Tempus edax rerum
14 August 2008 at 8:44 am | In 100 not out | 27 CommentsTags: Blasphemy, Comic, Milestones, Philosophy, Religion
A hundred comics. It’s kind of hard to believe. I am still occasionally asked when I’m going to stop screwing around and start writing again, but I’m afraid the answer is – as ever – when this stops being fun.
And it has been. Fun, that is. The first strip was trotted out on the 20th of September last year and I have subsequently come to the realisation that life+ is a lot easier to understand when viewed as a series of three-panel episodes. In that time, I’ve explored topics such as unfulfilled wishes, penis jokes, health and safety issues, unfinished suicide notes, divorce fallout, LOLspeak (ONOES!), office functions, the Rugby World Cup, evil testicle-eating pixies, taking a holiday, returning to work, electricity blackouts, advanced driving techniques, imaginary friends, spambots, mad photography skillz, municipal accounts, snakes engines on not on a plane, Jacob Zuma, excellent service in Cape Town, death and other things to look forward to, character analysis, fucking annoying time wasters, carbon footprints, blindness, getting dumped, christmas carols, Macbeth, marksmanship, head-removal surgery, famous last words, communication gaps, denial, mentorship, dream interpretation, remote fatherhood, wasting paper, alternative perspectives, implied self-mutilation, bizarre filing systems, birthday wishes, hidden agendas, annoying colleagues, more annoying colleagues, meetings, professional disagreements, blind dates, education and training, a photo-romance (featuring rats), contract documentation, zombies, console gaming, basic physics, physical philosophy, saving lives, showing up to work, theft most foul, Vernon Koekemoer, Monday morning, misery, dating, design changes, more power cuts, the economy, haiku, travel delays, monkeys with typewriters, mental illness, working late, contentedness, a torrid romance, Steven Hawking, diarrhoea, lost property, introspection, subliminal messages, the human factor, load shedding, lackeys, performance management, paperwork, disease, clinging onto sanity, my ex-wife’s visit, resurrection, Cape Town weather, saving money, missed flights, cellphones, vague instructions, bad ideas, funerals, drivers licenses, oscillating goalposts, modern demonology, conflict resolution, ball-scratching, emetic properties and unrealistic expectations.
I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to Daisyfae; Betenoir; Anne; and Dolce for bringing their own strange brand of humour to the strip as guest comicists++. Speaking of strange, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention A Column Inch, Wondermark and Dinosaur Comics for providing inspirational inspiration+++.
+ Mine, at any rate
++ What? What? It’s a word!
+++ If you need someone else to blame, it was Tenmiles who first introduced me to webcomics
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100, huh?
Congratumalashuns! Can we have a hundred more please?
Comment by Dolce — 14 August 2008 #
New third panel! What a great thing you have done to post all your categories here. I can dip in as I will.
Congrats, and hope it does continue to be fun!!!
Comment by museditions — 14 August 2008 #
Dude, congaddulations! (What! It’s a word!)
Funny enough, I am on my 1000th blog post today.
You’re ten squared and I’m ten cubed.
Awesome.
Comment by peas on toast — 14 August 2008 #
I only come here for the pictures so that’s cool with me. I see Peas is on her 1000th post so you’ve got some up-catching to do.
Comment by IdleLayabout — 14 August 2008 #
oops, talk about sync.., synkro, sincro… bad timing
Comment by IdleLayabout — 14 August 2008 #
What sticktoitiveness! 100 comics and counting. May your job and life carry on being bizarre enough to provide 100’s more. Also, thanks for the inspiration that got me going (created a monster didya huh?)
Comment by charmskool — 14 August 2008 #
congratulations from the nurse!
I’m definitely hangin’ in for the next 100 too
Comment by nursemyra — 14 August 2008 #
dolce: Hey, don’t pressure me! I might implode.
museditions: Boing, boing, boing (hope springs eternal).
peas: It’s the hundredth comic, but it’s post number 419. I didn’t want to mention that in case people thought I was running a Nigerian email scam.
idlelayabout: Hate it when that happens.
charmskool: Prune juice also works pretty well.
nursemyra: Can’t I just go out on a high note?
Comment by kyknoord — 14 August 2008 #
Hey, I never agreed to any such thing! As soon as I get done with smiting this latest batch of sinners, your ass is mine!
Comment by tehjesus — 14 August 2008 #
@tehjesus > DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE! How’s it hanging? (Nhur hur hur)
Comment by Dolce — 14 August 2008 #
Hey congrats.
I think you’ve stopped writing because you’ve forgotten how.
Comment by The Divine Miss M — 14 August 2008 #
tehjesus – “Hey, Peter… I can see my house from here…”
just keep writing. and please, more rat romance… touches my heart…
Comment by daisyfae — 14 August 2008 #
you take “subtle” to a whole new level
congratulations!
geluk!
break a leg!
viva!
*standing ovation*… ok i’ll stop now.
btw: that evil eyebrow still irks me every s~i~n~g~l~e day
Comment by Stef — 14 August 2008 #
jebus:
BiteSmite me.dolce: Oh, very sharp
miss M: Yhsy’d s losf og vtsp!
daisyfae: Sort of like cholesterol.
stef: Thank you. I think
Comment by kyknoord — 14 August 2008 #
HFUIGHF! Guhfju ghu grhutiefn
Comment by The Divine Miss M — 14 August 2008 #
grats on 100 comics! that’s awesome.
if you had a piece of string for each comic you ever made, you’d probably have a ball.
Comment by Seraphine — 14 August 2008 #
Your comic needs nudity. Congratulations!
Comment by Uncle Keith — 14 August 2008 #
Congratulations! I agree about the nudity. Or some nice violence.
Comment by robinaltman — 15 August 2008 #
miss M: Nasty cough. Strepsil?
I did have a ball.
sera: Ta
uncle keith: I agree, but getting my colleagues to pose naked is proving to be a challenge.
robin: Does repressed violence count?
Comment by kyknoord — 15 August 2008 #
there’s a kink in your straightjacket.
Comment by Seraphine — 15 August 2008 #
Love that plunging Jesus T-Shirt and halo – does that oke do promotional clothing? Love to pick some of that up.
Comment by Mandy de Waal — 16 August 2008 #
Connubium, Fabula, Fama. Tripudio C!
Comment by beaverboosh — 16 August 2008 #
Boy, I don’t have time to read lists. But your cartoons are sure swell.
Comment by old horsetail snake — 17 August 2008 #
spaghetti monster would win hands down. no fucking contest. it’s almost cruel pitting them against each other.
he’d kick jesus’ ass one time.
ps: happy 100th.
Comment by expensivemistakescheapthrills — 17 August 2008 #
seraphine: Good help is so hard to find.
mandy: Are you sure? Sky-high prices.
beaverboosh:Quisque comoedum est.
ol’ hoss: Thanks Hoss. I might get me a swelled head now.
thrills: Don’t you mean “noodles down”?
Comment by kyknoord — 18 August 2008 #
Can’t wait to hear more on the adventures of the spagetti monster
Comment by Miss T — 19 August 2008 #
Congratulations!
Awesome achievement.. Look forward to 100 more..
Comment by B — 21 August 2008 #