I Don’t Even Know You Anymore
I’m not sure exactly when Omar became this angry. When I first came up with him, he was Cory’s smiley, laid-back, slightly snarky best friend. Kevin slid into that role somewhere along the line, while Omar’s sarcastic outlook slowly transformed into general disdain.
It’s funny looking back at how some of the character’s personalities have changed from 5 years ago. Cory kinda used to be ‘me,’ but now he’s more an older version of the neurotic kid from the Bernie Mac Show. Quincy was more of a bullying villain type named Ty, Jason was more like Quincy, and Kevin, quite honestly, was the token white guy with no personality.
Charles Schulz (I think) used to talk about letting the characters write themselves. I’m not convinced that Jason can work a keyboard.
Daily commentary getting a little dull, huh? Don’t blame ya…
Just wanted to say how much I’ve enjoyed all these Christmas themed strips. Most episodic fictions – be it webcomics, TV shows, whatever – seem to use the holiday season as an excuse for either cringeworthy schmaltz or “look-at-me-I’m-so-unChristmassy” meanness, so congrats on keeping a healthy balance of sentiment and cynicism. Thanks for delivering an early Christmas present to us all everyday and keeping us laughing – what else could you ask for?
Well… Robin in a Mrs Claus outfit, I suppose. A severely undersized one. But apart from that…
how about weekly commentary? I’d be happy with weekly!
Yeah… I may have to bring the bar down a few feet. See, the problem is… well, I’ll just explain it in a new post.
This might brighten your day – or not. You showed up over at Comics I Don’t Understand recently (the ‘low hanging fruit’ strip). It was such a kick to see I had to comment.