Housepets!

Nice to see Joey and his friends again.

"Hipster Paralysis" you say ... Yeah, I've seen it before

Considering what the prequels were like, I'd think that Lester would be relieved that George Lucus hadn't put his hand in it *cough*Jar Jar Binks*cough*

Ah, the dilemma of the ultimate nerd. I loved the movie, great action and comedy, in my opinion. My main gripes are, pretty major spoilers included in the list, so those that haven't seen it yet, don't look, WHEN DID THEY GET ANAKIN'S LIGHTSABER?! They practically went "eh, not important, now"!! And seriously, BIGGER SUPER WEAPON?! And suddenly Rey mastered various Force abilities seemingly out of nowhere?

...though her use of Force Influence was pretty funny!

So now we know that Dallas has a similar answer as Grape to crazy dogs.

EDIT: Not sure how I confused their names...

Aaaand we learn more about Dallas' character!

Hey, anyone else notice that this is listed as part of Special Delivery?

It's been far too long since we have seen Lester, Dallas and Joey.
Have no fear younglings, Abrams is here.
Twas a great film with many minor problems but definitely worth seeing
Well SuperStar a new Star Wars is the best delivery one could hope for.

Poor Lester, I'm so with him on this. Considering what a major, relentless freak of a movie SW7 was, but what else to expect from JJ 'franchise-killer' Abrams?, I hope that at least he got to organize a mob and burn down the theater.

valerio wrote:Poor Lester, I'm so with him on this. Considering what a major, relentless freak of a movie SW7 was, but what else to expect from JJ 'franchise-killer' Abrams?, I hope that at least he got to organize a mob and burn down the theater.

JJ also created 'Fringe'. He can do well. It seems to be the difference between creating his own universes and taking over someone elses'. Especially if he was a fan growing up. Millions of Dollars to create Fan-Fiction....

So the guys are on their way
to a time long, long, ago,
wondering if they'll take offence,
if they can take another blow.
Lester can't press the button
but he's not doing it purely Solo.
He has the other Leiabouts
to Luke out for him, we know.
Dallas goes for the easy answer
whilst Squeak shows her brain of course;
Lester owes her his honest thanks -
others were about to use the Force...

Remember kids: when in doubt you can always count on irony to save you and your hipster cred!
Weird, I mentioned not seeing Sasha or Joey last year and the first two comics of the year are about them O_o

The more I think about it, the more I like the analogy to quantum superposition here. And how casually thoughtful he throws it out there as well
So adorkable

....NEEEEEEERDS!!!
Jk, I wanna see the movie sometime myself

valerio wrote:Poor Lester, I'm so with him on this. Considering what a major, relentless freak of a movie SW7 was, but what else to expect from JJ 'franchise-killer' Abrams?, I hope that at least he got to organize a mob and burn down the theater.

I don't care what anybody says. The new Star Wars was awesome.

That's spelled "Jar Jar Abrams", folks.

D-Rock wrote:And suddenly Rey mastered various Force abilities seemingly out of nowhere?

She learned them from Whiny Smurf's mind while he was trying to read her mind.

Ghost Machine wrote:I don't care what anybody says. The new Star Wars was awesome.

Agreed, it was great.

*shows Lester Zootopia's trailer* :3

They are nerds, but are they still nerdy than a Fido with nerdy glasses? TO THE SCIENCE MOBILE!

Xane wrote:The Dork Side of the Force.

Love it!

I guess Joey is OK with Star Wars now that George Lucas is out:


And for the record, I thought it was a pretty good movie. But I'm not a purist like Lester here:

I imagine nerds have to be a whole bunch more picky about what they actually go see if they're pets with a tiny allowance.

It must be a hard life to be that much of a dork if you're a pet!

Dallas is new. Isn`t he? Or did he already appear in an earlier strip?

Honestly, I just love Lester's expression in the first panel. It's like his brain crashed and needs a reboot.

Invisan wrote:Dallas is new. Isn`t he? Or did he already appear in an earlier strip?

You can click on his name in the tags list to see all of his appearances.
His first official appearance dates back to this strip, listed then, together with Lester, as 'Joey's creepy friends'

Yeah, it's nice to see again Joey's creepy friends. And, they're so nerd too, one more the other. That's a cool explaining, Dallas, I agree with it. It's so with any long waited media that creates in you hype for it, but when there are important changes, the delusion incoming is behind you. Anyway, I don't see the connection of that with the fact of be an hipster... Lester is the weirder of them, and a baseball bat hit on his head can only make the thing worse.
Also, Dallas looks to be Peanut in disguise...

Fact - the mods (especially Diss) really likes Lester and Dallas because they use to be Joey's Creepy Friends.

I'm starting to like Dallas a bit more also!

Is it just me or does Joey look more mature and self confident in this strip?

I chalk that up to Squeak working her mousey magic.

justacritic wrote:Is it just me or does Joey look more mature and self confident in this strip?

He's getting older. This comic doesn't exist in a time-bubble where no characters change or develop, as people seem to believe.


Also, I really liked Star Wars 7. I thought the characters and plot were believable enough and very entertaining and I actually enjoyed the callbacks and subversions.

RockstarRaccoon wrote:

justacritic wrote:Is it just me or does Joey look more mature and self confident in this strip?

He's getting older. This comic doesn't exist in a time-bubble where no characters change or develop, as people seem to believe.

Yes it does, Mr. Griffin has said that no-one ages unless it's directly referred to.

Which is why I chalk it up to Squeak managing to boost his confidence level.

May be a dumb question, but at what time did Joey get some swimming googles on his forehead? I saw it in the Tomadachi fight strip but did they come before that?

Part of the redesign back in 2012. December 21, to be specific.

Those googles for some reason remind me of Tai from Digimon.

I've been thinking that since his design was revealed. I think I'd be more surprised if it wasn't a Digimon reference, but that's mainly because I grew up watching the first three series.

It's probably indirectly intentional. Multiple Shounen anime characters were goggles, so that's probably what it's meant to be.

D-Rock wrote:I've been thinking that since his design was revealed. I think I'd be more surprised if it wasn't a Digimon reference, but that's mainly because I grew up watching the first three series.

So did I! Well until I stopped after I thought that it was cancelled in the US.