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Carl Sagan! Hey, this would be a great strip for an outer space themed magazine or something.

This was confusing until I Googled it, but by that point it kind of lost the humor :/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan

Really good. Really really good.

Carl Sagan rules!! Great likeness.

I like the kid's face as he enthusiastically counts the stars. XD

Monday's and Friday's strips should be kicked out of Dumm Comics. Both suck.

I rarely get this comic... And after you have to look something up its not funny anymore.

"I rarely get this comic... And after you have to look something up its not funny anymore."

Yeah...how painful it must be for you HoopyFrood, to actually have to learn something new.
GREAT comic Fred, Please Keep em' Comming!!

HoopyFrood: I didn't have to investigate, and still, the comic wasn't funny. Lame work.

Damn, "Angry" commenter! Is some nurturing therapy in order? Do you need a friend? As I've asked before, where is YOUR awesome comic? There is a link option in the comments.

I find it really weird that there's haters commenting here already!! Who cares if you get it or not, can't you just appreciate Fred's awesome art?! I'm betting he can draw better than you "AngryF**ktard"!!

Hey Fred,
Great job! Can't wait to see more.
See ya Fred.

Sometimes I wonder at the people who view this site, and why they bother to leave such hateful remarks here. However, others have to realize that leaving something freely and publicly viewable means that it is also freely and publicly open to whatever criticisms are thrown out there.

However, at least have some basis for your argument. Saying "this comic suxx LOLOL!!!" offers about as much criticism as saying, "Hey! I've got a tree frog sitting on top of my head!" If you have some reason why you don't like a comic, fine! State your point. But don't be hateful about it. If you do intend to hate on something blindly and loudly, keep it to yourself. Really, nobody cares. You're just another random person on the internet using anonymity to try and cause a ruckus.

I for one really dig this comic. Sure, the humor might not slap you in the face as it does with Skadi or Kimbo, but it's there, and it's really well done. I can appreciate subtlety as much as I can appreciate the wacky antics of the other comics on this site. The art also screams of the shows I used to watch as a kid, too: a highly exaggerated, but still extremely detailed and thorough experience. Great work, keep 'em coming. You got a fan in me, at least.

I watch his show now and then on the science channel, man is he weird. funny stuff.

There are plenty of people who enjoy this strip who just don't comment. It's the douche bags that HAVE to let everyone know that they don't like it, and they're ruining this awesome site.

I agree, with the constructive comments, great comic, keep up the good work and your art is amazing. _I_ got it. :D

I don't get it. But I love the artwork.

Haters are haters. Don't waste your precious time on them D:

Okay, so, please don't call them haters, they are merely here looking at comics, and happened to stumble upon this, and they thought it wasn't very good. Saying "I don't see YOUR web-comic, so HA!" is immature and juvenile, and even worse is "Yeah...how painful it must be for you HoopyFrood, to actually have to learn something new." which is just a lame comeback, he stated clearly that when you have to go searching for obscure information in order to get a joke, that the joke loses it's humor, like the real life equivalent of somebody telling you a joke that perplexes you, and the teller then takes 10 minutes to explain it, by the time every thing's explained you've become bored.

I for one think the art is mediocre, and the jokes, excluding May 16th's comic, really doesn't have much of a punchline, or if it does, you have to find out what it means because the joke is so unheard-of. Most web-comic artists usually remedy this by creating newsposts that are enjoyable and short, and quickly explain the joke.

In summary, most of these "haters" are just here to see some webcomics, and would like to give their 2 cents, there was only one instance where somebody just said "It's terrible".

P.S.

If you're going to shout something like "well you can't do art, so you don't know"
then here

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5959/happybirthdayskylarcc8.jpg

Fair enough, Glassbomb.

But the reason behind reminding any harsh commenter that they do not do art themselves, is because they obviously do not understand the hard work and dedication it takes to bring you something nice, and free, every week.

It's okay if you don't like it, but there is such a thing as constructive critisism. What could be done better? What would you suggest? What would you like to see? We are all human beings here and it's never nice to stomp all over someone's heart.

So correct me if I'm wrong, but is "Glassbomb" trying to DEFEND all of these moronic, negative blog comments? He must spend a lot of time on Youtube.

Cool Comic Fred, from a fellow space nut!

I love this comic. Keep it up!

I'm really surprised that Carl Sagan's Ghost is provoking a fight amongst the billions and billions of Dumm Fans---Oh wait!-He was a genius, NOT dumb, the DUMMHEADS (same way Deadheads love the Grateful Dead)- are not geniuses--aye, therein lies the rub! Now I see the reason for a melee- CARRY ON- OH, WARRIORS OF DUMM!

Thanks for your comments, "haters", "likers", and "inbetweeners"!

1) crazybirdanimation.....exactly.....

2) Ryan Kramer, yay! somebody recognized Carl Sagan!

3) Gremrat, thanks for the comment! I knew going into some of these strips that they would appeal to only a specific group of people (mainly space nuts like myself who grew up in the 80's) one of the great things about doing something outside of the "system" is that we get to create things that don't have to pertain to the largest audience possible!

4) Rne, THANKS!

5) Kevin Langley, Thanks! Carl Sagan totally
rules!

6) Dranxis, thanks,

7) angrybastard, thanks for expressing your opinion.

8) HoopyFrood, this strip isn't for everyone, but that's why we have 5 different strips every weekday!

9) Bob, Thanks!

10) ....angrybastard....

11) Batman, THEEEEE Batman? Cool!

12) mukpuddy, thanks!

13) Fred G, best first name ever! thanks!

14) RNDN, thank you very much!

15) Craig T, thanks, Carl Sagan is an odd bird isn't he? It's kind of mesmerizing to listen to him talk though, don't you think?

16) Alisa, thanks!

17) Justin, thanks.

18) Stefie, true enough.

19) Glassbomb, hi.

20) Peabody, I agree, "constructive" is best.

21) Dumb Comic Fan, yes! a fellow "space nut" thanks!!!

22) Eva, thanks a lot! We'll keep making these comics, if you keep reading them!

23) Bill Field, turns out Carl Sagan is a lot more controversial than most people think, check out the Dumm Comics Forum!

Carl Sagan! A capital reference! "There are billions and billions of galaxies in the known universe. And in those galaxies lie billions and billions of stars..." Ah, good times, the Cosmos years. Nice job commemerating the man, Fred. I particularly like your comic.

As for you other guys who don't get the idea of a webcomic being funny...Webcomics aren't always funny. There's a handful of serious webcomics out there, so they deserve to be appreciated rather than deemed unfit for viewers. That's why Earthward Ho! is a good strip; simply because it is humorous to a minimum. That, and it's the only Dumm strip that has actual continuity to it.