Ongoing Comic

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Thu 01/12/2005 00:10:16

Aw. I loved watching that contest.

That and caption, I love 'em both. Don't leddem die!

Ok, so one is already dead - no reason to kill the other one too...

Vince Twelve · Thu 01/12/2005 00:40:18

No need to go scrapping all the other contests!

I think this one was going fine, it just needs someone to take the next frame and point the story back into a direction where it's going somewhere.

I had been waiting for someone to contribute another page so that I could jump back in (by the rules I had to wait 5 pages) and now that I can, I will. ...as soon as I have time. But I'm a bit busy now.

I don't think this activity is broken, it's just wandered onto a little tangent. That's the nature of these community activities. Don't end it, continue it in a better direction.

Interesting ongoing story threads to follow up on:

*Someone has to wrap up Harry's flash back. Why are people being beaten? Who threw that toilet paper? Who did he turn around and see? Why does he need to go on a trip around the world?

*The un-named main character, his Brother Harry, and Harry's un-named partner (who has only been seen on page 2) have to start their cruise.

*Suzie Dorkins and Walter are currently chasing Harry and his brother on donkeys... apparently.

I'll join in again as soon as I have time.

Bluke4x4 · Thu 01/12/2005 01:06:07

I may have forgotten the number.

esper · Fri 02/12/2005 09:00:28

While we're waiting for Bluke (you've already surpassed the time limit, so hurry up!) I was wondering if there was anywhere someone could put all the pages in order, without the banter in the thread... Could we maybe sticky a thread which is JUST the comic?

sergiocornaga · Sat 03/12/2005 23:24:50

What exactly do you mean by a cruise, Bluke?

Bluke4x4 · Sat 03/12/2005 23:48:20

Cruise. Around the world. Remember? Sigh. He's putting on a world cruise (newly revealed) for masochists. I thought it was obvious. He's bringing his brothers for some other reason.

esper · Sun 04/12/2005 08:55:21

Allright, let's wake this sleeping beast up.

Here's a recap of the story so far:

Harry's brother refuses to go on a surprise world tour with him. However, when Susie Dorkins of the Inland Revenue calls, he instantly changes his mind. That change is of little pertinance, however, as Harry and an unnamed assistant come and kidnap him, knocking him out and putting him in the back of their cruise van. Suzie Dorkins persists in calling Harry's brother, and Harry discovers his brother's problem when he picks up the phone of his unconscious sibling. Meanwhile, Suzie decides the only way to get Harry's brother to pay his taxes is by hunting him down. When all logical methods seem to be unavailable due to Inland Revenue cutbacks, she decides to do this herself. Falling victim to yet another IR cutback, she and Walter, the maintenance man, are forced to travel by Burro. When Harry's brother wakes up, tied up in the back of the van, he inquires to Harry about what is going on. He must travel around the world, he explains, and apparently wants his more intelligent brother to plan and possibly finance it. We learn that Harry was always the baby in the family, constantly whining about everything. Why this amazing risk, then? Harry explains:

He had been walking down the street on a dark evening when a poorly conceived code word gets him mistaken as a gangster, and he is led by a Paizon to the mob hideout. He opens the door (which, for some reason, Haddas is convinced required an unusual feat of strength) and is shocked to see people being beaten. He wonders why, when suddenly a soggy ball of toilet paper hits him. He turns to see the culprit, Mob boss Joey (whatever happened to Luigi) Flabboney, apparent moderator of Maso-Con 2005, a masochist convention. Brainwashed by the Masomob, Harry begins his own masochistic trek across the globe, indulging his newfound tendencies, with a (possible gangster) assistant and his kidnapped brother, who is all the while being chased (on burro) by Suzie Dorkins of the IR.

EDIT: That having been said, I claim the next frame as my own... My... preciousssssssss.....

AND HERE IT IS!

Huw Dawson · Mon 05/12/2005 19:16:11

... That makes little sence ...

Oh well...

esper · Mon 05/12/2005 22:08:18

Flabboney's masochistic tendencies have driven him to the ultimate form of masochism: Omnicide (the killing of everything). Through some inexplicable method (e is a mafia don, he could get the money if he so chose) Flabboney has gotten himself a nuclear warhead and is dropping it on whatever city Harry and his brother are from. Harry is a masochist, not a sadist, and as such has no desire to die. Therefore, he has gotten his brother with the help of said unamed assailant to get him out of the country.

And why did they "need his intelligence?" Maybe Flaboney has more up his sleeve?

Makes sense now?

Ashen · Mon 05/12/2005 22:44:56

I think you've got sadism and masochism the wrong way round - sadism (after the Marquis de Sade) is about inflicting pain, so Omnicide is more like an extreme form of that. A masocist (after someone von Sacher-Masoch) is more likely to want to die than to avoid it - however since they're both about the suffering (AFAIK), I'm not totally sure dying/killing is necessarily a part of either.

Here ends the slightly creepy lesson.

Anyway, it's nice to see this re-starting, and actually moving along some.

EDIT: (After esper's post).
Well, a Masochist Convention would presumably need a few sadists, to deal out the punishment. Perhaps the sadistic Flabboney and his men saw an untapped market, and decided to make a little extra doing what they do best. It could also be a that Harry ain't the sharpest tool in the shed, and just misunderstood what he saw (Flabboney and his men beating on people - perhaps to secure the bomb?).

esper · Tue 06/12/2005 08:53:23

Dammit... you're right. Well, I got confused because the people at the masochism convention were attacking other people... I guess Harry was just making believe he was a masochist so Flabboney wouldn't kill him, and thus got in with the mob and found out about their plan...

Yeah. That works...

esper · Sat 17/12/2005 22:21:38

BUMP!!!!

Because we now have space over at smackjeeves.com! See my sig for the link! So let's start this thing up again!

Bluke4x4 · Sun 18/12/2005 15:44:35

sweeet. and i don't think they needed sadists, did they? i mean, just beating the crap out of eachother, they're masochists, that's what they want, right? diod they hire sadist's then? and i thought harry was actually brainwashed... i'm confused.

Edited by mod: deleted the bumps so this won't be on top of the list.

Revan · Tue 31/01/2006 19:33:47

bush_monkey · Wed 01/02/2006 00:34:17

Hope you don't mind if I join in

Vince Twelve · Wed 01/02/2006 07:52:17

Revan, I just wanted to say that I love that you never showed Walter's face. It was my secret desire when I created him that never showing his face would be an ongoing joke in the comic. Like Al from Police Squad.

And I love your art bush_monkey. Very cool.

MrBen · Wed 01/02/2006 15:57:26

i'l go next!

TA DA!

I noticed Harry's acomplice hadnt been mentioned in a while.....so i named him GEOFF!

En garde! · Fri 03/02/2006 04:05:34

There we go.

Revan · Fri 03/02/2006 06:08:07

esper · Fri 03/02/2006 06:23:45

Okay, this time, but you're supposed to wait five frames. I'm just happy this thing is taking back off again.