Request Comics

Reese's Puffs

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:56:45 -0700

The Request
Zach wrote: Reese's Puffs commercial... FROM THE FUTURE. Or the past. Or both.
The Comic

The Commentary
I guess this is sort of B.C. fanfic.

Gnome Mistake

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:35:36 -0700

The Request
William wrote: A parody of Ctrl-Alt-Del with the characters played by batteries.
The Comic

The Commentary
This is less vicious than people might have liked to see, but I wasn't able to work up much strong emotion here. CAD is what it is, and we might as well get used to it staying around. The CAD panel shape gets pretty tall when it's scaled up to Request Comics width, huh?

Couchclone

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:45:21 -0700

The Request
Xander Schaan wrote: I'd like to request a webcomic about finding bizarre items under the couch cushions while cleaning.
The Comic

The Commentary
To be honest, that didn't reveal as many secrets of the couch as I'd hoped.

Werewolves, Part Two

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:56:50 -0700

The Request
Amanda wrote: Anything about werewolves please.
The Comic

The Commentary
This might not actually be continued. The opening panel and the closeups of the statue are thanks to Albert. Albert, you really should start a photocomic of your own sometime. You're good at taking pictures for them.

Werewolves, Part One

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:58:19 -0700

The Request
Albert wrote: Two photographers go searching for evidence of werewolves on Stanford campus on the night of the June 19th, 2008 full moon.
The Comic

The Commentary
Stay tuned for part two later this week! The picture of me was, of course, taken by Albert. And yes, it was actually shot on the night of the full moon.

Aorist Wars

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:49:39 -0700

The Request
Anonymous wrote: A Terror Island comic with both Aorist and Bizarro Aorist in the same place.
The Comic

The Commentary
As always, Request Comics strips are not part of the official Terror Island continuity. Consider this to be a what-if scenario, or maybe a dream sequence.

Oaquon, God-Prince of the Cat World

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:41:11 -0700

The Request
Xander wrote: I'd like to see a comic about an impossibly powerful being who steps in as a deus ex machina but then decides the situation really isn't worth his attention.
The Comic

The Commentary
To learn more about the events in this strip, see Adi Shamir's paper IP=PSPACE.

Eye on Literacy

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:42:57 -0700

The Request
Albert wrote: A series of man-on-the-street interview questions (of a topic of your choosing) posed to a variety of fire-hydrants.
The Comic

The Commentary
Before making this, I had thought there were only two different colors of fire hydrants within a short walking distance. Turns out there are three.

Honey Thief 2

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:45:49 -0700

The Request
Raijinili wrote: A comic which spoils the end even as it's building up to it.
The Comic

The Commentary
You remember part one of Honey Thief, right?

Calculus

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:48:36 -0700

The Request
Chenjesu wrote: A comic about a person or an iconic representation of a person who has to answer a question on a final exam, but he doesn't know the traditional way of completing the problem, so he uses a clever method that results in a just-as-correct answer.
The Comic

The Commentary
I know some of my readers don't want to see too much math in their webcomics. But at least this is badly done math, so maybe that's more palatable. Please do not try to solve actual math problems this way.

Miss Warmonger 2008

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:05:58 -0700

The Request
Anonymous wrote: I'd like to request a comic where the contestants at an unusual beauty pageant answering the on stage questions, but none of their answers deal with world peace.
The Comic

The Commentary
The opinions expressed in this strip are those of the characters, not of the real-life people who portray them. Those people are actually in favor of peace. Also, one of them is married, and therefore ineligible to become Miss Warmonger anyway. Nancy, Sara, and Brittney: Thanks for posing, and sorry about who I ended up casting you as.

Symbolism

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:03:14 -0700

The Request
Lewis Powell wrote: A comic involving a clip on earring, a cell phone, and 24 dollar coins that is rife with symbolism, and no dialogue (except, perhaps, a narrator or captions).
The Comic

The Commentary
The dollar coins used in this strip were as follows:

8 Sacagawea
6 George Washington
4 Susan B. Anthony
3 John Adams
1 Thomas Jefferson
1 James Madison
1 James Monroe

Tall Don Quixote and His Mis-Adventures

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:15:13 -0700

The Request
Chenjesu wrote: A comic about the disadvantages of being tall.
The Comic

The Commentary
I'm not tall enough for this to be autobiographical.

Mathematical Realism

Thu, 29 May 2008 07:47:46 -0700

The Request
Anonymomnonsus wrote: A duck discovers an awful, metaphysic truth.
The Comic

The Commentary
Moral: numbers exist.

Black Background

Tue, 27 May 2008 04:07:43 -0700

The Request
Chenjesu wrote: I suggest a comic with a black background and no text.
The Comic

The Commentary
I hadn't realized before now, but one of the things I like about text is that it doesn't require me to take a separate picture for each speech bubble.