FC 35 - The Answer Lies Within

Not that I think there are any young folk out there that can be bothered to read BdW*, but I should throw the warning out there that this week's comic contains what might be considered a dirty* word by some. I apologize in advance (for those of you that actually read this blurb before clicking straight through to the comic; otherwise it is only an after the fact apology) for potty mouth*. Yep, you guessed it: it's me pushing the pixels again this week. I even went a little wild and tried the non-tracing route (except for the turlet*). All in all, it turned out just fine. I esp. like the dude's hair. Anyway, I got some stuff I gotta go figure out.

Thursday June 5 2008

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on Fri 06th Jun, 2008 08:13 am PDT Saxtor said: It only makes sense, then, that Dennis is German... ************************ on Fri 06th Jun, 2008 01:47 pm PDT Nesbitt said: potty humor always gets a chuckle. ************************ on Mon 09th Jun, 2008 11:27 am PDT Andrew said: best comic yet. Cheers. ************************ on Mon 09th Jun, 2008 12:57 pm PDT mandy said: yup, made me smile! love potty jokes ************************

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FC 34 - An Industry Trend I Can Support

A non-negligible percentage of comic ideas that pass through my comic ideas list are editorial in nature. I do my best to weed those out before they make it to the big time, because the whole point of this Friday comic series is to celebrate the end of the week with a little chuckle, not stir the pot*. At least one has slipped through the cracks way back in the beginning, but all in all I've been pretty good. This week's comic isn't blatantly editorial. In fact, one might argue that it isn't at all editorial. Good comics have allusions to real world stuff frequently. Making light of the world around us is the bread and butter of comic writers Anyway, without further defense, here is this week's comic. As with last week's comic, I drew* it myself. This week, however, the research was much more fun.

Thursday May 29 2008

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on Fri 30th May, 2008 07:52 am PDT Andrew said: First Comment! First one to point out that "industry" is spelled wrong! Woot! ************************ on Fri 30th May, 2008 09:27 am PDT Wren said: Good catch, Andrew. With the magic of cut and paste, the problem has been solved! ************************ on Fri 30th May, 2008 10:47 am PDT Sweet Julie said: I love it! ;) ************************ on Sun 01st Jun, 2008 02:16 pm PDT Mom said: What about the guy swim suits? Haven't they gotten bigger and baggier, more than offsetting any so-called savings reaped from going skimpier on the femaile form. Me thinks this is not about saving fabric. Anyone else?? ************************ on Sun 01st Jun, 2008 03:05 pm PDT Saxtor said: Margaret, Borat begs to differ... ************************ on Mon 09th Jun, 2008 12:49 pm PDT mandy said: mom is so good with the controversy. which one slipped through the cracks again? ;) ************************ on Fri 20th Jun, 2008 12:42 pm PDT rus said: Year after year swimming suits diminish.I sure hope I'm here for the finish. ************************

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FC 33 - An Udder Cow Comic

Easily the highlight of this week's comic is not the punch line (weak at best) or the concept (hacky and obvious), but the corn. I'm pretty proud of the corn. In fact, outside of the comic part of this comic, I'm rather proud of the whole thing. I'm really starting to dig this half trace, half cut and paste, and half paint fill bucket art style I've got going on*. (Also worth diverting your attention to* is the title. If there's such a thing as a bad cow joke, I haven't heard it. I'm all of the sudden remembering someone telling me a series of cow jokes which, taken individually, were a little on the weak side, but told as a series had me really laughing hard. I know someone was there with me. If you happen to be reading this, please remind me of these jokes or at least of the situation. It can be so frustrating having something on the tip of your memory and not being to fully grasp it....AHA!! I remember it all now! I knew having a blog was good for something. Now I can sleep tonite*.)**

Friday May 23 2008

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on Fri 23rd May, 2008 09:26 am PDT Saxtor said: I knew that someday the livestock industry would stoop to the low of abandoning "Holstein" and "Angus" and ultimately replace them with "Vest," "Chaps," and "Couch." ************************ on Fri 23rd May, 2008 10:04 am PDT Wren said: "Couch"-I didn't know if anyone would pick that up. Good work, Saxtor. ************************ on Fri 23rd May, 2008 11:30 am PDT Saxtor said: I wonder if you'd just use an extra-large spiral-cut potato peeler for "Shoelace..." ************************ on Mon 09th Jun, 2008 12:45 pm PDT mandy said: for some reason i found this comic a bit disturbing... i'm sorry, i'm just saying ************************

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FC 32 - For Great Service

It isn't often that I get to work directly with an artist on a comic. Most are either done via e-mail or the quick exchange of a sheet of paper. The coloring and captioning is left to me sitting by my lonely old self in front of my computer. Well, this week I had the artist on site. It was quite exciting. I got to share my input on the drawing (bald or not bald) and she got to share her input on the color ("darker!"). Gabriella not only handled the wonderful drawing this week, but she also came up with the idea, so yet again I was off the hook from trying to be clever (which is a good thing because my go to list of comics is getting pretty sparse*) Anyway, Gabriella and I both agree that this is a good comic. And since you don't want to have a contrary opinion, I can only assume you do too.

Thursday May 15 2008

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on Thu 15th May, 2008 11:28 pm PDT Horge said: Support dwindling? Hope not. I look forward to the FC posts... ************************ on Fri 16th May, 2008 05:03 am PDT Nesbitt said: SAVE THE FC ************************ on Mon 09th Jun, 2008 12:41 pm PDT mandy said: love the cow fly ************************

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FC 31 - War

Because of the huge positive response (and wealth of material on the subject), I present you another entry in the MS Paint Paper Scissors Rock* collection (MSPPSR #1 and #2). Present is pretty much all I get to do with this comic, because unlike other comics where I've at least had a hand in conceiving, coloring, or captioning, this one is all Annie. She not only artistically crafted this one pixel by pixel, but also came up with the idea for it. When I was visiting her recently, she joked about possibly starting her own comic series to rival mine. (At least I hope she was joking.)

Friday May 9 2008

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on Fri 09th May, 2008 02:36 pm PDT mandy said: whoa, all out war! ************************ on Fri 09th May, 2008 09:47 pm PDT Saxtor said: Things don't look good for the Scissors, since they're spread a bit thin in the Thumb Wars as well. ************************

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FC 30 - Believe (a.k.a Skip To My Lou)

I know. I know. I promised you good comics by good artists starting this week. Well, you're stuck with me again and this time I don't even have the magic stylus to draw people without hands. I do, however, have my beloved Paint Shop Pro 5.0 back which at least brings me comfort if it doesn't bring me magical drawing abilities. So with the disclaimer disclaimed, I present to you this week's Friday Comic*. Oh, in addition, I should disclaim that my choice in cities was [almost] completely random. I originally was thinking Dallas, but it just didn't fit. Anyway, I hope you all get a chuckle. As for you Baltimortarians, please don't kill me. You are the only ones that will get the partial joke in the title.

Thursday May 1 2008

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on Fri 02nd May, 2008 06:49 am PDT nesbitt said: b'lieve hun! There hasn't been a real riot in Baltimore since '68, although the most famous one perhaps was in 1861 when union troops were attacked by a mob of baltimoreans. I guess we could add the '08 skipping riot... ************************ on Mon 05th May, 2008 11:29 pm PDT Horge said: Once again, my Dallas fails to make the cut. Damn. ************************ on Mon 05th May, 2008 11:31 pm PDT Horge said: But I guess Dallas didn't make it, 'cause we don't skip much down in Texas. Sure Big D would've been perfect, had it been a "Mosey on over" signal (I imagine it with that "walk guy" wearing a cowboy hat and walking bow-legged)... ************************

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FC 29 - He Who Smelt It

Last week, TreeHugger had an article about how a bunch of comics were going to cover environmentally themed issues in honor of Earth Day. Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I had the idea way back. My plan was to do a whole month of comics in honor of Earth Day. Well, that kind of fell through, but I did get around to putting together at least one pseudo-environmentally themed comic*. Anyway, as you can plainly see, art was provided by yours truly, again with the fancy stylus and touch screen*. Don't worry; now that my travels are starting to wind down, I'll have time to cajole our regular good artists into putting together some comics so you don't have to be subjected to my MSPaint pixel parties anymore. In fact, now that I've planted the seed of this whole comic thing, a couple of my artists are starting to come up with their own comic ideas as well as drawing them. Pretty soon, I'll be able to sit back and play no role whatsoever. I believe in the business, they call that "Middle Management".

Friday April 25 2008

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on Fri 25th Apr, 2008 07:04 am PDT Stacy said: Does farting cause your hands to fall off? ************************ on Fri 25th Apr, 2008 04:48 pm PDT Sean said: Oh Snap! ************************ on Mon 28th Apr, 2008 08:40 am PDT Wren said: Okay, so maybe I forgot to draw a hand. I ain't no pro. Besides, it wasn't really integral to the plot of the comic. I'll be sure and add it in before publishing in the book. ************************

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FC 28 - Poor MacGyver

One glance at the comic for this week and you've prolly realized that the pencil pusher this week was yours truly. I just couldn't help myself. The computer I'm working on has this fancy touch screen with stylus so it was like I was a fancy graphics artist guy. Or maybe it was in pursuance of a dream of writing all over a computer screen. Either way, I hope you enjoy. Thanks for all your great comic captions last week. I would say every single one of them was better than the one I was originally planning. We'll have to do another one of those soon. As for which one will be published, it is such a hard decision that I will put it off until my book deal comes through. I did LOL out loud* at the Beavis and Butthead one, though. Hehehehe.

Friday April 18 2008

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on Fri 18th Apr, 2008 09:57 am PDT Saxtor said: This reminds me of MacGruber. ************************ on Fri 18th Apr, 2008 11:34 am PDT Sara said: Congrats for finally drawing a comic! I like your MacGyver. :-) ************************ on Fri 18th Apr, 2008 05:54 pm PDT Sean said: I'll do it... for you, McGarnical ************************ on Sat 19th Apr, 2008 03:31 am PDT dave said: why don't they just use that crane to dismantle the fire? ************************ on Tue 22nd Apr, 2008 12:17 am PDT Horge said: I think MacGyver would use the crane to place the lemon exactly where it needs to be... And as far as I'm concerned, it's enough that you LOLed from B&B (though of course I'd like to see mine in your future book :) ************************

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FC 27 - Caption Contest

Trying to keep this Friday Comic Series going while on the road is proving to be somewhat difficult. But have no fear; I haven't given up on it yet. I have, however, figured out a way to save me time by having you do all the work. All along I've been outsourcing the drawing to talented people. Now I am outsourcing the writing. The challenge is to write the best caption/speech bubble for this comic (ably drawn by Deanna). Submit your entries in the comments (or, for all those comment-phobic people, e-mail them to me (you can use the contact page if you don't have my e-mail address)). The one that makes me laugh the hardest will pasted onto the comic* for inclusion in the eventual Comics du Wren book. Oh, and try to keep it somewhat tasteful.

Friday April 11 2008

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on Fri 11th Apr, 2008 10:51 am PDT Saxtor said: "...and so then I says, 'WATER you looking at?'" ************************ on Fri 11th Apr, 2008 04:26 pm PDT Go! Turtle said: Humbolt squid are rarely spotted in these northern waters. ************************ on Sun 13th Apr, 2008 03:53 am PDT dave said: hey, how 'bout lendin' me that stick so i can fix my left arm? ************************ on Sun 13th Apr, 2008 11:23 pm PDT Horge said: Hey, buddy! If you can just wait 'til lunch break to bludgeon the boss, the jury will let you off for "hunger trauma". I know from experience! ************************ on Sun 13th Apr, 2008 11:26 pm PDT Horge said: Beavis and Butthead finally enter the working world: "Hehehehe... She said you should change her toner... hehehehe... Cool." ************************ on Mon 14th Apr, 2008 02:46 pm PDT blank said: Sparkletts takes a tip on street-corner marketing from "The Wire": "Hey man you look real thirsty, I got some stuff that'll fix you up right here." ************************ on Mon 14th Apr, 2008 11:00 pm PDT dave said: c'mon man, you can do it, you've got the power of the ROD with you ************************ on Mon 14th Apr, 2008 11:33 pm PDT donniedevoir said: sooo you want to get weird? ************************ on Wed 16th Apr, 2008 02:02 pm PDT Ryan said: "I've got the water, you've got the bamboo,You've got two choices of what we can do" ************************ on Fri 18th Apr, 2008 03:26 pm PDT mandy said: i'm pretty sure you should stick to writing your own comics, your readers are crazy! ************************

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FC 26 - Do It Yourself...To The Extreme

Friday comic time! I've had to deviate from my original plan re: Friday comics because of insufficient computing time due to traveling and whatnot. Hopefully, I will be able to pick up with my original plan next week. In the meantime, I invite you to enjoy this little ditty courtesy of Gabriella. (As an interesting side note, the art for this comic was originally submitted as an alternate scene for FC 23 - Sideways but I was struck with inspiration and turned it into this doozy. Before that, though, here is how it turned out.)

Friday April 4 2008

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