Space Moose Annotations
The following comments were written by Adam Somebodyorother, the author of Spacemoose. In some cases I have edited them to remove his real name, as per his wishes (that's right, Somebodyorother is not his real surname).
The dates given indicate when the comment was written, not when the strip was penned.
- Aspects of cinema
The following letter was sent to me a few months ago by a concerned Space Moose reader using the dubious-sounding name My Ass. Unfortunately, I am not able to provide the attached article ("Man claims roommate KO'd him to have sex," Edmonton Sun, Oct. 20, 1998, p.3), but I can give the gyst of it: A 48-year-old man was charged with sexual assault, anal intercourse and administering a drug to have illicit sex after his 23-year-old roommate told police he was slipped Valium and raped in two separate incidents. Cops found videotapes of the assaults.
[January 7, 1999]
Re: Space Moose Public Awareness Campaign
Dear Mr. Somebodyorother—
Please note the attached copy of the Space Moose cartoon "Aspects of Cinema" and an Edmonton Sun article detailing the unfortunate drugging and rape of a man by his roommate. What a remarkable similarlity Space Moose bears to real life!
I hate to laugh at someone's misfortunes, but I have to wonder, "What if the victim had read 'Aspects of Cinema?'" He might have been wise enough to know what his roommate was up to before it was too late. Who but Marlo or maybe Bald Dwarf would trust a roommate with a bottle of valium, anyway?
Perhaps I could suggest a title for his next collection: Space Moose: Cautionary Tales for Your Ass.
- Juvenile prank
I spent a good portion of my early college years dreaming up creative uses for feces, and the idea for this strip came from those brainstorming sessions. In addition to milking old ruminations, this strip gave me a chance to improve upon my previous depiction of Space Moose's backside in Ask my ass which was far too immaculate for such a veteran sodomite.
Bald Dwarf's shirt in the first frame refers to John Schroeder the Texas teen who was arrested for wearing a Marilyn Manson T-shirt in public, not the John Schroeder of Broadway fame. The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police), or "Mounties" as they are affectionately called, are the cops in Canada who wear pretty red coats and enforce federal laws.
[April 11, 1999]
- Obituary
I had the idea for this strip for about a year before I got around to drawing it. I put it off for so long because I could not find the right wording for the obituary. Finally, it came to me. I ran directly from the toilet to the drawing board and voila, the strip was done.
Some people have asked why Bald Dwarf's mother appears to have only one breast. Here are a few possibilities: (1) parallax, (2) mastectomy, (3) I can't draw.
[February 15, 1999]
Avid reader and chronic masturbator David Houston purported yet another hypothesis that "...the other breast was under the covers or lodged in her armpit. It seemed perfectly logical, because she would obviously be incredibly repulsive. Not to mention that [Bald Dwarf] most likely breastfed until he was at least 18."
[February 22, 1999]
