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    The Unbearable Lightness of "Squee"

    Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 03:42 PM

    Sheldonista George B. sent me an interesting read on "squee" that I thought I'd share....

    Hey man. I don't know if you've ever talked about this, but I always think about it, and today was so perfect I just had to comment on it.

    Squee, and the way you use it in the strips, is the ultimate word. It's like Dude. You can say it millions of ways and they all mean something different. Sometimes whole paragraphs with a single Squee.

    I am not sure how much you plan this, or if it just happens, but I LOVE Flaco SO much because of this. What I mean is how whenever Flaco comments on something, there's a duality that is so cool....one part is whatever you intended the "squee" to be which the reader can kind of gather from the context, but the BEST part is deciding what WE think he is saying. I'm sure you have something in mind specifically but today, for instance, I heard "word" when Flaco said "squee."

    Anyhow...not sure any of that made sense, but that is the secret sauce in what makes Flaco so cool!

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    Detailed Strip Info

    Arthur starts to sing...
    strip info approved by DaveKellett
    Panel Dialogue Location Props
    1 ARTHUR (lying on ground)
    FLACO (lying on ground)
    OUTSIDE (Generic: forest, trees, etc.) (lawn)
    2 ARTHUR (lying on ground, Singing): ''I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie, to the hip hip hop a you don't stop the rock it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beeeeat.''
    FLACO (lying on ground)
    OUTSIDE (Generic: forest, trees, etc.) (lawn)
    3 ARTHUR (lying on ground)
    FLACO (lying on ground)
    OUTSIDE (Generic: forest, trees, etc.) (lawn)
    4 ARTHUR (lying on ground): Sometimes, my boy, you gotta bust it nonsensically old school.
    FLACO (lying on ground): Squee
    OUTSIDE (Generic: forest, trees, etc.) (lawn)

    Character Info

    ARTHUR
    First Appearance
    December 10, 2001
    Recent Appearances
    May 07, 2006
    FLACO
    First Appearance
    April 28, 2006
    Recent Appearances
    April 28, 2006
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