Oct. 20 - A Blast From the Past
Some people have expressed interest in seeing some of the old comics. This is an understandable request; while I don't think my writing was quite up to snuff, they do represent a kind of evolution in Slacker-Central. Instead of releasing them all at the same time, I decided to post them grouped together by saga. Today will feature three of our oldest story arcs, with brief descriptions from the writer (me). Click on the thumbnail to see the full image.
The Community Service Saga
This early storyline took place during our sophomore or junior year (I forget). I would have said at the time that I was not against community service in and of itself, but the forceful nature in which the school obligated us to fulfill these requirements in order to graduate. In reality, me and Colin were both just lazy fucks, and found mandatory volunteering a major pain in the ass. Did you know these so-called "volunteers" don't even get paid?
"She-Devil" is JanPaf, the former high school administrator. I'm pretty sure she drank broken glass and feasted on the souls of forsaken children.
Comic 17: Cookies Are Yummy...
The Putt-Putt Saga
Back when we were really cool, awesome, popular, non-geeky people, we used to spend a lot of time in the Putt-Putt arcade near Glenbrook. When I say "a lot" I mean like "2,800 wins on Soul Calibur 2" a lot. The first comic is based on an actual confrontation me and Grant had with someone even nerdier than us. We didn't actually hit him, though. I forget the name of the game we were playing. All I remember is it was some god-awful Star Trek shooting game. Don't waste your tokens.
Comic 19: No Title (let's call it "Smiggens")
The DDR Saga
As you can probably guess, I was REALLY into Dance Dance Revolution when I wrote this, which is why it goes on for so fucking long and has a really lame ending. I was also under a lot of pressure to write every person I've ever known into the comic, thus the inclusion of Grant, Andrew, Liz, Alex, Dan, Gabe, Kin Yip, Roger, Kimberly, Skylar, RayRay, Donovan, and Timbley Bumblecrum. However, Colin did a great job with the artwork, including a scarily accurate rendition of my basement in Comic 21.
Comic 23: DDR 4th Mix: Blasphemy!
Comic 24: DDR Saga: Something Mix
Comic 25: DDR Saga: Final Mix
That's all I'm going to post for now. I'll put up some of the other comics in a few days.
Posted by Nick Nobel
