I Say Dry Erase Girl is Comics
August 11th, 2010
(Real or not, it’s pretty funny, if you haven’t seen it already)
Mentioned this on Twitter and had a few forerunners pointed out to me including:
80,000 Words by Mark Rosewater (2006) (via Michael Slone)
An untitled photo series by Miranda July (via Lane Kneedler)
And Andrew McDonald’s excellent A Pictorial Guide to Avoiding Camera Loss (via Rachelle M)
Posted in Memes, Photography
March 3, 2021
Well it’s a form of photo-comic of course.
That being said, my first thought when I saw this was “if it looks too good to be true, then it probably isn’t”, and BoingBoing seems to think the same, and provide some evidence that it’s probably a fake :
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/10/hopa-girl-is-obvious.html
That was the discussion on Twitter too.
Consensus: Fact or fiction, it’s still pretty funny.
yes, this was very well done. It’s also official that is a hoax. But still, very funny.
There’s even an “epilogue” to the story:
http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/girl.jpg
Entire article on the hoax and the How they planned it, pretty cool follow-up article actually.
http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/11/elyse-porterfield/
NOW THAT is how to quit your job!
[…] So it goes. You can also see some more examples on his blog. […]
I don’t understand the point. The only reason it would be funny is if it was real, as a hoax it’s a flat tire. If you’re going to call something a hoax then put some effort into it.. http://www.olypen.com/sitkacds/porky.htm
.. as for comics. Yes. Comics.
What about the precursors set to music??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBIHJxm6Isk
Okay, the URL didn’t work. So search you tube for
el cerebro subterranean
Definitely comics. Good idea.
I’m trying to find a reason this wouldn’t be comics, but I think it fits the bill. And I read too much of A Softer World to ever disparage photo comics. 🙂
What I’d love to see now are some snarky *illustrated* comics given to former employers. Anyone know of any?
[…] and timely example of sequential art. Does the series of pictures count as “comics”? Scott McCloud thinks it does, but what do you think? Does this extend your definition of “comics” too […]