Non Football Comics
I have a friend who has been a massive Pokemon fan since they were a kid. They have an Instagram account that was made solely for the point of posting their Pokemon card collection. I’m not super into Pokemon as I never played any of the games past gen 1 so most of the pokemon I have zero familiarity with. Case in point: this one. When I first saw it I thought the pink circles on its cheeks were the eyes. For whatever reason I could not get that thought out of my head all day and when it came time to get the comic done I felt the need to get this nonsense out of my system. My other ideas aren’t time-sensitive anyway so they can wait till next week.
I will probably do another Pokemon week for bets this season, maybe even two. Probably go with Gen 2 and 3 respectively. Those of you Pokeheads, or Pokemonsters, or Pokefans, or whatever you call yourselves as a collective besides fuckin nerds will probably have to help me with those lists.
In Draw Play Lore, this Pokemon friend I speak of has actually made a guest comic for me here, way back during my guest comics week when I got married. They made the best one, and I’m still mad about it. Some of you long-termers might remember it.
We need more sports games with Dragon Warrior/Pokemon-style “quest”/RPG modes. Namco had a couple in the late 80s with World Court Tennis and Final Lap Twin (both of which I own on the Turbo Grafx 16), so why not football?
World Court Tennis was hilarious, the plot of the quest mode being that you must defeat the “Evil Tennis King” who had banned tennis in order to give people the freedom to play tennis once again. Then after being told this plot by the King of Chicago, you are sent out into a world where the stores only sell tennis equipment and people are constantly popping out of the tall grass like Pokemon to challenge you to a match of ostensibly illegal tennis.
There was an old choose-your-own-adventure book that had you as the QB for some fictional team and I was obsessed with it for so long. If someone could find a way to implement that in an interesting way, I would love to play the hell out of it! RPG sports games are so rare, but the concept sounds so interesting. I think like a branching storyline would be time-consuming to make, but man does it sound intriguing. I wish I was competent at making games. That sounds super cool.
As a competitive Pokemon player I can confirm the eyes are at the normal spot not at the cheeks a better example would be belibolt a new Pokemon it has two sets of eyes good luck finding the real ones though.
Everyone remembers where they were when they learned where Cradily’s eyes actually were
Your friend needs to be put on a list for what he made
There are Pokemon that even experienced Pokemon players are like wtf kinda LSD were you on when you made that one (blacephalon, I’m looking at you).
Funny enough, it’s usually Riolu (Lucario’s pre-evolution) that has the reputation for punching holes in walls.
As a side note – I remember you doing a list of what Pokemon you’d put in certain positions in the past, and you had Mewtwo at QB – I’m still hoping someday you roll with that for a comic.
I remember that comic! My goodness, it was THAT long ago? I feel old…
Reminds me of “Rare Candy Treatment”.
It was the MythBusters parody that got me hooked on that web comic until it ends.
Dave, as a certified Pokémon Master (and yes, huge fucking nerd) I approve this comic, and would recommend contacting on here or X (Twitter? Eugh) for any details you might need come Pokébet week