Poisoned Mind
kingofsnake on Dec. 21, 2006
It's 1AM, I have to be up to go to work in five hours. I am watching my…fourth episode of the third season of the office (american version) online, instead of sleeping, because its so fucking funny. I'd watch another, but then…well, what will I do during work tomorrow?
So I hope the wait was worth it for this strip, it was a hella lot of work. I can't begin to think how many drafts we went through to get the pacing down. The blur effect in panel 6 definately helped big time. What Chuck is shouting in panel 4 is supposed to be a reference to Mortal Kombat 2, specifically Raiden's “Superman” attack, during which he shouts (according to a bunch of online sources) jibberish. Ryan was worried no one would get the reference, but I held that it doesn't matter if you get the reference, even if you didn't Chuck was still just yelling jibberish while he tackled ryan, which is funny no matter what. In the end he convinced me to add the “toasty” guy, which all and all, I think is a good addition.
Oh! To anyone who actually reads this: Did I come up with the joke in panel 5? The “I need it for being looked at with” line? I don't remember taking it from somewhere, but I FEEL like I might have taken it from somewhere subconsciously. Maybe White Ninja? So if you recognize the line as being someone else's let me know, it's bugging the crap out of me.
CoyoteLongshot at 9:22PM, March 28, 2008
Heh heh... toasty. I'm gonna venture a guess that there was no poison to begin with.
Priceman at 2:48PM, March 17, 2007
Woot! Toasty!
Ciel at 7:08PM, Dec. 22, 2006
Ha ha!! XD Urine....that's greeat. XD But how would he know what urine tastes like anyway?
ProfessorF at 3:17PM, Dec. 22, 2006
I don't recognize the "face" line from anywhere... It's damn funny, though.
CORY at 12:18AM, Dec. 22, 2006
I like The Office, but I'm never disciplined to watch it. I also love Scrubs. This comic's style is well-done in it's own sense. Your coloring and linework is definitely unique. In the near future I'll read through the rest of these, but until then, here's a five for your effort (I can tell these take quite a while).
acadia at 10:40PM, Dec. 21, 2006
Heh, it definitely made me laugh. Went through your archives earlier, youve got a VERY stylized comic going, and its VERY funny. The 'toasty' guy actually did make me think of Mortal Kombat (heh) so props for that, though I didn't associate the gibberish with Raiden. Oh well. 5 and you earned it.