Update: I just noticed that Inkstuds has blogged a picture of the Comix & Stories flyer. If you squint, you can see my name!
This will probably be the second to last post for the next couple weeks. As you might know by now, I’m off to Vancouver next week for the Comix & Stories small press comic convention at the Vancouver Art Gallery, so if you’re in the area, drop by on Sunday, August the 24th, between 11 AM and 5 PM, and give Riotfish a shout.
August 14th, 2008
The Descender 20
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Updates Tuesday and Thursday. (c) Justin Pasieka, James Randell 2006-2010
PISSED OFF TENTACLE DUDES.
Why have they got that guy’s head? Who is/was that guy?
Oh noos. Our guy is going to get his head removed and put on a stalk. That may be worse than colliding with a giant exploding NIMBY chicken not really in the future.
Oh, I get it now. The pink bubble is answering all his questions. The giant exploding NIMBY mx chicken is the answer to his “how did I get here?” question.
That answers, um, something. How DID he get here. Anyone remember?
Well, he doesn’t remember. He must have gotten a head injury in the explosion and ended up on a different part of the station. Maybe the pissed off evilo tentacle dudes put him there?
And what is this “key holder” nonsense? The Descender is the key holder? What in the devil’s buttcrack does that mean?
If only I could update this comic as much as I’d like to - ideally, once or twice a day. The Descender is this whole big thing, and we’ve only just cracked the surface.
I think the keyholder is someone who can operate the giant NIMBY mx chicken, launch the emergency escape pod, and get the various orifies to open for him to go up and down.
I would come and see you in Vancouver, because that’s where I’m from, but I’m not there now. Complicated. But not as complicated as the Descender.
Aww, you’re not going to post from Vancouver? But that means we’ll have to speculate more.
We could speculate on the recurring theme of situational amnesia in Riotfish. Neither Newspaper Comic Guy nor The Descender know how they got where they are, and nor do the readers. Hmm, what if they have swapped places in some kind of Freaky Friday move? Although NCG seems to be familiar with the paradigm, he’s not running around trying to summon pink bubbles or find the emergency escape NIMBY chicken.
Actually I’ve just been busy prepping for the Comix & Stories con up till now. I leave for Vancouver tomorrow, unfortunately without one more Descender to post, so this strip will have to dangle as a cliff hanger for the next week.
I was able to print up a mini-comic collection of Newspaper Comic Strip, and it doesn’t look half bad. A second volume will follow quickly on its heels. I’ll figure out how to make them available to readers when I return!
Are you back yet?
I’d like another comic before I die, please.
comics resume within a week if all goes well
and here’s a picture of some guys comix and stories round up that includes a newspaper comic strip mini:
http://beaums.livejournal.com/10714.html
Yeah, the fall season of Riotfish will start in about a week’s time. Try not to step in front of any buses before then, dear readers!
here’s some comics while you wait
http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/5408800.html
I already stepped in front of a bus. I’m posting this from cold-pac. Don’t even ask me how.
*tap* *tap* *tap*
..is this thing on?
Testing, testing… I MISS YOU RIOTFISH!
-Matt
This is like that one time when my mom left the house and said she was coming back with groceries and was gone for two days.
At least she came back with groceries, though.
I EXPECT RIOTFISH TO BRING ME GROCERIES!!! OR IN THIS SITUATION, A COMIC THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO FINALLY HAVING GROCERIES AFTER TWO DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.
Maybe “it’s a keyholder” is actually a coded activation phrase that sent Riotfish operatives on secret missions in Iran. The entire comic was just a ruse so that the message could be given. Now he’ll have to continue the comic to avoid drawing suspicion.
Ok, we’re really really really for really real going to be back this week.
Hey, don’t look at me like that.
Where’s my groceries, Riotfish?!?!
maybe tonight! also hey look what i found
http://www.dougshaw.com/garfield.html
it’s a garfield randomizer!
Don’t try to distract us with lasagna-eating cats.
this is getting ridiculous.
on the other hand, i still check PBF occasionally, so it isn’t like you’re losing readers.
we: Have no fear, we’re back.
Action Summary:
He zooms up a level. Two circular tentacled aliens, one of which is holding a severed human head, are dismayed by the approach of someone, presumably our descender. They believe him to be a “keyholder.”