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Thursday, September 25, 2008

The Parody

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May Ray have mercy on my soul.

EDIT: Source for topmost cartoon.
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25 comments:

  1. WhatevermanSeptember 25, 2008 at 8:27 AM

    /highfive

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  2. nonmagicSeptember 25, 2008 at 8:31 AM

    Hahaha!!! That was awesome, Quasar!

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  3. Lance Christian JohnsonSeptember 25, 2008 at 8:54 AM

    Nice...doesn't look a thing like me though (he's got more hair, darker hair, much thinner) - but that's okay. He has beer, and that's all that counts.

    I must insist that you photoshop out that apostrophe on "banana's" though. No apostrophes on plural nouns - sorry, English teacher here.

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  4. MaragonSeptember 25, 2008 at 8:58 AM

    I love it. Thanks for the very flattering portrayal. =)

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  5. jaserSeptember 25, 2008 at 9:17 AM

    Very nice.
    The 'c' is missing from 'indecency' though.

    The juxtaposition nicely highlights Richard Gunther's almost complete lack of artistic talent.
    BTW has anybody ever visited his site? (essays.mightymag.org) I think I counted 40 or so posts on the site going back to July. Comments are enabled, and I counted roughly two of those - you can almost hear the tumbleweeds blowing around in there.........

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  6. theShaggySeptember 25, 2008 at 9:21 AM

    MARAGON I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR CLEAVAGE ILLUSTRATED OR OTHERWISE MY BRAIN IS ABOUT TO MELT FROM THE SEXUAL HEAT.

    (Well done, man)

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  7. theShaggySeptember 25, 2008 at 9:22 AM

    (AND BY DON'T WANT TO SEE I MEAN IT IS HORRIBLY PORNOGRAPHIC DUE TO BEING AWESOME)

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  8. jaserSeptember 25, 2008 at 10:03 AM

    Jean Gasho Musuka's having a pop at Ray now on HER blog (thewomanofvirtue.blogspot.com)

    Christian leakage everybody! Ray's sheep are straying into other pastures!!

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  9. LizSeptember 25, 2008 at 10:46 AM

    I must agree that the artistic merit of your picture far exceeds the one originally posted at Ray's. That artist is a douche. My 5 year old son can draw better than him.

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  10. BeamStalkSeptember 25, 2008 at 10:59 AM

    I like it, Quasar!

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  11. Benjamin FranklinSeptember 25, 2008 at 11:24 AM

    More Cowbell!

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  12. henwliSeptember 25, 2008 at 11:33 AM

    Cowbell, yes, also spellcheck. Apart from that, awesome job!

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  13. Garret GSeptember 25, 2008 at 12:08 PM

    I had been away for awhile....what were the avatars that pissed Ray off? I went back through his site, and he has disabled them...I could use a good chuckle!

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  14. TJHSeptember 25, 2008 at 12:29 PM

    Well done.

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  15. CraigSeptember 25, 2008 at 12:48 PM

    More like this please. Bravo.

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  16. Char'ElsSeptember 25, 2008 at 1:28 PM

    BRA - VO!!

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  17. felixSeptember 25, 2008 at 1:34 PM

    very nice! you captured the attitude perfectly in your take.
    beer and cleavage - one of the two is at least good enough. can't have everything... some of the time.
    a poor soul is he who squirms in self-denial after a nomad's prescription.

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  18. Debunkey MonkeySeptember 25, 2008 at 1:44 PM

    I just wanted to say, "Brilliant!" You're very talented too. :)

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  19. QuasarSeptember 25, 2008 at 4:49 PM

    Tanks all! Surry aboat the spill chicking... I'll fix it whun I get home tonite!

    Lance: Heh! As it turns out, I'm not that great at drawing caricatures of real people. But hey, in honesty, this was my first attempt!

    Besides, we all know about your secret identity: that's Superlance!

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  20. WeemaryanneSeptember 25, 2008 at 5:13 PM

    Well done, Quasar!

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  21. WeemaryanneSeptember 25, 2008 at 5:15 PM

    Garret, darlin', welcome to the club! You've missed a summer of fun and folly (you can guess who had the fun and who committed the follies).

    Here's the short version of the most recent folly:

    Ray avoided answering a question from Maragon by asking her to change her profile pic -- the same one she's been using for months now -- to something a little less "provocative."

    In response, Nonmagical Thinking changed her profile pic to Ray-with-banana only it wasn't a banana, and Rufus used the Jesus-with-kiddies light switch photo (maybe you've seen it, it's all over the intertoobs). They both posted several times before someone tattled on them.

    That's why Ray disabled profile pictures and half-heartedly threatened to shut down his blog (see his September 21 2008 post "Important Note to Atheists and Others").

    Of course he wasn't about to do that. But methinks atheists are no longer quite so welcome at "Atheist Central" or whatever its name is this afternoon. Ray has changed his tune about what it takes to catch an atheist; formerly, it was "all ya gotta do is BEELEEVE," and now it's "don't bother praying 'cos my imaginary boss won't hear you anyway." (See his September 23rd post, "Thanks for the Kind Words.")

    Oh, yes, I know; atheists were never genuinely welcome there at all. What Ray welcomed was the additional interest in his products and the additional activity in his commboxes, not to mention all the ideas for blogposts that were supplied to him free of charge. He also welcomed the opportunity to be a "better" man than Clostridiophile, a real scientist and educator whose worst student could probably reduce Ray to tears in thirty seconds.

    Ray tells he has turned the job of comments moderation over to his staff. I suppose that's his wife and one or more of the kids/grandkids.

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  22. Lance Christian JohnsonSeptember 25, 2008 at 6:46 PM

    Lance: Heh! As it turns out, I'm not that great at drawing caricatures of real people. But hey, in honesty, this was my first attempt!

    And a good one at that. It's not like you had a lot of photos of me to use for reference anyway. It doesn't matter though, because the comic gets the point across and looks cool.

    Besides, we all know about your secret identity: that's Superlance!

    So much for the secret part...yeesh!

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  23. QuasarSeptember 25, 2008 at 7:41 PM

    NOT SO SEKRET NOMOAR, RITE?

    Heh heh. Extremely obscure flash cartoon reference. Anyhoo...

    I'm launching the marketing strategy i.e. telling Ray about the cartoon. In public. And asking permission to display it.

    Here's a copy:

    To Mr Ray Comfort and Mr Richard Gunther.

    I have drawn a parody cartoon of the cartoon accompanying this post, with my own artwork, different text and displaying the atheists as intelligent and witty, rather than the ugly and crude steriotypes you portray in this artwork. I write this not to ask permission to distribute this (legally I do not need this, although I would appreciate your blessings), but instead to request permission to display the unedited original cartoon in the same image, for humourous effect.

    The parody is not offensive, and features only tangent references to the events which occured on this blog that lead up to this.

    Currently, a copy of what I am suggesting is on display at the Raytractors site, along with a link to this post where it was originally posted. I recognise that this may be in conflict with the terms at the base of this blog, but all credit is given and a link is provided to the original post here. Indeed, I am adament that credit to the true author of this insulting and degrading caricature should always be given, as I would not wish under any circumstances to be taken as the author of such an image.

    If you object to the original cartoon being displayed in such a manner, please inform me, and I will happily replace it with a standalone copy of the parody and a link to the original cartoon. However, I must inform you that such an action would lessen the humourous effect of the original, and may force me to draw another humourous parody in order to offset this.

    I am providing the URL of the image below to aid you in finding it. Should this comment not make it through moderation, an identical second one without the URL is provided.

    Thank you for your time,
    James Schumacher
    "Quasar"

    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gwpGfI-b7q8/SNuN7-Ao5kI/AAAAAAAAAK4/G3z_RLMaFhA/s1600-h/RayParody.png

    Ah, legal doublespeak. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

    I'm also emailing a similar essay to the living waters contact: email.at.livingwaters.dot.com.

    How Ray responds to this will be interesting to observe. I'll keep you updated...

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  24. Lance Christian JohnsonSeptember 25, 2008 at 10:33 PM

    I think that the phrase "screw it" would be considered vulgar by him.

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  25. QuasarSeptember 26, 2008 at 12:53 AM

    It got through moderation, URL and everything!

    I guess the mod's don't consider "Screw it" to be too vulgar, then! Awesome. :)

    And now we wait...

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