Make your goals...or else.

Posted by Bob on October 14, 2005: So, I'm not entirely sure why the "boss," as Steve wrote him, is more or less Uncle Pennybags from Monopoly, but for some reason, he seems to be. My favorite little bit of business in this comic is the whisper in panel eight. I don't know why, I just like it. And his chair... That's based on this awesome office chair we sold at the Depot. It was a big black frame with this fantastic blood red fabric padding. I wanted it, because it looked like a chair an evil dictator would sit in, were he to buy his furniture at Office Depot. And while the one suit says "We've got someone doing that now, sir," as far as I know, this isn't the beginning of an arc or anything. We already did a Scratch Medic arc, remember?

Ugh. I hate linking to comics with art from the Jurassic era. That's not cool. But I will admit I really liked that story. It still makes me laugh. You liked it too, right? It's okay, you can speak into the monitor, I'll hear you. It was going to be one comic longer, but we ended up cutting that comic out of things. If I remember correctly, I got maybe halfway through the art, and we dropped it, but it was no big deal because I was way ahead at that time.

That's my advice to all people who want to do a webcomic. WORK WITH A BUFFER! Get as far ahead of yourself as you can. Although, we're relatively unknown as far as webcomics go, so who the hell am I to give advice?

This poor Jeep! I can't believe the guy wasn't hurt at all. I mean yeah, there wasn't any real fast impact or anything, he just kinda slowly rolled, but still.

Huh. Who ever would have guessed the day would come that I would agree with Shaquille O'Neal. I don't watch basketball anymore, but even when I did, there were games where it seemed like the ref felt that everyone in that crowd was there to see him. "Michael Jordan? Fuck that. Dennis Rodman? Who? Scottie Pippen? Fuck him too, I'm the ref, everyone's here to see me!"

Ahh, the old "fake a car crash when one of your friends is sleeping" trick. Good to see the classics never die. The driver should have swerved a little when they screamed to sell it a bit more. But maybe that's just me.

Keep your eyes on the kid with the arrow above him. I tell you this, but I really don't think I have to, because that's what the arrow is for. To draw your attention. You don't need me spending line after line explaining what the stupid little arrow is there for. You know it's there to attract your eye. To get your attention. To alert you there's something there to see. So you certainly don't need me explaining this to the point of tedium. Nope, not at all. Anyway, how much do you want to bet that this whole race thing was his idea? He says "Hey, let's race over the cubicles!" And ends up with a stapler in his trachea. Ah, I love it.

And finally this week, we have Full House: UNCENSORED! I would say "If this is how the show normally was, maybe I would have watched it more!" But that would be a lie, because I've already seen every episode of that fucking show. I was in the right age group for it. Ah well. I'm still here, it didn't kill me. Let's hope.

Posted by Steve on October 14, 2005: In this week's comic, I used "Scratch Medic" merely because we've discussed this fictional product before. Feel free to substitute it with whatever item/offer/etc. that your employer threatens your job over on a daily basis.

Just a quick note. I second Bob's opinion on having a buffer. It makes it a lot easier to write when you're not "on the clock" so to speak. Nowadays, every time the buffer is empty, I tell Bob I can't write this shit anymore, and he knows that means it's time to hash out some script ideas. It's kind of our routine.

So, recently I was in need of a new Xbox. My old one died, I tried to live without it, and quickly got tired of memory cards and ugly looking games. Unfortunately, funds were low. Anyway, yada yada yada, I end up picking up a new one with a thirty dollar gift card and one hundred fifteen dollars in loose change. Bob pretty much insisted I make that a part of my post this week, so there you go. See you next week.