Page 33: First Boyfriends Suck
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June 14th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
First!
Heh, Parker’s expression in the fifth panel is hilarious.
Great update
June 14th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
huh… that was exactly what he predicted… which would be why he’s the author…
June 14th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
she looks pretty damn cute in them first few panels… kudos to Eisu, man…
June 14th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
Great job as usual. Parker seems to be the punchline of every other page now.
June 14th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
I heart Parker.
June 14th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
nice parker is so werid i wouldnt cross her
June 14th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
I’ve heard worse. (And your explanation makes Mr. Tyler’s actions on the plane make perfect sense. Sorry for doubting you.)
June 14th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
The lyrics aren’t half-bad.
June 14th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
I love all of Stasia’s facial expressions on this page. They are awesome.
June 14th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Parker is rather amusing, I must say. ^^
June 14th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
This may well be one of my favorite pages so far.
So cute.
June 14th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
(also cute how she snagged the pen away to sing into!)
June 14th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
I love Parker holding up the lighter in the background, it just makes the whole experience perfecct. Satsia’s lyrics are actually pretty kewl!
June 14th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
lmao I started to sing along w/ her…
with my own music of course..since i can’t really here what shes singing…
June 14th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Love the pen for a stand-in mic. Love the bit with Parker holding the lighter.
I wonder if Stasia will eventually sing for Parker to record. Little bit obsessive.
I’m curious to see what kind of responses Parker’s 20,000th post has gotten.
June 14th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
I wonder how Stasia would feel if Guy were as obsessed as Parker is.
June 14th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
I like the songtext.. Ok, it’s not the perfect style we hear from popstars, but you can understand what she wanted to say XD
And she looks like a cute teenager in this page X3 SO sweet!
But nothing beats Parker and the lighter and cellphone.
Guy smiling a little bit is… tasty. :9~
June 14th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
I would be pissed about the lyrics if she wasn’t so cute. Also Parker is cool with her lighter.
June 14th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Parker with a little lighter! Nice touch.
Those lyrics really do sound like they’d come out of a 14 year old.
I’m really liking this comic! Keep it up, eh!
June 15th, 2007 at 12:16 am
Those lyrics weren’t any worse than some of the garbage I’ve heard pumped out by the pop-treadmill. I liked how Stasia seems pretty embarrased to be singing it though. Keep up the good work guys.
June 15th, 2007 at 2:28 am
Hah! Wow, those lyrics were so dope, they could put an elephant under. Those lyrics were so fly, I’d swat at ‘em. Those lyrics were so hip, they’re made of Teflon. Those lyrics were so radical, they scared the insurgents into submission. Those lyrics were so revolutionary, Che Guevara had to stand in awe of them. Those lyrics were so fresh, you can’t even find them at the farmer’s market. Those lyrics were so sweet, they gave everyone within a ten mile radius cavities. Those lyrics were so bangin’, I hear Chitty Chitty wants his name back. Those lyrics were so edgy, Schick just turned them into a razor blade. Those lyrics were so energetic, they could outlast the Energizer Bunny.
I could go on all day.
June 15th, 2007 at 2:52 am
…Ohgods. Those lyrics really do sound as though they were written by an early-teen girl! Although it’s not what I expected. Panic-attack boy?
Anyway, Guy seems to be thoroughly amused by the whole thing. And Janny seems to be the exact opposite. “Oh thank goodness we’re here I can shut her up!” xD Loveit.
Actually, I gotta say, out of everyone, Parker is my least favourite on this page. It’s not that I dislike her, because I do; but Guy and Janny’s reactions just make me smile more. And of course it’s revolving around Stasia’s bad writing.
Great page, guys! ~
June 15th, 2007 at 4:19 am
Stasia’s face in that last panel is wonderful. Lol…I love those lyrics…reminds me of that song Breaking Up Is Hard Enough about the girl who takes all his stuff. Oh the comedy!
June 15th, 2007 at 5:42 am
Those lyrics….. >.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:17 am
LOVE the pen-as-microphone! Stasia’s a natural born performer. Great scene. She’s completely adorable. I gotta say, I love the song lyrics, too. They’re at least funny, which beats a lot of the stuff out there.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:25 am
Argh!
Those lyrics makes Yngwie Malmsteen sound like a poet!
xD
June 15th, 2007 at 7:13 am
“I heart Parker.”
*GASP* Bobby sir, you’ve joined the Parker-following?! YESSSS
(Though I should’ve suspected anyway, since you’re the author and you created her. XD)
…
(I ♥ Parker. >_>)
“Hah! Wow, those lyrics were so dope, they could put an elephant under. Those lyrics were so fly, I’d swat at ‘em. Those lyrics were so hip, they’re made of Teflon. Those lyrics were so radical, they scared the insurgents into submission. Those lyrics were so revolutionary, Che Guevara had to stand in awe of them. Those lyrics were so fresh, you can’t even find them at the farmer’s market. Those lyrics were so sweet, they gave everyone within a ten mile radius cavities. Those lyrics were so bangin’, I hear Chitty Chitty wants his name back. Those lyrics were so edgy, Schick just turned them into a razor blade. Those lyrics were so energetic, they could outlast the Energizer Bunny.”
Awesome. XD *High-fives*
The song’s funny, too. XD A panic attack? H’oh my.
I have to agree about Stasia being effin’ adorable. ♥
I’m… a little confused about why Janny stopped the song, though. o0 Did she think Parker was going to jump Stasia or something? It couldn’t be because Stasia’s a bad singer. XD
June 15th, 2007 at 7:41 am
Parker’s “Freebird”-esque moment is easily my favorite of the page.
June 15th, 2007 at 8:07 am
*giggles* Parker + lighter = Love
June 15th, 2007 at 9:22 am
Stasia losing herself was pretty classic but I reckon Parker had to be the centrepiece of this strip.
Eisu, Bobby; thanks so much for a strip thats brought a smile to my face after a somewhat lousy day :).
June 15th, 2007 at 9:47 am
Love this page–esp. Parker’s “You’ve never performed that live. Can you start over so I can record it on my cell phone”…yay!
June 15th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Ahoj!
Won’t such lyrics cause lasting damage to the baby?
Or make it hate its aunt forever?
Birys
June 15th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Andy-o: “Those lyrics makes Yngwie Malmsteen sound like a poet!”
I did indeed laugh, and out loud at that.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Wow, this page scares me.
First, we have Stasia looking happier than we have seen her all story. I first wondered if she slipped into her stage persona, but her facial expressions during the concert were much different.
She is a singer and one would assume that she has a great love for singing. However, I wonder how long it has been since she has just sung a song without it being a multi-million dollar production, a recording session (being interrupted constantly by the director), or to have it judged for its markettability.
Earlier in the story, she wishes that she could just walk on stage with a micorphone and sing. And now she sorta gets her wish.
Secondly, there are the lyrics. I wonder if she is recounting a true event. Based on Guy’s questions, it does sound like the story is about Stasia’s first boyfriend. Did the boy who fell into the lion den live or was he lunch?
Thirdly, there is her sister’s sudden interruption of the song. Not only does she interrupt the song, but she arranges it so that Guy doesn’t need to ask Stasia to sing.
This isn’t so disturbing at first as Stasia voice is her fortune. Janice might be concerned about Stasia stressing her vocal cords so soon after a concert.
However, Parker’s revelation that “First Boyfriends” has never been performed live gives the interruption a much darker purpose. I wonder if Stasia has some emotional trauma associated with that song. If so, singing it might trigger a breakdown. A good reason not to perform it live.
June 15th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Hey, is page 5 related to this page? Because Stasia says that she dosen’t donate to the zoo anymore because of an ‘incident’? So, is that incident her boyfriend getting eaten by lions? Haha..
June 15th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
“Thirdly, there is her sister’s sudden interruption of the song. Not only does she interrupt the song, but she arranges it so that Guy doesn’t need to ask Stasia to sing.
This isn’t so disturbing at first as Stasia voice is her fortune. Janice might be concerned about Stasia stressing her vocal cords so soon after a concert.”
Ohhh, maybe that’s it then…
“However, Parker’s revelation that “First Boyfriends” has never been performed live gives the interruption a much darker purpose. I wonder if Stasia has some emotional trauma associated with that song. If so, singing it might trigger a breakdown. A good reason not to perform it live.”
GASP. That would be an awesome twist to the story… I’m all curious now. XD
June 15th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
I bet the song has a bad word in it (one that would rhyme with luck), and that was why she made Stasia stop singing. Of course, my own opinion though.
June 15th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
“I bet the song has a bad word in it (one that would rhyme with luck), and that was why she made Stasia stop singing. Of course, my own opinion though.”
I was guessing that the next line would be “first boyfriends suck” again… Could just be that the next verse had something bad… But Janny’s lending Guy her iPod, which has all the songs, so that could defeat the purpose.
…Unless it’s something that Janny doesn’t want Parker to hear… If that’s the case, my curiosity has just grown to the size of a small nation.
June 15th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Haylee: Nah, the next line was simply repeating ” ’cause first boyfriends suck!”
June 15th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Stasia’s expression in the first & last panels: Sooooo Cute! …her hair has a lot more volume than before. Is it because she’s just shaking her head, or is she just actually excited about singing for once? Anyways, a great comic.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
“Is it because she’s just shaking her head, or is she just actually excited about singing for once?”
She’s shaking her head. If you see her position from one panel to another, she’s either in one angle or the other as she swings herself on the seat while singing.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
I liked Stasia’s face in the last panel. Like she is coming down off a high [singing], and barely even remembers Parker is there, let alone who she is. Just looks very . . . real to me.
June 15th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Ok so I love this story. I can’t wait until it’s done
June 15th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
This was a great strip! I absolutely adore Stasia in the first panel. She really looks like she’s enjoying herself.
I really like Guy’s expression in the fourth , too. I seems as though he’s not just enjoying the song, but paying close attention as well.
I don;t quite get that Janny’s trying to stop Stasia so much from singing as much as she’s trying to get everyone bustled into the hotel before the massinve throngs of paparazzi and fans get organized. The offer of the iPod seems like a genuine way to help Guy out. Of course, one has to wonder why she would have an iPod loaded with all of Stasia’s songs at the ready. I doubt she listens to them very much in her off-time…
Then again, given the capacity of iPod’s nowadays, she could likely have every top 100 song for the past few years on it as well…
June 15th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
If I had a sister who was a popular singer, I’d probably have her albums handy.
June 15th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
I loved the expressions, the ‘Freebird-esque’ moment (XD Truly!), and the lyrics! I know I laughed. I thought it was super cute, and Stasia seemed so happy that I wondered at Janny’s vague annoyance with her singing that song. Parker’s notation of the fact that Stasia has never performed this song live makes me concernicus as to why that is. Sure, she wrote it when she was fourteen (and she knew the word ‘frailty’ at fourteen. Should I guess she was one of those teens who used her brain? She DID write a song… intellect likes to come with creativity. XD But it does sound like a young person wrote it, due to the childish way in which the song is written-you can tell that some of it was made up just to rhyme, unless she really did yell ‘boo’ at a zoo, which caused him to accidentally fall into a lion’s den, resulting in her never seeing him again. XD
Then again, a lot of songs have third verses, and maybe that last verse is the reason why Janny made Stasia cease her singing, as well as the reason that it’s never been performed live. One just thinks that it’s got to be about the song specifically. Stasia is not a terrible singer (one would hope. @_@), and the song is actually pretty funny. XD
I wonder if she’s under contract to never perform that song, even though it’s the only one she wrote on that first album… u.u
June 16th, 2007 at 1:38 am
“# Nate Says:
June 15th, 2007 at 2:28 am
Hah! Wow, those lyrics were so dope, they could put an elephant under. Those lyrics were so fly, I’d swat at ‘em. Those lyrics were so hip, they’re made of Teflon. Those lyrics were so radical, they scared the insurgents into submission. Those lyrics were so revolutionary, Che Guevara had to stand in awe of them. Those lyrics were so fresh, you can’t even find them at the farmer’s market. Those lyrics were so sweet, they gave everyone within a ten mile radius cavities. Those lyrics were so bangin’, I hear Chitty Chitty wants his name back. Those lyrics were so edgy, Schick just turned them into a razor blade. Those lyrics were so energetic, they could outlast the Energizer Bunny.
I could go on all day.”
I would just like to go on record as saying I’ve never been more proud of myself, and more embarrassed of myself, for something I posted at two in the morning. Proud because I was coherent enough to make up all those puns on the spot, embarrassed for actually posting them.
Sorry if I seemed to have demeaned your fictional pop lyrics Bobby. I just thought they were funny, and the comic itself put me in kind of a silly mood.
June 16th, 2007 at 4:20 am
I just got finished reading from the beginning and i must say great storyboards and just as great a script. I AM HOOKED! i shall have to definitely follow this novel just to see what happens next.
June 16th, 2007 at 6:04 am
so cute! i love this page!
June 16th, 2007 at 6:11 am
“I would just like to go on record as saying I’ve never been more proud of myself, and more embarrassed of myself, for something I posted at two in the morning. Proud because I was coherent enough to make up all those puns on the spot, embarrassed for actually posting them.”
I thought you did pretty well, Nate. XD I’m sure Bobby and Eisu aren’t offended by it.
…I’m still curious about why Janny stopped the song, though. *Sits in the corner and waits for an answer or the next page, whichever comes first*
June 16th, 2007 at 8:23 am
Stasia and Parker are the cutest things ever here. And I’ve just fallen in love with Guy…again.
As to why Janny stopped the song, I thought it was just because they really are ready to get out of the van. It can’t be the song lyrics becasue the song is already out on CD and Guy’s going to listen to it now. And Stasia certainly doesn’t seem like she’s about to have an emotional breakdown. Maybe she just never preformed it live because it’s, um, not exactly the best song ever? And I can’t see her dad/manager letting her sing that on stage.
June 16th, 2007 at 9:40 am
He loved that!
‘first boyfriends suck!
first husbands….’
June 16th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
“As to why Janny stopped the song, I thought it was just because they really are ready to get out of the van.”
Omg, so that’s what she meant by “We’re here.” I thought she meant like, “You and Guy aren’t alone, y’know!” or something. XD I didn’t even notice that they were on a bus. o0 I kinda thought they were at the hotel already. (I’m sloooow. XD)
June 16th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Valerie: Ah, that was your confusion. Yeah, they’ve been on the bus on the way to the hotel.
June 16th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Huh… wasn’t as horrible as I thought it would be. I’ve heard much, much worse.
Why is it that female artists always seem to be singing about their crappy boyfriends (prime example: Kelly Clarkson)? Guys can sing about whatever, but with the girls it always comes back to “I saw him with another girl WAHHH” or something similar.
Anyway, I love Parker’s lighter. My friend and I pretend to wave lighters whenever we hear a slow song.
June 16th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Told you I’m slow, Mr. Bobby. XD But yeah, it’s clear now.
Tori: (Wow, I had to type your name three times before I got it right… It kept coming out as “Toir” XD) Maybe because girls are known to be more romantically attached than guys. It’s a generalization, but y’know. Generally, girls seem to have stronger emotions than boys, so it’d make sense that, generally, girls would write more love songs. Besides, there’s a fairly large amount of guys singing love songs, too.
June 16th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Parker is the cutest little thing on the face of the planet. And Guy is totally hot! I love this comic, it makes me giggle.
June 16th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
I LOVE the expressions on Stasia’s face! Truly amazing art, Eisu! (Except Parker’s teeth in the third panel look like they could do some serious damage- kinda creepy. I know she’s supposed to be biting her lip, but she looks like she’s actually baring her teeth to me.) I love how Guy is just smiling at her as he sings. The lyrics were pretty bad- the boo part especially, but hey, there’s a song out there about lip gloss that’s just as ridiculous, so you never know. Yay, I love this comic!
June 16th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
If anyone’s still debating why Stasia’s never sung that live, I would guess it’s because the record label people hated it (as mentioned in the last strip), so she decided to go with their decision and not sing it live. When it would’ve been new, it was probly early in her career, so she would be less likely to go against the advice of “experienced” people, I would assume, and once she’d be more willing to do her own thing, she’d probly forgotten about the song.
BTW, if Bobby ever releases full lyrics for that song and someone ever puts it to music, I will love them forever for the next five minutes. Seriously, I do wanna hear that song, and the only tune that comes to mind for me isn’t working out well with the lyrics.
…maybe a Stasia/Marry Me soundtrack could be made and sold as a fundraiser sorta thing to help pay for bandwidth or whatever…
June 16th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
I have a basic little tune for it in my head, but I can’t sing at all and I’m bad with music in general. A full soundtrack would be great.
June 17th, 2007 at 7:07 am
Did anyone else sing those lyrics to the tune of ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’?
>_>
June 17th, 2007 at 8:34 am
new reader here. I am really impressed how you managed to create a teeny popper character that is both acting out but also seems genuinely nice. Looking forward to seeing more.
June 17th, 2007 at 9:50 am
I have always thought this. I thought this since the first time I read the first comic I saw of No Pink Ponies. I think this now.
Eisu’s drawing style looks really skin to that used in the animation of 101 dalmatians.
Anyone else agree?
June 17th, 2007 at 11:20 am
I just started reading this today, and i have to say…it rocks! i love it, a good laugh and a great story line! keep it up!
June 17th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Aw I love Guys expression in the fourth panel to that line. It’s really cute.
June 17th, 2007 at 11:46 am
Ha!! Oh, how I love Parker’s facial expressions. xD
Oh my god… and her lighter. Priceless.
June 17th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Valerie: Yeah, I guess. And I have issues with my own name all the time. I type Troi a lot when I’m tired.
June 17th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Orange Lettuce “Eisu’s drawing style looks really skin to that used in the animation of 101 dalmatians.”
hmm. . . *tilts head* i dunno, maybe *scuttles to compare*. but i know that because disney is so familiar to most people that anything remotely similiar looks like it. i for one always thought my manager walks like the sheriff from the animalized RobinHood (that’ still on debated with my co-workers)
June 17th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Dani: I sort of got that vibe with the opening line. xD I just went back and sort of hissed the lyrics to the tune of The Fresh Prince and they really do fit. xD It’s so amusing.
I love the artistry on this page. Looks greats.
June 17th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
O_O omg it does fit well to the Fresh Prince
*twilight zone theme plays*
June 18th, 2007 at 12:43 am
I think her song is cute. She WAS only 14 when she wrote it. I think it provides insight into what she was like back then.
June 18th, 2007 at 12:44 am
And I mean cute as in little-girl cute, not sexy-cute.
June 18th, 2007 at 5:17 am
Blatant Comics. That’s like one step above self-publishing. The fact that the only people you can get to carry you is a *parody magazine* should tell you a lot.
The artist really needs to get with a serious, talent writer. This isn’t it.
June 18th, 2007 at 8:33 am
arr, 16 bucks for a comic (esp if 11 are for shipping) sucks. 10 bucks that all go to the author would be nicer - for both sides
June 18th, 2007 at 9:15 am
D: That depresses me, mostly because I don’t have paypal. Maybe I can con my brother into buying it for me.
June 18th, 2007 at 11:50 am
I was just surfing around the comics, saw an ad for this one, came here, and I am totally hooked!
A truly cute story, well drawn characters and believable dialog.
Great job……I will be a lurking regular here……Thanks!
June 18th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
“Blatant Comics. That’s like one step above self-publishing. The fact that the only people you can get to carry you is a *parody magazine* should tell you a lot.”
I’ve been the president of Blatant Comics since it began 10 years ago, so it essentially is self publishing and there was never an attempt to get anyone else to publish it, so no, it doesn’t tell anything. Also, Blatant has published very few things total and it started out as a parody publisher in the ’90s, but now we do everything.
June 18th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Wow! I like how this comic is progressing! i saw an ad on another site that looked really good.. and now i love this comic!!! thank you and please post more
June 18th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
I found this from the Last Blood page, but I think I’m enjoying this one even more. The characters are all quite awesome.
June 18th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Random note: I don’t know why you made them from Oklahoma, but I love you for it. It is rare that any characters besides cowboys and hicks come from here. Parker and Guy are much cooler than that.
June 18th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
“I don’t know why you made them from Oklahoma . . .”
It was fairly random.
“. . . but I love you for it.”
Thank you for loving me.
June 18th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
I’m really enjoying this comic. I really like the storytelling and the art is quirky and fun. I am an impatient person and consistantly rail at the page for not being full of new comicness. This is in fact a good sign.
Now if I wish to buy the first issue do I send you an email on the address provided? Forgive my denseness I’m only an aussie
June 18th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Tracey: When you send the money through PayPal I believe there’s a place there to put your address, but you could also send that info to the same e-mail address just to make sure. You need a PayPal account and need to send the money on there.
June 18th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
aw…Stasia looks so happy…
June 18th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
Just posting to keep my place. XD
Annnnd still ♥ing Parker, of course. XP
June 18th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
I’ve been reading this for only a couple months (I got a link from Redstring), but it’s rapidly grown to be one of my favourite webcomics. Like Tracey, I also reload the page constantly to see if there’s a new strip. This is good, because it means I’m very attached to this series. Few webcomics can do that for me.
On another note:
Actually, Fresh Prince WAS what I immediately saw the song as set too also…
Though I’m still trying to work out if there’s a more realistic and nice, early-teen sounding tune for it. But I can’t do it now, because now I know that you actually had a tune in mind for it, and I’m a bit crazy about needing to stick to the original intentions or earliest intentions if at all possible. If I was able to hear the tune, Bobby, perhaps I could develop the music into a full-out song. But that would be a difficult feat to get me the tune you had in mind…
Anyways, this is one of my favourite pages out of the entire webcomic; not only is there some of the liveliest facial characterization in an already very animated story, but we get to see into Stasia’s past, what her early music was like, what she sang about, what she cared about - the only song she actually wrote in the beginning was this one, so it truly tells us about her character at that time.
Eisu’s interpretations and facial expressions are amazing, each page enlightens us, or at least me - I don’t know about everyone, but it should enlighten most people - to deeper understanding of the characters. Stasia really enjoys singing this song, despite its cheesiness. As a fellow songwriter, I know the feeling of being attached to my earliest pieces. There’s a big difference between singing someone else’s song and singing your own. It is an exhilarating experience. And to sing that song again, several years down the road, it brings back a flood of memories and emotions. I’m not surprised Guy wanted to hear her sing her first published song.
Guy. He appears only in 3 of the 7 panels on this page, yet somehow he holds a major presence on the entire page. The previous page is obviously a lead up and a reason for this presence; as I read the page I felt I was in Guy’s position, listening to her song, examining it for what could be of importance to figure out the circumstances of her life and how he can help her get through the very anguish and nervosa Stasia has with life currently that brought him into her life. His expression on panel 4 fits in perfectly with that notion: he’s happy about the song, not because it’s a very good song; I wouldn’t say it’s well written (though it obviously is well written by Bobby to be set as a song written by a 14 year old rising pop star); but rather the spirit and joy Stasia has in singing brings out the Stasia that made her so loved, and the Stasia that needs to resurface in order for her to make it through this crisis point. There’s a big difference in the way she acted while singing “First Boyfriends” and the way she acted singing that song on stage earlier. She didn’t want to perform then. She was tired of it all, and didn’t really care about it, but she forced a smile. Forcing a look of happiness is never a good thing. By going back and singing one of her earliest songs, she reaches a point that should bring her to remember why she even started singing professionally in the first place: because it’s fun, because you can express your emotions and thoughts to people all over the world, because there’s a special magic about music, especially with music you write yourself that you don’t get otherwise. Though “First Boyfriends” may be corny and cheesy, there’s a sparkle to it that makes it kinda cute song, and for the first time, we get to see a Stasia not under the veil of wanting to look the big look and talk the big talk. Instead, she’s just being herself, and that brings out possibly the most beautiful image of her in the entirety of the webcomic thus far.
Here’s a thumbs up to Bobby and Eisu for such an amazing and expressive comic, and a hope to see more of the real Stasia and how Guy will bring that out from within her.
June 18th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Thanks, Phil, nice post. And by the way, the intention wasn’t for Stasia to really be genuinely happy about singing the song, but instead kind of embarrassed by the lyrics and laughing/smiling at them while singing. In Panel 2 you can see her kind of raising her palm up, like “I don’t know what the heck I was thinking when I wrote this.”
June 18th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
The lip-bite when she’s holding the lighter!!!
June 19th, 2007 at 6:13 am
Ah. I see that. Still, even embarrassed, she seems happier than before.
June 19th, 2007 at 8:18 am
I started reading this when it came out, and I neve rrealized there were forums beneath the pages… what’s wrong with me?
I find this page not only cute but even essential. This one and the one before it show that Guy really could fall for Stasia, and we already know Stasia thinks he’s cute!
June 19th, 2007 at 9:01 am
“Still, even embarrassed, she seems happier than before.”
Agreed.
June 19th, 2007 at 11:43 am
In Panel 2 you can see her kind of raising her palm up, like “I don’t know what the heck I was thinking when I wrote this.”
Heh…I just took that to be a random gesture while singing. No matter how embarrassed she was, she looked like she was getting into it by the end.
And I just noticed the expression she’s giving Parker. It just screams pages of “wtf, mate?”
June 19th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
$9.60 for a comic book? I’ll have to pass.
I’d be interested in a 1 volume graphic novel (or 2 volumes if the story goes over 160 pages) with perfect binding, but not a comic book.
Mostly because I have no place to put a comic where it would survive and be read. Almost $10 for something that the cat will destroy is a bit expensive for me.
June 19th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Eight sold so far, about 170 left that are available for purchase (of the first printing at least).
June 20th, 2007 at 7:59 am
Wow. What a great strip. I like:
-Stasia snatching pen from Guy
-the smile on Guy’s face
-Parker’s lighter
-the expression on Parker’s face
-Stasia’s sister’s hands.
I’m looking forward to Guy meeting Stasia’s dad. Is Stasia short for Anastasia?
June 20th, 2007 at 11:41 am
“Is Stasia short for Anastasia?”
Correct.
June 20th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
B-b-b-b-b-b-book!
!!
June 20th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
congrats on the comic Bobby and Eisu! ^_^v
June 20th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
i meant: Congrats on the Manga/Comic Book Bobby and Eisu!
June 20th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
100th comment!
And I reallllly want the book… But I’m broke right now xD
I’ll probably ask for it for birthday or whatnot
June 21st, 2007 at 5:03 am
they finlay leave the staidum god your writting style is slow
June 21st, 2007 at 5:27 am
Posted a wikipedia page for the comic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marry_Me
Fun times.
June 21st, 2007 at 6:31 am
At least they can spell.
Seriously…it takes time to produce each page. It’s not the writing style that’s slow, it’s the speed at which the pages are produced. If you were to sit down and read all the existing pages at one sitting, it wouldn’t seem like the action was going so slowly.
June 21st, 2007 at 10:25 am
it’s different from most webcomics in that it’s in colour. Not only is this an amazingly and startlingly deep webcomic, to the point that every facial expression, every minute detail has some purpose and meaning for the whole, but it’s all in colour too. To do something like that takes time, so it’s not going to be updated in such a swift manner.
Plus, the lag time gives us a lot of time to talk about each page in detail in these “message boards” of sorts, so it’s all cool.
June 21st, 2007 at 11:42 am
Omg, j, stfu and gtfo, please. Sorry to internet-speak so much, but I kinda doubt you understand actual words, and I’m getting more than a little sick of your presence. :/ Buh-bye now.
June 21st, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Emhilradim: Hey, that Wiki’s pretty cool. A few errors, but “mostly” accurate, ha. The biggest error is where you say that Guy didn’t know what was on the sign — Guy definitely knew what the sign said. Impossible not to. She held it up right in front of him and she had to carry that thing in while walking with him, of course, and there’s no way he could not see it. Also, the official launch date for the site, when the first page went up (not counting the cover) is February 14, 2007, Valentine’s Day. I also despise the term “webcomic,” but that’s no big deal. Good work!
To j: When you have an incident as huge as this, with one of the biggest stars in the world marrying some stranger, you almost have to see a good deal of the aftermath of that in real time or near real time. It’s just the nature of the story being told. Minor spoiler: The entire story will take place over the course of more than a year, but the vast majority of it will just be about the first 72 hours or so.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:20 pm
so what do you prefer to call it? I think I used webcomic a lot; I didn’t mean to offend you, Bobby.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:31 pm
I’m offended by practically nothing, so no worries there. I’ve just always hated the term “webcomic” and I do not use it. I’ve spoken about this before, including in the MM comments, I think, but anyway, it’s just pointless and it implies that it’s less good and somehow different than a regular comic, especially when this is a comic that’s already in print and where the main goal of it is the published graphic novel and where the web site is just a secondary thing. If someone puts a photo up on the web, is that a webphoto? Is an article on the web a webarticle? It makes no sense to me that comics have chosen to demean themselves and refer to each other as “webcomics.”
“so what do you prefer to call it?”
It’s just a comic. Or in the case of “Marry Me” it’s a graphic novel.
June 21st, 2007 at 3:00 pm
and an extremely awsome comic at that!
June 21st, 2007 at 11:08 pm
I second that notion.
S’rry, I actually decided to jump in on the comment boards just fairly recently, and haven’t really gone into the old ones, so I wouldn’t have seen that if you explained it earlier.
Cool. I just may be sending in an order soon for a copy of your graphic novel format of Marry Me. It really is a wonderful comic, that it is.
June 22nd, 2007 at 5:40 am
“If someone puts a photo up on the web, is that a webphoto? Is an article on the web a webarticle? It makes no sense to me that comics have chosen to demean themselves and refer to each other as “webcomics.””
It’s just a useful descriptor, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard it used in a negative context. And whilst they wouldn’t use those specific terms, people do usually specify that content is on the web to avoid confusion; a wikipedia article rather than just an article, or an image on flickr rather than a real photo.
If someone talked about a comic they’ve read recently that sounded interesting, I’d assume they were talking about something I could pick up in a comic store, and most webcomics can’t be.
June 22nd, 2007 at 8:06 am
So…ummm…I hate to be a noodge, but when is there going to be a new page to read?
June 22nd, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Jill: Eisu’s on a work trip all week and my guess is maybe Tuesday for the next page.
“It’s just a useful descriptor, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard it used in a negative context.”
The term itself is negative on many levels and it brings to mind something inferior. When I hear “webcomic” I think “horrible comic.”
“. . . a wikipedia article rather than just an article, or an image on flickr rather than a real photo.”
There’s a huge difference between saying “wikipedia article” and “webarticle” or “image on flickr” and “webphoto.” You can’t compare those things to “webcomic” at all. “A comic I read online” would be more similar to those things and I don’t have a problem with that. When you actually put the two together, though, and even make them ONE WORD (”webcomic”) it makes it sound like it’s an entirely different thing from regular comics and it makes everyone think of stick figures and sprites and just something BAD in general. There are much better ways to “avoid confusion” than horribly saying “webcomic.”
“If someone talked about a comic they’ve read recently that sounded interesting, I’d assume they were talking about something I could pick up in a comic store, and most webcomics can’t be.”
Right, the reason you assume that is because of the insane amount of people who say “webcomic” all the time pointlessly.
June 22nd, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Either way, Wikipedia’s done their usual and flagged the story’s article for notability. Funny how Ctrl+Alt+Del, Mall Monkeys, or the upcoming movie “Cthulhu” can be considered notable, and yet, they wanna flag something that already gets 5,000 unique page hits a day (and unlike Cthulhu, already exists).
So yeah, if people want to save the wiki article, look for some credible citations and references, cause, if what I’ve posted so far is neither credible or notable, then I don’t know what they want, and I don’t really know how to save it.
And I’m getting tired of Wikipedia’s elitism.
June 22nd, 2007 at 1:28 pm
It’s actually a lot closer to 10,000 unique visitors per day.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:04 pm
We went through this for Misfile as well, which has many more than 10,000 unique daily visits. The screwy standard that Wikipedia uses considers something notable only if it has an independent presence - and self-publication doesn’t count. You have to be published by a commercial publisher, a place risking its own money on you; alternately, it would count if you are written up by a major newspaper or magazine.
There’s been a discussion for some time, since after all, many webcomics are very popular.
BTW, I don’t know about the book… I’m used to paying about that much for 120+ pages of the Misfile comic. 24 pages, even in color, just seems way too short to me to be worth $10. Obviously, not everyone agrees.
June 22nd, 2007 at 5:09 pm
The book’s a collector’s item basically. I don’t even understand why anyone would want to buy it just to read it — it’s already free online. This is signed by the writer and it’s the first printing of anything “Marry Me” related, only 200 produced. This print run is being done mostly to help with getting an agent and then possibly to help with selling the idea to Hollywood. Selling them on the site is secondary. So, especially if it does end up being a movie, that would make this a pretty big collector’s item.
June 22nd, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Honestly, Bobby sir, I don’t understand what’s so offensive about the word “webcomic”… but I won’t refer to this as one, since you consider it an insult. I’m just saying, it’s never really seemed all that negative to me. But I mean, different people interpret things differently, so y’know.
On that note, love the comic.
♥ I’ve love it more if it were updated… but I saw where you said that Eisu is on a trip, so I won’t nag about it or anything. XD
June 22nd, 2007 at 6:23 pm
You know, I first heard Stasia’s tune to the song “Gay Boyfriend” by the Hazards…
I’m weird, I know!
June 22nd, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Valerie: It’s no big deal at all, just something that I think is pretty pointless and a bit demeaning overall, not just specifically talking about it for the comics I work on. If someone calls “Marry Me” a webcomic and says “I love this webcomic!” I don’t get angry or feel insulted or anything. It’s just not the term I prefer and I wish the term was never popularized.
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:09 pm
Well, unfortunately Bobby, that’s the way it works. The term web comic is used simply because it’s a comic strip on the web. Put it into a comic book, or sell it in its 80-page entirety as a graphic novel, but it’ll always be deemed a web comic because before it was printed in a comic book, it was on the web.
And it’s not so much that people consider it any less artistic or any less creative than say Romeo and Juliet (though I don’t think anyone would compare the two), it’s just the term web comic is used to cover a broad spectrum of things. It’s like the term Internet TV Show, I’m sure Pure Pwnage would rather be categorized as simply “Pure Pwnage,” but they’re an internet TV show. It’s not people generalizing in order to stunt or debilitate the influence of the medium, it’s simply the most broad and easy to recall reference for it all.
You can categorize your stuff as anything you want, but at the end of the day, and in the end, it’s going to be the fans who deem what something is and what it isn’t, and if you let it bother you, you’re gonna end up realizing that your voice is just a din in the fog, and nobody’s hearing what you say anymore.
I know that if I ask if somebody’s read “Marry Me the web graphic novel” everybody’s going to try to correct me and say “web comic?” And I know that if I don’t even make reference to the website, then most people won’t be seeing anything about it anyway.
So yeah, no one’s intending to demean your work, or put your work down; web comic is a very broad term that means more than “pointless internet crap” like you seem to think it does, and you can either get stressed or roll with it. I’d rather let the fans read it and decide for themselves if it is something more.
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Ha, there’s no stressing, as I think I clearly said in my last comment, and absolutely nothing offends me. It’s extremely obvious to anyone with a brain that “webcomic” is what people will call comics like “Marry Me” for the next long while. It’s not just about comics I’m involved in, as I’ve said. It has very little to do with me. I’ve said the exact same things about the term “webcomic” while I’ve had NO comics running. I’ve been saying this for many years now. I don’t think ANY COMICS EVER should be called “webcomics.” Even the extremely horrible ones. It’s a stupid, pointless term, in my opinion, which I think about many popular terms in the world today. I dislike shortening things in general, and I especially hate “webcomic” as one word. Not quite as bad as two words. Many people obviously disagree with this and that’s perfectly fine.
June 22nd, 2007 at 8:10 pm
I mostly agree with you on “webcomics”, Bobby. Whenever I talk to my friends off of the internet, I tell them about an “online comic” I’ve just read. It sounds a lot less… nerdy. If someone online brings up the term, I’ll call it a webcomic. Otherwise (including if an offline person calls it a webcomic), it’s an online comic or a comic I found on the internet. It gives a little more prestige if you say it that way. I’ve read “Garfield” online before, and that doesn’t make it a webcomic. I’d rather keep from using that word if it fits the situation.
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:28 pm
I have print versions of a few comics. For me, it’s basically a mix of two things: I want to support the authors, and I love comic xyz so much that I want to have it if the author ever takes it off the Web site or moves it to a stupid pay side of the site. I hate pay-only areas… if for no other reason than it means another login I have to remember.
June 23rd, 2007 at 8:37 am
If you’re really worried about the wiki article, someone might add that Eisu also works with keenspot on No Pink Ponies (Since Keenspot finally won the notoriety battle). Also, he’s had published comics before, I believe. Find those and list them. Dig up info on Bobby, too, since he’s been around the intertubes for a long time as well. The better you show that the creators are prolific in some way, the better shot you have at keeping the article.
Wikipedia used to be the place you’d go to find info on anything and everything, now they’re trying to make themselves less useful. Way to be, Wikipedia!
June 23rd, 2007 at 11:50 am
The Wiki doesn’t mean much to me. It’s funny that “Pupkin” is apparently notable, even though it never even reached 2,000 readers, but was briefly in just a couple newspapers. I’m sure “Marry Me” will be notable once the film’s in production — good enough for me.
June 23rd, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Could you pllllleeeaasseee stop saying it updates M-W-F?! >.
June 23rd, 2007 at 2:40 pm
He could. But I expect that would differ from the schedule that he wants to maintain, and from the schedule he had maintained originally. Artists and writers are people, too. They have busy schedules, they have lives aside from writing comics and posting them online, and (as odd as it may sound) they do not live merely to please us. I would enjoy seeing a new page, but I have enough other stuff to occupy me that it doesn’t bother me if we don’t see a new one for a month. Though if that were the case, I might start wondering if Bobby or Eisu had gotten hurt or something.
June 23rd, 2007 at 3:13 pm
The only thing that really matters to me is the finished graphic novel and getting a movie deal out of it. We said “MWF” because we thought we could probably maintain that early on, but for various reasons that hasn’t been the case so far. Don’t worry about it. We could just as easily be not putting the pages online at all.
June 23rd, 2007 at 6:01 pm
“We could just as easily be not putting the pages online at all.”
Eep. ._.; Bobby sir, that’s meaaan. XD
But wow, maybe… Okay, I’m not against you or anything. I know that you and Eisu both have lives and all that. But maybe changing the line up there that has the update schedual will make people stop complaining about it, y’know?
June 23rd, 2007 at 6:04 pm
I don’t mind the complaints. They’re good to hear. Means they badly want more pages.
June 23rd, 2007 at 7:45 pm
Yes! We read this because we love the story.
I actually find the term webcomic to be rather positive. To me, it means simply comics that are not bound by the extreme conservativism required by newspaper comics. There are an awful lot of very good ones out there, and the existing of really bad ones does not detract from the form any more than the existence of cheap dime store novels makes the term “novel” an insult.
June 23rd, 2007 at 7:55 pm
“I actually find the term webcomic to be rather positive.”
You’re in the minority.
“. . . the existing of really bad ones does not detract from the form any more than the existence of cheap dime store novels makes the term ‘novel’ an insult.”
Totally different/opposite. “Novel” is a positive term to practically everyone, while “webcomic” is a negative and/or confusing term to most people. And obviously a large percentage of people who actually make comics online and/or read comics online don’t see it as negative and see it as a positive like you do, but to the rest of the world, it has negative connotations, like most things that are clearly associated with the internet.
June 23rd, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Hmm, I think some online comics really can be called webcomics though. As in, they are produced differently than they would be if they were printed.
June 23rd, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Well, you can be sure we are eagerly awaiting the next page.
June 24th, 2007 at 12:07 am
Too eagerly. But dooooon’t rush, make it as mindblowing as possible.
June 24th, 2007 at 6:28 am
It has been published on the web, in a supported web image format (a computer image format technically), and not as a standard print comic, so it would be quite correct to call it a “web” (it’s on what we call the web) “comic” (as it is a comic correct?).
Put them together and what do you get, “web comic”, yes indeed.
Whether the term it is associated with is perceived to be good or bad by who or what, makes no difference what so ever, it still does not change what it is.
June 24th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
This is gearing up for the movies definitely: quite the product placement for Apple here…
June 24th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
“It has been published on the web, in a supported web image format (a computer image format technically), and not as a standard print comic . . .”
Huh? Scroll up and read the original post maybe? It has been published as a standard print comic and will continue to be in the future. But even if it wasn’t ever printed it still would never be a “webcomic” in my mind. It’s a COMIC. And as I’ve said a million times already in these comments, the whole point of “Marry Me” is the finished printed graphic novel and I’m just putting them online because “Why not?”
“Whether the term it is associated with is perceived to be good or bad by who or what, makes no difference what so ever, it still does not change what it is.”
It’s a comic, yeah, not a “webcomic.” Once again, just because a photo is put on the internet, does that mean people should call it a “webphoto”? No, it doesn’t, so they don’t, and I see no reason why comics online are insanely called “webcomics.”
June 24th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
isnt ‘comics published on the net’ the definition of webcomics?
you can have a comic that is not a webcomic, but you can’t have a webcomic that isn’t a comic. So I think that’s pointless bobby, I think this is a webcomic to be honest. Not that it’s a bad thing, lol!!!
June 24th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
oh, and another thing:
I hate euphemisms, COMICS are comics, personally I dislike the term ‘graphic novel’, those are just comics.
June 24th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Apparently no one will understand this. Weird.
“isnt ‘comics published on the net’ the definition of webcomics?”
LOL. Um, you’re not getting it. I’m saying there should be NO DEFINITION for “webcomics” because “webcomics” should NOT BE A WORD or a term that’s used at all, by anyone for anything.
“you can have a comic that is not a webcomic, but you can’t have a webcomic that isn’t a comic.”
Um, what?
“I hate euphemisms, COMICS are comics, personally I dislike the term ‘graphic novel’, those are just comics.”
I’m perfectly fine with the term “comics,” as I’ve said multiple times, but the whole goal of this comic is to publish it as a full graphic novel, in this case an 80 page book that tells one story.
Once again, anyone can feel free to call this whatever the hell they want to call it, but I simply personally think that the term “webcomic” is just plain retarded on multiple levels, for ANY COMICS, not just mine. “Webcomic” should have never been uttered by anyone. It’s stupid and pointless. And to repeat, call this whatever the hell you want to call it, including “webcomic.” I’ll simply think that’s stupid and pointless, though. Feel free to think otherwise.
June 24th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Oh, Jesus. You guys are still on this comic/webcomic debate? XD
H’okay, look. I don’t think it’s a negative term either. But since Bobby doesn’t like it, and it’s his (and Eisu’s) comic, it’s a little disrespectful to call it a “webcomic” around him. You get what I’m saying?
Honestly, it’s not all that complicated, I promise. XD
(Still ♥ing Parker.)
June 24th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
It’s actually not disrespectful. It’s PERFECTLY FINE. I just personally think it’s stupid and pointless, that’s all. Not disrespectful. Call it whatever you want to call it, no problem. Just giving a personal opinion on something and THAT’S IT, NO BIG DEAL.
June 24th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
XD Okay, okay…
On a random note, I pulled a Parker and played a little with the Marry Me Wikipedia page. >_> Yaaayyy. XD
June 24th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Well if it’s original intention is to be a novel or comic, calling it a web comic is probably out of scope.
If it was made for the intended purpose of being published on the web (initially), then I’d say it would.
June 24th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
I prefer a “comic that first saw light on the interwebs” to a comic that you pick up in the comic book store. Mainly because it takes more skill to keep people interested in a comic over a long period of time in comparison to something you can read in half an hour.
June 24th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Hey, Valerie, great article
June 25th, 2007 at 3:22 am
I basically got your “buy the comic instead of enjoying it for free on the web” idea, guys, but not all the people who read this comic live in America…some of us actually live in Europe, and we would like to read along, too…daaah…Or whatever, if you think freaks out there across the ocean don’t matter, just keep to the “We could just as easily be not putting the pages online at all.” attitude. We can’t do anything about it except some complaining, anyway.
June 25th, 2007 at 3:32 am
“I basically got your ‘buy the comic instead of enjoying it for free on the web’ idea, guys”
Huh? Did you miss the part where I said “I don’t even understand why anyone would want to buy it just to read it — it’s already free online”?
“but not all the people who read this comic live in America…some of us actually live in Europe”
Most of the sales so far have been to people in Europe.
“Or whatever, if you think freaks out there across the ocean don’t matter”
And your suggestion is that I lose money on the books just so you don’t have to pay for the shipping or what? USPS charges $11 for priority mail shipping to Europe and it’s not much cheaper if I sent it in a slower way, especially since most people so far who have ordered it from Europe have ordered at least three copies each (heavy). When you figure in the PayPal fees, I’m losing money on the shipping.
June 25th, 2007 at 3:57 am
The fact that there was no update since the comic book is available was a quite clear message to me…and about the shipping to Europe, it’s my mistake that I haven’t gone into detalis explaining that I meant the eastern part of Europe, Hungary for example, where it’s practically impossible to receive anything you order from overseas. If in some lucky way they accept delivery to these places (most of the firms don’t), it simply never gets delivered because of the bad quality of the post service around here. I mean, the postmen steal it. This one is really not your fault, just that people here are in even bigger need of updates because of it:)
June 25th, 2007 at 4:04 am
“The fact that there was no update since the comic book is available was a quite clear message to me”
Nope! Got that wrong too because of not reading my comments apparently, even though you quoted one of them. Miss this one? “Eisu’s on a work trip all week and my guess is maybe Tuesday for the next page.” The printed comic book has absolutely NOTHING to do with the recent lack of updates. If you look back through the calendar you’ll see that we’ve had several similar stretches of not updating.
“Hungary for example, where it’s practically impossible to receive anything you order from overseas.”
Um, I’ve sent about 40 different “+EV” books (one of my other comics) to Hungary and never had a single problem with that. Not even close to “practically impossible.” Every single book went through just fine.
June 25th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Vasiliki: XD Thanks, but I didn’t write all of it. All I did really was add in Bobby and Eisu’s other comics, add “Gary” and “Stanley” to the supporting characters bit, and add in how Denny got his name.
June 25th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Feh…. I just think that it shouldn’t say MWF if I haven’t seen that done at all. >.
June 25th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
umm…(pokes nose in door).. maybe we could just forget about webcomics and graphic novels and evil postmen and talk about the comic? …way too much contention in here.
June 25th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Correction: But not from Bobby. It seems that no one is reading the previous posts ( although there are a ton!) and keeps on jumping on Bobby’s back. Why do these things matter? oh right, they don’t.
June 25th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Sorry, I keep on posting and then realizing I have something else to say. Why about updates and updating schedules? I hate to admit it, but there are more important things in life than reading Marry ME every MWF. Sure, it’s fun, but complaining gets us nowhere and makes the complainer sound annoying to all who must read the post (except Jillster, that was a politely worded question).
Ok, all done with my finger-wagging. Have fun, all!
June 25th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
wow xD, she’s desperate and REALLY eager for no reason lolz, im mad she had a lighter ready xD
June 25th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
I would like to extend my thanks to all the skinflint americans. Without your inability to put your money where your mouth is I would not be able to purchase this artwork. Thank you!
I have to say that my favourite so far is Guy. I love the very logical, methodical way he is handling this. Pulled up on stage and married a pop star, alright, so logically I should actually find stuff out about my… wife.
I love him.
June 25th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Love the expressions on everyone, and yes, I too sang to the Fresh Prince theme. XD
June 25th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Oddly enough, I heard the lyrics to the Beverly Hillbillies theme song. Maybe it was because she just doesn’t seem the type to rap to me. Weird, eh?
Love the comic, btw, just found it today, and it looks like a classic. Can’t wait for the rest of the story.
June 26th, 2007 at 5:41 am
So, I’m looking forward to the next page pending for today or soon.
… I kind of feel that we’re all running out of things to talk about for this specific page, and that’s why people decided to turn their voices to try and debate about the term “webcomics”. Besides that, only new voices have had anything to say about this latest page, so right now I’m just waiting it out until a new page comes on. I’m not a big one for arguments or debates like the previous one, so I tried to stay out of it…
Anyways, looking forward to the next page, and when it comes up, I’ll have a lot more to say.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:58 am
First boyfriends suck…well I’ve just been told by boyfriend number 5 who lasted a year and a half that he only wants to be friends…all boyfriends suck!
Cool comic though…if I ever become famous I’ll marry a random fan to save the trouble.
June 26th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Once this is done, can I turn it into a play script? Not anything official or whatnot, just as fun jazz for meh + friends.
June 26th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
“all boyfriends suck!”
Amen, girl!
“if I ever become famous I’ll marry a random fan to save the trouble.”
Yes, because that’s totally the moral we’re supposed to walk away with. XD (Honestly, though, I don’t blame Stasia. >_> Dating IS annoying. XD)
June 26th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
I just don’t date. That works good enough for me. Don’t have to worry about pleasing girls. At least until I’m like 23. lol
June 26th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
Ya know, I started reading this because I was bored. Didn’t think it would interest me at all. Now where’s the next page, be-otch!!
hehe Seriously, though, this is really good and I would love to see it actually become a movie! Mostly just to see who would play Parker, because she’s awesome!!
June 26th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Well, dating can be harsh, I know that from experience. But I don’t regret having experienced the world of dating, even if it ended up not just a little bit upsetting. Because I grew stronger coming out of it, and am a better person now than I was before it all.
Still, I haven’t dated since, and it’s been three years now, but instead, I think it’s simpler right now to just take it easy and flow with life. Everything will somehow sort itself out in the end.
So I don’t blame Stasia for not enjoying dating; it really feels horrible after it all ends (and I’m sure it was the same rough time I went through for the one I once loved as well). I only hope that life suits her better without me.
I don’t think any relationship Stasia “went” through would have ended like mine did, but I can definitely empathize with her need to just escape the whole wide world of dating. And there’s definitely an emptiness when there isn’t someone else there, I know that, but just playing it cool helps deal with an older pain, a fading pain. To have to repeat that pain over and over and over again, simply because of bad boyfriends, anybody would be as frustrated and driven as Stasia was. What’s interesting is her iron will to not let this end - to have this crazed marriage, like most Hollywood Weddings are, but instead of letting it break up like practically every single other one, she has the resolve to keep it going. I know that she has the ability to do that - if there’s one thing she’ll question her father’s orders with, it will be this. She may be wild, but she’ll take responsibility and follow through.
Oh, Kudos to Bobby and Eisu. I never thought a comic could get me to talk about my emotional past. Marry Me really has struck an common bell with me. It makes me happy.
June 26th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
….so how about that update?
June 27th, 2007 at 12:30 am
To Phil:
I guess I don’t really have a traditional view on the whole dating-breakup thing, as I’m polyamourous, and are still best friends with ex-lovers, and “break-ups” for me are usually just a transition to another kind of relationship. I think wanting out of the dating game completely is a bit silly, but her wanting to think “Well, I’ve been doing it THIS way for a long time, and it has been utterly not working, I’ll do something totally different instead!” is something I can totally relate to.
And is this first boyfriend one of the ones that made it to a hit singer or a star sports player or whatnot? That would be amusing.
June 27th, 2007 at 12:36 am
Nah, this first boyfriend was like 13 years ago or whatever (and she made up the part about the lions eating him, but the panic attack was probably true). The three boyfriends mentioned on Page 1 were all in the past few years.
June 27th, 2007 at 6:46 am
I wonder when Jenny’s gonna give a birth… Hum… I’m sure it’ll happen in some “hot” moment ;>
June 27th, 2007 at 8:20 am
I totally see parker being played by Heather Matarazzo or someone similar.
June 27th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
Are there going to be more comics online?
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June 27th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Lets just be patient. Even I’m getting desperate to see whats going to happen from here on.
June 27th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
“Are there going to be more comics online?”
For the millionth time, yes, nothing has changed whatsoever.
June 27th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
i LOVE this comic! its sooo fantastic! i vote don’t stress the updates too, really, this is pretty much a service to us all
love the work keep it up!
June 27th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Ugh. I don’t see the point of doing a webcomic if all you want is to do a graphic novel and hope to get a movie deal. Why didn’t you just… get a publisher? Y’know, like thousands of other people do all the time.
In fact, I’d think putting it online might actually hurt your chances there. And I find the lack of any sort of consistent updates very disappointing….
June 28th, 2007 at 12:05 am
“Ugh. I don’t see the point of doing a webcomic if all you want is to do a graphic novel and hope to get a movie deal.”
Please explain to me how it’s somehow a bad thing to put the pages online. How does this hurt you?
“Why didn’t you just… get a publisher? Y’know, like thousands of other people do all the time.”
I’ve been publishing comics for 14 years and I’m publishing this one. I don’t understand your complaints.
“And I find the lack of any sort of consistent updates very disappointing.”
Same old nonsense.
June 28th, 2007 at 12:42 am
Not really nonsense. It’s been how long since you’ve updated? Yes, you said the one person was gone, but you said they’d be back around Tuesday. Guess wha? It’s Thursday. An update would be nice.
June 28th, 2007 at 12:52 am
It’s nonsense to act like they have a right to be disappointed. It’s a graphic novel that will be published and we’re putting the pages online as they’re finished just as a treat for people basically. Feel free to not read them. It says “new page every MWF” because we thought we’d actually do that, but we ended up not doing that and I made it very clear early on that we probably wouldn’t do that once that became apparent. It’s so unimportant that there isn’t even a reason to take five minutes to change the graphic at the top where it says “every MWF,” especially since we might actually get back on that proper schedule at any moment. Once again, don’t worry about it. You’ll see the new pages as soon as they’re done. And yes, it’s nonsense to complain about it. Also, that “one person” is kind of super extremely important (the artist).
June 28th, 2007 at 5:02 am
hey, all the best for the coming script! i can see a good plot coming. cheers!
June 28th, 2007 at 5:15 am
Heh, I’ve been reading Marry Me for about a month now and to say I love it would be an understatement. It is one of the things I look forward to most, period, every day. (Guess I’m boring, eh?) And reading through these comments has kept me entertained even when there isn’t a new comic page.
Heck, I’ll be as patient as necessary. Especially since it’s Eisu who’s out. Actually I first became interested when I noticed he drew this. Sure, the story sounded nice, kinda unique, but still it was his art that sucked me in at once. He really is super talented. (Oh hey, don’t feel left out Bobby, ’cause your writing is fun and cool as well.)
I was a bit curious: this would make a fun movie, but why go live-action? I can’t stand most of the young pop-stars today that you guys have tossed around as ideas to star, and I don’t think I’d actually