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Friday, 5 December, 2008 by volnrok
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@ "Aughh! A Vampire LordThe Oxford English Dictionary is quite unequivocal:
_vampire_ - "a preternatural being of a malignant nature (in
the original and usual form of the belief, a reanimated
corpse), supposed to seek nourishment, or do harm, by sucking
the blood of sleeping persons. ..."

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T - a crossbow"God save thee, ancient Mariner!
From the fiends, that plague thee thus! -
Why look'st thou so?" - With my cross-bow
I shot the Albatross.
        [ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor
          Coleridge ]

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V "Mommy!!!!" @"I wonder why he said that..." 
You see here:       
- a hobbitHobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more
numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace
and quiet and good tilled earth:  a well-ordered and well-
farmed countryside was their favourite haunt.  They do not
and did not understand or like machines more complicated
than a forge-bellows, a water-mill, or a handloom, although
they were skillful with tools.  Even in ancient days they
were, as a rule, shy of "the Big Folk", as they call us, and
now they avoid us with dismay and are becoming hard to find.
        [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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- a vampire lordThe Oxford English Dictionary is quite unequivocal:
_vampire_ - "a preternatural being of a malignant nature (in
the original and usual form of the belief, a reanimated
corpse), supposed to seek nourishment, or do harm, by sucking
the blood of sleeping persons. ..."

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stume               
- 23 candy bars     
- 4 fizzy potions   
- 17 orangeWhat was the fruit like?  Unfortunately, no one can describe
a taste.  All I can say is that, compared with those fruits,
the freshest grapefruit you've ever eaten was dull, and the
juiciest orange was dry, and the most melting pear was hard
and woody, and the sweetest wild strawberry was sour.  And
there were no seeds or stones, and no wasps.  If you had once
eaten that fruit, all the nicest things in this world would
taste like medicines after it.  But I can't describe it.  You
can't find out what it is like unless you can get to that
country and taste it for yourself.
        [ The Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis ]

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@ December 5, 2008 02:01
First comment: 26 July, 2004 155 comments written
Er, waaaaaaay after Halloween... (F)airly funey comic though.
volnrok December 5, 2008 03:50
First comment: 14 July, 2008 3 comments written
That's because I sent it two day after Halloween, and it took so long to appear
Slowpoke December 5, 2008 05:50
First comment: 27 February, 2007 239 comments written
Rated G for Going trick-or-treating. Not close to E for hallowEEn, unfortunately for the meme.
graph December 5, 2008 07:25
First comment: 5 December, 2008 1 comments written
Excellent stuff!
Eskimo December 5, 2008 08:17
First comment: 14 April, 2004 166 comments written
Novel. Would have been Excellent on Halloween. Oh, what the heck, still gets an E.
eue December 5, 2008 10:19
First comment: 17 October, 2008 7 comments written
Much better than the last one.
Loof December 5, 2008 13:44
First comment: 2 May, 2005 22 comments written
Yay, new(t) comic! G, for Gewd.
Quint Sakugarne December 5, 2008 19:45
First comment: 1 January, 2008 233 comments written
Very cleverly done. I like this comic a lot.

Excellent.
  December 5, 2008 19:49
First comment: 1 April, 2004 431 comments written
Nice. Now if it wereIn 1573, the Parliament of Dole published a decree, permitting
the inhabitants of the Franche-Comte to pursue and kill a
were-wolf or loup-garou, which infested that province,
"notwithstanding the existing laws concerning the chase."
The people were empowered to "assemble with javelins,
halberds, pikes, arquebuses and clubs, to hunt and pursue the
said were-wolf in all places where they could find it, and to
take, burn, and kill it, without incurring any fine or other
penalty." The hunt seems to have been successful, if we may
judge from the fact that the same tribunal in the following
year condemned to be burned a man named Giles Garnier, who
ran on all fours in the forest and fields and devoured little
children, "even on Friday." The poor lycanthrope, it appears,
had as slight respect for ecclesiastical feasts as the French
pig, which was not restrained by any feeling of piety from
eating infants on a fast day.
        [ The History of Vampires, by Dudley Wright ]

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@ December 6, 2008 00:01
First comment: 26 July, 2004 155 comments written
Testing the time reported on Duds' server~
@ December 6, 2008 00:01
First comment: 26 July, 2004 155 comments written
Hmmm. Already t3h 6th and no new comic.
Slowpoke December 6, 2008 01:40
First comment: 27 February, 2007 239 comments written
Nothing happens on weekends, @. Try again two days hence from whenever your timezone tells you you tried it this time.
Newtkiller December 6, 2008 07:44
First comment: 28 October, 2008 127 comments written
Poor dungeonners...
Still an E, thought
Quint Sakugarne December 6, 2008 08:22
First comment: 1 January, 2008 233 comments written
There are a few comics that have been posted on weekends, but very few out of the over 1000 comics so far published.
Sei December 6, 2008 15:52
First comment: 6 December, 2008 1 comments written
Nice.

Also: any reason why the comics don't render properly in opera? It always goes off the pageThese strange creatures live mostly on the surface of the
earth, gathering together in societies of various forms, but
occasionally a stray will descend into the depths and commit
mayhem among the dungeon residents who, naturally, often
resent the intrusion of such beasts. They are capable of
using weapons and magic, and it is even rumored that the
Wizard of Yendor is a member of this species.

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Dav December 6, 2008 16:07
First comment: 26 June, 2004 147 comments written
He could have held more candy with a bag of"Now, this third handkerchief," Mein Herr proceeded, "has also
four edges, which you can trace continuously round and round:
all you need do is to join its four edges to the four edges of
the opening. The Purse is then complete, and its outer
surface--"
"I see!" Lady Muriel eagerly interrupted. "Its outer surface
will be continuous with its inner surface! But it will take
time. I'll sew it up after tea." She laid aside the bag, and
resumed her cup of tea. "But why do you call it Fortunatus's
Purse, Mein Herr?"
The dear old man beamed upon her, with a jolly smile, looking
more exactly like the Professor than ever. "Don't you see,
my child--I should say Miladi? Whatever is inside that Purse,
is outside it; and whatever is outside it, is inside it. So
you have all the wealth of the world in that leetle Purse!"
        [ Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, by Lewis Carroll ]

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gneek December 7, 2008 01:38
First comment: 18 January, 2008 159 comments written
Wow, I'm so disappointed with myself. You wouldn't believe how long it took me to get this comic... :/
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