



01/24/05 7:05pm EST

Comics by Special_Olympics: Posted 01/21/05 1:29am EST HTEAD Vol. 2: Awry Society GC, The Obsidian Pony: Vol. 5 GC, The Obsidian Pony: Vol. 4 GC, The Obsidian Pony: Vol. 3 GC, The Obsidian Pony: Vol. 2 GC, The Obsidian Pony: Vol. 1 Misc. 3: Legend of the Cat Murdalar HFC Vol. 5: God Hatches a Plan Misc. 2: S_O and Betel on Issues GOE Vol. 2: Something Themes Fishy Here... GOE Vol. 1: Roll Call of Exetude HFC Vol. 4: Father B. D. McNannigans Misc. 1: Observational Humor 1 FA Vol. 2: Chapeau de la Surprise HFC Vol. 3: Bellicosity HFC Vol. 2: On the 7th Day, He Ate Money HFC Vol. 1: Autom-atone for Sins FA Vol. 1: Parachute Presidentiale HTEAD Vol. 1: Freestyle HTEAD Vol. 1: Social Entrapment HTEAD Vol. 1: Public Speaking HTEAD Vol. 1: Intro"duck"tion HTEAD Vol. 2: Awry Society GC, The Obsidian Pony: Vol. 5 GC, The Obsidian Pony: Vol. 4 GC, The Obsidian Pony: Vol. 3 GC, The Obsidian Pony: Vol. 2 GC, The Obsidian Pony: Vol. 1 Misc. 3: Legend of the Cat Murdalar HFC Vol. 5: God Hatches a Plan Misc. 2: S_O and Betel on Issues GOE Vol. 2: Something Themes Fishy Here... GOE Vol. 1: Roll Call of Exetude HFC Vol. 4: Father B. D. McNannigans Misc. 1: Observational Humor 1 FA Vol. 2: Chapeau de la Surprise HFC Vol. 3: Bellicosity HFC Vol. 2: On the 7th Day, He Ate Money HFC Vol. 1: Autom-atone for Sins FA Vol. 1: Parachute Presidentiale HTEAD Vol. 1: Freestyle HTEAD Vol. 1: Social Entrapment HTEAD Vol. 1: Public Speaking HTEAD Vol. 1: Intro"duck"tion Comics by Byrobot: Posted 01/21/05 3:33am EST ST Vol. 1: Episode 3 ST Vol. 1: Episode 2 ST Vol. 1: Episode 1 ST Vol. 1: Episode 3 ST Vol. 1: Episode 2 ST Vol. 1: Episode 1 Comics by Betelgeuse: Posted 01/21/05 2:45am EST NL Vol. 1: Tutten-Get Out! NL Vol. 1: Tutten-Get Out! By Special_Olympics: Posted 01/24/05 5:44pm EST I am having a news post To those who were once familiar with my modest comic repository posing as a website, it should be obvious there are a few changes, not the least of which are these words floating in the medium known as the "news post". News posts have forever been the hallmark of the self indulgent web administrator of all walks, from web comics to lame personal homepages, and I intend to use it no differently. You will see a thorough abuse of this medium as I document the trivia of my daily life even my grandmother would find boring. One day, it'll be a boil on my foot. The next, it'll be how I bought a scarf at Walgreen’s to cover a boil on my neck. And the next, the excruciating details about my examination in the leprosy clinic.



And for those who are not already familiar with this site, first may I say welcome, and what the fuck are you doing here? Never mind. To you, the site will look no different from any other web comic site you've seen, save for 3 comics shoved together on the front page, and hideous lime green everywhere, as if a Halloween store and The Matrix had just finished a bout of competitive projectile puking here.



Ok, back to the people who know me. You may be wondering about all these other fancy comics and fancy authors. You may be asking “has he sold out?” The answer is yes, but only insofar as I have sold my punk rock band and its image to major corporations, and it’s now in joint custody of AOL Time Warner and Pfizer, and has been slightly retooled such that it’s no longer a band, but a bagel store franchise. But that has nothing to do with this site.



The real story (meaning a string of half-truths and ridiculous bullshit) is that I got to thinking about the philosophical roots of this site. “Team Special Olympics.” Yes, TEAM. Where was the team but for a lonely hermit in his cave, emerging every couple months to post a comic and wrestle a fish onto dry land with his bare hands for consumption? This was not sitting well, so I deployed the Tendrils of Recruitment (patent pending), and they ensnared Byrobot in their inky soporific grasp. It happened that this person is actually my brother, and this was by design. For team implies collaboration, collaboration implies communion, communion implies friendship, friendship implies brotherhood, and brotherhood implies secret blood pacts conducted in the shadows of a pseudo-satanic ring of thieves. I’m sure I should have stopped at brotherhood.



But wait, the Tendrils were not finished. Another innocent sea-fairer was wrangled into the briny depths, and her name is Betelgeuse. Those familiar with the site are almost certainly familiar with her, so no ponderous introduction should be necessary. She was an obvious selection for the Tendrils, since she was sort of nearby to begin with. Come to think of it, I actually asked her to take the Tendrils out for a spin in the first place, see what she could rake up. When she was piloting them, she must have fallen under the damned things and just got scooped up by them. No wonder she was missing for a couple days. Anyway, this makes three members of the team, instead of merely a duo I’ve haphazardly dubbed as a team, which would have been lame and an earnest cry for help. Betel made us a fully fledged team, and I know this because I watched her fledge it. I asked her to bring a fledging wrench.



So what does this all mean? Well, in the grander scheme of things, it just means another asshole has a website, but that’s really cynical. What this gesture alludes to, and what some may hope beyond hope or fear beyond fear, is some indirect unspoken commitment of mine to updating the site with comics more frequently. Now, I’d point out that just saying that alone does not qualify as direct or spoken. No, I prefer indirection in my commitment, the same indirection a magician uses while attracting your attention to his one hand while using his other to fondle your wife’s bosom. How indirectly am I committed, you ask? I’m indirectly, unspokenly shooting for one update per week at the longest.



And failing even that, I’d like to point out the genius and beauty of the notion of teamwork, inherent in the perfect crystalline blueprint of the original idealistic vision for this site (which I made up recently). Even if I fall short, it should not doom the site to a period of content suffocation, as there are TWO other eager members to spin the perpetual comic wheel. Where are they, anyway? Where is my rag tag team of misfits, bubbling over with creative exuberance? Get out here and take a bow guys!



*crickets* By Byrobot: Posted 01/24/05 6:15pm EST Thanks S_O, that was truely stirring.

Let me begin by asserting that it was not by mere nepotism that I was recruited to these hallowed ranks, but also a rare combination of moxy, greatness and quiet modesty. Though in this lofty context my artistic endeavors may appear crude, remember to think fondly upon me as that scrappy ragtag team of misfits who won your heart in The Bad News Bears, The Mighty Ducks 1 through 4, or MVP: Most Vertical Primate. In the lattermost example I suppose I would be the monkey.



Situation Tragedy, a strip I will be working on for a while, is a comic-i-fied version of a Sitcom script I wrote about five years ago. The original title was "Situation Comedy", but later became "Situation Traumedy". This was abandoned for its possible slapstick connotations, and Situation Tragedy was born. The first "Season" will feature a typical "workplace comedy" setting, but expect the format to shift wildly in coming seasons.



Furthermore The writing for Betelgeuce's beautifully rendered epic "Nerdlore" will be a shared between S_O, and myself. Needless to say: expect zaniness.



Remember,

Friendship is always the answer. By Betelgeuse: Posted 01/24/05 7:05pm EST Thank you, Byrobutt, for spelling my name wrong right out of the gate. I will let it slide, though, in honor of the awe-inspiring and mucousy birth of the new Team Special Olympics -- Faster Stronger Louder and More Flatulent (R).



Unlike teamfriend Byrobot, I will openly and shamelessly announce that it is solely through nepotism AND cronyism (and a multitude of other synonyms that I will not be bothered to list here--go open a thesaurus, you turkeys) that I have been welcomed into the fold. Or maybe it is because I have been able to fool dear Special_Olympics and Byrobot into thinking that I have some beneficial skills to offer. Or maybe it is because I at least practice basic hygiene, which is a pretty desirable attribute. Nobody wants to work with a stinkypants, not even Jesus.



I will do my best to do justice to Nerdlore, which will be brilliantly written by S_O and Byrobot. Eventually I plan on fumbling through the production of my very own comic, perhaps with minimal writing help from my teammates.





Also, teamwork is better than friendship.



With liberty and justice for all. Amen.





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