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It’s Japanese For “I Sing Better When I’m Drunk”
I’ve heard the same said about driving.
We had a Karaoke party on Saturday for my wife’s birthday. Denise posted the pics here. Most of what you see in the comic actually happened, though the people may have been jumbled around a bit (and a few were left out due to “more people = more drawing” math.
Introductions: The bespectacled fellow in panel 1 is Justin (from Podcast 17ish?) whom I’ve known since we were 6. Panel 3 features Mikey (Josh’s old room mate and writer of the “Brother’s in Arms” games). The guy winning the beard contest in panel 4 is Rick (a coworker of Josh and Eli’s who is, sadly, moving away soon. It was only fitting to memorialize his time in Texas with a comic). And finally in panel 4 you have Jen gently caressing/bad touching Josh. When those two get together you would almost think Josh was straight or Jen was a gay man.
High point of the night was Josh singing “Bare Necessities” from the Jungle Book and realizing the unfortunate homonym in the title. Emphasis on HOMOnym.
The very same Justin in panels 1 and 4 is relaunching his podcast, Gentlenews Live!, tonight at 8:31pm central. Go HERE at that time to watch the live video feed and join in on the chat.
Tags: karaoke, party
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September 29th, 2008 at 4:05 am
Vadar?
Also, I love how the main cast looks so cartoony next to Jen, Justin, and others.
edit: Also, all we know of these people is cursory knowledge picked up from podcasts.
Jen apparently invented masturbation (god bless) and drunkenly asks why Joel doesn't work at Gearbox.
September 29th, 2008 at 3:34 am
Hahaha! You pretty much just added text to Denise's Pics! Excellent!
September 29th, 2008 at 3:47 am
That second panel may lead those unfamiliar with the HE Universe to believe that Eli is still friends with good ol' "Herb".
September 29th, 2008 at 4:03 am
I'm torn. I'm glad Mikey was recognized as a star of the show, 'cuz he did a hell of a job… But I'm almost wishing it was my Aladdin duet with Josh that was immortalized rather than the Weird Al song we both screwed up a few verses of.
Great party, despite the lack of cowbell.
September 29th, 2008 at 4:11 am
I knew if I just waited long enough, and wished hard enough, I would one day make it into this comic.
Also –
Holy shit did you nail rick's likeness! – that's creepy.
September 29th, 2008 at 4:12 am
*sadz*…. i've never had a karaoke par-tay… might have to try one sometime… maybe when Lips comes out? I guess the closest i've come is either having a sing-along during rockband with all of my buddies or booing somebody from across the room at a restaurant I was trying to eat at…
September 29th, 2008 at 4:13 am
Oh, and when St. Carlin shows up with his phone booth, we must go back to to 1998 and tell Bubba Jo' and Bubba Dussin that in 10 years D would be at J's house drinking wine and singing Tool songs. Just to see the hilarious protestations that would surely arise.
September 29th, 2008 at 4:15 am
Panel 2 = best kind of karaoke.
Also panel 3 = hilarious, Josh's eyes are so full of yearning they're popping out of his head.
September 29th, 2008 at 4:28 am
Oh my Lord… Best Comic EVER!
September 29th, 2008 at 5:26 am
From my point of view, I drew the party we had, and Denise also happened to have pictures of it.
September 29th, 2008 at 5:26 am
He's just really enjoying his cigarette and his Skynard.
September 29th, 2008 at 5:27 am
I have multiple levels of cartoonation. The main cast are extremely watered down feature-wise, but when I draw other people i know I tend to try and make it look more like them. At this point josh looks basically nothing like his cartoon counter part.
September 29th, 2008 at 5:30 am
YOU GET THE PRIZE!
For me, girls are extremely hard to draw and dudes with beards are super easy.
September 29th, 2008 at 5:30 am
Panel 1: When I do "American Pie" at a karaoke bar, I always start with "A long long time ago, in a galaxy far away…" then continue the song as normal.
Panel 3: until I read the comments, I just assumed that Lance Bass was making a guest appearance. Though I hope Josh has better taste than that.
September 29th, 2008 at 5:30 am
Have one. It will be fun.
September 29th, 2008 at 5:31 am
he sheds a single tear at the end but tries to hide it.
September 29th, 2008 at 5:31 am
Glad you liked it. Thanks!
September 29th, 2008 at 5:34 am
Hah! By roommates I MEANT RoomMates. Mikey is straight and Josh doesnt swing that skinny.
September 29th, 2008 at 5:35 am
Though he DID sing an NSync song.
September 29th, 2008 at 7:02 am
I just assumed that since you have drawn the main cast so much they have evolved into caricatures and guest stars basically need to look more "realistic".
September 29th, 2008 at 7:12 am
the last panel reminded me of the Venture Bros where Sgt. Hatred inadvertently shrinks his own tongue, giving himself a baby tongue, lol.
September 30th, 2008 at 8:20 am
He looks like a Disney princess in *every* comic…
September 30th, 2008 at 8:21 am
lol, I thought the same thing. He's in love – you can tell by the yearning in his cartoony eyes.
September 30th, 2008 at 8:23 am
I'm trying to think of a way to make that phrase more bear-like and perverse:
More fur for the purr? No… More hair for the pair? Maybe… More gruff for the fluff? Yuck… I don't like this game anymore…
September 30th, 2008 at 8:25 am
"American Pie", "Gangster's Paradise", and "Bad" are all songs that I consider Weird Al's version to be the correct version.
September 30th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Panel 4 looks like "We Are the World".
September 30th, 2008 at 8:43 am
I suggest "more gruff for the woof" even though it doesn't rhyme as well.
September 30th, 2008 at 8:46 am
heh, i meant jen
September 30th, 2008 at 9:49 am
If Josh sees this comment, I'll let him answer that.
September 30th, 2008 at 9:49 am
I have actually done Weird Al's "The Saga Begins" at a karaoke bar – I didn't realise the place was full of Don McLean fans and I almost got lynched.
Quite scary but somewhat worth it…
September 29th, 2008 at 10:03 am
I could so do a Wierd Al themed karaoke party. Personally though, I'd lean more towards some of his older stuff… and if I was feeling sadistic a few of his polkas (nothing like doing 18 songs in all of 2 minutes). To this day there are a number of songs that I can't hear without hearing the Wierd Al versions, and similarly a few of them that I can't hear without picturing some AMVs (the AMV that was part of AMV Hell 3 with all the Rei's set to "I think I'm a clone now" is one of them).
September 30th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Damn my lack of correctly following threaded comments. Oh well, I still stick by my initial analysis – Joel is a princess.
September 30th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I got one
"more scruff for the huff an puff"
September 29th, 2008 at 11:42 am
you look like a disney princess in this comic! like you should have a mermaid tail…
September 30th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Panel 4? Yeah, my friends and I did that all last summer in the car. Six or seven of us, sitting in each other's laps, the windows rolled all the way down and the stereo all the way up. We got weird looks at stoplights, but occasionally we caught other people singing along!
September 30th, 2008 at 3:00 am
BEARDS!
September 30th, 2008 at 3:01 am
So much facial hair!
Unless you turn Josh's head upside down…
Ok now that's an image that'll keep you awake…
September 30th, 2008 at 4:53 am
So… Jen is Dee from Always Sunny….
September 30th, 2008 at 4:21 am
More hair for the bear?
September 29th, 2008 at 6:03 am
Ah more cushion for the pushin
September 29th, 2008 at 6:15 am
Awesome, Eli is just gum-flapping in the 4th panel.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
beard are both fun and easy to draw.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
It was funnier to me that they be singly to each other "endless love" style. If I'd had more room I would have included your "Friend like me"
August 19th, 2009 at 4:35 am
After looking at those pics I totally gotta marry Josh now… if it were legal…