tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post5893018967654164664..comments2024-03-04T04:08:39.755-08:00Comments on The Fies Files: SmileBrian Fieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-90222296591037392222008-11-27T08:45:00.000-08:002008-11-27T08:45:00.000-08:00This all very meta-world. I was going to say "we ...This all very meta-world. I was going to say "we can't go on meeting like this" but I believe we can.Rod McKiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322224888246015883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-54405281349812271342008-11-25T15:47:00.000-08:002008-11-25T15:47:00.000-08:00I had to blog about your blog on my blog. I didn't...I had to blog about your blog on my blog. I didn't even know you and Raina knew each other. Small cartoony world.<BR/><BR/>I now have to read that Mulliner story Rod referred to!Mike Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-20593597337771682032008-11-25T11:08:00.000-08:002008-11-25T11:08:00.000-08:00Namowal: Thanks!Cindy: Ever think that maybe havin...Namowal: Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Cindy: Ever think that maybe having two extra teeth was your son's mutant superpower? Maybe the American Dental Association should start recommending brass instruments instead of braces.<BR/><BR/>Rod: You really know how to hurt a guy. Or compliment him. I know what you mean about Raina's art, which I think reflects her personality--like good art should.Brian Fieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-87613283370254998682008-11-24T19:14:00.000-08:002008-11-24T19:14:00.000-08:00You're doing it in that photo Brian. It's a sort ...You're doing it in that photo Brian. It's a sort of strained smile. As a matter of fact it's a little like Mulliner's chilling smile in the P.G Wodehouse story The Smile that Wins - as if you know our most secret secrets...<BR/><BR/>Your comic is great. I have to say I like Raina's work for the same line-clear reasons you do. There is also also hope in the faces of her characters - is that a daft notion?<BR/><BR/>My tooth story is revolting and not even a story. I was reminded in my 20s by an old classmate about how they gathered around to watch me display my "tooth". I had buried the memory. It was a sort of mini tooth on the end of a small black string that hung between the gap between my two front teeth. I would deliver the mutant mini tooth from behind the curtain of real chompers on my tongue. I don't know how my dentist got rid of it, and the gap is pretty small. <BR/><BR/>Yucky, eh?Rod McKiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322224888246015883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-92233074024858735372008-11-24T00:32:00.000-08:002008-11-24T00:32:00.000-08:00Everybody has a tooth story, all right.My now 14-y...Everybody has a tooth story, all right.<BR/><BR/>My now 14-year-old son had a problem with his baby teeth falling out late or not at all. One day the dentist told me that he had 26 teeth. "How many should he have?" I asked. "Twenty-four," she answered. Oops. Extractions, palate spreader, two years of braces and regular ortho appointments, and finally a retainer that at this point he only has to wear at night. Raina's memories of the dental impression are exactly the same as his - awful, awful stuff.<BR/><BR/>My story: I fell down the stairs when I was three or four. At the bottom I banged my cheek against a table leg. A week later one of my premolars had started to turn grey. It was extracted and for years I just had a hole there, which was useful for goofy tricks in the school lunchroom, but I was glad when it grew back. Maybe because of that fall, or because of another fall playing leapfrog with my brother, or for no reason at all - the cause depends on who you ask - my two permanent front teeth came in crooked. My parents made it clear that braces were not in the family budget. But I played trombone for nine years and the steady pressure of the mouthpiece seems to have helped them move into a more reasonable position. My friends assure me my crooked teeth are "charming". I sure don't want to go through the ordeal of braces for what's really a little cosmetic issue, not after seeing it up close and personal....Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222610335613337891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-83915417698702046282008-11-22T13:59:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:59:00.000-08:00I never thought I'd say a cartoon about getting te...I never thought I'd say a cartoon about getting teeth knocked out was darling... ...but that guest strip was <I>darling.</I>Namowal (Jennifer Bourne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00384500508934864421noreply@blogger.com