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Greatest Hit’s: Volume 3 – B-Sides

Kreedle — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:23:21 +0000

So by now you will have seen John’s post about his departure from dotGif, and I just want to quickly say for those that have asked this was not an easy decision for John that he made over night, John’s final strip was infact this one, almost 2 months ago. The eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed that all strips since then have been made by me.

I will make my announcement at the end of the month about any future plans for dotGif but until then here is the 3rd in the “greatest hits” series, this one featuring my favourite ”b-sides” being punchlines I’ve never used in an actual strip. Tune in next week for the final “dotGif” comic, greatest hits volume 4, the comic chosen as a result of feedback from readers as the “best” of dotgif.

Until then

T/K

Greatest Hit’s: Volume 2 – Noobs at 10

Kreedle — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:59:03 +0000

So here is the second of the “revisited” strips, with added George Lucas style updating and additional “art”. If last time was an example of simplicity and reliance on art vs the written word this is the opposite, possibly the longest (text wise) strip we’ve done.

This is the strip that finally revealed our characters names, before then they we’re simply refered to in scripts as 1 and 2, but here they became Will (after Adama from BSG) Freeman (after Gordon from Half-Life) and Jay (not his real name,) Crowley (after the Demon from Good Omens by Niel Gaimen and Terry Pratchett). We had asked people from our facebook group to come up with names, those rejected include

Nathan
Vince
Terrance
“Xenar the destroyer of worlds”

It’s also one of my favorites as I had a lot of fun writing it, especially the tickers running along the bottom of the screen, we came up with about 20 or so jokes for that and it’s a shame we couldn’t fit them all in. In fact in the end one of the ticker jokes became a strip in it’s own right.

So I give you Noobs at 10, the greatest hits edition, and please ignore the bad joke in the middle of the strip, it’s deliberate, honest.

T/K

P.S: A little note for fact fans out there, this is the first strip where the characters get “real” eyebrows.

Greatest Hit’s: Volume 1 – Better Best Forgotten

Kreedle — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:09:17 +0000

A thought occurred to me recently, with over 100 comics now I’m intrigued to know what our readers favorite strips are, so I have decided to repost one of mine. This is one I feel highlights that a good strip starts with a great idea and doesn’t necessary need a wall of text, something I should remember more often. So consider this my George Lucas moment, as I’ve slightly re-edited this strip, if only to fix the spelling error.

So why not let me know what your favorite dotgif strips are, and possibly even why, by emailing me using the address

terry(that symbol that goes in the middle of email address)dotgif-comic.com

As for the attached strip, as with most of our comics it has a joke title, I had a bet with a friend that I couldnt sneak a steps reference into a strip without John noticing, I know it’s really a kylie song, but let it slide people.

Funny note, originally we we’re going to feature lego rockband in this strip but it proved a little difficult to draw, then shortly afterwards it was revealed to be a real game, so keep checking your gaming news site of choice for CounterStrike: Passive Resistance any day now.

T/K

P.S: As any of you that follow mine or the dotgif twitter feeds will know the new comic will now début on Tuesdays for the time being.

A Very British Game

Kreedle — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:01:39 +0000

So E3 has come and gone again, bringing with it a whole host of new games, ways of playing games, and ways of not playing games whilst sorta actually playing games.

But yet again the star of the show, as with almost every e3 was the epic queues, and what better way to pay tribute then to immortalise them in game form?

This may well be the last dotgif comic for a while, so enjoy it people!

T/K

Wave your hands in the air

Kreedle — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:32:45 +0000

So here we are again, back with another strip made from 100% recycled material, and this one has more jagged edges than an 8-bit hacksaw.

This comic references Project Natal, which is you are unfamiliar with is a gesture based control system, think wii-motes but without the motes, or wii’s. How this could possibly go wrong combined with games like Mortal Kombat?

T/K

The Final Fantasy

Kreedle — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:57:00 +0000

Fun and games (mainly Dragon Age Origins: Awakenings for me) behind the scene’s delayed this strip.
Expect news on the future of the comic shortly.
T/K

Dark is the Hour

Kreedle — Fri, 28 May 2010 08:00:15 +0000

So as I mentioned on Wednesday John is busy this weekend so I have attempted the strip on my own.

This is you could say the third in the “darkness” line of strips, which are basically strips that require little or no assistance from John, giving him a break. The first can be found here and the second here.

Again as mentioned there will be no Monday strip this week so the next comic after today will be in a weeks time on Friday 4th.
Until then
T/K

The Shadow of Death – Part 2

jb — Mon, 24 May 2010 08:00:03 +0000

More will be revealed next week!

The Streams Won't Run Red

jb — Fri, 21 May 2010 08:00:01 +0000

This story prompted the comic; where we see measures taken against people who film themselves playing pirated games… Can’t really say I hold any sympathy for them – even if this story was elaborated on a little too much.

The Shadow of Death – Part 1

jb — Mon, 17 May 2010 21:16:15 +0000

Jay (or is it Death?!) confronts Death (or is it Jay?!) about the missing dice.

Side note:
This is officially comic number 100. The 100th official strip associated with dotGif. Numero one-hundredo. You get the idea.

I would like to thank everyone, who has read the comic so far, and further thank the people who have contributed to our humble little comic (even if that didn’t directly result in a physical strip) and all the people who have inspired myself artistically, and Terry into writing the insane drivel on a now bi-weekly basis, and obviously, the people who have set aside their own time to work on scripts and homages to us. We really appreciate the support we get, and the feedback we receive.

We will keep making the comic while we have funny things to say, and a story to tell. Thank you very much for reading.