Imaginary Rica's been hanging out a lot

So it looks like Imaginary Rica has become a recurring character, mostly because i'm tired of generic bald circle-headed guy being my only conversational foil. Uh, Real Rica, if this bothers you, tell me, and i can make up some other imaginary character. I just got really good drawing Imaginary Rica's head (which is deceptively difficult) when i drew it like sixteen times for monday's strip.

For both tuesday AND wednsday

So i don't really anticipate anyone else enjoying this one as much as i did, but sometimes you've just got to do one for yourself.





So for those not in the Japanese American know, "'Jiichan" is a shorted, affectionate version of "Ojiisan", which is Japanese for "Grandfather". It's basically like "Grandpa" or "Pop-pop" or whatever kiddie name you used to call your grandfather. It's what i called my grandfather, and a part of me thinks it's what i'd liked to be called by my grandchildren.

This is, of course, assuming i ever have children.

Which in turn, is assuming that this economic crisis doesn't spiral out of control, leading to a mad-max style Dystopia in which an academic such as myself has no place, leading to my quick and inevitable demise.

ALSO: in the future, everything floats.

Tales from Unemployment

So of course, the best part about this strip is that, if you look closely, you'll notice that i made me a font for my own handwriting because i didn't want to spend an hour writing in all those words by hand. The kicker being that it took me three and a half hours to make that font, and i'll probably be spending another cumulative three hours fixing it so it doesn't look like i'm concussed. But. C'est la vie. I suppose, barring somebody using this font to steal my identity, it was well spent time.

Stole this one from myself - of four years ago

Fun fact: i no longer have any idea what i'm talking about in this comic.

Also, be advised - the math written on the board is almost assuredly not real.

Anyways, this comic was for thursday, but i sort of fell asleep after coming home from work, and didn't finish it in time. I'll get an actual one up for friday later.

No ten day waiting period on *my* purchase...

True story, verbatum.

Fuck that guy

So i'll be honest, this was one of my spur-of-the-moment, made up on the spot, gotta get a comic done comics, but the more i reread it, the more i really really like it.

I'm sorry, i was playing a video game. For a week.

Hey, Fourth Panel Imaginary Rica? I'm really sorry about your head.

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Have all the ideas sketched out in my sketchbooks. Recent overhaul of room has left my desk covered in crap (though my floors sparkling clean, which is strange, considering they're rug-covered), and i am having a really hard time finding this pen thingy. Fallout 2 is not helping with the search at all.

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damn. Can't find my tablet pen. Back in a few.