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I’m going as Hank Hill this Halloween.  Anyone know where I could get a fake Alamo beer can?

Posted by Joe in OH @ 10/24/2004 3:11 PM EDT

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Just go lick a subway seat or something, that oughta put you out for at least a week.
Joe, that’s a cool costume idea, but without the Alamo can it would probably be a little nondescript. Please tell me you’ve worked some sort of butt-flattening contraption into your disguise, because that would be awesome.

Posted by squee4242 @ 10/24/2004 3:44 PM EDT

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Whee! Third Comment!

I love your drawing style.

Posted by Blargsnatch @ 10/24/2004 3:45 PM EDT

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So far the costume consists of me in a white tee and jeans (with Leatherman on the belt) and work boots.  If anyone could mock me up an Alamo beer label I would forever be in your debt.  Squee424 - that’s a great idea that I didn’t think of.  Any suggestions on how to make that?

Posted by Joe in OH @ 10/24/2004 3:52 PM EDT

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Why do the pumpkins have ears mommy?

Posted by Piscez @ 10/24/2004 4:00 PM EDT

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Joy in Germany, new X-E articles…

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Posted by EMajorwitz @ 10/24/2004 4:00 PM EDT

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That seems cool…and in a thread from an earlier article, didn’t someone mention that he/she was going as Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force?

…#5

Posted by Invader Norbert @ 10/24/2004 4:01 PM EDT

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are the pumpkin peeps actually shaped like little hearts or is that just the angle….?

Posted by VolklMonkey @ 10/24/2004 4:17 PM EDT

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also… you should keep those ghosts a-comin in a series of comics, they’re hilarious.

Posted by VolklMonkey @ 10/24/2004 4:19 PM EDT

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love the comics,
hate the peeps,
head on a platter,
that shit is so cheap,
sundays are boring,
I just wanna sleep,
but with the new entries,
i’m happy as…..uh…a sheep?

long live X-E,
pHunQsAucE

(yeah i’m kool, I used random capital letters…)

Posted by phunqsauce @ 10/24/2004 5:07 PM EDT

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i have also a busy life…with checking X-E for new articles every 10 seconds…

Posted by Swift @ 10/24/2004 5:20 PM EDT

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Matt,

What caused the grease-stain on the last comic page?  Peep juice?

Posted by Dane @ 10/24/2004 5:23 PM EDT

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Only one week ’til the big day! I spent all of yesterday shopping for creepy decorations with my friend for her big bash next weekend. She has the perfect house for it- it was built in 1921 and looks kind of like the Amityville Horror house. Anyway, we bought this really creepy animatronic skeleton that you put in the ground. The skeleton claws and kicks its feet like it’s trying to get out of the grave. Really cool! Thanks for the great reads, Matt!

Posted by Jillybeann @ 10/24/2004 5:30 PM EDT

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More comics!

Posted by MysteryGuyCalvin @ 10/24/2004 5:54 PM EDT

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Sucks that you saved the Peeps for so long, and then felt like you had to rush through the review. I’d like to see what Cobra would do w/ a Peep…

I love how you can come up w/ such funny shot pff the top of your head like that. The comedy just flows forth.

Hey, what ever happened w/ your commercial, Matt?

I so wanted to dress up as Weird Al Yankovich this year. Alas, I couldn’t find an accordian. Not even a pretend one. I have the wig, mustache and Hawaiian shirt. The Madonna thing didn’t work out too well. I obviously just looked like someone w/ a terrible sense of 80’s fashion. They took my picture for the context and then never put it on the site. They probably couldn’t figure out who I was.

Hey, Joe in OH, make up a label on your computer and laminate it on an actual beer car. You could flatten your butt w/ a thin, hardcover book or tight Ace bandages. Carry around an appt card w/ the urologist (for the narrow urethra problem). Maybe you could fashion up some kind of iron-on for Arlen Propane and (or Hank’s Bowling league name) and transfer it onto your shirt (like just above the right breat pocket or bigger, on the back). Is anyone else dressing up w/ you? Dale would be easy for a tall, skinny guy. Anyone dressing as Boomhaur would just have to mumble a lot. Bill would be harder, unless you have a friend who’s balding and has a three day growth of facial hair (Oh, and a hairy back). Good luck! Cool costume idea.

Posted by trajeal @ 10/24/2004 6:21 PM EDT

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Heart…pumpkin…peeps? Wow. I think my brain just imploded a little.

Posted by Komichi @ 10/24/2004 6:23 PM EDT

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Dracula’s head looks like Marshie from Homestar Runner, especially when Marshie was wearing a Dracula costume.

Posted by Nate @ 10/24/2004 6:25 PM EDT

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I would hope by this time next year Nickelodeon is running animated shorts based off your ghost comics in between Halloween programming. 

The next contest should be to find names of the two gendered ghosts, and a comic title that won’t get you sued.

Posted by ME @ 10/24/2004 6:27 PM EDT

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awesome ghost comic.. yes, not elaborately drawn, but hey.. it’s cute :]

Posted by Jenny @ 10/24/2004 6:41 PM EDT

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Wee! 19th comment. Sweet Halloween thingie. It kicks Major Ass’s ass.

Posted by Walks @ 10/24/2004 6:42 PM EDT

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Okay, now that I’ve looked at it more thoruoghly, I can honestly say that maybe it doesn’t look like Marshie as much as I though it did, but it still reminded me of him.  This is a sign that I have been watching far too much Homestar Runner (not that I’m going to quit).

On a completely separate note, let it be heard that I hate Peeps, including that chocolate crap.  Those things are nauseating.  However, that’s not to say that I don’t like the llok of them.  They’re kinda cute, especially the Halloween ones.  Is anyone here with me on the opinion that Peeps may taste nasty, but don’t necessarily look nasty?

Posted by Nate @ 10/24/2004 6:42 PM EDT

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I get the same feeling when I eat a peep.

Have you tried the Hostess Pumpkin filled cookies? Those are awesome.

Another thing I spotted that was sorta Halloweenish was Doritos limited edition “Black Pepper Jack” in a black bag.  They’re ok.

Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown is on this Tuesday on ABC to satisfy your Halloween cartoons.

This week is Halloween themed shows on Food Network. Seems like mostly replays from last year.

When they go on discount I’m going to buy those Big Scream DVD’s for next year. They’re cool

Posted by JLAJRC @ 10/24/2004 6:46 PM EDT

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Forgot to mention the Pumpkin Pie Blizzards from Dairy Queen. Those are good.

Posted by JLAJRC @ 10/24/2004 6:47 PM EDT

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Thanks trajeal for the great ideas.  I was also thinking about dressing my 1 month old up as a propane bottle.  I tell you what… that boy ain’t right.

Posted by Joe in OH @ 10/24/2004 6:49 PM EDT

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“That seems cool…and in a thread from an earlier article, didn’t someone mention that he/she was going as Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force?”

That would be me. I got the wife-beater, blue sweatpants (couldn’t find any light blue) and the fake mustache. I was stuck in a dilemma with the hair, though. I could either get a bald cap to cover my entire head or a latex fake combover thing. I ended up going with the latter.

Posted by Gavok @ 10/24/2004 6:55 PM EDT

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And in an attempt to help out our good friend Matt:

“I wish I had an excuse better than ‘I’ve been too busy to think straight,’”

Improvise a story involving goblins.

“Say, do you think my boss would mind if I took off next week to write Halloween Countdown features on an unaffiliated website?”

If you come up with a decent excuse. Improvise a story involving goblins.

Posted by Gavok @ 10/24/2004 6:58 PM EDT

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Personally, I think the peep pumpkins’ main merit (how’s that for alliteration?) is that it gives the illusion that you’re getting more peeps for your money, since they’re so small.
I’m gonna have to check out the chocolate-filled ones.  That’s the most exciting peep news since “Christmas Cookies.”

Posted by Frostor @ 10/24/2004 6:59 PM EDT

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Nothing that poor ghost does is good enough. I’m starting to feel for him.

And I have a huge sweettooth, so I love Peeps. For as long as I can remember. Its not Easter without sugary baby chicks.

Comic Book Guy: (On Peeps) “I wish the real chicks would go down this easy.”

Posted by A-wel Cruiz @ 10/24/2004 8:32 PM EDT

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Nice to see the articles are catching up! Excellent work as always Matt!
Great Hank Hill ideas! Everytime I read about Peeps, I think of that hilarious Malcolm in the Middle episode where Francis has to eat all those Peeps and, at one point, the count goes backwards! Good stuff!
On a side note, I’m kicking around the idea of doing the Halloween thing as Alice Cooper… I’m just at a loss for a top hat at this point. Doh!!

Posted by Croww @ 10/24/2004 8:49 PM EDT

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The Head on a Platter looks *exactly* like one of the original Madballs! If Madballs ate bones, I’d think they recycled one for the platter. Then made it lame.

Posted by VeganMike @ 10/24/2004 9:41 PM EDT

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The Halloween Peeps were among the first Halloween items to be stocked at the grocery store where I work this year. For once, the store carries all four kinds. I haven’t tried any of them yet. I’m wary of Peeps after the Cocoa Bats almost sent me into sugar shock last year. I may at least give the Cocoa Cats a chance. The Bats TASTED good, but were just too darn big. The kitties may be just the right size.

Posted by starwenn @ 10/24/2004 10:07 PM EDT

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It bothers me that the first thing to come to my mind after viewing another Matt masterpiece is that the complaining ghost should have pointed out that that the monster wearing the read shirt is Frankenstein’s Monster, not Frankenstein himself.

I did nothing this weekend but sleep and stay up late being nonproductive, and I feel like crap.  I’m just taking it out on the only person I know will love me/continue to not tknow who I am, Matt. ;P

Posted by Night_Trekker @ 10/24/2004 10:44 PM EDT

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Oh, and by “read” I meant “orange”.  Obviously…..

Posted by Night_Trekker @ 10/24/2004 11:17 PM EDT

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The best part was the stains on the last page!

Posted by SuperStar @ 10/25/2004 2:51 AM EDT

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#35!! w00t!

Posted by solvable @ 10/25/2004 4:17 AM EDT

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“It bothers me that the first thing to come to my mind after viewing another Matt masterpiece is that the complaining ghost should have pointed out that that the monster wearing the read shirt is Frankenstein’s Monster, not Frankenstein himself.”  –Night_Trekker

Dude, Matt knows what he’s doing.  After all, I just thanked him the other day for describing the green-faced man we know as the Monster…not Frankenstein.  He’s obviously making a statement about the ghost’s literary prowess.

Yay, Matt.  Love your stuff.  Going to the store in the morning (a few scant insomniac hours from now) to buy my friends some Peeps.  Already printed the article as a greeting card to enclose with the treats.

Posted by Emily @ 10/25/2004 6:32 AM EDT

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Jackie Mason played Krusty the Klown’s father.

Posted by Yama @ 10/25/2004 8:06 AM EDT

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the comic is awesome!!!

Posted by erfefeg @ 10/25/2004 8:06 AM EDT

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I turned on the Food Network last night, and lo and behold, “Unwrapped” was on, and what were they talking about? Peeps! And yes, the Halloween Peeps, too. Of course, I thought of Matt right away, since I had just read this article

They showed the cats but they looked like they were coated in purple sugar.

And those “jack-o-lantern” ones remind me of easter bunny heads more than anything. o_O

Posted by Ryane @ 10/25/2004 11:48 AM EDT

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For geting the sticker off the serving platter, two words: Goo Gone.  Or Un-du.  I’m thinking of setting up a DVD player and small color monitor up on the porch and playing Ghostbusters and/or HellBoy on it during Trick or Treat.  No worries about it getting swiped, there’s always someone outside during the yearly door-to-door begging.  I’d only worry about the player. the monitor is an old Commodore color monitor I bought at a garage sale recently for five.  It has the computer and regular AV hookups on the back.  I really dig the ghost comics.  Here’s hoping for more.

Posted by kingklash @ 10/25/2004 11:53 AM EDT

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marshie mixed with teen girl squad, lol

Posted by Rychiar @ 10/25/2004 12:14 PM EDT

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Dishwashing liquid will sometimes work on sticky stickers. Just dump some right on there and scrape the sticky off. Or, for tougher stickers, hairspray will work. It resaturates the glue. Hairspray will also take pen ink out of clothes for the exact same reason.

I am a wealth of trivial nonsense, I am.

Posted by trajeal @ 10/25/2004 3:07 PM EDT

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I like that kids pompadour in the comic lol

Posted by Lauren @ 10/25/2004 8:23 PM EDT

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