Halloween Special
dgriff13 on Oct. 30, 2007
Happy Halloween everyone! Like SpANG said, every day is Halloween for these two, but now there's CANDY! And Fred can wear the costume of his dreams ;0)
And, yes, that is the very pumpkin I carved this year! Ain't it the best?!
I have a Halloween tradition that I've carried on from my mother. I make hot apple cider (with lemons, cinnamon sticks, cloves and honey) and buy some Dunkin Donuts donut holes.. and pass that out along with candy. On cold Halloween nights, it's just what you need… and adults like the “special brew”, lol.
Ah, memories. My mom used to hardcore decorate the yard with spider webs, props and spooky music. My dad may have even joined in the fun by tying a string to a blow-up skeleton sitting in a lawn chair and rigging it inside the house.. so when kids came up to the door, he'd tug the string and send the kiddies screaming off to the next yard. I think my dad just wanted the candy for himself.
Please, share a Halloween tradition or memory if you have one! I'd love to hear it!
P.S. please vote! My ratings are slipping lately over at buzzcomix, augh! Speaking of, my page views in the past week have been quite sad as well, I wonder why? Being in the top 100 DD comics lasted, like, 5 seconds.
dgriff13 at 5:17PM, Nov. 1, 2007
ha ha ha! Cool story LanceDanger! I can only imagine how crazy you must have looked! Good thing it was actually Halloween!
LanceDanger at 4:41PM, Nov. 1, 2007
Lol awesoem XD A few years back, when I was with my ex gf, we wentto the mall with her godson to trick or treat, it was his first time trick or treatin'. I slapped some makeup on my face to look like a skull, put on my surfer/cowboy hat, put on torn jeans, boots, and a cape over a raggedy shirt, and proclamed myself as the Halloween King!! XD Got A LOT of looks at the mall lol It was hillarious =3
dgriff13 at 8:12AM, Nov. 1, 2007
n_y_japlander: homemade costumes are the best and most creative! I'd like to try NY apple cider, I wonder how different it is from mine! slimred: happy day-after-halloween to you, ha! yeah, yet another year for Cleveland to stash away in the "heartbreak" category. Cavs get swept in the finals, Indians lose a 3-1 lead, and the Buckeyes got blown out in both the football AND basketball finals. Ouch. I dunno why I continue to do this to myself. I guess that's bein' a sports fan!
slimredninja at 12:27AM, Nov. 1, 2007
Great looking comic as always happy halloween sorry about your Indians I actually hoped they could take down boston.
n_y_japlander at 8:33PM, Oct. 31, 2007
Nice and awesomriffic!!!! No big Halloween traditions in my house hold... just my mom would always make my sister's and my costumes (I get the artistic gene from her) every year, and we would go trick or treat'in'... but I do miss New York Apple cider! (^-^)
dgriff13 at 7:42PM, Oct. 31, 2007
thanks maninblack & jgib99! coinilius: oh, it's commercial as hell here.. but one holiday I don't mind playing along. Hot apple cider went over well, but didn't get a ton of kids this year.
coinilius at 5:37PM, Oct. 31, 2007
Very nice comic :) It's interesting hearing about your halloween traditions - over here in Australia, we don't celebrate Halloween - it's only just recently that it's started to become popular as a bit of a 'commercial' thing.
jgib99 at 5:07PM, Oct. 31, 2007
Happy Halloween dgriff!!
dgriff13 at 12:36PM, Oct. 31, 2007
nibbi: *gasp* Hobbes in NOT imaginary! He just pretends to be a stuffed animal around adults, doy! ;0D
dgriff13 at 12:34PM, Oct. 31, 2007
PR: Thanks! crocty: appreciate the vote! Ersatz: cool pumpkin as well, Ersatz! Love the eyes, ha! harryq: great story! and thanks for your kind words about me being a duck-mounting diva, LOLOL! madscott: hey! Thanks for da 5-er! Midgey: I totally remember those poorly-made costumes, LOL. I think I may have had a care bears one. Yknow, OLD SCHOOL 80's care bears- all plastic, made to last half a night! Mbz0rz: yay! You go, witchy! jurbas: I was a little worried that their costumes didn't scream C&H. Thanks for the funny story! Oh, you crazy volleyball players! heymelby: Darth Vader? Just like Chad! dantheman: you too! Thanks! JZintel: LOL, I remember having to do that as a kid in Cleveland. What a sin to cover up your prized new costume! LOL, tundra ninja! StewWriter: thank you, thank you *bows* antcomics: nuthin' like a sugar coma, ahhhh! It totally ROCKS that youre Adam Ant. I wonder what kind of looks I'd get for dressing up like an alien, dressed up like a dog, dressed as hobbes. ;0) Villamar: oh no! bastards indeed! I appreciate the effort, tho ;0) SpANG: Yay, Calvinball! woo hoo! Thanks, man, you're da best.
nibbi at 11:17AM, Oct. 31, 2007
When I was a kid and I read Calvin and Hobbes I didn't realise Hobbes was imaginary. I just didn't get it at all.
SpANG at 9:08AM, Oct. 31, 2007
Great Jack-o_lantern, btw!
SpANG at 9:07AM, Oct. 31, 2007
Calvin Ball anyone? Yaya! Happy Halloween!
Villamar at 8:06AM, Oct. 31, 2007
Yay Calvin and Hobbes! I'd rate you over at Buzz, but it's filtered for gov't computers, at least mine. Bastards! Happy Halloween Dawn!
antcomics at 7:53AM, Oct. 31, 2007
Zorphie's in a sugar coma! Haa! No special traditions here (well, that are unique, anyhow). This year though, I'm Adam Ant! Even as I type, I am the mighty Ant-Man! Hahaa! Oh yeah, and about the ratings: Oh me too. Don't feel bad. I shot up to 26the place the day I was featured...now I am at like...179. Bummah.
StewWriter at 7:35AM, Oct. 31, 2007
I'm such a Calvin and Hobbes freak! Nicely done!
JZintel at 7:18AM, Oct. 31, 2007
Halloween for me was always having a really awesome costume and the having to cover it up with a winter coat, mitts and a toque. I like to think instead of a plain old ninja I was a tundra ninja. I think this year I'll try trick or treating again and try to convince people I got the same disease as Robin Williams did in the movie "Jack".
dantheman at 6:53AM, Oct. 31, 2007
nice pumkin. Have a Happy Halloween
heymelby at 6:37AM, Oct. 31, 2007
I never really did much more than trick or treat as a kid. i did dress up as Darth Vader once, and i can remember carving pumpkins and making pie outta them.
jurbas at 5:47AM, Oct. 31, 2007
ur gunna hate me but until I read Ersatz comment I didnt realise it was Calvin and Hobbes [like all good Duckers u used other peoples comics as ur costumes] My Halloween story comes from today and isn't entirely based on halloween although it wouldn't have happened were it not today. At beach volleyball[I play indoor beach volleyball for school]today the place where we play[obviously not at school] had Halloween decorations. My friend thought she'd b funny and hid a large fake spiderweb up her shirt. Somehow the joke turned around to me being the father of 'the baby' and the fact that is grew so fast was because of my 'Superman sperm' Why did I tell u this story? Because I can't use it for a comic!! ciaou and dgriff u realy shouldn't worry about the ratings, I was very high before and now I got extremely low these things happen
Mbz0rz at 5:06AM, Oct. 31, 2007
Yay! Happy Halloween! Awesome pumpkin! I make a damn sexy witch, if I do say so myself. ^o^
TheMidge28 at 5:01AM, Oct. 31, 2007
ditto to what harry said...not the corn thing about the stats. As for a memory, well when I was growing up we had those cheap plastic costumes that were elbow and knee length. Smelled like a condom and it had that extremely brittle plastic mask. On the front of the costume wasn't the body of the character but an image of the character. Like The Incredible Hulk...one would think you would be greem with rippling muscles but no they would have an image of the hulk smashing something with the words "The Incredible Hulk" because I guess they think The hulk runs around with self promoting attire. Not the most believable costume I must say. And that freakin' mask would be cracked and split by the end of the night and covered with half eaten candy and sweat. And I wear glasses and that's a whole another piece of crap when wearing a mask...well I could go on! Happy Halloween!
harryq at 3:44AM, Oct. 31, 2007
P.S. As per your last part about page views... I quit looking at my stats three weeks ago and I feel MUCH better! Have another 5, 'cause I think you're one of the hardest workin', dedicated Comic Devas that ever mounted a duck. Did that sound right?
harryq at 3:40AM, Oct. 31, 2007
I fondly remember all us kids going to Jabbos' house every year on Halloween to T.P. his house and toss hundreds of pounds of corn at his windows until he couldn't stand it anymore and chased us in his jeep while blasting at us with his shotgun loaded with bird shot. I'm getting teary-eyed. Bye! Oh, your post is beautiful!
Ersatz at 1:56AM, Oct. 31, 2007
I love Calvin and Hobbes! This is the best Halloween strip ever! If you want to see the pumpkin I carved, take a look here: http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Unitary_Authority_of_Ersatz/gfx/Halloween%20-%20Me%20and%20Jaz%202.jpg