Ah to be young and 18 again. I’ve been a little more than nostalgic, with my most recent annual Matt Celebration taking place this last Tuesday. When I was 18 I watched Almost Famous the day I finished reading Stephen King: On Writing–that was it for me–I was going to be published by the time I was 27.
Let’s skip ahead 10 years: in my procrastination limbo, with these here Straight Face Comics, I’ve slipped under that goal line with zero seconds to go. I’m not in print yet. That violent vampire novel is still collecting dust, but here I am writing jokes while one of my closest friends draws them. We’ll be four months old in another week or so. I hope the comedy is getting better or at least consistent. It’s been fun to watch the art get better with just about every strip.
If you’ve ever wanted to do something creative with your life, set a schedule and devote part of your day to it. You’ll thank yourself even if you’re awful. Creation is like sex, or is sex creation? Either way I recommend both regularly. Even if you have to hire a prostitute to paint for you. I call mine Don and he’s working out fine so far.
Happy, Happy Birthday, Matt! I hope you have a marvelous day!
HAPPY BDAY OLD MAN!
Forgive the work in progress art. Doing the best I can. I’m constantly trying new things be it a new technique or process. Each comic strip has had a “new” feature in it every time. Sometimes I succeed and sometimes I fail, but at the end of the night theres going to be a comic strip online.
This strip’s failure: 4 hours of illustrator not used.
This strip’s success: Ass face not reflected.
Happy Birthday my friend. I’d say you haven’t procrastinated a thing, rather you’re letting it age like a fine wine
Talk to you soon buddy!
Happy B-Day Matt! I had no idea your father was Dennis Quaid. Grats on that too! Speaking of sex creation I really think you should have utilized your fathers miniature creation to your advantage. Just load him up to have the best G spot hitting machine ever and you would become a sexual legend. Although you probably couldn’t get it up if you knew your father was in there so you would have to get him to train a friend of yours. I think Jeremy would be up for it. He could make a game of it and battle your sperm like Sentinel robots from The Matrix which would also help with birth control. The Legend Continues.
Thats odd. Everyone we work with calls their prostitute Don also.
Thanks for the birthday wishes and the sexual prowess hopes.
glhfdd
It’s a good thing that surgeon doesn’t faint at the sight of blood, like one of mine did!
That didn’t go too well.
Happy Birthday!
Happy BeefDay Matt
What the hell is in the background of the first cell? It has the makings of opposite unintentional porn.
@Derrick channel 9 breast exam!
Looks a little more like a proctology exam.