Tuesday, December 30, 2008

You Bastards!


I've received more than one comment on this comic. It seems most people just don't understand it...and I agree that it may be a bit confusing.

Lemme explain. A little while ago I visited a Reptile Zoo with some family. They had Steve Irwin toys there. I didn't even know Steve Irwin had a toy line so this amazed me. I also noticed that certain sets came complete with a dangerous animal like a crocodile or snake. I wondered if these toys were in bad taste seeing as how Irwin died to a dangerous animal...

I looked for one that came with a Manta Ray cause I thought if it existed, I would have a reason to call Matel (or whoever makes these toys) and give them a lesson in morality! Fortunately, there was none, but I thought it might be humorous enough to put in a comic. I probably didn't deliver the joke well enough...but maybe this insight will help you understand what I'm saying here.

Imagine that I added three more panels to the end of the comic. Each zooming into the Manta Ray's eyes with the "DA - DA - DAAAAAaaaaaaa" sound you hear in Horror films. Maybe that will present the malicious intent on the Manta's behalf.

:D

Sunday, December 28, 2008

December 28th 2008

Bad Influence
Deja Vu

Easter isn't Real
Fat Guys Holiday
Irwin Toys

Last post for 2008. That's comical has existed for over a year now. Wow! I can't believe I've done anything for that long...I should have given up a long time ago knowing me.

5 comics this week.

Enjoy them and the rest of your holidays.

Peace
Frank

Sunday, December 14, 2008

December 14th, 2008

Failed Hero

Fetishes Anonymous
Just Graduated

What A Dick

11 day's until the Gergorian Calender Christmas...

24 days until the Old Calendar Christmas...

8 days until the 1 Year Anniversary of writing these comics...

10 days until my Birthday...

0 reasons Why I Told You All This...

Enjoy the Comics. I did have 5 to post this morning, but at the last minute I pulled one and decided to work on it a bit more. Maybe I can post it next week, I just didn't like it that much in the end. I hope the four I have posted make you smile though. Enjoy.
Frank

Sunday, December 7, 2008

December 7th, 2008

Care Bear Stare!

Food Fight

He Does Exist!

Please Eat Responsibly

Terrible Joke

Merry Sunday.

It's been blistering cold here in Toronto for the past few days. Winter is definitely showing me who's boss. Hopefully it's warmer where some of you are (*cough* Ben *cough*).

Thanks again for checking out these comics this week. I just finished colouring them this morning so they are ripe and 'fresh.' One of these comics made Effi look at me and say..."You're terrible!" Can you guess which one it was?

Frank

Sunday, November 30, 2008

November 30th 2008

Blood Donor

Demomen

Our Medical Systems

Medical Test

Sharing Needles

Good Morning Sweet world!

Yes, I have been watching the Basketball Jones again.

This Sunday has 5 comics. There is a good reason for the increase. The comic "Our Medical Systems" was initially conceived as you see it. but when I drew it for the first time I thought, this is more sad then funny. I played with some other endings but thought that I should make this comic the way I initially thought of it and make the new punch lines into their own comic. Thus you get three medical comics in one posting...lucky you!

Also, I wanted to see just how long I've been drawing these comics for. I feel as though I've been doing them for a long time now. I checked the forums where I posted my first comic and it looks like I started everything on Dec 22, 2007 at 2:48 pm. That means this December 22nd will be my one year anniversary! And only 2 days before my birthday!

I've posted the first ever comic I drew somewhere on this blog. I know everyone went and read my 100+ previous posts so I don't need to re-post it here. But you can still view the comic at the link provided. Lastly, big up to Matty. He became the first to follow and comment on the blog! Thanks Matty, I'll think of a gift for you. Maybe for Christmas...

Peace
Frank

Friday, November 28, 2008

About Last Weeks Posting

Manga Comic

Manga Vs Comic

I got a lot of confused comments over the the "Manga Comic" post. I want to clear things up. "Manga Vs Comic" was my first attempt at making something that would work as a comic and still show how confusing Manga must be for readers who are not used to reading Manga. In the end I didn't like the comic. I didn't think it was funny, it didn't make much sense.

Now I need to explain Manga. Apparently Manga is writen to be read from RIGHT TO LEFT not LEFT TO RIGHT as we are accustomed to in North America. So when I read my first Manga, I was so confused as to why two people would be talking in the left pannel and then introducing themselves in the right pannel. Eventually I figured it out. I wanted to give the reader a chance to also figure out what Manga Comic was about. If you read the comic the way we normally do in north America, the accused seems to deny ever using the Wii (everyone see that?). If you read the comic backwards, or as if it was a manga, from right to left, the accused now acts completely differently. Fully admitting to using the Wii and belittling the desires of the other guy.

It's just interesting how a comic can take two opposite forms simply by the direction of the reading.

Lastly, I know it isn't funny. Both right to left and left to right are neither funny or amusing. It's just the uniquness of its form. If anything, I hope you can appreciate that!

Sunday, November 23, 2008

November 23rd, 2008

Conversation

Manga Comic

Modern Streetcars

Window to the Outside

Happy November 23rd. Just a reminder, my birthday is in one month and one day.

Hope you enjoy the comics this week. I may start posting weekly comics on the blog periodically as I finish them and not at the end of the week as I am currently doing.

The only comic I need to buttress with added explanation is Manga Comic. I read my first Manga a few days ago. I initially had drawn up a different comic but in the end I didn't like the way it worked out. So I went back to the drawing board and came up with this new comic which I like much better. Now Manga has a unique quirk about it. I was having trouble understanding the comics because they just didn't make sense. Not like, I just don't get Japanese humour or story telling, but they didn't follow logic or proper flow. I eventually figured out what I was doing wrong. I think for you to understand what to do with the Manga Comic I posted, I would rather you figure it out for yourselves instead of me telling you. Maybe some of you who already know what to do can help out the other readers if you like.

Two things left to say. The Manga Comic isn't exceptionally funny once you figure it out. In fact, it might be anticlimactic to be honest.

Next, if you are interested in Manga and/or want to learn how my comic makes sense go to the following link for a HUGE list of Manga. To see a specific Manga that will show you why our comics are so different from manga go to this link to see Great Teacher Onizuka.

Enjoy!

Sunday, November 16, 2008

November 16th 2008

Cure For Sarcasm
Hall Monitors
Evangalion The Game

Penis Disease

What's up?

I'm posting the comics late on Sunday because of the busy weekend I had. Not that it really matters what time I post at. After speaking with a few of you in person, it seems that Monday morning is when most of you read these any ways. I love the feed back by the way guys. It helps me better the comics and it also validates my waste of time :D

Three of the four comics this week work well on their own. This doesn't mean that they are all perfectly hilarious or anything. What I mean is that most people will immediately understand them and will hopeful be amused by them. The third comic (Evangalion The Game) is more esoteric in nature. If you don't like the anime Evangalion and/or you don't like games, you will probably have no interests what so ever in that comic. This makes the comic fail in some ways, but I still like it, and I hope enough people are amused by it.

Peace
Frank

P.S. Evangalion is probably my favorite anime. Check out the following clip if you want to see the influence for this comic.

(sorry about the english dub)

Sunday, November 9, 2008

November 9th, 2008

With Friends Like These
I'm a Waiter
Feeling Inadequate
Age 16

Merry November 9th everyone! This weeks comics actually gave me some trouble. This is probably the first week where I had to sit and force myself to finish the comics. Normally the idea's just flow easily from thought to paper, but this week was like sucking water out of the desert.

Hopefully I'll get back into the groove of things. Post your comments and tell me what you think.

There is a 5th comic I didn't post because I couldn't think of a way to end it. I am considering posting the comic as is and allowing anyone to post a possible ending. What do you think of that idea?

Enjoy
Frank

Friday, November 7, 2008

Wile-E-Cyote


I watched so much Lonney Toons as a kid. I don't think they made me laugh as much as they entertained me. I wanted to post a comic as tribute to something that held me glued to the television for hours.


As a side note, this is the last catch up comic I posted. I made this blog after I had already created a long list of comics that I have been posting for friends. This Blog has been made for easier management and search of archived comics. Thanks for reading up to this point XD

Wii


This is a very early comic. I originally was reluctant to post this comic for my friends a while back since I didn't think it was too funny. In the end I decided that I didn't care, some one some where might find it funny.

What's That


The conscious effort to leave most of this comic uncoloured is part of it's charm as well as it's main problem. I should have traced the lines with a Black marker...the lines as they are are just too light. However, it is also the very thing that helps this comic make sense in the end.

What Happened


I'm sure there are a lot of inanimate objects that would like revenge on us. Toilet paper, Soccer Balls, Piniata's...

Weekly Meeting


How are "Anarchy" advocates organized? Do they meet? Do they have a system of rules? Do they follow a speaker? ...Seriously?

We're Special Too!


It would be just like Megatron to not have wheelchair access into his evil lair. What an asshole!

Watch One of the Greatest Final Battles Ever!

War on Terror


Bomberman tournaments were a regular event with my college/university friends. We comprized a board that kept score of how many Gold Bomberman victories we all achieved for the SNES version of Bomberman. One of the best multiplayer games ever, I would still play it today if my friends and I lived in the same house.

My Bomber man was coloured SILVER!
My made up special move was named "Rising Thunder!"
My status as a legitimate cool guy after what I just wrote, non existent.

Iommi and Skywalker


Holy Fuck! I only now realized that I thought Tony Iommi's name was Tony Viola. Why didn't anyone tell me!?

Anyways, some of you may not know who Iommi is. Before he became popular as the guitarist for Black Sabbath he was working a factory job in England. On his last day at work he was asked to operate a machine he wasn't familiar with and consequently he accidentally chopped off the tips of his guitar strumming fingers. Instead of quitting guitar (and thus changing the course of heavy metal as we know it) he decided to fashion a few prosthetic finger tips. I think it's commonly accepted that the material he used to make the prothetics (plastic if I remember correctly) helped make the heavy "dead" sound in his guitaring. This, amongst other reasons, helped send Black Sabbath on their way as one of musics greatest bands.

All that was regurgitated from memory (a heavy metal biography) so if you think I got somehting wrong, go to Wikipedia and shut up! I don't even listen to Black Sabbath :P

Tony Iommi


Video Camara


I like this comic alot. It's so simple but immediately understandable.

Vegitarian


I know this comic seems so simple. I simply reversed the main idea and said, "behold, humor!!" Sometimes seeing things in a new perspective is enough to at least amuse people. If nothing else, I at least want to make people smile when they read these comics.

Valve Office


Another very early comic. Originally this comic had one more panel but I decided to remove it in final editing. Sometimes leaving something to the imagination is better than spelling it out for the reader.

Don't get this comic? Check out Portal Game Play Footage.

Ukulele


Ukulele...Hmmmmm this is an odd comic. It's also a really early one. You can tell by the the slightly different art work. I wonder why I stopped drawing hair?

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Trekie



I drew this comic with an alternate ending because I wasn't sure which punch line I liked more. Turns out most people preferred the second one.

LeVar Burton on Reading Rainbow


Transformers


This pun is kind of lame I'll admit it. If I could do it over, I would change the transformer to something generic like "Octo-bot." The only reason for the lame pun is because a kid in my wife's class said his favorite Transformer was "Octopus Crime" so he helped me come to this idea.

Transformers Transforming Sound