DADA DODO DOODAH
This story was originally published November 27th-December 25th; you can read it in Scapula Volume 2: Fear the Failure.
This story was originally published November 27th-December 25th; you can read it in Scapula Volume 2: Fear the Failure.
I recognize some of those cartoons, and I do love the look in his eye in panel five. It pulls into the subconscious and lets one reflects on the past in the future allowing it to come full circle, thus applying the answer forty-two.
YAY Dadaman!!!!
I like how you went way back to his original look.
Jim
dadaman! woohoo! i wonder how this will help scap
Well, I’m satisfied! Dadaman’s just such a nice change of pace from all the usual ‘lunatic’ characters out there. Basically because he, in a nutshell, is just a lunatic. A full time job, that, and yet every other outright crazy guy in every other comic/movie/story seems to have so much free time for conquering the world and torquing off the main character/hero.
I can’t make sense of him, but I find him absolutely hilarious!
On another note, I really hate the inflated ego crowd, but worse by many leagues is the parasitic cloud of idiots sucking at their rear end because they are even LESS talented than the hack!
There are quite a few polititians that could use some of Dadaman’s attention, no?
Its a shame you can’t update more often, although after checking your other works, I can see it must take a lot of effort and time for you to do them all. Still, while Scapula isn’t your longest running, I’d consider it the most popular.
Yeah, somebody break up these idiotic surrealist looneys. I can deal with abstract, but that limbo stick was just wayyyy too low even for me (and I hit the local beer hall on Saturdays where limbo’s the norm after a few!) Hope Dadaman gets up to plenty of mischief this time around.
Hum, I recognized the “addanac city” cartoon , but that’s all …
What’s so frightening in being covered by cartoons ?
I’m disappointed by how it ended , I’ve expected some hot sexy scene between the teacher and the student. At least the teacher could have been covered with cartoons, after the hot sexy scene.
@oldskoolguitar FORTY-TWO?! Well, I guess we’d have been better off knowing what the question was first!
@m4dc4t88(Jim) Kinda’, sorta’. He originally wore a gasmask, but I was worried he’d look too much like Toxsick. The mask he has now is a bit closer to the “old look” than that weird kabuki mask thing he was wearing in his last appearance.
@BarbaricBob I wonder how Dadaman will help ANYTHING…except maybe noise pollution!
@LadyJenn Oh, definitely. This is why cartoonists have so much fun: there’s always a boon of strange people in the world to draw ideas from.
The crowd of snobs here (hey, did I mention this was based on a true event?) was perfect for ripping in to; the way I figure it, I could either let them annoy the living hell out of me, or I could go home and mock them all in a stoopud cartoon (they wouldn’t read it anyway, unless I was pointlessly famous!).
@OldGui Hell yeah! Maybe I’ll send Dadaman to Washington in a future storyline.
@Treike My friend, you have no idea how much I would love to do SCAPULA full-time. Sadly the only way a cartoonist can do full-time cartoons on-line is to make a ton of revenue from advertisements and merchandise sales (or charge people to read the cartoon, but that never works and I don’t like that anyway), and for here and now it’s a slow business. Still, there’s always the future, so if you dear readers ever want to pass along SCAPULA to your friends, family and talking pets, then you’re helping me give you more comics!
Limbo, limbo, limbo! How low will Dadaman go? Nothing’s beneath him!
@mehdi Wha…teacher…student…whaaa? Was that a Dada-esque obtuse reference to something completely out of space? I’m confused….great, now you’ve turned my Dada power against me!
Since I’ve been following your comic Aiden this is the 1st appearance I have seen of Dadaman. He is quite a charming character. My eyes aren’t good enough to make them all out but I can see a Zombie Boy & Addanac City strip amongst them. Yes sometimes real life is more stupid than anything our imaginations can ever come up with
First strip, and already Dadaman’s been established as an individual entity rather than a force of nature (as he seemed before).
Hey, I recognize one of those cartoons he’s being encapsulated in and tortured with. Thanks for the shout-out! I love being a part of the revolution. Even if it’s not gonna be televised, it will be on the internet. đŸ™‚
It’s good to see the Dada, but I don’t wanna see his DooDah anytime soon. đŸ˜€
Well, when a girl says to a men that he is “perfectly perfect”, and with a weird look , I expect her to unleash his “f**king dada”.
Object?? OBJECT??? HELL NO, I am pissed you didn’t make mine LARGER! Dadaman is going to be more popular than DOODOOMAN
Who says there are no heroes in this strip? Dadaman has just become my hero!
Hey, what happened to his monkey puppet. Did it leave and go join forces with the ghost of Darkevilhelldeath-Man?
Well, first comment of mine, after following for about 3 months. Maybe I should actually put the site in my bookmarks now.
@TonyMcGurk For a refresher course on Dadaman, either go back to the DADAMAN storyline (January 2010) or check out my old comic strip series ‘Dada Hyena’ on the Comic Links sidebar. Or don’t. All you need to know about Dadaman is pretty much what you see here.
@Reikenbach And the next time you see him he’ll be a corporate mascot, shilling knickknacks and doodads at the kids! Ah, how the mighty have fallen.
@George You wont see the doodah, because he has the courtesy to flush (unlike some of my former housemates…).
Cartoons against snobbery! Let the war begin! HOORAH!
@mehdi When a woman says to a man that he is “perfectly perfect” it means she wants something and thinks he’s stupid enough to believe her…and usually she’s right. Not that I’m naming any names…
@Bearman “I am pissed you didn’t make mine LARGER!” You have no idea how many spam e-mails I get with that in the header line.
By Doodooman do you mean Dog Doo Doug? Because he was never popular!
@macsnafu All right!…just don’t make him your role model, or you might be spending some time in the backseat of a squadcar. Hear that, everyone?!
@DuthOlec Well, I’m happy you finally spoke up! As you can see we get a lot of monkey gibberish comments around here, so why not join in the fun!
Speaking of monkeys, the sad fate of Dadaman’s beloved plush simian ally was omitted for graphic content…or he just lost it under a sofa cushion.
Hm, why is it that all these imbecilic egotists are always trying to be Buddhists? I was almost certain Buddha was really onto the humble and happy train!
Everytime I see Dadaman I go back and re-read Dada Hyena. And I note I’m glad he gave up blowing up stuff in favor of deep seated lunatic art terrorism. Or as I suspect, having been in San Fran before, heavy duty scenic improvement! Hey, can you send him out Soho way? The place couldn’t get worse most days.
Explains the missing monkey, but what became of Dadaman’s scissorhand and porcelain doll mask?
HA! I applaud you, Dadaman!
(By the way… how long has Rasputin Scapula been on your FB sidebar image, Mr. C? I don’t know how it’s possible I was ever able to miss that!)
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I’m just going to assume a certain comic [cough] fluttered around back and is now stuck firmly in that guys pompous derriere! [wink] … yeah, lets go with THAT! o.O [grin]
And author-boy has been slathered in webcomics to boot! He must’ve been dipped into the internet…
Lol, I think Dadaman inadvertently made himself a hero!
@LadyJenn I have nothing against Buddha or actual Buddhists. San Francisco (my old stomping grounds) was a hotbed for trendy yuppies who adhered to anything foreign or fancy, and found Buddhism to be the bee’s knees. Now, before anyone gets furious at what I’ve said (oh, who am I kidding, I’ve already said enough in these comics to get myself lynched), I will say that most every religion has their share of fanatics and posers, so please don’t think I’m ridiculing Buddha, Buddhists, trendy yuppies, and posers…well, maybe those last two.
@Reikenbach eBay, m’boy! Lots of money to be made hocking your old crap on-line!
@SpilledInky Dadaman would give you a standing ovation, Rob!
The Facebook profile (hey, has everyone “liked” it yet?) switches every now and then. The Rasputin pic is popular, but I personally enjoy the doctored Westboro photo. I’m such a bastard.
@jyknsie Never! A classic strip of “How Sweet It Is” (reeeally classic) landed firmly on his left foot’s big toe, where it’s sure to ruin his fancy shoes. Viva la revolucion!
@JerryBenedict Or just slathered in comics made by creators who I’m pretty sure aren’t going to sue me for using their strips (right?…..RIGHT?!). You don’t want to get on the wrong side of King Features Syndicate’s lawyers!
@Longtail Don’t count your rubber chickens before they explode! This story has just begun!
Hunter in the brown-nose forest! Oh, someone just gave an oversized ego a well-deserved wedgie! Go Dadaman! Go Aidan! I bet this was just dying to come out of you, too!
DH, yes, I too, love DaDa Man, and appreciate his return.
I spent a couple of years working in a bookstore (and my wife now has a decade in various different departments of a different bookstore), and have seen the kind of idiocy exactly as you depicted here. The lit-babble in the first panel was absolutely perfect!
I know that you probably need to play it safe, and not use any real names, but I’ll be brutally specific: Douglas Coupland was the worst author I’ve had to deal with, counting both an author and their fans as a single headache. I think your crazy woman was in his audience, too.
I like this Dadaman! He must subscribe to the Monterey County Herald… I recognize a bit of Squid Row in there…. hee hee… and I don’t mind ‘t’all!
I think Jimmy Chow must have been the next speaker there at the podium! Love the last panel!
@MarkStokes Oh, man, you have no idea how badly I wanted to draw this the very second I left the bookstore. Incidentally ten points to you for your disturbing mental image of the ‘hunter in the brown-nose forest’…I may just have to draw that.
@UrbanPagan The identity of the blowhard above has been obscured, but if you read his rant carefully you might be able to decipher his identity (or maybe not…there’s a LOT of bulls__t in there, for those who haven’t noticed!).
The truth is that there are so many people (writers, artists, directors, performers, etc) who are exactly like this that you can literally replace him with any of several thousand such people and the joke still works. Same thing goes with that crazy woman.
Kudos to you; you and your wife must have patience that can endure blizzards and thunderstorms!
@SquidRowMommy If you haven’t already given a visual of Jimmy Chow yet then I’m going to! Maybe hook him up with Maris from “Frasier”.
And for those of you who don’t know who Jimmy Chow is, or have yet to enjoy Squid Row comics, jump over to my Comics links sidebar and enjoy! If you don’t, you’re supporting the comic-hating snobs!
The woman in the last panel of this Squid Row looks like the woman in the third panel of the above Scapula:
http://squidrowcomics.com/?p=2806
@KevinJoyce That came about from an amusing life anecdote: Bridgett Spicer and I were snuggling on the couch, under a big comfy blanket, when she said, “Snoogie-woogums, you know what we should do?” and I said, “What should we do, wooglie-pooglie-bear?” and she said, ” Let’s both make cartoons with the most disturbing middle-aged brunette woman possible and post them on Saturday, my widdle wuffie-poople-pup!” and I said, “But itsy-bisty-snookie-boo, I post my comic on Sundays”…and she grabbed me by the throat, slammed me to the floor, crushed my sternum with the heel of her foot, then flung me out the door onto the ice-and-sleet concrete driveway, where the neighbor’s dog soon feasted on my wounds.
Or it was a coincidence. Ask Brig.
I was commenting more on the fact the artsy whackadoo crowd seems to gravitate to Buddhism, and the fact you noticed is impressive. I’m sure Buddha would have laughed himself sick about this one hehehehehehehehe.
I always wonder what happened to Dada. I mean, the idea of it. I know it’s been watered down and moved on from but the notion of applying chaos where it’s most useful (IE, in creative formats that can be observed if not understood by the masses) to be quite appealing. The ‘anti-art’ theory is something I think should be brought back, especially since art and in general most creative endeavors have been (in my humble opinion) at a very low ebb of quality lately. A swift cuff upside the head never hurts too much, metaphorically or otherwise.
When asked why I read webcomics, my response is always that they’re so much more interesting than most of the actual ‘literature’ of today, most of which seems to revolve around pointy teeth and emo crisis or other supernatural mishandled public domain malarky and vulnerability. Alternately in movies and games it’s all badassery and square chins. It’s like origional thought is shot on sight lately.
Also, I am very drunk. Just thought I’d make a note of that.
@LadyJenn As Charlie Kane said, “You’re not really drunk.” Trust me, a really drunk commenter would have left a zillion typos, then a big string of random letters created when the boozehound’s face hit the keyboard.
I’d like to think that Buddha had a sense of humor (I like to think Jesus had one, too). You’d probably have to ask someone who really knows Buddhism to know, I guess. Any Buddhists out there want to throw in your thoughts?
Moving on. Dada ended when the Dadaists segued into Surrealism. The fact that they turned against every conventional art standard, along with the world around them, was extremely important, but in the end I think most of those involved wanted to create and explore new ideas rather than go on rebelling for years on end. If there’s any art historians out there feel free to correct me.
Artists have the power to tear down or build up, destroy or create, and influence those around them. Cartoons are really powerful stuff (not too long ago I had a discussion with another cartoonist over Thomas Nast, a very popular and authoritative political cartoonist in his time), and, depending on how one uses them, can be extremely influential…if that’s what the cartoonist chooses.
As for me, well, let’s finish this Dadaman story and see what happens.
Man what a trip. Great strip. Gonna keep reading religiously.
Hmm I’m starting to like this Aiden character. Great artwork as usual DadaHynea ;)! And love how you added some webcomics into this strip =)
Often times the most deepest and profound people I have known were people that weren’t trying to be. Just honest folk, observant folk people that like to laugh.
Here’s a really hostile comic I did when I was fresh out of art school you may like, http://www.jwbalsleycomix.com/?p=576
I would love to add to the argument concerning the disappearance of Dada and the lack of good art out there (your comics not included) in contemporary society..
.. but unlike Lady Jenn I am not drunk.
Please note; There is logic behind that comparison, but it is as far-fetched as W’s brain.
@InfamousNefarious That’s the spirit! Don’t get too stir-crazy waiting for next Sunday!
@Jenn “Aiden character”? There’s no character here named ‘Aiden’. My name isn’t even ‘Aiden’! Check the URL of this page! Silly monkey Jenn!
@jwbalsley Ohh hooooo, a link back to your own comic, ehh? Okay, I’ll allow it.
Funny stuff; incidentally, never trust a meerkat. They are vicious little critters.
@Kinare The comparison between Dada and being drunk? Actually, I’d like to hear that argument! If there was ever a discussion to be had over a round of beers that sounds like a good one.
DH, no, our patience cannot endure blizzards… at least not on April 29th. That was enough for us, we left the midwest by the end of that summer. We have managed to endure each other for 18 years, though, which amazes everyone, not least being ourselves.
Unfortunately I do not like the holy nectar of beer. I prefer cocktails.
That point aside- I took a liking to the Dada shadow on the fourth panel. The woman on the third scared me. Somewhat.
Comenting whin drunk? No rilly, whoo wood do sech a thing?? I jusp can”t unnerstand tgis at all…nno noo, I cant.grkivdmloijfdxjfjx ljaflka.zl2e0r
Great one. Love the set up and delivery. The artist dialogue was fun to read and looks like it was fun to write. The various drawings of the audience in the different panels are really fun. Some of them have a Kurtzman feel to them.
@UrbanPagan Ohhh, midwest weather…not fun. You people must be like the early settlers, only more hygienic (I assume) and no oxen dying of dysentery. No, wait, that was “Oregon Trail”.
@Kinare Cocktails? COCKTAILS?!!….okay, I’ll allow it. Cocktails for everyone!
The woman is only scary if she thinks YOU’re a genius and starts following you around. I think Dadaman actually saved Mr. Snob here a traumatic night of being stalked.
@macsnafu Someone call this guy a cab!
“Okay: you’re a cab!”
Ba-doom-tish! Thank you! Tip your waitresses!
@FrankMHansen Another scholarly review! Thank you, good sir. I can only hope to capture some of the fun that Kurtzman brought to this world.
Haha! Stick it to that snooty hipster bastard!
A comparison between being drunk and Dada?
Well, both tend to cause confusion. Either can potentially give those involved a feeling of self-importance, and both are inappropriate to attempt while driving or operating heavy machinery. Participants in either are also likely to have trouble being understood.
You probably aren’t going to wake up face-down in a Tijuana gutter as a result of doing Dada, though.
For note, Buddha had a great sense of humor. He especially found it funny when people took anything seriously….. even Buddhism. This is why he’s pictured laughing in a lot of his imagery.
Not unlike a certain happy prankster actually.
@Kinare You aren’t drunk? Why not?! Mix up a Black Witch or a Rusty Nail!
@Dadahyena Jesus did have a sense of humor. Most carpenters I know do.
@Pocket Philosophy He lives! Praise the Lord! I wondered if you were EVER going to comment on ANYthing!
Now ‘scuse me all, I have a Jack Rose, a Zombie and a White Russian all lined up in need of immediate oral attention.
How many of you read that and thought of something dirty? Fess up! I would have! Hehehehehehehehehehe
@TonyDoGerolamo Word, brotha! Let’s jump the guy ourselves! He’s got to go out to the parking lot sometime!
@Kinare Waking up face-down in a gutter? Hmmm…you might, if Dadaman is involved. I wouldn’t hold anything past him (well, except that he’s a made-up character…I hope…).
Great comparisons, incidentally!
@PocketPhilosophy That’s actually a big relief. For anyone out there who might be offended by my brainless comics…well, Buddha might have laughed at them. Maybe. Could he read English? Or Dada-gibberish?
@LadyJenn Took the words right out of my oral area. Go ahead, indulge in dirty thoughts! We’re all good folks around these parts.
It’s funny how Dadaman makes more sense than whatever this “artist” is talking about.
Seriously dude…you have enough comments now….ENABLE the DAMN EMBEDDED COMMENTS!!!
Never! Never ever ever!
Oh, wait, looks like I just did. Okay, everyone, since Mr. Bearman screamed so loud it looks like I will be responding to everyone’s comments individually, just like that creepy guidance counselor back in school. All because of Bearman!
Yes Dadaman! Make them pay! All of them!
Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
Am I crazy for typing out evil laughter in my last comment?
@Broseph Dadaman is very much a “get to the point” kind of person, unlike the snob man, who rambles on to disguise the fact that he has not point to make. Uncover the truth, people!
@ToCoWu the First No more sugar cereals for YOU, young man!
@ToCoWu the Second Not at all. We practice our maniacal laughs long and hard around here!
I prefer a maniacal giggle, but I’m a woman, so SUE ME!
Hehehehehehehehehe.
I do not laugh. I grin.
Works every single time. (Just look at Dadaman grinning his way to victory.)
I once did an evil laugh so maniacal it shivered all the needles off the pine trees.
@LadyJenn, Kinare and Treike You’re all going to bed with no supper.