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I can only think of a few other scenarios where implying student/professor BDSM would be considered “more tasteful” than something else. Sadly, ongoing litigation prohibits me from describing one such instance about which I may or may not possess first-hand knowledge. (Hint: It involved a Thomas Pynchon novel, a fifth of espresso-flavored vodka, and two-and-a-half hours underneath the pews in the campus chapel.)</p> <p><strong>Jon:</strong> Yes, I do realize it’s a poor character recognition strategy to have Chris Susan wearing something different in every strip…oh well. He’s the one with the ridiculous hair. I guess that doesn’t help, does it?</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/category/comic" title="View all posts in comic" rel="category tag">comic</a> <strong>|</strong> <a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/21#respond" title="Comment on #004">No Comments »</a></p>  </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-19"><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/19" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to #003">#003</a></h3> <small>Monday, February 18th, 2008</small> <div class="entry"> <p><img src='http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/vive_le_france.jpg' alt='03' /></p> <p><strong>Nick:</strong> We originally wrote this comic with just Chris Susan’s two lines stretched across four panels. It felt a little bit, well… it was a little bit minimalist, we thought.</p> <p>Also, we apologize to any readers hospitalized or killed by last week’s implementation of the Comic Sans typeface. Jon has agreed to be drowned in a bucket of tequila if he ever uses it again.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/category/comic" title="View all posts in comic" rel="category tag">comic</a> <strong>|</strong> <a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/19#respond" title="Comment on #003">No Comments »</a></p>  </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-17"><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/17" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to #002">#002</a></h3> <small>Monday, February 11th, 2008</small> <div class="entry"> <p><img src='http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/introducing_claire.jpg' alt='2' /></p> <p><strong>Nick:</strong> For the record, none of these characters have real-life counterparts. I do love me some BSG and Daft Punk, though. I also shamefully admit to having played Magic, but I swear I never spent that much on a card. 75 bucks, tops. </p> <p><strong>Jon:</strong> I think this is what the comic will look like from now on…but some weeks I might get lazy and revert back to the old style. But only when I have too much homework</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/category/comic" title="View all posts in comic" rel="category tag">comic</a> <strong>|</strong> <a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/17#respond" title="Comment on #002">No Comments »</a></p>  </div> </div> <div id="sidebar"> <ul> <a href=http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com><img src="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/themes/white-as-milk-10/ebafblack2.jpg"></a> <strong> <li class="page_item page-item-77"><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/about" title="ABOUT">ABOUT</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-74"><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archive" title="ARCHIVE">ARCHIVE</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-10"><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/characters" title="CHARACTERS">CHARACTERS</a></li> <li> <ul><a href=http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/?feed=rss2>SUBSCRIBE</a></ul> </li> </ul> </div></strong> <div id="footer"> Exotic Birds and Fruit © 2008 Jon Swihart and Nick Martens <br />  </div> </div>  </body> </html>