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Garth Cameron Graham is the cartoonist who creates Comedity. Comedity is a serial strip that follows the life of Garth, who is loosely based on the cartoonist. Garth constantly wages an internal struggle with the various personalities inside his head. Garth Prime, or Garth’s primary personality tries to keep order over the control of Garth’s body despite the desires and wishes of the other 47 distinct personality aspects that also occupy Garth’s head. Most of these personalities are kept in check, but from time to time they briefly emerge to spout incorrect random trivia, stealthfully sneak up on his friends, or ruthlessly compete against people in video games. Garth is art student and a self-proclaimed geek who tends to keep strangers at a distance, but enjoys using his knowledge of obscure trivia to come up with a wide variety of puns. Garth goes to college and lives in a dorm room with his roommate and friend, an architectural student named Larom. Larom is the more reserved of the two, but only because he doesn’t have a wide variety of personalities trying to get him to do various things all of the time. Karen, Garth’s only girlfriend who could stand up to his predilection towards puns, is very excitable, and because of such, tends to be clumsy and constantly trips over herself. She swoons over Garth’s “inner cool guy” and spends time trying to find ways to bring him out. |
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Emily Ryan is the cartoonist for Corner Alley 13. Corner
Alley 13 is a serial strip that follows the lives three residents of Corner
Alley, Greycity, USA. Greycity is a teeming metropolis similar to most
major cities, and like most places, is teeming with the relatively recent
additions of non-human residents. In a span of three months, humanity
was shocked to find out that all manner of supernatural and fantastical
creatures (such as dwarves, trolls, elves, and faeries) exist. Even more
to their surprise, humans have found that these new races have found new
homes and hope in the human cities of earth. One such newcomer to Greycity
is an elf named Noelle Manchides. Having left her homeland of the Elven
Republic (no human really knows where that is), she has become a US citizen,
and finds life among the humans very satisfying. Being a sort of aficionado
on human society and culture, she enjoys emulating human styles (clothing,
food, hairstyles, etc.), and hopes to rise in human society. Currently
she is struggling against the current system, as humans see the other
races as either equivalent to monkeys or questioning their existence in
the first place. She doesn't lose hope, but she does need to vent from
time to time as her temper flares. She frequents a particular bar (Corner
Alley 13) down the road from her house, where the bartender serves a peculiar
memory-inhibiting beer. Disgusted each time she arrives, she always seems
to forget that she has been there before. It's here that she meets two
people who are about to be entangled into her life: a shrewd dwarf named
Dusty Sturdy Stonebriar and a naive faerie named Rosie. Rosie, being a
newcomer to Greycity, had her luggage stolen when the first arrived, but
was “fortunate” enough to meet Dusty, the self-proclaimed ruler of the
area. Now Noelle has to find a way to get rid of these new problematic
people as she strives to achieve the prestige and wealth she feels she
deserves.
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Tim Buckley is the cartoonist who creates Ctrl+Alt+Del.
Ctrl+Alt+Del is a serial strip that follows the lives of three (technically
four) roommates: Ethan, Lucas, and Scott (with his pet penguin, Ted).
Like most struggling artists, Ethan has to work a full-time job to pay
the bills, unfortunately, he spends most (if not all) of his paycheck
at the video game store where he works. This is due to the fact that Ethan
has very little self-control, is incredibly impulsive, and has a severe
addiction to playing video games. His love for video games knows no bounds,
so much so that he created a holiday for gamers called Winter-een-mas,
where he proclaimed himself king. Ethan's antics and wild flights of fancy
usually has to be kept in check by his best friend, Lucas, for without
his help, Ethan would be jailed or worse. Lucas is very skilled with computers,
and if he could calm Ethan down for a long enough period of time, they
both would be a formidable pair, but for the moment, he has to subsist
on his computer technician jobs, despite the fact that he hates interacting
with the unwashed masses in general. Lucas has to be the realistic and
grounded one in the apartment, lest chaos reign and Ethan set loose on
the city in full force. Scott is an Linux programmer and aficionado. He
keeps such a low profile that Ethan had no idea Scott was even living
there until he saw him once in the kitchen. Scott's job and hobbies are
just as mysterious as he is, as (for probably a good reason) he doesn't
socialize too much with his roommates. Of the three, Scott is the most
reserved, and therefore usually has a calm head when the situation escalates,
but even he will go with the flow of Ethan's jaunts, all the while quietly
moving his things to a safe distance.
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Jason Yungbluth is the cartoonist who creates Deep Fried. Deep Fried is a weekly strip in the gag-a-day format (having no ongoing storyline, but keeping the same characters for the strip) that follows the life of a clown named Beepo. Beepo works as a freelance clown, performing his act for anyone who calls on his services. Beepo is not satisfied in his life, and this is manifested in his acts when he uses a roundabout way of teaching kids about politics. Beepo is generally pretty apathetic about most things, stemming from the fact that he wanted to do something else with his life than be a semi-poor clown, but is too lazy to change. Beepo adopted a talking cat named Roadkill. Roadkill is aptly named, due to when Beepo first met him, he accidentally ran him over in his car. Out of sympathy, he adopted the cat, and has kept him since. Roadkill is not afraid to speak his opinions and what is on his mind at the time. Beepo and Roadkill end up getting in a lot of problems ranging from the time Roadkill made ecstasy, to the time Beepo had a lamprey on his neck, to Even Roadkill becoming a clown pimp. |
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R. Stevens is the cartoonist who creates Diesel Sweeties. Diesel Sweeties is a gag-a-day/serial strip that follows the lives of a loving couple. There is nothing very unusual about this couple, unless you think a large robot and a woman dating as "nothing unusual". They strive to keep their relationship going, despite what people might say, and really don't have many problems with the fact that Clango isn't human. Aside from the stigma against people dating and having sex with robots, Clango has other problems to deal with ranging from the jibes from Indie Rock Pete, to the rampaging tendencies of Red Robot #C-63. |
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Michael Terracciano is the cartoonist who creates Dominic
Deegan: Oracle for Hire. Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire is a serial strip
that follows the life of a seer named Dominic Deegan. At an early age
Dominic learned that he had the power to see the future, but he soon learned
that this made him special, yet an outcast at the same time. As he grew
up, Dominic uses his gift of second sight to divine futures for money.
This has probably made him a little cynical; as many of his customers
ask him questions they probably could have answered on their own. At times
his second sight works without his prompting, showing him visions of an
unaltered future (meaning that he could still change it if he wished)
that might be of importance to him. It's through these visions that he
becomes entangled with another lonely soul by the name of Luna Travoria.
Luna was born with slight tusks, a rare human birth defect, indicating
that orcs were located somewhere in the Travorian bloodline. This constant
reminder of a secret shame, coupled with the fact that her mother prided
herself on being the fetching beauty with lovely daughters, prompted Luna's
mother to enact a terrible plot. If Luna would end up killing herself
after a visit from a Royal Knight of Callan, then the Callanese government
would owe Luna's mother recompense for the death of her daughter. Her
plan of belittling and diminishing her daughter's self esteem almost worked,
if not for the timely intervention of Dominic. Dominic not only foiled
Luna's mother's plot, but also managed to save Luna's live twice in the
process. Perhaps sensing a kindred spirit, or because his second sight
lead him to her, Dominic allowed the now abandoned Luna, to become his
apprentice and help him in his theories of magical research. Now they
travel together, their lives enmeshed with one another, as they continue
trying to find a place of peace and quiet, but only if Dominic's visions
will allow him to do so.
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Gavin Chafin and Steve Wood are the cartoonists who create Down to Earth. Down to Earth is a gag-a-day strip that follows the life of The Devil (nicknamed Lew) and his operation of hell. Lew runs hell much like a business, and has few equals, though even he tends to shun former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates. Down to Earth has tortured souls that are trapped down in Hell, God, Death, and a bartender named Bernard whom everyone goes to talk to for advice. Down to Earth uses intellectual humor mixed in with some slapstick that reflects on topics such as current events or movies. |
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Dan Shive is the cartoonist who creates El Goonish Shive. El Goonish Shive is a serial strip that follows the lives of two best friends, Elliot and Tedd. Tedd isn't your typical teenager, as looks are deceiving. Due to his feminine facial features, Tedd wears glasses at all times, to help better define his gender. Being an intellectual like his father, he is intensely curious with machines of all sorts. So you could imagine the types of things he could get his hands on since his father works for a branch of government that covers up paranormal events. Tedd particularly enjoys indulging his fetishes through a gun that can change a person's very gender or even species. Elliot, being an athletic, outgoing kind of guy, looks after Tedd as well as has become best friends. Compared to Tedd, Elliot is an ordinary guy. If the ordinary guy took anime martial arts classes, and had strange battle aura driven fighting powers. Elliot is used to strange things happening around Tedd, as is his girlfriend Sarah. Sarah is a strong-willed individual who enjoys action movies, art, and spending time with Elliot. She tends to avoid confrontations, even though Elliot seems to look for them. They have become good friends with Tedd's new houstguest, named Shade Tail, or preferably Grace. Grace used to be a lab experiment that was run by a secret group trying to make super soldiers. The idea was to be able to make people able to shape-shift into hybridized animal/human forms to increase battle prowess. Once one experiment decimated the lab, Grace ran off on her own, and eventually to Tedd's father. Now hiding out from her fellow experiments, she has time to learn about the world around her and focus her affections on Tedd, much to his enjoyment. |
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Denise Jones is the cartoonist who creates Eversummer Eve. Eversummer Eve is a serial strip that follows the life of a college student named Griffin McBride. Griffin McBride is a fairly average, headstrong kind of guy who enjoys life by letting his curiosity lead him around. Things in life generally seem to go his way - at least until a violent encounter with his beloved brother leaves the pair split with a deep animosity and even deeper, stranger problems bordering on the occult. These problems lead straight into a complex tangle of issues involving a young, modern witch who wields a mean spear, a manipulative dragon lady who is into Big Business and Big Collections, and a mysterious fae gentleman whose comings and goings (and personal motivations) are as unpredictable as the wind. Thanks to a spell gone awry, trouble ensues as the human world and Faerie begin to clash. |
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Robert & Margaret Carspecken are the cartoonists who create Faux Pas. Faux Pas is an anthropomorphic (animals that are attributed human-like qualities), serial strip that follows the life of a farm fox named Randy. Randy lives on a farmstead called Green Mountain Studio Animals, that trains and breeds animals for use in movies, advertisements, models, and other related gigs. After Old Man Hannover sold the place, the new owners, and the eventual horde of cats that followed (including the two cats that they actually owned), Randy has had to oversee the bookings for the jobs for all of the animals. Helping him manage the bookings and maintenance of the animals is his long-time friend, a hen named Myrtle. Myrtle has managed to pick up the skill of writing, and can pass off letters as human ones (though, she does have a notorious case of "Chicken Scratch" handwriting.). Now Randy has to deal with problems ranging from a horde of cats who like to torment him, to his new owners inability to manage the company, to jobs that tax him to no end. Fortunately, some relief in his life is the new female fox that he has met named Cindy. |
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Matt Trepal is the cartoonist who creates Fight Cast Or Evade. Fight Cast Or Evade is an anthropomorphic (animals that are attributed human-like qualities), serial strip that follows the live and adventures of a fox named Yerzel. Yerzel was a huntsman for the king, until he was caught having a relationship with a doe! After being dismissed from his government job, Yerzel decided to go out and catch some of the “easy money” that is involved in adventuring. He managed to recruit quite an interesting ensemble of traveling companions: a ronin samurai rat named Mousashi Miyamoto; an elephant named Stillwell who's starting out as a thief; a skunk named Portia who happens to be a pretty good mage; and boar named Dozer who used to be a soldier from a far off land. With his crew, Yerzel goes off in search of treasure, adventure, and maybe even some romance? |
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Mark Stanley is the cartoonist that creates Freefall. Freefall is a serial strip that follows the life of an alien named Sam who dreams of being a famous starship captain. Sam had a lot of work to do on his ship before that dream could be realized. To help him fix and later operate the ship, he had his constant companion, a robot named Helix. He hired out an engineer named Florence who is a Bowman's Wolf. A Bowman's Wolf is, in simple terms, an anthropomorphic (animals that are attributed human-like qualities) wolf. Sam has a lot of other problems that pop up from time to time, ranging from a hurricane that sweeps the planet, to the ship's computer wanting to kill him. |
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K. Sandra Fuhr is the cartoonist who creates Friendly
Hostility. Friendly Hostility is a serial strip that follows the lives
of two lovers, Kailen Maharassa and Collin Sri'vastra. Kailen, or Fox
as he prefers to be called, grew up with Collin, and their friendship
blossomed into something more over the years. Fox prefers to think of
himself as bisexual, while Collin doesn't see himself with anyone else
other than Fox, simply because he feels that he couldn't find someone
who could understand him better than Fox can. Fox is easy-going and takes
things as they come, as this is probably due to the diverse nature of
his family. Collin (or Boss as Fox affectionately calls him) comes from
a strict religious family, who prides itself on pomp and appearance, which
has become all of the things that he hates. Collin plots and schemes fox
ways to take over the world, as his goal is to become the dictator of
the world, where he could fix all of the problems that he sees all around
him. To help Collin in his endeavors, his former slave, Bootsie (whom
he named, as he didn't care about her actual name) acts as his assistant
in exchange for territory to control when Collin finally does take over
the world. Bootsie also has ulterior motives for helping Collin, as she
has been sort of an outcast at school, and really just desired to have
more friends in her life, in addition to forming a crush on Collin. While
her initial period of time as Collin's slave gave her a rather large workload
(as Fox can be rather messy at times), Bootsie was fortunate enough to
win the services of a demon that decided to reside in Collin and Fox's
refrigerator, and now the assistant has an assistant. For Fox, this is
just another normal day in his life, as he grew up with an uncle who works
for the satanic church, and a genius inventor for a father, whose inventions
often are very hazardous to be around.
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Ryan Smith is the cartoonist who creates Funny Farm. Funny Farm is an anthropomorphic (animals that are attributed human-like qualities), daily serial strip that follows the lives of six people who live in a small boarding house. Ront (a dog) and Mewn (a cat) are the co-owners of the boarding house. They have to deal with the eccentric lifestyles of their boarders and roommates. In addition to dealing with the boarders, they have to deal with all sorts of problems ranging from dealing with a shadowy corporation, to a sentient PC that takes over Finland and renames it Siliconoplis. |
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Jeffrey T. Darlington is the cartoonist who creates
General Protection Fault. General Protection Fault is a serial strip that
focuses on the employees of GPF Software. Dwayne Duncan is the owner and
lead software engineer of GPF Software, but spends the majority of his
time charting out the progress for his company, rather than coding software.
Dwayne is warm and open man, who is very trusting of his employees, so
much so that he can be taken advantage of (and has been) from time to
time. Jason (or Fooker as he prefers to be called) is the co-system administrator,
who is a programming guru, but seems like he lacks much in interpersonal
skills and basic hygiene habits. In addition to his duties for GPF software,
Jason used to moonlight as a secret agent for a covert US agency called
the UGA (Undisclosed Government Agency), and had become a top agent before
his cover was blown and had to lie low for a while. After growing tired
of his double-life, Jason switched places with his twin-brother (who was
supposed to be the one to become a secret agent in the first place), and
re-inserted himself back into society. Ki is a software programmer as
well as the head of the DBA for the company. Ki is a self-proclaimed geek,
who acts like one of the guys, fitting in well with the rest of her co-workers.
While she maintains a tough-independent woman in public, she still maintains
her connection to her feminine side, which makes her a bit of a romantic.
Nick is a software programmer who has a talent for creating innovative
devices due to his "inventor's gene," but sometimes doesn't
test them through for safety. Nick is usually shy around women and people
he doesn't know, due to his fascination with all things "geeky",
and often tries to view the good in people and takes them at their word.
Sharon is the other co-administrator, and is every bit the counterpart
to Fooker. She is an expert programmer and computer geek, who is being
sought after by a cult of computer programmers who believe she is going
to be the one to bring balance to the world.
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Jonathan Rosenberg is the cartoonist that creates Goats.
Goats is a serial strip that follows the life of a computer geek named
Jon. Jon usually has a cynical view on life, but has changed toward the
better when he hooked up again with his former girlfriend, Megan. Aside
from Megan, Jon's constant companion through all the absurdities and strangeness
that surround his life is his friend Philip. Jon's other friends are as
follows: Toothgnip, a goat descended from the gods; Diablo, a satanic
chicken from hell; and Neil & Bob, two aliens who happen to get addicted
to beer and decide to stay on earth. Jon has to deal with many different
problems in his life ranging from a plague of zombies, to an evil version
of himself, to even a sentient blob of cheese that eats people.
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Brad J. Guigar is the cartoonist who creates Greystone
Inn. Greystone Inn is a serial comic strip that follows the life of Argus,
a gargoyle. Argus is the star for a fictional comic strip called Greystone
Inn. He reports for work every day, and with the help of a production
team, he shoots strip after strip. The production staff of Creative Contracts
Studios (the syndicate who releases Greystone Inn) is as follows: MacKenzie
"Mac" Miller, the producer; Samantha "Sammy" Bruce, the public relations
director; Keagan Newborne, the head comedy writer; Lawrence Price, the
editor; and The Narrator, who is the narrator, a mysterious person who
we never get to see. Argus and the staff of Creative Contracts Studios
do have their share of problems to face, from ghosts, to relationships,
to even visits from family.
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Christopher B. Wright is the cartoonist who creates Help Desk. Help Desk is a weekday serial strip that follows the life of a help desk technician named Alex. Alex works for a software giant named Ubersoft, and is the best help desk operator that the company has. Ubersoft is run by a demon who was known as the Dark Lord of Ubersoft, but after a lawsuit by the Department of Justice for unholy business practices, he changed his name to Mr. Bunny, the Hoppy Computer Guy. Ubersoft's policy for their help desk is to give the customers as little help as possible and to get them to purchase more Ubersoft software. Alex has to deal with many problems ranging from a sickingly sweet "artificially" intelligent paper clip, to fighting off his conscience, to battling the constant horde of customer calls. |
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Ali Graham is the cartoonist who creates HOUSD. HOUSD
is a serial strip that follows the lives of the actors who star in the
online comic, HOUSD. Craig lives in one house together with Neil, Jess
(or at least she is over enough to seem like she is), and an anthropomorphic
(animals that are attributed human-like qualities) penguin named Cubert.
Craig is the main focus of the comic, and without him, the cartoonist,
Ali (the cartoon version), wouldn't be able to create the comic effectively
(beyond his normal drunken ramblings). Craig spends a lot of his time
playing video games or getting into different problems, which usually
end up with him getting hurt. Craig can be awkward at times, not usually
using common sense when finding something to do, due to his impulsive
nature. Craig and Neil end up often playing pranks on one another. Neil
can be very accident-prone and often finds himself being taken advantage
of because of his naiveté. Neil can often with simple reasoning
skills, but claims to possess many deadly fighting arts, but doesn't yet
get to display them. Jess often has to be the bastion of sanity in the
household as she feels like she is the only levelheaded one in the house.
Jess doesn't actually stop any of the things that Craig or Neil does,
but just enjoys the events as they unfold. Jess does have a quick temper,
especially where her sister is concerned. Jess often has to beat Craig
and Neil due to the various things they say or do, but is quite used to
it, since she went to high school together with them (and they haven't
changed much). Cubert is a very intelligent penguin that can talk, and
often gets the guys into trouble with his sarcastic comments and weird
plans. Cubert, like everyone else, is in for himself, and often does things
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Kathleen Jacques is the cartoonist who creates Intershadows. Intershadows is a serial strip that follows the lives of a group of friends who live together in the same house. Denny Sanders is a meek, intelligent individual who's a little manic-depressive. Denny wears makeup and bleaches his hair to highlight his features as it helps his self-esteem (it doesn't hurt that his love of his life and wife Teresa Wretzky, happens to like it). Denny has a deep-rooted anxiety and that Teresa will realize that he is “damaged goods” (from numerous abuse his mother heaped on him) then will take their son and leave. Teresa is a warm individual, who always seems to have a smile on her face, even those times when she isn't really happy. She loves Denny dearly, and views him as her knight in shining armor after he helped her through the trauma of being kidnapped, raped, and tortured. Living with them is the hyperactive Dylan Hyde, their longtime friend. Despite being a little slow from ADD, alcohol binges, and smoking pot, he'd do anything for his friends (just not anything that would involve too much work). Recently, they had a new member join their little family, Kristan Gish. Being a drifter for a third of her life (she ran away from home when she was 12), she tends to enjoy being on her own and wandering from place to place. Despite this, she has found Dylan captivating, and has settled down with them, but only “for the moment”. She has some trust issues to work through with Dylan, as living on the road has made her tough, but it doesn't help when Dylan's ex-girlfriend, Tammi Alben, keeps showing up. |
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