Chasing Amy

Fan: [about Bluntman and Chronic] I love these guys! You know what? they're like Bill and Ted meet... Cheech and Chong! Holden: Yeah... I kinda like to think of them as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern meet Vladimir and Estragon. Fan: Yes! [pause] Who?

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Collector: So, you draw this comic, or what? Banky: [sighs] I ink it. I'm also the colorist. The guy next to me draws it, but we both came up with the characters. Next. Collector: What's that mean, you "ink" it? Banky: Well, it means that Holden draws the pictures in pencil, and then he gives it to me to go over in ink. Next! Collector: So, basically, you just trace. Banky: [annoyed] It's not "tracing", alright? I add depth and shading to give the image more definition. Only then does the drawing truly take shape. Collector: No, no. You go over what he draws with a pen. That's tracing. Banky: [getting angry] Not really. Next! Collector: Hey, lemme ask you something. If somebody draws something, and you draw, like, right on top of it without going outside the original designated art, what do you call that? Little Kid: I dunno, man...tracing? Collector: [triumphantly] See? Banky: You want your book signed or what? Collector: Hey, hey! Don't get snippy with him just because you've got a p

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Hooper: For years in this industry, whenever an African American character, hero or villain, was introduced - usually by white artists and writers - they got slapped with racist names that singled them out as Negroes. Now, my book, "White-Hating Coon," don't have none of that bullshit. The hero's name is Maleekwa, and he's descended from the black tribe that established the first society on the planet, while all you European motherfuckers were hiding out in caves and shit, all terrified of the sun. He's a strong role model that a young black reader can look up to. Cause I'm here to tell you, the chickens is coming home to roost, y'all. The black man's no longer gonna play the minstrel in the realm of comics and sci-fi fantasy. We keepin' it real, and we gonna get respect by any means necessary. Holden: Ah, come on, that's a bunch of horse shit! Lando Calrissian was a black guy. You know, and he got to fly the Millennium Falcon, what's the matter with you? Hooper: Who said that? Holden:

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Holden: How do you manage to get away with this all the time? I mean, shouldn't the cops be busting your head open right about now? Banky: Wrong coast.

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Hooper: I need to sell the image to sell the book. I mean, would the audience still buy the whole black rage angle if they found out the book was written by a... you know... Banky: Faggot? Hooper: When you say it, it sounds so sexy. [kisses Banky, who pushes him off] Banky: Hey, hey, hey! I'll play your victim, but not your catcher, all right?

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Holden: Sorry about him, he's, uh, he's dealing with being an inker. Alyssa: [sympathetically, to Banky] Aww... you trace.

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