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| Real Life comic strip from January / 01 / 2000 | [[Dark Room]] / Desktop Computer: / Greg: Oh no! You mean all those Y2K nutcases were right?! / Tony: No, wait... we just blew the fuse... / / [[Game Room]] / Desktop Computer: / Greg: / Danny: / Dave: Awesome! I'll get the Quake server up again... / Tony: There, see? / / [[Game Room]] / Desktop Computer: / Greg: / Tony: / Dave: Okay everyone... Capture the Flag, or Deathmatch? / Danny: Uh, guys.... / / [[Dark Room]] / Desktop Computer: BZZT! / Danny: Okay, NOW it's midnight... http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000101.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 02 / 2000 | [[Dining Table]] / Greg: Man, you should have seen it! I had a Lich, an Ettin, and an Orcish Mage all after me! / Tony: Jeez!! That's about the worst thing I could imgine... / Correction: Jeez!! That's about the worst thing I could imagine... / / [[Dining Table]] / Greg: So anyway, I was running for my life, and some PK comes up and starts casting fireballs at me!! / Tony: Stupid PK's... / / [[Dining Table]] / Greg: Needless to say, my stamina was shot to hell, so the PK got me. / Tony: Guh...What was his name? I'll see if I can get some guys to find him for you.. / / [[Dining Table]] / Greg: / Tony: / Dave: You guys are so lame!! Is Ultima Online all you guys ever think about!? / / [[Dining Table]] / Dave: / Greg: Well.. / Tony: Yeah. Pretty much. / / [[Dining Table]] / Greg: Nah, no need... the monsters got him as he going through my stuff. / Tony: Hehe... stupid PK's. / Dave: ARRGH!!! http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000102.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 03 / 2000 | [[Dining Table]] / Pepsi Can(s): / Crystal: / Dave: / Greg: ROAD TRIP!!! / / [[Dining Table]] / Pepsi Can(s): / Greg: / Crystal: That sounds fun... I'll go pack some clothes. / Dave: Oh, and I don't want to forget my laptop... / / [[Dining Table]] / Pepsi Can(s): / Crystal: / Dave: / Greg: No...You're supposed to jump up and yell "Yay!" "Whoopee!" "Road Trip!" and run out and jump in the car... / / [[Dining Table]] / Pepsi Can(s): / Greg: / Crystal: I think Greg's been watching too many '80s movies again... / Dave: Agreed. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000103.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 04 / 2000 | [[Car (Being driven)]] / Volvo: / Dave: / Greg: / Crystal: Allright... This could be a bit of fun. So, where are we off to? / / [[Car (Being driven)]] / Volvo: / Dave: / Crystal: / Greg: Well, see...we're on the west coast, so I figured we could head sort of..East..and..um...yeah. / / [[Car (Being driven)]] / Volvo: / Crystal: / Dave: Wait... you mean you don't know where we're going? / Greg: Um...no, not as such. / / [[Car (Being driven)]] / Volvo: / Dave: I'm getting out. / Crystal: Same here. / Greg: Aw, c'mon!! Give it a chance!! http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000104.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 05 / 2000 | [[Car (Volvo)]] / Greg: / Crystal: / Dave: Hey Crystal, wanna play some Quake? You can use Greg's laptop, and I have a spare network card... / / [[Car (Volvo)]] / Dave: / Greg: / Crystal: Nah. I'd get carsick. Besides, you'd win anyways... / / [[Car (Volvo)]] / Greg: Hey, I'll play you, Dave! / Dave: AAAAHHHH!!!! / Crystal: AAAAHHHH!!!! / < http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000105.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 06 / 2000 | [[Nevada Desert]] / Volvo: / / [[Nevada Desert]] / Volvo: / Dave: / Greg: / Crystal: / / [[Nevada Desert]] / Volvo: / Dave: / Greg: / Crystal: / / [[Nevada Desert]] / Volvo: / Crystal: / Dave: Allright! You win!! I SHOULD have gone before we left Vegas! / Greg: Argh!!! I TOLD you!! http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000106.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 07 / 2000 | [[Nevada Desert]] / Volvo: / Greg: / Crystal: / Dave: Hey, I read somewhere that there are pshycos living out here in the desert that steal your car and then kill you. / / [[Nevada Desert]] / Volvo: / Crystal: / Greg: Where did you read that?! / Dave: I dunno... It was on the cover of some magazine at the grocery store. / / [[Nevada Desert]] / Volvo: / Dave: / Crystal: / Greg: Dave, you know those things are never true... I'm sure there's no psychos out here in the desert... / / [[Nevada Desert]] / Car Trunk: / Corpse: / Unknown Character (F): Dammit, Bruno! Would you give me a hand shoving this corpse in the trunk?! / Bruno: Hey, get me a twinkie while you're back there.. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000107.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 08 / 2000 | [[Michigan]] / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Clouds: / Greg: / Crystal: / Dave: Hey, let's go to Macworld! / / [[Michigan]] / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Clouds: / Crystal: / Greg: Macworld? Ugh, alright, where is it? / Dave: San Francisco / / [[Michigan]] / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Clouds: / Dave: / Crystal: / Greg: Hmm, I'll think about that... / / [[Michigan]] / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Clouds: / Crystal: / Greg: Oh wait... That's right... WE'RE IN MICHIGAN!!! / Dave: Yeah... And? http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000108.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 09 / 2000 | [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / [[Michigan]] / Crystal: / Dave: *Yawn* Hey Greg.. What time is it? / Greg: Hmm... Almost 6 AM. / / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / [[Michigan]] / Crystal: / Dave: We're still in Michigan? / Greg: Yep. / / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / [[Michigan]] / Crystal: / Dave: We need to find somewhere to go... / Greg: Well, any ideas? / / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / [[Michigan]] / Crystal: / Greg: / Dave: Hey look! There's a computer show today in Lansing! / / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / [[Michigan]] / Dave: / Crystal: / Greg: What? Where do you see that? I don't see any sign... / / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / [[Michigan]] / Crystal: / Greg: / Dave: See that yellow billboard about a mile away? Well if you squint, you can see the word "computer"... http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000109.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 10 / 2000 | [[Michigan]] / [[Computer Show]] / Dave: / Crystal: Hey, I'm gonna wander around a bit. I'll catch up with you guys later, okay? / Greg: 'Kay. / Sign: Computer Show & Sale / / [[Michigan]] / [[Computer Show]] / Greg: / Dave: We have to be careful... there could be all kinds of wierdos here. I mean it IS Michigan... / Sign: Computer Show & Sale / / [[Michigan]] / [[Computer Show]] / Dave: I mean, look at that over there... / Greg: What? Where? Don't let them get me! / Sign: Computer Show & Sale / / [[Michigan]] / [[Computer Show]] / Creative labs card: / Greg: / Alan (Not Extra): / Corey Marie: / Dave: No, over there. That guy is getting a Creative Labs card. Freak. / Sign: Computer Show & Sale http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000110.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 11 / 2000 | [[Computer Show]] / [[Michigan]] / Graphics Card: / Greg: / Alan (Not Extra): / Corey Marie: / Dave: You know... the ASUS 6600 deluxe is a better card than that Creative Labs Anniihilator. / / [[Computer Show]] / [[Michigan]] / Graphics Card: / Greg: / Dave: / Corey Marie: / Alan (Not Extra): Maybe, but this card does just as much, and costs about 50 bucks less. / / [[Computer Show]] / [[Michigan]] / Graphics Card: / Greg: / Alan (Not Extra): / Corey Marie: / Dave: Yeah, but the 6600 has a lot more overclocking options, so you get more for your money... / / [[Computer Show]] / [[Michigan]] / Graphics Card: / Greg: Uh oh, here we go... / Corey Marie: Uh oh, here we go... / Dave: So you're saying that you'd rather buy a crappy card? / Alan (Not Extra): Well, this is just fine for what we do... http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000111.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 12 / 2000 | [[Michigan]] / [[Computer Show]] / Food Pick-up Window: / Corey Marie: You ever feel like your life would make a great comic strip? / Greg: Oh, it already is. / Sign: Hot
/ Dogs
/ $1.00 / / [[Michigan]] / [[Computer Show]] / Food Pick-up Window: / Corey Marie: What!? / Greg: Yeah... Watch. Look above you. / Sign: Hot
/ Dogs
/ $1.00 / / [[Michigan]] / [[Computer Show]] / Food Pick-up Window: / Corey Marie: / Greg: That's the cartoonist. He's the one who draws all this. / Greg (Artist): Yo. / Sign: Hot
/ Dogs
/ $1.00 / / [[Michigan]] / [[Computer Show]] / Food Pick-up Window: / Corey Marie: How come I've never seen him before? / Greg: I guess you have to be a regular or something... / Sign: Hot
/ Dogs
/ $1.00 http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000112.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 13 / 2000 | [[Computer Show]] / [[Michigan]] / Hot dog in a hot dog bun: / Bench: / Cup: / Corey Marie: Isn't it cool that we both do an online comic strip about our lives? / Greg: Yup. / / [[Computer Show]] / [[Michigan]] / Hot dog in a hot dog bun: / Bench: / Cup: / Greg: / Corey Marie: Heh... Hey, maybe someday we can have our characters meet each other! / / [[Computer Show]] / [[Michigan]] / Hot dog in a hot dog bun: / Bench: / Cup: / Greg: / Corey Marie: / / [[Computer Show]] / [[Michigan]] / Hot dog in a hot dog bun: / Bench: / Cup: / Greg: Nah... / Corey Marie: Nah... http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000113.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 14 / 2000 | [[Michigan]] / [[Computer Show]] / Creative labs card: / Star wars game box: / Table: / Alan (Not Extra): / Dave: You know Alan, the Asus 6600 Deluxe really is a better card for gaming... / / [[Michigan]] / [[Computer Show]] / Creative labs card: / Star wars game box: / Table: / Dave: Besides! We're gamers! We should have more integrity than to use a Creative Labs video card! / Alan (Not Extra): Yeah, but I can't afford the 6600... / / [[Michigan]] / [[Computer Show]] / Creative labs card: / Star wars game box: / Table: / Dave: / Alan (Not Extra): / Crystal: Hey Dave... you know that video card you were going to get? They just sold out. / / [[Michigan]] / [[Computer Show]] / Creative labs card: / Star wars game box: / Table: / Alan (Not Extra): / Dave: So... which booth had the Creative Labs cards again? http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000114.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 15 / 2000 | [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Volvo: / Dave: / Crystal: Well, they sure were some nice people! / Greg: Yeah, I guess Michigan's not as bad as we thought it was. / / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Volvo: / Dave: / Crystal: / Greg: Hey Dave... Don't look so sad... I mean, yeah, it's a Creative Labs card, but they're still pretty good! / / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Volvo: / Dave: / Crystal: No, he's not upset about that... / Greg: What's he so angry about then? / / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Volvo: / Crystal: Alan beat him at Quake 3. / Dave: He's a frikken camper!!! / Greg: Ohhh... http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000115.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 16 / 2000 | [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Volvo: / Greg: / Dave: / Crystal: Hey Greg, I know we gave you a bad time about this road trip, but it's really turning out to be a lot of fun! / / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Volvo: / Crystal: / Dave: / Greg: See? I told you it would be. I may seem to be a bit crazy sometimes, but I usually have it all together. / / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Volvo: / Crystal: / Greg: / Dave: So, fearless leader, where are we going now? / / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Crystal: / Dave: / Greg: Oh, I think you already know... / / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Volvo: / Greg: / Dave: / Crystal: No, really... We have no clue. Tell us. / / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Volvo: / Greg: THAT-A-WAY!! / Dave: Shoulda known... / Crystal: Stupidity... too much... brain... overloading... http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000116.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 17 / 2000 | [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Dave: / Crystal: Jus' take those old records off the shelf!! / Greg: I'll sit an' listen to 'em my myself! / Correction: I'll sit an' listen to 'em by myself! / / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Dave: / Crystal: Today's music ain't got the same soul! / Greg: I like that old time 'a rock and roll!! / / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Crystal: / Dave: Greg!! Quick- pull over!! / Greg: What?! What is it?! / / [[Car (Being driven, Volvo)]] / Crystal: / Dave: I think I need to throw up. / Greg: Smart alec. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000117.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 19 / 2000 | [[Car (Being driven)]] / Greg: / Dave: / Crystal: / / [[Car (Being driven)]] / Greg: / Dave: / Crystal: Doopedy-doo.. / / [[Car (Being driven)]] / Dave: / Crystal: / Greg: Hmm-hm-hm hmmmm.... / / [[Car (Being driven)]] / Crystal: / Greg: Oh, come on. After 2500 miles, you'd run out of stuff to talk about, too.. / Dave: Hey, did I tell you about the time I- Oh wait.. Yeah, I did... http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000119.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 21 / 2000 | [[Car (Being driven)]] / Car Dashboard: / Garage Door: / Title: 2000.1 A Real Life Oddysey / / [[Car (Being driven)]] / Car Dashboard: / Garage Door: / / [[Car (Being driven)]] / Car Dashboard: / Garage Door: / / [[Car (Being driven)]] / Garage Door: / Greg: / Dave: I can't believe you actually have this song on tape, Greg. / Crystal: Dave, think about it... is it really all that surprising? / Dave: Come to think of it, no, it's not. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000121.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 22 / 2000 | [[Kitchen]] / Can of Soda: / Table: / Crystal: Ahh... It feels good to be back home... / / [[Kitchen]] / Can of Soda: / Table: / Crystal: / Greg: AAAAHHHHH!! NOOOOO!!!! / / [[Kitchen]] / Can of Soda: / Table: / Greg: Unreadable / Crystal: What's going on!? What's wrong with Greg?! / Dave: He forgot to get someone to check on his house in Ultima Online while we were gone. His house decayed and someone else placed one. / / [[Kitchen]] / Can of Soda: / Table: / Greg: Unreadable / Crystal: Ohhh.... I gotcha. / Dave: I'd steer clear of him for about a year or two... http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000122.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 24 / 2000 | [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Greg: Allright, let's see... everyone's gone, the phone is off the hook, stereo is turned on... / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Greg: Got my mini-fridge stocked with Pepsi and sandwiches, my cans of spaghettio's, microwave, can opener, bowls, forks... / Correction: Got my mini-fridge stocked with Pepsi and sandwiches, my cans of spaghettios, microwave, can opener, bowls, forks... / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Greg: Computer freshly rebooted, open browser window with stratics loaded, auto-map running, ICQ up, AIM up... / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Greg: Allright. Time for some Ultima Online. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000124.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 25 / 2000 | [[Brittania]] / Sword: / Shield: / Greg: Ah, Brittania! 'Tis always a pleasure to walk this land! / / [[Brittania]] / Sword: / Shield: / Greg: Here, scores of people live and die, sharing an experience unlike any other! / / [[Brittania]] / Sword: / Shield: / Greg: Look at them...all trying to make a living in this world of King and Knights, Lords and Ladies. All working to make money the old-fashioned way...blood, sweat, and tears. / / [[Brittania]] / Sword: / Shield: / Random Player: Dood, can u give gate 2 bucs den? Oh, and do u have n e gold 2 spare? I spend mine on regs... / Greg: *sighs* http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000125.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 26 / 2000 | [[Brittania]] / Mouse Cursor: / Greg: / / [[Brittania]] / Mouse Cursor: / Greg: / / [[Brittania]] / Mouse Cursor: / Greg: / / [[Brittania]] / Mouse Cursor: / Greg: You know, I might look odd following a giant floating gauntlet around, but it seems to know where it's going! http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000126.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 29 / 2000 | [[Dining Table]] / Dave: / Crystal: Greg? Are you home? / / [[Dining Table]] / Crystal: I guess he's not home... / Dave: Hmm... but I saw his car out front. / Crystal: Maybe someone else picked him up. / / [[Dining Table]] / Crystal: / Dave: Maybe. Unless... Oh no! / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Dave: Dear God!! We're too late!!! / Greg: Just...one more... Water Elemental... then I'll log off... yeah, just one more... one... one more..... http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000129.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 30 / 2000 | [[Dining Table]] / Chair: / Chair: / Dave: Crystal, it's worse than I thought. Dave seems to have slipped into "The Zone." / Crystal: The Zone? / / [[Dining Table]] / Chair: / Chair: / Crystal: / Dave: Yes, "The Zone". It it what happens when someone gets so into a game that they begin to lose sight of reality, if only for a short time. I myself have slipped into The Zone many times while playing Quake. / / [[Dining Table]] / Chair: / Chair: / Crystal: Yeah, but you get out of it though... / Dave: Yes, well, Quake may be involving, but not nearly enough to distract me from what is going on around me. We just need to find some kind of diversion... / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Chair: / Desktop Computer: / Alarm Clock: / Clothes Bureau: / Greg: / Dave: Greg!! Quick, run for your life! The house is on fire!! / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Chair: / Desktop Computer: / Dave: / Greg: Grr... I bet that damn dragon did it! I'll get you, dragon! If it's the last thing I do, you're going down!! / / [[Dining Table]] / Chair: / Chair: / Crystal: / Dave: I think we have a problem... while Quake may not have been involving enough for me to completely zone out, Ultima Online is more addicting than crack. Greg's a goner. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000130.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 31 / 2000 | [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Crystal: / Dave: Okay, my idea is this... since Greg is zoned into the computer, the only way to get him out of it is to do it THROUGH the computer... so I'll ICQ a plea for him to log off. / / [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Crystal: / Dave: Greg...this is dave. You need to snap out of this...we're worried about you. / / [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Crystal: / Desktop Computer: uh-oh! / Dave: Ah! There he is... maybe it worked!
/ / / [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: Hail! This is Sagus, I know not of this Greg of whom ye speak. Now, I must return to my task...the dragon must be slain! Farewell... / Crystal: Back to the drawing board... http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000131.html |
| Real Life comic strip from February / 02 / 2000 | [[Inside]] / DSL Cable: / Crystal: / Dave: That's it...I'm just gonna head this off at the source and yank his DSL line out of the wall! / / [[Inside]] / DSL Cable: / Dave: / Crystal: / Greg: Huh- Wha?! Connection lost? NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! DEAR GOD NO!! NOT MY CONNECTION!!! SWEET BAND-WIDTH, COME TO MY AID! PLEEEEASE!!!! / / [[Inside]] / DSL Cable: / Dave: / Crystal: / Greg: I'LL BE GOOD! I SWEAR! I'LL VOLUNTEER! I'LL GIVE MY SPARE CHANGE TO PEOPLE, JUST GIVE ME BACK MY CONNE- / <<*Click*>> / Greg: ..Ah, there we go. / / [[Inside]] / DSL Cable: / Crystal: Dave? I thought we were trying to get him AWAY from the computer... / Dave: *Sniff* I don't have the heart to take away his internet... http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000202.html |
| Real Life comic strip from February / 03 / 2000 | [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: / Dave: Allright, enough of this! / Correction: Alright, enough of this! / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: / Dave: Dammit Greg, Snap out of it!!! / < http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000203.html |
| Real Life comic strip from February / 05 / 2000 | [[Dining Table]] / Pepsi Can(s): / Chair: / Dave: / <<*SLURP*>> / / [[Dining Table]] / Pepsi Can(s): / Chair: / Dave: / Crystal: Greg's all better now. See you later.... / / [[Dining Table]] / Pepsi Can(s): / Chair: / Dave: Hey, wait! You snapped him out of it? How?! What did you do? / Crystal: Nothing. Don't want to talk about it. / / [[Dining Table]] / Pepsi Can(s): / Chair: / Dave: I wonder what got into her all of a sudden... / Greg: HUMMINA-HUMMINA-HOO-UBBAHUMMINA... http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000205.html |
| Real Life comic strip from February / 06 / 2000 | [[Living Room]] / Couch: / Greg: Crystal...
/ We need to talk... / Crystal: *Sigh* / Yeah, I guess we do.. / / [[Living Room]] / Couch: / Greg: / Crystal: It's just,
/ I really don't
/ think of you in
/ that way, you know?
/ I really only just
/ kissed you to snap
/ you out of it... / / [[Living Room]] / Couch: / Greg: Yeah, I
/ Just think
/ of you as a
/ friend, too..
/ Okay? / Crystal: Yeah.. Sorry
/ if I gave you
/ the wrong
/ impression.
/ Just friends. / / [[Living Room]] / Couch: / Greg: Damn.. I
/ never realized
/ how HOT she
/ was before!! / Crystal: I am SO
/ lying to
/ myself... http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000206.html |