Highest Bidder
Episode Three. Lots of fun. We had server issues and domain name issues and subversion issues…
…but eventually we got our site back up! With a new comic!
No, we aren’t changing update dates. Next week we will have an update up 9PM Central, just like advertised.
Our inker worked overtime getting this comic inked, and said it was very hard. So many people to ink. Even more, next time!
He is also responsible for the sprites in our header.
Our coloring guy wouldn’t shut up about how he would spend over an hour working on some fine details, just to have it go away when we downsample the comic to 128 colors/png. He says that he’ll have to find some tricks around this obstacle.
This comic is a “tribute” to F@NB0Y$, the webcomic that got us all hooked*, then made us all get off our butts and start ours! We even lifted the government joke straight from them! Thanks Scott!
We hope you enjoy this update and come back soon!
* (FUTURE EDITORS NOTE: You will notice just HOW OFTEN we refer to Fanboys. There is a reason… that comic LITERALLY got us off our collective lazy butts and started working on our own comic. Thanks Scott!)
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David looks at the heap of sawdust (with a spring sticking out) where the couch used to be.
“Who would have thought that the entire couch was held together by one spring?”
Chris walks in. “Fear not, my high strung friend! For I have a Plan ‘B’!”
David rolls his eyes. “You had an emergency plan, set aside just in case the couch fell apart?”
Chris stands proudly. “I always have a plan ‘B’!”
“Oh brother,” David moans, holding his head. “So, Chris. Where are you planning to get a new couch from?”
Chris strikes a dramatic pose. “From the government!”
David looks at Chris incredulously. “THE GOVERNMENT?!”
The doorbell rings. “What can I say? The Man delivers!”
“I always wondered where my tax money went,” states David.
Chris opens the door and gestures to the left. “Right over there.” Two Mankey walk in holding a couch. “I’m just kidding. I bought it online!”
“I thought so!” says David, looking over their new couch.
“It only cost 50 Pokebucks!” states Chris, proudly.
One of the Mankey hands David the shipping ticket. “144,000 Pokebucks shipping and handling!” he shouts.
Later, Chris and David sit down on the couch. Chris stretches out. “I wonder who would sell such a comfy couch online, and why?”
David sobs into his hands. “144,000 Pokebucks?!?”
Change scenes. Paul, a man in a black t-shirt with the Playstation button pad pattern on the front walks up next to Sylvia, an XBOX fangirl with a bright pink shirt proclaiming “Blues Suck!” “So, Lemmy?” he asks, puffing on his cigarette. “What ever happened to our original couch?”
Lemmy (a Nintendo fanboy with a white-and-red striped shirt with the Mario M on the front) is standing in front of the Ubercouch. Patches, the cat, is dead asleep on the couch. Lemmy holds up his Wiimote to start an action. “Sold it on eBay,” he shouts over his shoulder, then continues playing.
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