* Name (optional):

  Expression ^{(Optional mood/title along with your name) Examples: (happy, sad, The Joyful, etc.) help)}

  E-mail address (optional):

* Type your message here:
>>>>>>>>>>>That was a wonderful ending. Thank you for >>>eight >>>>>>>>>years >>>>>>>>>>>of a strange and beautiful webcomic. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Indeed! I second that. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>And I third that. Thank you. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I fourth it! It's been a wacky, fun-filled ride, >>>>and >>>>>>>>I've enjoyed every minute of it. Thanks very >much >>>>>for >>>>>>>>keeping it going as long as you did. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>I'm glad you've fourthed instead of re-seconded >>and >>>>>>>left me able to confidently fifth, because I >>really >>>>>>>really mean it. >>>>>>>Thank you so very much, Patrick, it's been a >>>journey >>>>>>>beyond any other fiction I've ever experienced. >>>>>> >>>>>>Can I sixth, or would it be taking it too far? >>>>>>Regardless, Triangle & Robert will always be >>special >>>>>>to me. Every time I moved, I'd be away from the >>>>>>internet and build up a huge backlog of >webcomics. >>>>>>Sitting down to see what I'd missed on T&R was the >>>>>>first thing I'd do upon reconnecting. >>>>> >>>>>I'll take it too far and seventh it. I'm really >glad >>>I >>>>>discovered T&R the long time ago that I did. I >>>enjoyed >>>>>reading it and despaired at the hiatuses (hiati?). >>In >>>>>any case, thank you, Patrick, for the service you >>>have >>>>>done to the Internet. >>>> >>>>I got sent here from another comic, but I can't >>>>remember which. Dominic Deegan maybe. Anyway I have >>>>happily spent some considerable time reading the >>>>archives. Having read the ending first, it >>frustrated >>>>me, as did the beginning, however having read the >>>>entire archives it all makes sense, and was a fun >>>>ride. Thank you, and happily eighthed. >>> >>>I have only been reading T&R sporadically in the past >>>few years; in fact, when I went to look at it today, >>>my bookmark was no longer valid and I had to Google >>>for this site. >>> >>>But when the Google results came up, I clicked on the >>>Wikipedia entry first because the first few words >were >>>"Triangle and Robert is a webcomic by Patrick >>>Shaughnessy that ran from August 1999 to September >>>2007". My first reaction was "Oh, no, what happened >to >>>it? Is that why my bookmark goes to a 404 page now? >Is >>>it GONE?" >>> >>>I was glad to see that the strip still existed online >>>at this site, and also glad to see that there's a >real >>>ending instead of just stopping dead with a "sorry, >>>I'm bored with this" message from the creator. I'll >>>probably have to go back a year or so to get enough >>>background info to *understand* the ending, judging >by >>>what I remember of this strip, but I'm willing to do >>>that and wait to read the ending until I get there. >>> >>>Patrick, thanks so much for all your hard work on >>>Triangle & Robert; over 2300 strips is a hell of an >>>achievement. It frequently made me laugh, which is >not >>>something I can say about too many comic strips, >>>web-based OR dead-tree. Great job! >> >>I ninth the statement (nineth?). It wasn't the most >>orthodox of webcomics, and even though i found that >>the jokes seemed occasionally low-level and unfunny >>(sorry Mr. Shaughnessy), the majority of it made me >>laugh, and all of it made me happy i'd read it. >Thanks. > >I stumbled upon Triangle and Robert the other day. I >read the ending first, and it inspired and intrigued >me enough to read the rest of it. I have to say that >Triangle and Robert is one of the most unconventional >and interesting comics to ever grace the 'net. Other >comics try for nerd humor, but none of them ever >existed in such a fascinatingly random yet coherent >world. Now that I've read all the way to the end, I >feel this elation and ... I don't know how to describe >it... expanse of soul? Enigmatic inspiration, >definitely... I think all good endings should give you >that feeling, when everything is tied together >perfectly. I felt the same after reading the ending of >Lord of the Rings. > >Ironically, or perhaps fittingly, the lack of attempts >at drawing the settings or details made this even more >real to me. It's much the same way that novels can be >more involving than watching a TV show. TV just leaves >no room for imagination, whereas in a novel you must >imagine everything except the words on the page. The >visual continuity of the comic perhaps makes up for >the literary discontinuities ^_~ I can imagine >Triangle and Robert as actual people, even though they >are simply drawn as a collection of line segments, but >they are drawn the same way each time. I think no >matter what quality something is drawn in, it's the >writing that carries the soul of the characters... and >your writing is very good. > >The only negative thing about it was that near the end >it became the plot became too self-analytical and not >enough action. But, even the characters pointed this >out and got things started again. > >Anyway, witty, inspiring, and all-around wonderfully >wrought. I've mentioned this comic quite frequently to >my friends since I discovered it. (The wisdom of >Cuisine Magic is oh so unique and interesting!) Even >though The Cartoonist has left the world of Polygons >alone, his legacy carries on! Thanks for such an >inspiring contribution to the world of science fiction >=)

Notice: Copies of your message may remain on this and other systems on internet. Please be respectful.