Haha I had no idea what the Maltese Falcon was until literally just today, when I watched a presentation/Q&A that Adam Savage did where he talked about building one.
Seriously, why doesn’t Mr. Bug come to the obvious conlcusion? Simply name your next son Balthazar! This should make for a very romantic conversation with Mrs. Bug.
Balthazar could also be a 12 litre (four gallons plus!) bottle of Champagne. Who could make such a bottle? Who could carry such a bottle? Who would need such an unwieldy bottle?
Adam, your cartoon is one of the first sites I go to every day. If it’s a crappy day, even faster, because you cheer me up or at least distract me with your WTF sense of the absurd.
Totally gonna catch a guy named Balthazar with a snifter of cognac and a tome about mummy curses. Good call, Adam!
And is that the Maltese Falcon in the first panel? Not to hurt anyone’s feelings, but NObody wants a guy named Phineas…sheesh!
I had the same question about the Maltese Falcon.
It is. Was wondering if anyone would catch that.
Haha I had no idea what the Maltese Falcon was until literally just today, when I watched a presentation/Q&A that Adam Savage did where he talked about building one.
I saw that video. Making movie props is a hobby I could see myself get into if I ever had the time.
But I thought a girl named Isabella wanted a guy named Phineas.
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Seriously, why doesn’t Mr. Bug come to the obvious conlcusion? Simply name your next son Balthazar! This should make for a very romantic conversation with Mrs. Bug.
Simply curious here, Why Balthazar? Or rather, what’s the inspiration behind the topic “Balthazar” in this comic?
Might be some sort of thing going here, since the names that intrigue me include Jebadiah, Maurice, and Pip.
I think it’s just an uncommon name, and thus a perfect hard-to-find item for a scavenger hunt.
What… ahhhh. What is Bug doing in the second panel? O__o
Anyway, I love Mrs Bug’s comment in the third panel.
Cast of Beauty and the Beast making a cameo in Panel 2.
Google it! And if that fails, legally change your name to Balthazar. Problem solved!
Balthazar could also be a 12 litre (four gallons plus!) bottle of Champagne. Who could make such a bottle? Who could carry such a bottle? Who would need such an unwieldy bottle?
A bodybuilder with lots of money who needs to get drunk very fast.
A Schwarzenegger or a Hogan would fit the bill. Alimony bill that is.
The easy out would be to bring in a copy of the Neverending Story. Hardcover, if you can find it.
Adam, your cartoon is one of the first sites I go to every day. If it’s a crappy day, even faster, because you cheer me up or at least distract me with your WTF sense of the absurd.
No pressure.
Thanks!
No, that’s how you capture Brendan Fraser in the mummy movies.
In that case you would also need to add a big pickaxe.
You can also capture Balthazar via luring him with women named pheobe.
Please tell me I am not the only one who knows what I just referenced. That would be embarrassing.
I could swear my mummy curse senses were leading me here…
My cat’s name is Balthazar, would that count?
According to the SSA’s baby name search engine: “Balthazar is not in the top 1000 names for any year [since] 1900“.