Not just the dad. The whole strip is drawn in the style… Which is lovely, because Bill Watterson himself enjoyed spoofing classic comics on his own work.
Clay, I just wanna say that, besides the already noticeable dopamine rush of getting an email notification for another of your strips, you add on top of that the joy of an homage to one of my most beloved comics… Thank you! 😄
OK I get what you’re saying now. Mrs. Watanabe in the comics is not Shiunji’s mom. She is a replacement for Shiunji’s real mom, who was taxidermied and carried off by wild dogs after this strip (#106).
It’s good to see writers who can keep track of the little continuity details like this, especially after so many years, and many, many depraved strips.
I’ve always been drawn to your series. The premise of a man turning his deceased wife into a sex doll is simultaneously disturbing and darkly humorous.
For some reason, I first thought of Dr. Lovetalk. I think she would have a lot of potential.
Show her as a dol wild child running around outdoors playing by herself and her parents wishing she spent more time inside and would talk to other people once in awhile.
Probably the creepiest on would be Kenta’s mom. Maybe have a strip called Kenta’s Horny Grama, or Rumiko’s Horny Mom, where it turns out that she was the target of a lustful incest fantasy as well.
Finally, for some real fun, have Left Handed Mike and Michelle turn out to be cousins with the blind twins who keep knocking each other out in an attempt to get some incest nookie. Maybe they all realized that their feelings aren’t considered okay and found different unhealthy ways to cope.
This particular strip is a redraw of an older strip that got deleted from tumblr when it turned puritanical. There’s another strip with Mike and Mark getting the redraw treatment, and I’m halfway through drawing a new strip with the madame x (or in this case Mademoiselle X). A Rumiko strip is in the works as well, but she has normal parents in this one.
Udo says
The Dad somehow reminds me of the father in the Calvin & Hobbes Comics. 😀
Divided Loyalty says
Not just the dad. The whole strip is drawn in the style… Which is lovely, because Bill Watterson himself enjoyed spoofing classic comics on his own work.
M says
I think this specific comic is in the style of C&H
Divided Loyalty says
Clay, I just wanna say that, besides the already noticeable dopamine rush of getting an email notification for another of your strips, you add on top of that the joy of an homage to one of my most beloved comics… Thank you! 😄
Eledore says
Only two years.
Does this mean that 155 is a flashback…?
clay says
This is Shinji as a elementary student.
clay says
OK I get what you’re saying now. Mrs. Watanabe in the comics is not Shiunji’s mom. She is a replacement for Shiunji’s real mom, who was taxidermied and carried off by wild dogs after this strip (#106).
Enon Umois says
It’s good to see writers who can keep track of the little continuity details like this, especially after so many years, and many, many depraved strips.
Erich Scheidle says
I’ve always been drawn to your series. The premise of a man turning his deceased wife into a sex doll is simultaneously disturbing and darkly humorous.
Marek says
Perfect. 😀
realnumberyellow says
hot-damn, another one… Life is good.
Natalie Tai says
Oo an update! Love that your strips are still as quality as when I read them as a teen <3
SargentD says
Now I wonder what sort of childhood the other characters have had.
Greggory Basore says
Well, it is part 1, so here’s hoping.
For some reason, I first thought of Dr. Lovetalk. I think she would have a lot of potential.
Show her as a dol wild child running around outdoors playing by herself and her parents wishing she spent more time inside and would talk to other people once in awhile.
Probably the creepiest on would be Kenta’s mom. Maybe have a strip called Kenta’s Horny Grama, or Rumiko’s Horny Mom, where it turns out that she was the target of a lustful incest fantasy as well.
Finally, for some real fun, have Left Handed Mike and Michelle turn out to be cousins with the blind twins who keep knocking each other out in an attempt to get some incest nookie. Maybe they all realized that their feelings aren’t considered okay and found different unhealthy ways to cope.
clay says
This particular strip is a redraw of an older strip that got deleted from tumblr when it turned puritanical. There’s another strip with Mike and Mark getting the redraw treatment, and I’m halfway through drawing a new strip with the madame x (or in this case Mademoiselle X). A Rumiko strip is in the works as well, but she has normal parents in this one.
higado2 says
HA! I recognized the kid fast!
Careful Clay! You really might end up going to hell at this rate! HEHEHE!
Oh! And thanks for the update!
Opus the Poet says
Yep, that might be a little disturbing for a kid, or most adults.
Bootleg says
Good god! No notes
clay says
Notes??