I think you might have mixed up Snow White and Cinderella, at least if your following the disney route. In snow white, a witch hands her the apple while in Cinderella her step mother is a terrible person….
I never really put much stock in the “evil stepmother” thing; I realized that it was kind of a silly thing, really.
Then I got my stepmother, who was far, far worse than some movie villains, with my friends actually expressing outright horror at some of the things she’s done. So I suppose there is some truth to that sort of thing.
It’s a stepmother who ‘just so happens to be’ a witch, so you’re both right. It seems Walt had something against his stepmother given how often they turned out to be evil witches. Egad.
Actually, in both fairy tales (Grimm versions) they are both stepmothers. In the Father Goose tales, Snow White had a Queen that is supposed to be her mother while Cinderella has the stepmother. And yet, in an old Celtic version of Cinderella, the wicked woman is her stepmother while in an Italian version of Snow White the Queen is her mother.
I’d put grad students above office workers in the UnableToSayNoToQuestionableFreeFood category.
Although in the office, some times you HAVE to eat the rock hard, overbaked free food so as not to hurt a coworker’s feelings. Social mores go out the window if they bring in a fruitcake — along with the cake itself.
Yes! Grad students will take any form of free food, and even if it wasn’t poisonous in minute quantities, they will consume enough for it to melt their insides.
@Adam – here are 3 redeemable pun-point vouchers for the pun market open on Saturdays. Thank you for your contribution to the global pun fund.
Impressive, Most Impressive, but your still not a famous cartoonist yet! (thought its rather obvious your gonna probably be selling books of this stuff)
What a strange reply, Liro. First of I think you might be wrong, judging by the amount of people that comment I would guess that Adam’s strips get quite a lot of hits every day. Secondly, who gives a shit about fame as long as the strips are hilarious?
Scorpion venom is made of peptides, a protein that people can ingest, so eating scorpion venom filled doughnut would not harm a person, assuming they had no cuts on their mouth or throat.
Whether or not bugs on the other hand can safely ingest it sounds like a job for science!
Actually all venoms can be safely ingested so long as you don’t have any throat cuts or stomach ulcers. It needs to find it’s way into the blood stream.
I remember a co-worker deciding to catch an unrepentant food-thief by lacing some brownies with chocolate-flavoured laxative. Left them in the communal fridge, in a clear plastic container clearly marked with their name. Come lunchtime, two of the four brownies in the box had mysteriously disappeared. Come afternoon tea time, so had two of our co-workers.
Sheesh so much negativity against hungry people! Some of us are no good at packing lunch. Spread the love is all I say. And to clear the misinformation being peddled by this strip here, let me say we don’t discriminate. I take apples, even pears, when I have to. :p
(Sorry for going off topic but has anybody seen Buttercup Festival? I can’t find it.)
So…. Basically…. because YOU’RE not good at packing lunch… everyone else has to be, so you can take some of their’s?
I eat a lot more than normal people… but it still only takes $5 dollars at most fast-food joints to fill me. Most normal people could get away with the same if they get combos or more expensive sandwiches. I stick to the value menus because everything else is over-priced in comparison. Even Subway has a $5 footlong menu. It’s not difficult to get cheap food. You don’t have to take another person’s food, and they don’t have to share.
Off-topic: Has anyone else noticed how cheap some fast-food places are compared to buying food at the store? I did the math… it’s cheaper to buy McDonalds than Bologna sandwichs at my local store.
Eh, during certain eras, step-moms got a bad rep but rightly so. Wife the first dies in childbirth or from some disease and Dad remarries. Being it’s a hard life, food and other resources are sometimes scarce. Wife the second, the dread stepmother, doles out the lion’s share of the food and other resources to her own children, to better continue on her genes. The step-kids are competition for her own children and so she makes sure the step-kids get the dregs. And thus a stereotype is born.
Panel 2 made me spit water all over my keyboard. The fact that I’m at work chomping on some snacks adds to the overall beauty of today’s strip. You have yet to disappoint!
Panel 2 may very well be one of THE funniest panels you’ve ever drawn. And considering your body of work, that’s extremely impressive. Seriously, take off the text box and I’d buy it as a full-sized print.
I think you might have mixed up Snow White and Cinderella, at least if your following the disney route. In snow white, a witch hands her the apple while in Cinderella her step mother is a terrible person….
I believe the Disney version of Snow White shows that the witch is, indeed, Snow White’s stepmother. It’s always the stepmother…
I don’t get why it’s always stepmothers. Why not stepfathers? Hell, even just regular fathers >.>
You don’t have a stepmother, do you?
AMEN
My wife’s stepmother is an angel. But hey, not everyone can be that lucky.
I never really put much stock in the “evil stepmother” thing; I realized that it was kind of a silly thing, really.
Then I got my stepmother, who was far, far worse than some movie villains, with my friends actually expressing outright horror at some of the things she’s done. So I suppose there is some truth to that sort of thing.
Women are….
Women are bad. Every single one of them.
If I weren’t straight, I’d bat for the other team.
So, if you weren’t gay, you’d be gay? I’m not smack-talking, I’m just trying to understand the sentence.
….
It’s a stepmother who ‘just so happens to be’ a witch, so you’re both right.
It seems Walt had something against his stepmother given how often they turned out to be evil witches. Egad.
Actually, in both fairy tales (Grimm versions) they are both stepmothers. In the Father Goose tales, Snow White had a Queen that is supposed to be her mother while Cinderella has the stepmother. And yet, in an old Celtic version of Cinderella, the wicked woman is her stepmother while in an Italian version of Snow White the Queen is her mother.
Any questions? I read far too much.
I hate my stepmother; she is the embodiment of evil.
Humm, Bob’s puffer fish sandwich.
I think I’m in love (lust?) with your brain, Raven. And Adam’s is pretty hot, too. (In a creepy, disturbing way.)
If you’re good looking and rich, this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. lol
Good-looking, but not rich. Sorry to disappoint.
(Adam, sorry for the online-pickup fail on your time.) ::grin::
Snow White’s Stepmother: the only person to have ever called Nerd Bug “pretty”. Nerd Bug should tap that.
(P.S. I love Bug’s tie in the 1st panel!)
“I’m not wasting my hunger on fruit!” hahahahaha, I know so many people who would say something like that.
Love this comic!
I’d put grad students above office workers in the UnableToSayNoToQuestionableFreeFood category.
Although in the office, some times you HAVE to eat the rock hard, overbaked free food so as not to hurt a coworker’s feelings. Social mores go out the window if they bring in a fruitcake — along with the cake itself.
Yes! Grad students will take any form of free food, and even if it wasn’t poisonous in minute quantities, they will consume enough for it to melt their insides.
@Adam – here are 3 redeemable pun-point vouchers for the pun market open on Saturdays. Thank you for your contribution to the global pun fund.
Impressive, Most Impressive, but your still not a famous cartoonist yet! (thought its rather obvious your gonna probably be selling books of this stuff)
What a strange reply, Liro. First of I think you might be wrong, judging by the amount of people that comment I would guess that Adam’s strips get quite a lot of hits every day. Secondly, who gives a shit about fame as long as the strips are hilarious?
I think Liro was just trying to adapt a Star Wars quote. It unfortunately backfired and came across as insulting.
Liro’s just petty jealous….
You’ve made me hungry for a puffer fish sandwich. Looks delicious.
Scorpion venom is made of peptides, a protein that people can ingest, so eating scorpion venom filled doughnut would not harm a person, assuming they had no cuts on their mouth or throat.
Whether or not bugs on the other hand can safely ingest it sounds like a job for science!
I would like to be a part of this test.
Actually all venoms can be safely ingested so long as you don’t have any throat cuts or stomach ulcers. It needs to find it’s way into the blood stream.
Oh and love the comic Adam.
It doesn’t matter if bugs can safely ingest it, because doughnuts are made from fried dough. The process of making that would negate the venom.
mmmm doughnuts… insert homer simpson drool
I bet homer would be the first to fal for this
I love the episode where homers head turns into a doughnut and he cant stop pickeating his own head 
good one!
Dang the pufferfish was for my boss, great strip.
Awesome job as usual…”Rice Socrates Treats” is brilliant…
I remember a co-worker deciding to catch an unrepentant food-thief by lacing some brownies with chocolate-flavoured laxative. Left them in the communal fridge, in a clear plastic container clearly marked with their name. Come lunchtime, two of the four brownies in the box had mysteriously disappeared. Come afternoon tea time, so had two of our co-workers.
OH SNAP.
Best idea ever :3
finally…read…it…all
Sheesh so much negativity against hungry people! Some of us are no good at packing lunch. Spread the love is all I say. And to clear the misinformation being peddled by this strip here, let me say we don’t discriminate. I take apples, even pears, when I have to. :p
(Sorry for going off topic but has anybody seen Buttercup Festival? I can’t find it.)
Communist!*
*jklol, I love the commies and the cappies.
So…. Basically…. because YOU’RE not good at packing lunch… everyone else has to be, so you can take some of their’s?
I eat a lot more than normal people… but it still only takes $5 dollars at most fast-food joints to fill me. Most normal people could get away with the same if they get combos or more expensive sandwiches. I stick to the value menus because everything else is over-priced in comparison. Even Subway has a $5 footlong menu. It’s not difficult to get cheap food. You don’t have to take another person’s food, and they don’t have to share.
Off-topic: Has anyone else noticed how cheap some fast-food places are compared to buying food at the store? I did the math… it’s cheaper to buy McDonalds than Bologna sandwichs at my local store.
Fast food will kill you, though
So will bologna
Eh, during certain eras, step-moms got a bad rep but rightly so. Wife the first dies in childbirth or from some disease and Dad remarries. Being it’s a hard life, food and other resources are sometimes scarce. Wife the second, the dread stepmother, doles out the lion’s share of the food and other resources to her own children, to better continue on her genes. The step-kids are competition for her own children and so she makes sure the step-kids get the dregs. And thus a stereotype is born.
well that’s because mother-in-law is an anagram for woman hitler
Panel 2 made me spit water all over my keyboard. The fact that I’m at work chomping on some snacks adds to the overall beauty of today’s strip. You have yet to disappoint!
Nerd Bug is either really stupid, or his cellular structure is made up of poison; thus, he needs to consume plenty of poisonous foods per day.
brilliant!!
Lionfish paperclips are nice too
This also works with college and roomates lol
actually puffer fish can be eaten if you dont worry about the few hundred people who die because it was prepared wrong.
But that puffer fish sandwich in the cartoon has the whole puffer fish in it, so it’d be poisonous to eat the whole thing.
Panel 2 may very well be one of THE funniest panels you’ve ever drawn. And considering your body of work, that’s extremely impressive. Seriously, take off the text box and I’d buy it as a full-sized print.