Gelatinous Cube sounds like a great name for a punk band.

Or a REALLY BAD porn name.

~P~
P-TOR
SanctumSanctorumComix | 09.15.06 - 4:18 am | #

I find it interesting that on the day that you post about Gelatinous Cubes, John Kovalic posts a Gelatinous Cube comic at www.dorktower.com

That could be your GC/comic link.
Aaron | 09.15.06 - 5:29 am | #

Heh - Gelatinous Cubes - my favorite monster. I'm sure that Gygax came up with it by finding some leftover Jello cubes in his fridge and thinking that they were at the same scale as his miniatures...

And, while I don't know of anyone making D&D themed gelatinous cube snacks, I know someone who will be soon...
Jer | Email | 09.15.06 - 6:35 am | #

When I make jello shots, I do it in ice cube trays. It's quicker and easier than in dixie cups. I don't think it'd be too much work to put little day of the dead (don't know how to spell it in spanish) in the trays before I pour the delicious fruity and rummy goodness over them.
DrObviousSo | Email | Homepage | 09.15.06 - 7:51 am | #

No refund necessary, Mike. In fact, as soon as I saw the words "gelatinous cube", I was reminded of one of my favourite comics from formerly-local boy Steven Notley's "Bob The Angry Flower", and I knew I had to track it down and share it:

http://www.angryflower.com/everyb.gif

And I have done my good deed for the day.
The Doc | Email | Homepage | 09.15.06 - 9:26 am | #

Nah. I totally laughed. And then I thought "Play by E-mail Gelatinous Cube? That would be super-fun!"

650 K Wolverine: That really is a good way to advertise for your store. And if he DOES realize the price... Hoo boy!

Although I kinda doubt he'll get 5 bucks for Ultimat X-men # 10, either. How many gajillions of copies are there?
MarkAndrew | 09.15.06 - 11:04 am | #

There were a few D&D monsters in the backgrounds of "Futurama," but I can't remember if the Gelatinous Cube was irrelevant next to the Horrible Gelatinous Blob.
Tom Bondurant | Email | Homepage | 09.15.06 - 11:11 am | #

I was totally going to bid on "WOLVERINE 1 of 4 ... Frank Millar story" etc. until I saw what he was charging for shipping. I hate when eBay sellers gouge you on shipping to make up for a low offering price.

It's hard to beat near-mint plus plus plus plus, especially on the only comic book extant to have been written by the "Frank Millar" entity before it split into Frank Miller and Mark Millar.
philip | Email | Homepage | 09.15.06 - 12:38 pm | #

To be fair, Sterling, I once saw a Wolverine #1 in NM+++ that went for, if I remember correctly, eleventybajillion dollars, and since this one's a NM plus-plus-plus-plus...
Chris Sims | Homepage | 09.15.06 - 12:52 pm | #

The Order of the Stick had a filler gag about the Gelatinous Cube, included in the first collection.

Punchline: "I'm a pineapple chunk!"
Rasselas | 09.15.06 - 1:30 pm | #

Can we please have a "Who would win: Wolverine or a Gelatinous Cube" poll? Logan should get a chance to redeem himself after the whole Kool-Aid Man fiasco.
david z | Email | 09.15.06 - 1:30 pm | #

but if you eat a gelatinous cube, you take horrible acid damage! True, if you survive, you may gain resistance to elecricity, but that's less useful in modern society than down in the dungeons.
Sarah | Email | 09.15.06 - 9:25 pm | #

Wolverine Fears Rust Monsters.
Chris Sims | Homepage | 09.16.06 - 7:47 pm | #

As a girl who plays D&D on a semi-regular basis, I WILL MAKE THIS SNACK!

AS GOD AS MY WITNESS, I WILL MAKE GELATINOUS CUBE SNACK!
carla | Email | Homepage | 09.16.06 - 8:35 pm | #

I love that Bob the Angry Flower strip, but I can never find it in a timely fashion. Thanks, The Doc.

I once came up with a Gelatinous Cube campaign that consisted entirely of a Cube family's home life in their dungeon, with standard family sitcom plots, but every now and then, a group of adventurers would come in and get absorbed by the Cubes. Because of that strip, all the human dialogue would have sounded like "Human! Human human!" to the Cubes.

Alas, I knew the execution couldn't possibly be as good as the concept (at least with me in charge), so I never ran it.
Earth-2 Leigh | Homepage | 09.17.06 - 12:05 am | #