Comments on: #461 – Reader Madness http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:20:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: AccidentalLeopard http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-16454 AccidentalLeopard Thu, 31 Dec 2020 15:31:26 +0000 http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-16454 The Necropolis? I think some kinda ranger guy blew through it with a nail gun and a bunch of grenades, if I'm remembering the old times right... The Necropolis?
I think some kinda ranger guy blew through it with a nail gun and a bunch of grenades, if I’m remembering the old times right…

]]> By: keemew2 http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-11850 keemew2 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:39:01 +0000 http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-11850 You have got to make panel 2 into a poster. Honestly, it would sell. You have got to make panel 2 into a poster. Honestly, it would sell.

]]> By: Chiscringle http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-10945 Chiscringle Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:44:18 +0000 http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-10945 Neath the deeps of eldritch oceans Swims a god who no longer motions Alas! For the fish god has died But his influence cannot be lightly tossed aside Take from the book whose pages are yellow A page which will make few cultists mellow Let thy fingers perambulate To risen gods sanguinate When the unpronounceable is no longer away Seek the silvery Tay And from the ridge Thou shalt see a new built bridge This bridge, oh most magnificent Is truly malificent For within the arrangement of steel beams Is the revelation of deific dreams Aye, that bridge, which spans the Silvery Tay And is not to be taken lightly For it was the work of many a fellow And is itself very swell - oh! The bridge, the bridge, built after tragic storm When we were so forlorn Wait, what was I talking about Of importance, probably nought Now, that bridge, that is something to see So abandon this quest for the key Let sleeping gods lie And go have some pie I could have gone a few more thousand stanzas with this, but I think there's only so much McGonagall that can be taken in one sitting. Like books of eldritch lore, it's best to pace yourself while reading William Topaz's poetry. Plus the strain of artfully desecrating rhyme and meter was starting to cause my brain to overheat. Neath the deeps of eldritch oceans
Swims a god who no longer motions
Alas! For the fish god has died
But his influence cannot be lightly tossed aside

Take from the book whose pages are yellow
A page which will make few cultists mellow
Let thy fingers perambulate
To risen gods sanguinate

When the unpronounceable is no longer away
Seek the silvery Tay
And from the ridge
Thou shalt see a new built bridge

This bridge, oh most magnificent
Is truly malificent
For within the arrangement of steel beams
Is the revelation of deific dreams

Aye, that bridge, which spans the Silvery Tay
And is not to be taken lightly
For it was the work of many a fellow
And is itself very swell – oh!

The bridge, the bridge, built after tragic storm
When we were so forlorn
Wait, what was I talking about
Of importance, probably nought

Now, that bridge, that is something to see
So abandon this quest for the key
Let sleeping gods lie
And go have some pie

I could have gone a few more thousand stanzas with this, but I think there’s only so much McGonagall that can be taken in one sitting. Like books of eldritch lore, it’s best to pace yourself while reading William Topaz’s poetry. Plus the strain of artfully desecrating rhyme and meter was starting to cause my brain to overheat.

]]> By: Orly Not-An-Owl http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-10943 Orly Not-An-Owl Tue, 27 Aug 2013 06:40:33 +0000 http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-10943 Maybe the book reads something like the poetry of William McGonagall, but functions like the spells of Minerva McGonagall... Maybe the book reads something like the poetry of William McGonagall, but functions like the spells of Minerva McGonagall…

]]> By: Orly Not-An-Owl http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-10942 Orly Not-An-Owl Tue, 27 Aug 2013 06:01:01 +0000 http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-10942 What an ingenious idea! Daemonic braille---for veteran summoners! Instead of mere bumps, it can be small spikes, adding that oh-so-important sacrificial flair to the whole thing. Just imagine the humor; instead of a 'normal' cultist sacrificing blind followers, a blind cultist would be sacrificing the normal followers. What an ingenious idea! Daemonic braille—for veteran summoners! Instead of mere bumps, it can be small spikes, adding that oh-so-important sacrificial flair to the whole thing. Just imagine the humor; instead of a ‘normal’ cultist sacrificing blind followers, a blind cultist would be sacrificing the normal followers.

]]> By: Mephistopheles http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-10941 Mephistopheles Tue, 27 Aug 2013 05:03:55 +0000 http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-10941 ... So, what? The book channels 4chan then? … So, what? The book channels 4chan then?

]]> By: Night_stalker http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-10940 Night_stalker Tue, 27 Aug 2013 02:51:45 +0000 http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-10940 If I can find a PDF of the Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred's Necronomicon online, 5 bucks says there's been someone who does Braille Eldritch Lore. Though I suppose translating the old languages into modern Braille would be difficult, to say the least. Upside is, you've got great employment prospects, provided you don't go insane. If I can find a PDF of the Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred’s Necronomicon online, 5 bucks says there’s been someone who does Braille Eldritch Lore.

Though I suppose translating the old languages into modern Braille would be difficult, to say the least. Upside is, you’ve got great employment prospects, provided you don’t go insane.

]]> By: spike http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-10939 spike Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:40:07 +0000 http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-10939 forget the evidence and feigning ignorance, he'll destroy the whole damn courthouse and go get a drink like nothing happened forget the evidence and feigning ignorance, he’ll destroy the whole damn courthouse and go get a drink like nothing happened

]]> By: Chiscringle http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-10936 Chiscringle Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:15:21 +0000 http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-10936 I wonder if any eldritch lore has ever been printed in braille. What this could do is also give the reader Alien Hand Syndrome. Either the classical Strangelove version where the hand tries to strangle the reader or the hand turns into an actual alien. I wonder if any eldritch lore has ever been printed in braille.

What this could do is also give the reader Alien Hand Syndrome. Either the classical Strangelove version where the hand tries to strangle the reader or the hand turns into an actual alien.

]]> By: Night_stalker http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-10934 Night_stalker Mon, 26 Aug 2013 00:42:49 +0000 http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-08-20/comic/the-phone-book-of-the-dead/reader-madness/#comment-10934 Actually, making the decoder ring your key is rather clever for the Patterner to do. I mean, who'd suspect it? Plus, it's the right colors, and the only way someone would find it is out of sheer boredom or paranoia, exactly the kind of idiot He wants worshipping him. Actually, making the decoder ring your key is rather clever for the Patterner to do.

I mean, who’d suspect it? Plus, it’s the right colors, and the only way someone would find it is out of sheer boredom or paranoia, exactly the kind of idiot He wants worshipping him.

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