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November 25, 2007 4:59 PM

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BigFrank105
November 25, 2007 9:43 PM

The first panel defined the action well. Clearly hammer tag is a very silly game that only some crazy goons in a comic world would play. I chuckled to myself, "What a crazy sort of game! I can only imagine what kind of drama and mischief Johnny and his unnamed friend could get into while playing a game of *snicker* HAMMER TAG!" After I was done with the first panel, I eagerly awaited the second, hoping for rising action of the highest quality. I was not disappointed. The horrific chase between Johnny and his unnamed friend was absolutely breathtaking. My eyes stayed glued to the screen as I could only picture the horror going through Johnny's friend's mind. His blood curling scream of "Ahhhhh!" is filled with so much emotion and power, and the amount of intense anger in Johnny's eyes is culminated with his cry of "I'm gonna get you!" I had to sit down and close my eyes after reading this panel. It was too much for me. In only two panels, this comic had taken me on an emotional roller coaster that my body clearly isn't ready for. After much rehabilitation and a quick jog around the block, I found myself ready to tackle the last panel. And what a panel it was... Only here do I see the horrors of hammer tag and what it is doing to the youth of America. How can this be!? Is this really happening to children these days? Are they bored with their X-boxes and America Onlines so much that they have to resort to such a barbaric game?! I thank you, eggzbroperson, for opening my eyes and the eyes of countless others.

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AccentuateNegative
November 25, 2007 11:38 PM

Clearly, the stick figure is unnamed so that he may represent an Every Man character. Just like with Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western "Man With No Name" (as portrayed by Clint Eastwood), the viewer is free to speculate and bring his or her own interpretation to the character, his background, and his motivations. As such, I suspect we shall be debating the true meaning of this comic for years to come.

Bravo!

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LuckyGuess
November 26, 2007 1:23 AM

I believe the man with the hammer represents the "Jesus" character, as he is mercilessly cut down to seemingly absolve the sins of hammer tag. Clearly, this comic paints a humbling portrait of a society that has lost touch with it's ability to feel both respite or remorse. This is only amplified by the second character continuing on with the activities of hammer tag as opposed to lending aid to his fallen friend. Truly, this is one of the greatest works of our time, and all comics after it will be forgotten in it's glorious shadow.

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crackpanther
November 26, 2007 2:13 AM

I found it racist.

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AngryAmerican
November 26, 2007 2:18 AM

quote:

BigFrank105 wrote:
The first panel defined the action well. Clearly hammer tag is a very silly game that only some crazy goons in a comic world would play. I chuckled to myself, "What a crazy sort of game! I can only imagine what kind of drama and mischief Johnny and his unnamed friend could get into while playing a game of *snicker* HAMMER TAG!" After I was done with the first panel, I eagerly awaited the second, hoping for rising action of the highest quality. I was not disappointed. The horrific chase between Johnny and his unnamed friend was absolutely breathtaking. My eyes stayed glued to the screen as I could only picture the horror going through Johnny's friend's mind. His blood curling scream of "Ahhhhh!" is filled with so much emotion and power, and the amount of intense anger in Johnny's eyes is culminated with his cry of "I'm gonna get you!" I had to sit down and close my eyes after reading this panel. It was too much for me. In only two panels, this comic had taken me on an emotional roller coaster that my body clearly isn't ready for. After much rehabilitation and a quick jog around the block, I found myself ready to tackle the last panel. And what a panel it was... Only here do I see the horrors of hammer tag and what it is doing to the youth of America. How can this be!? Is this really happening to children these days? Are they bored with their X-boxes and America Onlines so much that they have to resort to such a barbaric game?! I thank you, eggzbroperson, for opening my eyes and the eyes of countless others.

dear god i wish i could rate replies because this one would go down as one of the finest ever written.

you have truly outdone yourself Bigfrank and i doff the hat that i'm not actually wearing to your comic bad-assedness.

i find it a sad commentary on noobosity to state that the replies to this comic made me laugh, while the comic itself just made me want to kill a random child hoping against hope that it was the author of said comic.

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User #78477
November 27, 2007 1:32 PM

I think you guys are just to good at comedy. I am the author of this comic and I am not offended. Thank you guys for the laughs! I know it is noobish and not good at all.

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xxausrottenxx
November 27, 2007 1:38 PM

calling it noobish is pretty noobish

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