Billy the Dunce

As promised, here’s the next of the Little Steps strips. Do you guys actually read these things?

Just wondering.

Later,

J.

As promised, here’s the third of the five strips I’ve done for the Dartmouth Green Lite project for their first semester. I’ll be getting the other two up this week, let’s say on Wednesday and Friday. There first and second strips are here, and here – respectively.

Click me! I get bigger! Pllleeeeeeaassse!

Later,

J

Saved the best for last – cuz they belong right here in this comic. In fact, they should be popping up in this storyline at some point.

During the occasional cross-club rumble at the Goldberg Institute for the Furtherance of Childhood Genius, the Math League usually does well.  Members of the League are about as competent at fighting as the rest of the academically focused kids at the institute, but they do have their ringers – The Irrational Numbers. Johann, Miranda and Douglas are basically human calculators — in fact, a computer has yet to be invented that can outpace them doing most calculations. Before a rumble, the rest of the league winds them up into a state of frenzy by bombarding them with series after series of nearly impossible problems. Nearly crazed at this point, the Numbers see the world as a string of equations to be solved and probabilities to be judged. You can see how this would help in a fight…

Alright folks – that’s all she wrote. But I’ll keep trying to post more than the comic each week. We’re a couple strips behind on Little Steps for one thing, but I’m also itchin’ to do a strip that’s a bit faster to draw so I can keep my writing chops sharp. We’ll see what happens.

Later,

J.

Time to post all the characters I drew over the weekend…Only one more left!

First up, the Fantastic Obelisk:

In the beginning of man’s ascent, he was beset by all nature of otherworldly horrors clinging to existence after the cataclysms that marked the end of the Eldritch Era. None, however, took as huge a toll in lives and souls as this ever shifting and nameless monster of primeval africa. After countless years of sacrifice and death, a jet black obelisk was constructed out of  the skulls of millions of the monsters victims, and cemented with morter of bone-black and human blood. The monster was finally sealed away, and humanity could begin its rise to prominence on earth. But should the now buried monument ever be discovered, should it ever fall…the consequences would indeed be grim…

Next up — the Ubiquitous Zebu:

Caught in a vicious time rift caused by an accident with the Madhava accelerator in Kerala, India in the year 2310, This poor Zebu is now lost in the timestream. He appears wherever there is a significant event nexus, leading all the way back into recorded history (and likely beyond). Because of this, the Zebu itself has become a symbol of change, importance, and of course – ominous tidings, Especially when appearing in out of place situations – such as the Battle of Waterloo, the death of Genghis Khan, and the birth of the greatest U.S. president – Raven Symone.

And, last but certainly not least, we have the Alcoholic Superhero:

Daryl Plotzman used to be a devoted family man, a reliable delivery truck driver for a dairy, and an all around classy guy…That is, until he (rather stupidly) drank a can of beer he found in the wreckage of a UFO that crashed in the cornfield behind his house. Now, when he consumes enough alcohol, he becomes The Damnable Drunk – a nigh invulnerable, super-strong tank of a super-hero.

Unfortunately, he’s been called upon to save the world so many times that he’s become a raging alcoholic. He’s alienated his family, friends, co-workers and other super-heroes…and yet — every time he tries to dry out, another alien civilazation invades or super-volcano explodes, forcing him to make yet another trip to the liquor store for the sake of humanity.

That’s it for now – tune in tomorrow for the very last character I’ll be doing for this challenge thingey.

Later,

J.

I picked this one while you weren’t looking.

The Male* Brontosymphonus is one of the largest terrestrial organisms on the planet Silaxes, weighing about the same as a bull African elephant at standard earth gravity, and nearly 5 times that at native gravity. It communicates via the two large vocal sacs located on either side of its head. In the thick atmosphere of Silaxes, these calls can travel for many dozens of miles — allowing a troop of Brontosymphonus males to spread out over an incredibly wide area while foraging for food.

*Brontosymphonus is actually a sexually trimorphic species, and reproduction is not comparable to earth species. Brontosymphonus Males are labeled as such due to size and observed behavior. Classification will most likely change with updated information.

Tomorrow: the Fantastic Obelisk. I have no idea what to do with this one.

Later,

J.