Death To The ExtremistA comic by M. Zole.Outtake: Compilation- January 27, 2007 Early version of episode 489. I always knew that the music I grew up on would someday be laughably behind the times, and when I saw a TV ad for a compilation CD called "Buzz Ballads" I knew that day had come. This strip, then, is a tribute to middle school dances, past, present, and future. Written September 8, 2006.http://www.dtecomic.com/?c=outtake&id=680 Outtake: The Two Plan- January 25, 2007 I didn't publish this one because I thought it was too unfocused, but looking at it now I kind of like how the dialog is simultaneously natural and stilted. I've never been able to pull off that quality intentionally, but in my mind DTE is defined by the strips where it happens accidentally. Written October 11, 2006.http://www.dtecomic.com/?c=outtake&id=679 Outtake: The Grossest Thing- January 24, 2007 I couldn't think of any dialog to follow that first panel, but later I realized there's not much else to say. Written October 17, 2006.http://www.dtecomic.com/?c=outtake&id=678 Outtake: Sandwich- January 23, 2007 I don't usually do political comics, but this strip was an attempt to riff on some doublespeak about the Iraq war or something. I didn't publish it because I didn't think the joke in the last panel (the narration tries to make the political connection obvious, but the characters resist) was very well executed. Written October 17, 2006.http://www.dtecomic.com/?c=outtake&id=677 Outtake: Cold Air- January 22, 2007 Writing this comic was easier than installing weather stripping. Written October 17, 2006.http://www.dtecomic.com/?c=outtake&id=676 Background Gallery: Updated- January 19, 2007 New backgrounds have been added to the Background Gallery.http://www.dtecomic.com/?c=bg Outtake: Snackalope- January 19, 2007 At first this appears to be a pun on another pun, but you're supposed to visualize an animal composed of processed snack food and experience the abject.http://www.dtecomic.com/?c=outtake&id=663 Outtake: True Life Workplace Stories- January 18, 2007 Taken almost verbatim from a conversation I had, hence the name. (I was One, but in my defense I was being ironic.) Written March 14, 2006.http://www.dtecomic.com/?c=outtake&id=662 Outtake: Metrics- January 17, 2007 I've always wondered what it's like to play a supporting role in a one-hit-wonder band, and then go off and get a regular job. Apparently One is curious enough to lie about it. Or maybe he's actually Debbi Peterson in this episode. Written September 1, 2005.http://www.dtecomic.com/?c=outtake&id=661 Outtake: First Job- January 16, 2007 Early version of episode 323. Part of the "One and Two Retire" series, but I decided to scrap it and start over. One of my favorite rock bands, Self, is from Murfreesboro, TN. Written June 27, 2005.http://www.dtecomic.com/?c=outtake&id=660 |