AND IT BEGINS
Oh man guys, I cannot even begin to express how awesome you all are, I ended up with TWENTY strips in total from the lot of you! I’ve picked my personal seven favourites of the lot and I’m going to run a different one every day, but I plan on posting ALL of them in the blog section under the comic as well because seriously, you guys are all awesome and did fantastic work and I really love every one of them. I’m not even just saying that, every one of them got a chuckle out of me and I seriously had a SUPER HARD TIME picking. But, yanno, if I ran them all I’d be putting off drawing my own comic for three weeks (not to mention more than a third of the archive would have been drawn by other people…)
I’m going to kick this off with one of my absolute favourites of the lot, from Longyear. Because it’s funny and gorgeous and HEY IT HAS GORDON FREEMAN FOR ALL YOU GUYS WHO WON’T STOP ASKING FOR GORDON FREEMAN! And I suppose before Longyear gets too much flack for his moderately out of character Commander, I’ll throw in the comment he sent me along with this strip;
“I’m sorry in advance that I misinterpreted your character for the sake of drawing a reaction face
love longyear”
I can respect the silly face guys. I can respect it.
Hope you guys like it as much as I do, and don’t forget there’ll be a new guest strip up every day this week!
(and for those of you who are wondering, the move is going pretty well. Got my visa just fine and all my stuff made it through customs. The road trip idea from Chicago to LA wasn’t going to work out, so I’m looking at alternative ways to move a room’s worth of stuff from Illinois to California)
I literally watched you post this
from the bushes
but seriously there was no new comic and then I refreshed and there was. crazy. Also I just read your entire archive for the first time, good shit
I also did that. I loaded the comic, got a little disappointed, and then my spidey sense kicked in.
I like it and all… but why… Hrm. He let in Jared because he is a nice, soft-spotty man. He let in Duke, who is a dorknerd. So why not these two?
Still really nice though!
Why is Canadian Guy there if he hates him?
The Canadian guy is still manly, despite his…. “-ness”. Duke is pretty much the same way.
Jared obviously has the potential to be manly. Probably the manliest pokemon trainer I’ve ever heard of, certainly.
It helps that Jared also used Mr Fish as a weapon when it was a baby, and now uses other trainers’ pokemon as Mr Fishchow (Part of your complete breakfast!) So he’s tons more manly than everyone in Pokemon.
WROOOOOOOONG!!!!!!!! LANCE IS THE GREATEST -NO- TEH GREATEST TRAINER EVER! PARDON MY FRENCH BUT HE’S FREAKING EPIC! THAT’S RIGHT! YOUR ARROGANCE FORCED ME TO USE “EPIC!” ARE YOU PROUD OF YOURSELF?!? YOU HORRIBLE PERSON! HOW DARE YOU SUGGEST THERE IS A TRAINER MORE UTTERLY POWERFUL THAN LANCE! HE WAS THE 4TH MEMBER OF THE ELITE FOUR! AND THEN THE CHAMPION! HE WAS THE FIRST DRAGON TRAINER EVER! SHAME ON YOU! SHAME.
Blue beat him…
And noone in the games killed anything…ever…no really, no matter how much overkill you did, all you could do was make them “faint”…
Ok… I don’t know why you think that yelling is useful, but I’m pretty sure that there wasn’t any French word in your comment… And believe me, my english may be terrible, but I’m still french… So why the “PARDON MY FRENCH”?
“Pardon my french” is a phrase in English that is supposed to excuse someone for swearing.
Or as wikipedia puts it: “Pardon my French” or “Excuse my French” is a common English language phrase ostensibly disguising profanity as French. The phrase is uttered in an attempt to excuse the user of profanity, swearing, or curses in the presence of those offended by it under the pretense of the words being part of a foreign language.
Sorry for the *very* late reply.
because Jared is an unpaid intern who is learning to be manly, whereas these two are just nerds to the core.
I mean Clarke’s parents are so damn nerdy they named him after science fiction authors really
Who said anything about Jared being unpaid?
Canon!Commander is all about the pursuit of happiness no matter how nerdy your interests are, but this is silly and makes me laugh.
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Lol, brilliant.
You can try Amtrak. They ship freight and I know they have a station in Chicago. It might take a few days for your stuff to catch up with you but it would probably be the cheapest option.
Thanks!
Who was the guy to Gordon Freeman’s left?
It’s Isaac from Dead Space.
The term ‘nerd alert’ never fails to amuse me, also love the colors! fantastic.
True. I hope I’m not the only one who thought about the Aquabats when they saw that bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJHn5tSZzoE
I have to say, I definitely saw that end joke coming, still made me LOL like a dickhead though good work!
Who’s the dude with the mask on the right? Sorry for the noob question
I wasn’t sure either at first, but judging by the comments it’s a character named Isaac Clarke from Dead Space.
Isaac…. Clarke… wow that’s got to be THE nerdiest name EVER. o.o
Dead Space is actually pretty awesome. Most terrifying game I’ve ever played
You obviously haven’t played either the penumbra series or Amnesia: the dark descent, friend.
True. They look interesting, but my laptop can barely handle Minecraft graphics.
Honestly, that sucks. Ok, imagine a horror game where your only defense is to not get seen, and when you do get seen, to run.
This is so fantastic! :D
I totally agree.
On the other hand, THE JOKE WOULD BE MUCH FUNNIER IF GORDON FREEMAN DIDN’T TALK BECAUSE HE DOESN’T TALK AND THEM HAVING NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE HE’S A MUTE WORKS BETTER WITH THE LAST THING COMMANDER BADASS SAID!
Seems to me that humor is all about subverting expectations. Since the “ha ha Freeman’s mute” joke has become expected, the final panel achieves humor by subverting that.
I hope Isaac and Gordon get back at Commander for what he did… By making a NERD ARMY!
NoNoNo, they will be more sophisticated, they will create special agency to rehabilitate nerdy video game characters across their office
I can’t be the only one that read “NERDS” in the voice of Ogre, from Revenge of the Nerds.
Lol, nerds of the world unite…. and then sit and play D&D ;P
I did chuckle.
“I advance my brigade of Linuxites-Hey, do I get a +4 Command Adjustment for keeping my old 386 box in my basement?”
It’s a good reaction face, so very worth it. Glad the move’s doing well!
Worldwide, right now, there are literally like NINETEEN poor souls who will now be anxious all week, waiting to see if they make the cut.
WELL PLAYED, MA’AM.
I am in love with the sketchiness of this one. It feels so natural. I can’t wait to see all twenty.
I feel really bad having to choose like this, because seriously, there were some seriously awesome ones that I love that I had to put into the secondary pile. I was even considering running like three a day to get them all in there, but that was just going to be crazy.
So I’m not gonna say the ones I’m running are the “best” so much as the ones that caught my sense of humour the most. :P
You could just run those spare guest comics later, if you aren’t able to upload the canon comic. Because, you know, you’re not made of iron.
Of course not! She’s from Canadia! She’s made out of rawhide and molybdenum!
I think the people who made them deserve to have their stuff seen because it’s awesome. I’d feel like a jerk holding onto it forever, at least.
4th panel looks like robotnik. don’t ask why.
Good luck with move options! (I recommend riding a mammoth)
i hope gordon will make a reappearance…
it would have been better if you couldn’t have seen gordon’s eyes and if he had his mouth closed…
other than that, it was good….
but i did rage inside, just a little…
I’m waiting for Gordon to appear in the actual comic now.
Isaac always struck me as more of the blue collar worker type…
the reaction face (did kinda resemble robotnik) was good but the treatment of Gordon and Isaac didn’t sit well with me…
ah well I’m sure there’s another temp agency in town that caters to the guys that kick ass but also have an education
BOOSH!
Why did I imagine the fourth panel accompanied by revolving red lights, a siren echoing through the whole building and someone screaming “THE INVASION HAS COMMENCED!!!”
And at least those two are pretty manly nerds. After all, Isaac punches necromorph’s heads off and Gordon can kill anything with a friggin crowbar.
“Ejector seat noise” is the best part. Hell, that is the only panel, ever.
I have to agree. Fucking hilarious.
man, this was interesting, by the way, hope u can find a good place soon :)
So many parts of this made me laugh. Nerd alert, the ejector seat noise, Jared’s reaction to The Commander’s comment about nerds, the 40oz in a bag that Gordon is holding, and last but not least, the way Isaac is sitting on the curb. All-encompassing win for Longyear. =)
…Maybe there’s some sort of reverse digree thing. If you have to much education then you are considered a nerd. By that definition, Jared is a dork, and therefor, permissable.
Just a thought though, it’s not like it’s my comic or anything… ROFLMAO!!!
EJECTOR SEAT NOISE.
Misinterpreted the character? Yeah. Freaky reaction face? You bet. I’ll call it artistic license. Nice work!
I’m just glad Snake is in the agency and Freeman isn’t.
Yes, now that you mention it, I am too.
I’ve been waiting to see my darling Isaac Clarke on this comic. I love the upkeep of his silent protagonist image.
Dammit dammit dammit. Didn’t get mine in on time. Oh well, this one was funnier anyhow.
Sweet Chinchilla Jesus, that face. THAT FACE.
Holy crap, his rage face scares the poo out of me.
This obviously isn’t canon since both of them are nerds, but are really very MANLY nerds. Plus, they’ve both gone through some really bad shit… in fact, it’s amazing how many parallels there are between the two o_O
Also, laughed at Gordon’s line. What a way to break the “vote of silence” :lol:
LOL! Made my day XD
*well, now it’s night*
Is it too late to make a comic ;n; ?
*forgot to do one ;A; *
Got a chuckle from me too. :P Nice take with a completely different art style.
This is awesome. It’s even funnier that Dead Space 2 is supposed to be about Isaac getting his life back to normal, and then necromorphs happen and he has to kill off an entire elementary school or orphanage or something which sends him right back to crazy-land. PTSD! Anyway it’s fun to imagine this happening between the two games.
Huh, the commander kind of looks like wolverine here.
Awesome guest comic <3 I laughed like the dickens
Yeah, we’re definitely talking about an alternate-universe Commander here. I’m sure the real Commander would have nothing but respect for anyone who beats zombies to death with a crowbar, Ph.D or no.
Gordon freeman is manly. for example:
http://www.teamteabag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/gordonfreeman.jpg
and
http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/0806/dream-on-sam-fisher-gordon-freeman-splinter-cell-half-life-a-demotivational-poster-1212454773.jpg
Gordon need to do one more to prove that he is manly, to sweep Alyx off her leg and be a true man, and at least have a courage to speak to her.
“Speak” is not in Gordon’s vocabulary. In fact, there is no word in the Freeman’s vocabulary.
Well, I don’t know about Clarke, but Gordon MOTHERFUCKING Freeman belongs to that place. I mean, he stopped an alien invasion AND a government cover up starting with a freaking crowbar!
And then he traveled to the alien homeworld to kick the ass of a giant undead fetus thing!
BAD-ASS.
Go to youtube and look up anything from “Dead Space” and you’ll get why he deserves to be there just as much as Gordon. DAMN INTELLIGENCE, DAMN IT TO HELL!!!!!
Gordon….. do you think love….. can bloom… in a temp agency?
D&D Rox my Sox and Undie-pants… if i wore any.
That was funny aswell. guess i ain’t got that much of a life, huh?
Does no one remember Duke Nukem?
Isaac Clark is the manliest video game character ever! he should be let in.
… Doesnt Wesker qualify as a nerd? I mean he wears glasses and he’s a freakin scientist and everything. The guy graduated college with his docterate at 17! He HAS to fall in the nerd category…right?
No reason you can’t be manly and scholarly at the same time.
I have a problem. Gordon Freeman is talking. He’s TALKING.
I had a science teacher who looked EXACTLY like Gordon Freeman in middle school. I think I figured out where he went after the Half-Life series….
Heh, the first time I saw this, I thought it was a guest comic by ThreePanelSoul. XD
i still think isaac is to be considered manly, he is after all a combat engineer, specializing in stomping space zombies
The biggest joke is that Gordon Freeman said anything.
If anyone else here has seen Freeman’s Mind on Youtube, you know exactly what the voice of the dialogue in the last panel sounds like.
Ehm, as far as I remember Isaac Clarke doesn’t wear glasses, and as an engineer probably doesn’t have a PhD… Not so much the nerd…
Isaac is the one who can talk, not Gordon fucking Freeman!