I am on holidays now. This means I’m not working. Technically. I am getting better at it. On Saturday I accidentally worked the first half but then I realised what I was doing and spent the rest building LEGO. And yesterday — I had naps! If I maintain this not-working streak I’ll be posting holiday filler (more comics, less words) for the next couple of weeks before… well, I was going to say ‘before returning to our regularly scheduled programming’ but I won’t be exactly. Because I have A Plan, and it involves a change in the way things are done. Don’t worry I’m not going to start sacrificing puppies to guarantee good writing days, I’m just going to change the schedule of posts and… some other things that I will tell you about once I’ve done/am doing them. See? It’ll be like belated Christmas present of awesome. Well, small amounts of awesome. Your mileage may vary. Depending on how amusing you think I am.
Kandace Mavrick
Paul McLaughlan
Arkem
24/12/2012
This comic seems to ignore all the requirements of contract law. I demand a more accurate portrayal of legal issues in the web comics you post. This contract shows no sufficient consideration for the skeleton and only a shaky concurrence of wills!
I believe that skeleton needs a lawyer or he’ll be in serious trouble.
Kandace Mavrick
24/12/2012
Ah, see, this is why I should have gone to law school. But… perhaps the skeleton already has what he wants. Perhaps he just enjoys scaring the bejebus out of small children and in return he gives them presents. I mean, that’s kind of how Santa works, right? He does his whole ‘sees you when you’re sleeping’ thing, and in return — presents!
Arkem
24/12/2012
If the skeleton already has what he wants the contract would not be binding (past consideration is not sufficient).
Scaring children is fine, the skeleton should feel free to carry on in that case.
If the skeleton is an agent of Santa then everything changes, but I’d prefer for that to be made explicit in the source material.
Kandace Mavrick
24/12/2012
I feel it’s the child who needs legal representation.
In point of fact, this is only the second half of the comic. The first half (to be found by clicking on the image above) establishes that it is in fact the birthday skeleton. A point I have obfuscated for my own amusement.