Sylvia in cartoon?

[Mercutio]

Chapter one (http://cectic.com/020.html)
Chapter two (http://cectic.com/040.html)

A lot of other nice comix too, on everything from astrology to anti-vaxxers to acupuncture to intelligent design, and more...

[Mercutio]

Just saw that the site permits hotlinking...
http://cectic.com/comics/020.png
http://cectic.com/comics/040.png

[RSLancastr]

RichardR sent me a link to these yesterday. I sent fan email to the artist!

Not every cartoon there is spot-on, but many are very funny.

[Monza]

Yes, not bad. But the cartoonist forgot to draw the claws.

[Hawk one]

Man, why isn't this comic used more often in this forum? Why haven't I even heard of it before?

[Boo]

Popped in after finding this site from the BA's place and already there is a thread. Yes, I am slow.



Boo

[fuelair]

Thanks kindly - and we might want to bump this ocassionally so everyone gets a chance to see it!!

[Hindmost]

sylvia is even creepy as a cartoon. Glad that the supreme court has put the seal of approval on humor such as this.

glenn:D

[fuelair]

I think it is grand!!!

[Pythra]

Being in Britiain, I don't get the pleasure watching Sylvia on Montel. But something occurred to me after seeing the second cartoon. Obviously Sylvia is good for ratings, or else she wouldn't be there.. is it likely she is encouraged by the producers to say sensational or horrifying things in order to keep the viewers interested?

[chillzero]

Being in Britiain, I don't get the pleasure watching Sylvia on Montel.

Montel is on the ITV2 channel, I believe - one of those daytime chat show channels. It might be LivingTV. However, I must admit it's been a month or two since I noticed the show listed.

[rjh01]

Good cartoon.
Gave this thread a couple of tags.

[sophia8]

Montel is on the ITV2 channel, I believe - one of those daytime chat show channels. It might be LivingTV. However, I must admit it's been a month or two since I noticed the show listed.Yup, it's ITV2. Mondays (10.25 am) and Wednesdays (10.55 am), according to the online listings.
I'm not planning to watch.

[Alice Shortcake]

Being in Britiain, I don't get the pleasure watching Sylvia on Montel. But something occurred to me after seeing the second cartoon. Obviously Sylvia is good for ratings, or else she wouldn't be there.. is it likely she is encouraged by the producers to say sensational or horrifying things in order to keep the viewers interested?

I don't thinks she needs any encouragement just because she's on TV. This is someone who, in a private reading, told a woman she was being poisoned by her husband.

[tkingdoll]

Great webcomic. There's one for all topics! Homeopathy, chiropractic, etc. Awesome stuff.

[Mr. Scott]

Just saw that the site permits hotlinking...


http://cectic.com/comics/040.png

I love that one!

Bump!

Has SNL ever done a skit on Sylvia and Montel? Would be awesome.

[sinclairmcevoy]

http://cectic.com/comics/040.png

I love that one!

Bump!

Has SNL ever done a skit on Sylvia and Montel? Would be awesome.
I love that one too. Perhaps Montel is pulling answers out of her ass.

[fuelair]

You don't want to miss this!!!

[RSLancastr]

I haven't seen an SNL skit on them, but there was a sebment on Mad TV a few months back where someone playing Montel was rapping about his use of medicinal marijuana, and at one point he walks through the hallways in the backstage of his show, and passes by Browne who is using a bong.

[CFLarsen]

Being in Britiain, I don't get the pleasure watching Sylvia on Montel. But something occurred to me after seeing the second cartoon. Obviously Sylvia is good for ratings, or else she wouldn't be there.. is it likely she is encouraged by the producers to say sensational or horrifying things in order to keep the viewers interested?

I don't thinks she needs any encouragement just because she's on TV. This is someone who, in a private reading, told a woman she was being poisoned by her husband.

I agree. She doesn't throw out these sensational, horrifying things to get ratings. She does them because she knows it will inflict pain on the marks.

Psychics like Sylvia Browne knows that to get people in an emotional, vulnerable state of mind, they need to feel pain first.

[Mercutio]

I agree. She doesn't throw out these sensational, horrifying things to get ratings. She does them because she knows it will inflict pain on the marks.

Psychics like Sylvia Browne knows that to get people in an emotional, vulnerable state of mind, they need to feel pain first.

Evidence? Come on, Claus, although you may be right, there are many other interpretations that might also be right. Do not go beyond your data. It would appear that you are allowing your prejudices--justified as they are--to cloud your judgment. At the very least, add an "IM(H)O" here. Your comments are not statements of fact.

[CFLarsen]

Evidence? Come on, Claus, although you may be right, there are many other interpretations that might also be right. Do not go beyond your data. It would appear that you are allowing your prejudices--justified as they are--to cloud your judgment. At the very least, add an "IM(H)O" here. Your comments are not statements of fact.

I didn't claim they were.

[Mercutio]

http://cectic.com/comics/063.png

[Boo]

Excellent!




Boo

[LostAngeles]

I need the Science Kool-Aid Man as an avatar.

[Big Les]

Does the creator have an account here? I think we'd all like to give him a pat on the proverbial. I went through all of them in one sitting when someone linked them in another thread last week - most of them are top notch.

[Rudism]

Does the creator have an account here?

I do, but I haven't actually used it before now (I'm more of a lurker when it comes to forums).

I'm glad you guys are enjoying the comics :D

[Freethinker]

I do, but I haven't actually used it before now (I'm more of a lurker when it comes to forums).

I'm glad you guys are enjoying the comics :D

:th:

[Persiflage]

Heheh - awesome stuff! You don't mind if I borrow one or two ideas for lolquacks inspiration, do you? Sylvia is begging for target practice but there's a whole lot of grist for the proverbial mill on there :cool:

[Persiflage]

Just posted links to the comic on Bad Science and Bad Psychics... if they've not already seen it, they'll lap it up there! Am likewise going to include it on the lolquacks blogroll :)

[RSLancastr]

Whew! I thought it was going to be me under the tarp! Wearing a stove-pipe hat...

Never mind.

Another winner, Rudism!

[Hindmost]

I think the only thing that would really scare sylvia is a call from her bank telling her account has been drained...it would be a nice touch if it was donated to science.

glenn

[H3LL]

I do, but I haven't actually used it before now (I'm more of a lurker when it comes to forums).

I'm glad you guys are enjoying the comics :D

Great work.

Read the lot from the other thread link.

You are a star and a SUPER-star for allowing hotlinking.

Thanks.

:D


PS - Has anyone told Randi - SWIFT should mention the site.
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[LostAngeles]

I do, but I haven't actually used it before now (I'm more of a lurker when it comes to forums).

I'm glad you guys are enjoying the comics :D

Since I can ask then, someone made me the avatar from the strip. Are you cool with that?

[RSLancastr]

The sequel could start with her asking "...Do you accept the charges?", and a voice from the phone says "OH YEAH!" :D

[The Central Scrutinizer]

I do, but I haven't actually used it before now (I'm more of a lurker when it comes to forums).

I'm glad you guys are enjoying the comics :D

So who are you? Where are you? Tell us about yourself.

[ObscureReferenceMan]

I do, but I haven't actually used it before now (I'm more of a lurker when it comes to forums).

I'm glad you guys are enjoying the comics :D

Rudism - You rule!!! Love the comics.

[Boo]

Rudism,

:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:





Boo

[Rudism]

Since I can ask then, someone made me the avatar from the strip. Are you cool with that?

No problem here.

So who are you? Where are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm a Canadian skeptic, now living in Florida. There isn't really too much to tell that would be particularly interesting. I've always enjoyed doodling and drawing comics, and recently got the idea to combine my few interests together to form Cectic. I'm just glad that some other people besides me are able to derive entertainment from it :)

[RSL's better half]

I'm a Canadian skeptic, now living in Florida. There isn't really too much to tell that would be particularly interesting. I've always enjoyed doodling and drawing comics, and recently got the idea to combine my few interests together to form Cectic. I'm just glad that some other people besides me are able to derive entertainment from it :)

OH YEAH!

[rjh01]

Welcome Rudism! Not usual to have a welcome thread here, but I say it is on topic.

The official welcome thread is here http://forums.randi.org/forumdisplay.php?f=81. Feel free to say hello there.

Warning - Participating in forums like this is addictive.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

I'm a Canadian skeptic, now living in Florida. There isn't really too much to tell that would be particularly interesting. I've always enjoyed doodling and drawing comics, and recently got the idea to combine my few interests together to form Cectic. I'm just glad that some other people besides me are able to derive entertainment from it :)

You simply must come to TAM 5.5. And/or TAM 6.

[RSLancastr]

You simply must come to TAM 5.5. And/or TAM 6.5.5 is closer!

[soikins]

Just found cectic.com today via a onegoodmove.org link. Great comics, many thanks to Rudis!

Liels paldies!*


That's in Latvian, as Rudis (Rūdis) is of Latvian origin.

[Big Les]

Another one guys!

http://cectic.com/comics/092.png