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Was it Brad's dad?

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I'll bet it takes years to cultivate the talent to produce a comic of such surpassing awfulness as that one.

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Rolling tobacco?
Picking tobacco leaves?
Buying cigarettes?
Contemplating having a smoke?

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Poo perhaps?

Whats with the bitchin man, plus how can they be aRolling tobbaco when Brad just said "what you been doin" and the reply "you're mother" super immplies that he has actually done his mother and having a cigegerat (if I spelt that right)

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Actually, he said "Fuck you been doin asshole?" which really isn't a question.

Now, if we punctuate differently:

"Fuck you! Been doin' asshole?"

Maybe he is asking the dinosaur if he's been doing asshole. Though I'm not sure what doing asshole is. Perhaps you could explain?

Now, the dinosauar answers, "You're mother." That's a contraction of "You are mother." Perhaps Brad is a transgendered parent in this comic? Or maybe he means, "You are, mother." Which sort of make sense as an answer to the question:

"Been doin' asshole?"

"You are, mother!"

But that leaves us with the last panel. He was talking about Brad's mother. But maybe... maybe the narrator is totally wrong! Maybe he was listening from a distance and didn't hear correctly. That's the joke! An innatentive narrator mishears something, and this is how rumors start.

I like it. Very subtle. Good use of misspelling and bad grammar to make us "hear" what the innatentive narrator hears.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

Nah. It doesn't make any sense for him to go "Fuck you! Been doin asshole?" Why would he be so gratuitously hostile? The dinosaur hasn't done anything to him. Also, "Been doin' asshole?" doesn't sound very natural. No one would say that.

I parse it as "Fuck! You been doin' asshole?" That way, he's expressing amazement that the dinosaur appears to have been doin' asshole.

This doesn't get us any further forward on the question of what constitutes "doin' asshole". But I think that's supposed to remain a mystery. "Doin' asshole" is whatever the reader wants it to be.

As you've noted, the second panel reveals that frozenbrad is the dinosaur's mother. This does seem to make the narration in panel three a non-sequitur, but I think your explanation reads too much in to things.

In panel three, frozenbrad is facing in a different direction. This clearly shows that this panel is not part of the same continuity. It's a flashback. The scene shows what frozenbrad and the dinosaur were doing earlier: walking in a field. The brisk air made the dinosaur want a cigarette. That's why he's smoking.

And in the narration, we discover that Brad is, in fact, the dinosaur, and the character played by frozenbrad is his mother. So the comic concludes with quite a clever sting in the tale.

I'm not very good with subtext, but I suspect they may have been having sexual relations.

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Nah. It doesn't make any sense for him to go "Fuck you! Been doin asshole?" Why would he be so gratuitously hostile? The dinosaur hasn't done anything to him. Also, "Been doin' asshole?" doesn't sound very natural. No one would say that.

I parse it as "Fuck! You been doin' asshole?" That way, he's expressing amazement that the dinosaur appears to have been doin' asshole.

This doesn't get us any further forward on the question of what constitutes "doin' asshole". But I think that's supposed to remain a mystery. "Doin' asshole" is whatever the reader wants it to be.

As you've noted, the second panel reveals that frozenbrad is the dinosaur's mother. This does seem to make the narration in panel three a non-sequitur, but I think your explanation reads too much in to things.

In panel three, frozenbrad is facing in a different direction. This clearly shows that this panel is not part of the same continuity. It's a flashback. The scene shows what frozenbrad and the dinosaur were doing earlier: walking in a field. The brisk air made the dinosaur want a cigarette. That's why he's smoking.

And in the narration, we discover that Brad is, in fact, the dinosaur, and the character played by frozenbrad is his mother. So the comic concludes with quite a clever sting in the tale.

I agree with your parsing of Brad's first utterance. But perhaps the cigaratte or the dinosaur's posture is an indication that he's been "doin' asshole."

Also, why is Brad frozen? Perhaps this has something to do with the doing of asshole. Or perhaps there's a connection with Brad being mother. My theory is that Brad is the mother of all the dinosuars who was cryogenically frozen, and has returned to admonish her ancestors for doing asshole.

Also, that last panel clearly indicates that the dinosaur was doing asshole with Brad's mother. Why they ask what they were doing when it was clearly stated earlier is unknown... but perhaps that validates my bad narrator theory.

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You all make some good points. However, I think you guys need to dig a little deeper for this one. To me, it's clear that this comic is an intelligently constructed message, rife with religious metaphor. You see, Brad and his friend the dinosaur are currently living in purgatory.

As we know about purgatory, limbo, etc., it is a place to balance out and repay your sins of Earth so that you may be granted acceptance into heaven. Brad's frozenness depicts his attatchment to his former life on Earth, unable to move on to heaven due to his refusal to leave his sincs behind. Rather than simply have to carry his sins emotionally, he carries them physically as well, being frozen in place and unable to move. This is very telling of his situation, as he will not move onto heaven and will in fact be frozen in place in purgatory, so to speak, until he can leave his sins behind.

The dinosaur, however, is the opposite of Brad. His sins are washed away, happiness is his, and he is able to enjoy a smoke as he awaits his ascension into the world of God. Although, perhaps he is not going there. If one truly cannot shed their sins, their burdens become to heavy and they sink into the underworld, or hell. This seems more likely than heaven, given the dinosaur's talk of enticing Brad's mother to commit adultery.

By now we know, as readers, that the dinosaur represents what Brad will become if Brad does not change his ways. He will become a monster, and will be sent down to hell. Brad doesn't know this yet, but the dinosaur does, and is freely enjoying mocking Brad due to his inevitable fate.

The pasts of these characters are hazy. As the narrator inquires: "What could he have been doin with Brad's mom to be smoking afterwards?" Perhaps a rejection by Brad's mother cause the dinosaur to develop a smoking habit, or possibly cause him to turn to serious crimes? Intriguing.

But will Brad change his ways, rebuke his past crimes (whatever they may be) and move on to the City Of Heaven? Only future installments in this comic can give us the answer. More please, joo_joo!

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I think it's clear from the first panel that the frozen Brad character is talking to the Triceratops' backside, hence he is asking the dinosaurs rectum "fuck you been doin, asshole?". This leads us to believe that below the panel there is something wrong with the creature's anus or at least something different than usual in order to make frozen brad question it.

In the second panel, the dinosaur reveals "you are mother", indicating that he was giving birth and that frozen brad is the mother. From the title of the comic we can ascertain that the Triceratops represents Brad's Dad and frozenbrad represents Brad's Mother. One can only assume that this comic is presenting the theory that in prehistoric times it was the male of a species which either laid eggs or actually carried the young around in his belly.

The last panel clearly puts forward the idea that the dinosaurs were wiped out by the males smoking, obviously causing them to be impotent and sterile. It suggests that the male was driven to smoking by his mate, possibly the pressures of childbirth along with not being appreciated by his other half was too much for him. It's a message to us all to go home and tell our wives or girlfriends or scrabble partners just how much they mean to us and to try to make them feel more loved, take an interest in their lives and thank the skies that we have someone to go home to.

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But you're all missing out on the glaringly obvious political symbolism.

Notice how there are three panels. In the first two, frozenbrad is facing towards the right, while in the last he faces to the left. In the LAST two, the triceratops is facing to the left, while in the FIRST he was facing to the right.

This indicates that brad, being on the Left, was only looking for the faults of the Right in the beginning. Towards the end of the comic, the reference to his mother caused him to understand that one cannot find fault in the opposition if they cannot identify their own faults. Hence, towards the end brad has become enlightened and is looking closely at the rest of the Left.

The triceratops is on the Right, and is facing towards the RIGHT in the first panel. This indicates that at first the Triceratops was busy with his cronies on the Right, but in the second panel he immediately turned and faced the Left, where he remained for the rest of the comic. What this suggests is that the Triceratops spent only enough time to glad-hand his buddies before turning his gaze on the Left for the rest of the alotted "time".

Now, the interesting facet we should observe in this comic is how ONLY in the middle panel are the Left and the Right facing each other. Even though frozenbrad (The "Left")is not speaking, he is paying attention to the triceratops (The "Right"), and the triceratops is paying attention to him. As this was juxtaposed, it can only show us that both The Left and The Right need to find a Middle Ground.

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The giant three-phallused phallus of Uzbekistan will one day squirt the cosmic jizz of revenge all over Canada.

The comic is obviously about being macho and playing the role of "tough guy". In the very first panel, frozenbrad throws out some not-so-nice language in an attempt to goad triceratops into a verbal boxing match. The intonation behind the verbiage also suggests that frozenbrad is willing to throw down if need be, and in fact, is really hoping fisticuffs ensue. Frozenbrad, in his pumped up state, has been on the 'roids for a quite a while and needs to blow off some steam. If he had a microphone to rant into, he'd be the second coming of Barry Bonds.

Triceratops is obviously thrown off by the verbal attack, for there is pregnant pause while he tries desperately to think of some sort of witty retort. Thankfully, he recovers quickly and tosses out the dagger of all daggers, the "I fucked your mother" zinger. It stuns the woozy frozenbrad, since he does not speak for the rest of the comic.

The cigarette that triceratops is smoking is also symbolic of the tough guy. The Marlboro Man smokes, and you know damn well he'll whoop your fucking ass if he gets the chance. Unfortunately, a cigarette smoking triceratops is a misnomer, since triceratops (when they roamed the earth, that is) were vegetarians and more importantly, after-dinner snacks for other dinosaurs like the TRex.

The horrible misspellings the comic also add to the machoness of the dialogue, for it is common knowledge that most tough guys aren't the smartest creatures on the face of the earth. Garden slugs usually have higher IQs. That doesn't matter though, because brawn beats the piss out of brains every single time.

I'd delve into this further, but there's a wrestling marathon on Spike TV that I must watch.

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I think we're missing the point of using the Frozen Brad character. As stated previously, Brad is mother. The other of what? The dinosaur? Or is it something more?

I submit that Brad is not frozen, but covered in a white, gooey substance. Yes, Brad is the Mother of All -- a cosmic egg covered with the cosmic sperm of the universe.

The last panel implies that the dinosaur was ding something with Brad's mother -- the source of the cosmic egg. The dinosaur, perhaps is the source of the cosmic sperm. This inevitably leads us to a time paradox -- the dinosaur is both Brad's father and his descendant.

As his father, the dinosaur naturally asserts his authority and abuses Brad in the first panel, showing his contempt for his offsping and the universe as a whole.

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The comic is clearly about tacos and taco byproducts.

I can't believe some of the crazy interpretations you folks are coming up with. Males giving birth? Machismo? Tacos? joo_joo would laugh if he could see you now.

While I stand by my original theory, that the strip can be read merely as an exciting story with a surprise ending, I admit there seem to be several levels of meaning. What no one's picked up on is the setting of the strip. Do you think this is just random? Has it really escaped your notice that the backdrop resembles the flag of Uzbekistan?

The dinosaur represents the country's dictatorship: old-fashioned, tired and reading to fall. It's hypocritical too: while preaching a sober Islamic lifestyle, it actually smokes! Brad is the spirit of the future: secular, liberal and democratic (I don't think it's any coincidence that "Brad" and "brave new world" begin with the same two letters). He may be frozen now, constrained by the country's regime, but he's out in the sun and must inevitably thaw.

Brad, the spirit of revolution, is the mother of Uzbekistan: through him the country will be reborn. Even the totalitarian dinosaur has to admit as much, and in the end, it's rendered so powerless and irrelevant that Brad simply turns his back on it.

"Doin' asshole" is probably Uzbek slang for "committing evil deeds", which of course the dinosaur-regime has been doing.

I'm going to go out on a limb and combine some of the better theories here.

brad is indeed covered in the cosmic sperm of the universe, and the background does indeed resemble the Uzbeki flag. But if you were to remove the horns from the triceratops, you'd notice the phallic shape of the hornless dinosaur.

The horns themselves are very phallic, so in replacing them you have a phallus with its OWN three phalluses (or phalli). Since Kaddar's "Arabian" character is not sufficiently phallic for the context, it's entirely possible this triceratops is supposed to represent the combined phallus of Uzbekistan. Since brad is Canadian, and we are all well familiar with the hideous acts of murder and oppression the Canadians have committed against the Uzbekis over the years, this comic can only be a marker of the Uzbekis' resentment.

The dialogue is incidental.

The comic's message: The giant three-phallused phallus of Uzbekistan will one day squirt the cosmic jizz of revenge all over Canada.

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The giant three-phallused phallus of Uzbekistan will one day squirt the cosmic jizz of revenge all over Canada.

That should be your new sig.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

The message joo_joo was trying to send in this comic was intentionally cryptic. If he came right out and said it directly, the wrong people might start wondering who he is and how he knows what he knows.
He's describing the secret process one goes through upon being initiated into the upper echelons of the Illuminati power structure. I'll explain the real meaning of these symbols.
The character on the right is not a triceratops. It's one of our invisible reptilian shape-shifter overlords, a descendant of the sacred Anunnak bloodline. Those are not three horns you see on it's head, but rather a mark to identify the Beast.
Compare it to this Masonic emblem:

Or this hand signal common among secret societies of the ruling class:

Similarly, the "cigarette" in it's mouth is not a cigarette at all. It's the Eternal Flame. The reptile draws power from it to show that he is one of the "lighted ones," a bearer of secret knowledge.
The character on the left is not frozen. He has just been anointed as part of his ritual initiation into this secret society. The first panel shows his first encounter with one of the leaders in it's true reptilian form. The language is deliberately stilted in accordance with the ancient traditions of Alchemists, who didn't want their text to be understood by just anyone who read it. Phonetically, it equates to "Fuck you been doing as a whole?"
Brad (or Bread, as we would more accurately call our messianic protagonist,) has gone through hell to get to where he is, and is now demanding answers from his bosses. Just what have they been doing as a whole?
In panel two, the reptilian being has turned to face Bread, signifying that he is willing to give him the answer: "You're mother"
The lack of closing punctuation after that statement shows that there is more to the answer, but joo_joo has chosen to focus on that particular facet for the time being, so we should all pay close attention to it. As is often the case, there is more than one possible meaning to the reptile's words. This could be interpreted as "your Mother" meaning Earth, which the reptiles are attempting to practice dominion over, or "You are mother" meaning that we are all The Goddess. Either way, this is a major revelation to Bread. (It would be redundant for the statement to be referring to heredity. As was already clearly established by the title of the comic, Bread is a direct blood descendant of the reptile beast, or he never would have been anointed in the first place.)
Joo_joo could only know all these things if he went through this very process himself. He obviously didn't like what he discovered once he was inside and is now trying to use internet clip-art comic strips as the means to warn the world about this massive conspiracy before it's too late for us to do anything about it.
And why is that? The answer lies in the third panel, where the importance of it all is brought to bear.
In the third panel, the author is asking the reader a direct question: "What could he have been doin with Brad's mom to be smoking afterwards?"
In other words, what could he (the Illuminati reptile) have been doing with Earth all this time that will leaving it smoking afterward? Don't you see? These creatures plan on bringing about the apocalypse itself! Our planet will be nothing but a smoking cinder if we don't heed these words and do something about this.
I only hope I haven't signed joo_joo's death warrant by revealing all this. He may be the only one who can help us.

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This is, without a doubt, the best thread I've seen in a long time. I have to hand it to you guys.

Whatever "it" is. Probably the byproduct of doin' asshole.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

You mean doin' the vayjayjay, eh?

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