Sorry it’s so late.
TRANSCRIPT:
Panel 1:
(There is a caption at the top of the panel, which reads:) So, moving to a new city means making some new friends.
Sam: (A person wearing a green t-shirt and an open orange waistcoat, who is facing the viewer, but looking to the side. Eyebrows are raised and mouth is closed, with upturned edges.)
(To either side of Sam are three people, who all have raised eyebrows and mouths with upturned edges. There are grey buildings behind them.)
Panel 2:
(There is a caption at the top of the panel, which reads:) In some circles I even get points for my studies.)
(There is also a caption at the bottom of the panel, which reads:)
SAM ORCHARD
26 Years Old
Hipster Bonus
Points +5000
Fun Fact: He is Gay!
Person A: (A person wearing a blue, collared, short sleeve shirt, who is facing the viewer, but looking at Sam. Eyebrows are raised and mouth is open, with upturned edges. There are a couple of exclamation marks by Person A’s head.)
Sam: (A person who is facing the viewer, but looking at Person A, with raised eyebrows and an open mouth. One arm is bent up at the elbow.) Oh yea, I’m writing a comic
(There are three people in the background, two are talking to each other, and the other is behind a bar. The bartender has eyebrows which are pushed together, a small closed mouth, and an elbow on the bar, hand supporting head.)
Panel 3:
(There is a caption at the top of the panel, which reads:) Too bad I’m super socially awkward and can’t generally carry on seeming cool after that
Person A: (A person who is facing the viewer, but looking towards Sam with raised eyebrows and an open mouth, which has downturned edges.) Uh…I’m…just gonna go home
Sam: (A person who is facing the viewer, but looking at Person A. Eyebrows are raised, one more so than the other, mouth is closed and small.)
Panel 4:
Sam: (A person wearing a dark red t-shirt, a pale blue, open waistcoat, brown trousers and a dark beige messenger bag, who is looking directly at the viewer. Eyebrows are raised and mouth is open, with slightly upturned edges. One arm is bent back slightly at the shoulder and forward slightly at the elbow, hand in a fist, and the other arm is bent up at the elbow, hand also in a fist.) Oh well, Auckland is a big city; there’re plenty of people to let down.
(Behind Sam is a silhouette of the Sky Tower and the buildings surrounding it.)
Scott Pilgrim reference +1000Xp!
Nice Scott Pilgrim nod 🙂 Awesome.
ha! Knew you’d get it! It was a comic about hipster people, it felt appropriate.
I like the hipsters, their a lovly people. To bad the goths can’t seem to stand’em. How was your first week and a bit of classes?
I’m really really loving it. I feel super daunted about the writing aspect of it. BUT I’ve got given some money for “course related costs” which means I’ve been buying lots of comic books for “research”!!
plenty people to let down or is that plenty people to dismiss?
I also find pretending to be a snob works to cover up awkwardness pretty well.
Haha I’m always slightly paranoid that my shyness gets interpreted as snobbery. Maybe I should remember that when I think someone’s snobbing me.
*tiny fist bump of social awkward solidarity* I have this precise problem. On paper, I sound like a neat person…and then I start turning the awkward up, unless I’ve got handy-dandy back-up available.
Also…Scott Pilgrim win! I need to watch that again. 😀
We should develop a hand gesture to represent social awkwardness! Then we could all unite in the corner of parties and pretend to read the books in the house or posters on the wall. Or my favourite – pretending to text on my cellphone.
W00t SP.
I know how you feel about the social awkwardness. I get really scared sometimes that the better people get to know me, the more bland and uninteresting I will become in their minds : P
But we all have our moments, and we are all awesome. Some people just have short attention spans.
Ah I’m sure the more people get to know about me the more terrifying I become in their minds.
I never thought a person could pull off wearing an orange vest with a green shirt. But somehow it looks nice here.
But that’s…classic Brock from Pokemon. It’s totally a viable option for always!
Haha! A viable option for always! I sadly haven’t watched enough Pokemon to have picked up on that.
Aha! It’s my genius way of making awful clothes that shouldn’t go together, go together. Actually… it’s more to do with the fact that Joe isn’t here to tell me that I should change what I’m wearing ’cause it clashes.
Haha, Joe was wearing precisely that colour combination in reverse the other day. Bah, let down, I doubts it.
Ah! I must have been channeling his style. Good to know I haven’t forgotten it.. yet.
Nice Scott Pilgrim reference there 🙂
Thanks! The comic has hipsters in it, so it seemed like a fitting reference.
Hey there,
I just wanted to drop a line and let you know that I absolutely love and enjoy your comics. Thank you for putting words and comics to your experiences as well as the thoughts that maybe many of us can relate to but can’t express quite so eloquently / cleverly.
Hope you’re doing well!
Kindly,
Zaac
Hey Zaac, thanks sooo much for your kind words 🙂 that’s lovely!
Daw, I can relate to this – but, isn’t it amazing when you meet someone who you really click with, maybe all the more so because it doesn’t happen so often? Hi ho silver lining.
It’s true – silver linings are important to remember 🙂