The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

October 5, 2006 8:43 PM

Nietzsche Family Circus : Family Circus cartoons randomly combined with quotes from Nietzsche. Remixing Family Circus is nothing new, but I find this one fascinating.
posted by Lirp (30 comments total)

Its main flaw, unfortunately, is having no easy way to share your favorites.
posted by Lirp at 8:44 PM on October 5, 2006

beautiful. Oh, and I think we broke it, it conked out after two refreshes.
posted by kalimac at 8:52 PM on October 5, 2006

They need to mix in some of the photoshopped graphics with the legit images.
posted by aerotive at 8:54 PM on October 5, 2006

There's some nice serendipity in action.
posted by SmileyChewtrain at 9:03 PM on October 5, 2006

Sounded fun... oh well.

I've always thought that if you stare long enough at Family Circus, well, you know...
posted by ontic at 9:10 PM on October 5, 2006

There is more wisdom in Dolly than in your deepest philosophy.
posted by Dr. Zira at 9:14 PM on October 5, 2006

posted by BeerFilter at 9:20 PM on October 5, 2006

When ye gaze at the dotted lines and follow Billy around the neighborhood, the dotted lines gaze back.
posted by interrobang at 10:05 PM on October 5, 2006

Great concept - I especially liked the one about all the interesting people missing from heaven; I guess I'd better start getting dull but its probably too late.
posted by whatstoxic at 10:08 PM on October 5, 2006

Too many favorites to count, really, but here's one of the best I got.
posted by Navelgazer at 10:31 PM on October 5, 2006

OMDG!
posted by Brian B. at 10:43 PM on October 5, 2006

This one has something of the tragic about it.
posted by papakwanz at 11:00 PM on October 5, 2006

I bet the kids didn't get punished here.
posted by scodger at 11:42 PM on October 5, 2006

Modern maternity.
posted by Ryvar at 11:42 PM on October 5, 2006 [1 favorite]

Awesome juxtaposition.
posted by Ryvar at 11:44 PM on October 5, 2006

1, 2, 3, 4
posted by Ryvar at 12:02 AM on October 6, 2006

Insipid Family Circle + uber-depressant Nietzsche = highly amusing.

Who'da thunk?
posted by scheptech at 12:41 AM on October 6, 2006

Nietzsche is not uber-depressant! The "gay science" is not interior decorating, you know.
posted by nasreddin at 1:27 AM on October 6, 2006

My favorite, so far: Authoritarianism at its finest.
posted by jmhodges at 2:03 AM on October 6, 2006

Amusingly grim.
Great fatherly advice.
Sublime.

Also, does anyone else think of Stewie from family guy saying these things?
posted by slimepuppy at 2:50 AM on October 6, 2006

A pair of powerful spectacles.
posted by RichardP at 2:50 AM on October 6, 2006

The vertical version of Tom Tomorrow? The characters tend to look out, toward the reader, right? *eyebrow*
posted by toma at 3:24 AM on October 6, 2006

Thel frightens me too
posted by teg at 6:11 AM on October 6, 2006

no easy way to share your favorites.

Oops, I was wrong about that. How did I miss it?

I only wish there was a larger selection of both cartoons and quotes. Several of my favorite combinations have already been found and posted here.
posted by Lirp at 8:55 AM on October 6, 2006

I wonder if anyone has done this with Ayn Rand. I'm imagining Cathy given an angular, art deco makeover, Garfield declaring himself "cat as he should be"
posted by juliarothbort at 1:53 PM on October 6, 2006

Ryvar, RichardP: truly sublime! what a great idea.
posted by uni verse at 2:55 PM on October 6, 2006

war.
posted by uni verse at 2:58 PM on October 6, 2006

heart.
posted by uni verse at 3:25 PM on October 6, 2006

art.
posted by uni verse at 3:29 PM on October 6, 2006

meaning.
posted by uni verse at 3:32 PM on October 6, 2006