Archive for October, 2008

Oh for fuck’s sake…

October 28, 2008

Look, i’m sorry about this. All too often i find myself working on a particular comic and then scrapping it at the last minute because i’m no longer satisfied with it. I realize that what i’m working on is actually complete, utter rubbish, and it all just goes sour and pear-shaped and various plumbing tools go flying into the cogs of the machinery resulting in kind of a disaster. And so once again this week the comic kind of melted down and I was left with something not up to the standard I maintain for this comic strip. However, instead of angrily firing the thing into the sun like i usually do, i shall link to it here as a kind of novelty unofficial bonus comic, or perhaps as evidence of what you’re not missing out on when something goes unpublished. Evidence that for every good comic i write, i write seven bad ones that go unseen. This is to say i should have taken a week off since i didn’t have time to properly work on the comic. Brain rot, mind-melt, thought-block, and other things seem to be afflicting me currently. The author is artistically unwell. Regular service to be resumed next week. Huge blocks of text may feature. Thanks again for your patience. All apologies.

crashingly yours,

–Rowntree

October 19th: “Meet Stephen Harper!”

October 20, 2008

Okay i wasn’t gonna hand-letter this one. And no, this does not set a new precedent in terms of gigantic blocks of text. Expect significantly less text next week, for instance. And no, it does not set a new precedent in terms of being topical either. There is no precedent. The only thing to expect is something unexpected. Not even I know what the comic’s gonna be until like ten minutes beforehand. The garage full of illegal immigrant workers who write and draw the comic is shrouded in secrecy. Nobody knows what to expect on sunday night and then BAM! a fifty-thousand word catastrophe about Canadian politics. What could be more appealing?! Some will accuse me of pandering, since the internet is clogged with text-heavy comics about Canadian elections, the creators of which are raking in the dollars via merchandising. Have you read “Lester Pearson and The Guy From The Legend of Zelda Make Scatalogical Puns?” It’s a sprite comic that I so dearly love made by seventeen teenagers from west virginia who donate all their proceeds to charity. I’m totally copying them I know, but I’m just such a huge fan.

Stay off those land mines,

Rowntree

October 12th: “Sex Fantasy”

October 13, 2008

Yeah, I got your huge blocks of text right here motherfucker. I even used smaller lettering than usual to accommodate all that TEXT!! TEXT, MOTHERFUCKER!!! Ahem. Excuse me. The ol’ insanity, it does surface now and again. This is why is keep myself sealed in an iron cube underground, like that guy who killed superman. Except then superman came back to life because people don’t really ever die. Another lesson for the kids, thanks to superhero comics. Another tangential blog posting that has nothing to do with this week’s strip. My head’s in the clouds / but at least i’m trying.

Be excellent to each other,

Rowntree

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MY FELLOW CANADIANS:

As you know, the time is upon us to descent unto the voting chamber and cast votes in the manner of a democratic nation-state. In other words, it’s time to fucking get rid of The Stephen Harper Robot, if we even can. Maybe the best we can hope for is some kind of doomed, hilarious coalition government joining the Liberals and Hollywood Jack’s Carin’ Commies and Crazy Gilles Duceppe’s Even Carin’er French Commies. Anything except The Stephen Harper Robot. To that end, please consider voting strategically this time out! We can do this, and we can do it by going to the excellent website Voteforenvironment.ca which has all the up-to-date info to help you figure out who to vote for if you’re in a riding where left-wing vote-splitting is in danger of electing another of The Stephen Harper Robot’s silent, animatronic minions. I totally Endorse and Recommend this website and am impressed with its comprehensiveness and ease of use. I realise that strategic voting is not for everyone, but for those considering it, this website is The Place To Be. The riding I live in is not in danger of being taken by the Robots, so I’m lucky, but for the unlucky this website provides some hope at least. We can do this!! I’m tired of having that right-wing Pepsi-swilling fatass fucking up our international image and carving up our everything to make ten-dollar bills with brian mulroney’s picture on it. Double-wide bills, to get the chin on there. And the horns and the huge piles of brimstone. Ooohhhhhhhhh shit. Let’s all go to the lobby and do some votin’!!

Votin’ for the Commies,

Rowntree

Oct. 5th: “Sphynx VIII”

October 6, 2008

And there you have it. I’d type more, but it’s late and i’ve been wrestling with this damned comic for too long now. To bed, to bed. Not much in the way of news. Planning some t-shirts. Watch this space for future announcements. Fuck, is it just me, or does anyone else out there have a CD collection that’s starting to deteriorate?? Every other disc is goddamn skipping now. If only they could invent huge, vinyl discs that didn’t degrade over time and had superior sound quality…

stay beautiful,

Rowntree