From MeFi to Comic

November 1, 2009 8:52 AM

The Greatest Halloween Costume Ever, as a comic. (original comment)
posted by mathowie to MetaFilter-related at 8:52 AM (32 comments total)

That is seriously awesome!
posted by futureisunwritten at 9:24 AM on November 1

great original comment, and great comic.
posted by msconduct at 9:36 AM on November 1

posted by np312 at 1:18 PM on October 1 [faved +] [!]

:-(
posted by dersins at 9:47 AM on November 1 [13 favorites]

Great comic, though.
posted by dersins at 9:47 AM on November 1

This is terrific. I love the illustration style!
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 9:51 AM on November 1

That is fantastic.
posted by rtha at 10:11 AM on November 1

Live-cast or it didn't happen.
posted by blue_beetle at 10:22 AM on November 1 [1 favorite]

yay
posted by andromache at 10:27 AM on November 1

I <3 me some DocPop! Met him at Zinefest this year, could not have been a nicer guy. And his yoyo tricks are pretty much awesome. What's his MeFi username?
posted by mollymayhem at 10:30 AM on November 1

Best thing I've seen all day. Thank you.
posted by grumblebee at 11:21 AM on November 1

It's funny, I keep coming across that comment, pasted on blogs, on StumbleUpon. It's spread across the web. I was looking at the comments on one and this guy linked to a bunch of places where the comment had been pasted, and said "it's all over the internet. It's fake." It's funny how someone would assume it was fake just because it spread virally.
posted by IndigoRain at 11:29 AM on November 1

That's maybe pretty close to my favorite thing ever, the comment and the resulting comment. Thanks.
posted by Divine_Wino at 12:31 PM on November 1

Resulting comic, dammit.
posted by Divine_Wino at 12:31 PM on November 1

Hilarious!

One thing I don't understand is how one "swings" open a door that is not on a frame.
posted by radioamy at 2:16 PM on November 1 [2 favorites]

Who said it wasn't on a frame?
posted by Pants! at 2:45 PM on November 1 [1 favorite]

Last night I was driving my friends from a Halloween party, and my friend in the passenger seat started talking about a story she found on StumbleUpon, about this guy who answered his door on Halloween to find another door, and these college kids dressed up as old ladies, and I took one hand off the wheel and grabbed her by the shoulder and asked "WHAT COLOR WAS THE WEBSITE YOU SAW THIS ON?!"

I nearly crashed the car because someone I know IRL was mentioning MetaFilter and I could not believe it.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 3:09 PM on November 1 [24 favorites]

So great. And yeah, this is making the rounds, I saw it being multicasted on twitter before this post went up.
posted by cortex at 3:14 PM on November 1

Excellent.
posted by fixedgear at 3:51 PM on November 1

Wow, that is totally awesome. (Both the story and the comic.)
posted by grapefruitmoon at 4:13 PM on November 1

Oh man, I'd love for someone to retell me this story, and I can be all Bill Murray/GroundHog Day and start reciting the story back to them with a glazed look.
posted by odinsdream at 5:10 PM on November 1 [2 favorites]

Holy mother of goodness, that original comment has 779 favorites! That is insane! Good story, though, and a nice comic.
posted by ORthey at 5:25 PM on November 1

I've been a bit irritated at some things lately, so was like "Fuck it, I'm wearing my new Metafilter shirt to work" (it's not exactly outside the dress code, but not something I'd normally wear).

Anyway, I get there and we're having our Halloween thing on Friday (I'd forgotten). Most people were dressed way down or in costume, so it seemed to fit. Still someone asks, "What are you dressed as?" And before I can answer someone else says, "He's the internet."
posted by cjorgensen at 5:40 PM on November 1 [16 favorites]

"WHAT COLOR WAS THE WEBSITE YOU SAW THIS ON?!"

I hope it had a professional white background.
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 7:00 PM on November 1 [3 favorites]

I wore my tl;dr shirt around town for some errands the other day and ran into like five fucking people who saw it as a personal challenge. They had to figure out what the fuck it was about. That was kind of charming.

I also wore my butts lol shirt to brunch with my uncle and grandma back in September when I was driving through Maryland with my brother, and they came to the conclusion that it was actually a "butts 101" shirt, like I was teaching remedial butts.

That is all.
posted by cortex at 7:07 PM on November 1 [13 favorites]

I prefer the superficial overview of Butts 101 to some of the later courses that are a lot deeper in butts.
posted by potch at 7:54 PM on November 1 [2 favorites]

I prefer the superficial overview of Butts 101 to some of the later courses that are a lot deeper in butts.

You should really consider getting your degree, and maybe doing some postgraduate work. I understand that Master's level classes really examine butts on a close level, and dig deep into butts to investigate the depths of the subject.
posted by Pope Guilty at 8:11 PM on November 1 [3 favorites]

But what does a Master's in Buttslology really qualify you for? Teaching Freshman Butts in high school? You can get arrested for that...

Best to unbuckle down and fully immerse yourself in butts by getting the PhD. Then you yourself can teach Butts 101.
posted by dersins at 10:12 PM on November 1

Dude, the comps for the Butts PhD are shit!
posted by strixus at 3:37 AM on November 2 [2 favorites]

Speaking of sexy halloween costumes, I'm pretty sure Basic Instructions ripped me off! I swear I said exactly that sort of thing in one of our recent "oh noes, halloween costumes is too sexys for teh childrens!" thread.

Good on ye, Basic Instructions.
posted by five fresh fish at 9:17 AM on November 2

Holy mother of goodness, that original comment has 779 favorites! That is insane! Good story, though, and a nice comic.
posted by ORthey at 7:25 PM on November 1 [+] [!]

Shhhhhhhhhhhh.
posted by fiercecupcake at 11:29 AM on November 2

I nearly crashed the car because someone I know IRL was mentioning MetaFilter and I could not believe it.

I was hanging out once and my roommate's boyfriend started telling everyone the story of Astro Zombie's girlfriend crying at the preview for Wall-E. And I was all like, "Yeah, I totallyknow that guy who wrote about it. Well, not know know, but internet know."

I then proceed to the kitchen and made myself a Hendricks and tonic.
posted by yeti at 2:32 PM on November 2

Doc's a great guy. If you find yourself hungry head to Ike's and order his signature sandwich. Free comic with every order.
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 3:55 PM on November 2