Comments on: Axe Cop: insane comic collaboration between 5 year old and his 29 year old brother http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 03:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: AzzaMcKazza http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997893 AzzaMcKazza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997893 Kimmo- that's super unfair! Even if Ethan is a rightie he's a super nice guy. Any Right-Winger that creates a comic called 'Jesus Christ: In The Name of The Gun' (http://www.jesuschriststory.com/?m=200807) is A-Grade awesome in my books. 'What time is your job? ALWAYS' Axe Cop forever. Kimmo- that’s super unfair! Even if Ethan is a rightie he’s a super nice guy. Any Right-Winger that creates a comic called ‘Jesus Christ: In The Name of The Gun’ (http://www.jesuschriststory.com/?m=200807) is A-Grade awesome in my books.

‘What time is your job? ALWAYS’

Axe Cop forever.

]]> By: W. James Au http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997405 W. James Au Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997405 Some of the strips have been turned into epically epic videos with appropriate narration and voice acting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZquaoUMfIc Some of the strips have been turned into epically epic videos with appropriate narration and voice acting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZquaoUMfIc

]]> By: Toplus http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997933 Toplus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997933 Am I the only one that thinks that is seriously worrying that a 5 year old fantasises about beheading, poisoning, exploding and chopping up characters? Am I the only one that thinks that is seriously worrying that a 5 year old fantasises about beheading, poisoning, exploding and chopping up characters?

]]> By: InsertFingerHere http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997167 InsertFingerHere Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997167 Ethan is probably the best big brother ever. Ethan is probably the best big brother ever.

]]> By: Michaelchr http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997176 Michaelchr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997176 My own kid (who is 6) comes up with very similar scenarios to those that occur in Axe Cop, including ludicrous violent fates for whatever bad guys there are. When I actually read Axe Cop to him once it totally freaked him out and scared him. My own kid (who is 6) comes up with very similar scenarios to those that occur in Axe Cop, including ludicrous violent fates for whatever bad guys there are. When I actually read Axe Cop to him once it totally freaked him out and scared him.

]]> By: Guysmiley http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997178 Guysmiley Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997178 How could I not have heard of this before? I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes trying not to bust out laughing at work. http://axecop.com/index.php/acask/read/ask_axe_cop_8/ How could I not have heard of this before? I’m sitting here with tears in my eyes trying not to bust out laughing at work. http://axecop.com/index.php/acask/read/ask_axe_cop_8/

]]> By: Boondocker http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997948 Boondocker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997948 You probably are, Toplus. Malachai's stories seems like pretty typical imaginative play for a little boy. You probably are, Toplus. Malachai’s stories seems like pretty typical imaginative play for a little boy.

]]> By: BastardNamban http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997193 BastardNamban Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997193 This is friggin hilarious! I love it! The last one is the best. "And they would die. Because it is really poison." They might not know it, but they are channeling the very absurd among Japanese manga. Specifically, it feels like I'm reading something by the writer of Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, one of the most insane manga ever made. Serious in presence, yet devolving into absurd realism. My god, this is genius. I am totally buying this! This is friggin hilarious! I love it!

The last one is the best. “And they would die. Because it is really poison.”

They might not know it, but they are channeling the very absurd among Japanese manga. Specifically, it feels like I’m reading something by the writer of Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, one of the most insane manga ever made. Serious in presence, yet devolving into absurd realism.

My god, this is genius. I am totally buying this!

]]> By: EeyoreX http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997450 EeyoreX Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997450 According to the Axe Cop facebook group, there is a fanmade liveaction version in the works too. Squee! According to the Axe Cop facebook group, there is a fanmade liveaction version in the works too.
Squee!

]]> By: BastardNamban http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997199 BastardNamban Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997199 I can't stop laughing! I can totally see how a 5 yr old came up with this stuff. But it's genius the way he condenses like every meme on earth of sweetness and his brother illustrates it. A flying dinosaur with machinegun arms flying an axe weilding cop into space, then fighting a samurai lamp. I'm crying this is so funny! Why didn't anyone before illustrate what a young kid thinks up in playtime? I can’t stop laughing!

I can totally see how a 5 yr old came up with this stuff. But it’s genius the way he condenses like every meme on earth of sweetness and his brother illustrates it.

A flying dinosaur with machinegun arms flying an axe weilding cop into space, then fighting a samurai lamp. I’m crying this is so funny!

Why didn’t anyone before illustrate what a young kid thinks up in playtime?

]]> By: Jeff Vader http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-1000795 Jeff Vader Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1000795 now I'm getting very interested - does BB have a promotion deal of some sort for axe cop? now I’m getting very interested – does BB have a promotion deal of some sort for axe cop?

]]> By: EeyoreX http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997237 EeyoreX Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997237 I think one of the big appeals of Axe Cop is that, while the story is off-the-walls batshit surreal, there is actually a very strict consistancy of how things work in the Axe Cop world. Unicorn horns grant special powers, so getting more unicorn horns naturally expands your powers, lots of little things like that. It's worldbuilding that makes perfect sense on a gut instinct level, and I don't know if that comes from Malachai or Ethan, or if it something that happens when two people who are on the same level share a story. But it gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling. I think one of the big appeals of Axe Cop is that, while the story is off-the-walls batshit surreal, there is actually a very strict consistancy of how things work in the Axe Cop world. Unicorn horns grant special powers, so getting more unicorn horns naturally expands your powers, lots of little things like that.

It’s worldbuilding that makes perfect sense on a gut instinct level, and I don’t know if that comes from Malachai or Ethan, or if it something that happens when two people who are on the same level share a story. But it gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-998275 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998275 <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=qTbBAYVv_KkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=bruno+bettelheim+the+uses+of+enchantment&source=bl&ots=kjZHj78U4u&sig=Hogv9pLhyI5pwo8hqCmNze5XEnQ&hl=en&ei=9_w1Tc-EG4G8sQOcoOn6BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false">Bruno Bettelheim - The Uses of Enchantment</a> Bruno Bettelheim – The Uses of Enchantment

]]> By: W. James Au http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997510 W. James Au Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997510 If they keep doing this strip for a few more years, Malachi will enter junior high and Axe Cop will slowly morph into Emo Cop. If they keep doing this strip for a few more years, Malachi will enter junior high and Axe Cop will slowly morph into Emo Cop.

]]> By: Bookburn http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997796 Bookburn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997796 Not that I'm a huge Axe Cop fan, but I hope everyone has been to the online store at TopatoCo.com. Through it, I've "discovered" some other awesome web comics. Most BBers know "Hark! a Vagrant" as well as "Sam and Fuzzy." But I get the most enjoyment from Aaron Diaz's comic "Dresden Codak." It has bits of extreme nerdism with more art that xkcd ever imagined. I love the story lines that relate to science (even ordered a single for my classroom display) and his blog where he compiles his sources and inspirations. Through that blog I've also found some great French comics (that I can't read but look cool) and "The Meek" (not sold at TopataCo). All are worth checking out. Not that I’m a huge Axe Cop fan, but I hope everyone has been to the online store at TopatoCo.com. Through it, I’ve “discovered” some other awesome web comics. Most BBers know “Hark! a Vagrant” as well as “Sam and Fuzzy.” But I get the most enjoyment from Aaron Diaz’s comic “Dresden Codak.” It has bits of extreme nerdism with more art that xkcd ever imagined. I love the story lines that relate to science (even ordered a single for my classroom display) and his blog where he compiles his sources and inspirations. Through that blog I’ve also found some great French comics (that I can’t read but look cool) and “The Meek” (not sold at TopataCo). All are worth checking out.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-999081 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999081 in my son malachai's defense as an avid gamer no enemy goes into councilling and and re-hab, they are killed. if you are good you are an hero, if bad you die. in my son malachai’s defense as an avid gamer no enemy goes into councilling and and re-hab, they are killed. if you are good you are an hero, if bad you die.

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997547 Kimmo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997547 Too awesome for words... it's PMSL city : D Sad to hear Ethan's a right-wing Rushbot, though : ( Too awesome for words… it’s PMSL city : D

Sad to hear Ethan’s a right-wing Rushbot, though : (

]]> By: ZippySpincycle http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997845 ZippySpincycle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997845 Is it just me, or does the cartooning style look a LOT like MAD Magazine's Jack Davis? Is it just me, or does the cartooning style look a LOT like MAD Magazine’s Jack Davis?

]]> By: Gloster http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997092 Gloster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997092 The last one totally cracked me up. The last one totally cracked me up.

]]> By: Boondocker http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997098 Boondocker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997098 Some of the funniest moments in Axe Cop are when Ethan matter-of-factly illustrates the rather horrible fates that Malachai invents for the bad guys (or civilians). Kids have a very abstract view of violence. Some of the funniest moments in Axe Cop are when Ethan matter-of-factly illustrates the rather horrible fates that Malachai invents for the bad guys (or civilians). Kids have a very abstract view of violence.

]]> By: Ben http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997099 Ben Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997099 I'm fortunate enough to have a friend that works at Dark Horse. I received a birthday present from him in the mail the other day: my own copy of Axe Cop, signed by both Ethan and Malachai. OH YEAH. I’m fortunate enough to have a friend that works at Dark Horse. I received a birthday present from him in the mail the other day: my own copy of Axe Cop, signed by both Ethan and Malachai. OH YEAH.

]]> By: barrymcw http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-997107 barrymcw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-997107 Ethan & Malachai will be @ Meltdown Comics in LA doing a signing on Tuesday night. If you're local & want a copy there's no better time. I believe it's from 7p to 10p so maybe Malachai won't be there the whole time but I suppose if you're the creator of Axe Cop, bedtime means nothing! Ethan & Malachai will be @ Meltdown Comics in LA doing a signing on Tuesday night. If you’re local & want a copy there’s no better time.

I believe it’s from 7p to 10p so maybe Malachai won’t be there the whole time but I suppose if you’re the creator of Axe Cop, bedtime means nothing!

]]> By: husseycombe http://boingboing.net/2011/01/17/axe-cop-insane-comic.html#comment-1002484 husseycombe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1002484 This is awesome! Axe Cop is definitely gonna be my next comic book purchase. This is awesome! Axe Cop is definitely gonna be my next comic book purchase.

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