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When Joel is Away… (Guest Comic By Didu)
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Starting today you will be treated to a trio of guest comics from your fellow Fancy Bastards. Regular HE programming will return on Friday 12-26-08.
You may remember Didu from about 6 months ago when she sent me this completely awesome hand painted birthday card for HE’s one year anniversary. Her guest comic features a slew of background in-jokes that only long time FB’s will be able to appreciate. If you look hard enough you might find a unicorn with multicolored gastrointestinal problems.
Didu is from Finland and does a fantastic music comic HERE. I also believe that because she is small and spritely and is named Didu that she is a magical comic drawing ice-pixie. Those are just my personal feelings and (probably) in no way true.
I am always so impressed by artists like Didu that can actually make awesome art with real art supplies. I am terrible with paints, pencils and pastels. Photoshop is my crutch, my prison (my own prison?). Didu’s comics have that special quality of being desceptively simple. They convey a ton of information and expression with few lines and broad strokes. I envy that. I feel like I have to draw everything in order for you to see it. Real artists can give you just enough info to let your imagination do the legwork.
UPDATE:
Didu posted the “making of” on her LJ.
Highlight the inviso-text below to see all the in-jokes:
Back Row: Uninvited guest from Joel’s Birthday, Iron Man, Didu, Boxcar Pete,SethRogan, because he’s in EVERYTHING these days, Unicorn Vomiting a rainbow
Front Row: Eli is drinking “Hooker Blood Remover” and pouring a beer on the floor, and denise has a Car on her face (all from Joel’s birthday party), Little Girl from the Heroes comic “There Goes My Hero,” Josh dancing with Dumbledore from… gay.
Tags: boxcar pete, didu, facecat, fancy bastards, hijinks ensue guest comic
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December 19th, 2008 at 2:01 am
And Josh's wand would be … hmmm, let's see … 14" (natch), silicone, with a leather-thong core???
December 19th, 2008 at 4:05 am
bah, Im dumb. I totally forgot. I saw the beard and thought Coulton.
December 19th, 2008 at 4:11 am
I'd rather Rogen get stabbed.
December 19th, 2008 at 4:28 am
lolcatonmyface! must become true!
December 19th, 2008 at 4:34 am
What model of car is that on Denise, cougar?
December 19th, 2008 at 4:40 am
Hey, he and I have the same one! Only mine has leopard-print.
December 19th, 2008 at 5:22 am
holy ceiling cat, this guest comic is awesome!
December 19th, 2008 at 5:31 am
You get those at Ollivander's in the back room–his “adult wand” section.
December 19th, 2008 at 5:38 am
Yeah, Finns are awesome. The finnish guy from my ROTC unit who's going back home after this semester just stopped by and gave me "Talvisota" and some candy -"Sifu" or "Gifu" can't tell. It says Salmiakki on it. Will let you all know how it tastes.
December 19th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Oh dear God. I take back all the nice things I said about Finland and its people. This candy is not to my liking. It's like the licorice is committing genocide against my tongue.
December 19th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Candy hate crimes?
December 19th, 2008 at 6:19 am
"Man, I totally remember when your dad was in here buying his first wand…"
"Huh?"
December 19th, 2008 at 6:22 am
Wonderful! I recognize every joke and person except I also thought Rogan was Coulton and Didu herself stumped me (I thought maybe she was just evil Denise with a shaved goatee). Absolutely excellent, the comic lives up to the twitter hype.
December 19th, 2008 at 7:12 am
My thoughts exactly, heh
-D
December 19th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Aww thanks! (Hype? Oh my.) But yeah, I do stump people. (And also eat that evil Sisu stuff. For breakfast.)
-D
December 19th, 2008 at 7:26 am
(That comment was made of awesome!) I read it as Gifu for years..
But yeah, we are Finns hardcore. Or just crazy.
-D
December 19th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Probably both. Excellent work by the way.
December 19th, 2008 at 8:49 am
(actually that's Seth Rogen Boxcar Pete is about to stab. For being in everything these days. But anyhow, I'm off to pour more beer on the floor)
-D
December 19th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Hooker blood remover made me LOL so damn hard. Proud of a fellow Finn. Didu rocks!
December 19th, 2008 at 6:28 am
More like war crimes.
Also its "Sisu"
http://petterilopponenphotography.blogspot.com/20...
No wonder they kicked the Russians' asses. If this is what they eat as a treat, I hate to think of what kind of hardships they can bear.
December 20th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
is that the NEDM cat?
December 20th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Heheheheheh!
December 20th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Looks like the "I can has cheezburger?" cat to me…
December 20th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Agreed. Excellent comic!
December 20th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
That's correct.
-D
December 29th, 2008 at 7:06 am
dont take ceiling cats name in vain. You'll go straight to basement cat.