For anyone who’s old enough to remember the day that Tyson bit off Holyfield’s ear, El Nino, and when Batman in the movies was still rocking bat-nipples, 1997 was also the year that cartoonists united for one of the coolest April Fools pranks ever in print. Creators actually swapped cartooning duties and wrote/drew eachother’s comic strips for the day. You can read all about it HERE and see what transpired HERE, in what I’ve always considered a fun gag worth doing again.

Fast forward to 2013 where we now have a black President, do everything online, and only ever use newsprint to play with an egg of silly putty you got as an ironic gift at some hipster Easter Egg Hunt… Since comics have come to the web, why not the “Great Switcheroonie” too? So, if you were wondering why “The Missing Digit” comic yesterday looked nicer and read funnier- well, screw you because it was actually written and drawn by my brother-from-another-mother, J.R. Gervais, creator of Young Cannibals, which I assumed cartooning duties on for the day and you can see HERE.

We had a lot of fun and hope this can be the the start of a brand new tradition that we can bamboozle our fellow (more successful) webcomics to join in on. The Missing Digit does Cyanide & Happiness? Young Cannibals takes on Penny Arcade? PVP or XKCD do ASP and we all LOL? Stay tuned…

The Missing Digit will back on Thurs with a Brand New Comic Strip, but if you enjoyed JR’s wares please also check out Young Cannibals, which updates Mondays and Fridays. Cheers.