My Cage "Classic" 09/11/2009
Added 2023-03-10 13:15:56 +0000 UTCAI QotD 8: Do you think that any of the characters in "My Cage" are particularly relatable or realistic? Why?
Originally run Sept 11th 2009.
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Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Cage
Merch: cafepress.com/mycagecomic
AT4W review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLNaownbvX0
TV Tropes: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicStrip/MyCage
Comments
Have now. It's pretty fair =-}
Jon Benson
2023-03-11 19:19:37 +0000 UTCHave you seen 'Bluey'?
My Cage
2023-03-11 18:02:12 +0000 UTCFirst, if I wanted reality I'd prick my finger and check my blood sugar. Reality is that news ticker that scrolls across the bottom of my weather channel like a stream of army ants coming to devour me. So, in response to the AI, (and to *&^%$ with its programming) below are three of my favorite lines from the MC2 series. I believe they sum up best the reason I like MC. (And, as in a true philosophical quest, you will have to search for them in order to understand them. Annoying, isn't it? Mwa-ha-ha.) "What the comments section was that???" "Santa-Kazam, baby, Santa-Kazam." "No. No, I do not." (I was just looking at some older MC2 strips, specifically the one where Norm says to Sally "You're a weird kid" and Sally says, "you;re a weird Dad, Dad," and I realized that, from their births, I did endeavor to be a weird dad, in that I've tried not to give them pat answers for everything. And, no, I didn't teach them that the earth was flat or anything like that.)
Jon Benson
2023-03-10 19:41:12 +0000 UTCWhile I wouldn't say any characters are 100% realistic, I also couldn't say that about just about any fictional characters I've ever seen, especially ones in comedies. But they're realistic and relatable enough to allow for the willing suspension of disbelief. (I mean, no one seems to do anything egregiously out of plausibility, other than the ones who are intentionally extreme (like Creepy Janitor Guy, I hope).) Even if Norm isn't 100% true to life, most people can relate to being stuck in a soul-killing job working for a sadistic boss, while slowly watching their dreams fade away. But they stick it out because they like the people they work with, and honestly don't see any better options available. Even if some details aren't true to life, it's true enough that we understand who Norm is. Really, a comic strip (or movie, TV show, whatever) with characters who are completely grounded in reality would be dull. The kind of dull that we experience in real life, and the kind of dull we read the comic (or watch the movie, etc.) to get away from in the first place.
Brian Perler
2023-03-10 16:01:29 +0000 UTC
