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Plan Bee.

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:06:19

First of three bee-pun strips. I fully expect to lose half of you by the time its all over. But before I lose you guys, I must grab and redirect this attention elsewhere. Last year, Left 4 Dead came out and I plugged an awesome zombie apocalypse story comic. And so I aim to coincide that link with the release of this year's Left 4 Dead 2. As many of you probably also are, I am enthused by post-apocalyptic settings in stories: Fallout 3, Left 4 Deadz, the upcoming 'The Road' movie (Fallout 3 actually drew a lot from the book, so I'll be seeing that for sure). The struggle to survive, how and what mankind degenerates to in that struggle, the desperation and the everyone for themselves environment, fighting for the meager scraps left behind. dead winter has all of this in shades. It is my favorite story comic. It is the only story comic that I read. Still on the fence? Try this sample. I just knocked you off that fence and into a zombie world of awesome. There are over 250 pages so far, so to help you guys set into the story, I'll break down some of the chapters here. (Some of the pages are NSFW) Chapters 1-4 Infection begins. Black Monday Blues kicks some ass. Liz and Alice fight through zombie horde. Chapter 5- The gang find shelter. Chapter 6 - Black Monday Blues kicks more ass. We learn about the characters living in the shelter. Chapter 7: Another bounty hunter goes after Black Monday. Gang heads out to find food. Chapter 8: The Army AND city police go after the group (holy shit!). Losing both, the group make their way to the supermarket, though getting in is not going to be as easy as they thought. So there's my super big plug of deadwinter. Tell Reiley I said 'what up'.

Plan BEEEE

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:41:23

The comic is done. Hope you guys like bee puns.

Comic: Plan BEEEEE

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:34:37

Comic's in progress

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:55:26

Comic is on the way. It's all drawn, I'm just on the Photoshopping phase now.

DWEX and viruses and forums.

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:02:50

First off, I will be at DWEX - Dallas Webcomic Expo all day Saturday (today!) Next, I understand that Google is listing Slackerz as harmful. Last night, a Russian bot/hacker/whatever (I'm assuming it's a bot, since all of my 'index' type files got infected, which there are several) put in a line of code into all of Slackerz' index pages...to download something from a Russian website. That line of code has been removed from this website. Google will probably take a while to update this, but the virus has been removed from this site. If you have visited Slackerz in the last 24 hours, I recommend getting your computer scanned. THIRD: Forums are fixed. I spent two hours trying to fix it after an exhausting trip to Dallas. (so you're fucking welcome, socks)

'ficial instructions.

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:29:34

New comic's up. Once again, drawn by Anthony Bianchi, who is pretty much now a 'ficial Slackerz artist at this point. Supafine HOLLA' BACK. Also, quick reminder that I'll be attending the Dallas Webcomics Expo this Saturday. More details are at the site and on my previous front page post. As for the comic, Left 4 Dead 2 is coming out soon. Ellis' has 'ficial instructions:

Comic: 'ficial Instructions (Drawn by Ant)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:59:57

DWEX WHAT WHAT.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:04:02

I'm going to be at the Dallas Webcomics Expo this Saturday, November 14th! The website doesn't say anything about me being there, but that's because I decided on this at the last minute. Scott Kurtz from PvP is going to be there. The guys from Cyanide and Happiness, Something Positive, Hijinks Ensue, KC Green and about 30 other webcomic creators, including me! Entry is five bucks. There will probably be a couple webcomics panels too. If you're a webcomic enthusiast and happen to be in the Dallas area, check it out. Details are at DWEX's website at www.dwex.info For those who can't make it, you know I'll be Twitterin' 'bout it. I'll be sitting at Chris from Cartridge Comics' table, which is located down at the following map.

And here we are

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:09:04

I'm back suckaz!

Comic: METAL PART 2

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:07:52

Teaser

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:24:50

Look! Real evidence that I've actually been drawing the comic!

yaayyy

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:37:04

New Slackerz comic up. Drawn by Anthony Bianchi. what what.

Comic: Halloween with the Slackerz Supafine Crew.

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:20:17

Forumers GO.

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:10:16

Slackerz Forumer Supreme Gaz made this fantastic guest comic! I just sent Anthony of Supafine and Amazingly Average fame, who has already drawn three guest comics for us, a script to work on while Hepting is out of commission. He's a good man. Send him your love.

Nope.

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:22:47

Nobody is dead yet. Just throwing that out there. I've been writing a couple other scripts. I might can get Anthony from Supafine to get something together soon. We'll see. Keep an eye on the Twitter/Facebook feeds. I might as well just copyright that expression.

I'm not dead yet

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:43:14

Hey everyone, sorry I haven't been around in a while. And for the lack of updates. I just finished my moving process, and now I have to finish my "get 7 years of dirt cleaned out of the old apartment so they don't fine me" process. Either way, I'm not quitting or anything. Work and "the move" have just been stressing me out lately. But the move is nearly over, and work is being to get... well, less stressful. So I should be back in the swing of things real soon.

So.

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:07:36

Sup innanet? Holla back.

Don't know.

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:37:47

Still no word from Hepting. BUT. Read up on The System, a webcomic by rosscott. I don't plug other comics on here often, so I recommend you check this out while Slackerz seems to be a little under the weather. As I always say, keep an eye on the Twitter feed (twitter.com/ss_slacker) and our Facebook group for instant updates. Our Facebook group is almost at 1000 members! Woot!

Sorry about the missed update.

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:44:37

Hepting is still moving his crap. Again, check the Twitter and Facebook feeds for instant updates. Sorry.

Ehhh.

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:57:55

If I were to take a guess, the comic will probably be up on Thursday or Friday. Hepting's in the middle of moving now. We've removed our update schedule. No point in making any more promises. But Hepting assures that he'll bust out a comic this week. If you're on Twitter or Facebook, follow me (ss_slacker) and our Facebook group page for instant updates on when the comic is up. Following those feeds will be more reliable than our schedule would ever be. Stay tuned! Also, I should be able to deal my opinion on Brutal Legend by the time the second part is published.

Whew

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:03

The comic is finally up now. And for the record, I wasn't drunk yet, I had merely started drinking, with the expectation of being drunk at some future point. Just felt it was necessary to make that distinction. :D

Comic: METAL

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:08:37

Okay so.

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:01:18

Here's an update from Hepting via e-mail: "Hey, sorry I didn't reply. Mondays are my days where I have no time at work. Anyway, it was an awful day (and the last couple of days were no picnic), and I've already started drinking. :D I'll probably continue drawing the comic once I sober up a bit." And there you go!

Don't know what's up with this week's update.

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:08:08

Just don't know.

No update this week.

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:36:37

Hepting has had a rough week of 12-hour shifts and since my script wasn't up to par with my usual shitty scripts, we decided to just take a break this week. Tune in next week. We'll have something for you then! Hepting's work just hired someone to help him out, finally. I've been playing Scribblenauts a little bit more lately. It's still meh, maybe getting a little bit better. But I'm going to end up trading it in toward Brutal Legend next week. Sorry if I haven't responded to your e-mail this week about the Scribbz, but I've read them. Btw, Scribblenauts' Action Stages have been ruined forever:

And there it is

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:00:10

The comic is finally up. And only an extra day late. I'm such a awful person.

Comic: Black Holez

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:57:07

Beep boop bop

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:27:08

Proof that I'm actually working on the comic:
Sorry, work's kicking my ass. I'll have the comic up tomorrow.

Brutal Legend Demo.

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:25:06

I just played the Brutal Legend Demo. Three times in a row. Holy. Shit. That's all I'm gonna say. Dear Game Companies: Demos immensely help potential customers decide on buying your products. Not having a demo also further increases dissatisfaction of a product when we take a leap of faith and buy your game without trying it (Scribblenauts). BUT! I think Brutal Legend is definitely going to be a must-buy for me. Plus it's Double Fine. Who made Psychonauts. Which I love. Also, since for SOME REASON this isn't searchable on Google, I'm going to plant the flag on Slackerz: Brutal Legend. " Squeeze you like a porcupine ! " (Say What!!)

Comic's up

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:26:53

There, got it posted. Just like I said I would.

Comic: 17 Minutes Isn't Enough Time

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:24:41

Ya load sixteen tons...

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:30:37

Hey everyone. Sorry, but the comic is going to be about a day late. Smith goes and leaves me in charge, and I go and drop the ball. Long story, but the general jist is that a dude I work with quit, so I've been putting in extra hours, leaving me with even less time than usual to make the comic. That, and my initial comic idea turned out to be significantly less funny than I first thought, prompting a re-write. But I should be able to finish it by tomorrow.

Scribblenauts.

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:35:05

I'll go ahead and give my thoughts on Scribblenauts for the DS, since Ramsoomair sent a link this a-way. Scribblenauts definitely has its novelty factor. Your Scribblenauts' notepad can summon a lot of stuff. Internet memes are also available, but whatever. And I'll admit, that sounded very cool to me at first. But I will tell you that the novelty factor wears off after an hour because you find out in that first hour that: 1. You really can't summon everything or even 1/8 of everything. It is surprisingly limited for a game that boasts near-limitless creativity. 2. So you summon everything you would ever want to summon that you can, after trying to summon things that the game won't let you. After 30 minutes of that, what then? The puzzles? I'll get to that in a second. Try it before you buy because there is a good chance you won't like it. Do not listen to the hype. You can write in 22,000-something words and have them materialize. But as you play through the game, you realize you only need "Blackhole" (to kill off any enemy, because using a gun to do it in Scribblenauts is like pulling teeth with the frustrating controls) and "wings/rocketpack/helicopter" (to fly over the obstacles) to complete about 95 percent of the puzzles. Eighty-percent of the puzzles/action mini-games are uninspiring, like a kindergartener's homework. World 1 to World 10 you get puzzles like: "Feed her breakfast!" (solution: type in "cereal") "Paint a picture!" (solution: type in "canvas" and "paint") "Make a romantic dinner!" (solution: moon, spaghetti, flowers, what the fuck) One common Scribblenauts puzzle that I'm really getting sick of are things like "Get the penguin back to his family! There's an Orca whale in between, but don't hurt it!" The solution is to isolate the predator (put an island over the whale) and lure the token animal (penguin) over with food (a fish). Come ON. I like how in order to get someone or something to move where you want them to be, it being a cow or a professor of science, you have to throw food in that direction. "Hey kid, your parents are missing you. Can you just move, like, five feet that a-way?" Kid: "....." "Look! Candy! -chucks it- GO GET IT." Kid: "MMMMMMM. (the default phrase of every character in Scribblenauts)" Then again, maybe this game was meant for kids, in which case, okay. Because otherwise, unless you're under 10, you're not going to find any fulfillment from solving these puzzles. Yes you can be creative in solving them, but I want the game to make me be creative, to put me in a seemingly impossible situation and have me solve it with lateral thinking. Lateral thinking that does not involving getting person A its item B back when it's right over there just go get it. Anyway, if you liked the game (and the game has its merits), glad you got your money's worth. But I feel a little ripped off. Shoot me an e-mail if you disagree or if you've discovered some cool words to try: theslackerzATgmailDOTcom.

Scribblenauts.

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:54:16

I'll go ahead and give my thoughts on Scribblenauts for the DS, since Ramsoomair sent a link this a-way. Scribblenauts definitely has its novelty factor. Your Scribblenauts' notepad can summon a lot of stuff. Internet memes are also available, but whatever. And I'll admit, that sounded very cool to me at first. But I will tell you that the novelty factor wears off after an hour because you find out in that first hour that: 1. You really can't summon everything or even 1/8 of everything. It is surprisingly limited for a game that boasts near-limitless creativity. 2. So you summon everything you would ever want to summon that you can, after trying to summon things that the game won't let you. After 30 minutes of that, what then? The puzzles? I'll get to that in a second. Try it before you buy because there is a good chance you won't like it. Do not listen to the hype. You can write in 22,000-something words and have them materialize. But as you play through the game, you realize you only need "Blackhole" (to kill off any enemy, because using a gun to do it in Scribblenauts is like pulling teeth with the frustrating controls) and "wings/rocketpack/helicopter" (to fly over the obstacles) to complete about 95 percent of the puzzles. Eighty-percent of the puzzles/action mini-games are uninspiring, like a kindergartener's homework. World 1 to World 10 you get puzzles like: "Feed her breakfast!" (solution: type in "cereal") "Paint a picture!" (solution: type in "canvas" and "paint") "Make a romantic dinner!" (solution: moon, spaghetti, flowers, what the fuck) One common Scribblenauts puzzle that I'm really getting sick of are things like "Get the penguin back to his family! There's an Orca whale in between, but don't hurt it!" The solution is to put some land over the whale and lure the penguin over with a fish. Come ON. I like how in order to get someone or something to move where you want them to be, it being a cow or a professor of science, you have to throw food in that direction. "Hey kid, your parents are missing you. Can you just move, like, five feet that a-way?" Kid: "....." "Look! Candy! -chucks it- GO GET IT." Kid: "MMMMMMM. (the default phrase of every character in Scribblenauts)" Then again, maybe this game was meant for kids, in which case, okay. Because otherwise, unless you're under 10, you're not going to find any fulfillment from solving these puzzles. Yes you can be creative in solving them, but I want the game to make me be creative, to put me in a seemingly impossible situation and have me solve it with lateral thinking. Lateral thinking that does not involving getting person A its item B back when it's right over there just go get it. Anyway, if you liked the game (and the game has its merits), glad you got your money's worth. But I feel a little ripped off. Shoot me an e-mail if you disagree or if you've discovered some cool words to try: theslackerzATgmailDOTcom.

Oops forgot to say sumthin'

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:20:49

The moral of this week's strip is never get into an Internet argument. Ever. Even if you feel that you're right. Because no amount of debate wordplay is going to convince the other guy that his opinion is wrong. ESPECIALLY on the Internet. It's never going to be like this: "______ is the best _________ ever!!" "No...NO!!! It's _______ ! (34 paragraph argument.)" "Oh....oh my god. You're RIGHT. Your thing is better!! I am a moron....and you're the best!!!!" No. Never. The argument will either turn into a massive time sink. Or boil down to: "lol u mad?" Which is specially crafted to shame you. Have I been in an Internet argument recently? Nope. 'Cause I know better! And now so do you.

Comic's up

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:19:17

Hey everyone, the comic is finally up.

Comic: Debate, Y'all

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:17:10

Comic's comin'

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:52:12

Hey guys, sorry, I fell behind schedule this week. The comic will be up in the next day or so. But here's a teaser...

NEW COMIC ABOUT VIDEO GAMES.

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:28:04

Video games??? VIDEO GAMES?? WHAAAAAAAATTT. This week's comic has been shaded and edited slightly, for your enjoyment! If you've already read it, read it again, with enhanced HD shaded graphics!! There has always been a small part of me, in the back of my mind, that has always wanted to make Slackerz into a vidjeo game comic. I neither have the insight nor the talent to make a video game comic that is both original and non-derivative yet I do it anyway. Because why not? It's the Internet. My intended theme for this comic was the PS3 price drop courtesy of the new Slim model. The e-mail gag in this week's comic would have come from the "Playstation Defense Force" General, instead of Hepting. But it ended up being the old rehashed "PS3 only has two games hardy har" joke that isn't really true. I mean they have that other game. Three games. BADUM TSSH. Goin' downhill from here. Anyway, Hepting really did buy his elite three months before they dropped the price. Which really does suck. I don't know why he bought an xbox, let alone an elite. He's not into shooters, so that that would leave... You guessed it. Three other games for the xbox. DO HO HO. VIDEO GAMES. Also, this week's comic was edited by Lance Benson! I meant to have credits for him in the comic, but he helped with the writing for this one, which I need. Incidentally, when I threw in that throwaway 4chan joke about Halo 3's and killing aliens, he edited in "isn't afraid" instead of "doesn't afraid." Which I think is funnier that the kid got the meme wrong yet grammatically correct. I dunno. Anyway, new comic next Monday. LATER.

Shading to come later

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:47:05

Hey guys, the new comic is up, minus the shading step. Spent the day with the family, so I didn't get working on it till late. I'll have a new version, complete with shading, posted in the next day or so. In the meantime, VIDJEO GAMEZ!

Comic: FREAKIN CASUALS

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:45:16

Guys.

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:36:04

Valve stole my hats! Valve stole my video game hats! Valve stole my Team Fortress 2 video game hats!!! WWWWWHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY??????? (plays Fallout 3)

Yes well.

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:53:56

Good thing I'm not quitting then! New comic up, by Hepting, written during my "what am I doing writing webcomics???" phase that I got over quickly. Incidentally, Slackerz will now be edited/co-written by Lance Benson! So if Slackerz sucks, it's all his fault now! WOO. News about shirts: I am mailing them out today. News about sketches: If you have not received your donation sketch, e-mail Hepting - goobscomicAThotmailDOTcom with your name, mailing address and what you wanted. If you want to reach me, it's theslackerzATgmailDOTcom. I did not anticipate how complicated it would be to manage 20 sketches once. I am very VERY sorry that it has taken this long. I doubt we'll be doing donation sketches again for this reason. So if you ordered one, it's coming. It's just going to take a while. That's all for that. I might post a blog later this week. Really should be using this front page more often.

New Comic

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:46:19

Smith, if you quit, then Slackerz readers will be subjected to COMICS LIKE THIS. Don't do it, Smith!

Comic: WTF is up with these cookies

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:39:22

Just wanted to say a couple things.

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:13:20

There was some talk on Twitter and on the forums about me quitting my writing on Slackerz. I did seriously consider it. But I've come up with a way to reduce the stress considerably, so I won't be leaving. yaaaaayyyyyy Also, I have all of the shirts packed and addressed, but I won't be able to mail them until Monday. But they'll be out by then and you'll get your shirts within a week or two. Thanks again for your support. Comic will be up Monday.

The Design May Be Flawed

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:47:19

Hey guys, the new comic is up. Right on time for the new update schedule too. Anyway, this was a comic idea I had rattling around my brain for a while. I just had to wait for Smith to come down with a case of "no script" to use it. Don't worry though, Smith'll be back at the helm next week.

Comic: The Design May Be Flawed

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:44:40

TWWEEEEEEET.

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:09:06

Edit: Shawn Handyside is taking pre-orders for his Two Girls, One-up Shirt! If you missed out on buying a Slackerz shirt, take solace in knowing that you can pre-order this hot device right now!! New comic is UP. We now update on Mondays! CHECK IT OUT. A week ago, I had writer's block. So then I Twittered about it. And then I made some cock jokes. And THEN I thought "Hey...a comic about...Twitter? Maybe!!" Anyway, this comic was funnier in my head. I am sort of addicted to Twitter, but is crippling addiction funny? But there's your obligatory Twitter comic for ya. Merry Birthday. p.s. Hepting has a secret Twitter account.

Comic: TWEEEEEET

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:48:23

Changing our update schedule to Mondays.

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:55:34

We're holding this week's comic ransom for this upcoming Monday. If we can handle two Monday strips in a role, we'll make it official and go Mondays from hereon in. Sorry for the delay. Stay tuned for Monday updatez.

Shirt status.

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:20:39

Medium shirts are sold out. SUPER DUPER EDIT: One large shirt left! Thanks to all who have bought one so far. I will start mailing them out this upcoming Wednesday. I imagine they'll be sold out by then. Yeah I don't know why the images are screwed up like that. S'just the way it is for now.

Might change the update schedule.

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:35:33

I think that as of 12 hours ago, half of our shirts have been sold. Get them before they sell out! I e-mailed Hepting about our update schedule. He hasn't responded yet, but I aim to delay this week's comic until Monday and update on Mondays again from hereon. If he's cool with that, then I apologize for the lack of a comic this week. But this will mean 1. Monday Updates (which I really want) and 2. On-time updates. That is, at least I hope. If he's not cool with it, then you'll get this week's comic late tonight. Tune in and find out!

Shirtz.

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:40:45

I had some shirts made for Connecticon. I sold a few of them, but now you guys can snag the rest if you want em: Here is what they look like, sort of. They actually look much nicer than that, trust me. The borders are thicker and it looks real crisp. We have 13 shirts available: 3 X Large, 6 Large and 4 Medium. It's $14.99 per shirt and International orders get a break this time around. Everybody pays domestic shipping. (edited, see latest post)

Comic's in the works.

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:38:19

Just gave Hepting the script a little late Monday night. Had a bit of a writer's block crisis. My bad. Keep an eye on the Twitter/Facebook groups for immediate comic updates.

Connecticon Comic.

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:49:16

New comic about Connecticon is up. Can't update the Current Comic icon or the Facebook group page right now, but it's up. Connecticon was fun in that I got to meet a bunch of interesting people...in webcomics. Aside from that, though, it's pretty much all anime at Connecticon. And most of us in webcomics weren't at all interested in the sort of thing. I would say that webcomics took up about five percent of the convention floor, if that. And they were spread out in a sea of animes. So with animes, you get cosplayers. And with cosplayers, you get that one spandexed cosplayer that forgets to wear a cup. (don't click on that, really don't) Listen, this week's comic does not NEARLY put enough detail into Freakazoid's crotch that I unfortunately had to see. I called for more detail in the script, but thank goodness Hepting beckoned to decency. I don't know who you are, but fuck you. Seriously. There are people who joke around about "ohh that one costume was painful to look at aahh lololol." No you literally fucking hurt my mind. And I ran into you FIVE TIMES. What is wrong with you? WEAR A CUP WHEN YOU WEAR SPANDEX. WEAR A CUP WHEN YOU WEAR SPANDEX. WEAR A CUP WHEN YOU WEAR SPANDEX!!!! DON'T WEAR SPANDEX EVER!!! That is all. Normalcy to continue next week. Thanks for stopping by!

A Comic... about Connecticon!

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:45:38

Yup, a comic... about Connecticon! Who'd have thought? Oh yeah, I haven't posted since we came back, but I wanted to thank everybody that showed up. It was really cool actually getting to meet Slackerz readers. Just wish we could have been there longer (or EARLIER).

Comic: Connecticon '09

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:41:21

Connecticon! Woo.

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:28:32

Decided against a full-blown review. Just gonna type it straight out. So! Connecticon. Good stuff. A lot of you came by the table. Hepting and I really appreciate it. I stepped away from the table a couple times to charge my phone and take care of my missing flight drama, so if I missed you, I apologize and hopefully I will catch you at next year's Connecticon. If you came by the table that Friday, you probably met forumers Bullhonkenator, Socks Mahoney and his friend Rob, who hung out with me and Hepting and drove us where we needed to go. Much thanks to the three and again to all who came by the table. If you would like to see pictures/Connecticon '09 mini-stories, check out this forum thread right here. Things don't get interesting until right around page 3. I'm about to post a ton of pictures plus a couple Connecticon stories as soon as I'm done with this front page post. Okay time for the links and rigmarole. I regret that I only talked to most of these people for like a second. Hopefully that will change next year (if I go) First of all, a very huge thanks to George Rohac who corresponded with the webcomic guests during Connecticon and was very helpful and generally cool. I called him "grohac" the first time I met him because my mind is stuck in the Twitterverse. Glad I got to shake your hand, "decider". Shawn - Halolz: Thanks for the shirt! Your Twitter debt to me has been resolved. I will certainly look into XXXXXXXXXXXXL shirt sizes for you next year. :P Ramsoomair - VG Cats: Nice meeting you again and your fiance. Keep your phone charged next time! VG Birds strip coming your way. KC - Gunshow: You've gotta be the nicest guy in webcomics, hands down. Thanks for the sketch. Sorry about that Sunday. Reiley - Dead Winter: Thanks for the time you put into my sketch and for putting up with my lameness. Rosscott - System Comic: Glad I got to meet you. Your presence encompasses a huge chunk of the Twitterverse, sir. 8 Bit Theater - Brian Clevinger: Thanks for stopping by the table, Brian. I'm still going talk bad about you on the Internet. Carter and Paul - Crooked Gremlins.: Thanks for stopping by the table, guys. Wish I could have made it to City Steam, but I did not have access to a car. Something I will rectify next year. I also apologize for my lame jokes. I also met very super briefly the people from Three Panel Soul, Garanos, Inky-Tea (thanks for the gum!), Shortpacked (sorry I didn't recognize you from earlier, willis), Silly Vamp and probably a fuckton of others so if I didn't get you, I just have horrible memory. There were a ton of other webcomic guests there that I just did not have the time to interact and network with. Something I regret. Oh and sorry we missed you Steve. Maybe next year, huh? And assuming Slackerz is still around by next year, Hepting and I will definitely be there next year. Alright now I'm going to work on getting this thread filled up with pictures n crap.

Comic's gonna be a little late this week.

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:04:02

BACK FROM CONNECTICON. WOO BERRIES. It was great. I had a good time. There was some shit that kind of sucked, but it's stuff I learned not to do next year. I'm going to write a kick-ass extensive review with pictures n' shit and all kinds o crap. But I needed today recuperate from lack of sleep and eating. Tomorrow, I'll get a good start on all of that so that hopefully, by the end of Thursday, we'll have the review, new comic (hopefully) and alla that sheeit. And then next week, we'll be back in the swing of normal updates. Stay tuned. If you're a member of our Facebook group or follow me on Twitter, you will know first thing when everything updates.

No sleep 'til Connecticon.

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:35:36

Get your aneemay costumes ready, 'cause Hepting and I are Connecticon bound this weekend! So pumped you guys. We're hella busy planning for Connecticon. We apologize, but we must leave you part of what the flyer will be at the con. I wish Hepting had put in the flyer tagline: Get ready for this jelly, Connecticon. Here's a big fat info dump on Connecticon. I will not be at the con until mid-afternoon on Friday. I aim to check out a couple of the webcomics panels and maybe leave a couple flyers at our Artist Alley table. For the most part on Friday, our Artist Alley table will be empty. Here is the artist alley map. On Saturday, Hepting and I will be at table 12A-B from early morning 'til around 3-ish. We'll have t-shirts and original art for sale. Come by and say hey. Aside from that table time on Saturday, we'll be free-floating around the con, checking out some of the sights, meetin' some other cool webcomics dudes that will be there, etc. Since the convention center has wifi, I will most certainly be twittering the entire event under the hashtag #ctcon. Like literally, hour by the hour updates. If you're already following me, you will probably unfollow me by the second day of the con. That's all I've got. Hope to see you there.

Flyer Image

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:40:35

Hey, we're light on the updates this week, as we're preparing for Connecticon. But we've got our image up for the flyers we're going to have. It doesn't have any of the Slackerz info added to it yet... but then, anyone reading this already KNOWS the Slackerz info (as in, the website URL).

Comic: Connecticon Flyer Image

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:38:41

Forums are back up.

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:27:14

Forums have returned. When they're up, they're a pretty swell place to be. If you haven't already, you should sign up and join in on the fun! And by fun I mean super fun.

Forums are down.

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:41:23

AUGH. Forums are down. "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/ss_slacker/theslackerz.com/forums/cache/data_540b6416b7e959c638f339b66e9ba444-SMF-modSettings.php on line 30" Modsettings.php error? Did one of my forum mods do this? ...am I going to have to slap a bitch? Nah I'll crack into it later tonight. Use the Shoutbox/IRC channel 'til then.

Sketch status.

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:54:54

Connecticon is coming up! WOO. Just got an inquiry from a Shoutbox poster (located below) about the custom sketches. Last I checked with Hepting, about a week or so ago, he had finished four of them. I am almost sure that he will complete all of them by the end of this month and during Connecticon. He had 20 sketch requests plus comic updates for each week, so please be patient. We are very VERY appreciative of the support and we will have them out as soon as possible. I would expect them out by the middle of August. As always, you can e-mail me at theslackerzATgmailDOTcom if you have any questions about sketches or anything. If you e-mailed before and haven't gotten a response, please send it again.

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:29:06

Hey, the new comic is UP, featuring the return of an old favorite video game spokesperson that ISN'T Johnny Turbo. And there shouldn't be any ridiculous typos like last time.

Comic: THE VOID

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:27:36

Hepting is working on it.

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:30:59

Hepting got a late start on this week's comic due to several overtime work shifts in the past week. He tells me he's got it penciled and just needs to do the photoshop work. Expect it later this evening. If you're in our Facebook group or follow my Twitter, I'll let you know through both medium. Stay tuned.

DON'T COPY THAT.

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:28:38

Remember MC Double Def DP? We covered him and his crazy shenanigans in a comic about a year ago. 15+ years ago, games were so small that they could fit onto a single floppy disk. So kids at school (I was guilty of it too, copied myself some Sim City) would/could just copy a game from a school's computer and take it home with them. It was incredibly easy to do, so software companies, represented by the SIIA, were concerned. They distributed an educational music video starring MC Double Def DP and his song was "Don't Copy That Floppy." Really, if you look at it on Youtube, this was a very light hearted video. No scare tactics or anything. They just wanted to be informative, albeit "Don't Copy That Floppy" is incredibly cheesy, which is why I love it. Fast-forward about 20 years later, SIIA is now going to tackle Internet piracy. They're not holding ANYTHING back for their latest upcoming video, "Don't Copy That 2". The result is very strange.

Comic: It's not just a copy... IT'S A CRIME

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:42:47

Slackerz IRC Channel.

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:39:53

Hey bros and broettes. Forumer Socks Mahoney hooked Slackerz up with its very own Slackerz IRC Channel! At irc.sorcery.net #slackerz. Check-cha-check-cha-check-cha-check it out. What's it all about? Work it all out. At the Slack Chat - irc.sorcery.net #slackerz.

Supafine Guest Comic.

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:06:22

My long time comic buds Lance and Anthony have graced us with a guest comic this week while Hepting works on the sketch commissions. They're gearing up and getting ready to relaunch Supafine, which is awesome. I'm also involved as a co-writer in one of their side-projects, which we hope to launch some time in August. I'll keep you up to date on that. Working on a bunch of scripts now. Peace 'til later.

Comic: Supafine Guest Comic

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:05:40

WHOA SHIT SUPAFINE GUEST COMIC YA'LL.

On the cusp of popular culture.

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:54:19

No more donations for sketches will be accepted. We've met and surpassed our goal. Big huge thanks to all who helped. I'll be sending another thank you e-mail as well as a timetable for when the sketches will get back to you. This may not be the final cut of the comic. I've asked Hepting to ink and shade it later today. To us, it's more important that we get the comic up on time than if it's inked and shaded. But both are important, so he'll probably take a crack at it later. Once again, Slackerz is on the very pulse of pop culture. The second a movie or a book comes out, a decade later WE ANNIHILATE WITHOUT RESERVE. I know it's now a thousand years past the point where it's cool to mock Twilight, but that's how we roll, ladies and gentlemen. Gotta give credit to a couple sources for this comic: This was where I got the basic overall plot of the entire book series. I had been forced to watch the first Twilight movie at least five times but I figured I'll knock em all out at once. They're all in there. This vampire has the power to sense RELATIONSHIPS. WATCH THE FUCK OUT. Forum member Derek also inspired this comic with a stint a while ago as "Edwarderek Cullen" that was hilarious (with his sidekick, BellaDom). He directed me to this even more awesome review of Twilight:

Comic is up

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:34:25

Hey, thought I'd try the sketch-style again. People seemed to like it last time.

Comic: The one where we make fun of Twilight

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:33:07

Not many sketches left.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:47:40

Thanks to those who have already donated. We appreciate it and we're spending next week to work on those sketches. We'll have a super fine guest comic up that week. 15 out of the 20 set sketches have been spoken for. Only five left. Get your's before the big rush on update day this week.

It's Official. Going to Connecticon 2009.

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:21:59

About a couple hours ago, Hepting and I set our commitment to attending this year's Connecticon in stone by buying our plane tickets a couple hours ago. Scott Hepting and Scott Smith will be at Connecticon in one month. Hepting and I will be there in full capacity at an artist's alley table that Saturday and Sunday, since Hepting's flight lands very late on Friday. We need a little help coming up with hotel dough. It's a little too late to do a shirt run now, but Hepting says he can bust out some sketches. If you donate $10, Hepting will mail you a pencil sketch of your request --- nothing TOO extravagant and nothing gross. He will deny it and return your money if it's too out of line. $20 will get you a mailed in pencil sketch AND an e-mailed digital photoshopped inked/shaded version of that sketch. After you donate, e-mail theslackerzATgmailDOTcom what you want Hepting to draw and the mailing address you want the sketch to be sent. Limiting to 20 sketches. Our goal is $200. Get yours' in quick. Thanks in advance for the support. Please DO NOT donate more than 20 dollars. We will feel incredibly undeserving and will have to refund back the money. We only need to able to get a roof over our heads during the event. Hope to see you there!

Ch-ch-changes.

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:14:51

Fixed the link on "old slackerz" up at the top menu. Now when you click it, it'll take you to that stuff. I've been playing the new Fallout 3 DLC Point Lookout. I don't think anything will ever top Broken Steel, but Point Lookout is definitely better than Operation Anchorage and The Pitt. It seems that, as they continue to make these DLC, they're getting more experienced with it and better at polishing it up. I'm not even halfway done with it, but I've done a lot. I imagine it's 8 hours of playback experience. So I recommend it. Hell, I recommend all of the Fallout 3 DLC. By the time Mothership Zeta is out, I will have spent 110 bucks all-together on Fallout 3 and DLC's. Bethesda knows how to make a game LAST.

NEW COMIC'S UP.

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:22:37

The Final Part 2 Of The Johnny Turbo Reimagining Saga is up. It's still Wednesday! WE STILL MADE IT ON TIME. Comic preview image will be up later.

Comic: Johnny Turbo Part 2

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:20:22

Comic status known.

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:01:15

Don't know what's up with the comic. Will probably be up later tonight, though, as this is one of Hepting's days off. Stay tuned. I'll let you know via Twitter and Facebook when it goes up.

Forums are down.

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:15:56

Forums are down right now due to our host servers flipping out. Forums go down every time the server is offline for a couple hours. Which is balls. But I can't fix them until earliest later tonight. Latest, by Monday. More likely in between the two. 'Til then, use the Shoutbox below.

JOHNNY TURBO IN YO FACE.

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:38:51

I don't have as much time as I'd like, but I'm going to post a couple things. This week's comic is part 1 of a couple other parts of the original Johnny Turbo comic ad through our eyes. A lot of you may have already read and know about him, but I'm guessing many still don't. This update and the next few are to get everybody up to speed. To put it quickly ('cause I gots to skidaddle), Johnny Turbo was a fat-tastic super hero mascot of the TurboGrafx-16 CD console. The idea is just hysterical to me. I found him as I was just browsing through old video game console history. Then I found this page, which is the funniest recap of teh Turboez that I've ever read. I recommend you read this first. This was the first comic ad that we're parodying. And this is the Johnny Turbo wikipedia page. Tune in next week for more comicry!

Comic: Here's Johnny

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:34:47

Old Slackerz

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:09:34

This week's comic isn't up yet so I have decided to upload the Old Slackerz comics. These are comics I wrote with artist Matt Erkhart almost seven years ago. Look back at something you wrote seven years ago. I bet it embarrasses the shit out of you, doesn't it? That's the way I feel with these comics. The writing is just awful. So don't expect much. So go ahead and make yourself feel better about your own writing! Johnny Turbo sheeit to come shortly.

Update on the comic.

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:00:28

I wrote this one kind of long. You know how I roll. Hepting has finished penciling, but hasn't started the inking process yet. Comic should be up later today or early tomorrow.

Fanboys returns.

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:39:52

Just wanted to announce that after a two-month hiatus, Fanboys has returned. And with Johnny Turbo no less! I KNOW, RIGHT? Incoming Fanboys readers, if you stick around and come back this Wednesday, you'll get to learn all about the Johnny Turbo character. We're getting into a Slackerz re imagining of the Johnny Turbo story this week with links to funny Johnny Turbo reviews, video dramatizations and other historical background on teh Turbo for the next couple weeks! Slackerz has been out of commission for too long. But we're back in the game like EA Sports, yo. Also, Hockey Zombie returned a month or so ago too! Welcome back, Crud.

Woot new comic.

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:43:32

A week after the fact, this week's comic is an uber-basic rundown of this year's E3, which wasn't as horrible as last year's, so not that much to make fun of. But after Hepting's computer mishaps and now that I'm back from my shit, we're back to regularity. Tune in Wednesday fo' mo'. theslackerzATgmailDOTcom

Comic: Nintendo E3.... AGAIN!

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:12:12

Still workin on it.

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:33:05

Just popping in to say he's still working on it. My bad again for getting in the script late. We'll be back to full on schedules next week.

My fault this time.

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:31:02

I've been out of town for a week due to a family emergency and I couldn't get a script to Hepting until just yesterday. It's short and meh, but it'll be here either today or tomorrow, according to Hepting. We'll be back in full full swing next week. My apologies.

Hey Y'all, I Live

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:35:57

I'm finally up and running again! My computer basically said "fuck you" and stopped working, so I was out of commission the last couple of weeks. Sorry about the lack of comics. But hopefully there won't be any more major crapups. Anyway, this is Smith's alternate ending to my Insane Gamer Haunted Arcade story.

Comic: Smith's Alternate Ending

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:26:38

Hepting Status.

Wed, 27 May 2009 11:14:13

Just called Hepting. Says he's working with a friend to get his computer up tonight since this was one of his days off. If everything works out well, a new comic should be up within a day or two. Let's all hope.

Not sure on the status.

Tue, 26 May 2009 11:09:52

Don't know if we'll have a comic this week either. I should get his phone number next time around. He may be working on the comic now and I just don't know it. Sent him an e-mail. If you want to cheat, I had posted the comic script a long time ago in the forums. That's it. If nothing happens by the end of tomorrow, I'll think of something. Hepting, get a decent computer yo.

Don't know what's up.

Fri, 22 May 2009 10:38:53

Unless Hepting can break out this comic by Sunday, this will be the first week Slackerz has been without an update aside from our holiday break. We've been late multiple times, sure, but we've never left everyone here without an update for the week. I haven't heard from Hepting but that's because his computer is busted. But from when I last heard, he's panicking that he can't put a comic out this week. Both of us are. Hepting and I both know that a missed week of updates leads to a substantial loss of readers. As soon as I'm able to talk to Hepting, I'm going to see what we can do about making up the lost week. If you've been a regular reader, I hope you still stick around and tune in next week. Peace 'til then.

Comic's gonna be a little late.

Tue, 19 May 2009 20:32:36

Edit: Yes that's right. Downloadable Content Content. That's what I meant. WHAT'CHU GON' DO 'BOUT DAT INNANET? I'm back from all the finals/personal life crap. Sup. I've written this week's comic, which is an alternate ending to Hepting's Insane Gamer Arc. But Hepting's computer is busted so he can't put it up until it gets resolved. In between everything, after all my shit got done, I've been playing a lot of Fallout 3. A lot of Fallout 3. So much Fallout 3. All of the DLC content. Now I'm going for all of the achievements. And you know what? Bethedsa just announced TWO MORE FALLOUT 3 DLC TO BE RELEASED THIS SUMMER. Oh and, good news for PS3 owners, all of the previously released and future DLC is coming to the PS3's Fallout 3. Bethedsa, you're killing me. This game is eating my soul bit by bit. I will soon be nothing but a shell... ...filled with delicious Fallout 3 goodness. Tip of the hat to you, sirs. Comic will be up soon.

Part Three

Tue, 12 May 2009 23:06:20

The final part of the Insane Gamer story is up. Next week, we go back to your regularly scheduled Smith-written comics.

Comic: The Mystery of the Haunted Arcade - Part 3

Tue, 12 May 2009 23:00:58

What the hell, it works on Star Trek

Mon, 11 May 2009 02:51:23

Turns out that I did enjoy the new Star Trek movie, titled... erm... "Star Trek". But I seemed to be correct in my opinions in the Slackerz comic on the subject. The movie did feel like a fan-fiction come to life on the big screen. An excuse to start over with Star Trek continuity, but not piss off the long time Trek fans. The very concept never sat right with me before I saw it, and it still doesn't (just a little) after I've seen it. Still, once I was able to put that aside, it did turn out to be an enjoyable movie. Not "this summer's Iron Man" as some people have described it, but still good. The actor playing McCoy was just fantastic; it felt like he was channeling the spirit of DeForrest Kelley himself. Simon Pegg also did a fantastic job as Scotty. Everybody else... they were just there; they didn't particularly impress me. Even Zachary Quinto as Spock (and I LOVE Sylar, man). He was a good Vulcan, I just didn't think he was a great SPOCK. Still, I don't feel like I wasted my time or money. I just don't see it as a movie that I'll watch over and over. Oh, and as a side note.... I went with a friend of mine, and we both kinda giggled when Spock made his comment about "once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer", because we're both big fans of Douglas Adams' "Dirk Gently" books, and Dirk Gently is a man who doesn't like to eliminate the impossible. ;) Anyway, comic's still on Wednesday, etc, etc.

Oh MAN.

Wed, 06 May 2009 05:29:50

Edit: Oop! Almost forgot! Head over to my friend Shawn Handyside's shirt site, NINJA-BOT. He's advertising on Slackerz right now! So you should go there....right now! Those two crazy gamers. Stop being crazy you crazy gamers! Big thanks to Hepting for covering the writing during my finals. There seems to be one part left in his crazy gamer series and after that, I'm back to the writing grind! Plus other pages that need updating like the commentary, links and old slackerz pages. That's all coming! Peace 'til later. Wish me luck on my finals! You can contact either Hepting or me at theslackerzATgmailDOTcom. There's never anywhere on the site or any time in the day to post our contact e-mail, so REMEMBER IT. You may never see it again! I'm also active on Twitter. Hepting posts comic updates on his Twitter. Coming back to full swing two weeks from now. Stay tuned for that.

Part Deux

Wed, 06 May 2009 01:38:18

Part 2 of last week's Insane Gamer story is up. This will most likely be a 3-parter which will conclude next week. Maaaaaybe a 4-parter if I can squeeze some more jokes out of it. :D

Comic: The Mystery of the Haunted Arcade - Part 2

Wed, 06 May 2009 01:35:30

The Return of Insane Gamer and etc etc

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:25:30

This was an idea that's been stewing in my brain ever since Slackerz New Gaming Characters. I just haven't had the chance or the inspiration to get it on paper until now. Oh, and there was some confusion last time... the characters are meant to be a parody of the video game webcomic archetype in general, not any SPECIFIC webcomic in particular. Hell, Goobs (the comic I worked on before Slackerz) fell victim to most of those webcomic cliches enough times.

Comic: The Mystery of the Haunted Arcade

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:22:07

Heyo.

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:51:20

Hey all. I know I've been MIA for a bit. Just preoccupied with a whole buncha shee-it. So Hepting is taking over the writing and site updating for a few weeks until after the semester is over. I'm still Tweeting like a tool, though. Just wanted to let you know what's what. kbye.

What The Hell Just Happened?

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:38:54

Hey, the new comic was "written" by me this week. No vidjeo gamez, social commentary, or references to upcoming movies... just bizarre.

Comic: What The Hell Just Happened?

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:34:38

Some links.

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:07:29

Hi. Here are some links. An awesome list of "Can't Let You Do That" memes, which are my favorite (courtesy of Halolz). Hiimdaisy makes awesome and incredibly long comics. Check those out too. Psyguy has a new comic called "GG Guys." Check those three sites out!

Bees

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:07:19

Well, all done. If you guys like "bee" puns, then this is your comic.

Comic: Better BEE-lieve It

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:59:42

Comic's up tomorrow.

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:47:33

I said it would be up today, but I think I forgot to tell Hepting that. Ah'well. New comic's up tomorrow. You can follow the progress of it on Hepting's Twitter. And from then on, Slackerz will continue to update every Wednesday. Wednesdays just seem to be the most comfortable for us to bang out a comic. So there you go. Later.

Do me a favor.

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:07:21

If you're reading this post, do me a favor if you don't mind. Head over to this week's Joystiq Webcomic Weekly Wrapup and vote for "Let's Destroy the Shagohod, Part 4". Thanks.

No comic today, you got yours Monday.

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:21:09

We updated earlier this week with the Link comic to make up for the guest comic last week. That means no comic today. Next week's comic will be up Tuesday. And then we'll settle back into Wednesdays the week after. Sorry for the confusion.

Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:10:54

No Hepting. Slackerz sucks. GET OVER YOURSELF. So this was the most interesting news that I got out of this year's Game Developer's Conference. A new Zelda DS game...with Link's vehicle transportation being a train. At first I thought "A train? So his movement is fixed? Lame." But actually, as IGN points out in its close examination of the trailer, it seems that you can actually draw your own path amidst the fixed tracks, which creates these spirit tracks, I guess. So it is in fact free-form, like the boats in Phantom Hourglass. The IGN breakdown of the trailer is here in the news post. Enjoy.

Hang on

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:14:41

Don't listen to Smith everyone. Slackerz is ALWAYS awesome, ALL the time. New comic is about the upcoming Legend of Zelda DS game. Where you ride around in a train. Which is way more exciting than riding around on a horse or a boat.

Comic: The Legend of Zelda: This Time It's A Train

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:10:38

So hey.

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:33:02

If you're here from Tycho Brahe's Twitter, then you should know something. A secret, if you will. Slackerz? It's not all that great. At least the last couple months haven't been. If you're really interested in getting to know Slackerz, I suggest you start: here and go backwards. At least that strip is "okay" and not really really bad. The latest stuff has been mired by flu and a busy school schedule, so it's not our best work. That's all I wanted to say. OH. And to everyone else, next week's comic is going to be early. Check back in on Monday for a new comic.

No vidjeo games this week.

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:44:12

I know I said earlier that there would be a vidjeo game comic, Innanet. But... I lied. Hepting was sick this week so I asked my long time webcomic associate Anthony Bianchi if he could draw one of the scripts I had planned for later. He graciously agreed and this week's comic was the result. I wrote it, Mr. Bianchi drew it. Good times were had. As for Rad Chad? Just random character I felt like cooking up. It had been a while since we introduced any new characters. And if Rad Chad is popular with you guys, then I have a back up plan in my head for a female counterpart for Rad Chad. Just let me know in the forums if you liked this week's comic. Ant has a Twitter account too. Send him a reply. Hepting and vidjeo gamez are to return next week. Peace 'til then.

Comic: Rad Chad Is Too Rad.

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:31:51

This is gonna be awesome.

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:33:53

Dudes. You're not going to believe it. The upcoming comic? IS A VIDJEO GAME COMIC. :O!!!!

FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER.

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:07:05

If you have a twitter, or even if you don't, make one and follow my twitter at www.twitter.com/ss_slacker. I have a bet going with Shawn Handyside from Halolz. First one to 300 followers gets a free lunch from the other. I'm 8 followers away. HELP ME WIN THE BET! Edit: I win. Read the epic battle on my Twitter.

Auto Insurance, ya'll.

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:31:18

Before I get started, Hepting has a Twitter now. Follow that shit. Edit: Alright, I've received a couple comments that this comic is suggesting that insurance companies are the victim. Totally not what I'm saying. I'm just pointing out how stupid some peoples' expectations are. Insurance companies are this and that, but it's not my intention to portray them as victims. Sorry for the confusion. I'm afraid this comic is more of an inside joke between my girlfriend and I, which is a horrible webcomic sin I know. My girlfriend is a claims adjuster at an auto insurance company. So when the insured get into an accident or get injured, they call her. I live in the Deep South of the United States and dreams of big insurance payouts are an unfortunate part of that culture. There is a common misconception that if you get into an accident, even if it's your fault, you will receive fat stacks of cash. And the TV commercials of Law Firms perpetuate this bullshit. And being a claims adjuster for an auto insurance company, you get a good hard fucking look at humanity and its greed. People will lie, tell you their life story, claim "whiplash", threaten you and will even stage accidents to get that insurance cash. Not even sure you were in an accident? Fuck it, call the insurance company anyway. You pay for a certain amount of coverage and the other guy pays for a certain amount of coverage. If another guy hits you, he may only have 5k of liability coverage...not five fucking million dollars. So now we get to the comic. Save for the end, this actually happened. An uninsured driver hit an insured one...then called the insured driver's insurance company for that cash claiming a "crooked spine" and even playing the sympathy card: "I need the money, my step-dad is sleeping with my sister"...except it was her fault and it's not even her insurance company. My girlfriend rarely laughs at my Slackerz strips, but when I showed her the script of this one, she laughed pretty hard. I can settle for that.

Comic: How Auto Insurance Works

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:52:41

So hey.

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:19:40

Just wanted to give a shout out to TVTropes.org and its community. They've given Slackerz a lot of support and promotion over the past year or so, using Slackerz strips in their articles and even recently making Slackerz its very own article! Just wanted to say thanks.

Yep, I was sick.

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:37:48

I'm fine now. Thank you if you were genuinely concerned. Even if you were only fake concerned, that's still nice that you made the effort in pretending! This week's comic was just something I had to write to get out of my system. It's not terribly funny, no, but it helps me get over what was essentially a nightmare. I was miserable and ANYBODY I came in contact with got the flu too. By the time I somewhat recovered, half of my college classmates were missing. In the middle of the week. The Flu is some shit, man. And here's the kicker: you have to eat to get the strength to get better, but the flu won't fucking let you eat. That's balls. But yeah, I took way too many of those ibuprofens to the point where my body wanted nothing to do with it. On top of that, right before I got really sick, I ate a Wendy's meal with old-tasting ranch dressing instead of something, you know, beneficial and healthy. And while I didn't lose 250 pounds, I did lose 25! So that was cool. On a side note, Gaz from the Slackerz forums made this video off of Garry's Mod. It's pretty dope.

Smith's Epic Struggle With The Flu

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:47:56

Yup, this is what Smith was doing while I was stuck on the couch listening to Matt bitch about the continuity errors of Wrath of Khan. Wait, that was fictional. STILL THOUGH.

Comic: Smith's Epic Struggle With The Flu

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:43:30

Don't Forget.

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:26:18

Hepting and I are going to Connecticon this year. Connecticon is having a special 3-day admission price of 35 bucks before this Sunday. If you have any intention of going or whatever, I suggest you take advantage of the pricing before it goes up to 45 bucks and then even higher at the door at the convention. That is all.

LOST.

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:32:51

Yeah so, no Slackerz Watchmen comic this week. Or ever. I'm not really swept by all the Watchmen craze. The film and comic are okay. I just wasn't wowed by it. So Hepting was correct, I was very very sick with the flu for a couple weeks. I may write a comic about how I handled it. It's pretty hysterical...at least to me. My own painful misery made me lawl to pieces. During my flu, I watched a ton of Lost. Write what you know as they say, so there you go. Also, I promised that I would plug the Villainy Inc podcast. They mentioned Slackerz in one podcast. Can't remember which one, but do check them out. They're quite a hoot. Quality of future Slackerz strips may falter a bit until after my school semester. Just a heads up. You'll get your comics, they just might not be awesome comics. Unless you liked this week's comic. Then expect that kind of quality until May. Peace 'til later.

Whew

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:25:49

A bit of an art-intensive comic this time. Which is maddening, but fun. ;)

Comic: Previously on Lost

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:21:18

A little bit of an announcement.

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:18:10

It's just about confirmed except for the money needed to get there (workin on it...). Hepting and I are going to Connecticon this year in Hartford, CT. I say this now because Connecticon has a pre-register special going on right now where you can get into the convention the whole weekend for $35 by March 14th. If you plan on going, save yourself some money and go to Connecticon.org and register. Connecticon happens from July 31st-August 2nd in Hartford, CT. Hepting and I are confirmed to be there. Hope you'll be there too.

Written by the other guy

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:54:43

Poor Smith spent most of the weekend sick, apparently, so he wasn't able to write this week. Which is understandable... I doubt I could be funny while kneeling in front of a toilet.

Comic: This Is What Happens Without Smith

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:48:40

Just so everyone knows.

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:42:06

We're changing the update schedule to Wednesdays now. I'll be editing the title bar later. Historically, we've always been able to get it out by the end of Wednesday. So I figure this can be the most reliable date to expect a comic. There's always the possibility that every now and then we'll update sooner than that. But now the hard update has been moved to Wednesdays. Our RSS Feed isn't the best (it seemingly only works in Google Reader, but it definitely doesn't work in Firefox), but I always let updates be known on the Twitter and Facebook groups. Btw, We made a guest comic for Fanboys. Two Slackerz comics in one week. How 'bout dat bizness? Later.

I'M ON A BOAT

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:02:22

Hey, comic's done. It's a parody of that "I'm On a Boat" video.

Comic: I'M ON A BOAT

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:58:35

Comic's gonna be late.

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:53:14

I think we'll probably have to move our update schedule to Wednesdays. The way it works is...I typically give Hepting the script around Friday/Saturday. I try to do it before, but I never have the time to write it until Friday evening or so. I guess Hepting needs more than that to draw the comic. At any rate, comic will be up then. And we should expect to move the update schedule to shift to Wednesdays soon. Peace 'til then.

Hmm.

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:01:38

New comic's up. You may have heard from from some Bungie fan websites. Just want to get something clear. I'm not anti-feminist. Like. At all. More power to them. They deserve it. I'm anti-cliche. I'm probably guilty of several cliches in my comics, but I try not to make them obvious. Halo Wars kind of hits on the topic with the subtlety of a sledge hammer. Sarah Connor from Terminator and "The Bride" from Kill Bill are a few of the many examples of strong female characters that don't do the played "you can't tell me what to do I'm woman hear me ROAR" spiel. You can have a strong female character without this lame preachy crap going on. Example. Girl: I'm gonna eat this grape. Guy: No way, I'm not letting you eat that grape because I make it my business to tell women what they can't do for some reason. Girl: *rolls eyes* All my life, I've been told that I can't eat grapes. Well guess what? I don't need balls to eat a grape. (standing ovation in the background) Guh. Give me a break. Just let her eat the damn grape and MOVE ON. What is with men? See, ladies, I would let you eat so many grapes. Better believe it. All in all, Halo Wars wasn't as cliched as described in the comic. I did exaggerate it quite a bit for the sake of the comic. Anyway. Feel free to discuss feminism or whatever else with me at theslackerzATgmailDOTcom. Peace 'til later.

Comic: I'm Exaggerating the Exaggeration

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:59:09

Comic will be late again.

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:41:46

Hepting says the comic will be a day late. It's probably because I wrote some stuff in the comic that's probably a tad art intensive. Just means he needs more time to draw it. It's about Halo Wars. So there you go. Come back Wednesday, ya'll.

Two quick things.

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:20:43

1. Toad, from the forums, made a Slackerz Steam Group. I myself am unable to play PC games, but if you want to play and hang out with Slackerz readers while pwning newbz on TF2 and Left 4 Dead, there's the place to do it. 2. Dimension films is making a teen interweb social group thriller. You fuckers are too late.

Boosh

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:43:26

And/or "Ka-kow". Sometimes I worry if a comic is funny enough. Sometimes I worry that I'm being too mean. But eventually, you get to a point where you just need to say "Fuck it", and just put it on the damn web. (Oh yeah, the strip is a reference to Bob's Game, the guy who flipped out when Nintendo wouldn't sell him a dev kit. You can read it here and here.)

Comic: Matt's Kickass Game for Winners

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:41:03

Delays....

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:56:32

Okay, the comic won't be up for another day or so. I was GOING to have a filler image up on the main page, but apparently the internet hates me, and won't do it. So I'm just going to have to tell you with boring old words instead. But the comic will be up, either by Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.

Just poking in.

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:36:31

Hi. New comic will be coming up soon. This time it's co-written between me and Hepting. You'll get it soon. If you don't know already from either side of the front page, I keep a Twitter blog. That there is probably the reason why I don't post on the front page so much. If I have anything I want to express or share to the Interwebs, I do it on my twitter. I'm four followers away from an even 200 followers. Will you be my 200th?!!! Also, I tried out the Halo Wars demo. I would say it's an average game. Nothing fantastic, nothing sucky. I like RTSers, though, so I'll be picking this one up. If you have an exbawkz and are hooked to the interwebs, download the demo. It's free, so whatever. I will say one thing: in skirmish and multiplayer modes, the Covenant is WAY WAY more overpowered than the human forces. As in, you can "Zerg Rush" the enemy forces with "Protoss" like units early in the game. Balls. And the Scarab, to use a Derek euphemism, is a MURDER MACHINE. An orbital MAC blast, despite what the ads show, will not take down a Scarab. I got my ass handed to me every time the enemy built a Scarab. Maybe I just need a better Scarab tactic. I hope they nerf it somewhat when the game is released. In closing, Fucking Ditto. Peace 'til later.

Comic's up!

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:10:10

The comic was written by me again this week. I'm convinced that Smith made me do the comic so he could go waterskiing, or something else awesome. :D

Comic: A Creative Standstill

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:03:38

New comic's up!

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:44:59

As per usual, new comic. It's about commercials that turn normal every day events into seemingly impossible feats of human endurance. Ho Hum. Here is something cooler. I asked Allan to draw me because I dig his style. And he totally did! Thank you, Allan. Now to fulfill my end of the deal -- Everybody: Go read Allan's autobiographical comic. It updates daily and it's coo. Now if you'll excuse me, I just finished downloading Fallout 3's new DLC, Operation Anchorage. Off I go for that!

It's true.

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:01:07

New comic's up. Also, I concur with Smith's previous statement of "Yo mama".

Comic: Introducing the BOIL-MATE

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:54:55

Psst.

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:21:34

Hey Innanet. Yo mama.

Okay.

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:43:43

So here comes all the e-mails and comments from other websites: the fact that the Mr. Handy from Fallout 3 in our comic has a chainsaw instead of a buzzsaw. I'm sorry, Internet. Okay? I'M SORRY. I MEANT TO WRITE 'BUZZSAW'. SO MUCH PRESSURE. YOU GUYS ARE KILLING ME. WHY DON'T I JUST THROW MYSELF INTO A BUZZSAW AND BE DONE WITH IT? (throws himself into a chainsaw). DAMN IT.

New comic's up.

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:35:05

New comic's up. And I'm a dumbass, because I don't know the difference between a chainsaw and a buzzsaw. My bad everyone. So embarrassed.

Comic: Ski-diddly-iddly-oooooo

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:23:46

Woo welcome Fanboys!

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:54:02

Yes indeed welcome! Thanks to Krud for letting the word spread, we are back from our Holiday Break. And yes, you Fanboys readers should expect something from us very soon. It's in the works right now. Better believe it. Please do browse the archives, visit the forums and whatnot.

We're back!!

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:56:36

New comic is up! It is here! kbye

Comic: I CAN'T BREEV

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:18:08

Woop.

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:56:08

As far as I know, comic's still in works. But in the meantime, here's a little guest comic forumer Derek (of the G.I. Derek fame) whipped up for us. Comic will be up soon.

I don't use this space often enough.

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:54:16

A brand new comic is in the works and will be ready for when we return this Tuesday. Stay tuned for that. Meanwhile, all this time that we haven't been updating, I could have been doing something. Maybe type a little something something on the front page. Thing is, I don't really have anything on my mind that I want to share. That's probably bad considering that I moved the comic off the front page, but I did that for aesthetic reasons -- the huge ass comics made everything else look ooglay. Soooo...what's up? How was your holiday? I spent most of it playing Fallout 3. That game has massive replayability. Definitely worth the money. I am definitely pumped about the upcoming Fallout 3 downloadable content. They've got three coming up. THREE. And they said they might do more! Probably based on how well the first three sell. So if you've got the game, when the DLC comes out, you fucking buy that shit. I've also been playing Left 4 Dead with the Slackerz forumites (Socks, Derek, Bull, Chaos). Since I stopped playing teh Haloez a while ago, my FPS skills have dulled and I suck at it miserably. But it's fun nonetheless. Random tidbit of info: you can contact either me or Hepting at theslackerzATgmailDOTcom. Peace until Tuesday.

What?!

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:41:20

A secret filler that I didn't know about?! We're supposed to be on BREAK until next week, Hepting! And furthe-wait what's the deal with this sketch of me dying? Are you... Are you trying to say something, Hepting?

Filler comic

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:57:41

Hey, we've got a filler comic up this week. One that's SO EXCLUSIVE AND SECRET that not even Smith knew it existed. And yes, my sketchpad is full of disturbing depictions of death.

Comic: FILLA'

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:55:06

We're on Holiday Break now.

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:57:58

This week is actually the start of our annual holiday break when Hepting and I go do the holiday thang and whatnot and put a hold on comics. Comics will return on January 13th. BUT I do have one more thing to share: My Image Tour of PS3's Home Open Beta Is Out! I meant to have completed this a week ago, but it took a while to shrink all the pictures. It's not way way funny, but you might get a kick out of it. It's my send off to you before I fly to Hawaii and enjoy my holiday trip. Again, here's this week's "update". You'll have the Slackerz back in a couple weeks. In the meantime, swing by the forums. The people there are swell. Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year. See you in a bit.

Alternate timelines and some such...

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:13:49

Hey guys. I wrote this week's comic, so you can pretty much blame it all on me. Okay, it's essentially a REMAKE of Star Trek, but it's a parallel timeline, so it exists in the same universe as the original Star Trek, or something. Yeah. It strikes me as an attempt for the writers to have their cake and eat it too, by starting over with the series, yet not invalidating 40 years of Star Trek storylines. With all the time-travel/alternate timeline/parallel reality/pre-destination paradoxes that have gone on in Star Trek, it's a wonder that the space-time continuum hasn't simply swallowed itself whole. Ah well. I'll still check the movie out.

Comic: KIRK AND SPOCK!

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:12:06

Comic will be up Wednesday.

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:05:09

My PS3 Home Tour project is taking a little longer than expected so Hepting is working on a separate comic that he has written. Meanwhile, I'll be working on the PS3 Home Tour and if everything is favorable, you should get two updates this week. But Hepting's comic should be up tomorrow. Check then, dudez.

Just letting everyone know.

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:24:17

The next comic will be late, as in, you won't see it immediately Tuesday morning or afternoon. Or you might. Depends on how we set the comic up. It's going to be on PS3's Home Open Beta. I've decided to try and take some pictures of my Home happenings and if I can get enough funny pictures, I could feasibly make it a picture comic. I've got one priceless one and a couple others that could make it. The problem I seem to have is that there's a delay between me pressing the snap button on the camera and it actually taking the picture. Which is a load of bullshit. But what do you do. At any rate, expect the comic to be late again. This will be our last comic for a while as we head into our Holiday Break. We take it every year from the middle of December until January 13th. Peace.

Forums are back up.

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:27:38

Alright, I think we're all clear on the forums. You can all go back in now.

So you might not know who Derek is.

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:38:55

Derek is only the all-time favorite Slackerz forumer of everyone that matters. He's constantly dishing out the hilarity in the forums, supporting all of Slackerz' endeavors, he used to be (or is still? not sure) a U.S. Marine and has done a whole bunch of other awesome crap that more than deserves his own comic strip. He's even got a blog. If you're not a Slackerz forumer already, you should come see what the fuss is all about. It really is an awesome forum, which is a little biased, yeah, but seriously. Lurk a little. You'll see. We love you, Derek. And totally in a gay way. <3

Comic 101

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:06:35

Done! Sorry about the lateness guys.

Comic: G.I. DEREK

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:04:21

Hepting's working on it.

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:34:12

Our update schedule is kind of lax. More often than not, it'll be either late on Tuesday or early Wednesday. Sometimes even early Monday. The comic's lateness is my fault, once again. Had a hard time piecing the script together and didn't get it to him until around late Saturday. You should buy some Webcomic Holiday Postcards this year. Why? Two reasons. 1. Most importantly, all profits go directly to Penny Arcade's Child's Play. By buying these postcards, you'll help put a smile on a kid's face. I think supporting Children's Hospitals and their patients is very important, very noble and very awesome. I was going to get into a whole bunch of reasons why, but you already know. 2. Shawn tells me on Twitter than he's not selling too many of them right now after having bought so many upfront (this is why you take pre-orders, man). I don't want to see him taking a huge loss over these cards. He's a rad dude. So buy those postcards. Do it Comic'll be up soon.

Star Wars Force Unleashed Jedi Temple DLC review.

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:12:06

Alright. As I said before, I was going to buy the Star Wars Force Unleashed DLC Jedi Temple level and review it here on the front page. So here we go. 45 minutes. That's all you're getting out of the Jedi Temple level. And this is with me taking my sweet ass time. I'm a little disappointed with the shortness of the level. Lucasarts, this is a five dollar dlc. For ten dollars, I expect at least two hours of gameplay. Keep that in mind for future levels. BUT. It is a fun level. Especially the first third of the level -- the first part being heavy combat with some really cool enemies (won't say which), second part being a really ugh and gag tedious puzzle and the third part being an okay boss battle which I think could have been handled a lot better. Summation: If you love the game, you will like the DLC, but might feel a little ripped off. Otherwise, it's not worth it.

So there's new DLC for Force Unleashed.

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:30:12

There's a new Jedi Temple level on xbox live DLC for Star Wars Force Unleashed, the only game I have 1000/1000 gamer points on. So naturally, I'm going to have to buy it. I can't find any reviews of the DLC online, but you'll be getting one here on Slackerz. I'll let you know if it's worth 10 bucks or not.

One Hundred

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:45:52

One Hundred! It's like 300... only, like a third of it.

Comic: Quest For Academic Excellence - Part 4

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:41:03

Comic's a-brewin.

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:05:16

Comic #100 is in the works. S'gonna be in color and whatnot. Somebody told me they made a little congratulations for the 100 comics art piece. I said I would link to it once #100 is up. If anybody else wants to/is planning on/whatever send us a gratz (art or otherwise) on the #100 comic, let me know (theslackerzATgmailDOTcom) and I'll link to it on the front page. Very proud that we were able to make it to 100 comics. I've written five other different comics/iterations and never made it past 20 comics. So this is quite an achievement. I won't say anymore until the actual #100 publishes. We're not there yet.

Part 3

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:55:05

Boom... comic's done. Enjoy!

Comic: Quest For Academic Excellence - Part 3

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:51:52

Comic's a little late.

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:54:10

I gave the script to Hepting a little later than usual. He e-mailed me, said he'd probably get it done tonight. In the meantime, check out dead winter. It's a zombie apocalypse web comic story and it's really good. Really really good. It's good in that I usually don't ever read story comics. I know that zombie apocalypse fever is in the air because of hot new Left 4 Dead vidjeo game that just came out. So this is my recommendation. You should start here, from the beginning. It'll take you about an hour to read through. About a year ago, I met the creator at an irc chatroom and told the room that I didn't think much of dead winter at a first glance. Just want to take the opportunity to apologize for that because after getting into it... It turns out that I was dead wrong about dead winter. Ba-dum psh! Seriously, check it out though.

Part 2 is up.

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:20:26

So here's part 2. Two more to go! Someone made a SHOOT THE WALL game! Click here to play it. That's it for me. Peace 'til next week.

Comic: Quest for Academic Excellence part 2

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:12:59

Quest for Academic Excellence.

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:43:17

Contact Information: theslackerzATgmailDOTcom First real attempt at a storyline. Some of you will like it, some of you won't/don't already. Gotta go through with it, though, so just bear with us. It's only four strips. One problem I'm currently facing is that I didn't set aside enough strips for this storyline. These story strips are huge and they're still not all I want to write. There are more jokes/gags I want to put in and can't because they're already so large. As many of you have noticed, yeah, it's a Last Starfighter parody. I'll do the best I can to make everything up to and the 100th strip having some resemblance of something enjoyable somewhat. Then we'll get right back to the vidjeo game/pop culture references. I promise.

Academic Excellence

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:00:49

New comic's up, and EARLY too. I had a lot of fun drawing this one, and it is probably one of my favorite scripts that Smith ever sent me. But I'll let Smith talk about it more.

Comic: Quest For Academic Excellence - Part 1

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:54:32

Nice guest comic!

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:11:33

I was trying to come up with a word to describe this guest comic. A word that expresses how impressive it is. How much "awe" this comic inspires. Alas, as far as I know, no such word exists. I enjoyed this immensely. And holy cow, my hair is huge. Thanks Sean!

Guest Comic Sean C.

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:59:09

New comic up: right here, ya'll. It's a guest comic from Sean C. He does a comic called Pixel. I have a much bigger post to write later, including how much I really enjoy Sean C's comic. Sean C has some of the most clever writing I've ever seen in a web comic. It's really good. But I'm tired as hell now, so I'll tell you guys about it later. Peace.

Comic: Guest Comic Sean C.

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:57:43

My first Little Big Planet level.

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:28:09

If you own LittleBig Planet, come check out my level, "Invasion of Pink Floaty Castlegrad." It keeps jumping around from page 4 to page 20 on 'Cool Levels', but an easier way to find my level is to just friend me (psn name SS_Slacker), then go to 'My Moon', then 'Friends', then click on my profile then find my level. About 20 people have played it so far, according to LittleBig Planet. The most common tag on it seems to be "Frustrating". I guess that's true, seeing as how you have three different levers and grab switches to deal with on the tank, not to mention it can be a pain to get in the dang thing. But check it out if you can. Heart it if you like it. I'm going to make a much bigger, better level (better written and better gameplay, basically Slackerz style) later on, so it's cool if you don't like my test level. PSN handle: SS_Slacker. Tell me what you think!

One Missed FaceBook Update.

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:06:49

New comic is up. I see it's getting mixed reaction. But before I get into that, I want to thank everyone for sending their encouraging e-mails since I posted our contact info. I've read all of them, but haven't had the chance to reply to all of them yet. Believe me, I will. Just got a quiz to focus on today first. Latest comic is parodying the latest, lamest teen horror flick, One Missed Call. I'm not ragging on Facebook too bad (as you can see, we have a Facebook group link up at the upper right corner of the front page), but you know Facebook or MySpace is going to be involved with a teen horror film at some point. Here's the trailer of "One Missed Call". It's currently the most purchased movie on XBOX Live. It's why my girlfriend and I decided to download it for a Halloween themed movie night. Big mistake. Dumbest movie I've ever seen:

Comic: One Missed Facebook Update

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:39:50

Latest comic is parodying the latest, lamest teen horror flick, One Missed Call. I'm not ragging on Facebook too bad (as you can see, we have a Facebook group link up at the upper right corner of the front page), but you know Facebook or MySpace is going to be involved with a teen horror film at some point. Here's the trailer of "One Missed Call". It's currently the most purchased movie on XBOX Live. It's why my girlfriend and I decided to download it for a Halloween themed movie night. Big mistake. Dumbest movie I've ever seen:

Slackerz contact information.

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:42:05

Hepting is working on the comic now (should up be tomorrow), but something that has been nagging me as of late is the lack of our general contact information. Our e-mail is at theslackerzATgmailDOTcom. This will be posted up on the upper right hand corner later, but I figure I'll just post it here now. I typically respond to all e-mails. Most are surprised that I do (don't understand why some webcomickers don't reply their e-mails). So if you have a question, comment, whatever, e-mail theslackerzATgmailDOTcom. Even if you have a question just for Hepting, I can forward that to him. Comic will be up soon. Sorry for the delay.

Comic will be up tomorrow, Hepting says.

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:54:57

Hepting had a family thing. Comic should be up on Wednesday.

New comic: Puppies on Bicycles.

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:59:46

New comic up. You want it, we deliver. Puppies on Bicycles. And in case you couldn't understand Puppy lingo, here's the translation in the Puppy hail panel: "We were just wondering, if possibly, you could surrender your ship to the will of the Cylons." Tune in next week for more Slackerz. When exactly, I'm not sure! That is all.

Damn You Smith

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:11:11

Damn you and your puppies. DAMN YOU SIR. Also I want to take this opportunity to say that the new ads on our page are annoying as balls. End of line.

Comic: Puppies On Bicycles

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:10:04

New comic up. You want it, we deliver. Puppies on Bicycles. The week before, I joked that I could write about whatever I wanted, even puppies on bicycles. So there you have it. And in case you couldn't understand Puppy lingo, here's the translation in the Puppy hail panel: "We were just wondering, if possibly, you could surrender your ship to the will of the Cylons." Tune in next week for more Slackerz. When exactly, I'm not sure! That is all.

Not sure about the comic status.

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:26:15

Haven't gotten any "it's gonna be late" e-mails from Hepting. I will let you in on this, though. Get ready for puppies on bicycles.

It's whatever I want it to be about, man.

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:20:47

In fact, you know what Hepting? Next comic? Puppies on bicycles. Start practicing. New comic, everybody. It's about the US government bailing out greedy fucking bastards that couldn't give a shit about people who really could have used the money. Hope you like our first and probably only political comic. I'd write more about the background, but it would just make me mad. Just search for "bail out" on google. Edit: I will say this for those not in the know or our younger readers: the tax cut for that Oregon Senator and Smith's PSP are what's called "Pork Barrel Spending." At its best, pork barrel spending helps out local communities but is dishonest. At its worst, pork barrel is corrupt and self-serving. Read more about it from that link. I think it's bullshit. A bill about say proper usage of farm land should not also be about awesome baseball bat savings. Peace out.

Hang on...

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:10:06

Waaaaait a minute.... This comic isn't about vidjeo games, or references to obscure Youtube videos from the 80's. What the hell, Smith?

Comic: I don't really want a PSP.

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:05:10

Comic's not out yet.

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:06:51

Won't be until tomorrow. It's because I keep sending Hepting the script late in the week. My bad. In the meantime, if you're a forum member, you should vote in our Non Sequitur Forum Presidential Preliminary Poll! And expect a political themed comic for tomorrow! Peace! Edit: Forgot to link this DtotheG report of Non-Sequitur Forum Election candidates Toad and Koltreg debating.

Nintendo Something Something.

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:52:28

Okay! Now I can talk about the comic and a few other things. Nintendo had another press conference earlier this month. Probably to reverse the damage done to their stocks via the economic crisis. This Kotaku article outlines the whole event. They showcased the upcoming "Play On Wii" titles, Gamecube titles with Wii Motion Control. Pass. Super Pass no...Wii Pass. They had a few first/third party titles to show: Sin and Punishment 2, which looks cool as a rental, Wii Punch Out, which looks awesome but again as a rental, and Conduit, which is a first real attempt from a third party publisher to make a good FPSer. The genre is getting a little tired though, so I have "cautious optimism" with this one. Potential rentals, but nothing spectacular. The main focus of the event was obviously the DSi, an attempt to merge the DS in with the iPhone/iTouch/iReferToMyselfAsI crowd. This should have been done with the DS Lite. There are no new DS titles of interest coming out and the market is saturated with DS Lites. Why the hell would anyone besides a hardcore Nintendo fan spend 60 more dollars for a DS with features that are okay but you can get something better for less or several dollars more? Not interested at all. And neither were stock holders. Here's an idea, Nintendo: Mario and Zelda iterations are great, but why not come up with something new? Even with the Gamecube, you had Animal Crossing and Pikmin, two new IPs. What about the Wii? Those are my thoughts. I hate hating on Nintendo. They've had me as a customer since 5 years old. But I feel them slipping to the lure of the easier casual market. :\ You'll notice a few links up in the right upper corner: the new RSS Feed, the Facebook group with admins Koltreg, Derek and Texas Ninja that send updates on comics and whatnot, and my Twitter. Look into all that shit. The Slackerz Forums are bustling with activity. We have a Non-Sequitur forum that's just the best thing ever. Games, random threads about crazy shit, roleplaying, you name it. Right now there's an election for the Non-Sequitur Forum President/Vice President/Secretary of Offense that you should follow! Here is the Election Debate. Here is the current party roster. And there's even a media radio show, DtotheG Report, covering the election: DtotheG Report, Episode 1: The Non-Sequitor Forum Presidential Election Coverage. Episode 2. Episode 3. Elections will be held the same time as the U.S. National Elections. Register to the forums and ask the candidates your questions! That's all for me for the rest of the week. Can't wait for LittleBigPlanet. Peace until Tuesday.

Ads should be fixed now.

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:02:58

I'll be writing a longer rant about my frustration on Nintendo but I just wanted to add that the annoying ads that cut you off when you're browsing through the archives should be gone now. Please e-mail me at theslackerzATgmailDOTcom if this site ever redirects you to an ad or if there's a pop up. More detailed thoughts on the Nintendo conference soon.

Comic: Nintendo Something Something.

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:08:24

Nintendo had another press conference earlier this month. Probably to reverse the damage done to their stocks via the economic crisis. This Kotaku article outlines the whole event. They showcased the upcoming "Play On Wii" titles, Gamecube titles with Wii Motion Control. Pass. Super Pass no...Wii Pass. They had a few first/third party titles to show Sin and Punishment 2, which looks cool as a rental, Wii Punch Out, which looks awesome but again as a rental, and Conduit, which is a first real attempt from a third party publisher to make a good FPSer. The genre is getting a little tired though, so I have "cautious optimism" with this one. Potential rentals, but nothing spectacular. The main focus of the event was obviously the DSi, an attempt to merge the DS in with the iPhone/iTouch/iReferToMyselfAsI crowd. This should have been done with the DS Lite. There are no new DS titles of interest coming out and the market is saturated with DS Lites. Why the hell would anyone besides a hardcore Nintendo fan spend 60 more dollars for a DS with features that are okay but you can something better for less or several dollars more? Not interested at all. And neither were stock holders. Here's an idea, Nintendo: Mario and Zelda iterations are great, but why not come up with something new? Even with the Gamecube, you had Animal Crossing and Pikmin, two new IPs. What about the Wii? Those are my thoughts. I hate hating on Nintendo. They've had me as a customer since 5 years old. But I feel them slipping to the lure of the easier casual market. :\

New comic.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:53:57

Don't have a preview image set up and I made a mistake and temporarily saved the latest comic over the comic before. I'll have more written about this week's comic later. Here it is. It was about this. More later.

Problem identified.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:48:42

Apparently there's a problem where if you read through the archives, it sometimes sends you to a standalone ad that you can't skip. This is where I draw the line. Problem will be fixed tonight after I get off work. Really really sorry about that guys.

So, new website.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:31:52

Maybe you've noticed. I decided to change the layout of the website, make it look a little more crisp. We also have a better comic/comment management system now. Remember all those strips with the obscure references that had youtube videos and news articles attached to it? The referential material went away after a week, right? Well now I can attach comments and youtube videos under our comics so when new people look back, they'll know what the fuck is up. I'm going to update every strip with that stuff in December during the holidays. There's still a few things funky with the website. The new RSS Feed needs to be tuned just a little. The upper-right logo will be replaced (it was actually supposed to be temporary in the previous web design). The strips are on the other page. I know that's not a popular decision. Hepting doesn't like it and I in some principle don't like it either. But the way our earlier strips were, they're so tall that if you put them in the same spot as the newer, shorter comics, it wonks out the website. Makes everything look a little ugly. The image borders from the previous design didn't appear. It was just really messy. I wanted to clean that up. If we had stuck to a single format the whole time, putting the strip on the front page would've been feasible. Just trying to make everything look neat. I'm still contemplating on whether or not to keep the Shoutbox. It's very helpful during update days and I like when people leave feedback. What I don't like is this bullshit: FuckFace: HEY. FuckFace: HEY GUYS. FuckFace: BAAAAAHHBAAAAAHHBBAAAAAAH I LIKE ATTENTION. FuckFace: (30 lines of inane babble) I frown upon that shit. I'm probably going to crack down and ban those particular people who ruin it for the rest. Let's see what else... There's another aspect of this site on here that I can't mention directly on the front page that people are concerned/upset about. I'm going to address this by quoting myself from a few months ago: "If Miley Cyrus paid a million dollars to show her new video on Slackerz, there would be Cyrus videos all over the place." You guys get your strips. We hardly sell any merchandise. Let us have our thing, alright? Hepting says the strip will probably be up by Wednesday. I'm on top of the scripts now. Got two more ready to send to Hepting. Shouldn't be late anymore. Peace out.

Comic will be a little late.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:46:29

Hepting's working on it. Just sent it to him on Sunday. That's my bad.

Testing.

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:35:39

Checka checka check it out. RSS Feed has changed: RSS FEED

OBEY

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:29:11

The new website COMPELS you to obey!

Comic: It's just a burger.

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:22:25

No Rant Yet.

Testing?

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:58:05

Test Test baaaaahhh

Hepting Avatar

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:13:25

Hepting.

Last Rant Test

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:07:50

More ranting. Rant rant woot.

Testing Rants

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:42:39

Rant Rant Rant.

Comic: Slackerz Mini Comic Filler Thing

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: The Force? SCOFF.

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Catlock, Feline Attorney

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Sons of the Slackerz

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: PLUMMERZZZ, YO

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Smileeeeeys

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Home Is Where The Awesome Is.

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Snake

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: A Logical Absurdity

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Nintendo E

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Vidjeo Game References

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Ninja Dudes!

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Free pwnage.

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Big Damn Slackerz

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Cool Kid Club

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Fantastic Rake Adventures!

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: WHOA, NICE GRAPHICS!

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00

Here's the original Nintendo ad this comic is based on. It was so ridiculous, I HAD to make a comic about it. Yeah, I wrote this one. You can tell. -Hepting

Comic: Saw... Slackerz

Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Like Riding A Bike

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: KC Green Guest Strip.

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Slackerz New Gaming Characters

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: You're Just So Fat.

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Six Dollars is a Large Sum of

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Just Out of Reach

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Bustin' out the ill jams.

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00

Here's the original Don't Copy That Floppy video this was based on. Don't feel bad for not recognizing it, I didn't even know it existed till we made the comic. Also, I know it's not the best quality, but it's the only one I could find that doesn't have lame-ass text comments throughout it. -Hepting

Comic: APRIL FOOLS!

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Hepting Takes The Helm With Ba

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Pro Choice.

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: WRONG ANSWER MAN

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00

Here's the original video for the Sega CD commercial that this strip is about. Just in case you didn't remember it, which, considering that it was probably around 1991 or so, seems far more likely. -Hepting

Comic: I really don't like Calculus.

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Supafine Guest Strip

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: You Want One?

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Gotta Give What The Internet W

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Steppin'.

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: No webcomix for her, I see.

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: Damn You, Personifications of

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: It's not the

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00

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Comic: You've been RICK ROLLED.

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Horribly late to the party.

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Fanboys Guest Strip

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Writer

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Open to Interpretation.

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: No News To Report.

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Being Pre

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Filler

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: I don't care.

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Follow that pen!

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Mysteries.

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: I hate the energy sword so muc

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Damn you Tails from Sonic

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Nukes Solve Everything.

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Marky Mark Facts!

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: I didn't realize how wordy thi

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Tack Jhompson or Whatever.

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Call LARRY!

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: That's My Communist!

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Shiver Me Timbers.

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Super Pop Starz, yo.

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Filler

Mon, 28 May 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: It's just a movie.

Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Zest.

Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: How the Scene Should Have Went

Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Ohhhhh Caaaa

Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: ADMIT IT!

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Way Too Many '

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: BLUE. BLLLUUUEEEEEEEEE.

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Not much of a secret.

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Here's to you, Virus Breeder.

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Virus'd.

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: CSI

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00

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Comic: Too legit to quit BEING AN ASS

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:00:00

I'll put my commentary first this time, since this is another comic I wrote, and Smith can add his two cents if he wants. I'm pretty sure that the original joke was that he was going to slit his wrists or something. But I think it freaked Smith out a little too much. I'm PRETTY sure I never actually drew him cutting into himself, but I think I drew him with his knife near his wrist... and then blood coming from off-panel. That's the only time that Smith ever asked me to really change the content of a comic. But it worked out anyway. - Hepting

Comic: TurboGrafx

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00

Ah yes. The introduction of Johnny Turbo into our comic. I read about him on Wikipedia, browsing through Video Game Console history. A company called TTI gained the rights to sell Turbografx systems in the Americas. Johnny Turbo was their fatty fat superhero mascot. There was a website that hysterically ripped into Johnny Turbo's comic ads, but it no longer exists, or at least, I can't find it on google. Here is a video dramatization of one of the comic ads. That will have to suffice. - Smith --------------------- A lot of these panels were lifted straight out of the old Johnny Turbo comics... at least the poses, anyway. - Hepting

Comic: It's been a long time since I rock and rolled.

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00

Since Hepting and I only owned Wii's at the time, we were looking forward to the news that Guitar Hero was coming out on the Wii soon. After submitting the last strip to Joystiq's Weekly Webcomic thing, although we didn't win, I felt pretty good about actually getting on there, so I was in a "we gots to be a gaming comic" mode around this time. Hence the many strips all at once. I've been jaded to Guitar music games since. I doubt this Guitar Hero/Rock Band craze is going to last much longer. What else can you expand on it? I'm probably wrong though. - Smith ------------------- This comic was actually how I discovered Fanboys. I didn't know that comic existed until Smith sent me the script, with a link to the site, telling me to put Lemmy in there. Now, we use any excuse we can to make a reference to Fanboys (see comic #82 - "Vidjeo Game References"). - Hepting

Comic: Non Ambiguously Gay Duo

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00

So after Zelda Twilight Princess and Excite Truck, there was...nothing for the Wii. Except WarioWare: Smooth Moves, the most incredibly homogay game I have ever played EVER. Super Paper Mario would come eventually, but in the meantime I was stuck with this monstrosity. The multitude of mini-games were okay, but I absolutely hated the setting. And now there's nothing good for the Wii out...nor will there be for a long time. Guh. Oh and, this was the first comic we submitted to Joystiq's Weekly Webcomic Roundup. I think we got 2nd to last place that time. Oh well. - Smith ------------------ Heh, whoops. It's really #22, despite saying #23. In this one, Smith said, "Just leave some areas blank, and I'LL fill them in with pictures later." And yes, WarioWare: Smooth Moves is one of the most retarded games ever. Fortunately I didn't spend money on it. - Hepting

Comic: Seriously you dawgs.

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00

The movie Alpha Dog came out around this time. I took it to be Justin Timberlake's desperate way of trying to break into the hardcore crowd. This comic is a result of that interpretation. Looking at it now, I probably could have made it a better comic by just sticking to Step Three. I think the "Keep It Simple" applies to writing very appropriately and it's a rule I try to stick by as much as possible. - Smith -------------------- Hmmm, I'm not entirely sure why I made the cops as fully developed cartoons rather than stick figures, like the Care Police. Maybe I just didn't want people confusing them at the time? I dunno. That must be it. - Hepting

Comic: Why Hepting doesn't write the

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00

This is the first Slackerz comic Hepting wrote. So very lucky that Hepting is a very competent writer so that when I'm strapped for ideas, he can take over. This seems to be the very first appearance of both Smith and Hepting in the comic. Now they're in every freaking strip these days. Those jerks. - Smith ---------------- Yup, this is the first comic that I wrote myself. Obviously I had no plan, I just found a starting point and went from there. The narration in the second panel was somewhat inspired by Frisky Dingo, where Xander Crews is talking about "my poor murdered parents!....... who were MURDERED." And yes, the third robot is a Dalek. Daleks are awesome. If you don't believe me... well, fuck you. - Hepting

Comic: Quite illogical, Spockmaster.

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00

Spockmaster was a forum member on the Hockey Zombie forums, who said some really nice things about Slackerz. This was when we only had about 200 or so readers, so it was nice to hear. I put him in the comic's title. My girlfriend hates William Shatner (she says he's cocky) and Captain Kirk. That brought on the idea to this strip. The "Eeeeeeeee" part from this comic and the Herpex comic came from the Force Monkeys strip, which was like the greatest thing ever back then. I wish it were still around. :\ - Smith ------------------- Haha, I loved Force Monkeys back then too. I even did a guest comic for them. Damned if I remember what it was about. Man, I hate the drawing of Kirk punching Bones. Look at his arm. I mean, exaggerating "Ren & Stimpy-style" is one thing, but his arm looks like it could touch the ground. It doesn't look exaggerated, it just looks... long. This was another case where I liked the original joke better. The original script said "Captain's Log, Stardate... Awesome.", with Spock replying "Sir, that's not logical. Awesome is not a star date." And then Kirk says something like "Awesome point three." - Hepting

Comic: Navi was at least nicer.

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is the game. I enjoyed it, although I recently tried to replay the game. After playing exbawkz in high def for so long, I couldn't stand the games jarred graphics. So spoiled on the realistic graphics and to think for 8 years all I played were 2-D side-scrollers. On that note, the SNES Star Wars games were awesome. - Smith ---------------- Man, first two Matrix parodies, and now two Zelda comics? Man, Smith. MAN. :D Granted, I'm not spoiled on HD graphics yet (the only current-gen console I own is a Wii... and a DS if we're counting portable), but I recently went back to Twilight Princess a second time and played through the whole thing. It took me such an embarrasingly long time my first time through, that I'm not even going to tell you. The second time, I did much more exploring looking for everything... and found NEARLY everything. I'm not entirely happy with how Midna turned out here. If we ever do another Zelda strip that incorporates Midna, I'll certainly try harder. - Hepting

Comic: Our Obligatory Mac vs. PC Comi

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:00:00

This was right around the start of the Mac and PC commercials, which I love, I really do. Mac was just being pretty high and mighty over their recent success with their iPods. Although I commend them for finally making their iPods affordable, their computers are still expensive as hell. There was a comic that Dueling Analogs did about the Mac vs PC comics that was pretty funny. The one where Linux pops in? Good times. - Smith --------------------- This is one of the few that I tend not to think about if I can help it, honestly. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but I'm also pretty sure that literally every other webcomic that exists has done a Mac/PC parody. Granted, every single webcomic has also done a "THIS IS SPARTA" joke, but on that one (comic #31), I think ours is at least unique. And I'm not all that fond of the artwork. I don't know why I tried to make them stick figures, when it would have been far more effective to make them fleshed-out cartoon characters. Though I AM fond of the wrist-snapping panel. - Hepting

Comic: Christmas!!!

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:00:00

Why does every company have to make up their own shitty version of Jingle Bells to advertise their products during the holidays? I don't care if you're Dr. Pepper, which is my favorite drink ever, if you try to sell me your product is a dumb little holiday adversong shit over the radio, I will not be buying ANYTHING from you over the holidays. I drive for a living, so hearing that shit over and over and over again will drive you mad. - Smith ---------------------- Here we go, the first OFFICIAL appearance of The Boss character, even though at the time, I wasn't really planning on reusing it. I guess I just loved that character design a lot (he looks far better in later comics). I kinda modeled his basic shape after the Vogons in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie, who were in turn modeled after 18th century caricatures of bureaucratic political characters by James Gillray (you can see one here to get a sense of what they looked like). Also, I don't remember why I used a photoshopped image of a real store rather than just drawing a darned store. I guess I was just trying something different. - Hepting

Comic: Those Bastards.

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00

This idea for this strip came from a reader who e-mailed it in. Indeed, we have had many World War 2 games. But we are gonna stop making them? Nope. You know what I would like to see? A World War 2 game from a different perspective. Like maybe from the Russian side. I think that definitely has a lot of meat in it. Or maybe from the Free French fighters and it can be a stealth-based guerrilla warfare game. I got tired of Normandy, as bad assed as it was, after the 14th time reenacting it. Time for somethin' new, ya'll. - Smith ---------------------- I got nuthin' this time. Sorry. - Hepting

Comic: Forsooooth.

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:00:00

I was having trouble with my college calculus class. This was the end result. I hate math so freaking much, you guys. So much. - Smith -------------------- I'll never forgive Smith for taking out the best joke in the strip. Originally, in the first panel, after the equation thingy, it said "Provide several punches to self in the nuts and SHOW YOUR WORK." Also, I loved drawing the vague Einstein-like character. - Hepting

Comic: Where are you, MC Quackz?

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:00:00

MC Hamster was a random bit from the Old Slackerz with Matt Erkhart. I decided to put him into the new series as a whatever easy gag. Used my favorite Kids In The Hall bit "Always Put Salt In Your Eyes" in the strip. I will say here that MC Hamster is my least favorite character but no one will let me stop writing scripts about him. Because for whatever reason, he's everybody's favorite character. What is everyone's deal? It's MC Hamster, by far the worst pun off MC Hammer. Blah. - Smith ---------------------- We decided to make MC Hamster a little more anthropomorphic than he was in the old comic.... I guess because presumably, he'd be talking more. Also, for some reason, I partly modeled the director's appearance after Ron Moore, Trek-writer and creator of the current Battlestar Galactica series. I'm not entirely sure why. I just didn't want to do a stick figure for the director, and every time I imagined what this "director" character should look like, I got an image that closely resembled him (with the long hair and goatee). - Hepting

Comic: Matrices.

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:00

Another Matrix one. Although this time it's actually about the Matrix movie. I think this is the last comic from the buffer Hepting and I worked on together at the start. We got lazy with the buffer and worked on a snail's pace with each new comic until the we ate the buffer up. Yep yep, as Vanilla Ice would say. Everybody's favorite line: "What are you, gay? Take the red pill." - Smith -------------------- Haha, obviously this comic was before we established "The Boss" character, else he would have almost certainly been in it. Oh yeah, and two Matrix parodies before we even reached fifteen comics? SMITH YOU HACK. - Hepting

Comic: Critical Anaylsis of Anime.

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:00:00

I thought I was being clever with this one. Anime is anime, though. What can you do about it? Personally, I've grown out of anime. The expressions are just way too exaggerated for me and everybody has an emotional fit over everything. I probably could watch animes like Trigun, Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo again. But eh. Oh! And this is the first entry of Matt, Smith and Hepting's "nemesis". Little bit o' trivia for ya there. - Smith --------------------- I guess technically, this IS the first appearance of Matt. He didn't have a name at all, and certainly wasn't planned out as a recurring character at this point. We'll surely talk about him more in later strips. Also, this was before we established cartoon avatars for either of us. (I hadn't decided to use my Goobs character in the comic yet to represent myself.) That's why the "critical analysis of anime" by Scott Smith was being typed by a stick figure in the first panel. - Hepting

Comic: Buttered Toast!

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00

In the earlier days of my webcomic writing, I was a perfectionist. More accurately, I wanted things done a certain way to the point of obsession. In my earlier comics, I would tell my artist to redraw something after they had spent much time drawing it because I had it in my head that it would be EXACTLY like it was in my head. Since my artists were not mind readers, they got sick of me real quickly and left after about 10 or so comics with me. I'm reminded of this because this was one of the comics that I got anal about. Hepting was very patient with me and I thank him for it. Nowadays, I don't really give that much of a shit anymore. Hepting has all the leeway with the art direction as well as he should. So now you know why I've worked with six total artists as a webcomic writer. I was a douche to work with. As for the comic, yes they make up solutions in Star Trek: TNG. Hardy har har. Next. - Smith ------------------------ I remember being extremely happy that I got to draw Captain Picard, and the bridge of the Enterprise (D). In case you couldn't tell, that kid in the beginning is like a young version of my cartoon avatar. You can tell by the hair. I think I used him once in an old Goobs comic, that called for a flashback. Oh, and the poster in the background is totally NOT different from the original panel. You're imagining it. Leave me alone. - Hepting

Comic: Jim Finally Snaps.

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00

VG Cats had already done this bit, with Link snapping, but I wanted to do my own take on the whole "Hey hey HEY." thing that Navi does. And if sort-of copying VG Cats makes me a bad writer, then I apologize to the Internet. Not. Sucka. - Smith ------------------- You know, I don't think I copy-and-pasted enough in this comic. A good artist always uses Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V over and over. AND OVER. - Hepting

Comic: Next to the playstation contro

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:00:00

Not my favorite comic, but I wanted to use the word "The Remix" like it were "The Matrix" and base the whole comic off of it. You're in the REMIX. - Smith ---------------------- Say what you want about the lameness of us doing a Matrix parody... but I was a big fan of the wall of broken TVs behind them, particularly the old-timey 1950's one. Oh yeah, this is another one where Smith changed some of the dialogue after I sent it to him, Particularly toward the end. Also, I KNOW that the comic originally called for a different song, but for the life of me, I cannot remember what it was, and while I have all the original artwork, for some reason, that doesn't include dialogue panels. Oh well, I guess the song is lost forever. - Hepting

Comic: Side effects are generally mil

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:00:00

I believe this comic is the all-time favorite of most readers. It's the only comic that has made my girlfriend laugh. What I'm basically saying is that we've made over a hundred comics and I peaked at number seven. As for the comic, those commercials sure try to paint a pretty picture of Herpes, but it's still Herpes, man. Get a grip. Get out of those flowery fields you crazy people. And wear something other than all white. Geez. - Smith -------------------- To this day, Super Herpes remains my all time favorite piece of artwork done for Slackerz. I think I made him sufficiently hideous. Also, a side note: the skank-ho was a character design I originally did for a potential freelance job, but they eventually decided not to go with me. So after this script called for it, I figured, no sense in letting a perfectly good skank-ho go to waste. - Hepting

Comic: Believe.

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:00:00

This is one of my favorite comics. It delivers a solid social message and it's got a funny ending. I mean, it made me laugh at least. You didn't care for it? Well that's just fine. :\ - Smith -------------------- I could have sworn we had a plan to bring back that little fat kid. I know we used a similar fat kid in comic #73 ("You're Just So Fat"). Also, the first appearance of "The General". I thought that was worth mentioning. - Hepting

Comic: Breakfast.

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:00:00

This was also a redrawn comic from the Oh Snap Comics era, and the last. Though I added that first bit right there on top of it. The River Road forums were bleak and empty around June of '06 as everybody was waiting on what I would do next. I gave the first half of this comic as a preview of what was to come. It was received very well! I don't know what's up with the bee at the end. I went through a bees phase from '04-'06. - Smith ------------------------ I don't have much to add, except I remember after sending Smith the comic, he liked it, and commented thusly (not an exact quote): "I like how you drew Dr. Dre. I wasn't expecting him to have that 'suspicious looking crackhead' look to him." - Hepting

Comic: Birds and Bees.

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00

THIS comic is actually the very first Slackerz comic, but I decided to move it to number 4 just 'cause. By 'just 'cause', I mean that it's actually a recreation of a comic I wrote two years earlier under the "Oh Snap Comics" banner. When Hepting asked to join me in my comic adventures, I asked if he could redraw that...as a way to "interview him", but not really. So yeah, how about those birds and bees? Fucking bees. - Smith --------------------- In the second panel, I had originally drawn them with furry Russian hats. Because all Russians are communists, after all. SMITH made me change it. Also, this is before we established that random nameless characters would be represented as stick figures. - Hepting

Comic: What'cha gon' do?

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:00:00

This idea for this one came from a World of Warcraft forum post actually. Some had made a cop car out of text, responding to some whining made about World of Warcraft which happens a lot. "Woop woop, here comes the Care Police!" And the rest is history. And also, the Internet is serious business. And also, I steal my jokes from random people on the Internet. - Smith -------------------- Wow, I REALLY had the mouths hanging WAAAAY off the characters faces back in those days, didn't I? - Hepting

Comic: Nothing But Star Wars.

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00

I wrote this script after having recently watched the Star Wars movies. I found it odd how the Imperial Fucking Star Destroyer captains were FREAKING OUT that a Corellian Freighter had made an attack charge at them. "Sir, they're turning around and heading straight for us!" "OH....OH NO!! EVASIVE MANEUVERS! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIEEEEE. Yeah. - Smith ---------------------------- This one was tough to draw. I remember searching the internet for pictures of the cockpit of the Millenium Falcon, but in the end, I think I resorted to putting on the DVD and pausing it. - Hepting

Comic: Morning, Class

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00

This is our first comic. Well, officially, it is. It's also the only comic since working with Hepting that I've engineered the word bubbles. You can see how well that worked out. And all of that took me like three hours. When Hepting told me he could do the bubbles in ten minutes, I just gave him that job. Hepting and I started working together in advance around May of 2006 after he responded to my plea for an artist partner on my old comic, River Road (which was so so very horrible). I wrote about 15 scripts in advance to create a buffer (you can see how long that lasted). This would be one of the first. Actually, I wrote 25 or some odd scripts but narrowed out all the really shitty ones (there was one about bees...every panel pretty much had someone yelling "BEES" followed by bees and death...actually, that might not have been a bad script. I dunno). - Smith -------------------------------------- I think back when we were getting in the rhythm of making comics, we were still figuring out who would have the authority to do what. I think Smith rearranged a couple panels, and altered quite a bit of the dialogue from the original script. These days, if he wants a change, he just lets me know before I send it. And we both figured that I should be the one to add the word balloons... partly because I would do it in Illustrator, and get it done fairly quick, but mostly because leaving enough space for the word balloons is vital, and it's hard to tell if you're leaving enough room if you're not the one putting them in. These days, I scan my sketches in, and plot out the entire layout in Illustrator, word bubbles included, before I ever do any final inking. Oh yeah, and the "Don't Let Doctors Molest You In Your Sleep" poster just a little extra detail I added in, cause I thought it would be amusing. And if I recall correctly, the comic was originally going to end with giant white letters against the black background, saying "IT'S NOT RIGHT". I guess we just thought it would be redundant, or something. - Hepting

Comic: Morning, Class

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00

First Comic

Urgh.

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00

Thanks to those who applied. I\'ll have to sort through everything and will get back to each applicant. My copy of Force Unleashed arrived at GameWare, the store I do my game thang at. So before I go into rant about video game reviews and whatnot, I\'ll be playing a little bit of it first. New post coming soon.