Thinking Way Too Much About Cartoon Anatomy Than I Should M - Blog Posts

Ridiculous trivial Sam and Max detail that I shouldn’t be taking as seriously as I do:

I’ve always felt uncomfortable over Max supposedly having bones in his ears, which is shown off in many different instances. (I assume it’s so his head shape could still be recognized even in skeleton form for comedic effect.) I don’t feel this way because it’s weird, I love Max and his weird self! I mostly just feel bad knowing how uncomfortable that must be for him. Now I came up with this theory that those “ear bones” are just an exotic form of thick dense cartilage that resembles bone and hardens into calcium after death, mostly because I see Max’s ears flop around anyway despite the implied ear bones. Then it turned into a theory about his ENTIRE skeletal system minus his teeth being made of this exotic form of cartilage.

I think way too much about the anatomy of a cartoon rabbity thing than I should. But I do it anyway, because it’s my existential crisis, and I get to choose what to do with it!