OUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES 024

"VAULTING THE SHARK"

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This strip (and commentary below) was originally published on April 11, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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I don't know how long the idea of Leave it to Bieber had been bouncing around my head before I wrote this strip, but I can tell you that I will forever be grateful to Harold and Our Adventure Continues if only because I was allowed the opportunity to get this joke out there in front of all you.

Your welcome.

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OUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES 023

"JUMPING THE SHARK"

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This strip (and commentary below) was originally published on April 9, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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Harold and I are, by no means, fans of reality TV.

While I can certainly understand the lure of some of the shows out there, it's just really not for me.

However, I do have to be honest and let you all know that I did enjoy me some Hell's Kitchen, but my daughter won't let me watch it anymore because they all use such bad language.

Plus, I have to admit that I've never actually watched Jersey Shore or Honey Boo Boo, but from what little I've seen, I really feel like I'm not missing much.

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I'm going to go on the record and say that in Season Four of Downton Abbey, they will jump the shark when they are invaded by aliens.

That is all.

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OUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES 022

"SUPER THERAPY"

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This strip was originally published on April 4, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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Meet Ultra Maximum Man and The Therapist.

I don't have a lot to say about this strip except to say that this particular strip was both written and drawn by Harold, and I find it incredibly funny.

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OUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES 021

"LIGHT IT UP BLUE"

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This strip was originally published on April 2, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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I really debated how I was going to handle posting this strip today.

First, to clarify, my son is autistic, so this strip was very personal for me.

Second, we no longer Light It up Blue, but before I explain why, let's talk about what Light It Up Blue is:

Light It Up Blue is a campaign dedicated to raising awareness of autism and was launched in 2010 by Autism Speaks. Autism Speaks is the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization. This initiative is intended to raise international awareness of autism as a growing public health crisis in support of World Autism Awareness Day and Autism Awareness Month in the United States. This text has been taken from www.cute-calendar.com

Sounds innocent enough, right?

Well, here's the the thing. Back then, in 2013, my wife and I were trying to learn whatever we could about autism, and the one organization that was out front and center was Autism Speaks, so we got behind them. Right?

Well, we've since learned that they are not to organization to back. I'm honestly not going to get into all of here it, but only because I really don't have the time to go back and do all the research I already did a few years back for myself, and find all the links to back up my research.

Just know that based on what I found a few years back, based on stories in which it was revealed that they spend more of their budget fundraising then they actually spend toward research or actually helping people with autism, I was out.

That being said, I'm still proud of this strip and I'm super proud of my son.

So there it is. 

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OUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES 020

"QUITTING TIME"

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This strip was originally published on March 28, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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Will we ever see Harold again?

Might he return when he is needed most?

Will he strike out on his own and start his own comic that will be dark, grim, gritty, and full of the sorts of things that makes the anti-hero so popular in today's modern comics?

Only time will tell.

By the way, don't you just love that last panel?

That was all Harold.

All I wrote for the last panel was the Harold character telling the Steeven character that he quit, but then Harold (the real Harold, not the one in the comic - this is all too confusing) came up with the idea of creating an homage to the great John Romita Spider-Man page from The Amazing Spider-Man #50 (April 11, 1967) where Peter Parker quits being Spider-Man.

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OUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES 019

"THE VIKING SKETCH: PART TWO"

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This strip was originally published on March 26, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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Harold totally wrote this strip.

That's just one of the many things that was great about our creative relationship. We each inspired each other. I wrote the The Viking Sketch Part One, sent it to him, and it inspired him to write The Viking Sketch Part Two.

There are a great big bunch of these strips that were inspired by something Harold has said. He'll email me and say something like: "We should do a strip about how much I hate yogurt," and one week later I've written 5 strips on the subject . . . but you'll have to wait a month or so for those.

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OUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES 018

"THE VIKING SKETCH: PART ONE"

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This strip was originally published on March 21, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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I want to give you an idea of how long Harold and I had been working on this comic by the time this strip had gone up on March 21, 2013.

This strip, The Viking Sketch Part One, was written on June 7th, 2012.

I remember, after writing the script, I was really looking forward to sharing it with everyone. I only had to wait nine months.

And now here we are, nine years later, and I get to share it again.

Other than the last two panels on the previous strip, this would be the first time you see Harold and I in costume portraying other characters. Which I just absolutely love.

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"GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS"

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This strip was originally published on March 19, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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Look, Ma! I'm a Viking!

Buckle your seat belts, dear readers, for today begins a story line that will change everything, everywhere, for all of eternity!

That's right folks, after this story-line ends, nothing will ever be the same again, for anything, at every point in time, and throughout every possible reality!

I want to say more, but I'm afraid that there just isn't enough hyperbole available in the universe to really do this thing justice!

So be prepared to hang on for dear life, ladies and gentlemen, as we continue next time with part one of: THE VIKING SKETCH!

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OUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES 016

"HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY"

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This strip was originally published on March 14, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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Looks like Warren is up to his tricks again.

This is one of my favorite strips.

The script basically said that Saint Patrick is fighting cyborg snakes. The only direction I supplied regarding the look of Saint Patrick was that I thought it would be funny if he was wearing a costume that looked just like the Punisher, but green and white instead of black and white.

When I got the line art to flat, I was blown away ... mainly because of the shamrock/skull on his chest. That's all Harold and I love it.

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OUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES 015

"FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN"

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This strip was originally published on March 12, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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Meet Reg and Stan.

We obviously haven't gone into any back story with these guys yet, but I like to think that Reg, the guy with the mustache, won the lottery and used his earnings to open up a comic book store.

But here's the thing, Reg didn't really want to run a comic book store, he just wanted his own place to hang out and read comics. So, he hired his buddy, Stan, to run the place.

As far as how these two fellas look, and the design that went into them, Harold rocked it as usual. He asked me how I pictured these guys, and I simply told Harold that I pictured Reg and Stan to be the anti-Harold and and the anti-Steeven. Harold came back with the very designs you see in the strip now.

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"JUSTIFICATION"

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This strip was originally published on March 7, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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You may recognize this strip, and that's because it was originally part of Variety Smack.

But here's the thing, Harold actually redrew it for Our Adventure Continues. 

You can see the original HERE. It's kind of interesting to look at the original and then look at this one because you can see how Harold's art has evolved.

As far as the story behind the strip, well, here's the thing, just because someone is a writer, that doesn't necessarily mean that they know how to spell every single word in the English language without looking it up.

So, yes. I didn't know how to spell wildebeest. I'll admit it. I made a mistake.

Frankly, I'm not sure why Harold keeps me around.

But you know what? My mistake allowed us to do this here funny strip about how I didn't really make a mistake (even though I did). Plus, I love that panel where Harold and I bump fists. I swear that Harold can see inside my brain because that is exactly how I saw it all in my head.

I want to point out the Captain Might t-shirt that Harold is wearing in the strip. Captain Might comes from a short comic story Harold and I did which you can read HERE.

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OUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES 013

"A VARIETY OF DRUGS?"

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This strip was originally published on March 5, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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Harold and I had almost this exact conversation in the real world back then.

Well, except I never expressed my desire to ride a squirrel. At least not out loud.

We actually went round and round and round and round about the name. We came up with an entire list that sadly, I can no longer find, but in the end we decided to use Variety Smack for both our first venture into world of web comics, and for the fictional comic our characters are working on in this, the current comic.

I know, I'm even confusing myself. It's best not to think on it too much.

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"GOING TOO FAR"

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This strip was originally published on February 26, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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Boy, I'll tell ya, if I had a nickel for every time that Harold has pulled the old rubber knife trick on me ... wait, didn't I do this in the last strip?

Sorry.

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OUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES 010

"WHEN PICTURES AND WORDS FIGHT"

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This strip was originally published on February 21, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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Boy, I'll tell you what, if I had a nickel for every time Harold's has pulled a knife on me, well, then I'd be quicker than a bird in the hand that's worth more than two of a kind makes haste.

Sorry, I seem to have lost what I was going to say there ... I'm not really sure what happened but how about we just pretend that it never happened, regardless of the written proof of the entirely odd occurrence just there above this paragraph.

So, how you like us so far?

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OUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES 009

"WHEN PICTURES TACKLES WORDS"

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This strip was originally published on February 19, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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Well, it looks like I've finally done it. I've pushed Harold over the edge.

But let's face it. It's been a long time coming. It was going to happen eventually.

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"HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!"

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This strip was originally published on February 14, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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I'd love to take the credit for today's holiday-themed strip, but if I remember correctly, all I came up with was the bottom panel. That top panel was all Harold.

See, when we were doing Variety Smack, we did a Thanksgiving strip which them inspired us to do similar strips for other holidays, and if my memory serves me, which it rarely does, I think I just said to Harold:

"Come up with something crazy in that top panel and the bottom panel will be Warren telling his kids: AND THAT'S WHY WE CELEBRATE VALENTINE'S DAY."

And so yeah, that top panel springs out of the mind of artist, Harold C. Jennett III.

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"LONG DISTANCE LOVE"

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This strip was originally published on February 12, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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Valentine's Day is coming up and so we thought we'd take a break from the main storyline of two guys trying to create something together, to bring you a strip about true love and the complications of romance in the workplace.

Meet Roland and Mindy, two star crossed lovers torn apart by the tragic concept of working at separate registers, just a few feet apart. These are brand new characters for Our Adventure Continues, and nfortunately you won't be seeing them again for a great long while, if ever, but that's just the way things go.

Roland, if you'll remember, was featured in a couple of Christmas strips in our Variety Smack run.

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OUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES 006

"WHEN PICTURES THREATENS WORDS"

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This strip was originally published on February 7, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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Finally, an honest depiction of the creative process at work.

I'm glad to be able to have this opportunity to speak on the rigorous strain of working under Harold's yoke. Sure, Harold will try and tell you that this creative partnership of ours is truly a 50/50 type of thing. But the truth is that Harold has all of the control. He makes all the decisions. I'm just around because of my pretty face.

Well I'm tired of it!

No longer will I put up with being bullied and pushed around. No longer will I allow my feelings to be dragged through the mud and my creative juices to be soaked up by the sponge of - wait... I thought I heard something... hold on.

Yep, Harold's just walked in. Gotta go. See you next time!

PS: Don't tell Harold about this, okay. I don't want to eat his pencil shavings again.

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OUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES 005

"A BOLD AND DARING IDEA"

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This strip was originally published on February 5, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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In October of 2011, Harold and I began the start of the original Variety Smack Comic. We just jumped right in without any preparation or plan. 15 strips later we learned that jumping in without a plan or preparation is the wrong way to do a web comic. So we stopped, regrouped, and spent a year preparing for Our Adventure Continues.

We ended up using some of the themes from the original Variety Smack strips, and the Rabid Ninja Zombie Wildebeasts are one such theme. As a matter of fact, we made mention of the Rebid Ninja Zombie Wildebeasts right away with strip one back then. It just took us a little longer this time around to get to them.

And yes, we are aware that we, and by we I mean I, spelled the word 'wildebeests' incorrectly. We actually addressed the "mistake" in strip 14 of Variety Smack, and will address is once again in an upcoming strip of Our Adventure Continues.

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OUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES 004

"A SALUTE TO BACON!"

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This strip was originally published on January 31, 2013 over at www.ouradventurecontinues.com

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I'm never afraid to put bacon from and center in anything I might write.

It is, after all, the duct tape of food.

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Thank you, there is more to come!