Happy National Hugging Day 2020!
See? See? Far Out There really IS still putting stuff out in the midst of this hibernation! I said I’d break hiatus in order to keep doing holiday pages and, MAN, there’s some goofy holidays out there. Apparently the 21st is also Museum Selfie Day and National Banana Bread Day. I could easily do a silly little holiday page for every day of the month… but that would sort of defeat the purpose of taking a break in the first place. But hey, what dubious holiday could possibly suit Far Out There better than one about completely gratuitous hugging?
(Historical Notes: Despite the very sensible thing Past Me just said, I really DID contemplate picking at least one really random “holiday” a month to do a silly comic about, because there really ARE a lot of ’em. But it’s true, I kind of DID have some more important things to worry about than drawing a page on for National Guitar Day on Feb. 11th.)
March 23 National Puppy Day – Tax
May 15 National Invulnerable Supercomputer Girls Day – Avatar
May 22 National Maritime Day – Cap’n
May 25 National Cat Girl Day – Stilez
June 17 National Mascot Day – Blip
June 19 National Money Day – Layla
July 7 National Zombie Day – Tabitha, Bridget, Alphonse
Sept 26 National Sabotage Day – Trigger
Totally all 100% verified official commemorative days, according to the internet. Although I was surprised and disappointed there’s not a National Nitpicking Day. Maybe Ichabod can celebrate National Apple Day on Oct 21?
which holiday would be funniest for nitpicking day to share a day with? i think april fools would be funny. people who ignore their nitpickers are fools, no one takes nitpickers seriously enough
Honestly, yeah. My gut reaction would be to say April 1st as well.
…in fact, I’m still trying to come up with a good April Fool’s comic idea for this year. Hmmm…
I suppose the other “logical” day would be Jan 31:
https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/national-bug-busting-day-2025/
In as much as Ichabod previously pointed out that this was the origin of the term:
https://faroutthere.com/comic/the-far-out-there-christmas-parade-page-15/