Summer Beach Fun Edition
July 26, 2010
12:00 am
I wholly believe that Charles Atlas’s “Insult That Made a Man Out of Mac” comic is quite possibly the epitome of human comicking.
Really, I’m just interrupting your regularly scheduled story to do this because my family is visiting so there is very little time to make with the comicsmithing. And I’m sure everybody’s been waiting to see the Commander in a leopard print speedo.
First!
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That is the best rebuttal I have ever seen.
Sure is looking TF2 in here.
You’re right, I think Coelasquid has completely ripped off TF2’s art style!
Or it could be, ya know, a distinct art style originating from the old ads in 1940’s comics which TF2 artists mimic as part of the game’s overall style and tone.
I’ll be honest that I first thought of TF2 as well, though that’s mostly due to my apparent lack of culture, I apologize.
If it makes you feel any batter, I’ve never played TF2, but have see a plethora of parodies of the Charles Atlas comic.
Seriously folks, it’s a cultural cornerstone, I’ve got the original linked right in the comment. Everybody who’s anybody has parodied it at some point, there’s even a song or two about it in Rocky Horror Picture Show.
see what you did, you made comics with video game characters in them so obviously, by law, every comic you ever do ever again is video game related.
Well, this strip has a pokemon in it…
I’m sure that TF2 used/ were inspirated by the original comic when they did do that Jarate comic for Sniper update, just like Coelasquid did now.
YOU DONT PLAY TF2????
MY DREAMS OF FINDING YOU IN A MATCH AND SPARING YOU SO YOU WOULD BEFRIEND ME ON STEAM ARE RUINNNNEEEEEDDD!!!!! ;_;
I don’t have enough free time to merit playing games that I have to pay to subscribe to monthly.
TF2 does not have a monthly fee. Pay once, pay forever. I don’t think it ever had a fee. Unless you are talking about the Xbox live version, then nevermind. But the PC version does not have a fee.
I thought you had to pay to subscribe to the Steam server or something.
Incorrect, all you need to do is buy the game.
The steam account service basically lets you download and play your game on any computer that you install steam on, but only one computer that has your account on it can play the game at a time.
Steam DOES have some P2P MMORPG’S in it’s library, but the majority of the games are pay once.
TF2 Doesn’t require a subscription, it’s a one-time buy, and Steam is free.
but TF2 and Steam dont require subscripitions or fees!
its FREEEE
and if you dont have steam that means you dont have half life 2
which means my hopes of a Gordon Freeman Reference are dashed…
I draw comics about games I haven’t played all the time, I’ve never played Bioshock.
I spend so much time drawing comics about video games I don’t actually get to play them anymore.
I’m not sure whether or not to feel impressed or sorry for you.
To all you naysayers i say, quit your nay saying!
I swear to god I will discipline you D:<
“In just 7 days I can make you a man” – Frankenfurter
http://www.ciberarte.com.br/books/smallads/insulthq.html
I feel as though i need to direct everyone to this, Lest they continue this endless cycle of tomfoolery.
Sure is looking let’s-accuse-Coelasquid-of-copying-everything-ever in here…
Well, mostly in dA. But here too.
I think the problem is cultural ineptitude. I instantly recognized the art style, SEVERAL famous cartoonists have mimicked the art style for years, including folks from Disney.
lol I love how when Mr.Fish is eating the guys head he has his nonchalant/bored look about him still. Truly Mr.Fish is one zen Gyarados.
I can’t blame anyone for having cultural ineptitude. I’m pretty sure I’m full of it myself. I didn’t know that “Insult that Made a Man out of “Mac”” even existed until I found TF2’s parody of it, but then I got learn’d of the original.
…but cultural ineptitude is never an excuse to say someone’s copying. Actually, the whole idea of claiming Coelasquid “ripped off” TF2 is kind of funny, in an ironic kind of way, because TF2 “ripped off” Charles Atlas. Mi parody es su parody.
exactly.
I think all that we can gain from this is the recognition of the original comic as universally awesome, as it is honored by such a great variety of awesome things.
i love these old comic advertisements, they dont make anny sense in this day and age
I think ‘I’m very sad for you’ has made my day.
“But I need those to Halo” made mine.
Ah, English language, is there any word that cannot be made into a verb?
It took me a few minutes to clue into what he meant by that. :D
“Verbing words weirds language.”
+10 internet cookies to whoever gets the reference.
Calvin and Hobbes
Ding!
And the grand prize goes to the red-headed drunkard of Britannian descent!
*Applauds*
If there is, it hasn’t been discovered yet…
My anatomy skills are lacking, but the Commanders arms look kinda stumpy.
Love the comic though o3o
They’re supposed to be bent a bit at the elbows but that’s what I get for rushing and tying to get this done in like two hours.
S’like they say; cheap, fast, good, pick two.
Just a bit of foreshortening fail – a touch more shading would clear that right up.
If you want a comic next week, I don’t have a lot of time to go back and touch up old ones. I’m almost through my buffer as-is.
You dont have alot of time? But this one only took you two hours, where did the rest of the week go? You know, we only give you leave to eat and sleep between comics, right?
I visited my family that I haven’t seen for eight months.
Unacceptable.
I think you did a fine job and it doesn’t look rushed. It only looks unusual because you drew Commander to match the proportions in the original photo, and real humans are stumpier than comic-art characters.
you’re right, the arms look a little weird,
Having a giant fish-snake monster around is always useful :D
I noticed that too…
i demand a reappearance of the chair.
I always saw those in old Archie comics that my mom still had.
This is a lot better.
IS THAT AN IGLOO I SPY IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF SOME OF THOSE PANELS
oh jesus
Its a beach Umbrella…..
You don’t get out much do you D:
Oh dear, now I can’t unsee it.
OHMYMARLONBRANDO! MR. FISH DID SAVE THE DAY! OH GOD I LOVE YOU SOOOOO MUCH COELASQUID! Mr. Fish is like THE single coolest character in your comic series! He’s SOOO cool. Although, what’s with the comic style? It looks like you spilt coffee on the background and layout or something…. Did I mention I love you?!!?
It’s meant to mimic the style of the old printing paper used in comic books from the time era that she has pulled this weeks comic’s art style from.
Is that a tiny face I see in the Commander’s crotch?
You’ve been staring at his crotch for far too long.
Or not long enough.
Damnit, now I see it, too.
Yes, I DID go back an look.
OH GOD! I can’t unsee it!
Holy crap, 2nd thing I can’t unsee on this comic ._.
It’s an image of Brando, our Lord and Savior.
YAY!!! I’M A DISTRACTION,
Now back to the future with my…
POWER GLOVE
funny stuff. : ) And Jared’s girlfriend was really hot. I guess he told her: “I have a giant snake monster”.
Moar please.
and yet, why is she colored as if she’s under the umbrella (and in the shade)
despite standing up watching Mr Fish eat the Mr sandkicker?
She isn’t caucasian.
This (sadly) reminds me of a co-worker who, after being told by a customer that she must have been working outside because her skin “looks really dirty”, had to explain that she’s not white.
It’s hard to describe how hard I am facepalming right now.
I’m Caucasian, but have been mistaken for hispanic a few times D: I know the pain.
yeah it’s such a pain not to be white.
My palm is squashing my brain against the back of my skull. Ouch.
ouch! I hurt my nose. :(
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Facepalmed as well after reading tdkgunghoul’s comment…
nah, he just really impressed her with his gamerscore. I mean, any girl who calls a guy a cockmongler, is def. going to fall for a nerd with an impressive gamerscore and a IRL Gyrados.
this is the epitome.
How did Jared get a girlfriend, anyway?
He has smitten her with his giant snake monster.
This comic just made me think… if everything the Commander said except that he was from the future was absolute bull… maybe the Commander is Jared in the future? Oooo weeeee oooooo….
*M night shymalan face*
WHAT A TWIIIST
Actually I thought of another possibility. The Marty McFly…. Seeing how wimpy his dad is in the future, the Commander goes back in time to make Daddy (Jared) man the f up…
I’ve come back from the future to express my amusement at how this theory has since been pretty firmly debunked. And the one Icarsun put forward, too.
I’ll admit I thought of TF2 first, but then I clicked the link and realized that this comic they did: http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/images/07_comic_large.jpg
was a parody itself. =P
It makes me seriously sad that everyone thinks this was a TF2 thing. It’s like everybody thinking that “I am the minotaur” speech thing was a Venture Brothers creation, and not a Red Dragon reference.
The TF2 parody wasn’t even that funny, either…
And it makes me sad that you thought TF2 needed a monthly subscription.
DAMN YOU IGNORANCE, DAMN YOU TO HELLLLLLLLL *shakes fist*
I can’t really help what people tell me, no need to get your panties in a bunch about it. Plenty of more important things going on in my life that need attending to besides “does Steam really need a subscription y/n?”
However knowing the referance made in a joke is seriously important stuff? ;)
Nothing on the internet is important ever.
But being accused of plagiarism because people don’t get a joke (and apparently can’t read the comment directly under said joke) does get annoying after a while.
The only truly pathetic part is that nobody seemed to get that the Jarate comic was a reference.
I read the original; excellent modernization!
This is amazing. Now I want a Gyrados just so I can say “That’s right Mr. Fish! Ha ha! It’s Super Effective!” when he pwns people.
Keep up the amazing work. <3
Am I slightly disappointed there is a break in the comic? Sure. Do I really enjoy this comic? You betcha.
Hope you had fun with your family.
This is full of several kinds of win.
And it amuses me that you changed up the girlfriend a bit. Suretenly to diversify and all, but I also wonder if it has a little bit to do with the fact that the original one kind of looks like you, which would’ve added a weird angle to the whole thing.
Wait what? this is the first time I’ve drawn this character… I can’t think of any girl I’ve drawn in this comic that looks like me, I look like fatgirl!Bruce Campbell.
If you dim the lights, squint, stand on your head and turn sideways you kinda look like Mr.Fish D:
I can :C face with the best of them.
Oh, no, I mean that the girlfriend character from the ORIGINAL Charles Atlas ad looks a bit like you.
Bruce Campbell is the man.
The only thing that seriously puzzles me is: how the heck did Jared get a Girlfriend?
… He caught her with a pokeball?
Maybe he ran into the same way Ash met Misty, the whole”you owe me a new ” deal.
I read all kinds of Webcomics and never before have I had such a strong desire to post a comment. Having grown up reading my dad’s old comics, this speaks to me on so many levels. Love the comic, keep it up!
Well I got the reference straight off! *cultured*
Heh heh, the naysaying chair and chance to see Mr. Fish saving the day made the break in the plot entirely painless.
All of your comics are amazing, but this one might be my favorite one yet! haha
well, i was going to comment on how the commander’s arms look a bit…short today, but someone beat me to it. even so, i love the comic xD
…would i be ostracized for saying that i think i prefer the commander in his normal costume? there’s not much sexier than hairy man-chest paired with black and red leather xD
Hey, I got a question. The girlfriend, is she going to appear in more comics? Like, is she Jared’s official girlfriend for the comic or was this just a one shot?
What the honest heck to the swear euphenisms am I reading? XD
Love your comic, funniest stuff I’ve seen in a while. I would have one tiny suggestion: Stonefaced Mr.Fish is funny in his own right, but he IS a Gyarados. Gyradoses (Gyradosi?) are not know for their even temper, and are considered rageaholics. I’d like to see a…more expressive Mr.Fish next time he gets a bit of action.
On second thought, maybe it’s funnier to have Mr. Fish play against type (ho ho, pokemon pun!). I just like to see pokemon drawn by awesome artist.
remember how jared got it to evolve, it’s probably a bit brain damaged :P
I think there’s something wrong with me since my first thought was the jarate comic from TF2 and not the actual comic thats probably older than my parents.
either way, great work as always, made me lol pretty hard.
The Commander’s arms are lookin’ pretty short there buddy… and like he could barely move them at all.
Mr.Fish makes me forget all about that though.
Somebody already got on me about that. I agree they look too short, but it’s mostly some crappy rushed shading, and they probably should have been thicker to match how caricatured the rest of him is. If you swung around the elbow and the wrist, they match up to the bottom of the ribs and the groin respectively, so it’s not quite as freakishly off as you’re making it out to be.
OMG MY EYES… MY BEAUTIFUL COMIC READING EYES…..
I never want to see a guy in a speedo ever again… EVEN if it’s Johnny Depp or DAvid Tennant… and DEFINATLY not a leopard print one…
Otherwise… pretty funny XD
I’m for the non Caucasian GF. Being Latin American myself it kinda sucks that most of the time in media we’re “Vatos” gangbangers, Druglords, servants,the kidnapping gardener, Cabana boy, or have ridiculously thick accents ( Salma Hayek and Antonio Bandaras). Thankfully we have Robert Rodriguez giving us “Machete” played by Danny Trejo and “El Wrey” played by Freddy Rodriguez in Planet terror. “Romeo” was awesome in Boondocks Saints II.
I, for one, would like to see this woman become a character. :P
What concerns me is that people are focusing on ‘TF2’, not on COMMANDER IN SPEEDO’s. It’s called priorities, folks. Get em strait.
I agree whole heartedly! I mean seriously people, focus on the more important things in life!
Like the chair kicking abilities of a certain teenager D:<
Just wanted to say that I didn’t notice anything wrong with the Commander’s arms. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. C:
Why am I aroused by that picture? Oh that’s right, because I’m gay and have good taste. You’ve made my dreams come true, Coelasquid *.*
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Great comic ^_^
Best spoof of that infamous comic EVER. Also, the Commander’s ultra realistic-looking body had me both drooling and laughing.
I just love the word ‘naysaying’.
Excellent as always. Of course the Charles Atlas reference got that “I’m Gonna Make You A Man” song from RHPS stuck in my head. XD
And now I’VE got the “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” song from Mulan stuck in my head!
io9.com/5595723/zombies-make-the-best-drinking-partners-in-the-full-goon-trailer
Damn, Jared’s pokemon girl is quite a looker!
Screw may and misty (or rather dont) and break me off a piece of that O.O
The real surprise here is Jared found a black hottie on the beach.
You know what they say about guys with 50 foot sea monsters.
While this is utterly wonderful, I’ve just gotta say, the best rendition I’ve even seen of that add is the “Man Maker” in the pilot episode of Downtown.
Ah, such fond memories.
If it makes you feel any better I instantly recognized the Charles Atlas motif, even though I’ve never actually seen the original comic. Just read about it and seen enough parodies to absorb it by popcultural osmosis.
By the way my vote for the best version is Flex Mentallo’s origin story, in the pages of Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol. It goes just like the original, except the Muscle Mysteries Flex learns through the ad gives him the ability to manipulate the fabric of reality by the vibrations of his muscles. The “Hero of the Beach” text that for some reason floats in the air is explained as an aura generated by his powers.
If you like musclemen, Coelasquid, there’s hardly any more awe-inspiring. :)
Thank you. I remember seeing these all the time in my dad’s comic books. This truely made my day.
What I think are hootworthy are the demi-entendres in the las panel. “Gosh! What a fish!” Says the envious blonde. “That skinny nerd sure is lucky!” Says the swooning other man.
And, hey. Enough about the arms! Charles Atlas (and the Commander, by, heh, extension) is hideously deformed. You make us happy, Coelasquid!
I’m just happy that Jarred likes the darker women. I’m with ya buddy!!
Tots. my favorite comic to date. I lol’ed so hard.
In honour of the Commander and his leopard print brief I just had to come back and include this link.
Its a fit older man in this very motif….
I’m old school (pre internet), so i’m happy to say that i got the Charles Atlas reference straight away.
Oldest parody i’ve seen of the Charles Atlas ad is from a Marvel What The–? comic from 1989 or 1990 i’ve got knocking around here somewhere.
Love the comic, i need to start making one of my own sometime, shame i can’t write to save my life!
Love that you’ve used the word “comicsmithing”! It’s the only one that makes sense to me for “making comics”.
I wrote about it here:
http://longandshortboxofit.blogspot.com/2010/03/quick-announcement-and-quick-note-on.html
A friend noticed you use it and sent me this way.
Oh, and the comic was awesome too!!
Ahahahahah, I just like to add the word “smith” to the ends of things. Like how “Bunsmith” sounds so much more badass than “baker”, or how the phrase “I admire the aptitude of your bunsmithery” seems like it carries more weight than “you make good bread”.
HAHA! I remember that! In fact, I have an Archie comic with it on the back ;) Though your version is WAY better.
The picture at the end reminded me of SAXTON HALE!
It should remind you of CHARLES ATLAS.
wow, I thought this to be the original:
http://www.peasnapod.com/public/images/block_images/k.jpg
Nope. not in the least.
This made me <3
For so many reasons.
lol, minimarvels!
soo there was an Iron Man version of this comic… I never even realized that IT was a parody as well :P
You should really do a strip that includes Jared’s gf, I’d love to see how she interacts with the rest of the cast
Is Jared dating Rinnie from Blaster Nation?
…I have come backwards in time to declare…holy crap, Jared was dating Candela six years before she existed. Go time travel!