Filed under: Government/Legal, Chrysler, LLC., Ford, GM
Best of the Autoblog Speech Bubble Comics
by John Neff on Dec 12th 2008 at 12:00PM 
Click above to start laughing at our auto bailout speech bubble comics
During the past few weeks during which the auto industry has struggled to secure government loans to stave off bankruptcy, we've covered the proceedings in an unusual way. We found this one picture of the Detroit 3 CEOs during their testimony to Congress that encapsulated what we felt was going on. GM CEO Rick Wagoner and Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli are locked in a stare, just as their companies are locked together as the two most desperately in need of gov't aid. Ford CEO Alan Mulally sits off to the right looking the other way, just as Ford stands apart from its domestic competitors as the only with a shot of surviving without federal funds.
Though the events of the day are serious matters, we had our fun and kept things light by using this image over and over again, each time adding different speech bubbles with what we thought each CEO was thinking. They were fun to create and we didn't expect it to turn into a "thing", but we've gotten so many requests to compile all of these speech bubble comics in one place that today we've decided to oblige. Click below to start from the beginning and there are a few bonus comics at the end from other posts related to the auto industry bailout.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
-sun 12:06PM (12/12/2008)
i've been saving these captioned images too lol .. they are great .. in lieu of the serious nature of the situation they describe.
-sun
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Ben Hayat 12:08PM (12/12/2008)
What a great idea. I was thinking, I should have collected those. Some day, we will be looking at those images with all the memories!
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bravenrace 12:16PM (12/12/2008)
Are you sure that's not Bob Newhart in the middle?
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Mobius_1 12:28PM (12/12/2008)
These. Are. Awesome. Well done AB.
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Richard 12:33PM (12/12/2008)
Very well done!
Ghosn arriving at slide 11(?) was f'ing brilliant!
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gearhead18 1:53AM (12/13/2008)
It's pretty funny how Ghosn's facial expression is perfect for the quote. I laughed hard when I clicked that article and saw that picture.
mikeyt 12:34PM (12/12/2008)
hahaha i was going to suggest you guys do this because they are all great. at least we have something to chuckle about!
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Luce 12:36PM (12/12/2008)
All of those were hilarious. Thanks for putting them all in one place for us!
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Tang 12:37PM (12/12/2008)
thanks for the endless laughs
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ronzo 12:51PM (12/12/2008)
You guys need to submit these things to the lolnews site.
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PaulPaul 12:51PM (12/12/2008)
not sure if this was intentional but the above one "..." is my fave
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Mazda FTW! 12:56PM (12/12/2008)
You guys should also include captions for some of the people in the background. There are many possibilities there as well lol
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tragedy 12:59PM (12/12/2008)
Wow, Autoblog, don't let these go to your head now. Nevermind. Anything is funny during a boring day at work, which is when most of your readers are reading this.
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RockStoneSteel 1:09PM (12/12/2008)
No accounting for how easily some are entertained...
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Adam Carolla 1:12PM (12/12/2008)
The images were funny in the original posts, and the collection is all fine and well, but putting up a big image saying "CLICK HERE TO START LAUGHING" seems like a slap in the face for the hundreds of thousands whose futures were just made uncertain.
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Richard 1:26PM (12/12/2008)
Adam,
No offense, you need a drink or a Quaalude.
Nothing is certain. How the hell do you think it is for kids with Malaria living in Africa?
Americans are waaay to fat, happy and out of touch with how uncertain it all is...we can either continue on that laugh track with the extension of more bad credit or we can readjust.
Sooner means less readjustment later means deep depression (economically and personally). Buck-up honey-bun: here is where we separate the men from the boyz.
Jim 4:36PM (12/13/2008)
eh, I work for a detroit-3 exclusive supplier, and these have been a hit around the office. sometimes a chuckle just comes in handy.
DJ 1:28PM (12/12/2008)
This is the reaon the Senate let the bailout bill die, they wanted Autoblog to keep these going.
I love the "3 CEO" ones, especially "Sorry, Bob, you're voted off the island" and "You don't have Swedish brand". Those are both classics. And the way that you have Mulally deadpanning his lines in histerical!
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Justin Hollabaugh 1:32PM (12/12/2008)
Yeah, you're right.
"Best of the Autoblog Speech Bubble Comics" does sound better than "ALL of the Autoblog Speech Bubble Comics."
Maybe nobody will notice.
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Jason 3:22PM (12/12/2008)
Great stuff. I especially loved the 'Car Czar' one and the one with Carlos Ghosn.
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