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Hey, new comic/wall of text/meta nightmare/whatever for you. Sorry about the longer-than-usual delay, there were a few Artistic Meltdowns in there and then i had to switch provinces halfway through and get set up on Someone Else’s Computer which took, like, way longer than it should have (plus i remembered to bring every key file with me EXCEPT the script for this week’s comic. Groan… [hitting head on wall]). Ah, but look, it’s somehow finally done at least…
SABBATICAL
Speaking of being in other provinces (ie: saskatchewan), i am indeed gonna be Out Of Town for a little while, with the objective of working on some Other Stuff (comix-related, at least. Dark, mysterious, etc.), so it’ll unfortunately be a bit of a Pause until the next comic. Thus, i’ll see you around the end of the month or so. Thanks for your patience, and for bearing with me. I’ll be back! Bearing walls of text.
live wrong and perspire,
wrwrwrwrwrwrwrwrwr
Virus Comix News 
May 11, 2011 at 11:40 pm
That was fun!
May 11, 2011 at 11:42 pm
I feel very bad for saying this, but really, this was honestly my least favorite comic of yours thus far. It seemed to have utterly none of the magic of your previous comics. That having been said, at least your previous comics DO have brilliant magic.
Commenters who follow me, don’t beat me up. I’m normally an extremely major fan of Winston’s work. I’m just saying this particular one did utterly nothing for me.
But thank you, Winston, for this strip, and for all the other ones that I think are pretty much out of this world.
May 12, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Mike, you are allowed to have an opinion and you do not have to apologize for three paragraphs.
May 12, 2011 at 6:04 pm
Ha, please don’t feel bad, you’re quite free to say whatever you thought about the comic. I’m only interested in honest feedback, so Cheers (and feel free to go into detail, i’m always curious).
(oh, and if you’re the mike harris who was premier of ontario from 1995-2002 then you can feel free to apologize for THAT!! CURSE YOU, HARRIS!!)
May 14, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Meh, I didn’t have an epiphany of introspection at this one either… but I LOVED the art experimentation.
Great looking, but I feel like this comic was interesting in that people do have conversations in which no conclusion is reached and nothing is really learned except that it’s nice to have friends to bull-shit around with.
May 14, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Winston, thanks for that. 🙂
And funny story: I’m not that Mike Harris, but back in the ’90s, the very first time I go onto the Internet, I put my name into Alta Vista and the first results are “The Anti-Mike Harris Webpage”, “Mike Harris SUCKS”, etc., etc.
I turn to the tech and say, “Fess up, you guys do this to everybody, right?”
May 11, 2011 at 11:45 pm
RUSH
May 11, 2011 at 11:59 pm
I disagree with Mike Harris – great comic. We eagerly await your return.
May 12, 2011 at 12:07 am
I think your comic is great, so many of the stories are just gripping and they are long enough that I can really get immersed into each one. The art style is exciting and colorful and I do enjoy reading into all of the backgrounds for the extra jokes. I also want to mention the characters; they have genuine emotion and the tension in their lives shows in the text. I hope you find time to relax during this break and I will be eagerly waiting until your next update.
May 12, 2011 at 12:10 am
Experimenting with art styles? Cool.
May 13, 2011 at 11:02 pm
Even if not, still cool. Also, Senior Verde Approves!
May 12, 2011 at 12:35 am
what subtle insight, i likey.
it seems like you could easily populate an entire metropolitan with realistic characters given the time and resources.
May 13, 2011 at 8:30 am
Subnormality City!
May 12, 2011 at 12:38 am
I liked it. Not as much as some of your older ones, but it was still fun. At any rate, the experimenting with styles is always fun. Keep up the great work!
May 12, 2011 at 12:44 am
loved the art, liked where the story felt like it was going. kind of felt like it fell apart toward the end. still an amazing comic compared to many other strips. unfortunately, we are comparing it to you, and by that standard it is only mediocre. i still liked it though.
May 12, 2011 at 12:52 am
That was a lyric from “Myriad Harbor” by the New Pornographers, yes?
May 12, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Yeah! For anyone wondering: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCMHJgqgWng
May 30, 2011 at 6:41 pm
It’s definitely stuck in my head now.
July 2, 2011 at 3:21 am
Oh, I was under the impression it was from Nirvana’s Very Ape. Both good songs anyway!
May 12, 2011 at 2:22 am
Ah, changes in character routine, change in art style, your need of a sabbatical for the sake of change, it all ties together! I think.
May 12, 2011 at 11:15 am
Totally.
May 12, 2011 at 2:56 am
that’s exactly what buying a guitar’s like, you feel too ignorant to risk embarrassment. p.s. just recently discovered subnormality, proceeded to read them all plus everything else in virus comix, now i’m enduring 3 week gaps. i’m like a crack addict who suddenly ran out of money. i’m getting the shakes.
May 12, 2011 at 3:07 am
Just bought the MIDI stuff I wanted for a few months yesterday, and now this!
May 12, 2011 at 3:08 am
Hey, I’ve been a fan of yours for a while now and I have to say that you’ve certainly left us with something particularly interesting (which I mean as a compliment) before your well-deserved sabatical. Good luck with whatever it is you’re working out!
May 12, 2011 at 3:31 am
As a rubbish musician, I really appreciated that one. Thanks.
May 12, 2011 at 3:33 am
Oh, and for what it’s worth, take all the time you need. Sure we’ll be desperate for an update, and sure we’ll be bating our breath and frothing our lips, but at the same time we also appreciate the art that goes into this, and that a genuine talent can’t and shouldn’t be rushed, and that the gaps contribute to the high level of performance.
You’re like the Daniel Day-Lewis of webcomics.
May 12, 2011 at 4:38 am
This.
enjoy your vacations dude
May 12, 2011 at 5:07 am
Awesome work. Hope your sabbatical isn’t too long, but I guess we’ll have to deal in the meantime.
May 12, 2011 at 6:12 am
This is just the meta-mega-depressing stuff that seems to define me at the moment!
I actually felt a bit ill when Pinko got told off. You really try to “fake it til you make it” telling yourself all your woes are just screwy perception and it’s just a matter of confidence.. then someone sees your apparent arrogance and slaps you right down. It’s like NO!! I’M NOT REALLY LIKE THIS! I’M LIKE SUPER TRAGIC AND KIND AND HUMBLE AND STUFF!! WHY DIDN’T YOU CATCH ME AT ANY OTHER POINT IN MY CHARMINGLY HELPLESS LIFE!! >___< But I guess those fears are really just unwanted residue of who I don't wish to be anymore. So the wisdom of the day is: haters gonna hate, to put it eloquently.
Anyway, leaving that tangent behind and focusing on the actual topic. Sure it's all just a bunch of stabs in the dark, but I can't really see any setback so long as you don't pit your being on whether this new thing succeeds. Okay maybe you'll lose $300 but life is an oscillating marriage of loss and gain! We can't spend our lives in the elevator trying to defend our 300 dollars! The clock fatally rolls on regardless of whether we stand still or walk for the sake of walking.
But still, that last panel is saddening in a way. It makes me think much of what I resolve I furiously write down, finally sign at the end with "THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE!" and then toss into a drawer somewhere. Maybe our minds won’t be reborn in a day but it’s still therapeutic to sit down and conjure up these little introspective oases amidst the vast desert of turmoil. We can only be here so long and certainly we’ll be lost again, but it’s still good to ascertain direction if but for a moment. Ooh I’m such a poet. ;D
Anyway, love the comic but I still gotta submit the complaint that they're too low-res to read all the wonderful little post-it jokes.
May 12, 2011 at 8:24 am
It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out that the ceiling in the first panel read “ceiling”. I was all like, “uwiling? jwiling?” But in my defense it’s 5am here.
May 12, 2011 at 8:59 am
Piękne dzięki.
May 12, 2011 at 9:04 am
This was really excellent, and very imaginative. We all need recharging once in a while — I can’t wait to see what you come up with next.
May 12, 2011 at 9:54 am
“Not this one.” That absolutely must have been a Dean guitar.
May 12, 2011 at 10:26 am
Some subtle self-mockery going on here, with the transition from the current style of the first panels, to the simplified style of the older comic, then a grossly exaggerated version of same right after that?
Whatever. Your amps go up to 12, that’s good enough for me.
May 12, 2011 at 5:55 pm
Yes, definitely self-mockery/etc going on. Without sounding too pretentious, this comic was for me kind of a follow-up to comic #12 (http://www.viruscomix.com/page339.html), ie: drawing in a particular style and then wondering why i don’t draw in a more enjoyable style etc. Second opinions welcome…
May 14, 2011 at 12:04 pm
@WR yea I thought back to that comic as I was reading this one. I think the general consensus is that it’s cool. Will you let us know what this mysterious project is even if it may expose your secret identity?!?!
(Remember a while back you said if you did anything outside of SBNMTY you’d let us know? ^_^)
May 12, 2011 at 10:32 am
I’m actually left wondering how much your style and pacing (especially the writing) would change if you obligated yourself to a webcomic-standard of four panels a day setup-beat-punchline deal.
May 12, 2011 at 6:11 pm
Sent some comic strips to the newspaper syndicates back in the day. Their feedback was (wait for it): “Too many words.” And so here we are…
May 12, 2011 at 11:11 am
I know each of those people personally and I want those green pants. Hilarious!
May 12, 2011 at 11:20 am
This made me crack up laughing – mostly because the second the clerk asked “Is there anything in particular I can help you with” I IMMEDIATELY thought of the same damn quote, and so I was put down right away along with the woman. =P
May 12, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Ha, i know, in real life i would have a hard time not “completing the lyric” in that situation…
May 12, 2011 at 11:25 am
5 strings plus one bonus string!! Still loving the little details.
May 12, 2011 at 11:41 am
I just wanna say thank you for writing “there’re no rules” instead of “there’s no rules”. It made me very happy.
May 12, 2011 at 6:17 pm
I KNOW!! What is it with people always using “there’s”?! I see it in frigging articles on major news sites, like “there’s no survivors,” and, as a Level 46 Grammar Nazi, it definitely drives me nuts. Huge fan of “there’re.”
May 12, 2011 at 7:58 pm
people who don’t know how to talk make me want to commit atrocities…
..I guess that’s the definition of a grammar Nazi, hmm.
May 12, 2011 at 12:44 pm
“It is not a question of ending habit but of seeing totally the structure of habit. You have to observe how habits are formed and how, by denying or resisting one habit, another habit is created. What matters is to be totally conscious of habit, for then, as you will see for yourself, there is no longer the formation of habit. To resist habit, to fight it, to deny it, only gives continuity to habit. When you fight a particular habit, you give life to that habit, and then the very fighting of it becomes a further habit. But if you are simply aware of the whole structure of habit without resistance, then you will find there is freedom from habit, and in that freedom a new thing takes place.
It is only the dull, sleepy mind that creates and clings to habit. A mind that is attentive from moment to moment – attentive to what it is saying, attentive to the movement of its hands, of its thoughts, of its feelings – will discover that the formation of further habits has come to an end.
This is very important to understand because as long as the mind is breaking down one habit and in that very process creating another, it can obviously never be free; and it is only the free mind that can perceive something beyond itself. Such a mind is religious. The mind that merely goes to church, repeats prayers, clings to dogmas, or that leaves one sect and joins another, is not religious; it is just stupid. The religious mind is the free mind, and the free mind is in a state of constant explosion; and in this state of constant explosion, there is the seeing of that truth which is beyond words, beyond thought, beyond all experience.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
May 12, 2011 at 6:21 pm
I have to thank you for posting that, i hadn’t heard of Jiddu Krishnamurti before. Very interesting indeed…
May 12, 2011 at 8:00 pm
I have a problem with his use of the word “religious”. I think “spiritual” would have been more appropriate.
May 12, 2011 at 1:27 pm
Your comics are always interesting. At the end i was feeling angry towards the salesman, i heard that the reason of being of art is to inspires feelings in the audience. For me the what the girl was doing was a good thing somethings you have to change a little try new things even if later you dismiss the experience, the trying is the important part. Some people are easily swayed by others, just a bad face, a not so nice tone all their enthusiasm is killed.
Also this comic reminded me of the guitar buying scene in the movie “Stranger than fiction” which i liked.
TLDR: Great comic, keep up the awesome work, have a nice time out. And thanks!
May 12, 2011 at 5:57 pm
I know i’ve seen that movie (albeit on a transatlantic flight), but i don’t remember the scene. Description, anyone?
May 13, 2011 at 2:01 pm
The protagonist knowing he’s going to die decides to live his remaining time to the fullest, one of the things he does is learning to play the guitar so he goes to to a music store to buy a guitar, each guitar has tells hims something different until he founds one that tells him “I Rock”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_than_Fiction_(2006_film)
May 12, 2011 at 3:10 pm
Comic was worth the wait.
I’m sure many of us eagerly await your return. Hope your May sabbatical treats you well.
May 12, 2011 at 4:08 pm
“Cuz I like the way it rolls off the tongue!” Gonna steal that one.
May 12, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Searched “Rock bands from Alberta” in google… Well, I didn’t expected anything else from Rowntree XD
I’m not sure though if he likes the other band/singer or not or it’s just the character’s opinion.
May 12, 2011 at 5:58 pm
Ha, i love how it’s right there as the first search result…
May 12, 2011 at 6:07 pm
the new pornographers reference was just awesome. it makes your comic so. much. BETTER!
seriously!
and i’ll miss the comic during this sabbatical time of yours
May 12, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Hey Winston, thanks for the continual brillinace, I still haven’t exhausted your complete catalogue.
Hope your sabattical is everything you hope it will be.
I’m another who will be using the roll of the tongue thing too. I’m allowed though as I thought I coined ‘rocket surgeon’. No proof of course.
May 12, 2011 at 6:19 pm
So, just couldn’t help noticing the reference to Rush’s La Villa Strangiato…
I’m sure the changing art style holds another meaning, but I couldn’t help to notice that it’s quite close to the Rush song, since it has some simple parts, with conventional comic format (comparable to any 4/4 meter section in the Rush song) and then, BOOM, the progressive, creative, Rowntree side appears and has weird shapes and color, exaggeration, references, depth… just like the 7/8 time and well constructed, but still emotion-filled solos in La Villa Strangiato.
Definitely an exercise in self indulgence, I would say.
May 12, 2011 at 8:03 pm
I feel happiness inside my chest everytime I came here and see that you have a new page done.
May 12, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Sadly, my first thought was The Tragically Hip, not Rush.
Interesting idea there, doing different sections in your evolving art style.
I’m crap for useful feedback. I’ve discovered this over the years; “yay, people shapes! I R JELLY/Approval noises.”
So it’s alright. If I’ve seen worse, I can’t recall it, and this is just fine.
One query: so is the black haired woman the “causality wreckingly hot chick who likes what you like” from 487, 533, and the like?
Never been to Saskatchewan, have fun. I was in Manitoba for a summer. Was alright.
May 13, 2011 at 12:41 am
panel 8- if guitar heads like that actually existed, guitar awesome would be over 9000
May 13, 2011 at 1:53 am
Hey!
That’s me buying a guitar like 6 months ago!
It’s still right there standing fierce on it’s small stand,
mocking me for not being able to play it.
A good remember that if a short impulse of desire is enough to start something,
it require a neverending passion to achieve anything. 🙂
May 13, 2011 at 3:37 am
Hey Saskatchewan reader here. First off, your comics are incredible, probably the greatest thing I’ve ever found on the internet. Second, since you’re a grammar Nazi forgive me for my poor spelling/grammar. Third, would you ever sell specific drawings or previous comics? I need a poster/picture in my room to go along with my Snakes and Arrows poster and I was thinking some Winston Rowntree artwork would be dashing. Thanks for the comics they’re are truly works of art.
P.S stay away from Prince Albert, it’s not the freshest place in all of Saskatchewan
May 13, 2011 at 4:16 am
Mr. Rowntree sells his selection of posters through this distributor, here:
http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=TO&Category_Code=SUNO
Found, in the general case, by backtracking through his main page, then through the $HOP link.
May 13, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Regarding comic prints, yeah there’s a few in the store, but plans are also underway to make many other comix in the archive available as prints, so stay tuned for an announcement soon. You heard it here first!
May 13, 2011 at 4:11 am
I totally saw thought of when I saw the second part in color.
I thought this comic was good. It made me laugh through out (always a plus). I enjoyed the little touches (“arse co” and the way the badge keeps changing). Keep on rocking, and don’t promise anything. I’ll keep your feed in my browser forever! (Even if it only gets updated once a year!)
May 13, 2011 at 4:13 am
And wordpress ate the link to the comic that was mentioned by the author further up the thread. The way I draw vs the way I want to draw. Bastard wordpress.
May 13, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Did it eat the link? I can still see it, but here it is again just in case.
May 13, 2011 at 9:19 am
Loved all the inside jokes (the “Lifeson” guitar was awesome). Honest to God, though, what the hell did Nickelback ever do to you to earn this level of enmity? 🙂
Entertaining comic, by the way. The changing art styles fuck with the head most divertingly. 🙂
cheers,
Phil
May 13, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Read chad kroeger playboy interview -> weep for humanity.
May 13, 2011 at 7:15 pm
yuck. I see what you mean. I only read a few lines and he sounds like an Ayn Rand character.
May 14, 2011 at 2:22 am
Say what you want about Kroeger, but at least he’s upfront in being a complete jackass. There’s an “indie” singer-songwriter with an artsy intellectual public persona who in his private life makes Kroeger seem like the Dalai Lama. Not going to name names here, or how I know, since I didn’t experience it firsthand.
May 24, 2011 at 4:16 pm
This joker is _nothing_ like an Ayn Rand character, unless you mean one of the looters.
May 25, 2011 at 1:18 am
We seem to have opposing views concerning Rand’s philosophy, Mr. Watson
May 25, 2011 at 8:21 am
Gary, are you talking Rowntree or Kroeger?
In any case, we seem to disagree on the nature of Ayn Rand characters
May 13, 2011 at 10:06 am
This one rotated my brain 90 degrees out of my space-time and yours. Being a part of the graying generation, I think most of the rock jokes flew over my head (Nickelback? Isn’t that an elderly gorilla?), but I was pleased to find numerous bits, pieces, lewd jokes and rimshots to enjoy. Always look forward to your next offering.
May 13, 2011 at 3:47 pm
After reading the comic, I feel good now. Also, you know, vintage guitars just have that… “vintage-y” sound.
May 13, 2011 at 5:13 pm
People can call this comic absolutely anything, except ‘boring’. That would truly be a sin.
May 13, 2011 at 8:05 pm
Every detail of each panel is entertaining.
May 14, 2011 at 2:26 am
So Winston, do you play Guitar?
May 14, 2011 at 8:20 am
I’m not sure how I feel about the fact that you dissed Metallica. And to lump them in with Nickelback and Nugent…?
May 14, 2011 at 9:35 am
I personally just felt that the characters are musically ignorant. Well, ignorant of rock music anyway.
May 14, 2011 at 10:12 pm
favorite webcomic + favorite song by the new pornographers = day made.
May 14, 2011 at 10:18 pm
That rockstar-on-his-day-off is totally Neil Young, isn’t it?
P.S. Thanks for hating Nickleback so much. Glad to know some people still have their music senses.
May 15, 2011 at 12:14 am
Awesome variety of styles, great continuity in the story, loved it. Special thumbs up for the transition panel, half still psychedelic, half becoming reality, brilliant. The blue tiles, half the thick border. It’s those little things that put Subnormality a cut above the rest.
Side story : I recently went through the exact same thing (complete with paranoia) except I walked out of that store with a guitar. I said, fuck it, I know nothing about music but I’ve been wanting to do this forever, I’m doing it.
One cheap bass later, I’m taking bass lessons from some random bloke found in my neighbourhood and I’m loving it. Can’t keep my hands off the gal (the guitar, not the teacher). Still have no clue what I’m doing and I feel like a talentless dork doing it but hey, I’m doing it!
TL; DR : this comic happened to me last month. Winston, get out of my head!
Enjoy the time off Mr Rowntree. Hope you have a great time. Wishing you good food, good times, good company.
May 15, 2011 at 4:46 am
Sigh.. 55 years ago;
I remember it as if it were yesterday.
It was me, the old Guarneri and the owner of the music shop.
“It’s a 3/4 violin” he told me, rightly pre-judging me as being a total newbie.
That’s why I didn’t tell him about the Guarneri-label inside, in the bottom.
And he didn’t tell me; that label also said “copy”.
———————–
ben, no grammar Nazi.
P.s. My copy and me never produced beautiful music together. Those vibratos, you know; very embarrasing things to make.
May 16, 2011 at 12:43 pm
happy saskatchewaning, mr rowntree…
May 16, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Where in Saskatchewan are you? If you find yourself in Saskatoon (or even reasonably nearby), I’ll buy you a beer or other beverage of your choice!
May 16, 2011 at 5:52 pm
Very funny. Also, I like how the girls you draw are always sexy but in a pretty, not slutty way.
I love the green pants girl’s ass.
May 16, 2011 at 9:36 pm
So, is the three-panel B&W with the name joke singed “Rowntree ’87” really from 1987, or just labeled that way to suggest something else?
May 25, 2011 at 11:09 pm
Ha, no, it’s definitely from 2011.
May 17, 2011 at 4:25 am
I’ve been there. Bought a guitar as a short cut to the Bohemian circles I desperately sought for. For some reason it didn’t spring to life in my hands. A bit of practice led to sore fingers and some pretty horrible noises and it languished my attic for years. Seems that creativity requires a bit more work than buying the accessories, T-shirt etc
May 17, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Practice mate, practice! 🙂 Except for a very few gifted bastards, nothing ever springs forth from us in all its beauty. It takes practice, pain, hard work and repeat, repeat, repeat until you’re sick of it. And even the first hundred attempts are mere shadows, wretched abominations of the masterpieces we want them to be.
If you do something to get somewhere, it’s the fastest way to Soul Crushing Dissapointment Town, population : so many of us. Those who exercice, shed the pound or pick up a guitar, a paintbrush or a pen only to belong somewhere or sneak their way in a girl’s pants will go nowhere.
Do something for its own sake. Just for fun and self-improvement. Don’t think of where you’ll be, just think of where you are right there, in the moment, doing it. Eventually there’s less twangs and buzzes on the strings, there’s less fat splodges on the canvas and a few words sound nice.
It’s not the goal, it’s the journey, etc, etc…
May 17, 2011 at 11:56 am
Love your mashup of styles on this page! WR is a genius. Subnormality is the best comic to hit this generation.
May 17, 2011 at 9:21 pm
You have made my day yet again. Keep up the awesome comics.
May 21, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Hairco!
Quite the intriguing progression of modes, on the page – with lots of neat easter-eggs in the background. Groovy!
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May 21, 2011 at 5:44 pm
You won me with “that horrible Alberta band”.
For some reason, our local rock station wants me to wear ear plugs. Talk about over played. If they were a juke box, I’d want my…
May 23, 2011 at 5:58 am
Honestly, this comic always leave more than my hands jazzed.
May 24, 2011 at 4:23 am
okay it just makes me sad that you never followed this comic up
May 24, 2011 at 8:04 am
Yeah a follow up to those two’s adventures would be nice. Also to Shango The Atomic Cowgirl: http://www.viruscomix.com/page503.html
May 25, 2011 at 11:15 pm
No-one ever mentioned the Ye Olde comic before, so i never pursued it. I still could though, i mean why not?
Oh, and i’ve always been intending to do another Shango comic, i just haven’t come up with a great concept yet. It’ll happen though, i swear!
May 24, 2011 at 11:16 am
Oh Winston you dog! I know why you’re busy! Best of luck with the theatrical depiction of Subnormality! I think that’ awesome and PHG looks like a pretty good candidate. (By which I mean she’s cute!)
Not gonna lie, I’d fucking love to go see it but I’m broke and out of time off because of my sister’s college graduation… please tell me you will post video footage of it? I’d even buy a DVD if you guys recorded and sold it.
(For those of you who don’t know: http://subnormalshow.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/welcome/ )
May 25, 2011 at 10:27 pm
Best 300$ I’ve ever spent in my case. C’mon Aoogah Girl, follow your dreams already. 🙂
PS : What does the blonde girl’s button say in Panel 10? Suit Whack? Slut Walk?
PPS : Just noticed the red monster’s facefrom the tag team comic is on the back of the guitar. Effin brilliant.
May 25, 2011 at 11:17 pm
Yeah, it’s Slut Walk.
May 27, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Cheers for the heads-up Winston, had a hunch you’d awknowledge the cause. 🙂 Gonna go support the girls when it comes to montreal next week.
May 29, 2011 at 10:44 am
Best Cause Ever! I’m really glad it’s happening in other cities now, that’s definitely encouraging for humanity. High five for attending the montreal walk!
May 29, 2011 at 9:36 am
hey, it’s “the end of May” – is the sabbatical over yet?
May 29, 2011 at 10:42 am
Soon!! I’m back at the ol’ drawing board now, and the next comic is fully in production. Stay tuned!
June 1, 2011 at 8:47 am
Yeah! You lied to us Winston! Now I don’t believe in nothin’ no more!
May 29, 2011 at 7:36 pm
I have been reading your comics for about 3 years and I really love them =D I just wanted to tell you that I enjoy the flow of thoughts you put in them and also tell you that it’s amazing how much your comics have evolved, I just realized that because yesterday i decided to read all of them from the beginning and it’s really noticeable how your drawing style and writing has evolved. So yeah, greetings from Chile. Sorry for bad english.
May 30, 2011 at 5:55 am
How, out of 100 comments, am I the first person to comment on the Radiohead reference on the sandwich board in the last panel?
May 31, 2011 at 11:03 pm
oh yeah. don’t know how i missed that. i like that song.
June 1, 2011 at 12:14 am
That last panel really resonated with me, the idea of “maybe its foolish to pursue change for its own sake”. For the last few years I thought exactly like her, rabidly pursuing this idea of ‘change’. Fairly recently I realized that I was chasing a shadow, nothing but a self-created ideal that has nothing to do with the world outside my head. I found that the real trick is as simple as learning to really enjoy myself in the present moment, in this wonderful world of the senses.
Its really quite a thing to come here one day and see a character spell out my thought process so perfectly like that! Far too often one can feel alone in these matters, its always strangely empowering to see there’s others out there thinking along the same lines.
Oh and by the way, I IMMENSELY enjoyed the different drawing styles.
June 10, 2011 at 2:31 pm
While I feel sorry for the girl, am I the only one who DOESN’T think the employee was being a jerk?
June 17, 2011 at 11:25 am
RUSH
July 4, 2011 at 10:49 pm
I love the Rush reference in the title.
September 17, 2011 at 2:53 am
I hate that feeling.. i;m too introverted and when i;m not i end up feeling like a douchebag.
November 28, 2011 at 6:31 pm
Yo its my first time posting a comment, this comic seems like an appropriate place to start!
Actual comment \/ \/ \/
True Dat
December 29, 2011 at 8:48 am
I like your perspective,the drawing reminds me of Cal Shenkel’s work(dude who did Zappa cover art)
October 18, 2013 at 7:44 pm
No offense, Winston, but I always get this weird feeling that you’re a girl when I read your comics.
March 10, 2022 at 10:29 am
Wonderful comic. I am laughing!