Boy, it gets even worse when...

Ghastly · Post by **Ghastly** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:39 am

.... Scott Adams tells me I can't draw worth shit.

Here are the 80 finalists selected to replace Mike Belkin's art.

Jackalope · Post by **Jackalope** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:39 am

snort. About half those entries are signifigantly better than Mr.Adams' work. Some of them really and truly suck, but quite a few kick the shit out of stuff I see in the newspaper. The real problem is that the material they're working with...sucks.

MaryxTyphus · Post by **MaryxTyphus** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:44 am

Yeah, I know what you mean

But alot of them look like Knock offs of Newspaper comics. There's a couple that actually go to the extremity to look like Foxtrot.

Most of them aren't even original

Ghastly · Post by **Ghastly** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:01 am

Heheheh. At least they posted my comments

Ghastly · Post by **Ghastly** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:51 am

Incidently #5 by Rodd is an absolute hoot. Man... and they wouldn't accept my submission just because of a couple of erect nipples. There's no justice I tells ya!

LindaH · Post by **LindaH** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:18 am

hmm cant find your comments ghastly...

Ghastly · Post by **Ghastly** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:42 am

Here I is!

The Oblivion Man · Post by **The Oblivion Man** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:03 am

It's weird; some of these artists are quite good, but some of these peices are signifigantly worse than the art that was supposedly "holding the strip back". Oddly enough, some of them are fairly good, but just strike me as completly incompatable with the overall tone of the strip. It's still hit-or-miss with me as an overall product, by I would hope they at least choose one of the more suitable artists.

Queenhank · Post by **Queenhank** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:28 am

Could WE see your submission?

Ghastly · Post by **Ghastly** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:30 am

Ask and ye shall receive.

Queenhank · Post by **Queenhank** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:21 am

Damn, Uncle Ghastly, you sexy!

Ghastly · Post by **Ghastly** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:54 am

Remember gang...

Don't Hate Me Because I'm Sexy.

HentaiCat · Post by **HentaiCat** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:05 pm

Envy would be the right word, I can't think of anyone that can hate ghastly...
Well perhaps Christians

Peaches · Post by **Peaches** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:36 pm

I think the Ghastly version, while retaining the exact same dialogue, is much funnier. Just... better overall.

Jackalope · Post by **Jackalope** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:14 pm

Some of the better examples:
#5, Rodd: sick and warped. Love it. Artwork is pretty good as well.
#27, Michael Rankin: character design reminds me of King of the Hill, only sucks less.
#32, James Mitchell: reminds me of stuff from Berke Brethed's sketchbooks
#50, Karl Kleese: the faces are hilarious. The character design reminds me of Pixar characters, for some reason...
#68, Mike Simon: the trainer and wife are perfect stereotypes. Plus, the writing was greatly improved.
#80, Tsz-fung Chow: fat anime chicks and sonic the hedgehog hairdos! Rockin'

Of course, they turned down Ghastly's entry because it was TOO SEXY.

GreenAdder · Post by **GreenAdder** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:40 pm

That's what you look like under that suit? I half-expected a blue outfit with a red cape.

Kite-san · Post by **Kite-san** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:07 pm

HentaiCat wrote:Envy would be the right word, I can't think of anyone that can hate ghastly...
Well perhaps Christians

and 4channers. though it was a little odd. they used to hate ghastly, btu then there was a thread linking ot someone's blog with pictures of topless ghastly and it turned many of them inot ghastly worshippers.

Ghastly · Post by **Ghastly** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:03 pm

Wow! Who knew my permanently erect, perky nipples had such power to turn hate (haet) into love (loev).

The Oblivion Man · Post by **The Oblivion Man** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:02 pm

There's something slightly divine, for lack of a better word, in perma-rect nips, though I'm still not quite sure why. And yet, despite no one apperantly knowing the reason behind their magic, they still seemingly retain the potential to cut diamond, establish world peace, and force Uwe Boll to make an intentionally good movie, all in the same afternoon. Or I could just be spouting purest bull simply because it amuses me to do so, and not really have any insight in to the peacemaking skills of the human nipple. I'll leave that for wiser folks than me to fathom, though I will admit that was rather fun to type.

Queenhank · Post by **Queenhank** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:31 pm

Could also be your manly physique and distinguished, yet naughty, pipe.