Throughout this whole season, I've been trying hard to have cohesive, overarching stories and themes. The first arc saw the Kevin character got angry at a critic, went on to try to solve his frustations by talking to a friend, and ultimately, took up drinking and went on poor dates. It was flowing well, but then I followed it up with a random strip about a punchline starting a joke. From there on out, there was a bunch of random strips. I will say these past four strips were connected from real life experience for the month of October, and I'm hoping they read well when placed one after the next. (The last one was inspired and drawn during a terrible week, that even the quality alone exemplified where my mind was at.)
This week's Dissect My Brain is another one of those ones that was based mostly on a real life experience. Kasatka and I had went to see The Man With the Iron Fists (which is just "okay," probably the worst film I've seen all year, and not worth the trip to the theater), and the concessions lady was super nice to me. The rest played out as you see it. Pretty much here were two guys talkin' about "swag" and getting girls, but they were dateless and watching a film where scantily clad girls were rampant on the big screen.
Of course, Hooker Fighter: Reloaded is not a real movie, but a nice little nod to my bud, Calvin's comic of the same name.
I suppose the last thing to note is that it is strange that I drew my friend Kasatka, who is Vietnamese, on an issue of the Union Weekly that was centered about pho. It was purely coincidental!
NOTE: The version you see on the blog is a re-edit of the strip. Originally, it said "deck out" and not "punch out." I've heard people say "deck out" when talking about punching someone out, but apparently it's not correct according to a friend and the internet.
This week's shirt is of "The Alpha Snail." It's actually my own shirt for my old band,
Bootlegs of the Untitled Band. We had a song called "The Alpha Snail," where the most memorable lyric was: "I will not die by your salt."
I actually just gave away my very last one of these to fellow Union Weekly cartoonist, Irene.
(You can see her work at the official Union Weekly Comics Page and HUBY.)
While the art is really old and outdated, I still think it's a cool shirt.
I've been meaning to dye mines a nice, snail green.
My friend Pat always jokes that it's a knock-off of the Daniel Johnston shirt.
I leave you with this photo of Patrick, myself, and two girls
who I don't really speak much to these days.
But man: snailmania was running (err, "slithering?") wild those days!
And yes, I had short hair and an evil beard at one point.
Bootlegs of the Untitled Band. We had a song called "The Alpha Snail," where the most memorable lyric was: "I will not die by your salt."
I actually just gave away my very last one of these to fellow Union Weekly cartoonist, Irene.
(You can see her work at the official Union Weekly Comics Page and HUBY.)
While the art is really old and outdated, I still think it's a cool shirt.
I've been meaning to dye mines a nice, snail green.
My friend Pat always jokes that it's a knock-off of the Daniel Johnston shirt.
I leave you with this photo of Patrick, myself, and two girls
who I don't really speak much to these days.
But man: snailmania was running (err, "slithering?") wild those days!
And yes, I had short hair and an evil beard at one point.
Original Publication: November 12, 2012.
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