[2 Mar 12] What'd I miss?

[Adrishiana]

I think the real question here is, is Lisa devoted enough to being THE ZANIEST to get a mullet before doing this?

[Alice Macher]

She could wear a mullet wig...

...okay, that"d be wussing out, yeah.

[CEOIII]

I love that there's a church devoted to filesharing. As for the Prof: I would like someone in the class (Lisa or anyone else) to say, "Play us one of your songs." And if the song sucks, CALL HIM ON IT. Blaming the net for his failures makes him a whiny old man, not some sort of tech martyr.

[Ameyal]

Highly probable the band sucked royally. Lots of bands/singer have some of their work available for free in their own home pages/myspaces(Yes, it's still in use) and if anything, it would give you a broader audience than being just popular locally.
Hell, I have became a fan of several artist from getting free samples first and, when able, buying their material.

[Glishara]

I call BS on the prof. I have known many, many musicians starting out or maintaining 1-2 albums, and almost none of them made significant money from album sales. They made money from live performances. You produce albums to keep fans happy and to send radio stations, because if people hear your song they might come to your concert. In my experience, most small musicians really like the file-sharing, because it spreads their name around in a way that draws people to their performances.

Napster has hurt people, yes, but it's mostly the big people and the infrastructure AROUND the music industry: less money for the record labels.

[Cabbagehut]

In Penny and Aggie, I didn't really have much of an opinion on Lisa - she seemed very flat to me, with basically two modes: hyper meme-spout, and Serious Business Lisa, Who Always Knew What Was Really Going On. She was sort of annoying, but who hasn't known a person like her? So, I liked the idea of the character, I guess, but she didn't really grab me. I've never liked characters whose goal is to "make [people] smile", for I am a Midwesterner, and we are well-known for our fun-hating ways.

This story arc has really exemplified why I don't like Lisa much. She's much more fleshed-out now, is a much more believable and interesting character, but she's just as shallow as she was before. She doesn't think about the hows and whys of what she does, and she seems to have just realized that trying to making someone smile doesn't actually solve their problems. Blindly barreling into situations without thinking or planning can really backfire (and it has, unfortunately). People who insist on you being happy, regardless of why you're not, come off to me as very thoughtless.

I'm interested in how Lisa will change, actually. Right now, she comes off to me as a very obnoxious, self-centered, impulsive person, and based on the few events that have happened, I think she will see a lot of growth as a person. There is absolutely zero reason to barge into a class like she has in this strip, and I think it will be interesting to see Lisa learn that it's not all about her, and that there are times and places in which she should really stand back (like a lecture hall), and times and places to really let it all fly free, and that this doesn't mean she has to change who she is; just some of her responses.

[mygoodman]

In Penny and Aggie, I didn't really have much of an opinion on Lisa - she seemed very flat to me, with basically two modes: hyper meme-spout, and Serious Business Lisa, Who Always Knew What Was Really Going On. She was sort of annoying, but who hasn't known a person like her? So, I liked the idea of the character, I guess, but she didn't really grab me. I've never liked characters whose goal is to "make [people] smile", for I am a Midwesterner, and we are well-known for our fun-hating ways.

This story arc has really exemplified why I don't like Lisa much. She's much more fleshed-out now, is a much more believable and interesting character, but she's just as shallow as she was before. She doesn't think about the hows and whys of what she does, and she seems to have just realized that trying to making someone smile doesn't actually solve their problems. Blindly barreling into situations without thinking or planning can really backfire (and it has, unfortunately). People who insist on you being happy, regardless of why you're not, come off to me as very thoughtless.

I'm interested in how Lisa will change, actually. Right now, she comes off to me as a very obnoxious, self-centered, impulsive person, and based on the few events that have happened, I think she will see a lot of growth as a person. There is absolutely zero reason to barge into a class like she has in this strip, and I think it will be interesting to see Lisa learn that it's not all about her, and that there are times and places in which she should really stand back (like a lecture hall), and times and places to really let it all fly free, and that this doesn't mean she has to change who she is; just some of her responses.

YES. May you get everything you want in life.

[Adrishiana]

In Penny and Aggie, I didn't really have much of an opinion on Lisa - she seemed very flat to me, with basically two modes: hyper meme-spout, and Serious Business Lisa, Who Always Knew What Was Really Going On. She was sort of annoying, but who hasn't known a person like her? So, I liked the idea of the character, I guess, but she didn't really grab me. I've never liked characters whose goal is to "make [people] smile", for I am a Midwesterner, and we are well-known for our fun-hating ways.

This story arc has really exemplified why I don't like Lisa much. She's much more fleshed-out now, is a much more believable and interesting character, but she's just as shallow as she was before. She doesn't think about the hows and whys of what she does, and she seems to have just realized that trying to making someone smile doesn't actually solve their problems. Blindly barreling into situations without thinking or planning can really backfire (and it has, unfortunately). People who insist on you being happy, regardless of why you're not, come off to me as very thoughtless.

I'm interested in how Lisa will change, actually. Right now, she comes off to me as a very obnoxious, self-centered, impulsive person, and based on the few events that have happened, I think she will see a lot of growth as a person. There is absolutely zero reason to barge into a class like she has in this strip, and I think it will be interesting to see Lisa learn that it's not all about her, and that there are times and places in which she should really stand back (like a lecture hall), and times and places to really let it all fly free, and that this doesn't mean she has to change who she is; just some of her responses.

This, pretty much. A friend who actually does like Lisa but understands why I don't care for her has suggested that she might learn within QUILTBAG to be more circumspect about when - and why - she brings out THE ZANINESS (and, I would add, perhaps temper it a bit so it resembles something she does naturally and not something she does to be *THE ZANINEST).

*The extra N here was unintentional, but screw it. I'M ZANY!

[Pink Freud]

It's long past due time I did one of these for Quiltbag.

[Bardlp]

Stop that! D: Get your creepy out of my comic!

[NobodySpecial]

We had a vote about that already, Bard....keeping Pink around or not.

The eyes had it.

[CEOIII]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

[Bardlp]

(╯°O°）╯FUS RO DAH! ==== ┻━┻

[CEOIII]

(╯°O°）╯FUS RO DAH! ==== ┻━┻

Que?

[Pink Freud]

(╯°O°）╯FUS RO DAH! ==== ┻━┻

IISS SLEN NUS!