DISQUS

Chaos Elemental · 2 years ago

since all the other comments have been deleted. i shall repeat what i said

this is one, if not the, best strips you've made.

Kevin · 2 years ago

Thanks! I like story that I implied here. really should sit down and learn to draw fingers, though.

CJ · 2 years ago

Have you taken any lessons since you started?
I noticed that your artwork has improved a LOT since you began.

Kevin · 2 years ago

Thanks for noticing! I have taken a bit of life drawing, but I think that most of it is just practice, and taking things more seriously.

Ted · 2 years ago

If he wants a moustache, why is he shaving?

Beefmonger Ben · 2 years ago

Shaving promotes hair growth. Not really sure why this is, but say for example you wanted to grow a beard. Instead of doing nothing and letting it grow, you shave every week. This gets you larger, bushier hair growth.

I thought all high school males knew this.

Also, this strip is excellent. Maybe that's just the sci-fi fan in me. But damnit this is good!

Domain Names · 3 months ago

That is simply not true! How does that start of your hair know what the end of your hair is doing? It doesn't, so what ever you do to the end cannot affect the start! Geesh!

Jester · 2 years ago

My thoughts on why the hair grows back thicker:

When hair grows, it is slightly thicker at the base of the hair than at the tip. As the hair grows, what was once the base of the hair becomes the tip of the hair, and so once the hair has grown back, the base of the hair is now thicker. When you shave and shave, the process repeats itself -- until the pore is "stretched" to it's max, giving you thicker hair. I believe this is why girls prefer (no, not masochism) to wax than shave -- the hair is pulled completely out, not just cut down.

Anyways, just my two cents.

Kayla · 2 years ago

Actually, that's an urban legend. Jester has it half right, though. Because the hair is sheared off very bluntly, it feels thicker than a natural hair with a tapered end. And stubble feels coarser than longer hairs which have more flexibility. Also, the time when most young men and women start shaving is during puberty, when the hair is becoming thicker, darker, and coarser. So if the hair really is growing back in thicker, that's just due to puberty, not shaving. It would have happened at the same rate, shaving or no.



Anyway, back on topic. That strip really is gorgeous. And the story you only get a glimpse of is heartbreaking!

Kevin · 2 years ago

I meant for the shaving scene to be a cargo-cult thing. The kid doesn't really understand facial hair, but he knows that it's associated with the act of shaving.

MynniaIgnea · 2 years ago

That looks just like my boyfriend in that age xD

Silfedac · 1 year ago

Aww...this one is sad...

Tim · 1 year ago

I totally got the cargo-cult effect. Nice touch!

Alderin · 1 year ago

Another sad robot. I think I'll put my two cents in and agree with whoever said it back in the archives, "Sad Robot" deservs a tag.

Zaranthan · 1 year ago

I never knew that was a myth. I figured it was like your fingernails, which regrow faster in response to stress.

Nick · 1 year ago

I'd wonder what would happen if he talked to the other kids about getting his battery changed...

stank · 1 year ago

Sweet stache, man.

Thanks, bro.

Brian · 1 year ago

Hair growth is stimulated by shaving. However, the effect wears off very quickly. For this reason the hair grows quickly immediately after shaving. This and the puberty argument above are what provide the basis for this myth.

Weird · 1 year ago

This is strange. I just realized that the father looks just like Will Wright of Sims fame.

Sarah · 1 year ago

I love how the kid is wearing a Nirvana t-shirt. Nice touch.

Speeney · 1 year ago

Some of these are really funny and some are just damn depressing.

Nevertheless, I love them all.

Much Better Than You · 1 year ago

The way the story is told in the past tense is quite a touch. Very subtle. And builds up the sad tone.

One of the best strips, indeed.

ANT · 1 year ago

At first I didn't notice the pictures in the last panel. What really gets me is the implications of the past tense.

Very well done.

HiddenJoke · 1 year ago

Ant already got the hiddenjoke! Suicide-cup makes another appearance!

TheIndigoSky · 10 months ago

A brilliant, touching, and deep comic. In four frames you have conveyed more genius, emotion, and subtlety than many major films accomplish.

Randy · 10 months ago

Great strip! The fingers are the best part.

Jahonay · 9 months ago

I have to say, this is my favorite online comic. This may be my favorite strip. You just do a fantastic job of making a small scene tell a larger story. I love your jokes.

Mico · 6 months ago

This is a perfect comic strip. From your stripfight days...(What happened to stripfight?)

Mico · 6 months ago

This is a perfect strip. From your stripfight days (what happened to stripfight, btw?)

male chastity · 5 months ago

Very interesting comic strip. I love the way you animated the kid robot's feelings through the envy he felt in the first panel. Keep it coming!

Damoinion · 5 months ago

Should've built induction chargers into the chairs, no more "sad battery days" then