Paige ([info]rastopopolus) wrote,
@ 2005-10-23 22:46:00
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#24
New comic up! Go read it, pweeease.

Grr. I've had this thing finished for like a day, but my computer was messed up and I coudln't put it up. Everything seems to be fine now, though.

Yeah, um. I was exactly like this as a kid...I think all kids are extremely self-centered, but oh my. I was pretty bad.

If I sound down on myself in this one, I'm not tryin' to win the 'Poor Me' award or anything. Nobody wants to read a comic with a whiny self-deprecating protagonist(unless you're a Megatokyo fan). I just wanted to really drive the point home. So I'm not looking for sympathy or anything...and it's all totally exaggerated anyway. ^_^

Except, I really did do that blow-up doll thing. I'm not proud of it, but it's true. I was kind of reluctant to include it(my whole family reads this) but I coudln't think of anything else that could be that good of an example of my immaturity...

My mom's kind of mad at me for this strip, i know that. ^_^ Not because of teh sex doll, but because she doesn't like me making fun of myself as a kid. Oddly, I do it a lot. Mostly because everyone else does, and I have to find a way to laugh at myself instead of getting offended like I used to. See, I was pretty much the ugliest kid in the universe, and my friends think it's hilarious. They say I used to look like an old man. I've learned to find this kind of funny as well, but when I my mom saw the drawings I ddi of myself, she made me look at all these old pictures and tried to convicne me that I was cute. It was pretty funny.

Um, anyway. Have fun with this comic. It took me forever. o_O

P


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[info]teh_k_mac
2005-10-24 06:10 am UTC (link)
Are you sure it worked this time? I can't see it.

P.S. I gotta see those pictures, lol

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[info]rastopopolus
2005-10-25 02:43 am UTC (link)
Yeah, it worked...check again, it'll be there.

You mean the pictures of Russell...? Ahaha. We'll see. XP

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[info]teh_k_mac
2005-10-25 05:26 am UTC (link)
Ha, lol. It's beautful. (The comic in general, not the Russell/blow-up doll thing)

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[info]svendelmaus
2005-10-24 06:54 am UTC (link)
Hooray! It's up!

Um... but your older-you's beauty-spot seems to have swapped sides in the last panel. :) I like the backgrounds on the last few panels, by the way.

The blow-up doll looks a little surprised; then again, I would be too. :)

One minor niggle -- I think something odd is happening to the hand when you're pointing at yourself. I think it might be around the wrong way, unless you're pointing with your ring-finger. Which may be how cool kids are pointing at themselves nowdays. ;)

Speaking of childhood memories, I have a clear recollection of walking home by myself when I was something like seven; I was being teased by some older kids, and said defiantly, "Whatever, I'm reading blue books!" (Which were the colour of the assigned reading books for the year ahead of me.) I don't remember their reaction, but I remember feeling tres secure in my intellectual superiority. ;)

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[info]ug_head
2005-10-24 10:25 pm UTC (link)
Maybe her arms are crossed and THEN she points at her face? That might explain it...

...or it isn't her hand at all O_O

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[info]svendelmaus
2005-10-25 12:38 am UTC (link)
Or she may be pointing palm-out -- that'd also work.

I meant to say that I thought she did a really good job with you in the first panel, and the first appearance of YoungPaige is possibly the cutest thing ever.

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[info]ug_head
2005-10-25 12:53 am UTC (link)
We're quite a bit of contrast between her and I, isn't there?

I think she was cute too. In an 'ugly/cute kid' kind of way. If I recall correctly, she's already done a comic about that?

You should really get her to send you a picture of herself when she was little. The ressemblance between comic Young Paige and real life Young Paige is so much that it's a little hard to believe.

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[info]svendelmaus
2005-10-25 01:01 am UTC (link)
Sending pictures of yourself to people you've only met over the mighty interweb == teh weirdness. Don't feel any need to do so, Paige. :)

Of course, if your school has the school photos online, that's completely different. ;)

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(Anonymous)
2005-10-26 04:02 am UTC (link)
As a general rule, yes, but baby pictures is a different story, in my opinion.

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[info]rastopopolus
2005-10-25 03:02 am UTC (link)
Svend: Oh yeah, that's true about the mole...it's because I cheated and took an image from a previous panel and turned it around. I've been exposed!

Haha, surprised...very good point. It was so fun to draw though..haha...

Shit! I always screw up with hands...you dont' know how many times people haev told me I've drawn thumbs on the wrong side, ect.. >_< Nnaagh. I'll try to be more careful wtih that in the future.

The blue books!! That's so awesome. Oh man. I would have been so proud too...except I was never smart enough to do anything meant for the grade ahead of me. XD Oh well...I often said things like "I'm reading CHAPTER BOOKS!" so. ^_^

Aah. All kids are the same. That's awesome.

Patty: Hmm...yeah. Arm crossing would work. Or else it's someone else's hand. O_o Yup, that was exactly my intention! XD

I never knew you thouht i was cute!! That rules! ^_^ Man, that made my day. Now all we'll have to do is convert Tanis.

Svend: Haha, I totally should send a picture...I know that seems sort of weird, but I dont' really care. I'll try to find a good one, cause..yeah, I have to say I did a pretty good job with it. Thanks for thinking i was cute. Wahoo. ^_^

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[info]callinator
2005-10-24 10:12 pm UTC (link)
paige you dont appreciate childhood!
but i remember you old man, smartie-pants, track star, comic.

you captured the way you look beautifully.
think i should post a picture from the grade 5 fieldtrip to victoria here?
:D


ps. i pretty much sucked as a kid as well.

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[info]rastopopolus
2005-10-25 03:06 am UTC (link)
Hahaha...that first paragraph crakced me up, jode. ^_^

You better not post hat picture!!! AAAAAH!! You were the only cute one, really. Plus, Andrina would kick your ass. o_O

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[info]callinator
2005-10-25 03:09 am UTC (link)
cute?!
god do you remember those huge vampirelike eyeteeth?!
i was not cute. but i guess your right andrina would hurt me, last time i brought those up she said she never wanted to see them again.
:(

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[info]nickog
2005-10-24 11:30 pm UTC (link)
um could u send me the last two pleaz

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[info]rastopopolus
2005-10-25 03:07 am UTC (link)
Kay.

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Ho Ho Ho!
[info]frankaphone
2005-10-26 02:31 am UTC (link)
Ha ha! I quite enjoyed this one, poor "child-hood you"... Anyways... good work!

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[info]rastopopolus
2005-10-26 04:02 am UTC (link)
Thank you! ^_^ Oh yeah, i meant to ask...how often are you going to update your comic? I need more! They are so cute. A perfect snapshot of grade six.

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[info]frankaphone
2005-10-26 10:43 pm UTC (link)
Not that often... creating storylines that make sense in comic form and still keep my memories in tact is kinda hard... :S I've got 4 issues that I've started to end grade 6, but still haven't gotten a good handle on it yet... I also have grade 7 started... but sorry... don't know how long it'll take...

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(Anonymous)
2005-11-02 02:55 am UTC (link)
"I really did do that blow-up doll thing. I'm not proud of it, but it's true."


oh shush =) you loved it!! haha i kidd ^^

-Ben

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