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| Real Life comic strip from May / 21 / 2000 | [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Dave: Hey Greg, did you get your script for the comic today? / Greg: No... Why, didn't you? / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Greg: / Dave: No, I sure didn't. You know, I'll bet you that slacker didn't even write one. / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Dave: / Greg: Eh, don't worry about it. Just enjoy your day off. / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Greg: / Dave: Enjoy it? I am a professional cartoon character! I should'nt have to be working under these conditions! / Correction: Enjoy it? I am a professional cartoon character! I shouldn't have to be working under these conditions! / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Greg: / Dave: Er, uh... Greg, the red light is on. / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Greg: What, we're filming!? Ack... Jeez... Er, uh.. 'Gee Dave, I like Ultima Online. Ha Ha Ha!' / Dave: We're doomed. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000521.html |
| Real Life comic strip from May / 22 / 2000 | [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: Dave, I don't get it. What makes you so good at games? / Dave: It is a skill which I have honed through many years of practice. My skillz are indeed as they say... "L33T". / / [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Dave: / Greg: Teach me, Dave. Teach me how to have L33T skillz just like you. / / [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: / Dave: Insolent fool! Zen gaming cannot be simply taught. Such things are beyond the realm of students and teachers. However, I shall try to show you what I have learned. / / [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Dave: Your frist lesson: frag 100 grunts in Quake. / Correction: Your first lesson: frag 100 grunts in Quake. / Greg: But- / Dave: SILENCE! http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000522.html |
| Real Life comic strip from May / 30 / 2000 | [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Chair: / Dave: / Greg: Hey Dave...wanna give me a hand? I'm trying to design a starship, and I could use some help. / / [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Chair: / Greg: / Dave: Hahaha...you're designing a STARSHIP? / / [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Chair: / Dave: / Greg: Yeah. / / [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Chair: / Greg: / Dave: Damn...I would make fun of you, but Star Trek is just too cool to insult. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000530.html |
| Real Life comic strip from May / 31 / 2000 | [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Blueprints: / Dave: / Greg: I got the idea for designing a starship when I saw these blueprints for the Enterprise. I figured I'd just style it like these, and see how it looks. / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Blueprints: / Dave: Hey, cool. / Greg: Yeah, and I found out that they actually did those in Adobe Illustrator, too. Here's what I have so far. / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Greg: / Dave: Hmm...looks good, but shouldn't the plasma conduits be on the other side? / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Dave: / Greg: C'mon Dave, everyone knows that plasma conduits run parallel to the nacells on the STARBOARD side. I mean, jeez. Duh. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000531.html |
| Real Life comic strip from June / 03 / 2000 | [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Dave: / Adam: Well, tonight I'm gonna meet some chick from an online dating service. I can't wait! / / [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Adam: / Dave: Dude, you signed up with an online dating service?? Come on... the only kinds of people who use those are either too fat or too ugly to just get a normal date. / / [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Belldandy: Hello? Is Adam here? / Adam: Yeah, I'm back here! Come on in! / Dave: I'm tellin' you, man... fat and ugly. / / [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Adam: / Belldandy: Hi there! My name is Belldandy. / Dave: What was the name of that service again? http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000603.html |
| Real Life comic strip from June / 05 / 2000 | [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: / Greg (Artist): A lot of people have asked me why the characters' hands are always in their pockets. / / [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: / Greg (Artist): Some people have thought it's because I can't draw hands. However, I assure you this is not the case. / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: / Greg (Artist): But, since my word isn't actual proof, here's Greg to tell you the real reason his hands are always in his pockets. / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: He can't draw for beans, folks. / Greg (Artist): Hey!! That's not what I told you to say!! http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000605.html |
| Real Life comic strip from June / 26 / 2000 | [[Back Drop (White)]] / Greg: Wahoo!!
/ The comic's back! / / [[Back Drop (White)]] / Greg: / / [[Back Drop (White)]] / Greg: / / [[Back Drop (White)]] / Greg: What, did you expect a parade or something? We got back from vacation. It's not a national holiday or anything. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000626.html |
| Real Life comic strip from July / 20 / 2000 | [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Pepsi Can(s): / Chair: / Greg: / Crystal: Greg, you REALLY need to clean out your car... / / [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Pepsi Can(s): / Chair: / Crystal: / Greg: Oh, come on...It's not really all THAT bad. / / [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Pepsi Can(s): / Chair: / Greg: / Crystal: Greg, I just saw a family of RACCOONS living in your back seat! / / [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Pepsi Can(s): / Chair: / Crystal: / Greg: I know... Aren't they cute? http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000720.html |
| Real Life comic strip from August / 28 / 2000 | [[Back Drop (White)]] / Greg: / Tony: Okay, there's only one way we can deal with a rogue computer like this. / Dave: What's that? / / [[Back Drop (White)]] / Greg: / Dave: / Tony: Ever see "Lawnmower Man"? / / [[Back Drop (White)]] / Tony: / Dave: / Tony: / Greg: / Dave: / Greg: Yeah, I did. And as I recall, when the one guy went into the computer to fight the bad guy, he got put on a crucifix and then got the crap beat out of him.
/ / / [[Back Drop (White)]] / Greg: / Dave: / Tony: Okay, bad example. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000828.html |
| Real Life comic strip from August / 29 / 2000 | Greg: / Tony: Well, are we all ready to go in? / Dave: Wait! / / Tony: / Greg: / Dave: Fighting for the good of video games is no job for Dave Reynolds! / / Tony: / Greg: / Dave: THIS is a job for... / / Greg: / Dave: DORKBOY! Defender of Geekdom! / Tony: Great.. Now he's delusional. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/000829.html |
| Real Life comic strip from November / 30 / 2000 | [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Dave: I think PAL's mad at me. / Greg: What makes you say that? / / [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: / Dave: Check out this message I just got over the network. / / [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Dave: / Greg: / / [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: I didn't know it was possible to fit a SCSI cable there. / Dave: What I want to know is how he plans to do all that without any limbs. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/001130.html |
| Real Life comic strip from December / 14 / 2000 | [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Dave: / Apple G4 Cube: Dave...what are you doing, Dave? / / [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Chair: / Desktop Computer: / Dave: / Apple G4 Cube: Why don't you take a stress pill, Dave? / / [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Chair: / Desktop Computer: / Dave: / Apple G4 Cube: No. Stop, Dave. Dave. I'm scared, Dave. / / [[Bedroom (Dave's)]] / Chair: / Desktop Computer: / Apple G4 Cube: My mind... my mind is going... / Dave: And I swear to god, if I even hear ONE verse of "Daisy"... http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/001214.html |
| Real Life comic strip from December / 27 / 2000 | [[Dining Table]] / Chair: / Table: / Box of "Stuff": / Bowl: / Narration: Are you hungry? / Greg: Uhh...yeah. / / [[Dining Table]] / Chair: / Table: / Box of "Stuff": / Bowl: / Narration: Do you want some food? / Greg: I guess so. / / [[Dining Table]] / Chair: / Table: / Box of "Stuff": / Bowl: / Greg: / Narration: Then remember...when you're hungry and you want some food... / / [[Back Drop (grey)]] / Box of "Stuff": / Bowl: / Box of "Stuff": stuff
/ them(R) / Free bolt in every package!! / Narration: Yum. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/001227.html |
| Real Life comic strip from December / 28 / 2000 | [[Dining Table]] / [[Back Drop (Pink)]] / Chair: / Table: / Box of "Stuff": / Bowl: / Dave: Hey, Greg, what are you eating? / Greg: Stuff. / / [[Dining Table]] / [[Back Drop (Pink)]] / Chair: / Table: / Box of "Stuff": / Bowl: / Greg: / Dave: Stuff? What stuff? / / [[Dining Table]] / [[Back Drop (Pink)]] / Chair: / Table: / Box of "Stuff": / Bowl: / Greg: Well, you know when you finish a box of cereal, and there's all that stuff at the bottom? / Dave: Yeah... / / [[Dining Table]] / [[Back Drop (Pink)]] / Chair: / Table: / Box of "Stuff": / Bowl: / Greg: It's that stuff. / Dave: Oh, THAT stuff. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/001228.html |
| Real Life comic strip from December / 29 / 2000 | [[Back Drop (green)]] / Dave: / Greg: I'm thirsty. I'm gonna head out and get a Big Gulp. / / [[Back Drop (green)]] / Dave: Forget the Big Gulp, if you are really thirsty, you need to get "Damn". / Greg: Damn? / / [[Back Drop (green)]] / Cup: / Narration: New from Kuikee-Mart, Damn is the largest fountain drink in the known universe! / Narration: And it will even fit in your car's cupholder! / / [[Back Drop (green)]] / Advertisment Logo: DAMN 900oz. From Kuikee-Mart / Dave: "Damn"... It'll make your bladder beg for mercy. / Text: Surgeon General's Warning: In nearly every test of this product, subjects experience severe hemorrhaging in the bladder, causing severe death in 90% of the test subjects. "Damn" is not only unsafe for human consumption, but whoever came up with this drink should be dragged into the street and shot. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/001229.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 03 / 2001 | [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Chair: / Dave: / Greg: Man, I'm bored. We really need to do something. / Crystal: Any ideas? / / [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Chair: / Crystal: / Dave: / Greg: Not really. / / [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Chair: / Greg: / Crystal: / Dave: Hey, why don't we go skiing? / / [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Chair: / Crystal: / Greg: So, like I was saying...any ideas? / Dave: Hey! http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/010103.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 04 / 2001 | [[Dining Table]] / Chair: / Table: / Greg: / Crystal: / Dave: C'mon..give me one good reason why we shouldn't go skiing. / / [[Dining Table]] / Chair: / Table: / Dave: / Crystal: / Greg: Okay, here's one: it hasn't snowed in weeks. / / [[Dining Table]] / Chair: / Table: / Greg: / Crystal: / Dave: Dude, you do know that they MAKE snow, don't you? / / [[Dining Table]] / Chair: / Table: / Dave: / Crystal: / Greg: Whoah!! They can actually DO that? No way!! http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/010104.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 05 / 2001 | [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Chair: / Crystal: / Greg: Allright, I'm up for a ski trip. / Dave: Sweet! I'll go set up the ski rack on the Volvo! / / [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Chair: / Dave: / Crystal: / Greg: Waittaminute...who said I was driving? / / [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Chair: / Greg: / Crystal: / Dave: Well, it was sort of implied, since neither of us has a license. / / [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Chair: / Crystal: / Greg: I see how it is. You just want me for my car. / Dave: Oh, quit complaining. We'll pay for gas. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/010105.html |
| Real Life comic strip from January / 10 / 2001 | [[Outside (Mountains, Ski Resort)]] / Dave: / Greg: I should warn you, I'm not all that great of a skier. / / [[Outside (Mountains, Ski Resort)]] / Greg: / Dave: No problem. We can just head down this hill, then. / / [[Outside (Mountains, Ski Resort)]] / Dave: / Greg: Are you crazy? That's suicide, man! / / [[Outside (Mountains, Ski Resort)]] / Dave: Greg, it's a beginner's run. Green circle. / Greg: Yeah...circle of DEATH. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/010110.html |
| Real Life comic strip from March / 01 / 2001 | [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Tony: / Greg: I think I'll make a mantle to begin with. You know, start simple. / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Greg: / Tony: Screw that, man. I'm gonna make a full Haliburk. / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Tony: / Greg: You do know that a chainmail shirt contains well over 50,000 rings, and will probably take about a year or so to make, right? / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Tony: Okay, So... a mantle it is! / Greg: Wise choice, O Ambitious one. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/010301.html |
| Real Life comic strip from March / 05 / 2001 | [[Dining Table (Brown)]] / Chair: / Table: / Pepsi Can(s): / Greg: / Tony: / / [[Dining Table]] / Chair: / Table: / Pepsi Can(s): / Greg: / Tony: / / [[Dining Table]] / Chair: / Table: / Pepsi Can(s): / Tony: / Greg: How long until the rings get here? / / [[Dining Table]] / Chair: / Table: / Pepsi Can(s): / Tony: 10-20 business days. / Greg: Damn. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/010305.html |
| Real Life comic strip from April / 02 / 2001 | [[Dining Table]] / Remote Control: / Chair: / Table: / Pepsi Can(s): / Tony: Hey Greg, check out what I found! / Greg: Good job, Tony... You've managed to locate the remote control. / / [[Dining Table]] / Remote Control: / Chair: / Table: / Pepsi Can(s): / Tony: No, it's the control pad the Cartoonist uses to manipulate the strip! / Greg: Whoah, sweet! / / [[Dining Table]] / Remote Control: / Chair: / Table: / Pepsi Can(s): / Tony: / Greg: Wait, you just found that? / / [[Dining Table]] / Remote Control: / Chair: / Table: / Pepsi Can(s): / Tony: Well, okay... Maybe not "found" so much as "stole when he wasn't looking", but you get the idea. / Greg: Oh, we are so dead. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/010402.html |
| Real Life comic strip from May / 08 / 2001 | [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: Check it out, bro. Have you heard of Distributed Computing? / Dave: Yeah..they're the ones trying to crack 64-bit encryption. / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Dave: / Greg: Yeah...anyway, I decided to install the client on my machine. I thought it might be cool. / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Dave: / Greg: I benchmarked my system with it...it says it can crunch 2.42 mkeys a second. / / [[Bedroom (Greg's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Dave: Is that good? / Greg: I have NO idea. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/010508.html |
| Real Life comic strip from May / 16 / 2001 | [[Dining Table]] / Pepsi Can: / Greg: Ugh. This sucks... I'm already bored with all the games I have. I wanna go to E3. / Dave: Yeah... I know. Me too. / / [[Dining Table]] / Pepsi Can: / Greg: / Dave: How's it goin', Greg and Dave! / Greg: How's it goin', Greg and Dave! / Dave: What the-? What's this all about!? / / [[Dining Table]] / Can of Soda: / Dave: / Dave: / Greg: We're you, dudes! We traveled in time to go to E3, and then came back here to tell you about it! / Greg: Wait... If you're really us, then what number are we thinking of right now? / / [[Dining Table]] / Pepsi Can: / Dave: Forty-Two, dudes! / Greg: Forty-Two, dudes! / Dave: EXCELLENT! / Greg: EXCELLENT! http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/010516.html |
| Real Life comic strip from May / 21 / 2001 | [[Dining Table (Brown)]] / Pepsi Can(s): / Chainmail Mantle: / Dave: / Greg: Check it out! I finished my mantle! / Crystal: Cool! / / [[Dining Table (Brown)]] / Pepsi Can(s): / Chainmail Mantle: / Crystal: / Dave: So, why exactly did you decide to make a mantle? / Greg: Because... It's cool! It's an actual piece of armor! / / [[Dining Table (Brown)]] / Pepsi Can(s): / Chainmail Mantle: / Greg: / Crystal: / Dave: Yeah, but the only way it's effective is on the off chance that someone attacks you with a sword. / / [[Dining Table (Brown)]] / Pepsi Can(s): / Chainmail Mantle: / Crystal: / Greg: You're just jealous cause YOU don't have a chainmail mantle. / Dave: Gee Greg... I just can't seem to get anything past you, can I? http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/010521.html |
| Real Life comic strip from June / 01 / 2001 | [[Back Drop (blue)]] / Box: / Tony: Hey Greg... Got some good news and some bad news. / Greg: Okay, good news first. / / [[Back Drop (blue)]] / Box: / Tony: I talked with the cable company, and we should have no problem getting the cable modem moved over to the new place. / Greg: Sweet! And the bad news? / / [[Back Drop (blue)]] / Box: / Greg: / Tony: Well... they won't be able to have it hooked up until wednesday. / / [[Back Drop (blue)]] / Box: / Greg: / Tony: Greg? Greg... are you okay? C'mon bro... breathe... http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/010601.html |
| Real Life comic strip from June / 04 / 2001 | [[Car (Being driven, U-Haul)]] / Dave: / Greg: Ah, nothing like driving down the road in a big ol' truck, eh? / / [[Car (Being driven, U-Haul)]] / Dave: / Greg: You're sittin' high above everyone else, with total dominion over your lane. / / [[Car (Being driven, U-Haul)]] / Dave: / Greg: Yessir, I feel like King of the Road. / / [[Car (Being driven, U-Haul)]] / Greg: Hey... unless you want to pay for the king's fuel at the end of the day, shut your hole. / Dave: You're doing 45 on the freeway. King of the Road my ass. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/010604.html |
| Real Life comic strip from July / 30 / 2001 | [[Bedroom (Adam's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Adam: / Greg: Hey Adam, I just added some new cards to my Magic deck. Wanna help me play-test it? / / [[Bedroom (Adam's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: / Adam: Sure thing. I just need to find a good deck to challenge you with. / / [[Bedroom (Adam's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: / Adam: Ah... I know. I'll use my Saproling/Plague Spitter Life Gain deck. That ought to keep you on your toes. / / [[Bedroom (Adam's)]] / Desktop Computer: / Chair: / Greg: If you're trying to make me cry like last time, it's not going to work. / Adam: Oh, we'll see about that. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/010730.html |
| Real Life comic strip from August / 01 / 2001 | [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Pepsi Can(s): / Magic: The Gathering Card Deck: / Chair: / Tony: Building a new magic deck? / Greg: Rebuilding an old one, actually. / / [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Pepsi Can(s): / Magic: The Gathering Card Deck: / Chair: / Tony: / Greg: After Adam beat me, I went to the card store and raided the big box of common cards they had. I picked up a few good rares, too. / / [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Pepsi Can(s): / Magic: The Gathering Card Deck: / Chair: / Greg: / Tony: You really think you're going to win with your new cards? / / [[Dining Table]] / Table: / Pepsi Can(s): / Magic: The Gathering Card Deck: / Chair: / Tony: / Greg: Oh, winning isn't my goal. I just want to see how pissed off I can get Adam before I lose. http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/010801.html |
| Real Life comic strip from August / 06 / 2001 | [[Tony's Workshop]] / DOS Laptop: / Greg: Whoah! Where'd you find this old thing? / Tony: Adam had it, so he gave it to me. / / [[Tony's Workshop]] / DOS Laptop: / Greg: / Tony: I figured I'd use it to play all my really old DOS games instead of putting a new box together. / / [[Tony's Workshop]] / DOS Laptop: / Greg: Makes sense. That's about all it's good for, anyway. What is it, a 486? / Tony: 386, actually. / / [[Tony's Workshop]] / DOS Laptop: / DOS Laptop: They really know how to rub it in, don't they? http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/010806.html |