Buffalo’s Blizzard Problem
So as it turns out my crappy old laptop is a touch better then I thought it would be at handling Photoshop. I wanted to make this just a simple comic but I decided to try and go full on, just to see how the laptop handled. It took longer than it should have and the final product is a bit rough around the edges compared to normal (not to mention that it’s still visually simple, even for me) but it held up and we might not be on total comic hiatus after all. I doubt I will do a comic for Saturday, but we might get one next week. My offer for taking guest comics still stands, so if you were working on something, please, keep going.
So I hope Buffalo is okay. I went to College in Rochester, and spent some time if Buffalo and I have the utmost respect for just how efficient they are at handling snow. They are pros. It could snow 3 feet in the afternoon at school and evening classes wouldn’t be cancelled, they were so good. Buffalo is a city of tough fighters. That this snowstorm could level the area with such deadly efficiency really speaks to just how bad it really is up there, and I hope the worst is over and everyone is okay.
Kyle Orton is drinking that whiskey to keep him warm.
The Airplane auto-pilot got me good. Bravo, Sir Dave.
Airplane! references always make me happy. Because I’m old.
“My name is Roger Murdoch.”
Otto makes another appearance!
Ahh, good ol’ upstate New York. I miss my days at RIT.
GO TIGERS (they should have kept it as “The Techmen”)
Ehhhh, I’m biased. Tigers are my favorite animals so I’m perfectly fine with that as our team name. But, I do admit that Techmen is more relevant, and definitely is more unique. I, as a Wisconsinite, enjoy unique team names. 😀
My issue with “Tigers” is that it feels like a dozen other colleges use Tigers as a mascot. Auburn, Mizzou, Clemson, Towson, RIT…
Techmen was unique and better suited towards our nerdy campus
Nowt wrong with crappy lappies when it comes to Photoshop. I’ve done several AmeCon logos on my old Celeron with it.
I don’t think there’s a way to say this without coming off as an ass, so I’ll just say it straight.
Dave, as great as The Draw Play is, I don’t think many read the comic for its visual excellence. If we had to choose between you writing it with stick figures drawn, or Bill Watterson drawing it with awful jokes and punchlines, we’d all take the former in half a second. Don’t stress too much about your laptop, is what I guess I’m trying to say. <3
Well so much for me thinking the goofy art saves the writing
Sorry, I disagree. I think the art adds a lot. A lot of the jokes are very visually oriented.
Is Dave a digital Rembrant? No, but this isn’t xkcd either. The art is as good or better than many of the webcomics I read – xkcd, smbc, A.S.P. OOTS, chainsawsuit, etc.
And Piro got away with Dom’s strips on Megatokyo for years.
I don’t understand why they chose Detroit. Cleveland makes more sense, it’s closer, and it’s an outdoor stadium like RWS. Hell, the most logical place is Gillette; both teams travel there regularly and already know how to get there easily, quickly, have hotels and restaurants and local security and all the rest already on their itinerary for the area, the works. It’s also an outdoor stadium like RWS, so again, more similar than Ford. Kraft seems like the kind of guy who’d let them play there, and there’s no scheduling conflict since the game’s on Monday now.
Also, the diehard Buffalo and New York fans also already have plans and knowhow on traveling to Foxborough. Traveling to Detroit is a different matter entirely. Not to mention Foxborough is significantly less murdery than Detroit.
Anyone else remember when there was a Giants@Vikings game in Detroit? It’s like Detroit is the go-to location when stadiums can’t be used.
It will help generate some extra revenue for the local community that foxborough doesn’t really need.
just think of all the sales of bullet proof vests, armed guards, hospital visits, traffic tickets etc that will go to fund…. Wait, what exactly is left in Detroit worth saving again?