Well, not that it matters to anyone except me, here follows a condensed version of the history and numerology behind this series of strips: I do 50 strip series, there are common threads between them including the fact that series titles are constructed around a three series subset, as well as an overall naming scheme that supercedes these intricacies and is pretty much a load of pretentious bullshit. Thus this sixth series has come to be titled HEXAMORPHA.

Now, for a synopsis: this series contains office humor, which I find to be rather easy to do and rather easy to do badly, or worse, mediocrely. So as always, I thought, with just the right twist towards the actual mundanity of working in an office, there could be something special there. I was probably wrong. Oh well.

 Anyway, this is the ongoing serial Hexamorpha:

Hexamorpha 1: Funfair dismissal by 0401040 1-18-08

Oh hello Mr. Warren. Say Chang, you haven't got those reports for me yet have you? What reports? That's it, you're fired! Dirty chink.

Hexamorpha 6: Cavalcade of mundane by 0401040 1-22-08

Excuse me sir, why are you stealing that framed motivational poster? Oh, I... Uh... Yes? It's important. Put it back. No.

Hexamorpha 8: And who can blame him by 0401040 1-30-08

Okay Bill, you'll handle that right? Bill? Up, up, and away, in my beautiful balloon! BILL! I'm sorry, I wasn't listening.

Hexamorpha 13: File under substandard by 0401040 2-19-08

Oh, no, I'll never find that document for Mr. Warren, it could be anywhere! Oh wait, there it is.

If you like it, you can click on one and read the rest. If not, then whatever. I'm sure as hell not going to post all of them.

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The tongue licking the ars of pretension.

Hexamorpha 6: Cavalcade of mundane by 0401040 1-22-08

Excuse me sir, why are you stealing that framed motivational poster? Oh, I... Uh... Yes? It's important. Put it back. No.

Hexamorpha 9: Prejudice is an ugly word by 0401040 1-30-08

Excuse me sir, would you mind telling me why you're holding that door shut? I would mind. Yeah well, you'd better tell. Oh I see, just because I'm black, you think I drugged and raped a child, then hid her in this paper storage room while she was unconscious. It's just that... you know... you're black. And a convicted rapist.

Hexamorpha 16: It's boring oh so boring into the skull by 0401040 2-29-08

Well, everything is running smoothly here. Smooth like my moustache. Here. In the office. Today.

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The tongue licking the ars of pretension.

I'm a big fan of comics with no real punchline, but these cross the line.

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asssss

Conversely, I'm a huge fan of dry humor, yet these comics are so dry, they're stale.

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what happened to my rustic monologue? ...i'm not sleeping with that producer again

theburninator

Great metaphore.

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encore!

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Kill Whitey.

theburninator

LONG REPLY:

That is a fair assessment. Problem is, my usual style of humour is very very dry, and for the high-faluting concept behind this strip to work in my eyes, it has to be even dryer than that. The sick thing is, I am willing to sacrifice the humour of an individual strip for the overall effect, even if it falls flat on both accounts. And even sicker than that, the intended effect isn't neccessarily humour. I guess that makes me a poor comicstrip writer, violating the very parameters of the medium.

SHORT REPLY:

I agree.

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The tongue licking the ars of pretension.

0401040

LONG REPLY:

That is a fair assessment. Problem is, my usual style of humour is very very dry, and for the high-faluting concept behind this strip to work in my eyes, it has to be even dryer than that. The sick thing is, I am willing to sacrifice the humour of an individual strip for the overall effect, even if it falls flat on both accounts. And even sicker than that, the intended effect isn't neccessarily humour. I guess that makes me a poor comicstrip writer, violating the very parameters of the medium.

SHORT REPLY:

I agree.

Actually, that explanation kind of makes me like them more.

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what happened to my rustic monologue? ...i'm not sleeping with that producer again

Yet more:

Hexamorpha 17: The ever popular flashback technique by 0401040 2-29-08

Five years earlier: That's some funny stuff Mr. Hall. Please, call me Carnegie. Your name is Carnegie? Yes. Wait, I've got it... How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Use a map you moron.

Hexamorpha 18: Myocardial infarctions for everyone by 0401040 2-29-08

Still five years earlier: Fuck... I'm having a heart attack. This really hurts. Ow.

Hexamorpha 22: Winter missing by 0401040 3-08-08

What a beautiful day. The only thing that could spoil today is if I found a lump in my scrotum indicating testicular cancer. Oh no.

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The tongue licking the ars of pretension.

0401040

I thought this was very, very funny on its own. Otherwise I like what you're doing with the "overall" feeling that you were talking about, I try to do that with mine too. My only criticism/advice is steer clear of racist/violent jokes or use them sparingly, not because they aren't funny but because they're "easy" humor that doesn't show anything new. Thumbs up though.