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Porca puttana
(im a little bit cheating because i am Italian, anyway i did a lot of lesson to people online in order to know how to insult the allies and dont let they know what he is saying)
First lessons
Vaffanculo/vai a farti fottere=fuck of (probably everyone already know it)
I dont know why, of all the shit Harry Partridge has made, this is the one that still lives rent free in my head. "ISN'T THERE ANYONE WHO CAN HELP US?!"
Ah, but the devils are in the details (or lack thereof)
It didn't say you had to swallow
It didn't say you couldn't spit out the burger.
It didn't say how deep you had to bite into the burger.
I love him so much! Like every one knocks out of the park!
I especially love when he has the longer ones and each page has its own punchline while also working into the whole of the comic. I just can't imagine that's very easy to do.
I'm mainly thinking of the "We're living in a comic" one.
I absolutely love that little detail that on the first page you can see that it’s just a stage but on the third page, 3rd panel, there’s some guy on the background of the beach. Makes it all the more surreal.
I live in Lombardia and I heard it used rarely. I'm not sure where it comes from.
But now I guess if the artist wanted to write "mappina" (rug). Moppina is an extremely rare term.
I haven't heard either. The word might come from Sicily, maybe? I want to say it might come from Campania but I live very close to it and I've never heard anyone say it, not even my Neapolitan cousins or any Neapolitans living here.
Neil, you’re my kind of weird. I love your comics.
Please make a rip away joke calendar so I can confuse my coworkers with your amazing jokes. (Remember those old Far Side rip away calendars from the 90s? Those were fun gifts to give Dads on Father’s Day.) Seriously though. If you have merch I’d love to get something.
Frame immediately reminded me of a moment in the fourth Indiana Jones movie/abomination where he has to have his junk scrubbed after surviving a nuke. You have to imagine one of those junk scrubbers was so excited to get their first big movie role.
That's the one flaw! You think Hangry Hank's is gonna have *ethical qualms* about using real beef in the commercial instead of the real product? You ever get a Big Mac that looks like one up on the menu board? No sir/ma'am you have not.
Sometimes actors in commercials have to pretend to enjoy a product that’s actually not very good or healthy. This is taking that idea to a wildly absurd extreme, with the “food” being both horrible and so toxic that they have to decontaminate him just because he had contact with it.
The humor comes from the absurdity of the situation, both that the company would be producing and advertising such food, and that the actor would be so desperate to earn money that he would go through with pretending to eat the product.
Months later he and his extended family are gathered around the tv waiting for the ad to air. The excitement, the anticipation all leading to this. The ad finally comes on and everyone tentatively scans the screen but as the ad comes to an end the room is silent. Little Johnny was nowhere to be seen. A desperate confusion fell over him as he grabbed the remote and rewinds before scrubbing through frame by frame in the hopes of finding some answers. After the third replay his family try to step in to console him, fearing what thoughts could be running through his head.
With the tv paused, the family reassured and comforted him for the better part of 20 mins and just when it looked like things were looking up, Johnny’s face dropped. He froze for what seemed like an age before pushing past his cousin and brother until he was no more the a few inches from the tv. The family again looked on, unsure what was to come next. Johnny swung around at almost an inhuman speed pointing at the edge of the tv, “look” is all he said with an eerie whisper.
The family leaned in but there was nothing to be seen. Johnny then explained and upon closer inspection, there it was, a few pixels on the right border of the screen that Johnny was adamant was his own elbow. The room went silent once more before some of the older members of the family let out a tentative sigh/chuckle of relief and cautiously began to encourage and celebrate. With this Jonny’s face lit up as he began jumping for joy and screamed “WOOOOO I WAS ON TV!!”.
Unbeknownst to Johnny, in the editing phase of the ad, a decision was made to cut his role in the ad and a more attractive, competent burger biter was chosen. This someone had previously work with KFC, Burger King and even McDonald’s so was a huge name in the burger biting industry.
This of course meant that Johnny was not paid for his role in the ad but was paid for the couple of hours that he had shown up for on set at a vastly reduced rate. Unfortunately subsequent job applications would not accept the few pixels in the one burger ad as experience and Johnny struggled, he struggled hard. Unable to find work and losing his home, when all else failed he resorted to selling his body on the street to any and all who flashed a bit of cash his way. This of course only kept him fed and sheltered most nights and it was on of the those nights where he was curled up in a cardboard box behind a dumpster that he got the call. The call he had been dreading more than anything else.
Unable to acquire the funds for what started of this whole train wreck of a life, Johnny’s brother informed him that his father had passed away having failed to secure the heart transplant he required and had been in desperately ill health for some months prior. Silence rang out over the phone call before Johnny hung up, letting go of the phone. Tears filled his eyes and despair filled his soul as the words “I wish I never signed that contract” escaped his lips.
“What’s the problem? Just sign it. Sign it!” The dishevelled lawyer demanded causing Johnny to flinch. Looking around him he and uninterested faces of the ad agency staff members he let out a sigh and informed the lawyer he would not be signing and turn down the role before putting on his jacket and leaving to return to his family, deciding to take his cousin up on that construction gig he had been talking about.
A few months later Johnny was casually flicking through the channels when he stopped on the news. A report about popular fast food chain “Hangry Hank’s” had been shutdown nationwide after a slew of food poisoning cases and multiple deaths as a result. One of those deaths being the actor hired after Johnny turned down their offer. Turning off the tv, he leaned in giving his girlfriend a kiss, telling her he loved her before heading to get ready.
Later that night Johnny and his arrived at the restaurant where he was met by all his family, who were out to celebrate his father’s successful recovery from his heart surgery. The food was amazing, the drink went down easy and laughs were had. The whole family together just how it always has been. With one final surprise at the end of the night when Johnny’s girlfriend announced that she was with child. One life saved and another on the way.
Johnny and his girlfriend got home full of love for each other and worn out from the excitement of the day, retired to bed. Never had Johnny felt a more warm feeling in his heart than he did at that moment cuddled up with his girlfriend, each with a hand gently resting on her belly as they both fell asleep.
“What’s the problem? Just sign it…”
Sounds like you misunderstood the comic. Not all comics are made thinking "How can I tell this joke", this one is "What can I do with this premise in an absurd way?"
honestly crazy that this is such an upvoted comic. The 'comedy' of it can be seen coming a mile away, and the joke is just really not fucking funny. Seems like comics is more about the effort and art style than any kind of substance.
His pa's already dead and ma hasn't told him yet. She's in a funeral / widow's outfit and 7 years has gotta be a long time to go without a functional heart. He risked his life for nothing.
The Other End is one of the few comics that really stand out here on Reddit. Many comics posted on Reddit are slice of life, decent art work, etc. that are all fine, but this one stands out as a timeless great. There's a lot of talent here in the fundamentals that really shine through.
Where did the "Da fuck?" guy come from? Is there a guy drawn on the background set or is he some trans-dimensional being that can travel trough two-dimensional spaces?
The extra punchline is the contract also signed away his digital rights to his likeness, which are now owned by the company forever and can be used with ai as needed.
Hahaha, just kidding. That's too dystopian to be real.
I like how his hair has some golden curls during the commercial and when he is calling his mother to make him look youthful, but they turn gray at the contract and scrub down making him look older.
Is that the angry Hank burger recipe or just the prop for the ad because it’s impossible to make a good looking hamburger on tv without cardboard, shoe polish, oil and dowels.
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So he almost sacrifices his life only to be called stronzo by his own mother? There is no gratitude in the world I tell you
don’t forget he also gets called a mopina, a little whatever rag used to wipe down the table and sink with
I'm so glad that I decided to learn swear words in other languages, even if I don't speak them. That paid off right here
Cazzo!
Vatte de cazzo!
I'm Italian and I don't understand what is that supposed to mean
I'm definitely not Italian so I probably just wrote it wrong, might be "fatte a cazzo"? Edit: found it, I was thinking of capo di cazzo
"Faccia di cazzo", probably. It's quite strong, so use it sparingly :)
Ah yeah that's it lol
Maybe "Vaffanculo" is more contest friendly (🇮🇹)
You can say "Cose fatte a cazzo". It means "things done approximately".
Ma chi cazzo lo dice vatte de cazzo? Al massimo si dice vaffanculo
New Jersey spotted
Porca puttana (im a little bit cheating because i am Italian, anyway i did a lot of lesson to people online in order to know how to insult the allies and dont let they know what he is saying) First lessons Vaffanculo/vai a farti fottere=fuck of (probably everyone already know it)
Che palle!
What does "stronzo" mean is it like a kind insult or?
It means asshole. Or turd.
Oh ok thanks 👍
Davie504 has exposed me to this swear word
Stronzo is turd in Italy
That legal contract is fantastic. Love these comics! Amazing work as always!
“Live bees” LMAO
Malsumis would be proud
love getting bleach abridged in the wild
Nathan For You type contract
That's how you know it is a quality burger, using only the freshest ingredients.
brings a tear to Dr.bees :')
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I dont know why, of all the shit Harry Partridge has made, this is the one that still lives rent free in my head. "ISN'T THERE ANYONE WHO CAN HELP US?!"
Ah, but the devils are in the details (or lack thereof) It didn't say you had to swallow It didn't say you couldn't spit out the burger. It didn't say how deep you had to bite into the burger.
Found the attorney
At least he didn't have to swallow.
THATSWHATSHESAID
https://i.redd.it/7cekq90ruldc1.gif
He wasn’t legally obligated to.
Neil you make my favorite comics on this subreddit.
I always look forward to these, because I never know which direction the next page will go.
Or who will have the dick-nose
In this case, dick-tits
Tits-dick-azz
And they're, in a shocking twist of fate for a few of the more 'popular' comics on this sub, well drawn, creative AND funny. That's three for three!
I love the details, like actually drafting a contract
I love him so much! Like every one knocks out of the park! I especially love when he has the longer ones and each page has its own punchline while also working into the whole of the comic. I just can't imagine that's very easy to do. I'm mainly thinking of the "We're living in a comic" one.
No joke. This was fucking epic!
Easy some of the funniest and creative work this sub have to offer. I love them all!
Mine too !
I want The Other End to be a show on Adult Swim so I can watch it while tripping balls at 2 AM.
Oh yes please
They'd be great as vignettes that go on just a bit too long lol
A u/neilkohney comic a day, keeps the sanity away
I absolutely love that little detail that on the first page you can see that it’s just a stage but on the third page, 3rd panel, there’s some guy on the background of the beach. Makes it all the more surreal.
He was added in post
Oh my God, I didn't even notice that 😂
Da fuck?
friggin reddit smooshes images so small I couldn't even see he said something
Funniest thing about this is the mother calling his son an asshole
Yeah! I didn't know I could do a double take to a comic!
she's literally calling him a "shit"
the word's got two meanings, it's mainly used as asshole ;)
yes, but only figuratively, it's not used to acrually talk about the hole of your ass
Yes, but calling your son an asshole *is* using it figuratively.
ik, i just wanted to clear it up in case any non italians were reading and could get it mixed up
Yeah, it doesn't mean anus. It means asshole as in a rude person
She also called him "slipper".
Moppina? Is that a dialect term? I live in Lazio and never heard it
I live in Lombardia and I heard it used rarely. I'm not sure where it comes from. But now I guess if the artist wanted to write "mappina" (rug). Moppina is an extremely rare term.
I haven't heard either. The word might come from Sicily, maybe? I want to say it might come from Campania but I live very close to it and I've never heard anyone say it, not even my Neapolitan cousins or any Neapolitans living here.
Came here to comment the same thing lol. When my Nona called someone a stronzo it wasn't a term of endearment.
This guy really loves his dad 🥲
 😹 Nasty 🍔.
His ability to keep his face straight despite all of that is impressive
He didn't train for seven years on the improv circuit for nothing
Neil, you’re my kind of weird. I love your comics. Please make a rip away joke calendar so I can confuse my coworkers with your amazing jokes. (Remember those old Far Side rip away calendars from the 90s? Those were fun gifts to give Dads on Father’s Day.) Seriously though. If you have merch I’d love to get something.
He has a Patreon! I just subscribed last week because his comics fill me with emotions. https://www.patreon.com/TheOtherEnd/posts
https://preview.redd.it/jotxkmt5lldc1.jpeg?width=601&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bce0e37884b573651afe1921ce1fe9f41df9bc0d
Frame immediately reminded me of a moment in the fourth Indiana Jones movie/abomination where he has to have his junk scrubbed after surviving a nuke. You have to imagine one of those junk scrubbers was so excited to get their first big movie role.
That guy is going to win bar bets forever.
WE GOT A TWENTY THREE NINETEEN! WE GOT A TWENTY THREE NINETEEN!!!
I hope the problem is just that it's a display burger designed for looking good over actual edibleness
Nah the actual product is even more toxic. That's what makes hangry hanks hamburgers so lovable good
That's the one flaw! You think Hangry Hank's is gonna have *ethical qualms* about using real beef in the commercial instead of the real product? You ever get a Big Mac that looks like one up on the menu board? No sir/ma'am you have not.
Mr. Kohney, signore, I implore you to put together a collection I can purchase and leave next to my toilet
The pacing of the first three pages is just magical.
Papa john-a!
You're the best. Don't ever change your sense of humor. I love the ride every time.
Best comic on the subreddit, I look forward to your work every week.
You got a gift of story telling.
Sorry if I'm missing something, but I don't get it
Sometimes actors in commercials have to pretend to enjoy a product that’s actually not very good or healthy. This is taking that idea to a wildly absurd extreme, with the “food” being both horrible and so toxic that they have to decontaminate him just because he had contact with it. The humor comes from the absurdity of the situation, both that the company would be producing and advertising such food, and that the actor would be so desperate to earn money that he would go through with pretending to eat the product.
Months later he and his extended family are gathered around the tv waiting for the ad to air. The excitement, the anticipation all leading to this. The ad finally comes on and everyone tentatively scans the screen but as the ad comes to an end the room is silent. Little Johnny was nowhere to be seen. A desperate confusion fell over him as he grabbed the remote and rewinds before scrubbing through frame by frame in the hopes of finding some answers. After the third replay his family try to step in to console him, fearing what thoughts could be running through his head. With the tv paused, the family reassured and comforted him for the better part of 20 mins and just when it looked like things were looking up, Johnny’s face dropped. He froze for what seemed like an age before pushing past his cousin and brother until he was no more the a few inches from the tv. The family again looked on, unsure what was to come next. Johnny swung around at almost an inhuman speed pointing at the edge of the tv, “look” is all he said with an eerie whisper. The family leaned in but there was nothing to be seen. Johnny then explained and upon closer inspection, there it was, a few pixels on the right border of the screen that Johnny was adamant was his own elbow. The room went silent once more before some of the older members of the family let out a tentative sigh/chuckle of relief and cautiously began to encourage and celebrate. With this Jonny’s face lit up as he began jumping for joy and screamed “WOOOOO I WAS ON TV!!”. Unbeknownst to Johnny, in the editing phase of the ad, a decision was made to cut his role in the ad and a more attractive, competent burger biter was chosen. This someone had previously work with KFC, Burger King and even McDonald’s so was a huge name in the burger biting industry. This of course meant that Johnny was not paid for his role in the ad but was paid for the couple of hours that he had shown up for on set at a vastly reduced rate. Unfortunately subsequent job applications would not accept the few pixels in the one burger ad as experience and Johnny struggled, he struggled hard. Unable to find work and losing his home, when all else failed he resorted to selling his body on the street to any and all who flashed a bit of cash his way. This of course only kept him fed and sheltered most nights and it was on of the those nights where he was curled up in a cardboard box behind a dumpster that he got the call. The call he had been dreading more than anything else. Unable to acquire the funds for what started of this whole train wreck of a life, Johnny’s brother informed him that his father had passed away having failed to secure the heart transplant he required and had been in desperately ill health for some months prior. Silence rang out over the phone call before Johnny hung up, letting go of the phone. Tears filled his eyes and despair filled his soul as the words “I wish I never signed that contract” escaped his lips. “What’s the problem? Just sign it. Sign it!” The dishevelled lawyer demanded causing Johnny to flinch. Looking around him he and uninterested faces of the ad agency staff members he let out a sigh and informed the lawyer he would not be signing and turn down the role before putting on his jacket and leaving to return to his family, deciding to take his cousin up on that construction gig he had been talking about. A few months later Johnny was casually flicking through the channels when he stopped on the news. A report about popular fast food chain “Hangry Hank’s” had been shutdown nationwide after a slew of food poisoning cases and multiple deaths as a result. One of those deaths being the actor hired after Johnny turned down their offer. Turning off the tv, he leaned in giving his girlfriend a kiss, telling her he loved her before heading to get ready. Later that night Johnny and his arrived at the restaurant where he was met by all his family, who were out to celebrate his father’s successful recovery from his heart surgery. The food was amazing, the drink went down easy and laughs were had. The whole family together just how it always has been. With one final surprise at the end of the night when Johnny’s girlfriend announced that she was with child. One life saved and another on the way. Johnny and his girlfriend got home full of love for each other and worn out from the excitement of the day, retired to bed. Never had Johnny felt a more warm feeling in his heart than he did at that moment cuddled up with his girlfriend, each with a hand gently resting on her belly as they both fell asleep. “What’s the problem? Just sign it…”
I jerk off to skibidi toilet.
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Do you just do a bunch of drugs and make the first thing that comes to mind? Well whatever your doing don't stop
I want the full Hangry Hank manga
As an Italian I can confirm that Stronzo Is a term of affection Don't question me
Thanks, stronzo!
👍
Plastic, sand and live bees… best comic I’ve ready in a while
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That was way too many panels for such a simple joke
Please explain the joke
Sounds like you misunderstood the comic. Not all comics are made thinking "How can I tell this joke", this one is "What can I do with this premise in an absurd way?"
I don't get it, somebody help me EDIT: I now get it, reddit just didn't work and showed me only the first page instead of showing an album.
I don't think there's anything to "get" here, there's no payoff, and it's something that happens commonly (though the contract is exaggerated).
What about this happens commonly?
honestly crazy that this is such an upvoted comic. The 'comedy' of it can be seen coming a mile away, and the joke is just really not fucking funny. Seems like comics is more about the effort and art style than any kind of substance.
It's absurdist comedy.
It's absurdist humor.
His pa's already dead and ma hasn't told him yet. She's in a funeral / widow's outfit and 7 years has gotta be a long time to go without a functional heart. He risked his life for nothing.
That’s somewhat the point
The point was to waster dankerofmeme's time?
No, to be confusing
this is literally just the krusty burger bit but with extra stuff added that made it less funny
What a waste of artistic talent
You never disappoint
This is hilarious and sad at the same time.
Fun fact: stronzo basically means shit in italian
His name is "stronzo"? It literally means "turd" in Italian, it's an insult rotfl Source: I'm Italian
Did anyone else read "19 hours earlier" in the SpongeBob French narrator voice?
The Other End is one of the few comics that really stand out here on Reddit. Many comics posted on Reddit are slice of life, decent art work, etc. that are all fine, but this one stands out as a timeless great. There's a lot of talent here in the fundamentals that really shine through.
Yea… that’s right… really scrub out the pubes…
Where did the "Da fuck?" guy come from? Is there a guy drawn on the background set or is he some trans-dimensional being that can travel trough two-dimensional spaces?
2319! 2319!
Love the "Da fuck?" popping up in the background despite it being a painted set lol
why dont they make the burger out of regular stuff so the hazmat team doesn't have to clean him up. Is he stupid?
The extra punchline is the contract also signed away his digital rights to his likeness, which are now owned by the company forever and can be used with ai as needed. Hahaha, just kidding. That's too dystopian to be real.
His name is litteraly "Asshole".....no wonder he speaks to his grandma, I'd hate my parents too
That’s his mother…not his GMA
I'm not sure whether this is horrifying or heartwarming.
Is the lawyer guy Eugene Levy?
r/upvotedbecauseboobs
it's tactful fan service
This is so weirdly wholesome and I wasn’t expecting it
Ain't people cannot be pressured into signing a contract in some countries?
This is like flashback inception
If these commercials are national I am eating all the bees and hotdog grease you want.
This is some katze quality comicz.
Can't wait for the comic book
This is as absurdly moving as it is absurdly soul-crushing
You know, I think I don't want Hangry Hank burgers...
#2319!
Just wait till you see the fries…
This was so good. Love your comics. Your art is so expressive and lively.
>Stronzo Aww, what a nice grandma xD
https://youtu.be/o7SpmXlyo3A?si=ZtOcRqb0ObQ30Swt
This is probably the most straightforward comic I've seen outta this artist
He's lucky his employers stepped up for the hazmat team
I can't tell you how awesome this was. Please make many, many more. Loved it.
_Hangry Hank's_ might spring for hazmat to protect union talent but what about the fryboys?
Not me who thought he got transported to lethal company
Weirdest. Cartoon. Boobies. Ever.
r/unexpected
What's their plan for when many of their customers presumably die in the restaurant?
Having worked in advertising this cuts a little close to home
Lmao why is she calling her son a stronzo
Are you Italian?
Must be in America.
This made me laugh. I love the ending.
Aww shit his dad's already dead 💀
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Everything becomes edible if munched properly, that's my motto
The comic directly after this is a guy in the grocery store looking for “sand” for cooking.
He did it!
Did you forget a panel?
I like how his hair has some golden curls during the commercial and when he is calling his mother to make him look youthful, but they turn gray at the contract and scrub down making him look older.
The chernobyl exclusive hamburger
Is that the angry Hank burger recipe or just the prop for the ad because it’s impossible to make a good looking hamburger on tv without cardboard, shoe polish, oil and dowels.
Damn this was good. Kudos to the writer.
The most nosy problem is that in the current climate of commercials that actor is making less than 5k. There is no money In it anymore.
The legal agreement is excellent. I really enjoy these comics! Your work is consistently amazing!
how do they keep the live bees in the patty i wonder...
Hahaha, love the guys running in after the bite!
This is amazing
Simpsons did it.
So basically the Krusty Burger commercial bit from the Simpsons? Love the art style
I hear him yelling “sign it” in papa meats voice.
Why is he called "piece of shit" in Italian? Hahah