TOBY by Corey Pandolph

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  1. cpandolph

    cpandolphGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Hey folks,

    Wanna know where I’ve been the last week? Read the latest Fake Monday Update™ on the Fakerockstar blog: http://www.fakerockstar.com

  2. Clix

    Clix said, about 1 month ago

    L. Kennedy:
    Uh, excuse me. Are you saying that Pandolph writes Foxtrot or every comic on GoComics is down to one day a week? (Not being a daily reader of Foxtrot I’m not up on the comings and goings of that strip.); or is Toby going to take them all down when his master plan is realized?

    Clix
    (I know I shouldn’t feed them, but sometimes I can’t help it)

  3. Avon

    Avon said, about 1 month ago

    Comics probably go extinct a lot more often than they go weekly.
    If a weekly comic dies, that doesn’t prove much.

    “Opus” was better weekly than it ever was daily.
    Comics that ‘live on’ after their spirit is dead are worse than comics that simply stop publishing, and certainly worse than comics that go into re-runs.
    “Doonesbury” was gone for the better part of the year, and had a hiatus more than once since then - and it’s doing great.
    (Indeed, I’d say a cutback of some sort is past due when the artist gets to the point where he just can’t resist saying his consistent fans are “idiotic and somewhat mean-spirited”.)
    But I do agree with LK about one thing - if and when Toby ends, I’ll miss it! Corey’s the best - and in a fresh way with each strip.

  4. TimeTraveler

    TimeTravelerGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Which is why I’m so frustrated with him. If I didn’t enjoy the comic strip I would be so annoyed at him for failing to deliver on his promises so often.

  5. jtpozenel

    jtpozenel said, about 1 month ago

    Oh well…I guess I’ll survive.

  6. Tiggergirl

    TiggergirlGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Is Pandolph really giving up on this strip? Please say it ain’t so! :(

  7. cpandolph

    cpandolphGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Hey folks,

    I’m about a pound and half into the bacon flu here, I think. I do have some comics drawn and if I can hold down a meal, I’ll get them colored and posted.

    Hang in there and easy on the snark pedal,

    CP

  8. Tiggergirl

    TiggergirlGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Sorry to hear pandolph. Hope you get well soon!

  9. StuStu2U

    StuStu2UGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Corey!

    Whatever happens I love your strips and hope you can continue - if not, well…thanks for the laughs!

    Get better! (health-wise, I mean)

  10. hpantazo

    hpantazoGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    would you prefer that he doesn’t update us at all? I’m glad he let’s us know what’s going on, and I hope TOBY comes back at a full 5 days a week strip, because it was the best strip he had. I tried to give the elderberries a try but it sucks.

  11. cpandolph

    cpandolphGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Here’s the FAKE UPDATE™ for this, the 6th of October:

    http://www.fakerockstar.com/2009/10/06/fake-monday-tuesday-update%E2%84%A2/

    All is explained! Nearly!

    Thanks for reading,

    CP

  12. cpandolph

    cpandolphGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Leon.Kennedy said:

    “And GWE is just plain awful”

    This is how I know I’m headed in the right direction..

  13. cmread

    cmreadGenius_badge said, 29 days ago

    I don’t applaud this ‘effort’ at all. I see it as just one in a long string of promises, and we know how good Pandolph is at keeping his promises, don’t we?

    I, too, do not like Greene with Envy. The world does not need another strip about people living in the suburbs. The strip, at the very least, requires a drawing style that handles facial expressions better. Oh, and, better jokes. GWE is just lame. That’s why I stopped reading it.

    At any rate, I expect we are coming to the end of Barkeater Lake, Toby and GWE. I don’t read the Elderberries because I don’t find it funny. So that is the end of any support I had for Pandolph.

    Maybe someday, when no-one buys his books and no-one reads any of whatever comics he gets around to doing, Pandolph will realise just how badly he treated his former fans. But I doubt it. He will probably just play the victim and blame everyone but himself.

  14. cpandolph

    cpandolphGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    “Why can’t you just keep doing the strips that people love? Why do you have to go out of your way to kill the best strip you have?”

    Because I hate people love.

  15. rustyraby

    rustyrabyGenius_badge said, 23 days ago

    Ease up, people. TOBY is a brilliant and original strip, and I’m addicted to it, but the same was true for Calvin & Hobbes. If it’s time to end, that’s the creator’s choice. Enjoy what we’ve had the privilege of seeing. If there is more to come, consider it a gift. Many thanks, Pandolph- great work! Hope thinkg work out well for you.

  16. cpandolph

    cpandolphGenius_badge said, 22 days ago

    The Angry Eyebrows launch has been pushed back to November 2nd. Partly because of me and partly because of GoComics scheduling.

    The new strip will reside at the Greene With Envy page, with TOBY and Barkeater Lake keeping their respective pages for archive use.

    Barkeater Lake will begin again form the start, with added commentary on certain strips from yours truly. TOBY will also begin again from the start.

    I look forward to the new format. Apologies for the delay.

    Cheers!

    Corey

  17. Futabakun

    FutabakunGenius_badge said, 21 days ago

    Corey, this is not a sarcastic question, honestly. I’m genuinely curious about this: Why will TOBY and Barkeater Lake be restarting instead of continuing from current? You stated that both strips will be archived here. Anyone who discovers Angry Eyebrows from GoComics will most likely be directed to view the older strips somewhere in the intro section of the AE page, and neither strip has run so long as to be all that intimidating in length.

    Like most others here, I’ll be delighted to see whatever strips you choose to post, but it is sustained character development that makes me truly love a series. I look forward to seeing Morris, Delores, and the rest as they face new experiences. I hope, whatever direction you find for your crew from here on, that you stand by it for the duration of their adventures, making course-adjustments as necessary, but no longer undoing their lives-to-date.

    Best wishes for Angry Eyebrows!

  18. cpandolph

    cpandolphGenius_badge said, 19 days ago

    Leon.Kennedy,

    Please let me know when you motivational speaking seminar comes to the Northeast, I will be the first in line to sign up.

    HUGS,

    -Corey

  19. TimeTraveler

    TimeTravelerGenius_badge said, 19 days ago

    Leon Kennedy author of such great self help books such as

    Cheer Up Stupid.
    Hurry it up already.
    and What the hell are you doing over there?

  20. cpandolph

    cpandolphGenius_badge said, 19 days ago

    Questions/concerns/misplaced angry answered:
    http://www.fakerockstar.com/2009/10/19/pushed-back/

  21. cpandolph

    cpandolphGenius_badge said, 18 days ago

    @Leon.Kennedy: You are henceforth being ignored.

  22. Tiggergirl

    TiggergirlGenius_badge said, 17 days ago

    Leon.Kennedy: if you just go to the web site that he gave, then you would know that it won’t go back on until Nov. 2. Here it is again: http://www.fakerockstar.com/2009/10/19/pushed-back/
    Now stop being a brat!

  23. TimeTraveler

    TimeTravelerGenius_badge said, 15 days ago

    Oh no, Leon has been sucked into the cartoon dimension.

  24. seablood

    seablood said, 3 days ago

    too bad! I was starting to get interested in the plot line—until Toby toons stopped coming. I thought you were just on a long vacation. Now I’ll never know how Toby will bring about the damnation of all mankind.