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The Story of [fill in the blank] - latest additions http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com The latest transcribed The Story of [fill in the blank] comics, powered by OhNoRobot.com en-us Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:11:32 -0000 60 The Story of the Birth of Rhyme http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/thebirthofrhyme/ http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/thebirthofrhyme/ Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:49:33 -0000 <a href="http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/thebirthofrhyme/">The Story of the Birth of Rhyme</a> By Brad Demarest and David Chien It was a world of mindless gremlins. They go through their days doing the same thing... over and over and over and over and over and over and and over and over and over and over and over and over and and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and squeeze... milk... udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder... squeeze... milk... hand.... udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder... squeeze... milk... hand udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder... squeeze... milk... hand.... udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder milk... hand... udder... squeeze... milk... hand.... udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder... squeeze... hand No one questions what they were doing Until one day, a gremlin stood up, looked around, and utterd the words which would be remembered for ages to come... Udders are pink. Milk is white. I want to go out and fly a kite. The end. ... the Birth of Rhyme is an experiment in monotony and comic transitions. The caption type was done with a Brother Electronic Typewriter AX-10; the title was created with a font that is ever so grungy, ever so available, and ever so out of my recollection. The rhyme is created with the mother of all garamonds, Adobe Garamond. Some say the Gremlin lifestyle duplicates that of a cubicle worker, except without the udders, the milk, and (maybe) the cow arse. This story was first published in an abbreviated form in QUIRE zine #4. The Story of the Birth of Rhyme

By Brad Demarest and David Chien

It was a world of mindless gremlins.

They go through their days doing the same thing... over and over and over and over and over and over and

and over and over and over and over and over and over and

and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and

squeeze... milk... udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder... squeeze... milk... hand.... udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder... squeeze... milk... hand

udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder... squeeze... milk... hand.... udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder

milk... hand... udder... squeeze... milk... hand.... udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder... squeeze... milk... hand... udder... squeeze... hand

No one questions what they were doing

Until one day, a gremlin stood up, looked around, and utterd the words which would be remembered for ages to come...

Udders are pink.

Milk is white.

I want to go out

and fly a kite.

The end.

... the Birth of Rhyme is an experiment in monotony and comic transitions.

The caption type was done with a Brother Electronic Typewriter AX-10; the title was created with a font that is ever so grungy, ever so available, and ever so out of my recollection. The rhyme is created with the mother of all garamonds, Adobe Garamond.

Some say the Gremlin lifestyle duplicates that of a cubicle worker, except without the udders, the milk, and (maybe) the cow arse.

This story was first published in an abbreviated form in QUIRE zine #4.]]> The Story of Links http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/links/ http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/links/ Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:40:41 -0000 <a href="http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/links/">The Story of Links</a> By David Chien ... Links is not just any ole' link page. It provides a random link to links to links of links via Mort the Upside Down Spokesperson. He suggests a random link every time you visit (or refresh) this story. This story will be perpetually updated with The Story of... links along with links supplied by you the user. The Story of Links

By David Chien

... Links is not just any ole' link page. It provides a random link to links to links of links via Mort the Upside Down Spokesperson. He suggests a random link every time you visit (or refresh) this story.

This story will be perpetually updated with The Story of... links along with links supplied by you the user.]]> The Story of 5K http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/5k/ http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/5k/ Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:39:56 -0000 <a href="http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/5k/">The Story of 5K</a> By David Chien Paul was tired of being scrawny. Sometimes a mild breeze can come along and push him over... So when he saw an ad for the 5K pill, he thought... "As seen on TV. Big Pecs! Tight Ass!" "I want BIG pecs!" "I want a tight ass!" So he ordered the pill. Only to find out later... ...that it was a suppository. ... 5K was my attempt at creating a comic strip under the crunching rules of the 5k Competition. Pain-staking effort was put into optimizing images, tweaking layers, and fiddling with many many pixels. But alas, I have failed. This strip weighs in at just under 10k -- a size that is darn-tootin' good for an illustration site but laughable for the 5k competition. The illustrations were done with many many mouse clicks in Photoshop -- an experience that I've already repressed. "All pixels, no sketching, make David something something." The Story of 5K

By David Chien

Paul was tired of being scrawny.

Sometimes a mild breeze can come along and push him over...

So when he saw an ad for the 5K pill, he thought...
"As seen on TV. Big Pecs! Tight Ass!"

"I want BIG pecs!"

"I want a tight ass!"

So he ordered the pill.

Only to find out later...

...that it was a suppository.

... 5K was my attempt at creating a comic strip under the crunching rules of the 5k Competition.

Pain-staking effort was put into optimizing images, tweaking layers, and fiddling with many many pixels. But alas, I have failed. This strip weighs in at just under 10k -- a size that is darn-tootin' good for an illustration site but laughable for the 5k competition.

The illustrations were done with many many mouse clicks in Photoshop -- an experience that I've already repressed.

"All pixels, no sketching, make David something something."]]> The Story of F http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/f/ http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/f/ Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:23:32 -0000 <a href="http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/f/">The Story of F</a> By Abi Cohen and David Chien Fidget Would you like to buy a widget? Farse ... I think his arse is kinda chubby... Fight That's a really tight car Funny These eggs are runny Fuck The end ... F is a story about a person who's always butting into conversations and subsequently getting into the most ridiculous situations. Everything was done with my trusty Sharpie fine tip marker, Pilot precise fine tip pen, and a lot of tinkering (for the exact placement of word bubbles). Trimmed version published in QUIRE Vol. 1, Issue 3 on March 20, 2001. ... fidget, farce, fight, funny, fuck ... The Story of F

By Abi Cohen and David Chien

Fidget
Would you like to buy a widget?

Farse
... I think his arse is kinda chubby...

Fight
That's a really tight car

Funny
These eggs are runny

Fuck
The end

... F is a story about a person who's always butting into conversations and subsequently getting into the most ridiculous situations.

Everything was done with my trusty Sharpie fine tip marker, Pilot precise fine tip pen, and a lot of tinkering (for the exact placement of word bubbles).

Trimmed version published in QUIRE Vol. 1, Issue 3 on March 20, 2001.

... fidget, farce, fight, funny, fuck ...]]> The Story of Censorship http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/censorship/ http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/censorship/ Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:17:58 -0000 <a href="http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/censorship/">The Story of Censorship</a> By David Chien The Gremlin could only draw rectangles. His artist friends made fun of him because rectangles were so passe. Art critics ripped his rectangles for being too infantile But the gremlin stuck with his rectangles... ... and soon the public loved them. They shouted works of encouragement where ever the gremlin went... But mostly they shouted, "Thank God!" ... Censorship evolved from an original concept of having a character create his own borders and restrictions.* Shading is done with a 2B graphite pencil, a Non-Photo Blue pencil (which really doesn't show up at all), and a Terra Cotta pencil I found in a small nook many years ago in my "youthful exuberance" days. Captions done with a Sharpie Ultra Fine marker. * which is kind of depressing in retrospect. The Story of Censorship

By David Chien

The Gremlin could only draw rectangles.

His artist friends made fun of him because rectangles were so passe.

Art critics ripped his rectangles for being too infantile

But the gremlin stuck with his rectangles...

... and soon the public loved them.

They shouted works of encouragement where ever the gremlin went...

But mostly they shouted, "Thank God!"

... Censorship evolved from an original concept of having a character create his own borders and restrictions.*

Shading is done with a 2B graphite pencil, a Non-Photo Blue pencil (which really doesn't show up at all), and a Terra Cotta pencil I found in a small nook many years ago in my "youthful exuberance" days. Captions done with a Sharpie Ultra Fine marker.

* which is kind of depressing in retrospect.]]> The Story of the End of Sound http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/theendofsound/ http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/theendofsound/ Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:12:43 -0000 <a href="http://thestoryoffillintheblank.com/theendofsound/">The Story of the End of Sound</a> By Kijana Knight and David Chien Terry lived in a world filled with noise. Some sounds mades him laugh... while others made him angry. The evil sounds made him so angry that... he had to stop it. Now he misses the happy sounds. ... the End of Sound is an experimentation with collage format -- staying as low-tech as possible. The shading is done by repeatedly photocopying pencil shading. Drawings done with Sharpie marker. Caption type done with a Brother Electronic Typewriter AX-10. Published in QUIRE Vol. 1, Issue 2 on February 2, 2001. ... and it's not depressing. It's tragically ironic. The Story of the End of Sound

By Kijana Knight and David Chien

Terry lived in a world filled with noise.

Some sounds mades him laugh...

while others made him angry.

The evil sounds made him so angry that...

he had to stop it.

Now he misses the happy sounds.

... the End of Sound is an experimentation with collage format -- staying as low-tech as possible.

The shading is done by repeatedly photocopying pencil shading. Drawings done with Sharpie marker. Caption type done with a Brother Electronic Typewriter AX-10.

Published in QUIRE Vol. 1, Issue 2 on February 2, 2001.

... and it's not depressing. It's tragically ironic.]]>