Welp, I just started making comics yesterday, and some how I managed to put out a few. If you work in any kind of tech support or call center or both, you can prolly appreciate the few I've written. I'll be coming up with quite a few more I think. Although not nearly as witty as some of the ones here. I'm still learning and getting my style down, so feel free to browse my comics and tell me what you think.

If my comics don't show in the forum you can press here.

Lots of these are really good. It's funny because it's true.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

I'm so glad I'm not working here anymore... by Drexle 9-20-01

Okay ma'am, the locksmith will be there in thirty minutes. Is there anything else I can help you with? A locksmith? You just called a locksmith? Yes, a locksmith... they open locks. You locked your keys in the car, hence a locksmith comes and opens it up. I can't believe this... a locksmith... don't you have a special person who comes out and does this kind of thing? Yeah, they're called "Locksmiths." *click!*

Welcome!

Thanks you two.. I was looking at your comics.. both of you have great stuff. It makes me wonder how you guys do comics every day. Amazing, Im afraid Id run out of stuff to write about. Anyways.. thanks again for the comments.

Nuki

We're always ready to welcome new talent, especially when it is actually talent. Don't believe what they say about how we treat newbies here. We react badly to people who do awful (and I mean awful) strips and act like they are really great and can't take constructive criticism.

Dave right in!

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

I ran out of ideas long ago. I don't know why I still make comics. ;) Actually, I had the same thought run through my head at about the middle of June... but joining the forums has kept the ideas stirring around for the most part. Notice that I don't usually do a comic every day (especially lately), but rather I just get inspired and write a lot at once.

Hmmm I think you're right. Im finding that if I tried to make one a day, I'd forget what it is I was going to write about. Inspiration kinda hits me in spurts. I guess that shouldnt surprise me.. its the same way with my writing.

I do the same thing in Gabe's face.

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A couple of work related comics. The first one is from my "excessive narration" period :P

Tales of Lurid Doom, Vol. 1 by itsclark 7-23-01

A generic, fictional high tech company that looks NOTHING like the place where I work: (cough) This company is taking a dive. Orders are down for the forseeable future. Our stock is tanking! So what do we do about it? Abolish frills like the company picnic, cut pay by 10% across the board, and lay off about 20 people! But won't that crush employee moral, reduce our experience base, and leave us unprepared when things DO turn around? You're right! We'll keep the company picnic... And put an incentive program in place! And the big incentive would be, let me guess... a mention in the company newsletter!

True Life Adventures: I.T. revised ending by itsclark 10-15-01

Your password will expire in 5 days. You can change it now by choosing 'options'. "Error on page"!? O.K., don't panic. I'll just E-mail the I.T. helpdesk. Your password will expire in 1 day. Please change it now. Augh! When will the I.T. department hear my cry? Your password has expired. Come on, little fella! I just need to get a message through to I.T.! You are NOT tying that note to my leg for all the acorns in the world!

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I definately think Im in the "excessive narration" phase. I tend to like one cell comics quite a bit. Id prolly make alot of single celled if the ability to make multiple bubbles were present. I have to admit though, Im having a hard time not making some of the comics my own personal bitch fest. I thought of doing a whole bunch of kill binladen comics.. but Im not sure if they would be funny, to any except me. Plus Im sure people would think im just up on some soapbox.

Must... resist.. the urge...

anyway.. DexX, ummm errr Does gabe know?

Nuki...

DexX is nothing special in that regard. Thousands of men have spurted in Gabe's face. I think he's going for some kind of Guinness record.

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

What I like to do sometimes is take a background that looks continuous from one panel to the next, such as "Background2" or "Wall2" and treat the comic like it's one giant panel with 6 character slots and speech bubbles. Is that the kind of solution you're looking for?

Gabe enjoys it... but not as much as wirthling.

Speaking of inspiration hitting in spurts, I think after writing 11 comics yesterday, I'm probably out of ideas for the week. Yeah, youth today has no stamina.

Thats an awesome idea.. use two characters, maybe a solid black background for example and use varying heights (height one 2 and finally none. I might have to experiment with that. Great idea.. thanks

Nuki...

BTW, I appreciate you guys treating the newbie here fairly decent. without too many beatings..

like this?

low budget adventure strip by KajunFirefly 11-04-01

so Kajun....what is it we're doing here exactly? we're going to steal Gareth McChauvenist's Mojo just like in "Austin Power 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me" sO, hOw ArE wE gOiNg To ExTrAcT tHe MoJo? Rooney's got a needle with him! me? I thought Tinman was bringing the needle! woof!

industrial light and magic by KajunFirefly 11-04-01

here man, I got the syringe, I forgot I put it in my pocket fuck sake, don't give it to me, I'm not doing it, here Kajun, you do it right, here goes zzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz We ShOuLd HaVe JuSt sToLeN jEaNeTtE's pAnTiE's, ThEy'Ve PrObAbLy GoT mOjO aLL oVeR tHeM! hA hA! shut up you fucking arse!

low budget adventure strip 3 (technically) by KajunFirefly 11-05-01

man, this is gonna be so sweet! shit, he's waking up! zzzz, hmmm uh, whu?....what's going on?? fUcK, rUn AwAy!!!

low budget adventure strip 4 by KajunFirefly 11-05-01

LOOK OUT, HE'S GOT A GUN! COME BACK HERE!!! *BANG* AAAH! THUD!

low budget adventure strip 5 by KajunFirefly 11-06-01

[Click to view comic: 'low budget adventure strip 6']

When I first came here I started running comics as one continuous storyline, with one main character. Then I ran of ideas and used the name "Geniu$" to try a spin off cross-over series, but, it fell on it's arse, I tried for a while to do clever things with the comics, like use the asian girls, swap them over, make one big panel with 6 characters. Eventually the well was running dry, and I decided to pop in and take a look at the forums, see the comic contests, and it's opened the floodgates of inspiration again!

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Or, you could try just being totally silly like I did with these comics that were pretty much sight gags.

Skeet Shooting by Drexle 10-24-01

Pull!!! (*Whoooosh!!!*) (*BANG!!!*)

Hammer Toss by Drexle 11-01-01

Heave... Ho! Wheeeeeeee.... ...eeeeeeeeeeee.... ...eeeeeeeeeeee.... ...eeeeeeeeeeee.... ...eeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

The skeet shooting one inspired a bunch of people big time, and spawned a mini-cliche, so you'll see more than a few people with skeet shooting comics in their library.

Kajun is right about the comic contests... they're really what keep the comics coming out of me nowdays.

Drexle,

I gotta tell ya, I looked through the thread(s) that had a lot of those, and man, I laughed for nearly a solid hour. I was going to ask you if I could do a few of my own. If I think of something funny sometime tonight, Ill show you what I have in mind about the single panel, i experimented and it looked oki but its kinda tough to lay out.

Nuki...

No need to ask, just go to it... only problem is that for some reason use of the "Splat" graphic in new comics was disabled at the last update. Too bad... I like the thought of non-bloody things making a bloody splat when they're shot. And no need to get anyone's pre-aproval for ideas either, because you never know what's going to be wildly funny until it's out there for everyone to see. Just make sure that *you* think the comics you make are funny. If you're a funny person, they probably are, and if not at least you have the powers of self delusion to fall back on. :)

The only thing most people here ask is that if you get inspired by one of their strips, give them credit somehow when you post it. I don't think anyone asked max if they could parody "Cowboy Physics," and that's got to be the most heavily spoofed strip on this site.

I've been meaning to ask: does this Max know the cottage industry he spawned? he only has like 5 comics; was he on the forums at all?

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I've been meaning to ask: does this Max know the cottage industry he spawned? he only has like 5 comics; was he on the forums at all?

I don't think he's ever been on the forums... I'm guessing that he was one of Brad's friends who helped him test the stripcreator in its earliest days, and never returned. Now that you mention it, I wonder if anyone ever told him just how big a meme his comic became?

I've never made a parody of Cowboy Physics, but I love it, and the fact that it was made by some guy who's probably totally unaware of how big the joke is, makes it a lot better.

We MUST track this guy down and show him how God-like he's become!

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Kinda like the person who threw the Coca Cola bottle out the aeroplane window in The Gods Must Be Crazy...

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still in the one-panel-only genre

New flat by skagg 12-05-01

Well, its certainly roomy! Say again? I can't hear you over there.

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Skagg, thats about what I was going to do..

Have the Middle left and right set for props hieght1, the right first panel and left third panel set for height2 then the left first panel and right third panel set with a short char. That way it looks somewhat like two chars on one continous conversation. Maybe with a black background.

Nuki...