"You know what my favorite thing is about being a cartoonist?
I get to make up my own sound effects.
And you know what my second favorite thing is about being a cartoonist?
I get to throw stuff to the floor and try to write down the sounds they make.
Thok."
— Katie Tiedrich, creator of Awkward Zombie
What a beautiful Duwang! Chew. There must be no place as pretty as this town. This feels like a picnic. Chew.
— Vinesauce Joel, reading the Duwang translations
of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable"Speaking of which, here I finally had the opportunity to use 'scythe!' as a sound effect; that's really the best thing about scythes in comics - they come with their own, easily-identifiable sound effect."
"COMPOUND ELEVATED SKULL FRACTURE!"
The universal sound: "Woo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo."
—Drew Carry, Whose Line Is It Anyway?
*Sounds of distant ethereal chanting!*
In consideration of the fact that on August 27, 1883, the island of Krakatoa exploded with a force equivalent to 10,000 hydrogen bombs and produced the loudest noise in history, we deemed it wise to delete the sound effect to preserve the sanity (and ears) of our readers.
—The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark
"*Ahem* Amitie! Raffina! Time to battle! *crowd-gone-wild cheer*"
— Sig, Puyo Puyo Tetris
*speechless*
* speechless, continued*
* speechless, continued*
— Ex, Puyo Puyo Tetris
CANDACE!
