Mass Erect

[pierski]

The comic before you was a slightly modified version of the first comic I did for Hardcore Gamer Magazine. The original comic I was working on for today just wasn't coming out right. Which is weird because it a simple joke. It just needed the characters to be laid out a certain way for me to be happy. And I wasn't.

Regardless, a bunch of you have never picked up a copy of Hardcore Gamer Magazine. Which means there are Dueling Analogs comics you've never actually seen. That's reason enough to get a copy... plus the magazine is great read as well.

Also, the art direction for the articles is amazing. Grab any issue of Gamer Informer (you know the one you subscribe to only because of the 10% discount) and any issue of Hardcore Gamer Magazine and compare them side by side. In Gamer Informer the layout of any (pre)review looks pretty much like any other (pre)review. While in Hardcore Gamer Magazine each (pre)review has its own unique feel... the backgrounds, the image borders and the feel. A lot of time these standard pages are more professional and higher quality than the actual advertisements... that says something. You can always go to their website and download the latest issue for free if you want... I just suggest if you think its a good publication pickup/subscribe to it. That way they can keep making it.

I mentioned this in a comment of the previous comic, but I felt it deserved some front page lovin' as well. I'm currently in the process of collecting the first year of the outer circle into a trade paperback. The book itself will be full color and between 100 and 130 pages, depending on page dimensions. The brilliantly witty and artistically gifted man Joe Dunn has already agreed to write the forward. Plus I get to print his guest strips in the collection as well. The cover artist has yet to be confirmed, but note that I am courting some pretty big names for the job. Regardless, those of you who never read the outer circle won't have the whole "archives are too big" excuse any more. Besides it'll make good bathroom reading material, says I.

Lastly, my final comic for the Civilization Daydreams is up. I contacted 2K Games to see if they wanted me to just run in on Dueling. But before they could respond it was up on apolyton.net. Thanks again to everyone involved in Civilization Daydreams, it was a blast. Now rerelease Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword so that we can do it all again.

[NobleArc]

This is easily my favourite comic you've done, and you've had quite a few awesome ones.

The reason this one takes the cake though, is not only because I'm incredulously stoked for Mass Effect, but because of how awesome the image of being able to do something as random as that in-game is.

It just felt right, y'know? Like the joke was there, and you just uncovered it.

Well done.

(Plus the artwork is awesome! )

[Spektral]

Oh, snap! You did a comic for HGM? I used to be subscribed, and almost got affiliated with them, but then my host decided my site was too "vulgar" (basically C&H type humor).

Great comic though.

[pierski]

Oh, snap! You did a comic for HGM?

Yeah, that comic is from the June Issue and I've been doing monthly comics for them ever since.

[Spektral]

Oh, snap! You did a comic for HGM?

Yeah, that comic is from the June Issue and I've been doing monthly comics for them ever since.

Aww man, I gotta resubscribe. Gaming Mag + Pierski = dom.


I win the prize for the most suckupiest post ever.

Really though, I miss their unbiased reviews, and the community is great. They always look into the most obscure games though.

[pierski]

They always look into the most obscure games though.

That makes doing the comics, which are based on the cover story, very interesting to say the least.

[xeroith]

I gotta say besides the Rainbow island comics, this is the 2nd most disturbing one you've done in my opinon. Makes ya wonder what goes your mind to come up with this?

[pierski]

I gotta say besides the Rainbow island comics, this is the 2nd most disturbing one you've done in my opinon. Makes ya wonder what goes your mind to come up with this?

What funny is that overall the stuff I do for Dueling Analogs is tame when compared to what I've done at the outer circle.

I did an entire story arc inside Peekaboo's anus and Peekaboo was inside his own anus as well. I did an arc about fluffers. I created an entire comic arc just so I could layout one comic like Dinosaur Comics. And here's a few samples from the After School Special strips. And lastly, for the British people, there's this.

Personally, I feel that nothing is sacred when it comes to humor. Maybe when the book is released the Dueling Analogs audience will come to know the dementia that is the outer circle.

[elvor]

That post just did two things:

1. Reminded me when I started read toc. It was the Bert and Ernie thing.
2. Made me laugh so much at Peek's line in the dinosaur comic thing.

[Valentine]

yeah im sending u the psychologists bill