Having eaten God, our heroes return home with the satisfaction of a job well done.
December 13, 2006 7:11 PM Subscribe
This was one of the first websites I ever went to to waste time. I had been googling the word nihilism, and Goats came up.
posted by apathy0o0 at 9:24 PM on December 13, 2006
posted by apathy0o0 at 9:24 PM on December 13, 2006
R. Stevens (of Diesel Sweeties), Goats' partner in crime, is also having a nice year -- finally breaking through into print newspapers.
Maybe the picture of a cat anus I made him draw at the Small Press Expo last year will finally have more than sentimental value.
posted by cowbellemoo at 9:26 PM on December 13, 2006
Maybe the picture of a cat anus I made him draw at the Small Press Expo last year will finally have more than sentimental value.
posted by cowbellemoo at 9:26 PM on December 13, 2006
Word. No other webcomic has given the same real world tingle as when I saw my first Republicans for Voldemort bumpersticker, esp. since I had no idea at the time where it came from, though I liked Goats.
i must say i think Achewood hits me deeper though...
posted by freebird at 9:27 PM on December 13, 2006
i must say i think Achewood hits me deeper though...
posted by freebird at 9:27 PM on December 13, 2006
You forgot to include Jon R.'s recent 33rd birthday/2000th strip celebration.
The Goatfest has certainly become more lately than just the antics of a satanic chicken (although Diablo is now available as a cool action figure)
The story has expanded to the entire multiverse, including our heroes'/anti-heroes' home dimension, now known as Manhattan 3 (to differentiate itself from all the other Manhattans), the weapons-world of Middle Pangaea, the advanced farming dimension of Topeka Prime, the Mayan underworld, the infinite monkeys dimension and the central but isolated 'Pub Stub', home of 'God's Bartender', Alfred.
Some of your old characters have changed: After 5 subjective years trapped in the Pub Stub, Jon and Philip have turned grey - not their hair, everything. Fish now uneasily shares his consciousness with an aggressive artificial intelligence named Fineas. Diablo's son Oliver has overcome his size issues by taking control of the headless body of a deceased biker called Kahn Junior and has become quite the megalomaniac. And Toothgnip, the original goat of Goats, having been set on fire with a demonic match, is now bright red, heavily bandaged and real spooky. But Diablo is still Diablo, and that's just fine with me.
Central to the current storyline is the fact that since Jon and Philip ate God (FPP link 6), the multiverse is being run on a laptop computer by Editor-in-Chief Woody Allen with the help of an infinite number of monkey Assistant Editors (including Steve and Gus, who may be responsible for most of the events in the comic so far). But the laptop's software was designed by Aztec programmers using the Aztec calendar which ends in December 2012 - and so will everything else. The Topekans kidnapped Philip because he's a programmer who may be able to fix it; the Pangaeans kidnapped Jon because they thought he was a programmer (he ain't).
At this moment, Philip, aided by Farmella the Farmer's Daughter, Farmhand Bean and Brock the ingenious but temperamental giant broccoli, is trying to escape Topeka Prime. Jon has unwittingly sold his soul to the demon One Death via a software license (Always read the entire Terms of Service, kiddies!) and is now back at the Pub Stub with Glock, a Pangaean lizard-man who was supposed to be guarding him, but now seems to have been turned into Rainbow Brite by One Death and has just been reunited with Diablo and Fish/Fineas who just slipped through a hole between dimensions with Carl and Roger, former bodyguards of ther late Khan Junior and recently betrayed by Oliver. Oliver is in location unknown with the teleport robot Tarfon as is Toothgnip in the flying saucer of grey aliens Neil and Bob (but not the same location or else we definitely would have heard about it.
I am beginning to suspect that this whole storyline is not going to be resolved until that deadline date in 2012, but there might be something pivotal in time for its 10th Anniversary next April. Well, enjoy the ride anyway, because with all that plot and all those characters, Rosenberg still has a good punchline at the end of each strip. Bravo.
I have some other stuff about Goats in my comicsblog Funny Paperless (self-link).
posted by wendell at 11:30 PM on December 13, 2006
The Goatfest has certainly become more lately than just the antics of a satanic chicken (although Diablo is now available as a cool action figure)
The story has expanded to the entire multiverse, including our heroes'/anti-heroes' home dimension, now known as Manhattan 3 (to differentiate itself from all the other Manhattans), the weapons-world of Middle Pangaea, the advanced farming dimension of Topeka Prime, the Mayan underworld, the infinite monkeys dimension and the central but isolated 'Pub Stub', home of 'God's Bartender', Alfred.
Some of your old characters have changed: After 5 subjective years trapped in the Pub Stub, Jon and Philip have turned grey - not their hair, everything. Fish now uneasily shares his consciousness with an aggressive artificial intelligence named Fineas. Diablo's son Oliver has overcome his size issues by taking control of the headless body of a deceased biker called Kahn Junior and has become quite the megalomaniac. And Toothgnip, the original goat of Goats, having been set on fire with a demonic match, is now bright red, heavily bandaged and real spooky. But Diablo is still Diablo, and that's just fine with me.
Central to the current storyline is the fact that since Jon and Philip ate God (FPP link 6), the multiverse is being run on a laptop computer by Editor-in-Chief Woody Allen with the help of an infinite number of monkey Assistant Editors (including Steve and Gus, who may be responsible for most of the events in the comic so far). But the laptop's software was designed by Aztec programmers using the Aztec calendar which ends in December 2012 - and so will everything else. The Topekans kidnapped Philip because he's a programmer who may be able to fix it; the Pangaeans kidnapped Jon because they thought he was a programmer (he ain't).
At this moment, Philip, aided by Farmella the Farmer's Daughter, Farmhand Bean and Brock the ingenious but temperamental giant broccoli, is trying to escape Topeka Prime. Jon has unwittingly sold his soul to the demon One Death via a software license (Always read the entire Terms of Service, kiddies!) and is now back at the Pub Stub with Glock, a Pangaean lizard-man who was supposed to be guarding him, but now seems to have been turned into Rainbow Brite by One Death and has just been reunited with Diablo and Fish/Fineas who just slipped through a hole between dimensions with Carl and Roger, former bodyguards of ther late Khan Junior and recently betrayed by Oliver. Oliver is in location unknown with the teleport robot Tarfon as is Toothgnip in the flying saucer of grey aliens Neil and Bob (but not the same location or else we definitely would have heard about it.
I am beginning to suspect that this whole storyline is not going to be resolved until that deadline date in 2012, but there might be something pivotal in time for its 10th Anniversary next April. Well, enjoy the ride anyway, because with all that plot and all those characters, Rosenberg still has a good punchline at the end of each strip. Bravo.
I have some other stuff about Goats in my comicsblog Funny Paperless (self-link).
posted by wendell at 11:30 PM on December 13, 2006
Fish now uneasily shares his consciousness with an aggressive artificial intelligence named Fineas.
Actually Fineas recently abandoned Fish to his own devices.
the Pangaeans kidnapped Jon because they thought he was a programmer
Specifically, I believe they thought he was Philip.
This storyline is certainly taking its sweet ass time... I can't imagine them being back at the regular pub. Like, wasn't Jon finally starting to improve his lot in life? What with the girlfriend and all? Ahhh well. As long as Gregor Mendel is left out of this storyline, I'm happy. I really didn't like the Mendel storylines.
posted by antifuse at 3:54 AM on December 14, 2006
Actually Fineas recently abandoned Fish to his own devices.
the Pangaeans kidnapped Jon because they thought he was a programmer
Specifically, I believe they thought he was Philip.
This storyline is certainly taking its sweet ass time... I can't imagine them being back at the regular pub. Like, wasn't Jon finally starting to improve his lot in life? What with the girlfriend and all? Ahhh well. As long as Gregor Mendel is left out of this storyline, I'm happy. I really didn't like the Mendel storylines.
posted by antifuse at 3:54 AM on December 14, 2006
Wow, I thought wendell was making all that shit up, but I guess it's true. Life is too short for me to immerse myself in yet another complicated universe, but I love the bits presented here; specifically, this made me laugh very very hard. So: thanks for the post, anotherpanacea!
posted by languagehat at 6:03 AM on December 14, 2006
posted by languagehat at 6:03 AM on December 14, 2006
I like that the "Now in Color!" links are to strips from 2004 and 2005.
But really, goats is awesome. Here are two of my favorite strips (second slightly NSFW).
posted by splice at 6:23 AM on December 14, 2006
But really, goats is awesome. Here are two of my favorite strips (second slightly NSFW).
posted by splice at 6:23 AM on December 14, 2006
I couldn't keep up with goats after all the multiverse craziness started happening. I liked it better when it was two losers and their pets in a bar, but then what do you I know?
posted by sid at 7:05 AM on December 14, 2006
posted by sid at 7:05 AM on December 14, 2006
languagehat: Life is too short for me to immerse myself in yet another complicated universe, but I love the bits presented here....
Here's the Cliff's Notes to get you up to speed. :-)
wendell: Well, enjoy the ride anyway, because with all that plot and all those characters, Rosenberg still has a good punchline at the end of each strip.
Your September 19th post is perfect, as is this summary. My next MeTa pony request will be [More Inside with Images!], and a request that you write all my future FPPs.
posted by anotherpanacea at 7:27 AM on December 14, 2006
Here's the Cliff's Notes to get you up to speed. :-)
wendell: Well, enjoy the ride anyway, because with all that plot and all those characters, Rosenberg still has a good punchline at the end of each strip.
Your September 19th post is perfect, as is this summary. My next MeTa pony request will be [More Inside with Images!], and a request that you write all my future FPPs.
posted by anotherpanacea at 7:27 AM on December 14, 2006
Sadly, I feel Goats is just absurdist nonsense now. It used to be giggle-worthy but not its merely confusing. I have no idea how far back I would need to rewind to grasp just what the heck is going on, but it doesn't look interesting enough to even bother.
--- old fan, no longer interested.
posted by chairface at 10:48 AM on December 14, 2006
--- old fan, no longer interested.
posted by chairface at 10:48 AM on December 14, 2006
It used to be giggle-worthy but not its merely confusing.
Honestly, this is partially true. But IMO, it's not nearly as bad as Sluggy got. I've managed to stick with Goats, as he still manages to squeeze a punchline into just about every comic, but Sluggy really just went way out there, and I realized that thought I had been reading it every day for years, I couldn't really figure out what was going on in the 6 months prior. That's as good a reason as any to stop reading, really :)
posted by antifuse at 8:13 AM on December 20, 2006
Honestly, this is partially true. But IMO, it's not nearly as bad as Sluggy got. I've managed to stick with Goats, as he still manages to squeeze a punchline into just about every comic, but Sluggy really just went way out there, and I realized that thought I had been reading it every day for years, I couldn't really figure out what was going on in the 6 months prior. That's as good a reason as any to stop reading, really :)
posted by antifuse at 8:13 AM on December 20, 2006
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