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(Previously. Two. Three.)

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Top comment: This is the best post of the month so far. – Sage Freehaven

FLAPJACKS: So first you did those Fighting Fantasy gamebooks.
ME: Yes.
FLAPJACKS: And then you did all that nerd-lit from years gone by.
ME: Yes.
FLAPJACKS: You realize there remains only one true realm of nerd-bookery left to you.
ME: Unfortunately.
FLAPJACKS: A final frontier, if you will.
ME: Yes, very clever.

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As selected by me, naturally. (I fully admit that there are many that might have been funnier than these to some people, but these were the funniest that were also, I feel, directly parodic of the image or the Archie ouevre itself, and given that Canadian fair dealing law protects parody and not free-ranging satire, etc.)

Dialogue by teh_no.

Dialogue by Mr. Rakshasa.

Dialogue by Zorba The Hutt.

Dialogue by Jim Smith.

Dialogue by Peter Hayward.

Dialogue by Myrna.

Dialogue by Thomas Wilde.

Dialogue by gooner21.

Dialogue by Greg Morrow.

Dialogue by Cappadocius.

Dialogue by Mark Hale.

Dialogue by alliterator.

Dialogue by J. Bryan Shoup.

Dialogue by potatocubed.

Dialogue by Mike Smith.

Dialogue by bluejeanphoenix.

Dialogue by yours truly.

Dialogue by akhlut.

Dialogue by Mighty Dog King.

Dialogue by Mighty Odd King.

Dialogue by Kiru Banzai.

Dialogue by Louis.

Dialogue by galamb_borong.

Dialogue by Andy Hunsaker.

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(Part one here. Part two here. This was originally supposed to be a three-day block of posts, but, well, we all know what happened there.)

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(NEW READERS: Part two here. Part three here.)

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This time around, congratulations are due to mightybaldking, Matt Morrison, James Farley, Reylance, Pedro e Silva and Michael McGee, as well as myself (who edited their ideas and added a few originals of my own). So yay for them! They are nerds too.

FYI: All those appealing to me for a “more [ideologically] balanced” set of cards probably should have thought about who they were asking for a second.

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Step 1:

Step 2:

ME: You know, I rather think the whole Photoshopping thing is getting a bit predictable these days.
MYSELF: I was thinking that myself. I mean, it’s almost getting to be a schtick, isn’t it?
ME: And you’ve got to figure there’s more interesting things to Photoshop than just grabbing a selection of some element of pop-culture nostalgia…
MYSELF: Like Pele bicycle-kicking a buffalo in the nuts.
ME: Whoa. How did I think of that?
MYSELF: My creative process is something of a mystery. Even to me.
ME: That is true.
MYSELF: So I’m settled then. No more pastiches of Photoshoppery. From this point forth, my next Photoshop project is Pele bicycle-kicking a buffalo in the nuts.
ME: Or possibly an elephant.
MYSELF: Or the late Generalissimo Franco.
Enter FLAPJACKS.
FLAPJACKS: Hey, dude, look what I just scored: a whole whack of those old Fighting Fantasy gamebooks!

ME: …God dammit.

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