Nikki’s little sister and Percy’s youngest supporter. Likes bean bag chairs.
The final chapter is starting! This splash page was a lot of fun to do, going back through the archives of the past five years. There is one comic from each story arc in here, as well as a couple bonus things like SR: Scouting. Can you name them all? (I decided not to include reference links on this one a) so that you could try to find them all, and b) ’cause I didn’t want to link to each one.)
Ref: Big Santa | Thomas Gabriel | Shadowy Guy/Gal
And thus draws an end to this story arc after over a YEAR! I felt that it was a good story arc, but technical problems and life sure didn’t…
And oh geez, the proportions on this strip… Still getting used to the iPad for drawing, as you can tell. Not sure what happened to Jorocks in Panel 2, but didn’t have time to redo it. Luckily, I think the dialogue makes up for it! Incidentally, the Reese’s Pieces joke was totally unscripted; it was meant as a one-shot joke the first time and stuck around. I enjoyed it.
Spoofy Randomness will be on hiatus (yes, again, but this one is planned!) starting next week. The next few weeks are going to be very chaotic, as I am traveling to Michigan to work for a national Scouting event, moving into a house with my wife, and starting a new school year. The MAIN reason for the hiatus, however, is to build up a buffer. Spoofy Randomness will return August 31st on a weekly basis on Fridays, and my goal is to consistently update throughout the next year!
Until next time, have fun!
~Stretch Longfellow~
Ref: Ninja Jorocks 1 | 2 | 3
And once again we are back! You may have noticed a change in quality between the last comic and this one. Two reasons: being out of practice (oops) and the fact that this is the first of likely many to be drawn on the iPad. Not exactly the GREATEST drawing tool out there, but for an amateur cartoonist it works well enough and cuts down production time considerably. The latter is a VERY glorious thing.
The future of the comic is as follows: Updates regularly on Fridays until the current arc is over, then the comic will be on hiatus until August 31 to allow me to build a buffer back up (and deal with moving into a house, the National Order of the Arrow Conference, and the start of school). At that point, Spoofy Randomness will be updating once a week on Fridays, and I hope to keep the comic regular at that point.
Have fun!
~Stretch Longfellow~
There are a couple reasons why Percy told Megan to keep it quiet. This reaction is one of them; he was protecting her. On a side note (no pun intended), pfeffernüsse is a type of small sweet biscuit that my mother and sister typically make around Christmas. I quite enjoy them, plus they’re fun to say!
I started a Googke SketchUp of an elementary school classroom, but I realized that I really didn’t have much for a background for black and white, so all I wound up using was the chair. It seems all the simpler having just come off of the colored arc.
Have fun!
~Stretch Longfellow~
As you can probably guess from this splash page, this next arc is going to focus on the side characters a little. My main cast apparently decided to form a union and demanded a break, so yeah, here we are. This should be a fun deviation from the largely plot-based strips I’ve been making lately.
Also, note that I did remember to put “© 2011” right away this time, instead of realizing two months into 2010 that I hadn’t changed it yet!
Have a happy new year!
~Stretch Longfellow~
Ref: Learning | “Santa” being kissed before
And the tenth Spoofy Randomness story arc draws to a close! More on that later.
I realized that I had no explanation provided earlier as to why Percy said he was sooty on Monday, yet did not appear sooty. The answer, of course, is that he brushed off the extra soot as to not make a mess of Nikki’s house. His outfit is still a little sooty, just not as noticable.
What Percy did not mention to poor little Megan is that he is dating her sister. Surprise! It also appears that Nikki’s parents had a lot of fun painting their house in various colors.
This story arc should have looked a little familiar, as I based it off of the first Spoofy Randomness story ever written. I also took advantage of being on break and experimented with the possibility of a full-color comic. Unfortunately, while I do like having the comic in color it is a little too time consuming at this point, so future comics return to black-and-white.
Have a happy new year!
~Stretch Longfellow~
Percy might have been able to temporarily convince Megan that he’s Santa Claus, but given that he’s gonna be stuck there a while until the snow clears, and especially with Nikki around, it would have come out eventually.
Have fun!
~Stretch Longfellow~
First of all, a very merry Christmas to you and yours!
Secondly, be sure to check out the site tomorrow for the special Webcomic Secret Santa Exchange!
And thirdly, I really don’t want to know how that candy cane will taste after being in the chimney. Although what better way for Percy to make an entrance?
Have fun!
~Stretch Longfellow~
