Ah yes… now it’s too late for me to complain about people putting up their holiday decorations too early. Besides, I already made a comic about that like 3 years ago – and there’s nothing worst for a humorist than to think of something funny to make a joke about that he already made a joke about. Can you imagine if webcomics were like the stand-up comedian’s routines where they basically go with the same jokes over and over and the only thing that changes is the people they’re telling them to? You’d think that with stuff like Youtube and such allowing us to pretty much listen to all the jokes a comedian has made so far, that they’d make an effort to come up with new material. But no.
Anyway, I digress. The comic about celebrating the holidays too early is this one. I liked it.
So today we’re starting this year’s holiday storyline titled “Sexy Holiday Battle Droids”, and I wanted to get started with all the Mugshots I had sold (if you don’t know what a Mugshot is, click the word)… but so far I have sold ONE. Yup, business is booming here! So with the objective of perhaps sparking people’s interest (I mean, why lie to you and say otherwise?) I decided to begin this storyline with a bunch of cameos of some the people I met and hung out with over at Connecticon’09.
You’ll find the people like Kev and Blondie from (Caf-Fiends), Marty (from Blast-O-Rama), Rosscott from (The System), Dern (from Dernworks) and Kendra, Alina Pete (from Weregeek), Miranda and company from the table right next to mine at the convention, Joe Dunn (from Joe loves crappy movies) and Lar (from Least I could do).
Also, guest starring as the deadly, sexy, holiday battle droids you’ll see Felicia Day and Veronica Belmont – whom I’ve never actually met (an argument I will use in my defense in case anybody points out that they don’t look very much like their real-life counterparts) but still thought would make some pretty awesome candidates for murderous automatons anyway.
Of course, all of these people had their faces drawn into my comic without permission, and hopefully none of them will have an issue with it. Then again, it’s not like they’re doing anything embarrassing. I do hope, however that both of the ladies I have chosen to represent the droids (coincidentally the two people I don’t actually know and therefore won’t be able to apologize to if needed) will not be too angry when their characters go into battle mode and start murdering people all over the place – but after all, if Kristanna Loken didn’t mind, why would they? Everybody knows that women look their absolute best when they’re blowing stuff up. It’s a scientific fact.
So in conclusion, please buy Mugshot appearances.
Good hunting;
O
WATCH OUT!! their boobs will shoot noxious gasses out at you, the only way to stop them O is to strip down to you underwear and shake you money maker, you shear sexiness will out sexitize them and overload their robot brains
@Xcomer someone has seen little too much of ostin powers
and O, why didn’t u wrote who appears on mugshots?
Awesome picture of Lar DeSouza. Is that the Foglios in the background of Panal 1?
@dzibus87: Because they’re not actually “Mugshots”: they’re just people I met at Connecticon and got a chance to hang out with (with the exception of the two Holiday Battle Droids who are just female web celebrities… one of which I’ve actually spoken two but that’s about it).
When I sell more Mugshots than just the infinitely sad quantity of ONE that I’ve sold so far, I’ll make a huge list at the bottom of the comic. Hee, hee.
Nice. 4 Ninja’s so far including my favourite ever hiding among the presents!
Thanks for the number of ninjas O. I missed two in the first panel.
I think there is a fifth ninja hiding inside the toilet bowl. The blurriness through the window makes it hard to tell.
excellent work O
I counted five ninjas.
It’s amazing though. I get shocked by some of them when I finally spot them (like the green and white one).
O, how do you hide them in plain sight so well!
I count 6 ninja’s total. BTW first time posting, love the comic O!
I found 5 ninja’s, cant find the last one.. but I can’t see the white ninja Brian mentioned. Where is it?
There might be one in the toilet, if that’s it then I guess I found 6
Woohoo, I’m famous on the internet! lol Awesome job on all the cameo’s, O.
Yeah! 6 ninjas.
SPOILER AHEAD! – where our ninja friends are
There are three in the first panel, and three in the fourth panel.
panel 1: inside the toilet on the left (purple), between the legs of the two people at the lower left corner (purple), on the top right corner (green)
panel 4: in front of the right pole (green/white), between the redhead girl/droid and the little boy (purple), on top of the sign on the right (green/red)
END OF SPOILER
Awesome comic O. Enjoyed searching for the ninja’s ^^
Haha, I actually recognized Lar before I read that it was him.
Hmm… I can only find 5 nijas.
I’ve decided that I see myself and Samantha Jane in there.
Im not 100% sure, but I believe Felicia is smaller than Veronica. But I could be wrong.
6 忍者!!
6 ninjas – but I didn’t see a single one the first time I read the strip.
O – you just saved my x-mas.
Loved your “x-mas pagan style” story on ELR.
O Aceptas pagos de consignaciones nacionales? entenderás lo complicado que es paypal..
@cerverous: Hmmm… interesting question. Well, I don’t see why not. Send me an email, though, so I can tell you where through there. Thanks for the interest!
Nice touch with the store names
And those little helpers of Santa are quite sexy indeed – you’re one of the few graphic artists who actually manages to draw arousing comic females
I didn’t know that you know Japanese, O
The “6 x 忍者” gave me another lough. I’m suprised that only Aeton recognised it (or at least wrote about it here before me).
It’s just ridiciulous (in a positive way!) how detailed your strips have become. I’d definitaly buy a comic book made by you! (ever thought about that, anyway?)
I Apologise on beforehand for this comment: its gonna make me sound lika complete douche..but the redhead SHBD(Sexy Holiday Battle Droid) looks like my girlfriend, xept taller.. U been spying on us “O”? if that IS your real name..? O_O
Lar! Woot!
I knew I recognized some people from the Super Art Fight ehe.
Store names made me giggle :]
Hehe toilet ninja in the first panel… or at leasts it looks like there is a ninja there.
It’s a really nice touch that there are ninjas “everywhere” in your comics. If you ever get fascinated with more things-that-hide-amongst us (like vampires, secret agents or whatever) you could also go ahead and add those.
But, yeah, I think “just colored ninjas” are enough.
Great “segway” from the regular zombie storyline, too.
Felicia day seems nice enough not to have problem with her incarnation doing wholesale slaughter. Its not as she was author of The Guild, a series about MMO geeks – oh she is (apparently she plays or used to play Word of Warcraft mainly as a warlock, if my memory seves me)
…why I have feeling those women are not the battle droids but thay are to draw attention from the real battle droids.
Or I may be to paranoid and have played too much Evil Genius.
O, I’ve noticed you have positively improved in your ninja-hiding skills since you started doing them (though maybe you’ve always had them, you just eased finding them
). I’d reckon it is difficult to hide objects in plain sight in the simple style of comics, but you’ve shown that you can do it! I’m looking forward to seeing comics that take two hours to read just to find the ninja.
Nice! The candy-cane-striped ninja kills me! Perfect!
I bet if you tweeted to both Veronica and Felicia they would be super honored – they both seem to be a wonderful pair of geek girls that would totally love to be in your comic
Not to be unpleasant, but I already sent you 11 bucks the last time you sold cameo appearances in your comic, and I have yet to see mine. I am sorry, but this time I think I’ll pass. I don’t like being duped.
6. 6 sneaking ninjas. muahahaha.
Should’ve given Lar a bigger camera :p
forgive me O! But I don’t have a bank account that lets me send money anywhere I want. I’m trying to get one though (and bt “trying” I mean postponing it because im lazy) But sooner or later my MUG will be in your comic!
Thanks, O!
Ninja guide:
1. First panel, in the toilet
2. First panel, between the couple on the far left.
3. First panel, between the bushes in the top right corner.
4. Fourth panel, disguised as a present
5. Fourth panel, disguised as candy-cane green and white, at the left of the 4th ninja.
6. Fourth panel, between the left chick and the kid
Ha! that’s awesome!
Thanks O. I look so adorable!
@O: Apropos your archenemy, this should be right up your alley of weird: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1p31l_helander-rare-exports-inc_shortfilms
There is already a sequel here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0tiaVlav3s and a trailer for a feature film version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D46QhwFyzp0
Lol… I found the toilet ninja by my self… but I had to cheat and read the comments to find the candy-cane ninja 0_O
Santas’s helpers? There’s more than one? Eep! o_O
more than one Santa that is. Scary thought.
@O i’ve realized when i saw twitt from ‘lartist’ thanking u for cameo… oh, btw. people always forget to count one ninja, “gray ninja of the butter knives /in disguise/”…
Oh my god! Awesome!
Um, wow, that is AWESOME! Please have me slaughter things.
Thank you
XOOX
Felicia
Thanks for the email O; I hope the pictures I resend you don’t scare you too much
I can fully understand that emails dissappear every once and a while.
I found four ninja! Two are well camouflaged and I think one is dropping a log…
Lar looks like a Don is this one hehe