EC Discussion - Page 5

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EC Discussion - Page 4

 Page 4: June 4, 2025

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Welcome to Blogging Blogke’s Earth Company discussion thread! Join us every other Wednesday to discuss predictions, fan theories, observations and more relating to Bobke’s newest comic! 

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Welcome to the first Earth Company discussion thread! Join us every other Wednesday to discuss predictions, fan theories, observations and more relating to Bobke’s newest comic! 

Bobke Q&A #3

BB: What are some tips you have for aspiring bloggers?

B: My tip is that you should make a blog and you can follow all your friends’ blogs and they’ll read yours and it’s fun and stuff :)

50 Diary Comics!

 

We at Blogging Blogke are proud to announce that Bobke has posted his 50th diary comic to Blogke! Wow. 50 comics and still going! My word. It's truly remarkable how far we've come, and he's still going! Goodness. It truly is impressive how many comics he's made, and there's no end in sight! Goodness. There's no stopping this man--50 comics, and many more on the way! 

Comment below your favorite diary comic so far!

Blogging Blogke Hater Q&A #1

 Blogging Blogke: What's your problem? What do you have against my blog?

Anonymous Blogging Blogke Hater: Blogging Blogke, I'm worried that you're engaging in a negative manner with the content of the Blogke blog, this--this bit doesn't work when you have to stop to write down what I tell you. 

Blogging Blogke: Continue.

Anonymous Blogging Blogke Hater: *laughter* Yeah I just think, I just think Blogke is coming from a place of genuine desire to share--

Blogging Blogke: SLOW DOWN!

Anonymous Blogging Blogke Hater: ...a less than serious connotation. Dude, you're misquoting me.

Blogging Blogke: Ah fuck, I have to get more of these... what do you call them?

Anonymous Blogging Blogke Hater: What do you call what?

Blogging Blogke: Fuck! The things that say who's talking.

Anonymous Blogging Blogke Hater: Frankly, this is a farcical interview. This is why I think your blog sucks.

Blogging Blogke: Ooooh... ohhhh...

Anonymous Blogging Blogke Hater: You stupid idiot.

Blogging Blogke: *through tears* Please be nice.

Anonymous Blogging Blogke Hater: I thought that your prose in your most recent post wasn't bad.

Blogging Blogke: Fuck, I need more of these text things.

Anonymous Blogging Blogke Hater: You should just use letters to represent us and then paste it in later. You hear, there are these lulls in the conversation when you are too busy copy and pasting things.

MJ: I'm getting iced out of the interview.

BB: I can't do any more of these fucking name things.

ABBH: Misquotes left and right.

BB: Wait, what did you say?

MJ: "I'm getting iced out of the interview."

BB: No, not you.

ABBH: "Misquotes left and right."

MJ: It's fucking "MJ."

ABBH: You're never gonna get any of this down. You skipped over a couple lines.

MJ: This is really complex.

ABBH: This is a really funny blog post. I admit that this shows a bit of enguinity from Blogging Blogke, which I didn't expect.

BB: Fuck! Save me, Grammarly!

MJ: Just don't even bother, it's funnier if there's a typo.

BB: Augh... well... I'm not writing any more of this. And we're not doing a podcast. Um, okay. That's it. Thanks. Actually, you can--wait. I didn't ask a lot of questions. Ummmm, okay one last question. Ummmmm do y- uhhhhh. Uhhhh. Fuck. Do you like Blogke?

ABBH: ...

BB: Do you?

ABBH: Yeah, I said yes before, you just didn't hear me. because of your stupid fucking ears and your terrible blog.

MJ: Can I say something now? 

BB: You each get like, one more thing. Who wants to go first? ...Hello?

ABBH: I just wanna put it out there and say that pork chops are pretty good. I hated them as a kid, but really, if you put pork chops in from of me, I would just eat them all. And I think that shows a kind of personal growth that the author of Blogging Blogke would show if they stopped Blogging Blogke. Exclamation mark.

MJ: My name is MJ. Lowercase j.

BB: Got it.

"Salon" Analysis

This week has really been a blessing for Blogke fans; despite the academic recess¹, diary comics have been coming out at an exciting pace, demonstrating Bobke's dedication to the blog. Today, I want to focus on Blogke's Seinfeld-esque sensibilities, particularly in his execution of the "relatable comic." March 11's comic, "Salon," is a great example of said format, depicting an unfortunate experience Bobke had getting a haircut.

Panel 1 introduces a sense of disorientation often felt when getting a haircut; no matter how old you are or how many times you're getting your hair cut, it never really feels like you know what's going on. Ultimately, you're surrendering yourself to the whims of the barber, who, in most ways, is a stranger². The introduction of an unfamiliar face (the hairwasher) creates this sense of unease, while their friendly (yet imposing) demeanor establishes a comforting authority.

Panel 3 elaborates on the familiar unfamiliarity of the barber; while you see the person cutting your hair very rarely, conversations with them can range from the purely formal to the remarkably personal--as we see here, the topic of his romantic life has come up.³ 

Then, of course, is the final panel, in which Bobke realizes his hair has been cut too short. Foreshadowed in Panel 2, we find that the hairstylist has an entirely different perception of Bobke's hair, and perhaps, his self, too. This is a common and relatable situation; many before him have sat in a barber chair, wishing they could unsnip a few snips--or, perhaps, unsay a few words.  

The power in this comic comes from the way it succeeds not just in creating bridges across common day-to-day interactions, but also across the human experience as a whole. We all struggle with the stresses of knowing and being known⁴. To know is to bear, yet to not know is to be an outsider. To be known is to be seen, yet being seen comes with complexities as well. 

Reading Blogke, I feel as though Bobke is letting himself be known, yet, beyond that, I think he is opening a network of human understanding, in which we all seek to know each other better, as well.

Feel free to leave your thoughts on this post below! Any opinions on the footnotes?⁵

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1 Bobke is, for the uninformed reader, a university student, and thus has a week off from school. ^↩
2 A wise friend once told me that "there is nothing more dangerous than a barber with nothing to lose." ^↩
3 This may be a breach of my journalistic integrity, but I must comment that I have received a haircut from Bobke's very haircutter (which, of course, was to my great delight) and found that I was, in many ways, involved in a deeply personal and affecting conversation. ^↩
4 I don't pretend to know what Neon Genesis Evangelion is about, but I get the impression that it touches on this idea. ^↩
5 Sorry about the footnotes. I just read an essay by David Foster Wallace.  ^↩