Suddenly, an entire year had passed! And I knew I had to do something special, so I just started linking the standard frames together and told a rambling, nonsensical story filled with callbacks and pop culture references. Also, in typical I.Times style, barely a third of it is true.
Honestly I’m not crazy about this comic and have had a terrible time trying to come up with anything to say about it. I don’t hate it either, it’s just…hm. Hard to put into words. And isn’t that exactly the kind of insightful commentary you were hoping for??
Okay, fine! Let’s try. It’s pointlessly long and not particularly funny. The artwork is serviceable but why did I bother bringing back the masked man? And the last two panels are only there because I was re-using the entire three-panel frame each time (you can see the curves in the corners) and rather than lop them off I decided to fill them out with, well, filler.
But don’t listen to me. I am sometimes my own worst critic and have a long history of utter disdain for my own work simply because time has passed between writing it and re-reading it.
Let’s focus on the positive. I like my imaginary Tom Selleck moustache and accompanying expression. I like the panel where I threaten that guy with a knife. And I like what should have been the final panel (the one with the date in it). [May 22, 2011]
First, I want to say thanks to everybody who’s given a kind word to me in the last year about my work, or who’s contributed to the general good-times-all-around atmosphere of the site. I may or may not still toil away in utter obscurity even if nobody read this, but you folks definitely make it more fun to post these things. I hope you stick around for as long as I continue to make these, even though after #480 I’ll clearly have sold out to my corporate sponsors, and man wasn’t this comic so much better back in the old days when nobody read it, etc etc.
Some notes about this comic:
1.)This is literally seven comics worth of writing done in one evening. The first person to demand this level of commitment from me on a daily basis must leave and never come back, ever.
2.)Tommers, I apologize in advance if you don’t like the way you look. You’re kind of a tricky dude to draw.
3.)I honestly hope to one day be as cool as I imagine myself to be with that kickass Tom Selleck moustache, but alas…
OKAY, CAN I GO TO BED NOW PLEASE. SOME OF US DO HAVE TO GET UP FOR WORK IN THE MORNING. Sheesh…
HAHA that was a great comic! I love the Chrono Trigger references in there. Nicely done.
I love how the masked man is wearing panties on his face 😉
Cringo did not say the above comment, I did. He seemed to have been logged onto my computer!
I’m not upset about the way I look, but I don’t recall the masked man cursing me with a weak mustache. CMON nathan, at least give me that.
Well thank you Nathan for your mad comics skills, i always look forward to checking out if theres a new one up (even though you’re just in the comic industry for the money and the woman)
Pfff. You call THAT a COMIXTRAVAGANZA?!
There wasn’t a SINGLE explosion! There wasn’t a SINGLE hot babe! Criticism! Harshness! Exclamation points!
…but just between me and you, it’s still rockin’.
The masked man is not wearing panties! it’s just…his mask is really…tied tightly. That’s ridiculous! You’re ridiculous!
I think Steve2 said it best when he said “woman“.
I have yet to meet attractive ladies (singular OR plural) as a result of this comic. Soon, though! Soon.
rememnber going to burger king with that moustache? i didn’t want to point out that you were growing it, since it looked like ass. but here it is now.