Friday, December 30, 2016
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Trumpian Worldview
This comic criticizes what I see as the tendacy of Trump supporters to be hysterical even though things are objectively fairly good.
Just tonight I argued with a relative, asking them what about Obama is so bad, 4.9% unemployment, 20 million people insured, or 16 million jobs created.
This comic is also loosely based on an incident that occurred at my store on Black Friday. A woman came in with her face all bloodied and it turned out he had just hit her head on her car running from a man who wasn't even out to do anything to her. Black Friday is nowhere near as violent as the media portrays it, and the fact that people thought there was a fight inspired this comic.
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Friday, December 23, 2016
Swamp Report: Rex Tillerson
This is my take on Rex Tillerson. Next week the Swamp Report will be taking a week off, but the comic that is uploaded in its place will still be about members of the Trump Administration.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Playing Opposum
Given the probable negative impact Trump's election will have on abortion rights, here is one supporting a woman's right to chose.
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Quick
This one was one of the first I wrote, but it is also light on substance so I have saved it until now. Just a comic saying that the deluge of vehement insults will continue.
Friday, December 16, 2016
Swamp Report: Jeff Sessions
Tonight I am continuing with a bit I debuted a few weeks ago called the Swamp Report. These will be focused on an incoming member of the Trump Administration and will post on Thursdays for the duration of the filibuster.
Tonight's is about Jeff Sessions. My main beef with him is detailed in the comic. Sessions hates drugs, which signals to me that he would continue the disastrous War on Drugs rather than the treatment focused approach that we need. He also supports torture, which is dangerous. It further tells me that Sessions will continue the militarization of police and that we should expect him to do little about police brutality.
His past racist comments also alarm, but as Joe Biden said, people do change. I'm willing to give him a chance. Still, those statements, if they reflect Sessions' current thinking are alarming. So too, is Sessions seeming contempt to dissidence.
In short, Jeff Sessions worries me.
Next week on the Swamp Report, will be a report about Rex Tillerson.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
More Advice for Trump...
This is a sequel to my first advice for Trump script. It of course, covers the Taiwan controversy. I also am disgusted, but not surprised at how Trump still makes angry rants on Twitter now that's he's the President Elect.
It is significant to me because many people I know seem to think Trump has become more presidential after his election. I hear the first stage of grief is denial.
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Not News
This issue is, of course, about the epidemic of fake news which permeated this election cycle.
Come back Tuesday for more of the Trump filibuster.
Friday, December 9, 2016
Terracotta Warriors
Tonight's comic hits out at Trump for another disturbing aspect of his ideology. That is his complete hostility towards the press and Freedom of Speech.
Come back Sunday for more of the filibuster.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Grab em' by the...
This comic concerns one of Donald Trump's most infamous statements. It also pokes fun at Trump claiming he will bring back American jobs.
Yes, this was written before Trump struck a deal with Carrier to keep 1,000 jobs in the US. I decided to still release it though, since those thousand are a drop in the bucket compared to all the jobs Trump would need to secure to keep his promises.
In production notes, this comic had me make models for both Dayton's Wife and Damon.
Friday, December 2, 2016
Swamp Report
(Sorry for the lateness of the update, I forget that I do three a week for the time being.)
This issue pokes fun
at the Hamilton controversy. It also pokes fun at our own lead time.
We have never been that good at being topical, although, at this
point, right now, the issue is that Trump is such an all encompassing
target, it is hard to chose what to knock him for.
I have certain
reservations about releasing a comic which is just making fun of a
guy. I actually wrote a comic featuring John Boehner during Rick’s
original run. It mocks Boehner for crying and I opted against making
it. Still, with Trump, he’s just such a twit about things that I
feel obligated to mock him. If you shit all over freedom of speech,
I’m going to poke fun at your VP’s resting bitch face.
From a production
standpoint, this was a big issue. Not only did I get to make the 3D
model of Jimmy, but I got to further experiment with how the costumes
in the comic will look. This comic exposed some pitfalls I have to
work out in the process. Rick, the Cryptozoologist is much more
technically challenging and demanding than Con Nachzehrer.
From a story
perspective, this will also mark the beginnings of Lillian showing
off her talent. I mentioned that I wanted to do some Feminist strips.
Part of that is having stronger female characters, and I thought it
would be fun to further develop Lillian as a Cryptozoologist. Rick
being hostile to others having ideas is also a dig at myself. I tend
to be tyrannical about my writing. Though, I am trying to be better.
I feel like my
tyranny strained my friendships with both Dustin and Stephen, and it
just isn’t worth it. Besides, they both made very important
contributions to our comics when we were collaborating.
The final note is
that I changed the credits in this issue. I simply put that the art
was made in DAZ Studio. I don’t really create the art so much as
manipulate it. I pay for the 3D models I use. I apologize to any of
the 3D artists for the previous issues where this wasn’t properly
credited. I wasn’t quite sure how to phrase the credit.
Come back Sunday for
more of the Trump Filibuster.
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