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Mar 1, 2013#1

Gusto

The first episode of Strip Search is upon us! And I would like this to be the discussion thread! Where we all commiserate on who our favourites are but ow none of them could hold a candle to Bumble the Boy Wonder .

http://penny-arcade.com/strip-search/episode/artists-assemble

Mar 1, 2013#2

Espy

I'm a minute and a half in and two things have crossed my mind:

1) Half of the people in the title sequence look like people that I want to punch
&
2) I could see some people being very disappointed after stumbling upon this show after googling similar names.

Mar 1, 2013#3

Gusto

Espy said:
I'm a minute and a half in and two things have crossed my mind:

1) Half of the people in the title sequence look like people that I want to punch
&
2) I could see some people being very disappointed after stumbling upon this show after googling similar names.

Very nice.

There are a few people whose work I recognize at the very least. I'm excited to see how this goes.

Mar 1, 2013#4

Espy

It's not half bad overall. I mean, it's certainly as good as any similar shows on TV.

Mar 1, 2013#5

Gusto

Yup!

Mar 1, 2013#6

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Oh, youuu.

I'll just have to keep my comic going until they have the next one.[DOUBLEPOST=1362189796][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, Abby Howard has my favorite comic of the people on the show. I hope she does well.

Mar 10, 2013#7

Bumble the Boy Wonder

http://itsbumblr.tumblr.com/post/44694184670/is-there-such-a-thing-as-strip-search-fanart-i

http://itsbumblr.tumblr.com/post/44694323660/is-there-such-a-thing-as-strip-search-fanart-i

Mar 10, 2013#8

Bumble the Boy Wonder

http://itsbumblr.tumblr.com/post/45061513549/its-all-true-every-last-bit-of-it

Mar 10, 2013#9

Ravenpoe

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
http://itsbumblr.tumblr.com/post/45061513549/its-all-true-every-last-bit-of-it

His expression in the last panel is gold.

Mar 21, 2013#10

Piotyr

I like the show, and wish it was updated more frequently.

Mar 21, 2013#11

Gusto

I wish it was longer. It's like only watching the Survivor challenges. I'd like to see some of the everyday hanging out and socializing as well.

[DOUBLEPOST=1363906245][/DOUBLEPOST]Bumble I just noticed I somehow stopped following you on Tumblr.

IT HAS BEEN RECTIFIED.

Mar 22, 2013#12

Piotyr

Ha, Nick wrote a comic about his interview prowess (slightly NSFW?)

Mar 26, 2013#13

Rovewin

Oh Gosh. The tastemaker is going to be on next episode. What do you think he is going to be like for the show?

Also I thought it was interesting the way everyone first started for their descriptions. They all went with framing and getting the canvas marked into its sections first. The few times I have played, I always set up the scene a little first. Guy sitting down looking worried or something like that so that as we're going they can fill the parts I leave out in with what they know is happening in the picture instead of wondering the whole time what they are drawing. They did really well I think, so I'm wondering if that's the best way to go about that game.

Mar 26, 2013#14

Gusto

All far too technical, I thought. I mean, it helps to know what style you're going for. Would it have been cheating to say "This is one of those shoulderless sloped people from The Trenches"?[DOUBLEPOST=1364319634][/DOUBLEPOST]Also yaaaaay Kurtz is gonna tell a group of impressionable young cartoonists how to market themselves?

This will end well.

Mar 26, 2013#15

strawman

Gusto said:
Also yaaaaay Kurtz is gonna tell a group of impressionable young cartoonists how to market themselves?

This will end well.

"Create controversy by attacking people, their personal beliefs, and calling them names. Then sit back and watch your viewership increase."

Contestants:

:eek:

Mar 27, 2013#16

Piotyr

Amy is just misunderstood.

Mar 29, 2013#17

Gusto

Actually today's was a pretty good episode.

I definitely have to look some of these people up.

Mar 29, 2013#18

Piotyr

I think the right two people got put up for elimination.

I understand Tavis's point, but it really wasn't even participating in the challenge.
Lexxy blew it completely after the challenge was over.

Mar 30, 2013#19

Piotyr

Also, Kurtz blogged about this episode's "uncomfortable argument" on the main PvP site.

Apr 2, 2013#20

Gusto

Good episode today. Mike was really stressed out.

Apr 2, 2013#21

Piotyr

Yeah both strips were really awesome.

Apr 2, 2013#22

Gusto

I definitely would have given it to Tavis much sooner than they did. I found his comic really funny and not so much Lexxy's. The art was decent on both but I think I liked Tavis' style better. Lexxy is clearly used to spending much more time on hers.

Apr 2, 2013#23

Piotyr

I think Mike was really surprised that Lexxy was able to finish that comic in 90 minutes, and do all those poses so well with no reference. That was really impressive.

If you look at the comments on the episode, Lexxy mentions that she wasn't exactly sure what an areola was until they explained it later.

Apr 4, 2013#24

CynicismKills

Been following this a little, and man that little tirade about Abby's cut-out was pretty rude and mean-spirited. Granted she's nowhere near as good as the other two that were up there at the time, but dude, seriously.

Apr 4, 2013#25

Gusto

CynicismKills said:
Been following this a little, and man that little tirade about Abby's cut-out was pretty rude and mean-spirited. Granted she's nowhere near as good as the other two that were up there at the time, but dude, seriously.

Yeah for sure. He's mentioned it in every single episode he's been in.

Apr 4, 2013#26

Piotyr

I do appreciate it that they didn't edit anything to make Mike and/or Jerry look better. Keeping the reality in the reality show.

Apr 4, 2013#27

Gusto

I agree! It's really real.

Apr 4, 2013#28

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Her comic is still one of my favorites though.

And he talks about it a bit on the PA blog yesterday too.

Apr 5, 2013#29

Frank

My designer buddy was telling me about how fucking shitty the first challenge was and how not like any real design situation would be for anyone actually designing something. He was pretty mad.

Apr 5, 2013#30

Gusto

Frank said:
My designer buddy was telling me about how fucking shitty the first challenge was and how not like any real design situation would be for anyone actually designing something. He was pretty mad.

Which? The you-have-an-hour-to-design-a-tshirt-for-us challenge?

Apr 5, 2013#31

Frank

Gusto said:
Which? The you-have-an-hour-to-design-a-tshirt-for-us challenge?

Yeah, that's the one.

Apr 5, 2013#32

Bumble the Boy Wonder

I wasn't a fan of Amy's shirt to begin with (although it's totally personal taste, I can see the appeal to it for others) but I think the shirt looks stupid the way it got cropped at the arms, instead of wrapping around as she intended.

I understand the process with which they get their shirts done, probably wouldn't allow the wrap-around to happen, it still looks like the crop ruined it.

Apr 5, 2013#33

Gusto

I can't really imagine who, in the general public, would buy a Strip Search-labelled shirt. But at least Amy gets the profits of whatever DOES sell, I guess.

Apr 5, 2013#34

Piotyr

I enjoyed today's episode. I thought all 3 teams' creations turned out well overall, and I thought the right team won.

Apr 5, 2013#35

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Yeah, I'd have really only bought one if it was someone I wanted to support.. but I don't know how often I'd go about wearing it around town, unless the design was beautifulll[DOUBLEPOST=1365179830][/DOUBLEPOST]Unless it was me that won, then you all would have been buying my shirt like it was waffles.

Apr 5, 2013#36

Piotyr

For those who haven't seen it, here's the Strip Search panel from PAX East:

Apr 5, 2013#37

Ravenpoe

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
Unless it was me that won, then you all would have been buying my shirt like it was waffles.

Dude... why haven't we thought of this before? You should draw on waffles!

Apr 10, 2013#38

Piotyr

Newest episode is up, and the art they produce for a Chandra skateboard in 90 minutes is amazing.

Apr 10, 2013#39

Zappit

Congratulations, you win NOTHING for taking the Chandra challenge! The real lesson - Don't do spec work!

Apr 10, 2013#40

Frank

Piotyr said:
For those who haven't seen it, here's the Strip Search panel from PAX East:

Ugh, makes me dislike Amy even more. She doesn't write her own stuff at all?

Apr 10, 2013#41

Gusto

Yup there are like 3 people woh have either made no impression on me whatsoever or have made negative impressions.

I'm currently cheering for Tavis, Nick and Erika.

Apr 10, 2013#42

Frank

Gusto said:
Yup there are like 3 people woh have either made no impression on me whatsoever or have made negative impressions.

I'm currently cheering for Tavis, Nick and Erika.

Almost exactly the same for me, but I dig Maki more than Tavis. Really, the only one of them I don't care for is Amy.

Apr 10, 2013#43

Gusto

Mac and Monika have made almost no impression on me, and yeah, Amy (and Lexxy) kinda got on my nerves.

Apr 10, 2013#44

Bumble the Boy Wonder

The only thing I don't like about Amy, is how much she appears to be "playing the game." She comes across as manipulative and plotting, while everyone else seems to just go with it and try to win each competition.

She seems to be the only one "playing" the other people.

Apr 10, 2013#45

Gusto

Yeah Amy is treating this way too much like a reality show and making what I feel to make some dangerous moves, namely "aiming for the middle"

Apr 10, 2013#46

Ravenpoe

She strikes me as someone that likes to approach things in a cautious, analytical way, so her gaming of the system doesn't surprise me. There is a nice prize involved, after all.

Apr 10, 2013#47

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Ravenpoe said:
She strikes me as someone that likes to approach things in a cautious, analytical way, so her gaming of the system doesn't surprise me. There is a nice prize involved, after all.

I'm not saying it's wrong that she's playing the way she is, it's just when you look at everyone in the interviews, and then you see her and she's always talking about every "move" she's making and how she "performed exactly where she wanted to" in each competition, it makes you kind of feel like she's a villain in this game. In no way am I saying she's a bad person, nor am I saying she shouldn't be trying her hardest to win this awesome prize. It's just how it comes across on the show.

That said, I've been in a place of "I wish they could all win" for a while now. But they can't. And that makes me sad.

Apr 12, 2013#48

Piotyr

So, that new episode...wow.

I'm really surprised they eliminated both, but both comics in the elimination challenge were absolutely terrible, the worst 2 of the elimination challenge so far. Completely did not expect that bit at the end. So now they've eliminated 4 of the 6 guys and none of the girls?

Apr 12, 2013#49

Frank

Other than the last competition, where both Lexxy and Tavis made decent strips, I think they should do that more often. They've been all so shitty so far and I just watched end and daaaaaaamn, shit got realed.

Apr 12, 2013#50

Gusto

Holy damn.[DOUBLEPOST=1365773681][/DOUBLEPOST]I really don't know how I feel about this.

Apr 12, 2013#51

Gusto

I know that ultimately PA will hire who it wants to hire and all that, but if they really wanted to hire Lexxy, they could have waited until after the competition and everyone was given their fair shake. I'm not sure if it was clear to the contestants at the outset that Mike and Jerry could just just to break their own rules every once in a while.

That said it makes for compelling TV.

Apr 12, 2013#52

Ravenpoe

NNOOOOOOOOOOOOO... Nick was one of my favorites, at least in personality. I agree his comic wasn't that good, but I didn't think it would be enough to get him double eliminated with Mac.

Mac is so incredibly nice and calm that I think he might be a serial killer.

Also... OH DAMN LEXXY'S BACK!

Apr 12, 2013#53

Piotyr

OHHHHH...I get Mac's comic now.

Pig (hot dog) makes man fart, man makes pig fart. It's the circle of flatulence.

I'm glad Mac got focus in this episode. He's really funny.

Apr 12, 2013#54

Gusto

Yeah Mac opened up enough during that challenge that I finally didn't want to see him eliminated. Nor Nick. But then the bad thing happened.

Apr 12, 2013#55

Piotyr

So, if you watch episode 1, at just after 2 minutes, you can actually see a brief clip of Lexxy's return to the house.

Apr 12, 2013#56

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Lexxy was on the intern PA contest thing, wasn't she? And then she got eliminated off this show, to be brought back? Third time's a charm I guess... I just feel like all the chances they are giving her, they should just give her a fucking job and let the other artists hash it out. Not that I dislike Lexxy, I think her art is phenomenal. It's just kind of bugging me that they won't just hire the girl instead of bringing her back again.. and again.

Apr 12, 2013#57

Gusto

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
Lexxy was on the intern PA contest thing, wasn't she? And then she got eliminated off this show, to be brought back? Third time's a charm I guess... I just feel like all the chances they are giving her, they should just give her a fucking job and let the other artists hash it out. Not that I dislike Lexxy, I think her art is phenomenal. It's just kind of bugging me that they won't just hire the girl instead of bringing her back again.. and again.

It seems like that's exactly what they want to do, which is what my comment was about. They should just GIVE her a job, and continue the SS contest without her so that someone else still has their fair chance.

Apr 13, 2013#58

Telephius

Gusto said:
It seems like that's exactly what they want to do, which is what my comment was about. They should just GIVE her a job, and continue the SS contest without her so that someone else still has their fair chance.

I kinda hope she gets eliminated again so they are forced to do just that. Nothing against Lexxi herself as she has been able to keep herself on the PA radar so strongly and is talented. I actually hope Abby kinda wins now since they seemed to build up such a hatred of her ONE drawing and demonized her yet she hasn't been sent to elimantion yet and has not been elimanted off of TWO of their competitons like Lexxi.

Apr 13, 2013#59

Ravenpoe

Telephius said:
I kinda hope she gets eliminated again so they are forced to do just that. Nothing against Lexxi herself as she has been able to keep herself on the PA radar so strongly and is talented. I actually hope Abby kinda wins now since they seemed to build up such a hatred of her ONE drawing and demonized her yet she hasn't been sent to elimantion yet and has not been elimanted off of TWO of their competitons like Lexxi.

I honestly think Mike just bitches about those tangents because he's trying to be the "Simon Cowell" of the show. He's stated that in the elimination room he tries to be an ass, and it's the talks in the car after where they can drop the act and be real.

Apr 13, 2013#60

Telephius

Yeah I agree but;

That makes sense when they question the artists on their own failings, Abby has not met them at this point he is just bad mouthing her behind her back. He did state to Mac that him were and Jerry were inspired by Mac's self portrait for the show and were disspointed that the 90 minutes drawing didnt live up to it or something along those lines IIRC. So it doesn't suprise me that he has demonized Abby's art in his mind at this point in the show. I would just like to see his preconceptions turned on their head by having their favourite re-eliminated and their apparant least favourite win.

I still highly respect the PA guys even at this point. The double elimination and ressurection is standard reality TV faire, it is just cheapened by the fact they have a personal connection with Lexxy from the New Hire competion. I honestly don't think Mike and Jerry would have been broken up as much about having to chose bewteen two good artists if they did not have the familiarity with Lexxy. Though I do have to give them props that they still eliminated her given that fact.

Apr 13, 2013#61

Piotyr

Khoo answers the most frequently asked questions about elimination 4: http://www.penny-arcade.com/strip-s...enes-elimination-4-interview-with-robert-khoo

Apr 13, 2013#62

Gusto

Alright. Fair enough.

Apr 13, 2013#63

Bumble the Boy Wonder

The think that kinda irks me about the FAQ's Khoo answered, is that from what he's saying there only seems to be 3 or 4 artists that realistically have a shot of winning. Since their intention was for the best to win regardless, things like Amy's tactics and scheming won't help her ultimately. Of course, that's only if we can take his answers as 100% truth.

Apr 16, 2013#64

Piotyr

So...

Amy was not happy to see Lexxy come back. At least it looks like Amy's dropping the bullshit now.

Apr 16, 2013#65

Ravenpoe

Piotyr said:
So...

Amy was not happy to see Lexxy come back. At least it looks like Amy's dropping the bullshit now.

I like Amy more now that she's opening up. She has been on guard all series, which is offputting.

Though, we've been watching for awhile now, and it's been under a week for them.

Apr 16, 2013#66

Rovewin

I kind of like the view that because Amy was first to have to toss people into the elimination challenge she was not prepared for it. She saw herself as the bad guy and thought others would see her that way too so she went into the metagaming mode as a defense mechanism. You can tell its not her normal self as the toll it took on her was huge. I was not a huge fan of her either but now that I know why she was acting that way I do like her more. I want to see what she's like now. Hopefully she does drop it for good.

Apr 16, 2013#67

Telephius

BUT TEAM SCHEME!

Apr 16, 2013#68

Frank

If Erika really believes what she said there in that episode, she shouldn't be there.

Apr 16, 2013#69

Telephius

She may have applied for the sake of competition and the experience. The prize is not the only reward in such a competition.

EDIT:

I am gonna call it now, the final challenge bewteen the two finalists will have all or just the outcasts draw from the waste basket of broken ideas(or whatever it is called) so that the amount of topics to fit into one strip will be harder!

Apr 17, 2013#70

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Telephius said:
I am gonna call it now, the final challenge bewteen the two finalists will have all or just the outcasts draw from the waste basket of broken ideas(or whatever it is called) so that the amount of topics to fit into one strip will be harder!

Good God, no

Apr 18, 2013#71

Frank

They need more comic strip oriented challenges. Isn't that the whole point of the thing? Some folks have barely proven they can do that.

Apr 18, 2013#72

Gusto

Frank said:
They need more comic strip oriented challenges. Isn't that the whole point of the thing? Some folks have barely proven they can do that.

What's weird is that people get put up for elimination based on things non-comic-related things and then have to draw to save their lives.

Lexxy and Tavis both got put up for elimination for poor showing during a Twitter competition, and then while judging them, Mike went on a tear wondering why two excellent people were both put up for elimination!

BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T BEING JUDGED ON THEIR CRAFT

Apr 18, 2013#73

strawman

It's alright. They can just eliminate the next two they don't like and bring back the one they like whenever the competitions don't turn out the "right way"

Apr 18, 2013#74

Telephius

Gusto said:
What's weird is that people get put up for elimination based on things non-comic-related things and then have to draw to save their lives.

Lexxy and Tavis both got put up for elimination for poor showing during a Twitter competition, and then while judging them, Mike went on a tear wondering why two excellent people were both put up for elimination!

BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T BEING JUDGED ON THEIR CRAFT

I think they keep forgetting that sometime the most well rounded cartoonist they are -supposedly- looking for will not be the best at artwork neccessarily.
I think for the purposes of what they want out of the cartoonist the twitter challenge is a good lesson for aspiring artists who want to grow their brand and audience. However the twitter challenge should have been a reward challenge and not the elimination qualifier.

Also if they were so concerned about the caliber of artwork that gets sent to elimination they should have the external guest judges choose the eliminees. Kurtz also shouldnt have been the tutor for how to behave in the online public space. He would be better for how to promote yourself to companies and partnerships as he is pretty adept and marketing himself thatway despite his the fact he likes to run his mouth.

Apr 18, 2013#75

Gusto

That may be but by andlarge I agree with his assessments of various contestants tweeting choices. The only reservation I have is with Tavis' assessment, since he was mostly silent. Not being on Twitter/not being vocal is perfectly valid but I guess that wasn't in the spirit of the competition.

Apr 20, 2013#76

Zappit

Eh, the show's kind of turning into a joke. Putting Kurtz up as a judge on the social media challenge is like a couple going to Chris Brown for marriage counseling. Making a social media challenge an elimination challenge in the first place was terrible, as it has really nothing to do with actual cartooning.

Some of the challenges have been suspect. I get that doing commission work is very realistic, there was no prize in the Magic challenge. It just looked liked Wizards of the Coast found a way to get easy publicity and high quality spec work. Shouldn't they be trying to teach these artists how not to get used by commissioners like that?

The sculpting challenge just made me frown, even though Derpy-Pug was cute.

It just seems like this show was not planned out well. If it's about cartooning, make it about cartooning. Work from a script. Design new characters. Reboot a terrible old comic. Those are challenges that could really show just how good these people really are.

Apr 20, 2013#77

strawman

The show is about entertainment, like all other reality shows.

Apr 20, 2013#78

Piotyr

Cartooning is what got the contestants on the show. There needs to be variety in the challenges to make them interesting, which they all have been. The morning challenges are social, the afternoon challenges are business, and the elimination challenges are cartooning under pressure.

If you notice, the reason they put Kurtz on the social media challenge is that he's been in it so long and made so many mistakes with them he gets the mistakes.

The prize in the commission challenge was getting the commission (and putting two other competitors up for elimination). All the business challenges have been about useful skills in the business of webcomics.

Apr 20, 2013#79

MindDetective

stienman said:
It's alright. They can just eliminate the next two they don't like and bring back the one they like whenever the competitions don't turn out the "right way"

I think they can only get away with that once without coming across as cartoonishly amateurish.

Apr 20, 2013#80

Telephius

Piotyr said:
he gets the mistakes.

I am not quite sure I agree with that small detail, though the PA guys may see it that way I guess? *shrug*

Apr 23, 2013#81

Gusto

Jerry drinking the smoothie tonight fucking killed me. I laughed my ass off.

Apr 23, 2013#82

Ravenpoe

And he just kept drinking... and drinking.

I'm sad to see Amy go. Maki's comic was definitely better, and I love Maki, but it's a shame that Amy only started to open up at the end. I really started to like her.

Apr 23, 2013#83

Gusto

I just like that he pulls the blender off his face and his mouth and neck art covered in fruit slurry and he's instantly like, "MAKI."

Apr 23, 2013#84

Ravenpoe

"Is somebody going to stop him?"

Apr 23, 2013#85

Piotyr

Maki's elimination comic was the fourth one that I've at least chuckled at, and I laughed out loud at the last panel.

Apr 23, 2013#86

Gusto

Maki's was good. It would have been better with less text, yes, but I don't think I would have faulted him for that as much as the guys did.

Apr 23, 2013#87

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Gusto said:
Maki's was good. It would have been better with less text, yes, but I don't think I would have faulted him for that as much as the guys did.

I think it only needed to lose the second panel of text, the third was fine imo

Apr 23, 2013#88

Frank

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
I think it only needed to lose the second panel of text, the third was fine imo

That's exactly what I thought too.

Apr 23, 2013#89

Gusto

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
I think it only needed to lose the second panel of text, the third was fine imo

Agreed.

Apr 26, 2013#90

Piotyr

Got to say, I'm surprised how many of the artists never drive.

Apr 26, 2013#91

Rovewin

Piotyr said:
Got to say, I'm surprised how many of the artists never drive.

It really depends where you're from I think. I was not surprised to hear that Erica never drives since she's from Portland. I have over a dozen friends from there in their mid twenties and only 2 have a driver's license. It still boggles my mind sometimes that you wouldn't want at least a driver's license so you can help travel with someone or be able to drive if the need arises.

Anyway I was really expecting someone to end up in the lake. It looks like they came so close at times.

Apr 27, 2013#92

Frank

Piotyr said:
Got to say, I'm surprised how many of the artists never drive.

Those karts are surprisingly finnicky if they're anything like the course we have here. Though, they were still pretty generally bad.

Though, why none of them did the side to side skid to build up a turbo boost is beyond me.

Apr 27, 2013#93

Ravenpoe

Frank said:
Those karts are surprisingly finnicky if they're anything like the course we have here. Though, they were still pretty generally bad.

Though, why none of them did the side to side skid to build up a turbo boost is beyond me.

I kept waiting for someone to throw a shell.

Apr 30, 2013#94

Frank

Good challenge this episode.

Lexxy is fucking insufferable.

Oh, what's that? You're not even top 3. I wish they'd gotten her impressions of that.

I can only imagine what a nightmare she would make as a coworker. You've already been elminated once, how can you have so much arrogance? If she wins, it's the worst thing.

Apr 30, 2013#95

Piotyr

Rough for the winner though not having any information about how the other contestants did in the challenge with which to make elimination choices.

That was totally on purpose, though.

Apr 30, 2013#96

Gusto

Looking forward to seeing Abby and Mike in the same room.

Apr 30, 2013#97

Piotyr

Frank said:
Good challenge this episode.

Lexxy is fucking insufferable.

Oh, what's that? You're not even top 3. I wish they'd gotten her impressions of that.

I can only imagine what a nightmare she would make as a coworker. You've already been elminated once, how can you have so much arrogance? If she wins, it's the worst thing.

I don't think it's so much arrogance as it is endless optimism and positivity.

I am curious, though, if they'll release the information on how each contestant did.

Apr 30, 2013#98

Ravenpoe

Piotyr said:
I don't think it's so much arrogance as it is endless optimism and positivity.

I am curious, though, if they'll release the information on how each contestant did.

Yeah, I don't get the feeling that Lexxy has an over-inflated opinion of herself. I think she's just optimistic.

Apr 30, 2013#99

Telephius

I look forward to next week's episode based on the artists going into elimination as it should be entertaining.

Apr 30, 2013#100

Ravenpoe

Telephius said:
I look forward to next week's episode based on the artists going into elimination as it should be entertaining.

Do you think Mike will shoot Abby on the spot, yelling that no jury would convict him once they saw her tangents?

Apr 30, 2013#101

Gusto

I got the idea from Tavis's confessional that his choices were made mostly as a way of throwing Abby to the wolves.

Apr 30, 2013#102

Telephius

Ravenpoe said:
Do you think Mike will shoot Abby on the spot, yelling that no jury would convict him once they saw her tangents?

Yes, however she will matrix dodge the shot, with the bullet's trajectory only tangential to her chinline.

May 3, 2013#103

Piotyr

Best elimination thus far. Hilarious all the way through, and both comics were great.

May 3, 2013#104

Ravenpoe

Abby actually impressed me. I've hated her all show, but when she finally throws off the sad sack routine and shows what she can do, she's pretty awesome.

May 3, 2013#105

Piotyr

Erika made a great comic about Strip Search today on her new comic site, OhJoySexToy.com (site is EXTREMELY NSFW, btw, this comic itself isn't though):

That just about sums up why I like this show so much.

May 3, 2013#106

Frank

Man, I am glad Abby knocked it off with the Strong Sad routine finally.

May 7, 2013#107

Piotyr

New episode is up. Today's social challenge is the physical challenge. And that physical challenge is...

Ping Pong, of course.

The preview for the next episode hints at ping pong again, but they'd get destroyed against the PA ping pong team, so I'm guessing they'll play the Paint the Line CCG against the PA folks.

Katie and Tavis looked to be the only ones to have recently played any ping pong anyway.

May 7, 2013#108

Gusto

I l liked Lexxy's comment that the last time she played ping pong was the last time she interviewed with PA.

May 10, 2013#109

Piotyr

New episode up! Welp...

Doubles ping pong with the PA staff. Surprised nobody picked Khoo until Lexxy, not surprised Lexxy made it to the finals with Khoo. Completely not surprised who Katie put up for elimination.

May 14, 2013#110

Gusto

Damn Monica brought the pain!

May 14, 2013#111

Ravenpoe

There's something deeply unsettling (and awesome) about someone as cute and cheery as Monica looking up and growling "I wanna fuck your mom!"

May 21, 2013#112

Piotyr

Today's episode is up...thanks, Obama.

May 21, 2013#113

Gusto

Super excited to see a showdown between Tavis and Abby, actually. This could be great.

May 21, 2013#114

Ravenpoe

I actually find myself rooting for Abby... WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?

THANKS, OBAMA!

May 21, 2013#115

Gusto

I like that Maki was just straight up OBAMA.

May 21, 2013#116

Ravenpoe

Gusto said:
I like that Maki was just straight up OBAMA.

Like a bawse

May 21, 2013#117

Frank

What a weird God damn challenge.

May 21, 2013#118

Gusto

Frank said:
What a weird God damn challenge.

Also this.

May 24, 2013#119

Frank

Abby's was good again, good as heyell.

It bugs me that Lexxy is still at the house and Tavis isn't. That's kinda bullshit. Man, Abby, Maki or Katie could win and I would be ok with it. I just don't want Lexxy to win. EFFER.

May 24, 2013#120

Ravenpoe

I'm glad Abby made it back. I hated her in the beginning, but I've become a fan since she broke out of her shell. Her comic was hilarious, and Tavis... well, he had nothing, and it showed.

I've started reading Abby's webcomic, and it's pretty funny. This one pretty much describes my entire college experience.

http://www.jspowerhour.com/comics/31

May 24, 2013#121

Frank

Ravenpoe said:
I'm glad Abby made it back. I hated her in the beginning, but I've become a fan since she broke out of her shell. Her comic was hilarious, and Tavis... well, he had nothing, and it showed.

I've started reading Abby's webcomic, and it's pretty funny. This one pretty much describes my entire college experience.

http://www.jspowerhour.com/comics/31

They're ok. I've been going through them.

This one got me.

http://www.jspowerhour.com/comics/62

May 24, 2013#122

Gusto

Bye Tavis.

You should have won.

Now I don't know who I'm cheering for. Either Katie or Abby.

May 24, 2013#123

Bumble the Boy Wonder

When they announced the contestants, Abby's was the only comic I ended up reading all the way through (Except Katies, but I had already been reading Skadi for a while so I don't count that one.) I honestly didn't think Abby would make it very far in the competition at all,

but I couldn't be more pleased to have been wrong.

May 31, 2013#124

Frank

If Maki gets eliminated by Lexxy, I might be sad for a few moments.

May 31, 2013#125

Gusto

I like Maki but of the actual comics we've seen, I like his the least.[DOUBLEPOST=1370019410][/DOUBLEPOST]I'm also glad we won't have to see tearful explanations of why each person is being subjected to elimination anymore. Even this week, I would have been like "I can only protect one of you, what do you want from me!?"

May 31, 2013#126

Ravenpoe

Maki's a super cool guy, but in the competition, I haven't seen a lot out of him to impress me. The people in the house seem to disagree, since I'm sure they spend a lot of time sketching that we don't see in the show, and they all seem to really like what Maki puts out.

But in the show, I feel he's the weakest. That said, I really want Lexxy to go home. I'd love to see an Abby/Katie showdown.

May 31, 2013#127

Frank

Maki's comic is the only one I laughed out loud at, so I disagree there. Katie's showdown comics have been the weakest that I've seen.

May 31, 2013#128

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Frank said:
Maki's comic is the only one I laughed out loud at, so I disagree there. Katie's showdown comics have been the weakest that I've seen.

Yeah, Maki's could have done without that middle panel text- like the boys were saying- but other than that, I thought it was friggin' hilarious.

Jun 4, 2013#129

Gusto

Welp.

Jun 4, 2013#130

Piotyr

Maki's strip's last two panels were funny, but he didn't use candy at all.

Lexxy's lollipop templars were a good idea, but she didn't really use it in either a funny or interesting way at all.

Jun 4, 2013#131

Gusto

Yeah I didn't think either of the strips were particularly good and could have seen them adjudicating it either way.

Jun 4, 2013#132

MindDetective

I admit. Maki's made me laugh.

Jun 4, 2013#133

Gusto

I want to see Katie draw again. hnnnng.

Jun 4, 2013#134

Frank

Yeah, Abby's my pick for winner at this point if the final faceoff is anything like all the elimination challenges so far.

Jun 4, 2013#135

Gusto

Aggreed, but I'd really be happy with any of the remainders.

Jun 4, 2013#136

Bumble the Boy Wonder

https://twitter.com/BumbleChris/status/341712897908563968

Jun 4, 2013#137

strawman

Oh sure, bumble, rip off The King:

Jun 4, 2013#138

Gusto

Bumble!

Jun 7, 2013#139

Gusto

THERE'S the twist I was looking for! Hot damn!

Jun 7, 2013#140

Ravenpoe

Now damn that's a final challenge.

A WEEK BEFORE THE FINALE? NOOOOOO.

Jun 7, 2013#141

MindDetective

I'm impressed that they went with a final challenge like that. I'm not sure how the results episodes will translate to video, though...

Jun 7, 2013#142

Gusto

I'm hoping that we get a few more "behind the scenes" clips for each sontestant, and then they present their ideas to the creators, or perhaps intersperse the "making-of" into the presentation itself.

Really excited for this!

Jun 7, 2013#143

Frank

Man, I don't know how good the strips are, but Maki, of the three left, is a hell of a cartoonist. They kept what Katie and Abby did so much more in the dark (Katie especially, all we saw from her stuff was some sketches).

Jun 7, 2013#144

Piotyr

Screenshot of Abby's character page:

Jun 7, 2013#145

Gusto

The only one I caught during the episode was the confused vampire.

Jun 14, 2013#146

Gusto

This was such a great episode! This is what I crave from a cartoonist reality series!

Jun 14, 2013#147

Ravenpoe

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought "All the C and all the D" was the most quote-worthy moment of strip search.

Jun 18, 2013#148

Frank

I'm super glad Katie won. She won fucking Star Wars style too. She turned off her targeting computer and put the torpedo in the exhaust shaft of victory with nothing but a pencil and paper.

Jun 18, 2013#149

Gusto

Very entertaining finish.

Jerry with a cakeface casually commenting "Are you not amused?" killed me. I died.

Jun 19, 2013#150

Ravenpoe

I was so hoping for Abby to win. I hope her comic still gets made, because I really want to read it.

That said, I can't argue with their reasoning. Katie had been a strong contender the entire time, and she definitely puts out a consistent quality in her strips.

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Jun 19, 2013#151

Bumble the Boy Wonder