Here’s another stand alone gag. The dullness of slower than light speed travel was going to be a running gag, but focusing on boringness seemed pretty boring, so I’m glad that didn’t last long.
Archive for comic
I had originally tried to sell Zortic as a traditional newspaper strip filled with daily gags. I quickly found that it worked better as more of an adventure strip. This is an example of one of those daily gag strips,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Finding dramatic lift offs has been a continuing challenge for this strip. Fortunately, since this was the first one nothing had been done before, so it was relatively easy.
This was another additional scene that was added during the revamp. A little trivia, when I was a kid I wasn’t allowed to watch Star Trek, so I actually grew up with Lost in Space. Since then I’ve made up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And here it is, the one and original “that’s the entire prize” gag. The one that started it all, the one that still get’s the most commentary and positive feedback! One parody to rule them all, one satire to find[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I really wish I could remember why I didn’t originally use the “question mark” gag that I used in the new universe. This gag isn’t bad, but it just doesn’t have the same impact. The whole point of having the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Needless to say, this is a salute to the Muppet Show. Scooter always introduced the guest star by giving them their 5 minute call this way. And Zoie’s pep talk is a paraphrase of Bill Murray’s “lean mean fighting machine”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…