Antics: unwelcome guests 7/11

Dr Sanchez

Nah, the second panel is the best panel. That expression is priceless.

Fletcher

Are you sure you're talking about the last comic, Sanchez??

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad you like the comic. But I can't really see the appeal of the second panel, and it doesn't seem like much of a joke without the last panel. I am confused!

Also, I just finished a new strip (!)

cavemen could only be killed by bullets, so they lived for a very long time

cavemen rode giant tigers the size of mountains

cavemen flew to the moon inside a hollowed out tree, one at a time

these are facts about cavemen

Paradise

I didn't get a chance to eat anything this morning, and now I'm laughing really hard at this comic, and it hurts because my stomach is empty, and why do your comics keep hurting me, Fletcher? Why?

Fletcher

reading my comics consumes a small portion of the food in your stomach

if you haven't eaten, it consumes your stomach lining instead

eat food like a normal human, and you will be fine

ǝuıʇʃɐʌo ɹnoʎ ʞuıɹp oʇ ǝɹns ǝq

2 Marcus 2 Ravens

Hilarious! Definitely my favourite in a while. I love that while he's on fire, he has a look of pure conviction. Not even burning flesh can make him stop being silly.

farbekrieg

<lights the fletcher signal!>

melting_doll

I love how annoyed Copernicus looks. Haha

Prospicience

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Fletcher

I've never heard of 9gag, but I'm glad my strip is on there! Cheers Prosp :0

fletcher signal noticed, farbekreig! I was away eastering, but that is totally done now

look, I'm just not very good at complicated and devious trickery

like the time I tried to make a prank call, and you ended up losing all those toes

no, I am not "finally apologizing" for that

I'm just using it as an example

is the spray bottle thing needed, do you think? Looking back it seems kind of unnecessary and possibly distracting

Nanaki

I kinda like it. It's as if he knew every move Copernicus was going to do before he did, and so he came prepared. Also I love the last panel on it's own as is, because it's almost as if he's treating the bottle like a gun.

farbekrieg

wait wait wait wait... you were eastering!? without me!? ...

and i know giving the mayor a lamp on his roof that shines a light in the shape of a cock would pay off eventually, of course all the homeless guys that show up looking for something else is quite distracting.

Also I like the spray bottle cleaner, as it implies fletcher isnt adlibbing something to cover for being scared of a spider, rather it was just his intention to get copernicus to clean his bathroom.

edit: so yeah im just agreeing with nan, teach me to take forever to write a response

Fletcher

yeah you're right, it does make it look more like a scheme on fletcher's part rather than opportunism

thanks guys, that is reassuring!

Fletcher

New strip woo! Tried to post it here last night but I got constant "server is busy" messages

I'm TRYING to wean myself off wasting so much time trying to "perfect" the circles etc. I draw, in an effort to actually bring some more energy and sense of movement back into the strip.

Not really noticeable with this one, but that will be happening. Expect it!

first the hula hoop made of razors, and now this

i mean the fun level is still through the roof, no question about that

but you can see why these aren’t so popular any more

Fletcher

alright I am making myself draw stuff faster, and I seriously can't tell the difference in the end result

it is equal parts pleasing and infuriating, because now I realise how many hours I have wasted being pedantic about every line without any real benefit

oh well! at least I can draw stuff a bit faster in future

quickly, squeeze my juices back into the dessicated husk of my body

if only this were the first time I'd had to use those words in that order.

Paradise

Your last two comics have been top notch, ace. Keep up the good work.

:::Seal of Approval:::

Fletcher

Hey thanks, Paradise! I have been loving your creature designs recently too!

Sorry for the horrendously late response, I have been rushed off my feet with dumb stupid projects to help me get a crappy butthead education

oh well, at least I can scrounge enough spare time to make comics

I have an obligation to only use these powers for GOOD

but not the kind of good that will require a lot of effort

I'm a very busy man! I... have a lot of TV to watch

Wassermelone

Hahah

I made a wierd chuckle

Fletcher

hey i made a wolf comic but you aren't allowed to use it because it is my wolf comic

I know you don't follow politics very closely

so I will explain it very slowly for you

I want to bite you, really hard, in the neck.

m3nace

So, tempting.

farbekrieg

well well, ive been angling to corner the wolfbackpack market and all i needed was this

Curses its copyrighted now i cant use it!

Fletcher

now you will have to copy an inferior wolfcomic, and your profits will suffer

if you give me one hundred percent of the profits, then I will allow you to use MY wolfcomic for your wolfbackpack enterprise

Visti

So, I feel stupid pointing this out, but is the 'wofl' thing in Fletcher's comic on purpose?

Fletcher

haha yeah it was; I should probably have messed up a couple more words to make it more obvious

actually I may as well do it now before I forget

edit: switched up the o and u in "your", anything else seemed too impossible to spell badly!

m3nace

Fletcher wrote: »

anything else seemed too impossible to spell badly!

I :P
Though you did make them small already, nice touch

PikaPuff

gonna be one of those people that tells you things

i think something like this would have worked, too, without looking too awkward

Fletcher

Yeah PikaPuff I was gonna do that, but I inevitably get twenty comments of 'I DON'T UNDERSTAND, WHY DID YOU COVER UP THE WORDS SO I CAN'T SEE THEM?' whenever I try something like that

Personally I think it looks better like that though, and more believable than cramming into one corner ad leaving a sixth of the page blank. Good eye!

(alternatively, pretend that there is a giant cock drawn on the covered section of the page)

earthwormadam

a comic of glory

plus it makes fun of people who put giant watermarks on drunken scribbles

Fletcher

cheers, EWA!

this one makes fun of terrible political cartoons, instead of the DA target market

or so I tell everyone

(it matches my beliefs exactly)

could we change it to corporate fat wolves?

I really think it flows better that way

Also I have just done a couple of guest comics! One for Feel Afraid:



and one for Anything But Real Life:

earthwormadam

boomshakalaka you're on fire

those are great

farbekrieg

i laughed, i thought for sure fletcher was just going to 'fix it' hand it back to copernicus and last panel would be the same comic, except with a 'copyright c fletcher do not steal'

works better your way, which i guess is reason 87 why i need to stick to the wolfbackpack business and not those wiley political cartoons.

Josiah_9

Those were both great Fletcher.

HugmasterGeneral

Aww, Fletchie. I just noticed I was getting some traffic from your site and realized you put me on your 'Enjoyable Things' link list. Thank you so much.

Mustang

Employee of the month is pretty great.

Fletcher

rfilyaw wrote: »

Aww, Fletchie. I just noticed I was getting some traffic from your site and realized you put me on your 'Enjoyable Things' link list. Thank you so much.

quite alright, ronnie! Likewise to you :P

and thanks mustang, I was super proud of that one!

here is a new comic, after I stupidly didn't do one on monday!

I can provide enough hair for people with cold heads everywhere

but I must remain ever vigilant, a razor in each hand at all times

sometimes I lie awake at night, wondering if these powers are a blessing… or a curse

note to self: learn to draw facial hair (or any kind of hair) better

ninjai

You what's amazing?

I could poke faster if I had 2 pitchforks.

That is amazing.

Fletcher

hey yeah like sweet, a new comic and stuff okay??

this g-string, however, is very much part of the costume

a 16th century antique: very rare, very authentic

what is everyone thinking of the recent strips?

I know that I definitely need to focus on drawing more backgrounds/different settings

but is there anything annoying about the layout or the bubbles or anything? I am worried that maybe I am making mistakes with established comic conventions :0

Stupid Mr Whoopsie Name

Jesus that Beard comic had me laughing harder than I think it had any right to! It's a goddamned masterpiece!

I wouldn't sweat the layout or bubbles or anything. They're clear and the procession of text flows naturally. I don't think I've ever seen you cross your speech bubbles or anything like that.

Keep on Truckin', ya know?

Fletcher

Cheers, Mars! Glad to hear I'm not doing anything particularly visually annoying

I certainly will keep on truckin', that is always a good idea

(also thank you re: beard comic!)

earthwormadam

Beard comic didn't do much for me, but I think it was mostly casue it was too drawn out with not much oomph at the end. It seemed like the same comic could've been done with like 1/2 the panels.

The ninja comic fared much better though IMO.

Fletcher

cheers for the critique EWA! yeah the "whole page" format can be a little annoying for simpler jokes; I'll have to make an effort to cram more mid-strip jokes in when I have a drawn-out strip.

here be the new one!

by the way, I also made you a cake because I am sorry about your lung going missing

wait whoops, that was next week- I mean...

look just forget I said anything, okay?