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Chris Crosby is the cartoonist who creates Superosity.
Superosity is a serial strip that follows the life of a guy named Chris
and his sentient board-like creature he aptly named Boardy. Chris lives
with his brother Bobby and Boardy in Super City Apartments. Chris is almost
childlike in his naiveté, and at times has irrational dislikes
or hatred for things. He has the ability to find the good in most people
and focus on that aspect, assuming that everyone likes him, and that they
are all good friends. He relies on Boardy for the majority of his needs,
and spends his time seeking things that he enjoyed in his childhood or
having Boardy cater to his every whim or fancy. Boardy has no memories
of his past and is constantly trying to find out who and what he is. Unfortunately,
his search is often interrupted by the constant demands that Chris has
of him, but doesn't mind helping his friend, since Chris did find and
help him when he needed it. Chris's brother, Bobby, is about the exact
opposite of Chris. Bobby is constantly irritated with his cheerful brother
and despite any threats of violence or verbal abuse; Chris still sticks
with Bobby, much to his annoyance. Bobby hates about everyone and everything,
but constantly attempts to concoct plans that will enable him to take
over the world, so he could run things his way. Chris's fiancé,
Arcadia, is a kindred spirit and shares his childlike innocence, but loves
being a lawyer. Arcadia caters to her brother and grandmother's wishes,
but rebelled against their decision and decided to marry Chris. She enjoys
going on Chris's wacky adventures as typically they are exciting, and
usually nothing bad happens (thanks to Boardy's constant vigilance).
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Richard T. Matheson is the cartoonist who creates Tails from the Mynarski Forest. Tails from the Mynarski Forest is an anthropomorphic (animals that are attributed human-like qualities), weekly serial strip that follows the lives of a rabbit named Skippy and a red fox named Liska. Skippy and Liska met under the usual predator/prey circumstances, but Skippy managed to save himself from being eaten. Now he has Liska following him around everywhere and managing to get him into trouble. Skippy finally starts falling for Liska, which is a problem in itself since Liska is a fox after all. Aside from the problems that being around one another creates, Skippy and Liska have to deal with problems ranging from loggers trying to cut down the forest, to a squirrel who hates Skippy, to even some interesting applications of anti-freeze. |
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Tom Brazelton is the cartoonist who creates Theater
Hopper. Theater Hopper is a comic in the gag-a-day format (having no overall
storyline, but maintains the cast of characters) that follows the life
of the artist, Tom, and his wife, Cami. Tom is a very dedicated movie
aficionado, who's dedication often crosses over into the obsessed. The
local theaters end up being a second him for him (if they didn't constantly
find ways to irritate him), and he shows his support for the movies that
he likes by dressing up as the characters, mimicking the stars of the
movie, or even try to modify himself so he could be like the main character.
Having known Tom for over 14 years, and being married to him, Cami understands
Tom's over-enthusiastic views of movies and has the same love for movies,
but usually has to be the voice of reason when Tom goes over the line.
This doesn't mean that Cami doesn't have her own obsessions about movies,
as she loves romantic comedies (especially ones with Julia Roberts), but
her obsessions don't involve danger or embarrassment to herself or others.
Jared is Tom's best male friend and his usual partner-in-crime when Cami
doesn't go along with their plan or like the movie. This usually means
that Jared is on the receiving end of a lot of trouble and violence, but
usually doesn't let it bother him. Jared's favorite movie genre is supernatural
fiction, and makes sure to dress up in his old gothic attire, a remnant
he kept from his life before he was married. Even Tom's dog, Truman, loves
movies, and really likes the ones that have animal stars in them, particularly
of the canine variety.
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Patrick Shaughnessy is the cartoonist who creates Triangle and Robert. Triangle and Robert is a serial strip that follows the lives of two geometric shapes, a triangle named triangle, and a rhombus named Robert. Triangle and Robert exist on a world that was similar to ours, but the human race itself was considered the “fourth race”. Currently the dominant life forms on the planet are geometric shapes and clip art. A mysterious being named “The Cartoonist” came and started exerting his influence on their world, now their world went from a graphically rendered geometric world to a bleak white world, with basic colors and lines to compose themselves. Triangle and Robert get involved in many wacky adventures ranging from getting rid of cursed artifacts, to getting all the united states senators to sign a fish, to even a battle with the pudding watcher, Orpuddex. In fact, they get involved in so many wacky adventures that they opened up a business that specializes in wacky and zany adventures. |
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Monique MacNaughton is the cartoonist for UNA Frontiers.
UNA Frontiers is a serial strip that follows the life of Cyberna. Cyberna
is a synthetic being, modeled after a dolphin, and created to be a bridge
between the two species. Created in New Atlantis, an underwater city that
survived the surface wars of the late 21st century, Cyberna is a marvel
for the external society which has managed in 300 years to only make it
up to 19th century technology. Cyberna was happy swimming in the warm
seas and talking with her human friend Noah. Of course, this all changed
when the revived Incan Empire (the government that controls the former
continent of South America) stumbles upon New Atlantis and raids it for
its technology. Fortunately for Noah and Cyberna, they were able to escape,
and look for help on the outside world that might be able to save the
city of new Atlantis. Matters get further complicated when Cyberna is
captured by the UNA (The Union of North America) Coast Guard. Excited
by this obviously rare and valuable technology, the UNA Coast Guard ships
her off to the capital to I.S.S. headquarters for study. Not wanting to
be exploited by those who would use her technology for personal gains
at the expense of others, Cyberna worries about what will happen once
she reaches her destination. Fortunately, Noah’s uncle had a few
like-minded friends on the outside world, and they manage to rescue Cyberna
from I.S.S. clutches. Now Noah has to attempt to find Cyberna while seeking
the help of his uncle’s friends, in order to save his home and his
family.
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J. D. "Illiad" Frazer is the cartoonist who
creates User Friendly. User Friendly is a serial strip that follows the
lives of the employees of Columbia Internet, a medium sized Internet service
provider. Columbia Internet is run by a man known to his employees as
simply The Chief. The Chief, like some managers, is sometimes out of the
loop of what his employees do, and this is due to either trusting him
employees too much or not paying enough attention to their activities.
Assisting him in financial decisions is the employee known simply as The
Smiling Man. The Smiling Man is known as such due to his constant gleeful
smile, even when he is delivering bad news to the employees. Pitr Dubovich
is the administrator who is slowly trying to take over the world and become
a true evil dictator. Mike Floyd is the system administrator and the person
who everyone first comes to when something goes wrong with the network.
The stress causes Mike to have a fierce caffeine addiction due to the
fact that has to not only put up with the customers crashing the network,
but also the blunders of Stef Murky, the Corporate Sales Manager. Stef
doesn't really work well with computers, but feels that his position is
far superior to the computer technician's position, so if anything goes
wrong, he is more than happy to let them know. Stef's constant crashing
of the network causes problems for Greg Flemming, the help desk technician
a lot of problems as well, as he is the front-line support with the customers.
To help handle all of the downtime, The Chief hired an additional technician,
Miranda Cornielle, to keep the servers up and running. Finally, the last
employee, A.J. Garrett, is the web technician who is in charge of maintaining
the website and graphical content of Columbia Internet.
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Scott Ramsoomair is the cartoonist who creates VG Cats.
VG Cats is an anthropomorphic (animals that are attributed human-like
qualities) comic in the gag-a-day format (having no overall storyline,
but maintains the cast of characters) that follows the exploits of two
cats, Leo Leonardo and Aeris. While based on Scott's own two cats, they
both star in various video game parodies, filling in for the original
game's characters. Leo is the reckless one of the two, while this might
be due to his perchance for violence and low intelligence, his method
of "shoot first and shoot some more, then remember that a question
might have been helpful", rarely pays off for him and Aeris. Aeris
is the grounded one of the duo, she prefers to take her time and look
at the situation intelligently, so she can plan for the best strategy.
Of course, this doesn't necessarily mean that she won't be reckless at
times, either. As the comic has drifted away from staring the two cats,
to putting them into various video game parodies, they tend to adopt traits
of the characters they are emulating.
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Clint Hollingsworth is the cartoonist who creates The Wandering Ones. The Wandering Ones is a weekly serial comic set in 2066 after humanity is starting to recover from a devastating plague. The Wandering Ones follows the lives of Ravenwing and her group of scouts as they train some members of the Yakima Nation to infiltrate Farnham's Empire. The Wandering Ones deals with a wide range of outdoors topics from how to track properly to basic survival skills in the forest. With how The Wandering Ones is set up, it allows us to see a possible future that mankind may be heading toward, and also educates us in how to better cohabitate with the planet. |
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Paul Taylor is the cartoonist who creates Wapsi Square.
Wapsi Square is a serial strip that follows the life of Monica Villarreal.
Originally raised in Mexico, Monica was taught a special language by her
grandmother, but found out later that her grandmother had been dead for
many years. After a brief period of hospitalization, Monica moved to Wapsi
Square in Minneapolis, MN, where she achieved her dual degrees in Art
and History. During her time at the University, she met her friends, Shelly
Wahnee, Amanda Ehrlich, Owen Albrect, and Jacquline Bontemps. Amanda and
Monica immediately hit it off, and the two quickly formed a sort of sibling
relationship, where Amanda looks out for Monica. As a photographer, Amanda
is usually forced to work with people she deems as stupid, and longs for
the ability to select a better level of clientele. Shelly grew up in a
house with seven older brothers, and due to this, she learned how to roughhouse
with the best of them. She takes her aggressive behavior and applies it
to her life, but has trouble expressing her feelings towards her childhood
friend, Owen. Own is calm and easygoing, allowing life to come to him,
but this causes him to have difficulty asserting himself. He developed
his musical ability and formed a punk band with Shelly and Jacquline called
Fermented Banana. Jacquline is a late-blooming social butterfly, and usually
goes around with her typical cheery demeanor. Because of her perpetual
cheeriness, people tend to underestimate her abilities, but in reality
she is a very smart individual. After college, Monica took a job at the
local university where she inadvertently released Tepoztecal, the Aztec
god of alcohol, where she first learned of her destiny and why she was
the only one who could see her departed grandmother.
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Isabel and Terrence Marks are the cartoonists who create
You Say it First. You Say it First is an anthropomorphic (animals that
are attributed human-like qualities), serial strip that builds on the
story of a budding couple, a hedgehog named Brisbane Adams and a rabbit
named Kimberly Taylor from Unlike Minerva. Brisbane is very shy and has
trouble expressing his feelings, and ends up spending a lot of time worrying
about how is perceived by others. Kimberly is almost the complete opposite
of Brisbane, as she always needs to be moving, occupying her time, and
always looks at the bottom line of things. Both are taking their relationship
slowly as they have both had difficulty in previous relationships, and
they don't want to ruin this relationship. They moved in together through
a twist of fate when the Minerva Theater closed, and their relationship
has slowly started to blossom. Of course, like many couples, they do have
difficulties. They have underlying trust issues due to previous experiences,
and Kimberly's former High School friend, a squirrel named Emily Pritchard.
Emily and Kimberly drifted apart after High School, until Emily decided
to renew their contact five years later. She and Kimberly have always
had a little friendly rivalry going, and Emily dislikes the idea of sharing
Kimberly with Brisbane and ends up trying to find ways to break them apart.
This causes friction between Kimberly and Emily, as Kimberly doesn't really
feel that Emily is her friend when they didn't stay in contact the entire
time Emily went off to college. The stress from this situation ends up
causing friction between Brisbane and Kimberly, but so far they have managed
to weather through the rough spots.
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