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This comic appeared on the day after the election, and will forever be known as That One Time I Said "Balls" In A Newspaper.

Based on this news story. Unfortunately, Willie's shirt printed quite a bit darker in the paper, making "endowment" very difficult to read. Lesson learned.

sweet jesus it's an update

Yeah, I still do these. HAPPY NOW LAUREN?

Daily: Obnoxious

In exchange for my dreadfully late update last week, here is a super-special sneak peek at tomorrow's comic. It's from the future. Don't tell anyone plz.

Daily: Double Dose!

I am bad at the updating, and I had not one but two comics in the Daily this week, so here they are:

Here's the relevant story, if you so desire.

This is honestly how I feel.

Daily: Cuban Missile Crisis

Hooray, Northwestern has a good football team again! As you can see, this could lead to problems of the communist nature. Well, we play Michigan State this Saturday, and I for one will be there. Go 'Cats!

Daily: Handgun Ban

Aaand here's the story to go along with this comic. Hooray for region-specific context.

Sometimes I get bored and sketch things

Is this young man a zombie himself? Or is it simply his shirt who craves the brains of the living?

Daily

Well hey there kids. My first comic in the Daily was today! I am assuming they have no problem with me reprinting it here:

If it is confusing to you, here are the Main Points Of Humor™:

1. Northwestern is ranked 12th by U.S.News and World Reports.*
   
2. Ohio State is ranked much lower, but have a fine footballing program!
   
3. We are not so great at the football contests! Hilarity ensues.

* Fun Fact! The lack of space between the "S." and the "N" in "U.S.News" is not a typo! That is how it is actually written, because they are Not Very Bright.

But I have so many!

Hey all, I've managed to acquire a post at The Daily Northwestern as a comic writer/artist. It required the incredible effort of: responding to an email. Difficult!

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this particular comic would not be accepted. I will have others! Once a week, at least. If you are reading this and you don't live in Evanston and/or attend Northwestern, well... sorry?

You don't understand how dire this is

I started drawing this back when we really didn't have our gas hooked up. Fast-forward a week and we finally do, so it's a non-stop pasta party 24 hours a day. For a while there, though, it was pretty touch-and-go. Woo lawd.

It's about time

A comic referencing semi-obscure musical subgenres and dangerous drinking habits? At last, I can be considered a true webcomic artiste. Or, y'know, kind of a dick.

Guys, maybe Jeph Jacques will talk to me now.

We are happy about it?

Matt was here over the weekend, and aliens ate our eyes. It's all pretty self-explanatory.

Blah/Grah

I'm bored.

Tell Us More About This "The Phelps"

I figure there's no way in hell that I'm the first one to think up this joke, but I don't see YOU posting it on YOUR internet blog site thing.

Yeah I said it.

Creatures of Habit

This is a comic about Life. Particularly the sort of Life which you have when you work until you're not working and then kinda sit around for a while. You should try it!*

*You don't want to try it.

Thursday Night Batman Sketch

I've been having far too much fun with transparency shading these days.

heylookitisacomic

Check it out! Colors n' shit!

So yeah, I spent a lot of time on the art in this one, and it certainly shows. Sorry there can't be a better joke to back it up, but hey, it's a delicate balance. The domain mentioned in the comic actually works. This is because I am deeply committed to my craft. I also registered bobscomic.blogspot.com. This is because I am deeply committed to urls which are possible to type.

A word about the subject matter: Blogspot is flooded with two things: spammers and useless early adopters. Seriously, try typing in any random combination of two relatively common words. Chances are very good that there's one post, usually consisting simply of the word "test," and the blog has been registered since 2000 with zero activity. Isn't there some way to purge that shit? My humble recommendation is a requirement that at least one post per year must be made. It doesn't even have to make sense; write 3 random characters and that counts. Blogs that have a buildup of 50 or so posts over the course of 2 years gain permanent deletion immunity, and everyone is happy, right?

It's because of ideas like this that I make the big bucks.

Shading

Sorry guys, still no comic. Just experimenting with some new shading techniques, and I really like the results. The picture itself seems a little emo, and it reminds me a bit of Spider-Man: Blue, which you should check out if you enjoy Peter Parker being mopey. (I do!)

The Awakening

Also not a comic. I know. I have to ease back into this.

Vegetable Buddies

Yes, this is not a comic. It is a drawing of an anthropomorphic carrot and radish with choice lens flares. What is your problem?

Olde Schoolings, Circa 2003

Wow. These arts... they are so choice. Urg.

Here's a special bonus!

I Remembered the Password

Yes, it has been a while. Here's one about my birthday last week, and how everyone else is already a billion years old.

Notepad Madness

I found this in my notes the other day. I think it's just unfinished, but it probably works better this way than any other direction I would have gone.

Jumpin' East of Java

Coffee for me is a WMD of beverages. I never really drink caffeine during the school year unless it's absolutely necessary, because I get super jittery and tend to feel awful for days afterwards. It's probably a combination of caffeine high and sleep deprivation, and it sucks like you don't even know. I had to subject myself to its horrors today on account of many projects, midterms, and problem sets converging in a two-day span.

The horror.

That sexy, charismatic, intelligent bastard

Barack Obama is a pimp, so I guess I can forgive him. Hopefully you can forgive me for using basically the same gag twice in a row.

There Will Be No Part Two

Dear Mr. Verbinski,

Back in 2003, you made a movie called Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. It was pretty ok! There were explosions, and Johnny Depp was funny sometimes. I ate some popcorn.

In 2006 you made another one. It had some good moments I guess. Lots of action! Orlando Bloom is dreamy.

Then, last year, you made another another one. It was bad! Not quite as bad as Transformers (oh, that Michael Bay!) but still pretty bad. I did not pay any money to see it, but I still feel dirty and used, like one of your cheap prostitutes. Please do not make more.

Sincerely,
Bob Brickey

P.S. And Kiera Knightly looked weird.

P.P.S. More than usual, I mean.

Radio Drama

I went back to my old DJ job at WNUR this morning after taking a quarter off. Pretty much the same as I remember it, except now I'm the first person to get there in the morning, so I have to turn on all the equipment. Fun times!

If you are ever awake/willing to listen to freeform jazz at 7:30 AM central time on Thursdays, give a listen! If you call in, I may even play genre-inappropriate music for you!

Olde English

We are classy fellows.

HAY GUYS

I'll have more later I swear.

Impudence

If my flight is canceled I'm gonna knife a bitch.

Gasp

Yeah, I know, it's been a while. My "comic-a-weekday" experiment lasted all of two and a half weeks. Hey, maybe in the future, I'll have, like, actual jokes and stuff.

PEACE.

LOL

guh nap.

Indecent Exposure

I wish I could say that me sans shirt is a rare sight in the apartment, but we both know that's just not true.

Like regular Jesus, but Asian

Hope everyone had a good weekend. Not sure how reliable updates will be this week, what with the crushing amount of projects and tests. Power through!

Freudian slip much?

Yeah, apparently I'm gay now? I must have missed the memo. As labeled, this comic is 100% true, but what it doesn't show is the group of elderly ladies in line behind me. Faaaantastic!

Best two out of three

Yes, I have eaten all of these things. No, not mixed together.

Just two of his many qualities

It's "Boobama." Get it?

I am so classy.

I do love me some food

Semi-Pro is inoffensive and bland. That is my sentence on the movie.

Guest Comic: CHE

Guest comic time! This gem of art hails from the land of Matt. The chief import of the land of Matt is hard cider, and its chief export is communism.

Crunchy Morsels of Hate

Is there any other way to take this commercial than pure, abject dickery? I love hobosnacks, yet I can't figure out why they have sunk to this low.

Trains!

This kinda made sense when I was planni... no, no. This never made sense.

Just once, I'd like to go a day without yelling this.

How It's Made is perhaps second only to Mythbusters, but that's mostly because of Kari Byron. It's science.

Mmm, Kari Byron...

Our Cold-Weather Friends

Confessions

As a way of apology for the mere sketches earlier, here's a remake of a comic I drew a few years back.

Monday Sketches

Sorry guys. After last time, which just barely qualifies as a Sunday post, I don't really have a comic for you, per se. What I have is two sketches I made of our favorite executive duo. Enjoy!