#646
Sunday – July 5th – the day where our forefathers woke up and said ‘Holy shit.. what happened last night!??!’
So aside from telling you people about GeekerDome, I want to tell you something that will probably appear in the DVD LIKE COMMENTARY of the resyndicated IHL over at the aforementioned website.
IHL #15 is a comic strip with a problem. It has a spelling error. I put ‘alot’ instead of ‘a lot’. I’ve received numerous emails and comments and things about this strip over the last 5 years. I haven’t changed it and never will. Why? Because it was a mistake made FIVE YEARS AGO… I tend to believe that if I make a mistake and I catch it in the first week… it’s questionably fixable for posterity. An error I made when the strip was being done in PHOTOSHOP is NOT fixable. It’s part of the mythology at this point.
#15 isn’t the ONLY strip with a mistake… it’s just the one I hear the most about. Like the damn near ‘hatemail’ comment I got on it today which just said ‘Give up’. Yep… I’m gonna give up right after strip #15…. this whole thing is over at strip #20. It’s a failed experiment. Oh wait. I’VE DONE 600+ MORE OF THE F’n THINGS SINCE THEN!?!? It baffles the mind.
I wonder if Jennie over at Devil’s Panties gets people emailing her spelling errors from her first hundred strips?
Maybe I just need a binkie and a juicebox.
I might know why you get the most “hatemail” about the spelling error in #15. I think it’s because that’s a very shareable comic. I know I’ve sent it to a couple of people, and if other people are doing that and sending it to people who aren’t fans, those people are just going to see the typo and flame on about it.
Or it could be a random occurence…
I agree with Chuckles. Some people can only see the negative in things. So regardless of the wonderful writing all these people can read is that you misspelled ‘a lot’. The comic is wonderful and that is something that should be focused on more than one misspelling.
Jennie also has a section to yell at all the people that send her hate mail about her spelling.
…And that’s why we love her.
Also: people who can’t offer more intelligent advice than ‘Give up” are probably not the best givers of advice.
=D Keep up the good work there darlin’.
Don’t worry,
Alot of people misspell alot a lot all the time! 😉
hehehe I love Lucy.
And d’aw people need to chill sometimes *rolls eyes*
Who cares if it’s misspelled. I didn’t even notice it the first time I read it. I probably wouldn’t have even noticed it if you didn’t point it out. I”m too busy laughing 🙂
Juice boxes make everything better. Even mistakes you’ve had shoved in your face a million times.
Mehh… comic 15 is one of my favorites… love the message. Also, I admire the attitude you have towards your spelling mistake (: