in evolution — waddling with their iddy biddy forks to find new food sources. Not sure about the horns though…
So so much to love about this comic! The little bug skull, complete with antennae bones, the unicorn advertising bug, the devil bug (anyone else think it should be Beelzebug?) worrying about getting sued and rejecting every single idea, ad bug pointing “gun fingers” at the “big guy” with his last pitch…ah, so much to love about Bug, Adam. Thank you.
I totally rank Bug up there with Calvin & Hobbes and Bloom County, which, coming from me is high praise indeed.
“For Pete’s sake?” I was honestly expecting more along the lines of “For Christ’s sake!” or “For the love of God!” But, as usual, you made me laugh. I love this strip. Thank you, Adam, for making my day
As stated above, you need a car magnet like the catfish with a pitchfork. I will buy one for every car I own and everyone else I happen to come across. Also, being in advertising and merchandising, this is scarily close to the truth…
I’m also unable to see the comic in either Firefox or Chrome, just letting you know.
By the way, I’ve been archive binging hard because this crap is hilarious. I can’t decide if I’m sad or happy that I still have a few years worth before I’m caught up…
Glad you’re digging the strip! I can see the strips just fine in Firefox and Chrome. Not sure what the problem is. Email me more info and I’ll see what I can do.
It’s only this single strip, I’ve gone through the entire archive up to this point and a ways past in Firefox with no issues, so I’m not sure how much more info I can really give, my apologies.
Uh-oh… I think I like Lucifer now. That can’t be good. If I go to hell, I’m blaming you, Adam!
But still hilarious!
(On a more editing-ish note – methinks you missed a full stop after “advertising”.)
I’m glad someone else mentioned that. I feel like a pretentious bitch nagging on his grammar all the time.
I just read over that and realized that it sounded fairly insulting, which it wasn’t intended to be. I’ll rephrase:
I’m glad someone else noticed that.
I feel like a pretentious bitch when I’m the only one that comments on his grammar.
Ya know…everyone could just let the grammar go. This isn’t an exercise in an English class after all. And mind you, this is coming from the one in my family known as the Spell Nazi. Adam doesn’t really need all of us griping about his little grammatical faux pas all the time. I mean, do I see them? Sure. Do they drive me crazy sometimes…meh. Bug is too funny to get all riled up over a few minor things like missing comma’s or periods. IMHO…
Second
Honestly, I don’t really think anyone has gotten “worked up” over Adam’s various minute grammatical or spelling errors. As far as I’ve seen, everyone points them out as nicely as humanly possible.
If *I* see them, I mention them for two reasons. First, so that he might fix them and make the comics a smoother read for other Bug fans.
Second, I consider Adam a writer, like I am. While I am by no means a great novelist (or a talented cartoonist), I appreciate it when other people mention my mistakes, as do the vast majority of other writers. It’s editing. I like my work to be as perfect as I can make it, and editing helps out a lot with that.
I edit Adam’s work as a professional courtesy (for lack of a better term) to him, so that his work might also be as perfect as possible. If it annoys him or anyone else, I apologize.
For the record: I deeply appreciate it when folks politely alert me to typos in my comics.
I don’t have an editor or someone to proofread my work. It’s just me and I’ll occasionally make mistakes. I’ve watched Scott Kurtz (the webcartoonist who draws PVP) draw his strip in UStream a few times and his chat room will notify him of misspellings and grammatical errors so he can correct them before he even posts the strip. I don’t have that – I have you guys, and you’ve been amazingly helpful to keep my strip on the straight – and grammatically – narrow path
Trust me, it would be much worse if everyone stayed silent and it wasn’t until my first book collection (it’ll happen someday, guys. Be patient) that I discovered all the mistakes in my strips.
I wonder if Alistair Maclean’s family would get mad if you called the bug devil “The Satan Bug” lol…
I feel even more pretentious saying I’d use a semicolon.
hate to be the one to do this, but that comma after “another” in the first panel doesn’t belong.
Yeah, you’re right. I wrote this one at the eleventh hour and rushed it. Will fix.
Why does every one assume Satan wears a robe with a pointy collar? He’s TOTALLY nude all the time. I mean, come on. If you ruled an entire plain of existence and where the prince of all that is unholy and evil, why would you EVER wear cloths?
Yeah, and besides, it’d be way too hot for any kind of clothing.
Then again, Bug is always naked so…Does that mean that Bug is the devil? I mean, aside from devil bug of course.
Glasses bug shows his true colours at last…
Even Satan has no tolerance for lawyers.
Okay, what part of “Prince of Lies” is not understood here?
Do not underestimate the power of the Divine Legal System: greater than the powers of God almighty and Satan combined. That’s why Satan is so intimidated by the idea of false advertising
The really satanic thing to do would be to offer free WiFi… and no outlets to recharge WiFi-enabled gadgets.
sounds like mcdonalds
Fish with pointy ears= catfish. I see whatcha did there. And Satan’s assistant’s are all unicorns? I love it.
On another note, I was kinda surprised that Hitler Bug wasn’t in the background somewhere.
For Pete’s sake :)) The one in the upper reaches?
Loving the antennae on the Bug’s skull
Are those vertebrae?
I’m not sure why Satan is afraid of getting sued, where do you think all the lawyers are?
lol, you got me there..
I’m not gonna nag on your grammar. I’m not gonna comment on your characters. I just love your creativity and hope you keep them coming!
Offers Wi-Fi, but only 802.11a and with spotty reception and download limits… that results in more pain the more you download… o wait that is my monthly bill already.
I would totally buy a satan fish sticker. That’s probably what the first transitional fish looked like in evolution — waddling with their iddy biddy forks to find new food sources. Not sure about the horns though…
The Satan fish definitely works. And why not horns? The angler fish has a line and lure.
So so much to love about this comic! The little bug skull, complete with antennae bones, the unicorn advertising bug, the devil bug (anyone else think it should be Beelzebug?) worrying about getting sued and rejecting every single idea, ad bug pointing “gun fingers” at the “big guy” with his last pitch…ah, so much to love about Bug, Adam. Thank you.
I totally rank Bug up there with Calvin & Hobbes and Bloom County, which, coming from me is high praise indeed.
I want that catfish w/pitchfork as it’s own drawing!!!
you should try to make a car magnet out of the catfish w/ pitchfork but have it say BUG on the inside, like when you see those Darwin Fish
“For Pete’s sake?” I was honestly expecting more along the lines of “For Christ’s sake!” or “For the love of God!” But, as usual, you made me laugh. I love this strip. Thank you, Adam, for making my day
shoooot im pretty sure tons of ppl would go to hell for the free wifi xD
With the skull on the ground and the landscape, I figured they were just in Arizona. It’s freakin’ hot enough…
If the Wi-Fi offers a T1 line and free Steam downloads then Hell, here I come!
As stated above, you need a car magnet like the catfish with a pitchfork. I will buy one for every car I own and everyone else I happen to come across. Also, being in advertising and merchandising, this is scarily close to the truth…
Awesomeness overdose in every frame. Must reset my awesomeness_intake_limit…brrr
False advertising? But Satan is the Great Deceiver.
if you’re the devil, why would you LOOK like the devil? he is the Deciever after all…
Am I the only one where the comic isn’t loading?
Loads for me. What browser are you using?
Chrome…
Wait, looked on IE, works now.
I’m also unable to see the comic in either Firefox or Chrome, just letting you know.
By the way, I’ve been archive binging hard because this crap is hilarious. I can’t decide if I’m sad or happy that I still have a few years worth before I’m caught up…
Glad you’re digging the strip! I can see the strips just fine in Firefox and Chrome. Not sure what the problem is. Email me more info and I’ll see what I can do.
It’s only this single strip, I’ve gone through the entire archive up to this point and a ways past in Firefox with no issues, so I’m not sure how much more info I can really give, my apologies.
Hmm. I can see that particular strip in Firefox and Chrome on me end. I’ll ask some of my more tech-savvy friends to see if I can find the cause.
Turn off ad-blocker. Look at than the title of the strip
Well dang, you were right. That’s kinda funny actually.