A comic dedicated to oddness

Cheers to you, Anonymous friend.

2011-07-18T12:29:42.042-07:00

Cheers to you, Anonymous friend.

Holy crap. Caleb Manci, formerly of the giant oran...

2011-07-17T13:30:03.536-07:00

Holy crap. Caleb Manci, formerly of the giant orange pants and jet black hair. I gave you a stick once, in a chapel, long ago. I'm so relieved to see you escaped, and are out doing things in the world. Amazing. Just wanted to tell you this knowledge brightened my day. Carry on.

That's funny. When I thought up the idea I fi...

2011-06-13T10:33:45.730-07:00

That's funny. When I thought up the idea I figured that other people had had it before so I did a google search. Yours was one of the first ones that I saw, which is the inspiration for the multi-colored dance floor. Glad to meet you. Welcome to my kingdom.

Hey Caleb! I was checking out other artists on I....

2011-06-12T17:12:05.705-07:00

Hey Caleb!

I was checking out other artists on I.N.C.H. and saw your website. Lo and behold I saw this post. I did a similar thing to it a couple months ago. Check it out!

http://state-or-translate.deviantart.com/art/Endangered-Species-Postage-3-203253850

I will now further peruse your site.
-CJ

That's why I'm choosing not to grow mine u...

2009-12-24T05:44:37.365-08:00

That's why I'm choosing not to grow mine until I have the nation's attention.

You're just jealous that they get to grow boob...

2009-12-23T11:34:59.391-08:00

You're just jealous that they get to grow boobs.

Dude, I like this picture and everything. But tha...

2009-12-16T16:45:45.655-08:00

Dude, I like this picture and everything. But that poster in the back makes me want to open a place of business just so I can hang it.

This one cut me kinda close today. Nice work.

2009-11-22T13:22:35.330-08:00

This one cut me kinda close today. Nice work.

It scares me, too.

2009-11-07T13:53:54.427-08:00

It scares me, too.

I would normally like to buy prints of your cartoo...

2009-11-06T02:45:19.899-08:00

I would normally like to buy prints of your cartoons, but this one scares the bejeezus out of me.

Thanks. And that's just the beginning of when ...

2009-11-03T08:38:15.162-08:00

Thanks. And that's just the beginning of when the color hit. We saw it in every reflected surface for about a day straight. Scared the bejeesus out the kiddies. It made my blood run cold. Not that I was scared. Nothing really scares me... with the exception of a three-dimensional universe. I have nightmares of a full-color 3D world.

Dude, watch out on that couch you are PRECARIOUSLY...

2009-10-31T11:28:40.087-07:00

Dude, watch out on that couch you are PRECARIOUSLY BALANCED.

Ps. the captcha I have to enter in order to post this is "bandamyo" and I'm pretty sure that's not a word. Not an American word anyway.

'Murican.

This is definitely my favorite thing you've ma...

2009-10-28T12:44:28.599-07:00

This is definitely my favorite thing you've made.

This should be a munchkin card. The You-Shall-Not...

2009-10-26T03:12:08.736-07:00

This should be a munchkin card. The You-Shall-Not-Pass of Gandalf, between the Twin Peaks of David and Lynch.

Btw you do not need to tell us who is who because ...

2009-10-26T03:10:50.083-07:00

Btw you do not need to tell us who is who because it is SO OBVIOUS.

Interesting observation, is that noise orchestrati...

2009-07-27T11:58:55.999-07:00

Interesting observation, is that noise orchestrations like Hair Police often goes into or comes out jazz orchestrations. Today, Dr. John came on which I sort of see because of the connection of near avant garde but he still has that bluesy sound.

lol timely

2009-06-02T12:30:27.921-07:00

lol timely

ohhhh pepto bismol (sp?)

2009-04-12T08:35:00.000-07:00

ohhhh pepto bismol (sp?)

ooh... a post from the future.

2009-03-30T15:55:00.000-07:00

ooh... a post from the future.

This reminds me of returning home after traveling ...

2009-03-17T09:58:00.000-07:00

This reminds me of returning home after traveling abroad.

-Katie

(Speaking of culture, the word verification I have to type for this is "rasist")

I hate to comment twice in a week, but this is a b...

2008-10-31T08:56:00.000-07:00

I hate to comment twice in a week, but this is a brilliantly written letter. One of the reasons I've always liked your comic is fairly self-centered: I've almost always "gotten" it. That 'like,' therefore, is as much about me, I suppose, as it is about you.

A lot of your comics remind me of Buddhist koans. Koans are/were statements/answers that senior monks would say to apprentice monks to get them closer to the truth or enlightenment. One of the 'answers' I read in college - a koan - was quite literally this: "Ha!" That was the answer to a question an apprentice monk asked a senior monk regarding enlightenment. Ever since then, I have found things like coincidence, the universal, the tragic, the divine, and the images or phrases that can tie them all together humorous. It is probably why I find most things in psychology delightfully humorous -- there can be (and likely is) derivative meaning in everything; as soon as a person opens him/herself up to his/her subjective experience of the derivative (that is, usually, the primitive/universal that underlies all experiences), a person cannot help but delight in it. And this is why, too, I agree with your assessment that 'jokes' are cheap. Real humor comes from something broader, deeper, more tragic and more divine than that.

Besides 'getting' what you mean, I also - as you must know by now - value your expert writing of your explanation. Quite simply put, it's always fairly winning, in my opinion, to see such cogent method behind the madness, as it were. You're smart.

Did the editor respond at all? Also, what comics had s/he seen?

--you probably know who. the non-mother other.

can't help but laugh at that one. :)

2008-10-27T16:08:00.000-07:00

can't help but laugh at that one. :)

Yeah, it's funny how I often confuse the two of yo...

2008-10-27T16:05:00.000-07:00

Yeah, it's funny how I often confuse the two of you.

That's interesting. I definitely thought they refe...

2008-10-27T15:50:00.000-07:00

That's interesting. I definitely thought they referenced each other intentionally somehow. I wonder if other pieces reference each other in a similarly unintentional way. Hm! Comparative study? And yes, I know your characters are all you in some way. This one looks more like you, like a portrait.

Ahh, now I know who you are. Thanks for your cont...

2008-10-27T15:45:00.000-07:00

Ahh, now I know who you are. Thanks for your continued appreciation. You should know by now that every one of these characters is me (in some form or another). This one was actually drawn about two months ago while the ninja one was drawn a few weeks ago. The probably have some reference to each other but I imagine that it's a poster for a movie. Also, you may notice that the set is almost identical to my bedroom (see the box light in the corner?)