Box of Chaos

Water Works

2010-08-13T12:56:00.000-07:00

[ We'll call this a flashback for J&B, as it is nonlinear in it's relationship to the logistics of current passing time in the comic. There will, soon, hopefully, be a reason to read these relatively in order...]

Madness

2010-08-05T09:19:00.000-07:00

On blood and vomit.

2010-03-20T18:21:00.000-07:00

A comment per section:
Section one: Jimmy is singing "Moodring" by Relient K, because I've been listening to their music a lot of late.
Section two: I might have been channeling Invader Zim for B's freakout. It seemed appropriate.
Section three: Seriously, dude. So lucky. There was lots of blood in my childhood and not all of it was mine.

Bonus for the whole shebang, because it amuses me so: This is only slightly exaggerated from the inspiration. I mentioned to Nicole [my roommate and large part of inspiration for these idiotic conversations, though not always around for all of it] that I had sliced my finger that morning - like eight hours ago, at least - and what does she do? She cowers, closes her eyes and puts up her hands to block the trauma. If I had still been bleeding by that point, I probably should have been in the hospital. Weirdo.

On sequels.

2010-03-10T06:11:00.001-08:00

[Someday I'll learn how to clean these up a bit more. Maybe when I'm not so lazy...Oh well.]

Traditional Bachelor's Valentines Day Thwarted

2010-03-04T06:25:00.001-08:00

Sorry, Denny. I didn't feel like making it pretty.

Not what we originally thought

2009-12-26T08:28:00.001-08:00

[sorry about the mess, I had an uncooperative eraser. Belated Merry Christmases all the way around, and a punctual happy Boxing Day!]

Interview Advice

2009-12-11T18:05:00.000-08:00

Betcha did not see this one coming, folks! Jimmy and B [althazar] are going to be, I think, my new comic focus. If I continue updating, it will most likely be jokes from day to day life where I am with friends and family, but told through these two. They're my buddies.

Post for the Holidays

2008-12-02T14:44:00.000-08:00

[Brandon, Mark, this is, quite honestly, for you two.]

An oddly shaped post founded in religion.

2008-12-02T14:34:00.000-08:00

Completely past due.

2008-11-21T09:43:00.000-08:00

On DVD security...

2008-11-11T12:35:00.000-08:00

[This was posted out of irritation with the fact that I accidentally ruined the nice copy and I still have yet to find the aforementioned three other comics. So yes, sorry for the craptastic art [this being even more true than usual] and yes. God bless and all that.]

Sigh

2008-11-06T05:52:00.001-08:00

Believe it or not, friends, but I had two comics all set out and aside for the recent election and all of my comics have recently gone AWOL. I suspect that, in a bout of madness, as I cleaned my desk, I filed them...somewhere.

Alas!

I hope it's chocolate.

2008-10-22T11:50:00.000-07:00

[This will definitely make more sense if you have seen Eagle Eye, or at least the previews, and knowing of the game Portal wouldn't hurt. So, yeah. Pop culture reference squared. But not squarenixed.]

Running Gags, Inside Jokes and Movie Quotes

2008-10-16T10:56:00.001-07:00

[Ten points if you get this without following any links or doing any searches. Five for effort if you figure it out after watching this: Sorry for all the talking, it's the full opening...what you need to hear starts after about 52 some-odd seconds. Three for perseverance if you finally connect the obscure dots with this: A little ways down, a little ways down. Sigh. It's stupid, but I'm gonna post it.]

More Crickets

2008-09-25T08:11:00.000-07:00

[Look! Arms!]

On Propriety and Noisemaking

2008-09-14T19:29:00.001-07:00

Otherwise known as: Living with Crickets

[I admit this might have a limited audience. I live in a basement. I don't know how they get here, but crickets do too. We're not happy together. At least, I'm not.]

2008-09-01T05:05:00.000-07:00

[It's funny how this comic rings true even with my current job which is not custodial. And then, you know, it's also kind of depressing. Sorry I've been such a slacker.]

A Lesson in Dream Crushing: Timing

2008-08-05T06:26:00.000-07:00

[I would have you know that Denny, my brother, told me to do this, more or less. The "took out" comment, not the comic.]

[insert obligatory shark week reference here]

2008-07-30T05:03:00.001-07:00

[Apologies for the craptastic art. It took me three days to figure out how to make this work and then I realized that, if I didn't get it out soon, shark week would be over.]

[SHARKBAIT.]

Stupid on the road.

2008-07-23T07:15:00.000-07:00

Actual conversation.

Defensive Broomstick

2008-07-14T14:15:00.000-07:00

On Lobsters.

2008-07-07T06:33:00.000-07:00

True story.

A Double Feature

2008-07-04T08:51:00.001-07:00

To make up for lost time.

And then it exploded.

2008-06-19T09:11:00.001-07:00

I was doing so well for those few weeks.
There will be more soon.
Just having a rough time.
Hold please.

Sleep

2008-06-10T16:32:00.000-07:00

On contemporary music.

2008-06-03T12:41:00.000-07:00

[I have the sinking sensation that this is actually late, since I've been wanting to do Monday updates...I can't recall if I posted one on Monday or if it was last Monday. Wait. Is today Friday or Tuesday? I can't handle this. Screw this crap. I'm going to bed. Or at least elsewhere.]

And a hairbrush.

2008-05-26T14:33:00.000-07:00

The advent of not working.

2008-05-19T04:15:00.000-07:00

Since I seem to have issues sticking with a drawn format and putting stuff up regularly, I thought I'd fall back on some older things I used to "draw" to avoid work. It gives me a solid buffer for an extended period of time. If you need help reading it, I can draw a diagram. And now, without further ado--Not Working.

Never Never Times

2008-05-15T06:20:00.000-07:00

Get thyself to a punnery.

2008-03-01T10:38:00.001-08:00

[ Special thanks to my father; without him and his strange blue marker I found in the desk, this comic would not have been possible. Yes, this is a real conversation. No, it is not the only funny thing going on in my life or head, but it was the easiest to translate to this format. God bless my father and his puns.

Of course, I have a theory that bad jokes [usually related to punnery] are largely a dad thing in general.]

A triumphant return!

2008-02-22T15:53:00.000-08:00

[I do hope to become a tad more scheduled, as I have a slight backlog of comics to update...not many will be vikings, though. I have less inspiration without my friends in the immediate vicinity. But doubt not. I shall continue...eventually.]

Mandatory Holiday-based Post

2007-11-25T09:39:00.000-08:00

[Happy Belated Thanksgiving! I hope everyone got a chance to rest and be thankful. Heaven knows I am more than thankful for my R47 kids (including Mark), even though we have fallen down on the job of posting things...oi! God bless you all as you go about demolishing left-overs.]

More for Brandon.

2007-11-16T03:54:00.000-08:00

This one was a deal, though.

[Cross posted with an explanation at R47, in reference to this post on PoKR.]

More Pie!

2007-10-08T19:07:00.001-07:00

This cartoon is proof that I actually did pay attention in class with Dr. Mark--this is a real life lesson from Viking sagas. Be good--give gifts.

[Congrats to Brandon and Judy. Y'all are just so darned cute I could vomit.]

Pie!

2007-09-20T09:06:00.001-07:00

[This one, yet again, is for Brandon. I feel your pain, friend. I feel your pain.]

Fantasy and other vile things..

2007-08-27T15:58:00.000-07:00

[Sorry for the quality of the image, my camera and I are having personality clashing issues.]

Meet the Smiths.

2007-07-29T06:08:00.000-07:00

A joke I've had in my head for a couple months.

I really hope you can read it.

It's kind of like Pleasant Valley Sunday from Hell...er...for Dwarves. Hope it at least makes you smile. When I first thought of it it kept me entertained for hours. Then again, simple minds equals simple pleasures, right? Right.

An announcement.

2007-07-28T10:53:00.000-07:00

There are comics on the way, but due to certain external issues they will be even more delayed than initialy anticipated. Also, I apologize for the lack of any dependability here. When things in life have been sorted into their proper bins, I hope to be a bit more...punctual.

[almost] True Story

2007-07-03T11:31:00.001-07:00

Please note that the comic was drawn with a Crayola fine point magenta marker. NOT A PEN.

[This comic was posted as self defense against the genious behind Point of Know Return. He twisted my arm and commanded me to post something. Here you go.]

Random

2007-06-15T13:18:00.000-07:00

And since Box of Chaos is to give relief to the build-up of creative pressure in my mind, here are some doodles from the rather pathetic bake sale in which I took part.

[It was only pathetic because there were no people. The baked goods were no less than highly edible. And I sold popcorn. My popcorn was packaged for sale. It was exciting.]

[Translation for the second cupcake: I'm confused. Of what relationship am I to a muffin?]

Ninja, Ninja RAP!

2007-06-13T11:07:00.000-07:00

Vanilla Ice aside, I seem to have been somewhat lax on updates, wouldn't you think? Well, moving and finding an actual, I dunno, job, can take some time away from you. Inasmuch, I give you the first three comics from a series I randomly started. I give you:

The Last of the Ninja

Based completely in facts completely made up, this comic may not be suitable for those of weak constitution. Build up your cache of magical items, roll your constitution checks and go.

Shall the carnage continue?

2007-05-28T10:17:00.000-07:00

It struck me, while reading various and sundry Viking Sagas (Hrafnkel, Egil's, King Harald's), that the vikings treat their summer raiding days much as modern-day families treat road trips (the ones you want to go on with friends, not the ones where you're trapped in the back seat with an obnoxious sibling and your parents bothersome music that you would swear on the Bible nobody but them actually listens to) or any vague sort of summer vacation like...I don't know...Disney Land. Thusly, this came into being, aptly titled (of course) Summer Vacation:

I beg forgiveness for the blatant lack of quality in both drawing and picture, but when I suddenly become wealthy (quite obviously not from selling the jewelled cover of the Lidisfarne Gospels on e-bay), I will buy myself a Mac of some sort and make it all prettyful. Enjoy.

A Bit of Fate:

2007-05-24T09:16:00.001-07:00

Yes. This was made for a friend of mine. He's well worth it--check him out at R47 or Point of Know Return, links on the side.

Statement of Purpose

2007-05-24T09:04:00.000-07:00

This is, as the subtitle/heading/doohickey says, a place for me to put up comics I create. I make no claims to any particular comical talent, but seeing as I have had encouragement from a number of friends to continue my various endeavors...here you go.

Box of Chaos is titled as such because I have very little intention of focusing the comic on any one particular aspect of my life or what I see around me. There will be times, however, when the comics will be directly related to each other in some successive order as I will be often inspired for several different things from one source. One such example will be the various comics about vikings or other medieval things, all generally inspired by either my Medieval courses or, as I like to refer to them, my "nerd group."

Please be aware that anything that could be taken in a slanderous or derogatory way is almost entirely unintentional. I mean to provide some good fun without being crude or vulgar. Or any other particular synonyms you would like to apply.

There will be no particular day on which comics will be posted, no order, no coherence. Don't worry if you're confused. I am too.

So now, please, sit back and enjoy the world's insanity as portrayed through my mind, my own Box of Chaos.