10/24/2004 Entry: "Countdown stuffio."

HEY! Well, sorry about the delay. I wish I had an excuse better than "I've been too busy to think straight," but that's the truth and I know it hurts. Here's a few subsidized entries to get us caught up so I can move onto cooler features as we enter the final week of the Countdown...
For October 21, a Head On A Platter. For October 22, Marshmallow Halloween Peeps. For October 23, I have absolutely no idea.
Say, do you think my boss would mind if I took off next week to write Halloween Countdown features on an unaffiliated website? Couldn't one of you throw me the flu or something? More entries on the way...

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/24/2004 03:44 PM EST

Whee! Third Comment!

I love your drawing style.

Chestnuts roasted by Blargsnatch @ 10/24/2004 03:45 PM EST

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?

Chestnuts roasted by Joe in OH @ 10/24/2004 03:52 PM EST

Why do the pumpkins have ears mommy?

Chestnuts roasted by Piscez @ 10/24/2004 04:00 PM EST

Joy in Germany, new X-E articles...

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Chestnuts roasted by EMajorwitz @ 10/24/2004 04:00 PM EST

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

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 10/24/2004 04:01 PM EST

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

Chestnuts roasted by VolklMonkey @ 10/24/2004 04:17 PM EST

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

Chestnuts roasted by VolklMonkey @ 10/24/2004 04:19 PM EST

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...)

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 10/24/2004 05:07 PM EST

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

Chestnuts roasted by Swift @ 10/24/2004 05:20 PM EST

Matt,

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

Chestnuts roasted by Dane @ 10/24/2004 05:23 PM EST

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!

Chestnuts roasted by Jillybeann @ 10/24/2004 05:30 PM EST

More comics!

Chestnuts roasted by MysteryGuyCalvin @ 10/24/2004 05:54 PM EST

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.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 10/24/2004 06:21 PM EST

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

Chestnuts roasted by Komichi @ 10/24/2004 06:23 PM EST

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

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 10/24/2004 06:25 PM EST

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.

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 10/24/2004 06:27 PM EST

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

Chestnuts roasted by Jenny @ 10/24/2004 06:41 PM EST

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

Chestnuts roasted by Walks @ 10/24/2004 06:42 PM EST

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?

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 10/24/2004 06:42 PM EST

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

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 10/24/2004 06:46 PM EST

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

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 10/24/2004 06:47 PM EST

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.

Chestnuts roasted by Joe in OH @ 10/24/2004 06:49 PM EST

"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.

Chestnuts roasted by Gavok @ 10/24/2004 06:55 PM EST

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.

Chestnuts roasted by Gavok @ 10/24/2004 06:58 PM EST

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."

Chestnuts roasted by Frostor @ 10/24/2004 06:59 PM EST

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."

Chestnuts roasted by A-wel Cruiz @ 10/24/2004 08:32 PM EST

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!!

Chestnuts roasted by Croww @ 10/24/2004 08:49 PM EST

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.

Chestnuts roasted by VeganMike @ 10/24/2004 09:41 PM EST

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.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 10/24/2004 10:07 PM EST

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

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 10/24/2004 10:44 PM EST

Oh, and by "read" I meant "orange". Obviously.....

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 10/24/2004 11:17 PM EST

The best part was the stains on the last page!

Chestnuts roasted by SuperStar @ 10/25/2004 02:51 AM EST

#35!! w00t!

Chestnuts roasted by solvable @ 10/25/2004 04:17 AM EST

"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.

Chestnuts roasted by Emily @ 10/25/2004 06:32 AM EST

Jackie Mason played Krusty the Klown's father.

Chestnuts roasted by Yama @ 10/25/2004 08:06 AM EST

the comic is awesome!!!

Chestnuts roasted by erfefeg @ 10/25/2004 08:06 AM EST

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

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 10/25/2004 11:48 AM EST

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.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 10/25/2004 11:53 AM EST

marshie mixed with teen girl squad, lol

Chestnuts roasted by Rychiar @ 10/25/2004 12:14 PM EST

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.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 10/25/2004 03:07 PM EST

I like that kids pompadour in the comic lol

Chestnuts roasted by Lauren @ 10/25/2004 08:23 PM EST