I like this one with the several short stories all being tied together. I’ll try to do more like it.
Location: Doane College
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Why I Won’t Eat Blueberries
Ref: My hunting successDespite the side joke about putting off my religion class, I will use the commentary section to make a serious note about that: Many colleges are undergoing financial hardships as a result of COVID and other issues. As a result, they are trying to cut the humanities, often telling professors that they must justify their programs and provide evidence of their worth. Many programs are being judged on how many students major in the field, while the humanities often serve a much larger population in order to educate the whole student body about the world, not just those in their program. My religion professor is faced with such things at my old school (of which I have let the board know my thoughts in no uncertain manner) and he has articulated what is going on and the importance of the humanities much better than I can. You can follow him on Twitter to learn more at @DanClantonJr. -
Stop Day: LARP
So way back in spring 2010, Doane College held their annual Stop Day. Classes are called off for a day and StuCo hosted all sorts of sorting events. Many people also use this day as another excuse to get drunk. However, in my group of friends, I’m probably the most athletic one (and that isn’t saying much) and we don’t drink, so… We decided to make a LARP. I filmed it with the idea that I would turn it into a movie. Five and a half years later, I finally did.
I will be premiering this movie today at 4 PM CDT at http://www.youtube.com/user/StretchLongfellow/live and then will post it on YouTube. Come by and find out why I didn’t work on Spoofy Randomness as much as I thought I would last summer!
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Dumb Pokémon Comics: How to Make Comics
And the exciting(?) climax to my saga at Dumb Pokémon Comics!
I had a blast drawing Louis and Pi’s comic, and I enjoyed Louis’s contributions to my own comic.
Anyway, the comic commentary. That’s my full team, a Castform, Regigigas, shiny Linoone (yes, I actually have one in-game), and of course, Togetic. When I was asked what type of Gym Leader I would be, I figured I would go for Normal, as there’s a lot of bizarre and interesting strategies with that type.
These last two comics were quickly sketched before I left for St. Paul Tuesday night and edited in my hotel, complete with iffy Internet. Somehow, miracles of miracles, I managed to produce 5 comics for one week, even with being on the road. Spoofy Randomness readers, this is not, I repeat, NOT a precedent to go by!
You can tell that this strip is a bit dated, as I have now been around for over four years and have built up a small fanbase that I hope will continue to grow. (You guys are awesome, by the way.) Alas, DPC never made it past 40 comics, but maybe if you all go over and read Louis and Pi’s stuff they’ll make a few more!
Just for fun: every Stretch cameo in DPC:
I went to White Castle (and did not understand the hype)
Freaking Zubats (and Togetic evolved!)
As my roommate put it, I was THE bad influence when it came to Pokémon
Now for epic sugar crash.
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Dumb Pokémon Comics: Cupcakes
Part four of my saga over at Dumb Pokémon Comics!
Yeah, so that’s why my Togetic hits me with cupcakes…
Also, random non-canon theory that could scientifically work for the win?
Anyway, that’s my lovely wife Laura in Panels 5 and 6 (although at the time of drawing this, I was just getting ready to propose to her). Laura did appear in a previous DPC comic with her Oddish.
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Dumb Pokémon Comics: The Capture of Togepi Pt. 2
The third of the series I drew for Dumb Pokémon Comics!
In theory, this could work. To expand on yesterday’s commentary, I tend to be opposed to crack theories that are disproved by canon (seriously guys, Venonat DOES NOT evolve into Butterfree, even if they look slightly similar). Theories such as this one, with semi-scientific backing… I will not claim it to be canon, but I will point out that it could be viable if spin-offs crossed. And then I’ll shut up about it.
Anyway, now you know how I got my Togepi! Also, cameo by Chris with his Chikorita that he has been shown with once before (ten points if you can name when without looking). There’s some truth to panel 4; when Louis and other people were starting up this whole partner Pokémon thing, I started thinking about what I would want. Being the two-time champion of the unofficial Omaha tournaments and a fairly competitive player, I was thinking something pretty cool. Next thing I know however, Louis has drawn me getting a cupcake smashed in my face by Togetic (who happened to be on my team as HGSS had just come out). It stuck, so now I have a Togetic. ^.^ The rest of my team will be revealed Friday (no joke).
Also, I would like to point out that I haven’t had a goatee for a few years now. Thank goodness.
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Dumb Pokémon Comics: The Capture of Togepi Pt. 1
Continuing my story arc that I drew for Dumb Pokémon Comics!
I’m not a big fan of most spin-off media from the main series (the anime, Pinball, etc.), but there are two things that I will give credit to. One is the GameCube games, in particular Colosseum (kinda of a semi-spin-off, as they can still interact with the GBA games…), and the other is Ranger. I get WAY too addicted to the Ranger games. Anyway, my character here has traveled the Pokemon world to work his way up to Pokemon Master, as well as being a Top Ranger, two accomplishments I have succeeded in myself. I happened to notice that the Capture Styler, at least in theory, does very much the same function as purification. So will this work? Find out tomorrow! Looker is in the background because if someone is locking away the hearts of Pokemon, I would hope the International Police would get involved.
In addition, this comic gives the basic rules for Partner Pokemon in college. Freshmen get one, sophomores get two, etc. This is a flashback to my freshman year. I’ll reveal my four partners at the end. -
Dumb Pokémon Comics: Stretch Takes Over
So a few years ago, my friends Louis (who has done a lot of fantastic work for this comic) and Pi were running a webcomic called Dumb Pokémon Comics, featuring their Pokémon and many of their friends. Following 2010’s April Fools’ Day Spoofy Randomness prank, we decided it would be fun to swap comics for the week. You can see Louis’s side of things here.
Also, they had come up with a system of partner Pokémon. I’ll get into this more in future sketchbooks, but you can see Pi’s Dragonite, Louis’s Paras, And my Togetic. Yes. Togetic. With a cupcake. All will be explained later.