Once again I have taken part in the Webcomic Secret Santa exchange, and this year’s gift to all of you is brought to you by Rai over at Stupid Cupid. I have come to realize the downside of getting fan art: it’s usually better than what I draw! 🙂
You can see my submission here and the rest of the Webcomic Secret Santa exchange here.
And the exciting(?) climax to my saga at Dumb Pokémon Comics!
I had a blast drawing Louis and Pi’s comic, and I enjoyed Louis’s contributions to my own comic.
Anyway, the comic commentary. That’s my full team, a Castform, Regigigas, shiny Linoone (yes, I actually have one in-game), and of course, Togetic. When I was asked what type of Gym Leader I would be, I figured I would go for Normal, as there’s a lot of bizarre and interesting strategies with that type.
These last two comics were quickly sketched before I left for St. Paul Tuesday night and edited in my hotel, complete with iffy Internet. Somehow, miracles of miracles, I managed to produce 5 comics for one week, even with being on the road. Spoofy Randomness readers, this is not, I repeat, NOT a precedent to go by!
You can tell that this strip is a bit dated, as I have now been around for over four years and have built up a small fanbase that I hope will continue to grow. (You guys are awesome, by the way.) Alas, DPC never made it past 40 comics, but maybe if you all go over and read Louis and Pi’s stuff they’ll make a few more!
Just for fun: every Stretch cameo in DPC:
I went to White Castle (and did not understand the hype)
Freaking Zubats (and Togetic evolved!)
As my roommate put it, I was THE bad influence when it came to Pokémon
Now for epic sugar crash.
Part four of my saga over at Dumb Pokémon Comics!
Yeah, so that’s why my Togetic hits me with cupcakes…
Also, random non-canon theory that could scientifically work for the win?
Anyway, that’s my lovely wife Laura in Panels 5 and 6 (although at the time of drawing this, I was just getting ready to propose to her). Laura did appear in a previous DPC comic with her Oddish.
The third of the series I drew for Dumb Pokémon Comics!
In theory, this could work. To expand on yesterday’s commentary, I tend to be opposed to crack theories that are disproved by canon (seriously guys, Venonat DOES NOT evolve into Butterfree, even if they look slightly similar). Theories such as this one, with semi-scientific backing… I will not claim it to be canon, but I will point out that it could be viable if spin-offs crossed. And then I’ll shut up about it.
Anyway, now you know how I got my Togepi! Also, cameo by Chris with his Chikorita that he has been shown with once before (ten points if you can name when without looking). There’s some truth to panel 4; when Louis and other people were starting up this whole partner Pokémon thing, I started thinking about what I would want. Being the two-time champion of the unofficial Omaha tournaments and a fairly competitive player, I was thinking something pretty cool. Next thing I know however, Louis has drawn me getting a cupcake smashed in my face by Togetic (who happened to be on my team as HGSS had just come out). It stuck, so now I have a Togetic. ^.^ The rest of my team will be revealed Friday (no joke).
Also, I would like to point out that I haven’t had a goatee for a few years now. Thank goodness.
Continuing my story arc that I drew for Dumb Pokémon Comics!
I’m not a big fan of most spin-off media from the main series (the anime, Pinball, etc.), but there are two things that I will give credit to. One is the GameCube games, in particular Colosseum (kinda of a semi-spin-off, as they can still interact with the GBA games…), and the other is Ranger. I get WAY too addicted to the Ranger games. Anyway, my character here has traveled the Pokemon world to work his way up to Pokemon Master, as well as being a Top Ranger, two accomplishments I have succeeded in myself. I happened to notice that the Capture Styler, at least in theory, does very much the same function as purification. So will this work? Find out tomorrow! Looker is in the background because if someone is locking away the hearts of Pokemon, I would hope the International Police would get involved.
In addition, this comic gives the basic rules for Partner Pokemon in college. Freshmen get one, sophomores get two, etc. This is a flashback to my freshman year. I’ll reveal my four partners at the end.
So a few years ago, my friends Louis (who has done a lot of fantastic work for this comic) and Pi were running a webcomic called Dumb Pokémon Comics, featuring their Pokémon and many of their friends. Following 2010’s April Fools’ Day Spoofy Randomness prank, we decided it would be fun to swap comics for the week. You can see Louis’s side of things here.
Also, they had come up with a system of partner Pokémon. I’ll get into this more in future sketchbooks, but you can see Pi’s Dragonite, Louis’s Paras, And my Togetic. Yes. Togetic. With a cupcake. All will be explained later.
Ref: Originally appearing here
John Troutman asked for fanart at one point, and I decided to oblige. Lit Brick, for those of you who are unaware, is Troutman’s comics sullying the Norton Anthology in a glorious way. Occasionally he deviates from the core “brick”, hence why I made this strip about The Selfish Gene. I use said book when teaching my Modern Biology class as it is fantastic about introducing several topics of evolution. However, I will admit that Dawkins is a cocky jerk. I attempted to replicate Troutman’s drawing style; I think we can agree that this idea was a mistake.
There are many jokes hidden in the panels. Here is a breakdown of them:
Panel 1: Dawkins and E. O. Wilson have been known to be at odds with each other’s theories. Dawkins does present A LOT of research (which is why I use him).
Panel 2: Selfish Gene Theory: Dawkins is applying it to his own genes by marrying a Time Lady. In real life, Dawkins married Lalla Ward after being introduced by Douglas Adams. Ward played the second regeneration of Romana in Doctor Who.
Panel 3: Dawkins tries to explain that his theories prove the lack of deities, but as with any attempt to blend science and religion, it is impossible to provide substantial evidence. The Fourth Doctor is in the background; Tom Baker had married Ward previously. Also, cameos by my characters!
Panel 4: Dawkins just opts to rage about She-Jesus instead of providing evidence. While this was unintentional, I realized the irony of this statement as She-Jesus is established as a Time Lady in Lit Brick Canon after I had sent it to Troutman.
I suppose She-Jesus deserves a bit of explanation. She originally appeared as a joke in Lit Brick and has become one of the most iconic characters of Lit Brick. And speaking of which, Troutman will be starting a new comic soon that is kind of a spinoff of this concept, called The Gospel of Carol.
Another piece of fanart by Louis that I have colored; I absolutely love Jorocks’ expression in this one!
My colored version of Louis’s fanart found here. They’re so adorable! Look at Percy’s face and try not to smile. I win either way; either you smile and I consider it a good day, or I got you to look harder at Louis’s awesomeness.
I enjoy coloring these. Louis’s fanart has a lot of lines, so it’s a change of pace from the main comic and is a fun challenge!
Today’s comic is brought to you by Carlo Jose San Juan, MD, of Callous Comics as part of this years Webcomic Secret Santa gift exchange. It made me laugh a lot!
My own comic can be found over at Mansion of E. Enjoy!
Have fun!
~Stretch Longfellow~