Monday, December 21, 2009

Missionary Christmas Phone Call

Technology is moving so quickly now days that there are a number of missionary comic strips of mine that seem terribly out of date just eight or so years after I first drew them. In this strip, Elder Van Dyke is crying about losing his CDs and having his stereo used. In reality, a missionary today wouldn't own any CDs (he would have purchased all his music as MP3s) and he'd play all his music off his computer or a little docking station for his iPod.

Sadly, I'm so out of touch with teenagers right now that I have no idea what loss of personal property would make an Elder cry. Any ideas?

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  1. I'm not a teenager either and I'm even more out of date with technology than you are so I won't comment on what would make a missionary cry now. But do you remember how excited we were to use Ryan's brand spanking new CD player when he left on his mission? Actually, I think he told us not to use it but after a year, a missionary's requests don't matter anymore.

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  2. Yeah, Jena, it was pretty much our pillaging of Ryan's electronics that was the impetus behind this comic.

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  3. I didn't even try to keep things from being used. But I was able to round everything back up when I got home.

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  4. Arie,
    You are being too kind to your fictional characters by assuming that a missionary today would have "purchased" all his MP3 music.

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  5. I think your comic is best dated by the tiny antenna sticking up on the cell phone...It's a nice touch. It reminds me of the phones they used on The Cosby Show.

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  6. I'd guess: giving a younger sibling his laptop to use, selling their car, selling his videogames in a yardsale, getting rid of his band t-shirts... things like that.

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    1. Good suggestions, ifwecouldonlysee. And thanks for all your recent comments!

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  7. Ok so, video games sold, console disposed of becouse it was “too old”, posters thrown away, favorite clothing gotten rid of, and if they like to draw (like me) disposing of that “bunch of papers lying in your room”

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