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Having 100 comics is awesome because big, round numbers are awesome. Also because reaching that milestone in under a year feels pretty neat, to boot. Thinking of 100 different comics makes me feel like they’ve got some weight, and maybe that’s why I’m trying out some character-based comedy of late. Time will tell if that pays off, but rest assured you haven’t seen the end of this particular tangent.
By my count, the other longest-running graphic-design webcomic, which has been at it for a few years I believe, will be eclipsed in sheer volume in a number of weeks. This is my way of saying I’m the shit over here, and recognize.
The first comics in this series pain me to both view and read, and I know that’s half the fun of watching any artist over time. Looking at early Peanuts and Garfield strips, or Calvin and Hobbes to a lesser extent, is always fun and charming, seeing where character started visually and comparing them to where they end up. The webcomics version of this is Penny Arcade, whose early strips look like a monkey drew them when compared to their radiant current form. Of course, there’s ten years of difference there, and thousands of strips to grow as an artist. In my neck of the woods, Newton’s nose eventually overpowered his face, and –as some assert– portions of other characters came to overpower other portions. Such is evolution. Hopefully Rob thinks I’m getting better at drawing black people, too.
Looking back, I’m happiest with the camping excursion and our foray into detective fiction, Force Justify, aside from the random gag here or there. Then of course, there’s other’s I’d just as soon forget exist. I have to believe other cartoonists feel the same way, but that’s one of the benefits to this. There’s really no endless iterating of ideas. You do a strip, it’s done, you move on and you do the next one. So when one turd pops out, there’s always a chance the next one can be solid gold.
Admittedly, most end up in the middle. Thanks for everything,
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Raise your hand if you’ve done this. Now, the rest of you, raise your hands because you’re lying.
Since Wednesday, there have been developments in the ongoing Nebraska License Plate Debacle. And by developments, I mean the kind head-removal-from-anus that cannot be called anything other than “heroic” in the world of politics. What was once stonewalling and inability to admit failure has transformed into someone in local government actually standing up and saying “you know what? This is a little fucked up right here and we may have to do something about it.“
Throughout it all, the gang at CollegeHumor.com (which has only been identified as “a college humor website” by the local press — subtle, right?) has floored me as the strut about as some bizarre peacock-unicorn hybrid with their insistence of victory and balls-out unapologetic manner. They remind me of those two dudes who punked Boston with the Moonenite graphics for Cartoon Network a year or two ago. It’s sort of totally awesome. If I lived anywhere else I’d give that guy a high five. Living here, probably I’d fake the high-five and punch him in the balls.
But really, if these recent developments hold, his actions will actually guarantee that the worst option never gets made into the newest license plate, something we should all be thankful for, should it come to pass. The real problem here is how the designs themselves are “commissioned” and selected for presentation for the state to vote on. Until that’s fixed, we’re all just picking out our favorite turd to smear our cars with.
Continuing in our series of desktop wallpapers, Conrad joins in with the question, “What are you going to do with that logo?”
The angriest of the 1PT.Rule characters brings his design ninja sword as a constant reminder to think design first at all times… or else. A swordless version has also been created as a Paper Dummy that can be downloaded for free from Vossome.com.
What does an assembled Paper Dummy of Conrad look like? Some are already starting to appear on Twitpic.
But wait – you don’t like getting free stuff? You don’t feel Conrad can be trusted without Newton keeping him in line? Don’t worry, you can also download the Paper Dummies of both Conrad and Newton by using any of our Donate buttons at the top of most of the pages on the site.
We’re a self-sustaining website, and we’re looking to keep it that way.
Donating also gives you access to a variety of sized desktop wallpapers of both Newton and sword-carrying Conrad. All custom illustrated by 1PT.Rule creator Nate Voss.
The Reflex Blue Show with Nate Voss and Donovan Beery, Episode 20: Adobe, Pepsi, and more!
November 6th, 2008 |Posted In: The Reflex Blue Show
Welcome back! Due to a rebalanced week we are moving Reflex-Blue Wednesdays to Reflex-Blue Thursdays until further notice! We’ll still have plenty to see the rest of the week, and if you haven’t checked out 1PT.Rule yet please do — and bookmark it with a passion usually reserved for Harry Potter novels.
We jump back into the show covering all of the exciting things happen on the site lately before delving into the expensive world of Adobe CS4 and the confusing, inexplicable world of the Pepsi rebranding. Enjoy!
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Nate Voss is a designer, illustrator, talkshow host and design journalist. Working in Omaha since 2001, Nate served four years on the Board of Directors for 
Donovan oversees all creative development at