Yesterday was my 30th birthday, so hooray for aging! I swear today’s comic was wholly unrelated as I did not spend it sleeping around Portland. I just thought it was a fitting follow-up after last week’s comic.
But on the topic of recriminations, I’d like to talk about Mark McGwire. I’m pleased to announce next week will be another theme week here at The Dugs as we focus on him. We all had ideas for how to best mock his recent ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING steroid announcement, and after a week of discussion we decided we liked all the ideas too much to throw any of them out. So you’ll get to see all three of them next Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. See you then!
I prefer Conan over Jay. Having said that, I’m not an avid viewer of either. I’ll watch Conan some of the time. I’ll watch Jay none of the time. I’m generally watching Colbert instead.
Having said that, I’m sure this will bite NBC in the ass in the long run. They’ve basically said that Jay is a better long term commodity than Conan which is pretty ridiculous.
However it did prove one thing- there is no topic, however trivial, that cannot be connected to the Chicago Cubs failure to win a World Series.
REMEMBER! We changed our navigation. The first, previous, next and last buttons will navigate you through Ghosts of the Dugs only. To skip between the three Dugs comics, click either on the name of the strip at the top, or click on the day you want to view on ther left using the calander. Once on another strip, such as the Las Vegas Tsunami, the next, last etc. buttons will navigate only through that strip. Easy? Right?
Thanks to Jason Howell for the use of the photo.
I’m exhausted.
That was a lot of work.
I hope you enjoyed the story. Enjoy your nudity.
EDIT: OK a few more notes now that I’ve had a chance to sleep. In case you’re new to the site, the Pete Rose v. GM rivalry is not a new thing.
Thanks to campbell42462‘s help with the Griffey photo.
This week, another glimpse of Very Him’s postgame plans.
I’m also going to point out to you that our navigation has changed. If you want to browse by date, there’s a big calendar over there to facilitate it. If you’d prefer to browse by comic, the navigation buttons above and below each one will go back and forth only in each specific series. To change series, click the link in the navigation at the top of the page. Pretty simple, really, and hopefully a lot more useful to you!
OK, first up: new navigation! Our ‘previous’, ‘next’ etc links above will now go to the comic you’re reading. So currently, clicking on ‘previous’ will take you to last week’s Ghosts, not Monday’s strip. To navigate by day, you can use the calander to the left, and to navigate between comics, click on the comic name at the top.
Secondly- we’ve mentioned it before but c’mon. Text Haiti to 90999. It’s just $10 and you’ll get some much needed help to the people of Haiti.
OK, so that’s all the news out the way. It’s my birthday on Saturday, so my present to myself is that I give permission for another dig at the Nationals.
Nothing really against Matt Capps, but he blew five or six saves last year with an ERA around five and a half. He’s not the kind of guy you can get excited about, and if I’m a Nats fan, I need something to be excited about after my team gave Jason Marquis $15 million.
UPDATE: I’ve been providing links to the former chapters, but I no longer need to! Now, when you click previous, it will take you to my previous comic. To navigate between my comic and the other 2 guys, just click on their names in the navigation bar, and then the previous button will work the same way for them. Or, you can use the calender to jump around different dates. We’re willing to listen to feedback on our new system, so email us if we’ve ruined your day.
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If anyone’s wondering were the camels have gone, they are still there and they are just off panel, doing camel stuff.
Well this is it. One more strip, and it will be the end of the first real story arc I’ve tried to undertake. Who is the new owner of the Tsunami? How will being naked affect the GM’s ability to get back to the headquarters? How comfortable is Eric in his sexuality to persist drawing naked men? All this and more (probably less) will be answered next week!!!
Anyone still think the team’s owner, Mr. Glenn is a misguided but harmless guy? No? Good. I figured it’d be good to drive home just what a jerk he is.
In news in no way at all related to baseball, we here at the Dugs want to make sure you’ve been urged to donate to the relief effort underway in the aftermath of the earthquake this week in Haiti. You’re probably hearing about it and seeing messages like this every place you look, but that’s only because of how important it is. The people there are remarkably poor in the best of times, and what semblance of normalcy they had last week is now gone. Plus, the real tragedy is yet to come when the realities of a destroyed infrastructure and shortages of water set in, and diseases begin to spread more freely. So please, if you haven’t yet, give whatever you can, even if just a little – it’ll go a long way to helping.
Here’s a somewhat exhaustive list of available charities and relief organizations. Or if you like the simple approach, just text “Haiti” to 90999 and you’ll donate $10, which will be charged on your next mobile bill.
He took a firework to the face. That’s probably going to one-up any other New Year’s story in the Blue Jays clubhouse. Unless Lyle Overbay married a goat in Vegas. Again.
Also, what does it say about Toronto that Lyle Overbay is now one of their most recognisable players? I think next in line is Niklas Hagman.
As always, links to the previous chapters while we update the site navigation:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
As crazy as I’ve made the Sammy Sosa character in my comic, I think he topped me with the skin treatment that he received. Wow. Just wow.
I’ll tell you this, the Just Desert storyline is coming to a close in two more chapters thus ending my first attempt at a longer story arc. I think there’s been some ups and downs but overall, I think it’s gone well. See you in 1 week for Part 6.
You have no idea how close this comic came to having a hockey rink set up on the middle of the ballfield. I wanted to do that because I always just think that’s a really funny sight. The only thing funnier that I’ve seen in a ballpark is probably racing hot dogs, but in the end it didn’t work since comics work better when they’re not just single image snapshots of stuff that makes me giggle. So here, have serialized pictures complete with dialogue and stuff happening…if you must.
Meanwhile, we actually have about 8 inches or so of snow on the ground here. We’ve played football, soccer, and frisbee in this sort of weather in years past, but never baseball. I wonder if we’d manage to find enough people for something so crazy this weekend. Maybe we could use a tennis ball so we can see it in the snow, and use tall traffic cones for bases?
All right, I’ll be honest. I just want an excuse to hit the ground in a slide that takes me to next week. That’d be awesome!
