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For any of you who are familiar with the comic, there are a few items for purchase that are Apple Scruffs related over at the Apple Scruffs' Bargin Bin. Some of you know may also know that I don't really harp on the merchandise that is for sale over there. The simple reason is that I have no idea what kind of quality the items are... It's all done through Cafe Press, so I merely design the product, and they handle the rest. However, I just recently got a hold of one of the shirts and the poster, and I have to say they are really good quality. So if Apple Scruffs is something you are interested in clothing yourself with check it out...
 When I'm not slaving over comic strips, I am also employed by a little organization called the Air Force, and sometimes I use my drawing (un)talents to lend them a hand. Most recently, I did a strip for the Wilford Hall Medical Center NCO Council, and I thought I would share it with you all. The interesting thing about this comic is it is what I call a "Speedy", meaning I set a time limit to accomplish it in (2 hours), and go for it! I know it doesn't seem very "speedy", but I normally take a week to finish a comic so there ya go. This particular comic pokes fun at those "Science Fiction" AF commercials I see every so often. 
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| I've never really liked Game Stop, but I've also never truly hated it. Never, until Twilight Princess came out. A week or two after TP came out I went over to Game Stop and asked if I might purchase a copy of the hottest game from what was suppose to be a game selling business. Simple, I thought. The clerk informed me that there wasn't one available, so I left. The next day I called instead of wasting a trip, there wasn't one available again but the next day was their shipment day so there should be some available then. Wrong. I continued this process for several days before I stumbled across one... at a Target! I asked the electronics guy how long they had TP and said his records showed that it had been in stock since it was released! WTF? Now gasp in horror when I say this wasn't TP for the Wii, it was for the Gamecube! I know, and after that I began my boycott of Game Stop. Ignoring that fact that they put giant stickers on their game boxes, making them ugly as sin, ignoring the fact that the game I just bought three days ago went from $60 in value to $10 because it's "used", I simply can not do business with them, because they are a retarded entity! Now, allow me to backtrack, every once in a while there is a reason to enter this shitty establishment, such as older games. Odds are Best Buy isn't going to carry Luigi's Mansion, in that case I must go to Game Stop. For that very reason I was at Game Stop recently. After the guy at the counter rang me up he asked if I wanted to pre-order Mass Effect 2, a game I have been very much looking forward to. I laughed and said, "No thanks, I'll just pick it up when it comes out." The clerk sneered, curled his lips back over his teeth, "Well sir, I can tell you, it won't be available here unless you pre-order it." BAM! He had fallen for my trapped, "I know," I grinned, "That's why I buy my games from Best Buy! The day they come out, without a pre-order!" I had gone home, confident in my victory, when I saw a Game Stop commercial for Mass Effect 2. I'm sure you've seen it, it involves a gun, some bad guys, a space toilet, and a crude joke. At the end of the commercial is an offer for some armor and gun ONLY AVAILABLE WITH A PRE-ORDER FROM GAME STOP! My eye twitched. It's hard to stand firm in your beliefs when someone you hate is offering you a gun that makes your enemies disappear.
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| I've been contemplating the latest Apple Scruffs story arc for quite some time, I been arguing with myself on whether or not to take Hawk down this road. I don't want to lose the simple, innocent world that Hawk and Mark are part of, however, I also do not want Hawk and Mark to stagnate as characters. I would like to see them grow up, even just a little bit. I've been reading some of the old Calvin and Hobbes collections I have lying around, and looking at Bill Watterson's amazing cartooning and panel design really got me thinking about my own cartoons. I wanted to make sure that Apple Scruffs are just as fun to look at as they are to read. If you don't like the new look, I really don't care, I had fun with this one!
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| Apple Scruffs is the name of an awesome George Harrison song, I take no credit for coming up with it. All donations will go directly into the site or funding for contests and giveaways. Thank you for any and all donations! |
