MATT: arf
DAN: you hear this stuff, matt???!!!!??!?!
ZACK: Zantetsuken dot com is being a dispshit
ZACK: so commentary may not be a reality
MATT: what?
ZACK: Actually, fuck
ZACK: you know what would be better
ZACK: commenting on each strip in this chat room
DAN: zack's trying to ad commentary to AS strips
ZACK: as if it was DVD commentary
DAN: yarf
ZACK: because we're fucking dorks
ZACK: oh wait logging of group chats doesn't work for me
ZACK: can someone remember to save this conversation
ZACK: if we do the commentary thing?
ZACK: Do you guys wanna do it?
ZACK: I mean
ZACK: I can just write swear-laced commentary by myself
ZACK: but you had a hand in making this comic
DAN: wait do what now?
DAN: lemme reread
ZACK: Make commentary for each strip!
DAN: OH
MATT: oh, us?!
DAN: in the chatroom?
MATT: HOLY SHIT
DAN: hahahahaha
ZACK: as long as someone USING TRILLIAN ahem ahem
MATT: ;_;
ZACK: can send me the log afterwards
DAN: heh
ZACK: matt you could too
MATT: i could
ZACK: but I forget how to do it in aim
ZACK: DO YOU WANT TO BEGIN
MATT: uh..
ZACK: ARE YOU GUYS UP FOR IT
MATT: i'm nervous..
ZACK: yeah whatever
ZACK: (Link: http://www.zantetsuken.com/cgi-bin/sarch.cgi?1)http://www.zantetsuken.com/cgi-bin/sarch.cgi?1


ZACK: This is the first comic.
MATT: so, talk about each one here?
ZACK: I apparently had something against word bubbles.
ZACK: Yeah.
MATT: ok ok
MATT: i thought it was a good grab
ZACK: (Dan, you have to send me this log, it is imperative)
ZACK: Heh
MATT: you established the contextual focus of the main characters
ZACK: I had a good thing going with the "effort" here, which quickly disintegrated.
DAN: ok, im off the phone with michael, im good to go
ZACK: Oh thanks for letting us know.
ZACK: I'm not starting over
ZACK: cause this is funny
MATT: oh, and, boobs
MATT: hehe
ZACK: Go to the first comic
MATT: boobs are good
ZACK: Boobs were a prominent theme in AS
DAN: ahaha, this whole thing right now is gonna be used?
DAN: well, it's good matewrial, yes
ZACK: Yes
DAN: and i cant spell
DAN: booyah
DAN: OK
ZACK: I've been watching too many futurama dvds you see
ZACK: Ok, the fourth panel
ZACK: I do NOT know what the fuck is up with Dan's hair
ZACK: that could be marker
ZACK: I honestly have NO IDEA
DAN: hahaha
DAN: zack
MATT: hehe
DAN: what is there to say about Awkward Stage #1
DAN: other than boobs
DAN: you know
MATT: i just said that!!
DAN: matt knows
DAN: i know
ZACK: Does anybody else thing that the first "frog" looks like two wangs standing up?
DAN: that all the rest of the text is IRRELEVANT
MATT: hahaha
MATT: not until now
ZACK: They are SUPPOSED to be eyes
DAN: you could have replaced our words bubbles with chimps
DAN: and just had my last line
ZACK: hahah
ZACK: yes
MATT: speaking of eyes, i like yours in the fifth panel, zack
ZACK: Yeah
ZACK: That's based in reality
MATT: lol
ZACK: it's called "having ADD"
MATT: hahahaha
DAN: heh, basically anything goofy goes
ZACK: hmm
ZACK: I don't like the lack of bubbles
DAN: so uh are you just gonna periodically shift us to the next comic?
ZACK: I guess
DAN: just wondering
ZACK: We'll do that now


ZACK: Ok, so.. number 2
DAN: because this is so god damn unprofessional i love it
ZACK: I hate this one
ZACK: First of all, where the hell is the bed
ZACK: I do not sleep on a mattress on the floor
ZACK: although I guess I could
DAN: to sum it up, it's your sham of a life in a nutshell
DAN: :D
ZACK: Well, see, secondly
ZACK: 12pm is not even late
ZACK: I've gotten up at like, 5
DAN: haha
DAN: replace the times
DAN: start at 8:00pm
ZACK: Pretty much
ZACK: This was in 2001
ZACK: I thought 1am was late, I guess.
ZACK: This reminds me of a later comic
DAN: well you were young and naive back then
DAN: we were all there
ZACK: about you and matt
ZACK: where you guys were playing video games
ZACK: and it gets all fucked up
ZACK: and you're like "WE NEED TO SLEEP"
ZACK: that NEVER FUCKING HAPPENS
DAN: yeah, i remember that
ZACK: It was so NOT based in reality
DAN: it was funny anyway
ZACK: that was before Alissa and Lunch
ZACK: so I can gripe about not being based in reality
DAN: even though we knew it was such total fiction, the sleeping part
ZACK: up until that point
DAN: anyway, we shouldnt stray too far off topic
ZACK: Matt, do you have anything to say about this one
ZACK: we have a topic??
DAN: i mean too far off each comic
ZACK: oh, right
ZACK: yes
ZACK: Matt, I'm giving you to the count of "whatever I feel like" to say your piece, then I'm moving us on
DAN: haha, speaking of unprofessionality
DAN: we have no way of ensuring each others' attention
DAN: it's brilliant
ZACK: AIM is SUPPOSED to make SOUNDS
MATT: sorry
DAN: for all i know a runkis just fell on his head
MATT: i turned sounds off
ZACK: If runkis had appeared earlier, I'd have used it in AS.
DAN: hahaha
ZACK: Matt, any thoughts on number 2?
DAN: we used it all damn day today
DAN: hey zack, quick question on rules
ZACK: shoot
DAN: is there any reason i should avoid the work fuckenMcshitenstein?
DAN: or should i just not care like i wasnt going to anyway
ZACK: You need to scroll up and look at the seaman talk I've been spewing.
DAN: yeah well im lazy and my memory rivals a roadkill ape
ZACK: I mean, shit, that comment was a thinly veiled innuendo in and of itself.
DAN: heh, anyway, let's go to 3
ZACK: The way I figure it, AS's readerbase is old enough to handle swears.
ZACK: Since most of them were older than us to begin with.


ZACK: Yes, 3.
ZACK: I hate this one too.
ZACK: Well, I guess it's funny.
MATT: 3 is pretty classic
ZACK: I've had days like this.
ZACK: That clock only has 5 hours.
MATT: just because it's so true
ZACK: This was not an accident; it is a special school clock
ZACK: (i just made that up)
ZACK: School days are 6.5 hours anyway, aren't they?
DAN: i like it because it introduced your dad as someone who never quite made it in
ZACK: He appears again
DAN: i know
ZACK: I think in the FIRST color strip
DAN: but never drawn
ZACK: Second.
ZACK: Yeah
ZACK: I can't draw him.
ZACK: I don't know why.
ZACK: I can't draw my mom either.
DAN: loq
ZACK: It's funny because my dad never said "you should exercise"
DAN: didnt think so
ZACK: It was "you better get in shape. you're getting fat"
DAN: HAHAHAHAHA
ZACK: and I flipped out
ZACK: that was 9th grade I think
ZACK: there were a lot of donuts involved
DAN: mmmmm
ZACK: and a lot of the sega dreamcast
ZACK: notice the bag in panel 3
ZACK: wait.
ZACK: Oh, they let us carry bags in high school
ZACK: but not middle school
ZACK: that was such a huge fucken deal back then
DAN: right
ZACK: and for the first month I did not use my locker
DAN: because middle school was run by fucking morons
ZACK: but endless ridicule encouraged me to use it
ZACK: also my spine began to hurt
ZACK: Anwyay.
ZACK: ..
ZACK: Anyway.
DAN: and a lot of 4.  sorry, but we are so gonna wander off if we dont flip fairly fast
DAN: heh


ZACK: Ah, 4
ZACK: Do you remember who this is supposed to be?
ZACK: 'Cause I do
DAN: liiiiiiiiiime
DAN: hah
ZACK: Haha!
ZACK: I forgot ALL ABOUT THAT
DAN: yeah i do remember the basis for lime
ZACK: Did you know that Ruby thought Lime was Andrea?
DAN: 2 things lime was based on, anyway
DAN: (hahahahaha!)
ZACK: Apparently it's some kind of Ranma 1/2 reference
DAN: 2 uh, big things
ZACK: or SOMETHING
ZACK: Yes
ZACK: Her breasts were of mythical proportion.
MATT: hahaha
DAN: see, it's funny, because im trying to sound all appropriate when im talking about a girl with huge BOOBS
ZACK: That didn't exactly work out.
MATT: and neither did the girl in the next comic
ZACK: I kind of, stuttered like a dipshit and would go for long periods without saying anything and just going "eheh.." and scratching my head
DAN: hahaha, matt


ZACK: Oh, little note
ZACK: this number 5 is not actually 5
ZACK: it's 6
ZACK: I fucked up somewhere
ZACK: 5 is at #58
DAN: meh
ZACK: so we'll get there eventually
DAN: wtf
ZACK: anyway, #6
DAN: ok, whatever
ZACK: (I DONT KNOW)
ZACK: ok, this one
DAN: call it 5 for now
ZACK: Talia
DAN: or we'll get lost
ZACK: ok, fine. it's 5
DAN: trying to remember to add a number
ZACK: right
ZACK: NUMBER FIVE
ZACK: This is Talia
DAN: to sum up what matt was saying
DAN: the girls were not the focus of AS
ZACK: She appeared about 6 times in 3 years
MATT: yea
MATT: see, honestly
MATT: of all the intros, i liked hers the least
MATT: i mean, you can tell you cared about her the least as far as characters go
MATT: and rightfully so, i mean, what did she have to say about boobs?
ZACK: At this point I was adding people to make up for not talking to them often enough
DAN: because she got shafted by zack's lack of giving a crap?
DAN: haha
ZACK: Except with Matt and Erica
ZACK: Also I'm pretty sure I wanted Amie to like me more
MATT: i think she did
DAN: loq
ZACK: As a result?
MATT: yea
MATT: i don't think talia did though
ZACK: That's a little weird.
ZACK: Talia LIKED AS though.
MATT: yea she did
ZACK: She did the best fanart for it EVER
ZACK: which I fucking lost
MATT: but do you think it was because she was in it?
ZACK: Since Zant moved or got reformatted like 12 times
ZACK: no
MATT: see, i think she liked it because she liked you, not because of her character
ZACK: Yes
ZACK: I was blind
ZACK: ;_;
MATT: amie definitely liked it more because she was in it
MATT: i think
ZACK: anyway, as far as art goes
MATT: then again i'm senile but, whatever
ZACK: the ARGH is ok
ZACK: I do NOT know what is up with this Courier font
ZACK: it's really weird now
ZACK: and apparently I do not have elbows
ZACK: damn
ZACK: I totally couldn't draw breasts.
DAN: elbows are overrated
ZACK: well it looks like he's lacking forearms too
MATT: and those breasts are better than i could do
MATT: (on many levels)
ZACK: they need to be smoother is all
ZACK: eventually the art gets there
ZACK: anyway, let's move on


ZACK: Here you are, Matt
ZACK: I.. I don't know.
ZACK: I know you liked this one
ZACK: I THINK you did
DAN: um, it was great, zack
DAN: no better way to introduce matt than as a mad scientist gone wrong
ZACK: Well, yes
DAN: YES
DAN: mad scientist
DAN: GONE WRONG
ZACK: I don't know where the idea came from though
ZACK: Do you realize I never once worked Super Smash Brothers into this comic??
DAN: your dick?
DAN: where all the boob jokes came from?
ZACK: Well yes
DAN: hm, weird
ZACK: Matt needs to like
ZACK: talk about his first appearance
MATT: oh sorry
ZACK: since IT'S HIM
MATT: shit
ZACK: ahahah
MATT: we're on that
ZACK: it's cool
ZACK: yes
MATT: fuck uh
MATT: well, i'll tell you
MATT: this was actually my idea
DAN: im sure it's because we're both talking to jade
MATT: sort of..
DAN: or he's playing sims
ZACK: WAS IT?
MATT: no, jade
MATT: well, here
ZACK: I'd believe that
MATT: we were discussin putting me in
MATT: g*
ZACK: I think I remember you suggesting it
MATT: but you didn't really have, like, a scenario
ZACK: Right
MATT: so i said, hey, i build this machine the babefinder
MATT: and, i know you changed the punchline
ZACK: oh yeah
ZACK: and I was like IT'S DAN IN A BOX
ZACK: little known fact
MATT: yea
ZACK: that is not cardboard
ZACK: it is weapons grade plutonium
MATT: i don't remember what my original joke was
MATT: but i liked yours
DAN: haha
MATT: it was as good if not better
MATT: and, also, i was in the comic now, so why should i complain anyway
MATT: lol
ZACK: Haha
ZACK: you, Dan and Lunch were the best characters
ZACK: anyway!


ZACK: #7
DAN: heh
DAN: HAHAHAHAHA
DAN: oh man
ZACK: SOMEONE suggested I do this
DAN: 7
DAN: good times
ZACK: It might have been someone from the internet
DAN: "i like food" is the best line ever
DAN: hardly even true
DAN: haha
MATT: WTF
ZACK: Considering you never eat.
MATT: you mean someone ACTUALLY asked for clean dan!?!?
ZACK: This comic is one of those ones Carl would quote ceaselessly.
MATT: omg i thought it was just something you made up
ZACK: I think someone suggested it as a joke
DAN: _-_
MATT: oh as a joke
ZACK: (I'm censoring his name out when I get my hands on this log)
DAN: hopefully a joke
MATT: yea, jesus, you scared me
DAN: because dan IS a joke if he's not perverted
MATT: hehe
ZACK: I am an ASSHOLE in that last panel
ZACK: but the black eyelids ruin it
MATT: heh
ZACK: Oh hahaha
DAN: nah, i like it
ZACK: look in the upper corner
ZACK: it WAS someone's idea
DAN: just shafting some innocent viewer
ZACK: man, I was a prick even then
ZACK: THIS IS WHAT I SAY TO YOUR IDEAS
DAN: haha
DAN: works for me
ZACK: this, of course, prepared me for running the zantetsuken forums
ZACK: where I ignored ideas from idiots all day
DAN: i loved the forums so much ;_;
DAN: epecially when i reigned over the big one
DAN: loq
ZACK: maybe I 'll bring them back
ZACK: oh yeah
ZACK: you were the mod of GENERAL DISCUSSION
DAN: REALLY?!
MATT: yea
DAN: well think about it, at least
DAN: i had to earn that position, baby
ZACK: that was me going "ugh these people are stupid, you can handle this without killing them"
DAN: XD
ZACK: no you didn't :/
DAN: i know
MATT: hehehe
MATT: are we on 8?
DAN: i know it so hard


ZACK: anyway, #8
MATT: one of my favorites
MATT: i'm a fan on the one panel comic
DAN: heh, it's cute
ZACK: I look weird in this one
ZACK: Where is the FROG
MATT: it is an artform in itself
ZACK: yeah
MATT: when i did comics
DAN: hiding
ZACK: i have no problems with this one, content wise
MATT: me and dan drew our own comics in 4th grade
MATT: i was like, a passing fad or something
MATT: i always did one panel
DAN: i only "mastered" stick figures
DAN: but i made some good stuff
ZACK: you and that red pen
ZACK: you were a regular tarantino with those things
DAN: hehe


ZACK: well, nothing much else, here, so #9
DAN: red graphite is great
ZACK: Hey look, it's Amie
DAN: i love the bactine line in 9
DAN: it was a nice inish
DAN: *finish
ZACK: I had Amie and Erica confused here I guess
DAN: this also sums up highschool, yeah?
ZACK: Since Amie loved lewd comments about her various assets
ZACK: What, girls abuse us?
DAN: hahaha
ZACK: Yeah, yeah it does.
ZACK: Ok, this is where my lettering got criminal
MATT: haha
ZACK: panel 3 is a disgrace
ZACK: the last word is just thrown in
ZACK: I think I forgot to write it
MATT: you definitely improved that as time went on
ZACK: panel 1 introduces the "impudent and smug" look I've perfected in comics and in real life
MATT: hehe
ZACK: dude I used a computer as time went on
ZACK: so yeah i did
MATT: hehe
ZACK: this concept makes no sense
ZACK: "hey, you're attractive"
ZACK: "i take offense!!!"
DAN: arg, brb quick as i can
ZACK: it sounds like an anime from the late 1980s
MATT: iyaan~
ZACK: thanks
ZACK: Actually anime has a lot of abusive women
ZACK: it's kind of weird
ZACK: this has some truth to it
ZACK: the third panel is something I got a lot
ZACK: but it was always "here is why I refuse to date you"
ZACK: from various girls
ZACK: Oh Zack, you're such a nice, sweet person, don't ever change...
MATT: yea
MATT: seems to be a theme in your comics
ZACK: It's never affected my standing with the ladies.
ZACK: Since girls don't go to this website.
ZACK: probably
DAN: sorry, had to take a runkis
ZACK: Actually I don't know.
ZACK: Awesome
ZACK: let's move on


ZACK: #10
ZACK: my dad wrote this one!
DAN: haha, realy?!
ZACK: first panel: cross eyed
ZACK: yes
ZACK: He's written a few, indirectly
ZACK: he used to give me a lot of ideas
ZACK: and I'd run with them
ZACK: and make them funny (no offense, dad)
DAN: hah
DAN: this one just recaps highschool in a nutshell
ZACK: Ok, I just noticed I was wrong. AS began in October 2000
ZACK: yeah
ZACK: bendin' over backwards for the ladies
ZACK: but halloween was ok to do that with
ZACK: cause we got candy
DAN: rather bend them over backwards...
DAN: i mean what?
DAN: i said nothing
ZACK: your comment would be gross if it made any sense
DAN: i always like halloween
DAN: do they ever?
ZACK: me too
DAN: of course not
ZACK: The last awesome halloween was 9th grade
ZACK: and also the one where you ate the kit kat without unwrapping it
ZACK: that was hardcore
MATT: oh man
DAN: yup, that's me
MATT: i vaguely remember that
ZACK: You did show up eventually that time
ZACK: after the kit kat though
ZACK: I like how girls is bolded
ZACK: "just in case you guys can't read"
ZACK: you know what, I've never been to a halloween party
MATT: hehe
ZACK: not since I was like, 7
DAN: i've been to like one
DAN: but who cares
MATT: i don
DAN: it's about going out for candy
MATT: t think i've been to any
MATT: hell yea
ZACK: for me, it's now about buying candy
DAN: and playing ssb
ZACK: and then shutting off the porch light
DAN: haha
DAN: HAHA
ZACK: and eating all of it
ZACK: that was a rule when we were kids
ZACK: but kids dont follow it anymore
MATT: parents.. ruthless..
ZACK: I shut off my porch light in 2002 and kids till rung
DAN: bastards, what has our society come to
ZACK: also kids costumes are bad now
MATT: yea
MATT: what're you supposed to be?
MATT: i'm ghetto!
MATT: wiggity what what


ZACK: we have another halloween strip in #11
DAN: is it the one?
ZACK: I did this in 2000 for real
DAN: not quite
ZACK: my dad only sort of cared
DAN: i always forget the number of the one im thinking of
MATT: haha
ZACK: he was like HA HA HA put it back
MATT: the costume one
MATT: that's later
ZACK: That's the real #5
DAN: but zack, number 11 is the true essence of halloween
ZACK: we'll get to it
DAN: ah, ok
ZACK: yeah
ZACK: eating candy
ZACK: "fun size"
ZACK: is not a valid term
DAN: no, it's not
MATT: i wish i could this more attention :/
MATT: i'm trying
MATT: give*
DAN: oh you'll try all right
ZACK: you're doing fine
ZACK: enough of tim burton's christmas though
DAN: we'll just break your kneecaps if you miss one


ZACK: #12 also happened
ZACK: Matt was there
ZACK: Remember that english class?
DAN: the caption up top is awesome
ZACK: That caption was on the shirt!
ZACK: No one bought any shirts
ZACK: except me
DAN: i did
DAN: haha
ZACK: I had a shirt with my own damn face on it
ZACK: Amie wore her AS shirt actually
ZACK: she showed me in the hall
DAN: well that's how webcomics go
ZACK: it was cool because it was under her blouse
ZACK: which she had to open to show me
DAN: XD
ZACK: and I was like FGUH?! oh, AS shirt. awesome. :/
DAN: XDXDXD
DAN: good job, shamington
ZACK: anyway this was real, I did get a 99
ZACK: EVERYONE glared at me
ZACK: Matt got a 98 if I recall
MATT: yea
MATT: hehe
MATT: i remember that
ZACK: that class was horrendous
ZACK: it was like, us v stupdis
MATT: english..
ZACK: ...
ZACK: stgupids
ZACK: .... fuck it
MATT: what test was that, anyway
MATT: vocab?
MATT: or a book
ZACK: Some vocab
DAN: chimp test
MATT: yea
ZACK: and a lot of reading
MATT: [Dumb Girl #1]
ZACK: hahaha
MATT: [Dumb Girl #2]
ZACK: yeah
MATT: [Dumb Girl #3]
MATT: bunch of rhodes scholars, that class
ZACK: SHE NEVER CLOSED HER MOUTH
ZACK: hahahahahahahaAGHAHA
ZACK: yes
ZACK: it was horrible
DAN: i almost felt like i was part of the class
ZACK: moving on,
MATT: and then the addition of matt karpf
ZACK: haha
MATT: and [Dumb Guy #1]
ZACK: you visited
DAN: though i was the only one not in it
MATT: dan
MATT: you WERE that class
DAN: hahaha
MATT: mr gag loved your visits
ZACK: yeah
DAN: ^_^
MATT: because our class was SO HORRIBLE
ZACK: so did Mrs. Morgan
ZACK: my art teacher
DAN: so uh
DAN: why do teachers like me again?
ZACK: so let's move on~
DAN: heh, k
ZACK: haha
ZACK: anyway


MATT: LOVE THIS ONE
ZACK: #13
MATT: LOVE
MATT: THIS
MATT: ONE
ZACK: my cousin ken loves this one
DAN: well, 13 sums up east all right
DAN: you have a cousin?
MATT: this is really funny
ZACK: hahaha what the fuck
ZACK: Matt MET him, dude
DAN: loq
ZACK: You were dead or something then
MATT: yea, i guess
ZACK: but yeah I have like 5 on my mom's side
ZACK: all in their 30s or late 20s or so
ZACK: and then about 6,000,000 on dad's irish catholic side
ZACK: ok, I like the sparse use of backgrounds
ZACK: east actually WAS those two bricks
ZACK: floating there
ZACK: Actually this comic
ZACK: led to a lot of people telling me stories about how our school was built
ZACK: on a swamp, given to the lowest bidder, as fast as possible while still being in code
DAN: i spent sophomore english sitting next to a wall that was about to crush me at any second
ZACK: and that it's sinking an inch every year or something
MATT: yea
MATT: every 7 years they need an engineer to fix that place
ZACK: in sophomore year the ceiling in the room i had algebra in burst and water fell out
DAN: haha
DAN: i remember hearing aout that
ZACK: it owned
DAN: *about
ZACK: yeah I wasn't there
ZACK: I saw the girl who got drenched
DAN: oh man
ZACK: it was very funny


ZACK: ok, so #14
ZACK: my favorite character
DAN: simple enough
DAN: you're just a pissed off man
DAN: loq
ZACK: truth be told
ZACK: these storylines are an excuse to be lazy as fuck
DAN: like we ever questioned it
ZACK: Evil Zack's eyebrows are less bushy now
ZACK: well it's a webcomic
ZACK: being lazy as fuck is expected
MATT: you criticized yourself for this
MATT: but i liked the supernatural element
MATT: i mean, once in awhile, it's a nice little change of pace
DAN: know what's funny?
MATT: and makes for good longterm comics


DAN: jump to 15
DAN: read the third panel
DAN: when you think about it, that's really not much to get riled up about
DAN: that's what i find funny
ZACK: it IS a bad reason to be upset
DAN: oh, ok
DAN: haha
MATT: hehe
ZACK: but that's what I get riled up over
ZACK: small shit
MATT: yea i like that too
ZACK: Id's eyes are actual swirls at this point
ZACK: which looks weird now
ZACK: the reason panel 3 is all words is that i had NO IDEA how to convincingly draw Id talking
ZACK: as we find out later, I never could find a way to draw it
DAN: loq


ZACK: anyway, 16
ZACK: aww, poignant message
DAN: just take the same pic and flip the head open
ZACK: this did not deter me from 1) freaking out in real life 2) including Id again
DAN: not too much to comment on, though
MATT: is that, like, you family recipe or something?
ZACK: what
MATT: same pic, flip head open, bake, season
ZACK: haha
MATT: i don't know what dan's talking about here
DAN: hahaha
ZACK: He means rotate Id's head to look like it's opening
ZACK: like a puppet
DAN: ye
MATT: oh
DAN: *yes
DAN: as in be as cheap as posible
ZACK: anyway not much about this comic
ZACK: swirly eyes
DAN: yar
DAN: next, then?
ZACK: yeah


ZACK: 17
ZACK: ok, detransformation sequences
ZACK: hard to do!
DAN: dan proves he can solve any situation
ZACK: hahaha the last panel looks so idiotic
ZACK: that's accident filling in for Dan actually
DAN: frog looks like "muh"
DAN: hahahahaha
MATT: hahahaha
ZACK: also you are poking my hair
ZACK: which never looked anything like this
DAN: as always
MATT: oh man
MATT: i laughed really loudly
ZACK: and the lack of elbows returns
MATT: i think i woke everyone up
MATT: hehe
ZACK: haha
DAN: nice
ZACK: I like how the comment on top says "this one sucks"
DAN: i missed that
DAN: good stuff
DAN: there uh
DAN: yeah, there were  lot of problems with ending storylines
DAN: but we'll touch on that later
ZACK: yeah
ZACK: very soon i think
DAN: heh


ZACK: ok, #18
ZACK: this one is stupid.
ZACK: if I had some kind of political opinion I'd have written like
DAN: but sadly, it was funny because the polls themselves were retarded
ZACK: "Dude, I hope that Robot wins"
ZACK: "What robot? There is no robot running for president!"
MATT: hehe
MATT: i remember saying
MATT: "zack i know what that means"
ZACK: "What? Dude, the candidate ALGOR, master of tedium and monotony. It would be such an uneventful, peaceful term."
MATT: and you being annoyed
MATT: lol
ZACK: would have been funnier than this load
ZACK: yeah
DAN: hahaha
ZACK: I knew what it meant too
ZACK: and so did Talia
MATT: yea
MATT: and dan
DAN: uh
DAN: yeah, sure, right, i did
MATT: lol
ZACK: Matt we're gonna chalk up panel 3 to you not wantign to talk
ZACK: this was probably written by my dad.
ZACK: HA HA HA KIDS ARE STUPID
MATT: hahahaha
ZACK: but I'm still guilty of using this idea
ZACK: so anyway


ZACK: #19
ZACK: MONUMENTAL
DAN: ah
MATT: now we get into the meat
DAN: the memories
ZACK: Shit
ZACK: You know who that is in the middle panel
ZACK: that's CRISTIN
DAN: it would have something if this directly affected life
DAN: really?  ok
DAN: *have been something
ZACK: The feminists with their blueprint of Dan
ZACK: public enemy number 1
DAN: the poster of me
DAN: im like "wha?"
ZACK: Did you know Cafepress can do posters now
ZACK: we could make this
DAN: cool
ZACK: the Dan blueprint
ZACK: and sell it
DAN: haha
DAN: we'll make billions
DAN: in dollars, i mean
MATT: that's a good idea
ZACK: the frog always looks more like a mudskipper when I draw only the eyes
DAN: heh
ZACK: and the dramatic shading takes us to...


ZACK: #20
DAN: YES
ZACK: something Dan will actually eat.
DAN: THIRD PANEL
ZACK: Anything that will potentially kill him.
DAN: my life ina  nutshell
ZACK: In this comic, we get the idea that Dan knows exactly what's going on
DAN: last panel is equally great
MATT: i like how the focus of the girls in revenge
MATT: in this mini series
MATT: but the focus of the guys is food
ZACK: hahaha
MATT: ie the candy and sandwich
ZACK: yeah, it is
DAN: ah, yes
ZACK: i like that candy machine
MATT: viva la candy!
ZACK: it looks like it has a giant sausage and a playing card in it
MATT: omg i just noticed that
DAN: haha
DAN: best eatings ever


ZACK: #21
ZACK: The fiend is named!
ZACK: Little known fact
ZACK: real this time
ZACK: I am actually around 2 inches taller than Erica.
ZACK: And she hates it.
DAN: ...
DAN: you're eating my candy
MATT: hahahahahha
ZACK: I think I'm eating your pickaxe in panel 4.
DAN: hahahaha!
MATT: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
DAN: i was so gonna finish it, too
MATT: i love erica in the last panel
DAN: yummy metal goodness
MATT: oh man
MATT: so cartoony
DAN: heh, yeah
ZACK: I'd have added some wind blowing
ZACK: panel 2 is really good actually


ZACK: ok, 22
DAN: yeah i like it
ZACK: this joke was inspired by Dragonball actually
ZACK: at least with code names
ZACK: the Rid Ribbon Army
DAN: nice
ZACK: General Purple I think it was
ZACK: So Amie is Agent Purple.
DAN: oh yeah
DAN: i remember that bit
ZACK: A few people liked this one because they said it portrayed women as ditzes.
ZACK: Which was NOT my intention.
DAN: loq
ZACK: It was just a goofy joke.
ZACK: Hence you know, the title of "War Games?"
ZACK: elbows appear; placed too high
DAN: cool


DAN: matt, im sure you like 23, then
ZACK: this one's awesome
ZACK: too LATE! we're out of TIME!
ZACK: the more i think about it matt you were in a lot of sight gags
DAN: just like life :D
ZACK: haha
MATT: haha yea
MATT: i like 23
MATT: i look a little plump in the first panel, heh
ZACK: this is also basically dan and matt's relationhsip
ZACK: Dan flips out
ZACK: Matt goes :/
MATT: i just kind of go, muh?
MATT: hehe yea
MATT: 4th panel, dude
ZACK: and then I go >:( and do a stupid comic about it
MATT: 15 years of that
ZACK: hahahhaa
MATT: j/k
DAN: ahhhhh
ZACK: I'm going to crop that panel
ZACK: remove the words
ZACK: and put MELEE?! instead
DAN: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
DAN: that will complete our lives to date
ZACK: haha
ZACK: i signed my name real big :/
ZACK: awkwardstage BY
ZACK: ZACK
ZACK: COR COR AN
DAN: heh
ZACK: TWO THOUS AND
ZACK: AND TWO
ZACK: I MEAN ZERO
ZACK: whatever
ZACK: it's all the same


DAN: 24 does not let up on dan simply confusing people
ZACK: here is your sandwich
DAN: and it's funny because i do it
MATT: sandwich!
ZACK: hey
ZACK: you know what
DAN: "hey zak, you gonna eat this macaroni no ok cool thanks"
DAN: *zack
ZACK: this is the first documented case of you two showing up unannounced at my house
DAN: hm, you are correct
ZACK: not enough doorbell rings
DAN: and we do that all the time now, too
DAN: what's funny is
ZACK: I do not have a kitty clock, but I want one
DAN: some of my favorite strips are where one of us has no idea why other people are in his house
DAN: and now it's reality
ZACK: haha
ZACK: the gamecube one comes to mind
DAN: yes
DAN: very much so
ZACK: we'll get to that later though
MATT: haha yea
DAN: and the bug
DAN: but later
DAN: yarf


ZACK: 25
DAN: face in 2nd panel, hehe
ZACK: this is like, l'il rascals calibre
DAN: oh man, and frog is freaking out, too
DAN: i love that
MATT: something about me saying aieee triggered something with you, zack
ZACK: I like how I wrote "knock knork" because I couldn't do sound effects
ZACK: and we have me staring into space again going "hmmm"
DAN: well that's what we pay you for
ZACK: i still do that, but it hasn't bothered anyone since i started calling it "the creative process"
ZACK: haha, yeah matt
ZACK: you never say aiee either
ZACK: but I will attribute them to you
MATT: i don't!
ZACK: for no reason
MATT: something about it though
ZACK: except for this comic
MATT: that was, like, your fixation about my entrance for some reason
MATT: i forget why
ZACK: it was well drawn for the time
ZACK: I colored it for your birthday card
ZACK: and changed the text
ZACK: but kept the AIEE


ZACK: 26 marks a design change
ZACK: no more eyeshadow or whatever that crap was
ZACK: and, sandwich
DAN: ...
DAN: GORF
DAN: G
DAN: O
DAN: R
DAN: F
ZACK: hahahaha
ZACK: woah!
ZACK: It DOES say GORF
DAN: what the HELL
DAN: why dont i remember that
ZACK: I probably threw it in to see if you'd notice
ZACK: so good job
DAN: oh man
DAN: awesome
DAN: im just like
ZACK: it only took you 4 years.
DAN: 23423424234 years too late
DAN: hahahahaha
ZACK: it's true, folks
ZACK: dan and matt basically just eat my food
DAN: and we like it
ZACK: and drink my soda
DAN: well what the hell do you think we go to your house for?
ZACK: thanks
ZACK: thanks, buddy
DAN: because we're friends??
DAN: pffffft


ZACK: ok, 27
DAN: matt, we rock
ZACK: Erica is pretty fearsome
DAN: like i have any room to say anything after 27
DAN: because you know that's dan saying that behind the door
ZACK: yeah, everyone knows it's you in panel 5
ZACK: hahaha
ZACK: my house really looks like this
MATT: hahha
MATT: so true
ZACK: it's a squiggly door in a field of nothingness
DAN: that's why it's hard to find
DAN: no house attached
ZACK: yeah
ZACK: and if knock on the door it phases out of reality


ZACK: 28
ZACK: I like the second panel
DAN: in reality, this action would be very hard
ZACK: mostly for the very notion that 100 girls are pounding on my front door with a battering ram
DAN: because to get to your door is like an 80 degree angle
ZACK: they tied it to the tree in front of my house and let it swing, actually
DAN: oh, ok
DAN: makes sense now
ZACK: later on we find out that in AS, my house has no front steps, and this explination becomes invalid.
ZACK: but for now it works.
DAN: ah
ZACK: a lot of people didn't get this one.
ZACK: so let me help you out:
MATT: they're dumb?
ZACK: IT'S A CHAIR
DAN: didnt seem tough
DAN: but hey
DAN: weird people read this stuff
ZACK: you'd be amazed
ZACK: that's why I only do webcomics about giant spiders with :3 faces and pirates fighting ninjas
DAN: keep life simple
ZACK: instead of anything based in reality
ZACK: less dumb questions


ZACK: 29 is weird, because
ZACK: I cannot for the life of me read this shit
ZACK: but everyone else CAN
ZACK: I wrote this, and I can't read it.
ZACK: I WROTE THIS,
ZACK: AND I CANNOT READ IT.
ZACK: Also, Dan is saying ISN'T THERE SOME OTHER WAY :
MATT: :/
ZACK: because I drew the question mark right into the borders
MATT: i remember
MATT: how excited you were
MATT: about these 3
ZACK: what, this and the next two upcoming strips?
MATT: and how you were going to call it solution, execution, resolution
MATT: you were really excited about that
ZACK: OH YEAH
DAN: frog's face is funny in panel 1
ZACK: That was awesome.
MATT: it was a good end
ZACK: yeah
MATT: i think, in your zeal, you forgot about lettering


ZACK: 30 is our execution
MATT: that's MY justification
ZACK: this one's lettering is good
DAN: ...zack?
ZACK: Yes?
DAN: what the hell is with frog in panel 1 of #30
ZACK: hahahaaha
MATT: yea, 30 is fine
MATT: OMG
MATT: what the hell
ZACK: He's looking at all the ladies down there.
MATT: HAHAHAHA
ZACK: He can see right down their shirts.
DAN: hahahaha
DAN: booyah
ZACK: Erica looks homicidal
ZACK: also she appears to be wearing a dress
DAN: and this is different from rel life how?
DAN: *real
ZACK: HA HA ERICA IS WEARING A DRESS, I DARE YOU TO BEAT ME UP
DAN: well she never wears dresses
ZACK: (she can't do it)
DAN: but she'll kill you
ZACK: No she won't.
DAN: loq!
DAN: i mean other people
ZACK: I should have made a point of that in AS.
DAN: not you yourself
ZACK: Erica can bring harm to anyone BUT me.
DAN: yup


ZACK: 31
ZACK: Basically well drawn
MATT: great end
ZACK: in panel 3 obviously, the girls leave giant kernels of popcorn as thanks
MATT: hahaha
ZACK: right on my driveway
DAN: haha!
DAN: then we ate them
ZACK: the last panel is watered down.
DAN: and all were happy
ZACK: It should say GIRLS: They're stupid.
ZACK: I am kidding, females
ZACK: please date me.
DAN: HAHAHAHAHA
MATT: hahahahahha
DAN: that
DAN: best pickup line EVER
DAN: oh man
ZACK: Hi, you're dumb. I'm kidding. Please like me.
DAN: good god
ZACK: That's how a few of my exes got me actually.


ZACK: 32
DAN: 32 is too true to be anything else
ZACK: Thanksgiving break is pretty much a gyp.
ZACK: It's like 2 days
ZACK: and they overload you with senseless shit
DAN: OMG BREAK?! DO WORK!
DAN: "but it's only a day..."
ZACK: Whereas Winter Break doesn't have that.
DAN: "I DONT CARE DO MORE WORK ITS BREAK"
ZACK: THe title of Irony is stupid
ZACK: because this is not ironic at all
DAN: heh
ZACK: which I guess makes it work, since it's ironic
DAN: ah
ZACK: that it's not ironic at all.


DAN: you know
DAN: 33
DAN: got me talking like that.  what you say in the last panel
ZACK: I think I hit you again in the course of this comic
DAN: where you confirm something in one word, then repeat it at the beginning of the next sentence
ZACK: I apologize.
ZACK: Haha, yeah.
ZACK: Yeah, you do.
DAN: i do that a lot, because it's fun
DAN: i loved it
MATT: hehe
DAN: also, considering you hit me in the comic, and not in real life
ZACK: Wait, I don't get this
DAN: i think i'll lket it slide
DAN: *let
ZACK: how did the polls comic come BEFORE this
MATT: lol
DAN: jesus did it
ZACK: I think I should replace Dan with Michael Moore to make this comic socially relevant
DAN: hahaha
MATT: HAHAHAHA


ZACK: ok, 34 is inexcusable.
ZACK: Breaking the fourth wall.
MATT: you had a few of these
ZACK: Yes.
MATT: but, it's better than no comic at all
ZACK: And I shall be mocked accordingly at each one.
MATT: they can't ALL be gems


ZACK: 35 is great.
MATT: haha yea
DAN: you could have changed the top of the last panel to read "hold on, i have crabs" or something
MATT: erica's a christian
DAN: it would have been gross, fucking weird, and untrue
DAN: but weird enough to be funny
ZACK: This was a recurring theme.
ZACK: Ok.
ZACK: You're talking about 34 right?
ZACK: We're on 35 now
DAN: yeah, sorry
DAN: haha
ZACK: Although
ZACK: changing it to "HOLD ON, I HAVE CRABS" in this one would make it funnier i suppose
DAN: loq
DAN: i was just slow with the typing
ZACK: It would get the same reaction from me
DAN: hehe


ZACK: 36
ZACK: only good example of breaking the fourth wall
DAN: second panel makes up for lack of punchline
DAN: great face
ZACK: Yeah. I'm kind of insane.
ZACK: I don't know why I wrote "drawer's block"
ZACK: I mean, you WRITE comics.
ZACK: Writer's block would have worked.
ZACK: or artist's block
DAN: it was obviously new and clever


ZACK: 37
ZACK: this one is all too true
DAN: classic
ZACK: and matt turns into a depressed asian boy in only 3 panels
DAN: haha
MATT: haha
ZACK: all in all a good strip


ZACK: 38
ZACK: as you can see i worked really hard on this.
DAN: XD
ZACK: All of 3 minutes.
MATT: but it's good
MATT: lol
ZACK: I did fall asleep in spanish a lot.
ZACK: That woman was a ghoul.
MATT: hahaha
ZACK: For future reference to our readers: Every horrible teacher in AS is based on either my Sophomore Spanish teacher or my Junior English teacher.


ZACK: 39
ZACK: HE RETURNS
ZACK: Still swirly and on fire.
DAN: and hates people
ZACK: I forgot the fire.
ZACK: It went away eventually.
DAN: what if you were actually on fire
DAN: walking around school
ZACK: I'd be dead.
DAN: in real life
MATT: haha
ZACK: This is a nice storyline
DAN: but uh, werent dead
ZACK: kind of explains why erica and i are friends


ZACK: in 40
ZACK: I WANT TO BITCH
ZACK: WHY SO DO I
ZACK: DON'T YOU HATE PANTS?!?!?!!?
DAN: i like panel 3
DAN: heh
ZACK: oh man
ZACK: for a little while, Id had hooves for hands
ZACK: kind of creepy


ZACK: 41 needs no explination
MATT: you guys are pretty nice to each other
ZACK: we are
DAN: yeah, other people blow
ZACK: you wouldn't expect it
MATT: like, i guess ids get along?
DAN: until another girl shows up
MATT: ah
ZACK: it was mostly our appreciation for NOT everyone else that made us friends, yes
DAN: and zack and Erica are about to blow the school up
MATT: next one is classic
ZACK: I have no idea what you are referring to, Dan.


ZACK: YEah 42
ZACK: I gave up on transformation sequences
DAN: I DO
ZACK: and here's Dan
ZACK: with his message
DAN: I WILL TELL YOU
DAN: because this was my idea
ZACK: which did not stop me from writing bad stories with no endings
ZACK: oh, ok
ZACK: explain
DAN: so far, the story arcs have gone away without anything major mappening
DAN: *happening
DAN: example
DAN: you get pissed
DAN: i poke you and it ends
DAN: I POKE YOU
DAN: AND IT ENDS
DAN: i tell the girls i value them
DAN: story ends
DAN: so i was like "hey zack, how about something exciting.  EH?!"
DAN: and then you made this
ZACK: I am kind of a jackass, yes.
DAN: hahaha
DAN: i loved it, though
DAN: that's the funny part
ZACK: When I said I didn't know what you were referring to, I meant the one girl shows up
ZACK: and then zack and erica blow up the school?
DAN: oh, quick backtrack, then
ZACK: Yeah, explain that.
DAN: like, you guys are fine
DAN: then a girl you like comes along
DAN: she flips out
ZACK: Oh.
ZACK: Yes.
DAN: gets all nosey and shit
DAN: and you go I NEED SPACE RRAAAAAARRRRR
ZACK: Ugh, yeah.
ZACK: that is stupid


ZACK: oh shit
ZACK: 43!
ZACK: This one's awesome.
DAN: oh jesus
DAN: i laughed my ass off about this one for days
DAN: showed everyone
ZACK: the best part is you have NO IDEA if I'm wearing pants or not
ZACK: the first panel may be true
DAN: hahaha


ZACK: 44
ZACK: HA HA HA 2 AM SURE IS LATE
MATT: HAHAHA
MATT: i know, i remember
MATT: first thing i thought
MATT: when rereading AS
ZACK: Everyone thought "pens" said "penis".
MATT: was that "omg, 2 am zack is, like, normal"
ZACK: I go to bed at 4 am most days.
MATT: like, that's when you get going
ZACK: and get up at noon
ZACK: haha yeah
MATT: and sleepovers?
MATT: jesus man
MATT: we're up till 7
ZACK: more like
ZACK: ... overs.
DAN: it's funny because it's about 2 here right now
ZACK: Yeah, and you guys don't seem tired.
DAN: nope
DAN: no time for that
ZACK: TIRED OVER THE INTERNET
DAN: loq
ZACK: Panel 2 makes me wonder what I was doing right before 1:00 struck
ZACK: sitting at the computer when everyone else is asleep
ZACK: ahem
DAN: masturbating furiously?
ZACK: my word !! :O
DAN: didnt we all, though?
ZACK: ... yeah pretty much
DAN: haha
ZACK: my mom reads this website
DAN: meh
ZACK: and I'm leaving this crap in anyway
DAN: btw


ZACK: 45 is awesome
MATT: this little series is great
DAN: should we cut off at 50 for now so as not to drag on too long at once?
ZACK: :(
DAN: ah, we finish this story, i say
DAN: cant cut the middle
ZACK: what, do you have to go to bed or something
ZACK: why stop?
ZACK: muh, anyway, 45
DAN: im serious, it will be more interesting if start fresh tomorrow with more
ZACK: talia's hair is different
DAN: way more interesting
DAN: but go on
ZACK: and this was my locker number
ZACK: except the 8 was a B
MATT: the style starts to change
DAN: also i want chips and salsa and apple juice really freakin bad : (
ZACK: this is a good comic though
ZACK: yeah, after this comic i started using ink
DAN: also
MATT: right
ZACK: EAT UPSTAIRS
ZACK: JUST ONCE
DAN: i am a seriously demented bastard in this story
DAN: nah, im totally loafing in front of the tv
DAN: hahaha
MATT: and i'm a really lousy friend
DAN: fine, ill go longer


ZACK: 46
ZACK: has backgrounds
DAN: this is more important if you guys are going on
MATT: zack, what fiction you conjure!
MATT: lol
DAN: XD
ZACK: Matt, I portray us BOTH as horrible friends.
ZACK: In fact...


ZACK: ... in 47
ZACK: I'm the worse of the two.
ZACK: That is a big fucken table in the background
ZACK: and a HUGE vase
MATT: hehe
DAN: i always make a big deal marking this story as the first real change in AS
DAN: style, anyway
ZACK: style wise, yeah
ZACK: the color was also a big step up


ZACK: 48
ZACK: passable
ZACK: but the last panel's spelling error pisses me off
ZACK: I WROTE THIS BY HAND and missed a T
DAN: meh, come to think of it, we're moving along, so let's just keep blasting at these and ill be good
DAN: i can go another week without food
ZACK: get a sun lamp and photosynthesize
ZACK: anyway, this comic is ok
DAN: :D
ZACK: I actually like these backgrounds
DAN: yeah they add a nice touch


ZACK: 49 is a classic
ZACK: starting us off with missing punctuation
ZACK: Dan, you wrote this one.
DAN: yeah, i love it
DAN: every last bit
ZACK: So I'll let you talk about it while I go expell some mountain dew and vanilla pepsi.
DAN: arg
DAN: i have no soda
DAN: i like how this comic establishes i dont get cold
DAN: because that's a major dan factor
DAN: that is based fully in reality
DAN: i wear that stuff in the snow, people
DAN: i really do
ZACK: and the red hat
ZACK: but that's not for a little while


ZACK: 50 makes no sense
DAN: Erica's a bitch to you?
ZACK: "OH, MY SIDES" is actually a Matt-ism.
DAN: seems rational
DAN: hahaha
ZACK: Actually yeah
ZACK: this is almost too real


ZACK: 51 is not
ZACK: apples = sex? I'm not feeling it
DAN: i like 51, though
ZACK: and I frickin wrote it
DAN: it says
ZACK: THERES THE GIANT TABLE AND VASE AGAIN
DAN: "Guys: we're perveted"
MATT: hehe
MATT: true
ZACK: dear self: perspective
ZACK: signed you
DAN: "...and we don't need any reason at all"


ZACK: 52 is great.
DAN: so classic it hurts
DAN: other than carl
DAN: :/
DAN: but ill forget about that
ZACK: battlebots actually kind of sucked though.
DAN: robot wars was way better
ZACK: this was based on us watching DBZ
DAN: loq
ZACK: and Tenchi
ZACK: NASTY! was Matt's thing to say
MATT: hahaha
MATT: that's one of my favorite lines that i say
ZACK: any particularly hard hit in DBZ earned a "nasty" from matt
DAN: "more like...BURNT toast" went on for years
MATT: wait
MATT: it looks like dan's saying that
ZACK: I'd usually respond on on-screen violence by saying "OHHH HO HO HOHOHO!"
ZACK: Shit man, people can't tell us apart in real life.
DAN: hahaha!
ZACK: Why should they have to in comics.
MATT: hahaha
MATT: true


ZACK: 53 was big over at Geoff's high school.
DAN: oh yeah
DAN: it was great how he put comics on his notebooks
DAN: and showed them to everyone
DAN: i actually did that with some of my notebooks after he told me that
ZACK: obviously people at his school had brain cells


ZACK: 54 is one huge spelling error
DAN: loq
ZACK: this is me being lazy, people.


ZACK: Now 55 is less so
ZACK: I got accused of ripping off Fox Trot here
ZACK: by my very own arch nemesis
DAN: ...asian kid?
DAN: heh
ZACK: yes
DAN: yeah i know who you mean
DAN: i just wanted to refer to him that way
ZACK: haha
DAN: "hey man you guys like so totally hate asian people!"
ZACK: ugh
MATT: hahahaha
ZACK: OH yeah, also in changes, in addition to ink, was this horrible font.
DAN: "jesus fucking christ alan my closest god damn female friend is an asian girl!'
ZACK: Which I dumped once I found a better source.
ZACK: 56 sucks
DAN: oh wait
DAN: gotta make a quick note
ZACK: I'm like a Final Fantasy Character
DAN: about 55
ZACK: ok
DAN: i have actually been in that position before
DAN: and...it hurts
ZACK: Razor on your head?
ZACK: hahaha
ZACK: I'd imagine.
DAN: my iguana's nails were not cut
DAN: anyway...


ZACK: Ok, well, 56 is awful
ZACK: I did this in photoshop freehand
DAN: emo zack
ZACK: hahahaha
DAN: that is excuse for anything you were too sad to do
DAN: haha
ZACK: "Whatever."


ZACK: 57
ZACK: No more swirly eyes!
DAN: gettin all fancy now
ZACK: Photoshop shit
DAN: know what, you're right, you runkis.  hold up, im grabbing some chips
ZACK: This kid hasn't violated the "no food upstairs" rule of his house for the 7 years I've known him.
ZACK: I've done it several times, however.
ZACK: This is a monumentous occasion.
DAN: harhar, McDuckenberg
DAN: i had just wanted to be lazy in front of the tv
DAN: but what was i gonna watch, anyway
ZACK: detective conan reruns
ZACK: ok anyway


ZACK: 58
ZACK: this one
DAN: nah, i want new ones
ZACK: is the real #5
DAN: YES
ZACK: I fucked up somewhere
ZACK: and now it is 58
DAN: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS above all yesses
DAN: this one i showed to katie
DAN: (she's a friend of mine with very large boobs)
DAN: her response was "i should probably be offended, but it's just too funny"
MATT: awesome
DAN: i loved that
MATT: simply THE halloween cartoon
MATT: but we've established that, i think
MATT: before we even got to it
MATT: lol
ZACK: yeah
ZACK: it needs no real explination
ZACK: it establishes dan as a big ol' perv
ZACK: it's a great comic


ZACK: ok, 59
ZACK: not too funny
ZACK: all too true
DAN: so true it hurts, damnit
MATT: yea :/
ZACK: pretty cheaply done too


ZACK: 60
ZACK: HERE IT IS
ZACK: The Red Hat
DAN: these chips are called bearitos
ZACK: Dan, please explain to our audience The Red Hat.
DAN: wtf is that? burritos made with bear meat?
DAN: ah, gladly
DAN: at some point, i got this little red hat
DAN: very little, just covers the top and a little down the side of my head
DAN: like i said and AS established, i wear shorts and a t-shirt in the snow
DAN: so i thought it would be a good idea to dress warmly one day
DAN: by wearing the hat
MATT: hehe
DAN: good times
DAN: zack kinda flipped about it
ZACK: one time matt and i were walking to dan's house in the snow, Matt pulled his pant legs up, and said "Hey Zack, who am I?"
DAN: hence it's a comic
DAN: hahahaha!!!!  are you serious?
MATT: haha
ZACK: Yes.
MATT: probably
ZACK: He did it.
DAN: that's awesome
MATT: you're such a freak
ZACK: I laughed so hard.
MATT: how can i not?
MATT: lol


ZACK: 61
ZACK: one of few great strips
DAN: ^_^
MATT: i love this
ZACK: I should note
ZACK: the ice storms in New Jersey are FEIRCE
MATT: yea
ZACK: and those stupid fuckers never close school anymore
MATT: nope
DAN: this would have made a great real adventure
DAN: you know, if we shared a bus, zack
DAN: loq
ZACK: hahaha
ZACK: yeah, well
ZACK: I DID go home on your bus a few times.
ZACK: A few times without planning on it.
ZACK: Oh, worth noting here.
ZACK: The signature in the lower right was written once
ZACK: and added to the template
DAN: true
ZACK: Eventually I stopped using templates


ZACK: anyway, 62
DAN: also worth noting
ZACK: oh, note away
DAN: my computer has every possible sexually transmittable disease
DAN: and it keeps making my typing come in late
ZACK: hahaha
ZACK: ok
MATT: oh man
ZACK: Anyway this comic is more of The Red Hat.
MATT: this is definitive red hat
ZACK: in all its magical glory
MATT: the acme of redhatdom
ZACK: truth be told I was the only one who'd slip on the ice
ZACK: and I did it a LOT
MATT: hahaha
ZACK: by this point I was using my trusty double sided sharpie
ZACK: I was trying to imitate penny arcade
DAN: i died when i saw this comic
ZACK: Ah, 63
ZACK: I was about to leave for california
MATT: yea..
ZACK: and ANDREA WOULD NOT LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE
MATT: oh
MATT: haha
DAN: damn
ZACK: otherwise this one is basically inexcuseable


ZACK: 64 is broken
ZACK: so is 65
ZACK: ... all the way up to 70
ZACK: which is also inexcuseable
DAN: ...where you take another break
DAN: hahahaha
MATT: hahahahaha


ZACK: 71
ZACK: this clock is absurd
ZACK: and this is a cut and paste job
ZACK: the punchline
ZACK: refers to everyone saying that 2001 was the REAL new millenium
ZACK: they were both letdowns
DAN: i think it means you really liked the new millenium, myself
MATT: i thought what you meant, zack
MATT: you were right
ZACK: the cat's eyes do not move
ZACK: a note, is that I had 2 cats up to the end of AS, and they never appeared
ZACK: oh wait
ZACK: I'm a liar.
ZACK: One of them appears.
DAN: ?
ZACK: As a helmet.
DAN: i forget
ZACK: We'll get to it.
DAN: haha
DAN: ok


ZACK: 72
ZACK: again, based on evil mcspanish teacher
DAN: so many people love 72
ZACK: it was vern conjugation
ZACK: verb*
ZACK: no, it was estar and ester
ZACK: ESTAR IS FOR HOW YOU ARE DOING AND WHERE YOU ARE
ZACK: ESTER IS FOR BLBBNLKflklfg fuck, i hated that woman
DAN: isn't it ser
ZACK: oh whatever
ZACK: yes
DAN: loq
ZACK: it's fucking ser
DAN: didnt think you'd care too much
ZACK: ENOUGH SPANISH
DAN: @_@


ZACK: here is 73
ZACK: This is retarded
ZACK: 4th wall breaking
ZACK: and making fun of myself
ZACK: but it is well drawn
MATT: lol
DAN: lots of people didnt catch many of the differences at first, though
MATT: i dunno, i figured you liked doing it
DAN: why dont you list them
MATT: because it's self satire
ZACK: well the first 40 or so strips were pencil
DAN: oh sweet jesus i love apple juice
ZACK: then i began inking, and i'd use a thick line for only outside lines and a thin one for inside lines
ZACK: and here I'm using the same size line for all lines
ZACK: which is what stuck
ZACK: 74 is more of the ghoul of a spanish teacher.
MATT: last panel
ZACK: This was a specific incedent.
MATT: that look is comically pitiable
MATT: so well done
ZACK: She'd start reading, stop, bitch at me, I'd go "I meant to say.." and she'd go "I know what you meant to write" and keep going, only to stop, confused, to bitch me out agian.
ZACK: The only reason I'm not mentioning her name is because I forgot it-- MORRIS
DAN: XD
ZACK: FUCK YOU, MS. MORRIS.
MATT: HAHAHAHA
ZACK: Also Matt's high school spanish name was Mario.


ZACK: 75
ZACK: this is a great comic.
DAN: oh god
DAN: it is
ZACK: I have no problems with this at all.
MATT: haha
MATT: funny AND true
DAN: until senior year
DAN: senior year i kept nothing in my locker so it couldnt be bad
DAN: but when this was made
DAN: it was a jungle
DAN: things grew it
DAN: things i cant even begin to describe
MATT: that's the next locker one
MATT: heh
DAN: loq
MATT: if i remember correctly
DAN: it also transferred to my binder
DAN: that thing was so packed
DAN: remember it in science, matt?
DAN: jesus
DAN: i almost lost a finger looking for something in there once
DAN: like i pulled my hand out and a horde of staples had attacked it
DAN: and im sure there were plants and insects
MATT: haha
MATT: that thing had fungus
MATT: i'm sure of it
ZACK: sorry, I was just flushing spaghettios down the toilet
ZACK: I'm back now
ZACK: It had something
ZACK: that locker smelled
DAN: probably the body
DAN: or maybe the runkis
ZACK: the frog looks like an octopus in this
DAN: loq


ZACK: 76 I don't like a lot
ZACK: Talia's hair is weird
DAN: of course you dont like it
DAN: where are the guys?
DAN: hehe
MATT: talia actually speaks in it
MATT: like, and advances some kind of plot
MATT: that's a plus
ZACK: hooray, misogyny.
DAN: heh
DAN: haha
ZACK: heh yeah
ZACK: Eventually all girls dissappeared
MATT: yea :/
ZACK: and Alissa reigned supreme
MATT: woot


ZACK: 77
MATT: we got awhile before then
ZACK: swirls are back
ZACK: this is unremarkable except it's well drawn for this time period
MATT: i don't mind the swirls
MATT: i don't know what you're talking about
ZACK: just that he doesn't have swirls now
ZACK: they're too hard to draw for his current eyes
ZACK: which are angry shaped all the time
MATT: ah


ZACK: ok, 78
MATT: i like my look in this one
ZACK: you are definitely the most together
ZACK: erica's got snot coming out of her nose :D
ZACK: snot is funny
DAN: fun
DAN: is this leading to...
DAN: booyah!
DAN: whole school heater thing i so true
ZACK: haha, yes, 79


DAN: but 79, omg
ZACK: Dan sets things on fire.
ZACK: Those are books, by the way.
DAN: "it's cold?" was like our catch phrase for months
ZACK: You still use it.
DAN: haha, got me there
ZACK: You know what I never used in high school?
DAN: chimps?
ZACK: The library.
DAN: jetpacks?
DAN: ah
ZACK: Never once USED it.
MATT: oh we're on the best comic ever
MATT: damn
ZACK: I use the library in college though.
MATT: where do i begin..
MATT: this comic
DAN: good start
DAN: :D
MATT: yea jesus
MATT: it's just fucking amazing..
MATT: i'm sorry
DAN: XD
MATT: i can't do it justice
MATT: so i won't try
DAN: fair enough
ZACK: ...
ZACK: this comic....?
MATT: i'm done
MATT: i can't do it justice
DAN: he was serious
ZACK: hahaha
ZACK: well thanks
DAN: need more runkis juice brb @_@
MATT: if jesus were a comic, this comic would be the print of all erica's clothes
MATT: that's as close as i get
ZACK: I try to teach the kids valuable lessons.
ZACK: Like SET FIRE TO BOOKS.


ZACK: ok, so
ZACK: 80
MATT: not bad
ZACK: Carl loved this comic.
MATT: but, it has the misfortune
MATT: of being after the best comic ever
MATT: oh, and carl talking about it :/
ZACK: heh
ZACK: The script says "SCRT"
ZACK: it seems fairly lame now, to have done this
ZACK: If he forgot the punchline, where is the set up??
ZACK: 81 is worthless
ZACK: This is one of those "Dead Piro days"
DAN: hah


ZACK: 82
ZACK: Talia again
ZACK: speaking role
ZACK: Also, gradients
ZACK: and no word bubbles!
MATT: and a reference joke!
DAN: self references kick ass
ZACK: yeah
ZACK: and I do them so well
ZACK: because I'm self obsessed
DAN: loq!
MATT: i take it back, talia was of substance in this one as well
ZACK: She's spread throughout
MATT: yea
MATT: you do do that well
ZACK: her last substantial role is in the Id storyline
MATT: revisit things
ZACK: haha, you said doo doo
ZACK: ahem
MATT: hahaha
DAN: oh man
ZACK: Actually, on the cast page, it says Talia is taking a lot of hard classes
ZACK: and has no free time
MATT: lol
ZACK: that was me writing her out
MATT: hehe
DAN: slyington
ZACK: Actually by the end, all the girls had that fate
DAN: as they were not having sex with you
DAN: : )
ZACK: although amie and erica remain on the cast page as active characters
ZACK: andrea was written out because she pissed me off too much
ZACK: ok, anyway
DAN: we all know that much


ZACK: 83
ZACK: yeah I did shit like this today
DAN: haha
ZACK: gonna do it tomorrow with comic art homework
ZACK: I was drawing balloons
ZACK: or just not using them
ZACK: weird


ZACK: 84!
ZACK: This is a big one.
DAN: :D
ZACK: Accident!
DAN: smartest of all characters
ZACK: Did you guys know I engineered it so Accident would only show up once a year?
DAN: sometimes
DAN: no
ZACK: So he showed up, 3 times.
DAN: i had no idea
ZACK: Which isn't too impressive.
DAN: heh
MATT: he feels more important than that
ZACK: We had some driver's ed video with some horrible animated mascot
MATT: strange..
ZACK: yeah, he does
ZACK: That's why I did it.
ZACK: To make him a cult sensation.
MATT: it worked
ZACK: I was gonna to accident t-shirts
ZACK: they were really awesome
ZACK: I'm thinking about bringing him back
ZACK: he was on the 404 not found page for a long time
ZACK: well, a short time
ZACK: i never implemented it..
DAN: he'd sell like partially hydrogenated chimps
ZACK: ok, this is beginning to bug me.
DAN: trust me, that's good
ZACK: Erica and Zack look like, the same
ZACK: in a few strips, this will be all too apparent
ZACK: let us continue..


ZACK: 85
ZACK: THE NEW STANDARDS
DAN: ah
MATT: yes
DAN: this business
MATT: best series
DAN: heh
ZACK: really?
MATT: yup
ZACK: I thought the best series was The Split.
DAN: i liked the end of this arc, too
MATT: heh yea
MATT: and that's also 100
ZACK: This was the most relevant
MATT: yea
MATT: i think that's why i liked it the best
ZACK: this is some good inking
ZACK: also notice its a pan across the class
ZACK: I sit in back, which no teacher EVER LETS ME DO
ZACK: if they know me for more than 2 minutes
DAN: haha
DAN: nice square clock, you martian
ZACK: Little known fact about The Principle
ZACK: hahahahhahahaha!
ZACK: The clocks in school were square
MATT: hehe
MATT: martian?
MATT: wtf
ZACK: no, wait
ZACK: the clocks were round, intercoms square
DAN: square frame, but round inside that
ZACK: IT IS A REVERSAL
MATT: they were rounded squares
DAN: yar
ZACK: oh whatever
ZACK: I graduated
MATT: lol
DAN: i just wanted to say that as it sounded funny
ZACK: and got hit in the head with my cap coming back down when we threw them
ZACK: it hurt.
MATT: it doesn't deserve a martian comment, i don't think
MATT: haha, ow
ZACK: the martian comment wins
MATT: lol!


ZACK: ok, 86
ZACK: this one is hilarious
ZACK: I LOVE this one
ZACK: but no one gets it
MATT: this was in the paper
ZACK: let me explain:
ZACK: THERE IS ONLY ONE TEST SHEET
DAN: it looks like it says AS failed
ZACK: THIS IS NOT AN ANSWER SHEET
DAN: oh we both knew that
ZACK: IT IS THE WHOLE TEST
ZACK: it does
DAN: oooh
DAN: cool
DAN: haha
ZACK: Awkward Stage failed to meet the course objectives and etc
ZACK: Ok, this is kind of cool.
DAN: haha, that's even better
ZACK: Looking back, the last panel looks like it's out of the Lupin III manga
DAN: haha
ZACK: like it says DEAR LUPIN I STOLE YOUR MONEY AND TOOK A DUMP IN YOUR SHOES. LOVE AND KISSES, FUJIKO
DAN: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
MATT: hahaha
DAN: AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH XD
DAN: fuck, im dying
ZACK: anyway yeah this strip, not THIS version, but this strip, was in the school paper
ZACK: the school paper and I DID NOT GET ALONG
MATT: yea :/


ZACK: ok, 87
MATT: hehe
MATT: gotta love this one
DAN: didnt you let readers fill it out, or was that different?
DAN: oh, it was different
DAN: when dan's reading, right?
ZACK: no, that was a contest
ZACK: yes
DAN: ok, ok
ZACK: this is a nice comic
DAN: 87 is good stuff, though
ZACK: I did a good job on the school
MATT: the school is well done
ZACK: looks like a school I've been to...
MATT: lol


ZACK: here's 88
MATT: haha
ZACK: this is a priceless line, really
DAN: 88 was sad
ZACK: yeah
MATT: i WISH i had a DK shirt
ZACK: we put a vest on matt eventually
MATT: just because of this comic
ZACK: cafepress charges you money to make color shirts
ZACK: I should have made you a DK shirt when I made Dan his FROG shirt
ZACK: seriously, the new standards were retarded
ZACK: it was "learn"
ZACK: but spaced into about 5,000 pages of utter shit
DAN: i wore my frog shirt, both the original and yours forever
ZACK: heh


ZACK: 89 is a good one too
ZACK: I was doing well at this point
ZACK: "It's not my job to care!" sums up public schools I think.
DAN: your line in 89 went well
ZACK: yeah
ZACK: I got better and better at writing as time wore on
MATT: yea, good line
ZACK: the new standards guy must look really weird
ZACK: actually
ZACK: Shit.
ZACK: I have an awesome production story
ZACK: a character that never made it
ZACK: a combination of a few annoying people we knew
ZACK: who was to be the arch nemesis to everyone
ZACK: he was just a kid who had it in for Dan, Matt, and Zack
DAN: ooh
ZACK: but he'd hatch these insane schemes
ZACK: the New Standards were originally going to be one of his
ZACK: but for whatever reason I ditched the idea, which kind of blows
ZACK: a villain would have been nice


ZACK: 90
ZACK: more self reference
ZACK: I basically wanted a strip wherein each character gets fucked over somehow
DAN: loq
ZACK: noteworthy here:
ZACK: zack's hair grows down his face and between his eyes for one panel
DAN: loq
ZACK: and he is apparently quite shocked at this
MATT: hahahaha
ZACK: you can see some pencil lines, too
MATT: i got 15 minutes left in me :/
MATT: that ok?
ZACK: "warning your peers" always struck me as a funny line
ZACK: yeah it's fine
ZACK: let's finish out this storyline then take a break
MATT: i say, we finish this arc


ZACK: 91.
DAN: aww
ZACK: Here's where Zack gets screwed.
ZACK: Although last time was bad too
ZACK: Christ, an 11 hour school day
ZACK: I wouldn't be able to handle it
ZACK: i love this guy's suits
ZACK: always some horrendous pattern


ZACK: ah, here we go, 92
ZACK: this is weird, cause
ZACK: in the last panel, I thought it was 2 ericas
ZACK: it's really Zack, then Erica
ZACK: anyway we've also got the inspector gadget reference
ZACK: the guy should have had a cat
DAN: hahaha
MATT: heh
MATT: totally should have a cat
ZACK: i think matt's looking good in this
DAN: no
DAN: a chimp
ZACK: Dan is missing half an arm
MATT: yea, i'm action oriented
ZACK: and Erica is about to sneeze
MATT: lol
MATT: hahahaha
ZACK: note total lack of amie
ZACK: Amie has some good strips eventually though
MATT: yea


ZACK: 93
ZACK: I love fish mouths
MATT: lol
ZACK: They really put the new standards up all over school
ZACK: I wanted to tear them down and eat them
ZACK: but they were laminated
DAN: yes
DAN: wouldnt stop me
ZACK: I have stopped signing my work, apparently
DAN: i chewed some plastic today
DAN: true story
ZACK: we already went over the unwrapped kit kat


ZACK: 94
ZACK: has good facial expressions
ZACK: the reference in panel 2
ZACK: is to Matt Groening's "Life in Hell"
DAN: i like the cutezack at the end
DAN: heh, cool
ZACK: yeah it's good all around
MATT: um
ZACK: except for erica's weird boob in panel 3
MATT: YEA
MATT: i was just going to say that
ZACK: hahaha
MATT: sorry
MATT: my only complaint :/
MATT: i'm glad you said it first though
ZACK: I sneezed when drawing I think.
MATT: hehe
ZACK: the whole figure is off model


ZACK: 95
ZACK: Talia WAS kind of a hippie.
ZACK: I probably should have emphasized Erica and Talia's friendship more.
ZACK: this may LOOK like a cut and paste job, but it isn't
ZACK: I drew all this shit each time


ZACK: 96
ZACK: here's amie
DAN: hahaha
DAN: it was funny for us
ZACK: pretty good self reference
ZACK: my mom thought it was cristin
ZACK: she wanted to see cristin bad in AS
ZACK: so I guess she got her wish, since cristin is in #20 or whatever
ZACK: Erica looks really good in panel 2
ZACK: and has a pointy breast


ZACK: 97
ZACK: WEIRD HAND
ZACK: and a weird cat face
DAN: it's eating her jaw
ZACK: it's a sock puppet
DAN: ah
DAN: hehe
MATT: heh
ZACK: this emphasizes that yes
ZACK: erica is truly evil


ZACK: 98 has some more self reference
ZACK: i like this actually
ZACK: except for her bizzare cute eye in the last panel
DAN: haha
ZACK: I AM SUDDENLY ADORABLE
DAN: it is a female trick
DAN: they are born with it


ZACK: This is what I have to say about 99
MATT: is pretty hilarious
ZACK: GOOD JOB, DAN
DAN: HAHAHAHAHA
DAN: omg
ZACK: GOOD JOB
DAN: i forget that it's me speaking EVERY TIME
DAN: i love that
ZACK: yeah
DAN: so funny
ZACK: that's one thing you can do with comics
DAN: hahahahahahahaha
ZACK: which makes no sense but it's a really great dramatic device
ZACK: Dan and Erica have some good character conflicts
ZACK: made for some good strips
MATT: yea


ZACK: 100!
MATT: color!
ZACK: Here we have.. Ted.
MATT: finality!
MATT: ted
DAN: ok
DAN: zack
ZACK: The escaped mental patient responsible for new standards.
DAN: you must reveal
DAN: who says "i did" and "liar"
ZACK: You say "I did."
ZACK: Matt says "Liar."
MATT: hehe
DAN: sweet
DAN: it's nice to finally have that out inthe open
MATT: it works either way, really
MATT: but, yea, closure is good
DAN: i was sure i said "i did", though
ZACK: am I the only one who LOVES "Sunny Grove Home for the Sanity Impaired"?
DAN: just because it was so dumb
DAN: heh, it's funny
MATT: hehe
ZACK: Maybe Ted was the villain kid's original name
ZACK: and i just kept it
ZACK: The kid was gonna have robots and shit