Scott Meyer

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How to Enjoy Your Own Geekiness

Unsurprisingly, this one is based on an actual conversation Ric and I had, about how much we enjoyed Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. We both particularly like how they handle the Gorn, but agree that setting them up as being so thoroughly terrifying will make it awkward on a later series, when a Gorn is the new weapons officer or something.

Some of you may be scoffing, but think about it.

On the original series, the big-bad was the Klingons.

In Next Gen, a Klingon was on the ...

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How to Share an Amazing Discovery

I tried a new deodorant and discovered that it smelled like far worse BO than any I’ve ever had. I did ask Missy to smell it, and she agreed with me, then cursed me for inflicting that odor on her.

I thought about it and have decided not to call out the brand and scent in question. I’m not worried about any legal repercussions; I just don’t want to deny any of you the thrill of discovery. Buying men’s scented grooming products is a form of gambling. If you lose you smell bad for...

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How to Make Fun of a Show You Like

Half of the real Ric and my conversations consist of us picking apart things we both claim to enjoy. It's good we have each other to vent this stuff at. I'm sure Missy's happy to have someone else share the load, and not many people appreciate that particular type of fandom.

Ric tells me that the staff members at his local comics shop don't seem as happy to see him as they once were. They were talking one day about the film, The Batman. Ric shared his opinion, that it is basica...

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How to Share Your New Hobby

I was a barista in the early 90s, in Seattle. That sounds like it should mean something, but it doesn't. I wasn't very good at it. I once talked to my boss about pursuing further training on the exquisite art of pulling shots, but her position was that it wasn't needed, because she already showed me how to "run the machine."

That said, I wasn't interested enough to go get the training on my own dime, so what does that tell you.

Now you can spend hours watching instructional videos...

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How to Steer a Conversation Back to the Topic

It's true. I have a VR headset, because I am a sci-fi author and it seemed like valid research (And I wanted to pleay Star Trek: Bridge Crew with my brothers). I have watched several movies in my VR headset. There are a few different programs that create realistic movie theaters in which to sit and watch either streaming content, or files you have on your hard drive. The resolution isn't exactly 4k, but then again, I mostly watch old movies I didn't get to see in the theater when I was a kid....

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How to Recognize an Opportunity

Yes, I love coffee.

No, I've never had Kopi Luwak.

No, I definitely do not want some. The idea does not appeal to me in the first place, and my understanding is that the industry that has sprung up to supply it is not exactly "cruelty free." Also, one stage of the harvesting process looks disturbingly like a Payday bar, which I find disturbing.

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How to Mine Your Old Notes for New Ideas

These are actual entries from my old idea files. The Impala conversation did occur, and I don’t remember who with. The phrase “Land Squid” appears in the notes, entirely by itself, with no explanation whatsoever. And I do, in fact, believe that the surrealist painter René Magritte really hated painting faces, and made a career out of finding ways to weasel out of it whenever he could.

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How to Process a Movie that Makes You Angry

This is partially fictionalized, in that I had Rick and I each have a movie that made us mad, while in real life it was I who was irritated by both movies, for the reasons enumerated in the comic.

I really did complain at the end of In The Heart of the Sea, because they didn't show Thor and Spider-Man even DISCUSSING drinking pee, let alone doing it. I really did feel robbed.

I am capable of being both petty and gross.

Of course, when deciding who should get the complaint th...

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Yeah, there was a mix-up with the running order of the comics, and this one is taken out of context from a comic you've already seen. Sorry about that.

How to Talk Through a Friend's Problems

The dialog in panel two is, almost verbatim, a conversation the real Ric and I had. I was joking, of course. I listen to some jazz, but not the steady diet Ric subjects himself to. Downbeat is a real magazine, and Ric is a subscriber, partly because he loves jazz, and partly because he finds it "hilariously depressing." So you see, I have not exaggerated his personality.

Also, for the record, the real Missy joined Mensa as a goof, and used to enjoy pointing out the spelling and punc...

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How to Make Two Superheroes Fight Each Other Upon First Meeting

Norm Macdonald had a theory (E-I-E-I-O). He felt that the setup and punchline of the perfect joke would be identical, literally just the same sentence repeated twice. He never managed to write that joke. The closest he ever got was a joke he did for Weekend Update on Saturday Night live. I went something like, "Julia Roberts filed for divorce from Lyle Lovett. When asked why, she said she realized that she is Julia Roberts, and that she was married to Lyle Lovett."

I bring this up becau...

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How to Analyze a Mistake

Swoop is all too real.

This is the first appearance of the newly-aged Rick. I don't know if this art will be the final version. In panel four he looks a little too much like Seth Green.

It seems Ric wears that sweater every day, even in the summer, as his workplace is drafty. That's the difference between him still living in Seattle, and me living in Phoenix. Most days, when I need to take photos for a new drawing, ...

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Just a patrons-only feature I'm running as an experiment. What do you think?