| Jan.
13, 2006 |
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The
first strip! This of course is
based from the many years I waited
tables in Ocean City, MD. My favorite
thing about this strip is the "I
heart crabs"
lable on his shirt. |
| Jan.
20, 2006 |
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What
I'm trying to do in the first five
strips is introduce the main characters.
The joke of this one just mocks
how the town is all condos now. |
| Jan.
27, 2006 |
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I
have dones this before. |
| Feb.
3, 2006 |
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When
I worked at Phillips a woman asked
for "Sex on the Beach" and
I was realllyyy embaressed. I didn't
know it was a drink. |
| Feb.
10, 2006 |
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Tourist
from PA suck! |
| Feb.
17, 2006 |
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This
was me trying to a little more
highbrow, but not sure if people
really got it. Most people thought
there was a printing error. |
| Feb.
24, 2006 |
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There
were people at Phillips who were
like this. They'd work all summer
and then collect un-employment
in the winter. |
| March
3, 2006 |
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This
comic and the next one are connected.
This is my first attempt to deal
with continuity. Soon I'll be launching
into 5-6 connected strips in a
row. |
| March
10, 2006 |
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It
took 9 strips but I finally got
a video game reference in comic! |
| March
17, 2006 |
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I'm
shamed to admit, but this is an
actual conversation I had with
Samantha over IM during my first
year at Towson. |
| March
24, 2006 |
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This
is so true it's not even funny.
This town sucks in the winter.
Everyone has wierd hours or is
randomly closed for whatever stupid
reason. |
| March
31, 2006 |
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I
HATE the way Brittany looks in
this strip. So I did a revision
to her look which you'll notice
in the next one. |
| April
7, 2006 |
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Hmmm
a first kiss after seeing a shooting
star? That's not based on real
life or anything... ;) |
| April
14, 2006 |
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This
strip just sort of happened. I
drew a present for the following
one and decided to write "OC
Today" on it. I looked at
it and was struck with the idea
of this strip. |
| April
21, 2006 |
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I
have given Samantha a box of tampons
before, BUT it was an Xmas gift
and there was a real present inside
the box. Plus it was just a 'friend'
thing. |
| April
28, 2006 |
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If
you take out the romantic contex...
the frustation that Brittany feels
is probbally something close to
how I make Samantha feel on a regular
basis. |
| May
5, 2006 |
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This
is the final strip of the first
big story arch! I'm so proud of
how I was able to keep it going
for 8 full weeks. Of course I have
no idea if readers really picked
up on what i was doing. |
| May
12, 2006 |
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Everyone
loves summer... except when you
are stuck dealing with tourist
for several months! |
| May
19, 2006 |
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Seriously
this is so true. Summer starts
with the foriegn kids and highschool
kids showing up. Then its the white
trash families. Then in august
its nicer families and in the fall
it's old people. |
| May
26, 2006 |
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I
once went to the health center
at JMU for a sinus infection and
randomly a doctor came in and told
me I was pregnant. ((they walked
in the room and started reading
off a chart so they didn't realize
they had the wrong patient)). |
| June
2, 2006 |
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This
is my first political cartoon.
You have to understand Ocean City
politics, but trust me it is funny.
Probbally the best one I've done
yet. |
| June
9, 2006 |
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I
HATE seniorweekers. |
| June
16, 2006 |
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I
had this photo of a scary seagull
I saw and I really wanted to use
it in a strip so this is my first
attempt at mixing cartoons and
real photos. |
| June
23, 2006 |
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I
was bored durring a staff meeting
so I drew Dale with wierd body
parts. So then I had to think of
a way to have it fit into a strip. |
| June
30, 2006 |
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This
is the first time in a strip that
I bash one of our "enemy" papers. |
| July
7, 2006 |
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This
is not a double entendre for the
other kind of crabs. Remember,
Dale works at "I Heart Crabs"
the big crab house in Ocean City. |
| July
14, 2006 |
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For
real, I'm scared of the wild ponies.
See I don't like animals I don't
know. So I know vampire ponies
sound crazy, but think of how scared
of them you would be. That's how
I feel about normal ponies. |
| July
21, 2006 |
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Oh
god. I had my back waxed once.
The person did two strips of paper
before I ran out of the place screaming
and bleeding! ((Hey Molly, remember?)) |
| July
28, 2006 |
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I
love the angle of the second and
fourth panel. I also crack up at
the actual hair I drew on his back.
Hahahaha. |
| Aug.
4, 2006 |
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I
was told that in strips like this
one, Dale really comes off like
me. Though I think my come backs
are wayyyy better than his. |
| Aug.
11, 2006 |
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This
is a classic Samantha/Scott conversation. |
| Aug.
25, 2006 |
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I've
been working on learning how to
do speech bubbles, but I'm not
sure if they fit the style of the
strip. |
Sept.
1, 2006 |
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Although
locals are year round a lot of
places actually treat the tourist
better. I think that's crap. |
| Sept.
7, 2006 |
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I've
bribed a hostess before. I've also
flirted with them many times to
get seated quicker. |
| Sept.
14, 2006 |
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The
convo between Dale and Brittany
is very how Sarah and I are. She'll
bust on me and then turn around
and remind me that she still loves
me. |
