Cool but strange web comic

[Edvard]

Okay, it's not really a webcomic, but since the magazine it originally ran in didn't think it "fit in" so Jason published it for the web.
Careful, some extreme math is part of the plot...

...It's about a boy who wakes up in a telephone booth which has been mysteriously sealed in an envelope of concrete. Using only the contents of his pockets (two pens, a paperback novel, three coins and 20 ft of unwaxed dental floss) our hero must fashion and execute an escape plan before he runs out of oxygen.

http://www.shigabook...om/strips/fleep.html

from somewhere

[mouser]

Absolutely fantastic.  Great find. 

[Deozaan]

MacGyver could do it. I don't know about Little Jimmy though...

EDIT: I'm not happy with the way it ended. Way too abrupt and with still too many questions left unanswered. 

[jgpaiva]

Oh, this was a really good read!
Thanks for posting, edvard

[mouser]

This actually reminded me a bit of a wonderful anime book / cartoon / movie called "DeathNote", only in the sense that there is a lot of focus on nice rich mental thought processes.

[Edvard]

I'm not sure if I like the way it ends either, but the amnesia angle makes it ok, I think.

Maybe I liked it because I've always liked short stories where the situation seems absolutely hopeless except for the teeny glimmer of hope left hanging at the end.

And then I read Kafka and it all goes away...

Check out some of the other strips on that page.
April Fooled is a total hoot, and I'm about halfway through Bus stop

[mouser]

More brilliance. 

[mouser]

Don't miss "Meanwhile" here: http://www.shigabook...ctive/meanwhile.html

With a cool picture of the author and this interactive story:


ps. you can order some of his other strips here: http://www.shigabook...m/indeces/order.html

[Edvard]

Yes! I had just gone through quite a bit of that before giving up...
It's like those old "choose your own adventure" books, but cooler.

 

[J-Mac]

I love it!  I'll have to check out the other links.  I am left wanting more of the same!

Jim