How to Talk to a Trekkie

There are only a couple more of these with little or no dialog. I think I got the hint that that wasn't the way pretty fast.

In retrospect, this one would be better if I'd made myself the Trekkie (which I am, as you know all too well) and had someone else try to talk to me.

About the artwork: At this point I was drawing the strip using a mouse. Not a Wacom tablet. Not pen, paper, and a scanner. A mouse. I guess I'm saying that the art wasn't so much worse because I lacked the talent to do better; it was worse because I lacked the intelligence to use the right tool for the job.

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How to Talk to a Trekkie

There are only a couple more of these with little or no dialog. I think I got the hint that that wasn't the way pretty fast.

In retrospect, this one would be better if I'd made myself the Trekkie (which I am, as you know all too well) and had someone else try to talk to me.

About the artwork: At this point I was drawing the strip using a mouse. Not a Wacom tablet. Not pen, paper, and a scanner. A mouse. I guess I'm saying that the art wasn't so much worse because I lacked the talent to do better; it was worse because I lacked the intelligence to use the right tool for the job.

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How to Shake hands

What to say about this one? It's the second in my "little or no dialog" trilogy. The second panel is one of the most disgusting things I ever did in this comic. And the last panel is one of the few times I ever showed an act of violence in progress.

Good times. 

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How to Shake hands

What to say about this one? It's the second in my "little or no dialog" trilogy. The second panel is one of the most disgusting things I ever did in this comic. And the last panel is one of the few times I ever showed an act of violence in progress.

Good times. 

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How to Groom Yourself

This is one of the few Basic Instructions comics that features no dialog in multiple panels. I can only think of two more, and they will be the next two comics you will see. I obviously was still finding my way, and at this point must have been playing with the idea that the dialog was superfluous, and that the quality of my artwork and the entertainment value of the narrations were the main draw of the comic. Obviously, and luckily, I changed my mind pretty fast. 

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How to Groom Yourself

This is one of the few Basic Instructions comics that features no dialog in multiple panels. I can only think of two more, and they will be the next two comics you will see. I obviously was still finding my way, and at this point must have been playing with the idea that the dialog was superfluous, and that the quality of my artwork and the entertainment value of the narrations were the main draw of the comic. Obviously, and luckily, I changed my mind pretty fast. 

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How to Prove Which of You Is the Evil Twin

Ha! 2003! There it is folks, documentary evidence that PROVES that I've disliked Adam Sandler since before it was cool!

In an unrelated note, I never realized before this moment how much the gunman in this comic reminds me of Jack Ruby. That was not deliberate.

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How to Prove Which of You Is the Evil Twin

Ha! 2003! There it is folks, documentary evidence that PROVES that I've disliked Adam Sandler since before it was cool!

In an unrelated note, I never realized before this moment how much the gunman in this comic reminds me of Jack Ruby. That was not deliberate.

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How to Deal With Embarrassment

This is not a comic I would—or even could—produce now. For one thing, I wouldn't make a comic with four panels’ worth of pee jokes now. (One, yes. Four, no.) For another, I learned pretty early on that having the four panels depict four different versions of the same conversation is confusing, and it's best to just have the panels occur sequentially.

Mostly, though, it's just that it's been years since I wrote anything this concise.

Missy looked at the comic and pointed out that I have my hands in my pockets, which looks weird to her. What can I say, hands are hard. At least I have hands. That other guy doesn’t seem to have arms!

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How to Deal With Embarrassment

This is not a comic I would—or even could—produce now. For one thing, I wouldn't make a comic with four panels’ worth of pee jokes now. (One, yes. Four, no.) For another, I learned pretty early on that having the four panels depict four different versions of the same conversation is confusing, and it's best to just have the panels occur sequentially.

Mostly, though, it's just that it's been years since I wrote anything this concise.

Missy looked at the comic and pointed out that I have my hands in my pockets, which looks weird to her. What can I say, hands are hard. At least I have hands. That other guy doesn’t seem to have arms!

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