HL2.net Comic: The Arena

[Sulkdodds]

Hello everybody, and welcome to The Arena! For those who were waiting, sorry it's late. This doesn't continue from the end of HL2.Net: The Comic and instead is set a while earlier, in more innocent times. Hope you all enjoy it! :D

Cover! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Sulkdodds/Arena%20comic/ArenaCover.jpg)
Arena Page 1! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Sulkdodds/Arena%20comic/ArenaPage1.jpg)

[baron insig]

hehe!! cool i cant wait to see how this unfolds

Tbh include me sumwheres!! :P

[CREMATOR666]

Unreal Tournament 2005!!!! I wanna kill someone! :D

[Farrowlesparrow]

The Arena! How I miss that thread ;(

[Tr0n]

That cover is freakin awsome! :D

[Druckles]

Woo! Nice work. like the colour too. Especially the blood
You've got me waiting in anticipation now

[el Chi]

Sulkdodds, this is gonna be good - very good. And not just because I'm going to get f*cked by Edcrab. Actually no - the sponge is mightier than the big f*ck-off metal killing machine. Oh yes.
The Arena was very very funny. At times. And then the stupidest play-fighting nonsense other times.

[Sui]

Pre order the DVD now!!!

(sulkdodds... we'll talk, ok?)

[simmo]

hehe, sweet :)

[ComradeBadger]

Remember! Stay true to the thread!

[Sulkdodds]

Remember! Stay true to the thread!

I'll try. There is rather a lot of it though.... ;)
And if anybody wants to be in it, do PM me...

[Farrowlesparrow]

I'll try. There is rather a lot of it though.... ;)
And if anybody wants to be in it, do PM me...


I can only assume that those in the thread already will be automatically be a part of the...cast :)

[Sulkdodds]

I can only assume that those in the thread already will be automatically be a part of the...cast

Most of them, yes. :D

[Tr0n]

Well since I had my cameo in the first hl2.net comic...and might possibly be in the sequel to it (since the team is still alive and all...).

I think I should stay out of this one.

[Druckles]

There's a film called the Arena?

[Recoil]

This one...?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284867

Looks.. interesting... :|

btw skulk: PM :D

[Druckles]

Two semi-naked women on the front? Can't be too bad!
But will be owned by this comic, I can tell :D
Good luck Sulkdodd's

[crabonhead]

WooHoo!
cameo appearance on the first page!

oh yea, and the cover is pretty frikken' awsome!

[Edcrab]

That's brilliant! Does it take as long to draw as it looks, or are you just uber leet?

The Arena looks positively massive, in both the literal and atmospheric sense! :D Certain titanic clashes impending- as a wise man once said, "OMG w00t".

It's like waiting for HL2 to be released all over again! 'Cept with less lamers. And no homophobic insults. Or fat jokes. Or 3D Realms comparisons...

[bliink]

I was too "young" to see "the arena" when it was active.. pity.. looks like I'll just have to go press random keys and imagine :)

Those comics always look really cool too btw :p

[Sui]

I was too "young" to see "the arena" when it was active.. pity.. looks like I'll just have to go press random keys and imagine :)


hehe, same here :D

*looks at join date*

:(

[Shippi]

heh, I remember the Arena.. never took part, at least I don't think I did anyway. T'was a silly place! :D

[Edcrab]

I was but a lurking spectator... I'm 94% certain I never did anything directly either. Except talk about it in other places and irritate people :laugh:

[Steve]

Guess I'm too new to know what the arena was...but even without the nostalgia that the rest of ya'll seem to be feeling, I'm sure I'll enjoy this just as much as your last one, Sulkdodds. I await the rest with eager anticipation!

[torso boy]

I only saw a very small bit of the arena, then I was gone for a while and it was gone before I got back. If we were in the first comic, will they be in this?

[CREMATOR666]

I never watched the Arena, maybe I'll give it a go....
This comic will ROCK!!! Include meh! Pleaseeeeee :P

[Druckles]

Erm... what was the Arena
From reading this I see three arenas.
1) The comic
2) The film
3) Something else... what?

[Tr0n]

The arena was a thread where you could "play fight" and "flame" each other at will.

Most of the time everyone was joking around...then the spam policy got enforced more and the thread was closed.

[Sulkdodds]

Arena Page 2! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Sulkdodds/Arena%20comic/ArenaPage2.jpg)

Two semi-naked women on the front? Can't be too bad!

Yeah, but it got pwned at Cannes.

Thank you everyone for reading this and posting your comments. If you have no idea what the hell is going on, I suggest you go here. (http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1221&page=1)

[bliink]

Arena Page 2! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Sulkdodds/Arena%20comic/ArenaPage2.jpg)


hehe :thumbs:


If you have no idea what the hell is going on, I suggest you go here. (http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1221&page=1)

106 pages of flaming spam! :thumbs:

[Druckles]

Ah! Now I understand. That was before my day :hmph:
Sounds kind've fun

And is badger really called that because of the redwall books?

[Jangle]

hehe brilliant.
Are the redwall books those ones where there are all those furry creatures but theyre like, wearing clothes and stuff?

[ComradeBadger]

Ah! Now I understand. That was before my day :hmph:
Sounds kind've fun

And is badger really called that because of the redwall books?
No, I'm not :P

Ahhh those were the days :)

[Steve]

Arena Page 2! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Sulkdodds/Arena%20comic/ArenaPage2.jpg)

Heh heh...sweet.

[Edcrab]

Haha, awesome commentary and the contestants haven't even started!

Tri-barrel word cannons... woo!

[Bad^Hat]

You've done it again, dodds :)

I was around for the arena but I couldn't keep up with it. Made a couple of posts I think. I remember shoving a grenade down someone's pants and throwing them off a cliff. And something to do with a pineapple...

Edit - OMG cameo'd already. Pwn!

Haha... snuffle snuffle.

[Viperidae]

Am I the only one that noticed that in the first one Gordon is holding his sign for El Chi backwards? :p

[Edcrab]

That's because "Edcrab" is written on the other side- he's a crafty fellow, he displays the most relevant entry depending on which part of the crowd he's been forced to mingle with :p

[pAiNtHeAsS]

looks real good!
i just finihsed your other comic, liked it as well

never saw the arena. wasnt around yet.

[CREMATOR666]

Hell, I wish I was around in the days of The Arena :P (natural-born spammer) :D

[Hazar]

Do I sense a reference to monkey island?

:D

I like it either way. :)

[Recoil]

Oh noes, FLS is a moderator in the comic ;( so he won't be able to fight with me?

[Crushenator 500]

Heh, i wasn't around here for the arena

Looks like another great comic, sulkdodds :)

[Vegeta897]

Awesome job so far Sulk!! You are the master of hl2.net themed comedy! And the drawings are superb too! Let's hope for another awesome comic. :)

Too bad the "Arena" was way before my time ;(

[baron insig]

way before mine aswell

Did i mention WAYWAY :P
sounded lieka cool place tho what was it like ?

[Sulkdodds]

Comic Page 3! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Sulkdodds/Arena%20comic/ArenaPage3.jpg)

Oh noes, FLS is a moderator in the comic so he won't be able to fight with me?

You'll get your chance... :cheers:

Funnily enough I never posted in The Arena but I was reading it. When I came back from holiday it was 106 pages long and had been locked... :P

Veterans may find there are many nostalgic surprises in store for them ;)

[Hazar]

/me likes :D

[Ames]

Comic Page 3! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Sulkdodds/Arena%20comic/ArenaPage3.jpg)



:laugh:

50 bucks on el chi.

[Recoil]

60 on Edcrab :D

You'll get your chance...

Great! :D :cheers: You heard that, FLS?! U goin down, boy! :borg:

[Hazar]

70 on el chi

:D

[Edcrab]

Oh man, that's just brilliant :D

Lennie looks freaking awesome, and I especially like how you've done his projection lens :D

:D I can't stop grinning!

Now, the obvious conclusion is that I kick El Chi's ass in every way possible. However, don't you just know that won't happen? The laws of humour always counteract the laws of... well, common sense- the best I can hope for is a draw!

Better show willing... 90 on me, 90 on El Chi, 500 on at least setting fire to my foot with a personified sponge full of water!

[Steve]

Neat!
6char

[Edcrab]

What do you know... is that Harij's cloud avatar floating above the proceedings? I hadn't noticed at first!

[Sulkdodds]

What do you know... is that Harij's cloud avatar floating above the proceedings? I hadn't noticed at first!

Not even I've spotted all the easter eggs in my comics :laugh:...I wonder if anyone will spot Badger's buttons...

[Edcrab]

'Splode slap slay kick! What happens if he misfires?! Or does he just abuse people who try to complain to the ref? Not that there is one...

[operative lm]

100 and a pickle on Edcrab.
Nice comic, Sulkdodds. :)

I PM'ed you, just incase you didn't know.

[CrazyHarij]

Hilarious stuff Sulkdodds, I guess I'll have to live with being a cloud in your comics :D

I absolutely love it how you squeeze all these funny details and thingies everywhere. :)

[TinyKilbasa]

Maybe y'all can have a section on the main page specifically designated for Sulkodd's comic strips (Since they are about Hl2.net)? That way, you can show the strip to people who don't normally come into the Art&Design section of the forums...Just an idea :)

[el Chi]

Funnily enough I never posted in The Arena but I was reading it. When I came back from holiday it was 106 pages long and had been locked... :P
Yeah it's kind of a shame that we all know the ultimate fate that this cartoon is going to suffer :)
The cartoon's awesome, Sulkdodds - bravo indeed! :cheers:

I'm gonna go for £80 and a soft-boiled egg on Edcrab :)

EDIT: Sod this, I'm gonna raise the stakes. £100, a soft-boiled egg AND a Scotch egg on Edcrab.
£20 and the Steps greatest hits CD on me winning.
Yeah, you like that, don't you?

[Tr0n]

Funnily enough I never posted in The Arena but I was reading it. When I came back from holiday it was 106 pages long and had been locked... :P

Veterans may find there are many nostalgic surprises in store for them ;)I never did ether...I think I signed up to hl2.net two days before the thread was created...by the time I stopped lerking the thread got closed.

[CREMATOR666]

I bet 200 bucks on Edcrab!!! :D Nice comic! I love the cameo! :thumbs:

[Sui]

MUAHHAHAH! i know what happens!!!

aaaw, what the hell. i'll tell you. At the beginning of page 3 edcrab <snip>

...hey wtf? why can't I say <snip>?

<snip> isn't even that much of a spoiler!

<snip> you!!!

argh. i'm <snip>ing off.

[Druckles]

Lol, that's great Sulk :D
Im not going to bet on anyone seeing as I hve no idea who's going to win ;)

[Edcrab]

Considering I'm not going to get broadband until May 4th (DAMN YOU BT) I wouldn't be surprised if there's a prime example of why you should never give a fusion-powered killing machine a 56k connector for it's AI sub-routines :laugh:

El Chi: I'll see your eggs and add a packet of Twiglets to the table! C'mon, are you really sure you want to risk anything when the stakes are this high?!

[Ames]

Considering I'm not going to get broadband until May 4th (DAMN YOU BT) I wouldn't be surprised if there's a prime example of why you should never give a fusion-powered killing machine a 56k connector for it's AI sub-routines :laugh:

El Chi: I'll see your eggs and add a packet of Twiglets to the table! C'mon, are you really sure you want to risk anything when the stakes are this high?!

/me steals Twiglets

WHAT SAY YOU NOW?

[Edcrab]

Don't make me report you to the Department of Gambling on Online Comic Grudge Matches! They'll hunt you to the ends of the earth!

[Ames]

Don't make me report you to the Department of Gambling on Online Comic Grudege Matches! They'll hunt you to the ends of the earth!

I am the Head of the DoGoOCGM. The tables have turned on you!

[Edcrab]

Oh. Heheh. Uh.

...let's forget the time I temporarily swapped my avatar for a 2,000 ton Behemoth-class war droid for one particular match, 'k? It wasn't particularily unfair! Here, take a Twiglet multipack and we'll forget all about it...

*wipes sweat off forehead*

[el Chi]

El Chi: I'll see your eggs and add a packet of Twiglets to the table! C'mon, are you really sure you want to risk anything when the stakes are this high?!
Ouch..Erm... Okay Edcrab, if you're going to play things like that...
I see your twiglets and I'll raise you small cubes of cheese and pineapple on cocktail sticks.
And if that's not enough for you I've got a bag of Bombay mix with your name on it... :naughty:

[CREMATOR666]

This thread is gonna ownz so hard...:P

[baron insig]

hehe cool comic! is tere gunna be a sequel to the previous set ?

[Toffee]

LOL! This got an interesting start. Looking forward to see more pages :D
And great work with the first hl2.net comic too :thumbs:

[Razor]

I wasn't around for the Arena :(. Comic looks good, it has a lot to live up to, after the original comic :).

[Druckles]

:laugh: This thread is getting hilarious

Anyway, (question aimed at sulkdodd's) is this comic going to be totally parallel to the topic, or more flexible than that?

[baron insig]

:D joims sees jioms likes

[Jangle]

brilliant comic sulkdodds.

and is betting strictly party foods only?

[el Chi]

and is betting strictly party foods only?
Not too sure - maybe to be perfectly clear you'd have to ask Sulkdodds himself.
But as far ass I'm concerned, it's as good a thing to bet as anything else. :)

[Druckles]

How're you going to swap teh winnings? Through the modem???

[Sui]

Considering I'm not going to get broadband until May 4th (DAMN YOU BT) I wouldn't be surprised if there's a prime example of why you should never give a fusion-powered killing machine a 56k connector for it's AI sub-routines :laugh:


Sulkdodds has 56k too... you're alike :D

[Ames]

How're you going to swap teh winnings? Through the modem???

The winnings have to go through me because I am the self-proclaimed head of the DoGoOCGM.

:D joims sees jioms likes

You misspelled your own name.

tsktsktsk.

[Sulkdodds]

Arena Page 4! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Sulkdodds/Arena%20comic/ArenaPage4.jpg)

Yes, you may have noticed that it is slanted. But that is on purpose, to create sort of kerr-azy perspective. Definetly not because I scanned it crooked and was too lazy to redo it... :angel:

is this comic going to be totally parallel to the topic, or more flexible than that?

I'm taking some inspirationg from the real thread, but after seeing this page I think you'll agree that I'm also taking many liberties... :cheers:

and is betting strictly party foods only?

I do not condone betting or gambling of any form in any way at any time, ever. Er...bet anything you want! :D

[baron insig]

Hommmm That is rather crazy !!! tho the skew isnt very obvious :P

Very busy frame i love it!

[Vegeta897]

Very nice again! Your attention to detail is unmatched.

(Now get me in there ;))

[Ames]

So does el chi win? Or is he merely flying away using his super power of flight?

[Edcrab]

The squint angle actually adds to the dramatic edge, as if it's on-the-move camera footage :D

The detail's great, as always; at first I found Dalamari to be so small that I thought you'd just drawn a forumite with a deformed scalp... Mechagodzilla looks pretty small, hiding behind that building, being the cowardly mechanised dinosaur that he is!

As for el Chi, I'm merely flinging him to closest egg depot. Lennie = win! Almost as win as Friggy.

[maxrange]

nice...!

[A True Canadian]

That last entry is do deliciously chaotic; much like the arena thread. I'll be watching this with great interest.

[Hells Angel]

Yeah nicely done sulk....

Shhhhhh: guys i know what happens :P and i also know that a sequals in discussion at Sulkdodds Enterprises (his house) :eek: :naughty:

[Crushenator 500]

http://up2.fastuploads.com/arena4.JPG

If that's me, then who am i Fighting? :P

Great comic :)

[CREMATOR666]

I got no cameo! Buhuhuhuhu, etc, etc. :( Great comics, anyway :thumbs:

[marksmanHL2 :)]

Wish I had been a part of that thread... i love these comics. :)

[ComradeBadger]

I'd like to point out that the Arena eventually got shut down as a few people started taking things too seriously, and we had a few random real flamers in there.. sullied the thread.. the problem was, the community changed dynamic, and given the rules against forum games, it seemed a tad odd that the Arena survived, so sadly it was locked.

That said, I'd love to appear in this comic with my legendary tau and crossbow combo :D

[baron insig]

im scared!! :O

I hope you are all very ashamed for promoting this comic cos i sure am :P

Joke its great cant wait for more

[solid snail]

well i think sulk has lost it. his mind has become to kaotic, probable due to the fact i hang around with him in real life lol.

[el Chi]

As for el Chi, I'm merely flinging him to closest egg depot. Lennie = win! Almost as win as Friggy.
I'll admit, it doesn't look too good for ol' Spongebob, but you never know... Don't put all your Scotch eggs in one basket just yet, Eddie :)


Sulk - well done again, dude. You've captured the manic, desperately incomprehensible chaos of that plane wreck of a thread really well!

[<RJMC>]

make more

me wants more lol

[Farrowlesparrow]

http://up2.fastuploads.com/arena4.JPG

If that's me, then who am i Fighting? :P

Great comic :)

Thats because your eyes are just shiney black plastic.



Recoil....You're going down :flame: :naughty:

Sulkdods, I sincearly hope you do take a lot from the original arena :P Like Stone flying off to the mormon planet with this many wives. You must also include the numerous battles we had with The Demon Within. :D

[Edcrab]

The Mormon planet... oh, who could forget :laugh:

You could always have a sad, strangely predictive ending whereby the Arena's match is called off for the time being because of an invasion of (genuine) spammers :(

[Farrowlesparrow]

The Mormon planet... oh, who could forget :laugh:

You could always have a sad, strangely predictive ending whereby the Arena's match is called off for the time being because of an invasion of (genuine) spammers :(


He'll have to mention the prophesy, and..heh, the initial skimishes with spammers.

[Hazza]

Nice, I really liked the first comic, even though I didn't see it until recently and I fondly remember the days of the Arena thread, I barely ever posted back then, but more than I do now.
Also, it has my good friend Stone in it, who by the way, if anyone is interested is now a dad.

[Sui]

Stone's a dad? well wish him congratulations from all of us :D that's great news :) He doesn't post much here anymore does he? hmmm... we could send him a joint email or something though :laugh:

[solid snail]

lol could just send him a joint in sted suicide although bad for baby.

[Druckles]

Would you mind labelling all the guys on that pic, I have hardly any clue who many of them are.
And I kind've wish I was that demon with the sword at the back, but sadly, I know it's not :(. And is it just me, or is Edcrab getting bigger and bigger?

[Murray]

Neat, another Hl2.net comic. Very nice, Sulkdods! :D

Another request to feature in the comic please, (even though I never really took participation in the arena :p).

[Recoil]

http://www.invision-team.de/sub/recoil/misc/fv.jpg

:|

[solid snail]

he he he lol that is really cool recoil

[Sulkdodds]

Arena Page 5! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Sulkdodds/Arena%20comic/ArenaPage5.jpg)

What will become of El Chi? :o

Recoil's pic was pretty damn close to the truth, actually. :D

Would you mind labelling all the guys on that pic, I have hardly any clue who many of them are.

Most of them weren't really anybody.

I hope you guys aren't expecting me to shoehorn every single thing that happened in the Arena into the comic...this is...let's call it a 're-imagining'. :naughty:

[bliink]

lol.. i love the monty python reference, fits quite well with the "internet forum" theme :p

[Tr0n]

Funny as always...good work! :thumbs:

[The Mullinator]

Another excellent comic being created here. Very nice Sulkdodds. :thumbs:

Its too bad I never joined in the arena until near the end.

[Edcrab]

To be brutal to Frank (uh, sorry, brutally frank) I can barely remember the events of the actual Arena. I'm sure your ideas are better than the filler that made up quite a lot of it though ;)

Yay for Python battlecries and yay for further Lennie ownage (better enjoy it while it lasts... something'll happen!) but double yay for Fat Tony's trash talking and special attack. I LOL'ed in a very literal sense. I haven't used "lol" for ages, that's how funny I thought it was! I've sacrificed the last lingering shreds of my online respectability for it!

[Bad^Hat]

That... is leet.

Edcrab, just 4 more posts :D

[el Chi]

Bravo once again - I don't think I've ever liked seeing seven shades of sh*t beaten out of me quite so much :)

Oh and of course, a special bravo for the Python reference. "I fart in your general direction!"

[Steve]

Keep 'em comin' dude! Chop chop!

[Razor]

You should do a comic on the Princess Zen topic as well :).

Great comic, heres hoping Sponge Bob is down for the count.

[Tr0n]

You should do a comic on the Princess Zen topic as well :).

Great comic, heres hoping Sponge Bob is down for the count.Princess Jen. Not Zen... :laugh:

[Steve]

Princess Jen. Not Zen... :laugh:
But he's got an idea there...it was the fastest growing thread in the world ever of all time, after all.


..."it's outta control!"

[Druckles]

ok... funny.. but where was the Monty Python quote?
And I loved the Fat tony thing :laugh:

[Ames]

But he's got an idea there...it was the fastest growing thread in the world ever of all time, after all.


..."it's outta control!"

But the thread is deleted. There's no way we can see it ever again.

I'm still laughing at the memories. ;(

[Druckles]

Want to explain please?

[Ames]

Want to explain please?

Princess Jen was this guy, DeathSeeker, who pretended to be a girl. Soon after he posted a girl picture thread, it exploded and soon became a raging thread of hormones. People were banned and warned and it became a whole big mess.



lol.

[Druckles]

Sounds erm... great. Think Im glad I wasn't there :P

And anyway... how exactly could you make a comic about it :rolleyes:

[Ames]

Sounds erm... great. Think Im glad I wasn't there :P

And anyway... how exactly could you make a comic about it :rolleyes:

Using magic?

[The Monkey]

*Looking for a monkey somewhere*
*Cries*
I guess I'm still a n00b. ;)

[Samon]

Originally posted by The_Monkey
I guess I'm still a n00b.

Ditto :P

Great comic :D

[Steve]

But the thread is deleted. There's no way we can see it ever again.

I'm still laughing at the memories. ;(
Awwwww! Awwwww! They didn't have to DELETE it...


...now I'm sad!

[Hazar]

/me wants a camo :D

great anyways as always :)

[Druckles]

Yo, what exactly would you fit? :P
Endlessly burning man?

[Hazar]

Sulkdodds can make it work, somehow :D

[Sulkdodds]

You've had one already! But you get another one ;)

Sorry the updates a little late, it'll be up tomorrow...uh, later today. I've been playing WoW, which is far too addictive to be healthy. I can easily see how it could ruin lives...

[Hazar]

wait, which one was it in?

I must have missed it!

But again is good too :D

/me goes back and looks.

[Sulkdodds]

Arena Page 6! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Sulkdodds/Arena%20comic/ArenaPage6.jpg)

The monty python quote was in fact the first insult ever hurled on the arena floor!

And as for Princess Jen, I think I speak for all of us when I quote Heart of Darkness: The horror!

Anyone remember Supertrooper? Damn right you do, friendlies. :D

[Ames]

50 bucks says Hazar dies before touching the Word Cannon.

[Steve]

Sweet! I'm overwhelmed with anticipation!

[baron insig]

thats funny Spesh the Farlesparrow frame :p

[Edcrab]

RUN HAZAR RUN! Gotta love that word cannon... did you base it off anything or is your imagination the only inspiration behind it?

Somehow, The Nerd Guy having a built-from-scratch HEV really seems to suit him. And sticking debris into Farrow's face? My innermost desire has been fulfilled! :P

EDIT: How could I forget? I am now, statistically, leet. Pray for my soul, for there is no return...

[Hazar]

Let's just say that I better make it, I want to see that thing in action :P

:D

[Crushenator 500]

Anyone remember Supertrooper? Damn right you do, friendlies. :D
Supertrooper will be forever remembered in memory friendly forum :):):):):):):):):)

[el Chi]

Anyone remember Supertrooper? Damn right you do, friendlies. :D
Aaaw bless - I remember him. I also remember the crushing moment when someone pointed out that he was an already-existing member. We all sort of had an inkling, but it didn't need saying. Bastard. It was like the death of Santa all over again...

Oh and thank you for letting me live :) I clearly absorbed the blows with my spongey consistency.
For some reason, in my mind my "I'm okay!" is said in a Duffman stylee :D

el Chi says a lotta things - oooh yeeeah!

[Vegeta897]

Hilarious stuff, sulk. I am anxious to see the next one :)

Don't ruin it, Edcrab! We can hear your silence!

[Bad^Hat]

Haha, I laughed so hard at that guy with the "43" shirt :E

[Razor]

Princess Jen could be a bearded guy in a skirt lol and all these guys drooling over him - Emily Howard from Little Britain comes to mind "I'm a lady!, can i see your lady pictures".

Lol at blood spurting from Farrow.

[Druckles]

Lol, blood!
And the suspense... :o

[<RJMC>]

lol is funny!

[Farrowlesparrow]

Yay for me \o/ :D

I really like the way you've done me :)

[burnzie]

I use to love reading that thread...

i cant remember if i posted in it...

I wanna be in the comic tho :P

[Pressure]

Hey I demand to be put in the comic. I was in the Arena :).

[Sui]

Hey I demand to be put in the comic. I was in the Arena :).

Oh, the hilarity... there are literally thousands of situations that you could be in... most of them feature the words "Feel" and "great".

"Feel THIS, pressure!"

"OH MY GOD, this thread is GREEA-" SPLAT

"he felt that alright".

[Sulkdodds]

Comic Page 7! (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/suicidle_tramp/Hosted/cxomicflash/)

Look! It's animated! :D

Sorry it took a while guys, I had to find a filehost, etc, not to mention making the damn thing.

el Chi says a lotta things - oooh yeeeah!

Goddamn right!

The next page will be a normal one. What will happen? Has Hazar got the wordcannon? Who will be the first to spontaneously combust with the sheer tension of it all?

[baron insig]

oooooo

CRAZAY loop :P

[Hells Angel]

lol thats great and it only made me want to buy porn and chainsaws :D

[Sulkdodds]

Oops, should have told you not to let it play on repeat! :laugh:

DO NOT PLAY ON LOOP! :D

[SupremePain]

The Jimi Hendrix Experience rocks... and yes, i would like to buy a chainsaw please.

[bliink]

Oops, should have told you not to let it play on repeat! :laugh:

DO NOT PLAY ON LOOP! :D

No, its better like that, it means you're so confident that you're certain we'll want to watch it over and over again :D
(which is what I did when I realised it had sound :p)

[Sui]

Watching it again with looped music is half the fun. It represents the growing insomnia and agrivation that is caused by the pointlessly optomistic adverts that bombard you with trivial, meaningless subliminal images, causing you to degrade into a heap of shuddering, phycotic, paranoid claustraphobic mess and...

Basically spam is dangerous. You can drown in it! Mentally! :p

[Hazar]

hehe, a whole new genre almost :D

[Edcrab]

You should've let Cybersheep dispense some chainsaw loving. I hate those DFS adverts with the "let's-rip-off-a-song-in-an-annoying-way-but-not-enough-to-be-sued" method.

Hmm, music is currently overlapping for the sixteenth time. My braincells are fusing together into one gooey lump. When does it end?!

[el Chi]

Very very good - an ad break is the twist I didn't see coming :) And all the better for it! In the next ad break, please kill Linda Barker and Ainsley Harriot in a variety of slow painful ways.

And it goes without saying that Jimi Hendrix is a God. But I'll say it anyway.

[Steve]

lol thats great and it only made me want to buy porn and chainsaws :D
Me too....and give them to sheep! ...CYBERsheep!

...great stuff, dude!

[Danimal]

I PMed you, Skulkdodds...

*Hopes he is still making comics*

EDIT: I watched the flash one, made me laugh a little :)

[solid snail]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my head is getting over crowded with jimi hendrix HELP!!!!!! lol



show them teh cat sulkdodds that will fu*k with there heads

[Druckles]

After getting it working, that was hilarious! :laugh:

I love your style of drawing Sulkdodds, you should do a flash for the next page too. An arena flash game, would be so cool!

[el Chi]

I don't know if anyone remembers this but I just found this relic on my computer. I believe it was a weapon of choice back in the days of The Arena... The Mighty Spatula, my dears. Oh yes. And here is the picture that stood tall on that thread, typifying the awesome power and mind-bending terror that is the spatula. Oh yes indeed.

[Edcrab]

That thing was banned by an emergency moderator convention. And then rogue forumites continued to use it despite the crisis motions... what an ineffectual defensive force they were! The widespread carnage, the utter disregard for human life...

The bloody hilarious antics. WOOHAHA!

[el Chi]

You're right, the casualties were obscene. It was mutually-assured destruction in kitchen utensil form.

[maxrange]

:laugh: This thread is getting hilarious

Anyway, (question aimed at sulkdodd's) is this comic going to be totally parallel to the topic, or more flexible than that?
lol, so true :rolleyes:

[Hells Angel]

congratz sulk with the comic so far tis v good :D

[CREMATOR666]

You could at least put me in the crowd, y'know :P

[solid snail]

but your ugly you'd break the camara ;)

[Druckles]

Wow! You were talking to him? :o

:hmph:

Personally, i really liked the colour cartoons that sulkdodd's did, and were far more effective, so if anyone listens to me, maybe you could do the rest at least colour if not flash? :D

[Hells Angel]

personally i liked the B+W versions but i just like B+W :P

[Tr0n]

I loved that animated comic. :laugh:

[ComradeBadger]

Fantastic work mate, keep it up :)

[Danimal]

/me still hopes he will be in it.

[Sulkdodds]

You'll get your chance. You'll all get your chance.

Sorry there hgave been precious few updates recently, I've been having to do a rather large amount of work in a regrettably short space of time. There just ahsn't been any time to draw anything. Please bear with me, guys. ;( Going to try and find time for one tonight but that's by no means a guarantee.

[Tr0n]

You'll get your chance. You'll all get your chance.

Sorry there hgave been precious few updates recently, I've been having to do a rather large amount of work in a regrettably short space of time. There just ahsn't been any time to draw anything. Please bear with me, guys. ;( Going to try and find time for one tonight but that's by no means a guarantee.Your life is the first priority.

So don't worry we can't wait. :D

[Ames]

...or is it just a cleverly disguised excuse for laziness...?

[CREMATOR666]

You'll get your chance. You'll all get your chance.

Hope you know what I EXACTLY looked like :P

[Druckles]

Doesn't look like he knows what the apple man looks like, but he did an excellent interpretation any way

[Stone]

The monty python quote was in fact the first insult ever hurled on the arena floor!


Yay, I am remembered, hehe, but with my crimbo avatar :P

yes, and i'm a daddy

[Tr0n]

Yay, I am remembered, hehe, but with my crimbo avatar :P

yes, and i'm a daddyLong time no see.

Cheers on being a dad! :cheers: :D

[Stone]

I am always about........ somewhere :eek:

[Danimal]

/me still waits :)

[Druckles]

No more after more than a week Sulkdodds?

[solid snail]

sulk was on holiday in berlin so give him a break guys :thumbs:

[Sulkdodds]

I also have lots of coursework...so carry on waiting. It won't be in vain. :] In the meantime take a look at the Joint Artwork thread.

[Danimal]

I can probably pitcure how I am going to die in the comic... It would be rather ironic and I prefer not to say it :)

[SupremePain]

I can probably pitcure how I am going to die in the comic... It would be rather ironic and I prefer not to say it :)
DROWNING IN YOGHURT? EH? EH....? HELLO? YOGHURT DROWNING, HUH?

:laugh:

[Danimal]

No. :dozey:

[Steve]

DROWNING IN YOGHURT? EH? EH....? HELLO? YOGHURT DROWNING, HUH?

:laugh:
No, silly. He's gonna get eaten with a spoon!

[Danimal]

Wrong again.

[Hazar]

Any updates?

/me wants more

[Hells Angel]

hey guys i just thought i'd give u an update from the real life, sulks net has gone down due to a fault by BT he'll get the pages up as soon as possible and he says sorry :)

[Druckles]

Can he not give them you to upload?

[Sulkdodds]

hey guys i just thought i'd give u an update from the real life, sulks net has gone down due to a fault by BT he'll get the pages up as soon as possible and he says sorry

Don't speak for me please and that has nothing to do with it.

The reasons that there have been no updates follow:

- Hooray, it's coursework time. That means I have to finish of all my coursework and give it in.
- I have a science exam on wednesday.
- I'm currently rather ill.

There will definetely not be any more updates until at least after Wednesday, and I wouldn't hold your breath. Sorry, guys, but I have quite a lot of work to do... ;(

[The Monkey]

If you include me in the next page, whenever that comes, I will give you a lollipop.

[Druckles]

All the way from Sweden? :p

And sulk: Sorry to hear it, I know how you feel - Maths, ICT, ICT, Music and Tech all to be done as "soon as possible"! :'( (I know I included ICT twice, it was purposeful :P)

[CREMATOR666]

If you include me in the next page, whenever that comes, I will give you a lollipop.

But I thought you only have bananas! :O

[bliink]

- I have a science exam on wednesday.
- I'm currently rather ill.


Hmmm why dont you make some medicine with your science skills?
1) If you are good enough to pass the test, maybe you can whip up a lovely potion of health! :D
2) If you are not good enough to pass the test, then the shame of failure will soon come to an end when you consume your lethal potion, an attempt at penicillin that no doubt when horribly wrong.
or
3) You attempt to put an aspirin in a glass of water, but your science skills are far too low (or high) and you cause a resonance cascade, at which point, there may be some pretty colours you can do some drawings of, and then post on here.

So either way, its win-win :D

[Dalamari]

What song is it in that flash

[SupremePain]

What song is it in that flash
you need a spanking and not the good kind... seriously... :O

[battlefrank]

put in my big muscular avatar body!

[Sulkdodds]

3) You attempt to put an aspirin in a glass of water, but your science skills are far too low (or high) and you cause a resonance cascade, at which point, there may be some pretty colours you can do some drawings of, and then post on here.

Teh win! (http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?icqzbx19n7pk)

[bliink]

Teh win! (http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?icqzbx19n7pk)

lol thats so cool hehe :D

[Hazar]

Nice :D

final image is the best :P

[Edcrab]

Haha! Vaguely reminiscent of the time I played Arcanum and somehow started a fair-sized apocalypse by failing to successfully combine a lemon with a tin can in order to make a battery...

That site really is awesome :D

[A True Canadian]

lol thats so cool hehe :D

It's bliink. :D

http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?icrc1f1e5grc

[Steve]

It's bliink. :D

http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?icrc1f1e5grc
Damn, bliink. Why you gotta look so angry all the time? Gaaaa.

[Danimal]

Canadian, that's some awsome artwork :D

[bliink]

It's bliink. :D

http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?icrc1f1e5grc

hey thats cool :thumbs:

[Hells Angel]

damn you Bastard, i wish i could actually do anything creative >.<! Thats Feckin Amazing!

[Sulkdodds]

Arena Page 7! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Sulkdodds/Arena%20comic/ArenaPage7.jpg)

Finally!

Sorry it's late, guys (understatement of the year). :cheers:

PS: What do you think of my new avatar? :naughty:

[Crushenator 500]

It's bliink. :D

http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?icrc1f1e5grc
Wow, that's great! :D

As is page 7 of the comic :)

[Jangle]

it makes me dizzy..

[Steve]

Arena Page 7! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Sulkdodds/Arena%20comic/ArenaPage7.jpg)

Finally!

Sorry it's late, guys (understatement of the year). :cheers:

PS: What do you think of my new avatar? :naughty:
Ha ha! The perfect segue! Well done!

As for the avatar...very spinny. I like it.

[Hazar]

cool :D

who's the big gorrila btw? :p (edit: the monkey obviously :P)

the avatar is dizzying but cool :)

[Druckles]

Teh win! (http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?icqzbx19n7pk)

Hey! Get back to work :P

[Edcrab]

Freud is spinning in his grave- so let's attatch a turbine to him and solve the energy crisis!

I knew the Arena would be back- as would the spatulas.

They tried to ban them... but it just couldn't happen. Nothing can face them. NOTHING.

...'cept some bugger who can resist being slapped with a plastic kitchen utensil, but who would have the strength?!

[Danimal]

Heh, good thing you based me on my profile pitcure, I was worried you woudn't get my avatar right :D

[TinyKilbasa]

heeeheee kneet-o

round and round and round freud goes, where he stops, Sulkdodds knows!

[Druckles]

Great...

but why is erm... everyones avatar up-side down

[Hazar]

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=74311

;)

[marksmanHL2 :)]

Great work. :)

[Jangle]

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=74311

;)

lol, people should have that link in their sig, it would stop all the new threads and questions.

[oldagerocker]

This comic's amazing.. great work Sulkdodds. Now get back to WoW ;) but obviously, after page 8 is uploaded :p

[Bad^Hat]

Haha, I'm in it again. I really love my character design :E

[CREMATOR666]

Finally! A long awaited page! :D







I'm not in it :|

[Pressure]

Finally! A long awaited page! :D

I'm not in it :|

Same here :(.

[Danimal]

I wonder what will happen to me.

[VirusType2]

Arena Page 7! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Sulkdodds/Arena%20comic/ArenaPage7.jpg)

Finally!

Sorry it's late, guys (understatement of the year). :cheers:

PS: What do you think of my new avatar? :naughty:


Cool comix
The avatar kinda dizzying. like the rimz on www.gizoogle.com
Who is your avatar anyway? *feels dumb*

EDIT: and you can put me in the comic..I won't sue for violating copy rights!
I could be an evil bird beast that shits -er I mean sits on badgers shoulder

[Recoil]

Who is your avatar anyway?

That's Freud o.O

[Druckles]

Wouldn't know :P

Hey, spatula-head-man? Cool :lol:

And erm... what's the gorilla doing to himself?? o.O

[Danimal]

Bumped.

[Hazar]

MORE UPDATES PLZ

:D

[Sulkdodds]

Teh courseworkzors...

Teh computer brokezors!

Going to start drawing more pages after the weekend and after I hand in the last of my GCSE coursework...my computer exploded recently so I havent been able to access the reference pictures and all your lovely lovely avatars...

[Steve]

All right, dude! We'll all be awaiting the next page anxiously!

[Ames]

Pfft, nothing's all right.

/me whips Sulkdodds

[Danimal]

Back to work, Citizen.




(Just kidding...)

[Druckles]

I know what you mean SD, I have 2 ICT projects and my Tech. Oh, and my English
Thank God I did my maths and music

[Danimal]

Bumped in the name of Auir.

[Sulkdodds]

Are there no scanners in Scotland? Apparently not...

Done a few of pages while up here (involving Recoil's fight with Farrow and giant robots) so hopefully I can stick 'em on the web once I get back to civilisation. :sleep:

[Danimal]

Please hurry up, I have been waiting for a month now. :|

[Recoil]

(involving Recoil's fight with Farrow and giant robots)

*hornsHorn* \:D/

[Edcrab]

Woo, Recoil mutilation and stompy robots, all in one episode!

Um, of course I'm hoping it's merely a fair and enjoyable contest, no favouritism here. Ahem. I'll go back to waiting. And heckling.

AIM FOR HIS FACE!!

[Sui]

Can't you take a picture of the pages with the digital camera that you probally forgot, then upload the pics via the USB cable those ancient PCs probally don't have?

[Hazar]

do it via serial cable!!! :E they should have serial ports on an expansion isa card :p

[Danimal]

If you took a pitcure of it, it won't have the same quality as a scanned one...

[Sulkdodds]

Arena Page 8! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Sulkdodds/page1t.jpg)

Arena Page 9! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Sulkdodds/page2t.jpg)

Thanks for waiting. :cheers:

Crappy image due to crappy scanner at crappy internet cafe, but meh. The guy didn't even know how to use his scanner software ffs! I'll scan them in properly first chance I get. Hopefully an update tomorrow although that depends on whether I can get to the netcaf.

I didn't forget my digital camera but A. we didn't bring the lead to transfer files and B. it would look shit (although the quality wasnt that good anyway was it? Hmm) Luckily there are scanners in Edinbourgh, so there ya go. :P

[Hazar]

hahaha, thoes are great :D

love badger's expression in the last one :p

[Edcrab]

Oh man, I never knew Farrow could look so badass, especially when they bring out the lightsabres :laugh:

Danimal employing a spellcheck... heheh. Mere idea almost makes up for missing the tri-barrelled word cannon being used in action :p

I hope we actually get to see the giant robot. I'm a sucker for random stompy warmachines. Actually, I'm a sucker for any kind of intense violence, but everyone needs a hobby.

Mine just tends to involve other people... briefly.

Woohoo, I actually managed to sound sinister there... wait, ruined it.