Yes, it looks like the graphics tablet will get a workout in 2008. Despite that vector art is a much better medium for comics, I decided to make this one in GIMP. Sure, the artwork is pretty much terrible and the humor is ill, but it’s mine and I had fun making it!

When asked what his/her preferred language is -
“Um, English, otherwise I would have to use an online translator.”

When told about the software used at the company -
“Linux? Is that some kind of duck?”

When asked whether a scripting or compiled language is best for the Internet -
“Compiled, definitely. There’s always that really exciting time when it’s that one in ten moment and the code actually compiles with just a bunch of warnings.”

When asked about best coding practices -
“I like to avoid whitespace and comments. There’s only so much space on the Internet, you know?”

When asked about his/her preferred editor -
“I don’t know what Vim is, but I don’t use ‘emacs.’ I’m not one of those Apple fanboys.”

When asked what has been the most important, recent change to the Internet -
“MySpace, for sure. It is getting a lot of people interested in quality web design.”

When asked about the difference between PHP4 and PHP5 -
“They finally made is_executable() available for Windows; it was about time!”

When asked about his/her knowledge of Python -
“It’s been around more than fifteen years and it still isn’t really used by anyone important, so it’s probably not very good.”

When asked, “What will you bring to the company?” -
“Well, if I can telecommute, I don’t plan on bringing anything!”

“Checkout the trunk”
Web Developer: “Using svn, right?”
Zoologist: “Yeah, that’s an amazing elephant!”

“That back end is hideous”
Web Developer: “But it works and the front end looks good anyway.”
Pimp: “She ain’t worth my time!”

“This has ten tags!”
Web Developer: “So? Folksonomic tagging is more relevant than categorization.”
Mattress Salesperson: “It’s illegal for us to cut any of them even though the customers hate them.”

“Refresh”
Web Developer: “Well if IE actually knew how to properly manage cache…”
Deli Worker: “What do you mean? It’s either fresh or it isn’t!”

“Empty your cache”
Web Developer: “Server-side or client-side?”
College Student: “Already did. Damned tuition bills…”

“That’s a beefy server”
Web Developer: “It’s about time we upgraded.”
Restaurant Worker: “I bet he gets stuck in the door to the kitchen.”

“OOP”
Web Developer: “Oh great, here comes another procedural vs. OO argument.”
Non-programmers: “What did you screw up this time?”

“It’s freezing”
Web Developer: “Quit testing the beta version of that browser.”
Meteorologist: “And we can expect this weather to continue for the rest of the week.”

“F1″
Web Developer: “I assume that’s for help, but I have never needed it.”
Car Enthusiast: “Now that’s a real motorsport. Forget this NASCAR crap!”

“Did you hear about the new Opera?”
Web Developer: “Yeah, the rendering seems to be much faster.”
Millionaire: “Of course, I had front-row seats, but I did not attend because my limo driver was ill.”

^*Politicians never really learn this

This is another comic I did with my graphics tablet. It’s definitely not the funniest of ideas, but the content allowed me to be a terrible artist and get away with it. You can’t turn down that opportunity.

I have several more ideas written on paper, and probably half of them sketched, but I don’t know if I’ll take the time to make them digital. It’s easy to make everything look “perfect” with vector art, but I don’t like that look. I like a comic to have some personality and flair. Unfortunately for me, my personality comes out looking like scribbles done by a toddler.

This is a remake of the astronaut comic I did quite a while back. I actually created this back in June, but I did not put it online right away. I was planning on doing a bunch of comics so I could regularly post one every week, but everything else has been keeping me busy too. I decided to go ahead and post this now and then I’ll probably post another comic in a week or so. I don’t anticipate this becoming a regular feature though.

The difficult thing with comics is simplifying them. I tend to go overboard with details, but when I try to simplify them they look like scribbles done by a toddler. Toddler scribbles can be interesting though, so I’ll post the odd comic here and there.

Two Southern ladies, Maribelle and AnneMarie, were sitting on the porch drinking mint juleps. They have the following conversation, best imagined with an upscale Southern drawl:

Maribelle: AnneMarie, do you see this huge diamond ring?

AnneMarie: Yes.

Maribelle: My husband bought this for me.

AnneMarie: Isn’t that special.

Maribelle: Do you see that Jaguar in the parking lot?

AnneMarie: Yes.

Maribelle: My husband bought that for me.

AnneMarie: Isn’t that special.

Maribelle: And you know that mansion I live in?

AnneMarie: Yes.

Maribelle: My husband bought that for me.

AnneMarie: Isn’t that special.

Maribelle: What did your husband buy for you, AnneMarie?

AnneMarie: My husband sent me to finishing school. That’s where I learned to say, “Isn’t that special” instead of “fuck you.”

I rounded and guessed Congress, but the correct answer was a cornfield.