tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84485377662695646842024-03-13T15:13:15.472-04:00Crisis of Color(Now Defunct) go to http://www.weakpunchline.com for a whole nother set of (now defunct) comics!Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-21509089848222045332010-04-12T18:30:00.003-04:002010-04-12T18:35:39.386-04:00Spikedmath.comThere was a (major) surge of people who came to these comics in the past few days. Thanks to the people at spikedmath.com for posting a link to one of these comics! I left these here for posterity sake, but I'm never one to complain about new readers.<br /><br />I stopped doing these comics a long time ago, but between when I stopped these and now, I did another series of comics, which can be seen here: <a href="http://www.weakpunchline.com/">www.weakpunchline.com</a>. Don't mind the new title "scanned lines", I'm prepping for starting yet another series of comics for release sometime in the future under the title "Scanned Lines". All the comics of the other series are up in the archives.<br /><br />Thanks to all the new people who came to the site!Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-27727788502159023332007-11-11T13:03:00.001-05:002008-07-10T01:48:02.884-04:00FinalitiesI publicly released my first comic on the 8th of December, 2006. On that day, I released 7 comics, untitled, but of one paradigm. These were my first comics, and the intention was for them to be poorly drawn, but with emphasis on the dialog. I continued drawing these comics the 11th of January, after releasing 28 of them. I stopped, because I realized they were terrible. The jokes were, at best, juvenile, and the pictures were still the same. I decided, I was going to draw better ones. <br /> On the 23rd of January, I released my first comic of a new paradigm, titled Lisp. It was badly drawn, but it didn't involve the characters from my first one. Along with Lisp, I released Vector Math Is Funny? which was a huge departure from my original ideas. I drew a few with new ideas in mind, some funny, some quite dry, and probably a few that were just unfunny. It was ok, because I was experimenting with a new idea. These are the comics I am most proud of.<br /> In August of 2007, I decided to do a regularly syndicated comic, with new ones added every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. This is where the story gets bad. I start writing comics like crazy and I, for the most part, release them regularly. They get complicated, and I start to enjoy drawing them. But...After awhile, they start to look like my old ones. The characters become badly drawn and the jokes got more and more juvenile. Trite is the word that I would use to describe them now. Inspiration becomes harder and harder to come by and I start to question whether it's worth continuing to draw them.<br /> I've decided that it is not. I've always wanted to be syndicated by some external source, or even to have a legitimate website for myself to show off these creations, but as time progressed, I began to think that they weren't good enough. This last two weeks or so of comics have proven to me that they're not. Since September, my overall readership has dropped near 25% and now, I'm lucky to have four hits per new comic. Sure, on deviantart I have a small (very small) following, but it's quite irrelevant to me. I've returned to the comics that I stopped drawing. Stick figures, explosions, and overall non-sequiterness has began to dominate my comics. My drafts are more and more of the same. I've drawn over 15 comics in the last week, not one I deem funny. The ones I'm choosing for my releases are ones I find the least unfunny.<br /> If I one day learn to actually draw and to actually write jokes, I might start up again. At the same time, I just watched my comics go from shit, to semi-excellent, to shit again – a pattern that I'm not particularly proud of. I will continue to write comics and jokes, but they'll remain in my notebook until I convince myself that they should go elsewhere. To the six of you who will see this comic, I apologize, but really, there are better webcomics out there. Just go there, they're funnier, and more well draw, and clever, no point in me pushing my crap. <br /> I'm now also retroactively releasing all my comics on this blog (but not the 28 I drew from December to January) under the Creative Commons license (by-nc-sa). Maybe someone else will have a better idea on what to do with them.<br /><br />So, without further adieu, here's my final comic:<br /><center><br /><img src='http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs23/f/2007/316/e/1/Ant_Farm_by_Gep.jpg'><br /></center>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-87622411433985765232007-11-10T03:54:00.000-05:002007-11-10T03:55:03.641-05:00This is your brain<img src='http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs22/f/2007/313/f/4/This_is_Your_Brain_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-18799021010920473192007-11-08T00:19:00.000-05:002007-11-09T00:56:21.968-05:00Sometimes, you have regrets<img src='http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs23/f/2007/311/2/5/No_Regrets_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-89808966513679909292007-11-06T13:43:00.001-05:002007-11-06T13:43:47.817-05:00Easy MistakeSorry, hosting was being dumb, but here's today's comic:<br /><br /><img src='http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs19/f/2007/310/f/4/Careful_driver_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-36017930927269388442007-11-04T16:40:00.000-05:002007-11-04T16:43:10.797-05:00ApologiesTo the 4 people who check here regularly: Due to extenuating circumstances, there was not a comic posted yesterday. My apologies, but please check back on Tuesday the 6th for a new comic. (Hrm...Perhaps there will another series...not Tuesday though...maybe next week...stay tuned)Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-89250553051724316682007-11-01T22:03:00.000-04:002007-11-01T22:06:09.903-04:00Iraq<img src='http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs19/f/2007/305/b/d/Iraq_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-40436299581023684762007-10-30T00:01:00.001-04:002007-10-30T00:01:36.005-04:00Stop<img src='http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs21/f/2007/302/e/d/Stop_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-84090951817748204882007-10-27T00:37:00.000-04:002007-10-27T00:38:44.077-04:00Play Doh!<img src='http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs20/f/2007/299/7/3/Play_Doh_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-70234246223684923742007-10-24T23:59:00.001-04:002007-10-24T23:59:41.515-04:00Where's Lassie?<img src='http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs21/f/2007/297/b/4/Where_is_Lassie_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-89052244300202193772007-10-23T00:01:00.001-04:002007-10-23T00:01:45.261-04:00Last Slice<img src='http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs21/f/2007/295/2/7/Last_Slice_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-83168835902558107992007-10-20T11:53:00.001-04:002007-10-20T11:53:51.219-04:00Last day<img src='http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs20/f/2007/293/b/3/Final_day_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-58018325200397718962007-10-19T00:40:00.000-04:002007-10-19T00:41:24.798-04:00Laplace<img src='http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs20/f/2007/291/9/b/Laplace_Transform_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-59531619336355371052007-10-17T23:59:00.000-04:002007-10-18T00:00:14.150-04:00Tough Problem<img src='http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs19/f/2007/290/8/5/Math_Class_3_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-8917393124886478652007-10-16T23:23:00.000-04:002007-10-16T23:24:00.805-04:00Math Exam 1<img src='http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs20/f/2007/289/c/d/Math_Exam_1_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-48380395914362595092007-10-16T00:06:00.000-04:002007-10-16T00:07:53.913-04:00Math Class #1<img src='http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs19/f/2007/288/1/a/Math_Class_1_by_Gep.jpg'><br /><br />Sorry for the no comic on Saturday. This is the first comic in a 5-day Series titled "Math Class". Check Back tomorrow for the next installment!Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-86507343070726938412007-10-11T02:01:00.001-04:002007-10-11T02:01:23.991-04:00Holy Shit indeed<img src='http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs19/f/2007/283/f/0/Neato_Camo_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-54789858329610526872007-10-09T15:10:00.001-04:002007-10-09T15:10:46.277-04:00Mind Reader<img src='http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs20/f/2007/282/f/2/Mind_Reader_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-25291992677711686452007-10-06T01:35:00.001-04:002007-10-06T01:35:39.378-04:00Pinata<img src='http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs19/f/2007/278/f/9/Pinata_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-65565908374117400382007-10-03T22:43:00.001-04:002007-10-04T02:34:29.526-04:00Haircut?<img src='http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs20/f/2007/276/b/3/Haircut_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-77729837338872833982007-10-02T00:25:00.000-04:002007-10-02T00:26:03.401-04:00Invisible Gorilla<img src='http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs19/f/2007/274/0/0/Invisible_Gorilla_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-77077698480325677742007-09-30T16:21:00.000-04:002007-09-30T16:25:04.784-04:00From the Future.To the (literal) 2 people who came here yesterday, I apologize for not posting. To make it up, I'm announcing a contest-esque thing. If over the next week, if 20 absolute unique visitors (new people) look at my comics (this blog), then I will release a 5-strip, series over an entire week (Monday-Friday). That's 5 comics in 5 days, all in a related series too! That's the challenge. Anyways, here's the comic that was suppose to be put up yesterday<br /><br /><img src='http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs20/f/2007/273/9/0/From_the_Future_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-27561564948160196562007-09-27T01:28:00.000-04:002007-09-27T01:29:14.606-04:00Damn roids<img src='http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs19/f/2007/269/1/3/Damn_Roids_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-47436285771783669702007-09-25T00:32:00.001-04:002007-09-25T00:32:56.749-04:00Brake Up<img src='http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs19/f/2007/267/e/d/Brake_Up_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8448537766269564684.post-60843118149916697652007-09-21T22:36:00.001-04:002007-09-22T00:00:47.141-04:00Dig dig dig<img src='http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs21/f/2007/264/4/d/Hole_by_Gep.jpg'>Tony Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13304476557682019271noreply@blogger.com1