Hi! I'm Joey Comeau, writer of A Softer World, Lockpick Pornography, Bravest Warriors and other things! AMA!

Which one of us is the "Joey" character (like from TV's Friends)??

Joey is clearly Chandler, and you're clearly Monica. I'd have to say Sanjay is Joey. Randall would be Ross. Li is Rachel and Kate Beaton is Phoebe.

I reckon anyways.

EDIT: I'm much happier under the assumption that everyone from these completely unrelated web comics impossibly all live in apartments across from each other. Thank god for rent control in my imagination, right?

I'm the Phoebe.

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Okay! Also: Thanks!

I don't have one either, but I'd like to express my love for both A Softer World and The Complete Lockpick Pornography. Lockpick Pornography is definitely one of the top three books I've read.

Thank you! Unless the other two books are like, nazi books or something. If they are - don't tell me!

Hi, Joey Comeau! So, you're one of my favorite people on this planet, and I just wanted to thank you for asofterworld and various novels and novellas.

However, this one little post you made on your site (starting on http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=661) really helped me out in a dark time. For the lazy, it reads--

"Hello, there should be more advice about dealing with depression when you're stupid and worthless, so here is a self help exercise.

Today's assignment is simple. Just go out and get on the bus.

It doesn't matter which bus. Whichever bus comes next. Get on, and just go. You could ride that bus to the very end, thank the driver, and then walk into the woods and just die. Just lay down right there and wait and wait until you were dead. Who is going to miss you?

Really, think about it. If you went out to the middle of nowhere and just sat down in a ditch and cried by yourself until you were dead, who would be the first person to wonder where you'd gone?

Call them up! Maybe they want to get ice cream?"

So, really, thank you. Thank you thank you thank you.

You are very welcome. I'm glad it helped! Want... want to get some ice cream?

Any good dirt on Ryan North?

He's not the ORIGINAL Ryan North, let's just say.

Hey Comeau, have you seen a girl with hair like this?

That's Ramona Flowers.

How does the creative process for A Softer World work? Does Emily take the pictures on a given day to go with a script you've written previously? Do you write your script around pictures Emily's taken? Do you both mail each other slips of papers and photographs and glue until something sticks long enough to get uploaded?? I must know!

It changes from month to month, depending on which of us is busier in our day to day life. Sometimes she sends me a bunch of comics with the pictures in and I write for them, and sometimes I write the jokes, and she matches them with pictures!

What is your view on the feminist movement? Do you identify as a feminist/do you consider your work (mainly A Softer World and Lockpick Pornography) to be feminist art?

I'm a feminist. I like to think that comes through in the work that I write, even when it's not explicitly ABOUT that. (though it sometimes is:

"I'm not a feminist." Is basically shorthand for, "I'm pretty sure Narnia is real."

)

How do you feel about a lot of the casual sexism and racism that goes on around Reddit? If you were anyone else and you said you were a feminist in a main subreddit you probably would've gotten downvoted a ton

It's one of the worst things about reddit. It makes me long for 4chan sometimes, because at least they KNOW they're saying horrible things. Even in subreddits where you'd think people would have some sort of empathy (I'm looking at you, /r/gaymers/) - you still get rants about "the feminist agenda"

UGH.

Are there any questions you are secretly hoping people will ask you in interviews but that no one ever asks? What are they?

Nobody ever asks if I really do have 2 pee holes.

On a scale of one to ten, one being "a crazy bunch" and ten being "none", how many pee holes would you say you have?

This is the best question ever.

A: 2

Hey Joey! I'm a playwright who often deals with themes such as sexual violence and the 'freak' identity -- and I find it very awkward to cast people because they look at the script and look at me and look at what I'm making them do and think: 'What kind of stuff is going on in that guy's mind?'

Do you ever find that people question your character due to the nature of your work?

Oh, sometimes I guess? But you can't write worrying about what people will think of you. That's a slippery slope. No matter how much you rein things in to not offend anybody, or not make anyone uncomfortable, there's always gonna be someone who thinks you're a jerk. That's the job they've chosen for themselves in life - deciding who is a jerk. Your job is to keep trying to deal with the things that interest you or bother you in your writing.

Edit: typo!

Hey, Joey! I know you've got a close relationship with your mother. Does she read your comics pretty regularly? If so, does she have any strong opinions or particular favorites? Do you ever get uncomfortable writing them knowing that she'll read them?

Thanks for being wonderful and perfect.

Hi! She does read the comics pretty regularly. I'm trying to think if she's had any favourites, but the only ones that come to mind are the ones with puppies in them. She is in one of the early comics though:

http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=12

That's my mom!

I don't really get uncomfortable knowing she'll read them. We talk on the phone a lot, and she loves me no matter what weird things I say. And, to be honest - that woman is every bit as weird as me.

Also, while we're on the subject: Here is a story about my mom!

http://cargocollective.com/joeycomeau/Pinball-with-my-mom

Firstly, oh my god I love you hi.

Secondly, any advice on how to get into the sort of writing you're doing, getting good at it, and actually making it work as a lifestyle?

And you seem to have taken a pretty unconventional route to becoming a fairly successful author, was that intentional or did it just sort of happen?

Hi!

I have no idea how to advise people to get into writing, really. I wish I had better advice than just: keep writing and making things that are better than the last thing you did, and putting them on the internet and showing people. As for making a living - I've been living off my writing for a while now, and it still doesn't feel safe or comfortable! I still feel like every year might be the year where I finally have to go back out and get a job to make my rent. But that's okay. When that day comes, I'll go get a job, and then when I get home after work I'll keep writing.

Hey Joey, have you ever made out with any of your fans, and if so, was it awesome?

Once you spend time with someone and make out with them, how could you think of them as a fan and not as a friend?

What percentage of comic ideas don't make it onto ASW?

Well - it depends what you mean I guess. I come up with a lot of ideas that never make it into the comic, or that (more realistically) get reworked until they are good enough. But if you're asking how many GOOD ideas/jokes don't make it into the comic for other reasons (such as self-censoring) - surprisingly few! Sometimes we'll have a great suicide comic, but decide there's too many suicide comics recently, and so we'll put it aside.

Hey Joey. You're awesome. Where do you come up with the ideas for ASW comics?

I go to a bad place.

Any advice on the subject of shallow graves?

Just do your best!

Where did you get the idea for naming it A Softer World?

The name came from our idea that it was a world where the laws of reality were a bit less hard and fast - but it was also a sort of joke because of how harsh the comic could be at times?

Most (all?) of a softer world is spoken in the first person. Who is speaking? Do you imagine different speakers (surely, right?) Do any recur? Why this format?

Different speakers, for sure. Each one is a new character, which gives more leeway for setting up jokes, or for making fun of bigots or dumb dumbs.

I bought a signed copy of Lockpick Pornography you had listed on ebay, which you had shoved down the front of your pants. Prized possession.

My question is: what is your editing process like? Your writing feels very natural and I can't really see somewhere where I'd say "ah, yeah, he changed that, that's not how it was originally written." Your writing feels extremely honest, like a friend is telling you a story. Sometimes it can be brutal or beautiful but it's always honest, and I think it's wonderful!

Hahaha! Oh man I wish i could say I'd forgotten about that, but I have not! It is one of my secret favourite things I've done, selling a book I put down my pants!

As for editing: I am pretty brutal when editing, but I also read the result out loud to myself to fix the flow if i've cut things or changed them. Ultimately things should feel like I'm just saying them, I think. I'd like the writing to be sort of invisible-ish.

What is your favorite web comic? I know xkcd has a link to your site, where do you frequent/ suggest frequenting?

Oh! We have a bunch of links down at the bottom of the site, real small. Those are some of our favourites! We make the links real small so that they don't get TOO BIG FOR THEIR BRITCHES, though.

Off the top of my head, though, lately I've been really loving rereading Octopus Pie, Starfighter, Nedroid and Dinosaur Comics!

Hi Joey! Big fan of ASW. There are a lot of pretty amusing mashups of the comics and various TV shows/movies-- do you follow those at all? If so, any in particular that you've enjoyed?

I enjoy them a lot! I like the Sherlock ones, the ones that feature Moriarty, because it makes me feel like I'm getting to write that character. I also enjoy the really weird ones, from fandoms I didn't even know existed. Like Kpop fandoms, or soccer fandoms?!

Who would win in a fight, one horse-sized you or one hundred duck-sized Ryan Norths?

I think I have already lost this fight. I am just sitting here smiling about 100 duck-sized ryan norths.

Hey Joey!

Your book "It's Too Late to Say I'm Sorry" is one of my desert island books. I keep having to buy more copies because I keep giving mine away to friends and ex-lovers.

Do you plan on releasing any other short stories?

There is also the book of sexy stories "The Girl who Couldn't Come"

Also - it's been out of print for a few years and there are very few copies of Too Late left! Be careful not to gift your very last copy!

did you know that rats laugh when they're tickled and how does that make you feel?

I know it all too well! And it makes me into a TICKLER.

I loved Lockpick Pornography. Thank you.

You are very welcome.

I just wanted to say thanks! Your comics are awesome and helped me through every different and weird moment in my life.

I am glad to hear it!

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I am optimistic about the Evil Dead remake for a couple of reasons. 1) even if it is terrible, it won't affect my love for the original. 2) the trailer looks messed up and scary - which is part of why i love ED1 in the first place - it is genuinely trying for horror, even if it gets a bit goofy when its budget shows through. 3) it looks like the demons are teasing them, which is one of my favourite aspects of the original. Why wouldn't evil want to mock you before eating you? I would!

So, nothing to lose and maybe a demented movie to gain?

What are you reading at the minute?

Right now I am reading Storm of Swords, the third book in the Game of Thrones series. I don't know if I really like it or not? I skim a LOT of it, and am mostly just interested in a few of the characters. It's hard to read something that is so ridiculously decompressed. I keep thinking "This whole chapter could have been two paragraphs!"

Totally. Here's a clip of George R.R. Martin making fun of his long-windedness.

haha awesome, dustin.

Are you still mad that I get a bio in every issue of Bravest Warriors and you don't?

Is there a word that means angry, but also aroused?

Hi Joey, whom would you consider to be your biggest literary influences? Do you have a favorite book or author?

I love Patricia Highsmith - I love her books, I love reading about her life. One of my all time favourite books is A Beautiful Shadow, the bio of her. She was messed up and broken, and she was a genius I think. Of her books, my favourites are The Glass Cell, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Mermaids on the Golf Course.

Other favourite books:

The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt - I love how sweet and dark and smart this book is. Eventually I will be able to talk about it without having to assure people that "it has nothing to do with that Tom Cruise movie."

Shirley Jackson is another favourite. Basically everything she ever wrote was genius. My favourite is We Have Always Lived in the Castle, though.

Hey Joey, greetings from England. Aside from Bravest Warriors you seem to release everything yourself, have you got any advice for someone who wants to self-publish their work but is also fond of eating and paying rent? Also will you fly over and drink beer with me and my friends? It will be FUN.

I have trouble eating and paying rent myself a lot of the time, so I might not be the best person to aks about THAT :) but there are some good self-publishing options these days that involve no upfront investment, which is great - and so if you can build an audience by giving away your writing for free, maybe someone will want to buy it too? I have no idea. I do know I'd love to drink beer with you and your friends!

Are you actually going to kill catbug?

Nah, they probably wouldn't let me! I have no power! Maybe we can start killing catbug every issue, though, as long as we bring him back? Like a demented cross between Kenny and Gir.

my days of taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle

Let the okay times roll.

Somebody will stop us.

Please don't let anyone stop you!!

I know you and Emily dated at some point and have wondered: What was the transition from dating to not dating like? Was it harder to collaborate on ASW?

It went pretty smoothly, actually! For a while we were living on opposite coasts, and it actually helped to have business to talk about, to keep us in contact when it might otherwise have been too painful and tempting to drift apart. I'm thankful for a lot of things about the comic, but my continuing friendship with the wonderful Emily Horne is one of the best.

Wow, I've been a huge fan of your writing and ASW for the longest time! Where do you get inspiration for your short stories? Are you planning on re-releasing any of the older ones that used to be up on your website/elsewhere?

I'm not sure what to do with the older short stories! I'd like to write more sometime soon, and maybe I could put out a book that includes all the ones that are no out of print (or which were not included in a collection)

It'd be fun to do a book that was ALL the stories and short pieces, the dirty stories, the sci fi and horror, the "literary" stuff. It'd be such a mess of a book! I think it would be a lot of fun. So - I have ideas! But no solid plans yet.

Wanted to say that I think you're just swell.

Since moving to Toronto like, 8 months ago I've been hoping for a chance to meet you and /u/qwantz. Do you have any 'events' I can invite myself to? Or even show up uninvited and spike the punch at?

you could help me kidnap him! for dinner!

How did you come up with A Softer World's style? It's such a simple idea, but I've never seen anything quite like it. I love how the words have nothing to do with the images (usually).

We were just goofing around!

Hey my last name is Comeau!!! Its hard to find others

Hi! Are you Acadian, too?

Mine too! And my first name is Joe!

So was my grandfather! Are you Acadian too?

My grandfather was born in Halifax. He moved to the states at some point. My father and I were both born in the states, and I just added another little baby boy Comeau a month ago to carry on this line!

They will never stop us. We are legion.

Gosh, okay. Do you have any tips or advice on how to lead an interesting life? I feel like an idiot for asking, but I'm too curious not to.

(Also, I love your work. Like, it's not even an expression - I kind of want to hug it and make it breakfast and have endless conversations and maybe even rob lumber mills and hospitals with it.)

Leading an interesting life is more about leading a life YOU will find interesting, I think. And really, that just comes down to rejecting the things you find boring or useless. Whenever you get bored, go out and do something different! Make new friends! If you see someone who seems interesting, ask him what his hair tastes like!

Hey I used to be on your website. I was the picture you used for a while selling your shirt that said "Being in love is totally punk rock." It's a sweet shirt. I still use that shirt as my twitter profile, even though I'm way fatter now. https://twitter.com/samuraislider

Thanks for sending us that picture! We made a MILLION DOLLARS off of you! hahahahaha WHAT A RUBE

Hey Joey, I just wanted to say that I love A Softer World so much and I super hope that no one will stop you guys from continuing EVER.

For a question, I was wondering what you usually do to write the comics, do you come up with the words first or the picture first? Also what usually inspires the text?

Thanks! Tell Emily Horne that my name is Emily too and maybe one day we can be friends when we go to Emily heaven.

I answered the which comes first bit elsewhere (short version: it depends!) but now you've got me worried that someone is going to STOP US.

I know Ryan North is writing the Adventure Time comic - is that how you were introduced to the people at Bravest Warriors or did it happen another way?

No, it was him. He slipped them my name wrapped in a Canadian 5 dollar bill!

What horror movies have you seen this year?

I haven't seen too many good ones recently. I'm not sure I'd call STOKER a horror, but it was really good! Park Chan-Wook's first english language movie. Sort of like Hitchcock, but really more like Park Chan-Wook. He's one of a kind, that crazy fucker. I love his movies. Have you seen Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance?

oh geez, i recently watched Thirst with a friend and we sort of sat in a combination of terrified awe right afterwards.

Haha Thirst was bonkers, but it didn't really stick with me. I should go rewatch it!!

I loved hearing you reading "Red Delicious". Will you ever record more of your stories?

I'd like to! I really enjoyed recording that story, too. It's one of my favourites.

I recently found a copy of the 2005 edition of Lockpick Pornography going for $350 (It's the only of your books that I don't own, so I'm always looking around). Is that shitty because you're not the seller or awesome because your work has appreciated to that level or something else entirely?

I also wanted to say, I've been a huge fan for many, many years now. You are one of my favorite authors, and I've never read anything by you that I didn't absolutely love.

I see those too, sometimes. I think they must be like- weird bookstores who get in a copy and they do a quick google, see that it is out of print, and jack the price up? I've also seen copies in used bookstores for 50 cents. So.

Oh! And I think Mike is selling off the last couple boxes of those original versions: https://line-sinker.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/lockpick-pornography-by-joey-comeau

Hmmm... says sold out. Which is fine because I bought mine years ago (in 2005 I guess if that's when it was published).

I'll be honest though, I'd trade it for $350. My kids gotta eat.

If you could actually get 350 for it, I'd be right behind you!

Hey,

Several years ago I got my copy of Overqualified signed by you. You wrote "The end is near." How much longer 'til the end comes?

It's closer than it's ever been!

(and now it's even closer!)

Hey Joey! I've been enjoying ASW for years now. What are some of your favorites? And which one should I make my facebooks cover photo?

I also find your cover letters hilarious, and have been meaning to pick up the book for my coffee table. Why did the police ask you to stop?

Keep doing cool stuff.

The police asked me to stop because one of them was sort of about suicide, and it freaked out the HR person who opened the email. (understandably!!) I'd thought that it was clear enough that it was a joke - but I hate the idea of making someone so worried they called the cops.

Hello Joey!

I have a question, and a suggestion:

Question: Will you ever do a reading/awesomeness tour, and if so would you potentially consider visiting some of the less-bustling parts of the US? What I am essentially asking is, will you ever come to New Orleans?

Suggestion: Some tiny ASW stickers would not be amiss. I have quite a bit of ASW merchandise, but I would totally buy tiny stickers and put them all kinds of odd places around my city.

And generally, thanks for writing great things. Yay!

I'd love to come back to NO. I haven't been since 2005! Also, I wonder sometimes, about stickers! it'd be fun to be able to do them like prints, where you could order stickers of whatever one you want. I will LOOK INTO THIS.

What ends up on the cutting room floor? Is there a stack of photos somewhere with little captions that never made it? Do you have an editor? What lines have you crossed? Or are there no lines?

There are lines we won't cross, for sure. Sometimes I come up with some pretty good terrible, completely irredeemable jokes. These are funny among friends, but nothing that I'd want to put online - it's too easy for people to love stuff for the wrong reason. And, more importantly - while I don't think any type of humour is "off limits" in general - people still get hurt, and at the end of the day I'd rather not hurt somebody than make a good joke.

What inspires you to write and what is the greatest joy writing gives you?

The greatest joy in the act of writing is when something comes together really unexpectedly in my head - like the ending of One Bloody Thing After Another. When it occurred to me how to arrange that book's final reunion - I walked around grinning for days. I was glad to have come up with it - but also really happy to be able to give those two characters a happy ending of sorts. I find it really hard to be cruel to characters, even when bad things are happening. I think it's important that the bad things happen, but i think kindness is important too, in the book itself? That's a strange way to word that. I don't want to write cruel books, even if what is happening is horrible.

I wrote you a thank you email once and you never responded. Jerk.

I'm sorry! This is one of the worst things. I get emails and I think, "That was really nice. I have to write something good back to this person." and then I set it aside and it winds up getting lost in the archives. I keep going back and trying to respond to older emails, but I miss some.

Thank you for writing me, though. Sorry I didn't respond. I am 100% certain your email brightened my day, and I should have gotten back to you.

what is your favorite kind of pie?

Strawberry Rhubarb pie is my favourite! I love rhubarb. I used to pick it raw from the garden when I was a kid and visited my grandmother, and holy heck is it sour and boy will it make you sick if you eat too much - but in a pie it is sweet and delicious.

I've noticed the most reacent 'A Softer World' comics seem to be getting darker and darker. Is it just me getting older and more cynical, or are they actually getting more depressing? If so, what's up with that?

We go through different tone periods with the comic, I guess! There have definitely been darker sections, but lighter ones too. Our mood can play a big part in how the comic comes out, for sure. I guess this is as close as the comic comes to being a diary comic, not in content but in tone?

Oh my goodness! I am so glad you are doing one of these. I’ve emailed you a few times (once about your sexy math stories, oh yeah), and you have always been so helpful and kind! I’m glad some other people will be able to experience how down-to-earth and sweet you are.

As far as questions go, man, I could write a list! You are my favorite person I’ve never met, heh. It just makes me happy to know there is someone like you out there.

Anyway, how about telling us your funniest story? Like the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever done, or something? Pretty please? :3

Haha funniest story? I don't know if I can just pull something like that out. When I was 21 I discovered that I had 2 pee holes! Well. I mean, I discovered that it wasn't NORMAL to have 2 pee holes. So the conversation went like:

Doctor: You have two pee holes. Me: Yes, but what's WRONG?

I just thought that it made sense. 2 functions, 2 holes? (Note: it does not actually work this way, but I am not a scientist)

Hey joey! ASW was the inspiration for my buddies and i photowebcomic somewherenew. Unfortunately we seem to keep the motivation to update it while we are in school/busy. How do you push foreword when you really dont feel like doing anything?

God, that's a question I ask myself more often than I'd like. :D

If you don't feel like working on something in the moment, then take some time apart from it, but keep it in your mind. And don't think of it as being abandoned. That's generally my strategy. That way I can be off playing video games or dunking my head in a toilet, and inspiration will strike - thanks to the SUBCONSCIOUS or whatever!

What's the worst part about maintaining your webcomic?

Well, there are always days where the last thing on your mind is writing a comic. We've been pretty good to ourselves in that regard though, and if one of us is having a hard time, or is super busy, we just say "we'll do one tomorrow" or the next day. We have no schedule set in stone, which is nice.

What compelled you to move from short-form (comics) to long-form (novels)? Did you have to adjust your writing approach? How?

I don't know if I have an answer to that. I've always written prose, too. My first novel came out not long after the comic began. They're just two separate ways of writing, in my head.

Hi, Joey, thanks for doing the AMA. I'm a big fan.

What project have you worked on that you are the most proud of? Whether it's something we've seen or something you just did on a whim for yourself.

The two books I am most proud of are probably One Bloody Thing After Another, and The Summer is Ended (the horror book I have coming out this summer) - I feel like Summer is the best book I've written so far! Normally I only see where they could have been better (and I still do, here, but I also am right proud!)

Which comes first: The pictures or the poems?

It depends! (I answered in greater detail above! or below? uh... elsewhere!)

Would you share some crazy drug stories?

Hrmn. How about if I link you to this: http://stillcrapulent.wordpress.com/2012/12/22/hot-dogs-on-the-brink-of-insanity/ which is a blog entry written by my friend Jonah (Who also wrote a book I really love). It involves a drug story! and me!

If you could collaborate on a dream project (book, movie, play, porno??) with any person in the world, who would it be?

I'd love to work on something with Ryan North, actually. We talked about writing a video game together, at one point!

I loved Overqualified, but I have to admit it was funnier when I knew you were sending them. Have you flirted with any other ideas for projects of the sort? Experimental, or involving the real world, or focused on a recurring character? etc.

EDIT: Second question: Are there any ASWs that actually make you sad when you re-read them? Or are you numb to it all?

I loved doing Overqualified, but I'm also really nervous about involving other people in jokes as the punchline like that - like, it's hilarious to think of regular folk getting these letters and just being bewildered, but it also is kind of a dick move to use people as a punchline? So, while it keeps coming back to me as a possible project to start again, I always have that in the back of my mind. And, even if I did start again, I think that worry would influence the joke, I'd struggle to make it kinder somehow? But then - that might be interesting.

Oh man, I love your work. I bought like 3 copies of Lockpick Pornography because I kept lending it to friends. Overqualified and A Softer World have been favorites of mine for years. A shame you don't send the letters anymore, unless I'm mistaken. No real question, but you're the first AMA I've cared about that I was able to see while it was still being updated.

I did stop sending the OQs for a while, and when I restarted I sent them to much bigger international companies, rather than just to local businesses.

Also, thank you for the kind words!

Where do you get the pictures that are in A Softer World?

The photographs are all taken by Emily! She and I have been working together since DAY ONE, and are a team! She has a twitter!

https://twitter.com/birdlord

Sometimes ASW seems to follow your bouts of depression, do you find it helps to write? Do you ever force yourself to write? How else do you deal with depression?

I'd like to say all the smart and sensible things - like exercise and eating right, but usually I deal with the worst parts of depression by eating too much candy and sleeping 20 hours a day. I also take some brain pills!

How do I become super hip and indie like you? Which brand of shampoo will make me the most thoughtful?

Listen man. As soon as anyone offers me even ten bucks, I'll be first in line to sell out.

Do you like to travel? What are your next trips? Where would you like to go but don't see happening in the foreseeable future?

I'd love to see China, and New Zealand! Those are my top two. Maybe South Korea, though North Korea makes me nervous!

How involved is Pen in the process for writing the BW and AT comics? Also does Ryan Pequin smell good?

I've never spoken to Pen at all. I think Ryan North has, though? Breehn Burns is really the mind behind Bravest Warriors. He's the showrunner and a hack of a writer I think.

Ryan Pequin is everything you dreamt of and more.

Oh my goodness. Let me just say you are fantastic and I have tried to read everything that you have put online or publish. Would you ever publish the second installation to Lockpick Pornography or will it just always be online?

I did! It is included in the Complete Lockpick Pornography, which came out in the fall! http://www.ecwpress.com/books/complete-lockpick-pornography it has both books together!

Every time I read your comic I find my self thinking how unlikely someone from #2600ca went on to accomplish something.

Haha! Oh no! My past has come back to haunt me!

JoeyComeauy. Let's go to cafe ole and get drunk out of subway cups.

HAHA oh no!

Hi Joey!

I just wanted to say that I loved One Bloody Thing After Another and Bible Camp Bloodbath. You are seriously one of my favourite canadian authors.

Anyway, to make this legit... If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

If i could have one superpower, I'd want to be Amadeus Cho, from Greg Pak's Hercules comics. Super smart!