Comic #123: I Dream of Whitney
Monday, May 25th, 2009With this page, I would like to officially announce my engagement to Whitney Vest (soon to be Whitney Ponikvar), the wonderful lady who is the basis for the “Whitney” character in the comic. I asked for her hand during a picnic lunch at the Tybee Island beach, during a particularly windy and somewhat chilly day. Then we were attacked by ravenous seagulls and driven back to the car by their scornful cries. Also, before anyone asks, we haven’t set an official date yet as we are waiting until after graduation before setting anything concrete.
So yes, this is the start of the new storyline. I wanted to make this page a bit of a tribute to Winsor McCay’s legendary Little Nemo comic series. If anyone is familiar with his panel layouts and sense of storytelling, you’ll definitely catch the references throughout (particularly with the final open panel). If you have no idea what I’m talking about, go to Google or Wikipedia and look up the series. Or just grab yourself a copy of this book here. You’ll be glad you did.
Also: HA!! “Gutter.” Comic humor.
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May 25th, 2009 at 5:47 am
Congratulations, and great strip!!!
May 25th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Yay! Many congrats and superb comic too.
May 26th, 2009 at 3:21 am
just wanted to say congrats.
May 26th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Nice! I grew up with some of the little Nemo stuff, particularly the movie that came out in the 80s (or so). As I said to you before, I look forward to more!
May 26th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Congrats! May your marriage be filled with every happiness imaginable.
May 26th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Congratulations, Jon! That’s fantastic!
May 26th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Wow, congrats!Everyone I know seems to be getting married…sigh.
I grew up on those Little Nemo comics- My dad used to read them to me before I went to sleep.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
First off… AWWWWWWWWW!!!!
Okay, now that I have gotten that out of the way, I must say I remember watching the Little Nemo movie as a kid and I could see the tribute almost immediately, mostly with the last bar? panel? Well, the part at the end.
May 28th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
I wish you all the best in your life together with Whitney, Jon! Congatulations!
Pete
March 30th, 2010 at 2:44 am
Good luck with Whitney!
Lol,love the last panel.I agree.But,no more chocolate milk before bed/cookies as a midnight snack instead of tuna.heh.