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March 17th, 2010 [ Tags: ]

Longtime riders of Washington DC’s Metro system will recognize that Metro announcements rarely communicate this much specific information. Usually, the drivers come on and just tell us that they’ve been instructed to hold or that there’s a train stopped ahead of us. So we’re left to ponder for ourselves just why the fuck we’ve paid our hard earned dollars to be stuck in a tunnel.

Seriously, Metro would do itself a great service if they just told us what the fuck was going on. Transparency might engender some measure of sympathy. For instance, if we knew that the train ahead of us was stopped because someone puked their guts out, we would feel sorry for that poor passenger and maybe not direct our anger at the ineptness of the entire Metro system and fire off angry twitter messages declaring the system horribly fucked.

Ugh!

Mini Contest!

So another mini contest for this strip. There are fourteen passengers besides Kane who are riding this train. If you can identify all fourteen, I’ll send you a sketch of your favorite one of the fourteen. Send your answers to my email addy with the subject “Stuck Mini Contest.” First correct answer wins!

↓ Transcript
PANEL 1
METRO ANNOUNCEMENT: Attention customers...

PANEL 2
METRO ANNOUNCEMENT: I have been instructed to hold here for a few minutes while a sick passenger is escorted off of the train ahead of us. Thank you for your continued patience.
KANE: We wait any longer I'm gonna be sick!

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  • reynard61

    All fourteen? Nope, sorry. I recognize Ananth and Yuko from Johnny Wander. (Ananth is also the writer of AppleGeeks.) *waves at Ananth and Yuko* I also recognize Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Ultraman, and (possibly) Vash the Stampede from Trigun. I’m too pop-culturally deprived (or willfully blind, perhaps) to recognize the rest.

  • http://postpwnd.net One of Many

    The second one from the left is driving me crazy! It looks so familiar but my brain won’t connect it something! Other than that, I can only get 10 of them… :(

  • Kimba

    Well, it looks like the perv teacher from Azumanga Daiyo it there, and Aang from Avatar (yea, the real awesome one), Vash from Trigun… others look familiar, but… I’m terrible at this game.

  • Kimba

    Oh…., and Ananth and Yuko.

  • Kimba

    wait, it’s not the perv teacher form Azumanga Daioh, it’s harry Potter!

  • Bakamoichigei

    Nuuuuu. I’ve got all but two; the person in the vest to the left of Yuko, and the woman to the right of Kane. D: WHY MUST YOU TORTURE ME?!

    Also, nifty comic. I started following it when Yuko+Ananth linked to it. :3

  • Jack T Robyn

    I’ve got ten, but that’s all.

  • http://ypcomic.com Jamie

    I try to sneak in Yuko and Ananth wherever I can. Tee hee. Good guesses so far. No one’s emailed me with a correct answer yet so it’s still open.

  • http://johnnywander.com Ananth

    Ahaha, it’s us!! *waves to Reynard* I’ve got almost everyone too, but the people behind Yuko and myself elude me. These contests are fun man!

  • http://www.cloudserver.tumblr.com Imani

    That was me this morning. I still have a weird back cramp from being squished against a window at an odd angle by a fat man on the orange line.

  • http://ypcomic.com Jamie

    @Imani, yikes! Being all smooshed in the morning is no good. It’ll get worse in the summer when the tourists descend.

  • http://www.cloudserver.tumbler.com Imani

    Absolutely. The tourists drive me crazy. I think the worst thing is when they stand on the left side of the escalators. I want to bash them in the head. It’s so irritating.

  • Wilt

    I can make out: 1. Vash the Stampede,2. Aang,3. Akuma/Gouki, 4. E.Honda, 5. Power-Gril, 6. Ananth, 7. Yuko, 8. Battle Angel Alita, 9. Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star, 10. Jubilee from X-men, 11. Ultraman, 12. Harry Potter.

  • http://ypcomic.com Jamie

    @Wilt, so so close!!

  • Wilt

    Is the one over Yuko’s shoulder Mork from Mork and Mindy? is that a ninja turtle over ananth’s shoulder?

  • http://ypcomic.com Jamie

    Nope. Good ideas though.

  • Bakamoichigei

    Power-Girl? I don’t read many western comics and I still should have been able to guess that!

    Daaaaaaamn, now there’s only one more I have no idea about! orz

    Until I saw Gouki, I actually saw the space between him and E. Honda as hair instead of background, and thought E. Honda was Senryo Kyoshiro from Samurai Spirits. (They have the same facepaint, and depending on the art, have similar faces in profile… After I saw Gouki though, it was pretty obvious. Also, Kyoshiro is big, but not as bulky-looking as that.)

    Jamie, you like SNK fighters at all? It’d be cool to see some Samurai Spirits or KoF charas in your style. :D

  • Jack T Robyn

    I just realized the one I thought was Ultraman is someone else and that another, unidentified one is Ultraman. One more to figure out, and I’ve got a guess.

  • http://ypcomic.com Jamie

    @Bakamoichigei, I haven’t played many of the SNK fighters, but I’m a sucker for fighting games. I might do some requests for fanarts if time frees up.

  • FmF

    There only one i don’t know but here go’s Alita battle angel,I know i seen this character be for he/she ware a shirt that look a lot like a gundam chest but not sure he/she come from gundam it self,Ken fist of the north star,Kamen rider 1 surprise no one got that given how much a fan you are,Yuko and Ananth Johnny Wander/apple geek mini’s, god i bin looking at Yuko stuff for 10 years now,Ultra man,Aang Avatar The Last Air Bender,Jubilee cause she got razzle dazzle bad guys,Harry Potter,Vash Trigun,Gouki street fighter,E.Honda street fighter,and power girl from dc comics and young comic book geeks dreams.

  • http://ypcomic.com Jamie

    @FmF, you got the all right! I already declared the winners, but hell, I’ll draw you something as well. Send me an email and let me know what you want me to draw.

  • FmF

    You’re counting my vague gundam character as an answer?I still dont know who it is or is it just a human dress like a gundam?So i don’t think i should get any thing given that and i was beaten to it.The little voice in my head saying shut up and take the drawing though.

  • Bakamoichigei

    God, that’s all I could think too, lol. “That vest looks like the torso of the RX-78…that’s really weird.”

    I’m surprised more people didn’t seem to get Jubilee, the shades and bubblegum already gave her away for me. (And it’s been over a decade since I’ve picked up any X-Men comics…)

    I don’t know why more people didn’t mention Kamen Rider 1, like FmF said…unless they were trying to keep quiet about it. The belt reminded me of May Lee from King of Fighters, who I knew was an homage to Kamen Rider, a shot at google images confirmed it. :P

    I wonder how many people had instant recognition of the older anime characters like Gally and especially Kenshiro. I mean, to me Kenshiro was pretty obvious…but then, I’m fakkin OLD.

  • kelsey

    I SPY ULTRAMAAAANNNNNNNN

  • Christopher H

    Look at those smug bastards in those nice comfy seats.

    YOU NO GOOD SMUUUUUG BASTTIIIIDS.

    Okay I’m done.

    Wait, how many references are there in this overcrowded strip, exactly? Or rough estimate?

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