# Sluggy Freelance - for new sluggites **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 31, 2000, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487 "2000-08-31T14:19:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lucie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@lucie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucie)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/1 "2000-08-31T14:19:31Z")
I know there are a few Sluggites out there, and after being on the SDMB, I know that there are probably more than a few potential Sluggites. Read Sluggy Freelance - the best daily web comic out there. Here is a link if you want to take a look at a classic Sluggy adventure, which parodies Star Trek and Alien, among other things. [http://www.sluggy.com/stuff/ted/e-1.html](http://www.sluggy.com/stuff/ted/e-1.html) ---
**Author:** ![Havoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Havoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Havoc)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/2 "2000-08-31T15:15:14Z")
“My world is a crotch!” – Bert “Okay. The talking ferret WAS weird.” – Danish Kruller ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/3 "2000-08-31T15:25:48Z")
Doing parodies of Star Trek and Alien is old hat–but Sluggy parodies _both at the same time!_ That’s my favorite sequence–though the Stormbreaker Saga (The Vowelless One) comes close. I sometimes accuse my coworkers of going into “ferret shock” from all the blinking lights on the equipment… ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/4 "2000-08-31T15:35:34Z")
sluggy freelance is the best, Kiki for President! ---
**Author:** ![JDeMobray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@JDeMobray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JDeMobray)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/5 "2000-08-31T15:40:10Z")
I personally like “Kiki’s Virus” the best of any sequence. Especially the bits with Sam, Dr. Schlock and the finger puppets. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/6 "2000-08-31T21:08:05Z")
I’ll gladly bump this back up, since _Sluggy Freelance_ is probably my favorite webcomic. To avoid making this look _too_ much like a pump, I’ll also mention [College Roomies from Hell!!!](http://www.crfh.net/) (the three exclamation points stand for “quality”) and _Nukees_ (for some odd reason, its URL of [http://www.nukees.com](http://www.nukees.com) seems to be corrupting this message when enclosed in vB tags…must be the radiation), which battle it out for a close second and third, in my estimation. [Wendy](http://wendycomic.com/) is too new (to me, at least) for me to have decided whether I really like it or not. I expect that roughly half of the population, however, will be attracted by…ahem…a couple of things about it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lucie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@lucie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucie)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/7 "2000-08-31T21:25:29Z")
I’m not sure what my favorite sequence is. Probably either Torg in The Dimension of Pain or The Slug-Files (favorite lines: Mulder: The truth is out there! Scully: The truth is you suck!) Come to think of it, Torg’s Black Heart was hilarious, too. ---
**Author:** ![Qixotica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/5fc32e/32.png) [@Qixotica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qixotica)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/8 "2000-08-31T21:31:21Z")
Sluggy freelance is probably the best online comic I have seen so far. My favourite sequence has got to be the Stormbreaker Saga. \*poing! poing! poing! \* ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/9 "2000-09-01T12:54:26Z")
**PRAISE SLUGGY! PRAISE SLUGGY! ALL PRAISE THE GLORIUOS SLUGGY FREELANCE!** [sub]And be scared as hell of the cute little lop-rabbit. Oooooh.[/sub] :eek: I want Zoe under my Xmas tree. Wearing Saran-wrap, & nothing else, mind you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/10 "2000-09-01T13:06:51Z")
Zoe is hot. But did you see Gwen when she got ready for her date? mmmm. Sluggy is pretty damn good. I also like [sinfest.net](http://sinfest.net) And one of my absolute favorites is Bob the Angry Flower [http://www.angryflower.com](http://www.angryflower.com) . It’s hit-or-miss, but it hits a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Mundo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mundo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/11 "2000-09-01T14:39:33Z")
I’m so happy to have found other sluggy fans. 😭 The best and worst part of the comic is the fact that it doesn’t have a punch line everyday. This is good for making more entertaining stories with good plots, but it can make people who are visiting the sight for the first time think it is boring. I find it difficult to recommend this site to people because they go there and view the current days comic. There is no way you can get the full affect in just one day. ---
**Author:** ![robinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@robinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinh)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/12 "2000-09-01T17:02:52Z")
Okay, fess up…how much Sluggy merchandise do you own? My husband, 11 year old daughter and I have multiple Sluggy shirts…each. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/13 "2000-09-03T00:31:19Z")
I have **all** the “dead trees” editions of _Sluggy_ currently available. 🙂 🙂 🙂 PRAISE SLUGGY! Or, have I already said that? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![lucie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@lucie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucie)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/14 "2000-09-03T00:44:32Z")
I missed the San Diego Comicon! I had planned to attend to get my belly signed by Pete, but real life got in the way, dammit! I had a friend who went, but his stomach was too hairy for them to sign (I think shirt-guy Tom has to sign all the men, and Pete only does the women. I mean, sign’s the female stomachs [a pretty scary concept at some of those conventions]). Didn’t even get a lousy t-shirt. Oh well, Xmas is just around the corner. Time for Bun-bun to put some serious work into shooting Santa down. To date, I have 7 Sluggite converts that I know of. Does this mean I get to go to Sluggy heaven when I die? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/15 "2000-09-03T01:16:37Z")
Yes, you go to Sluggy Heaven, my little one . 🙂 \ This is where you can get _Sluggy Freelance_ books: [http://www.plan9.org](http://www.plan9.org) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/16 "2000-09-03T20:39:30Z")
BUMP [sub]All Praise Sluggy[/sub] 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EnochF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@EnochF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnochF)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/17 "2000-09-03T22:53:44Z")
Might as well reply before Bosda bumps the thread again… Some friends introduced me to Sluggy a month or so ago. The Dimension of Pain sequence is the funniest thing I’ve encountered this year. “Did you sharpen my hell-spear?” “Sharpen? I thought you said ‘shorten’!” “Look, demons! My toe is outside the sacred circle of protection!” ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/18 "2000-09-14T16:08:06Z")
Sluggy is the funniest comic I have ever read. It rocks. Kiki has got to be the best character. “Stay good Bun-Bun, stay good!” LSHIAHAA (Laughing so hard I am having an aneurism) ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/19 "2000-09-14T16:21:26Z")
As an aside, anyone else notice that Zoe looks an awful lot like Akane from \Ranma 1/2\ when she is yelling? ---
**Author:** ![Aglarond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aglarond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglarond)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487/20 "2000-09-14T17:27:55Z")
Thanks Lucie. I’d never seen that comic before. It took me 6 days of free time at work to read from the beginning to now, but it was worth it. I’ve been looking for something else to read, and this did it. I don’t know why, exactly, but the idea of an evil, sadistic, mini-lop with a switchblade named Bun-Bun cracks me up. Thanks for the laugh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sluggy-freelance-for-new-sluggites/31487.md?page=2)