Venn we meet again
I imagine we’ve long suspected that it is possible to be smart and stupid simultaneously, but how would you go about proving it… It’s beyond my ken to design an experiment that will prove that doing the right thing and doing the wrong thing are not mutually exclusive.
In other news:
I’m currently compiling a Flowfield Time-line – a list of dates and events mentioned in my comics. I have no real idea of what I’m going to do with it, but I am considering turning it into a wall poster. To do this I decided to look through all the hard copies, the ink and paper, of all the strips I have made.
It almost killed two birds with one stone, because I have been meaning to order and bind them for some time.
Turns out I now have four volumes of The Flowfield Unity, over 175 strips and several long lists of incomprehensible ideas – It was the first time I have seen what I have made all together and, well, it’s rather encouraging.
I don’t know why I mention this, but, y’know, I just thought I’d share the moment.
Actually, I do know why I mentioned it… it was the whole point of this post – It’s nearly the end of the year and I’m thinking back over the last twelve months (and since nearly all of that has been spent making comics…). So what I meant to ask is, ‘How’s your year been?’ and ‘when did you last take a step back to admire what you’ve done?’.
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hmm cognitive dissonance!
happy 4 volumes to you, sir.
this year has been rather productive for me. have yet to step back to admire the accomplishment tho. possible, the thought scares me.
Thanks, I’m sure you’ll find that you’ve done more than you think…
Oh, and you get bonus points for calling one of your strips ‘Breakfast of Champions’
http://4lfa.com/page.php?t=1197057967
*gasps at the thought of you reading 4lfa* you’re too, too kind. i shall cherish these points forever. :}
man, its been a while. where have i been? i’m sorry, the internet. yes, yes, i’ve missed you too.
i dont really want to think about stepping back because my year has been pretty bad, and if i step back and view it as a whole, ill start feeling kind of depressed. but, this is my incentive to make next year better than ever. aaand i say that every year.
however! congratulations on your comic, good sir. you should indeed be proud of yourself; it has made us all think about things we probably wouldn’t and been the centre of some fairly interesting conversations. that is an achievement in itself!
now you’ve gone and got me feeling all jolly. nice one.
happy holidays, y’all.
Even surviving a horrible year is an achievement… it separates the wheat from the chaff, the bad times that is.
I’m not proud of myself, just proud of what has become to a comic that I happen to draw – and I’m proud of my readers, especially as they’ve helped make it what it is.
Actually, ‘readers’ is an odd term as it implicates no interactivity… similarly with ‘viewers’… ‘commenters’ isn’t quite right either… what are you?
I think we should stick we the idea of one of your earlier comics and consider the readers/participators/posters Flowfield Saints. Or we could just invent a new noun, or resort to the rather time-consuming method of just combining everything that goes on here and separating each word by a slash. But really, that just doesn’t look too good.
I am the same as Justine.
I would prefer to look forward to my more promising next year, rather then look back to my failures and battles.
Tho I did complete a Cert II in Engineering, which is something, tho even TAFE aren’t sure what it means.
Outside of my personal world, I have been enjoying some fine web comics!
Congrats on the success and achievements Adam. If I had the funds, I would help out by purchasing some merch.
No need to buy merch… though if you mail me at my gmail address with a postal address I can send you a copy of the book and a postcard for free… should cheer you up a bit, hopefully.
Oh, I can provide anecdotal evidence of this theory, and the plural to anecdote is evidence, so here is a start.
Today whilst standing inside a large stainless steel tank, TIG welding it, I had a problem with my gas. Being a very expensive job, I didn’t want to not have shielding gas, and risk ruining a one chance weld. So I tested the gas flow the normal way, by aiming the nozzle at my wrist and hoping to feel a cool breeze there.
Unfortuently, I was in a stainless steel tank that was earthed, making myself a nice circuit with 415volts @ 100amps. It hurt. Alot.
Tho I did find out that my gas was not flowing.
Both smart and dumb.
Another one.
Whilst working on a large building next to a major road in Perth (Cedric St, for Justine). The work crew I was with had laid out a few 6mtr long pieces of flashing (folded sheet metal), to make em ready to put on after smoko.
Unfortuently, as we arrived back on the roof, a storm hit, blowing one piece straight towards the road. We are talking about a piece of metal 6mtr long 500mm wide, flying like it is a straw. Seeing what about to happen, I chased it down and jumped on it. About 4mtr before the edge of the roof. I was happy, I averted a near disaster, possibly fatal for whoever it landed on.
Then I turned around and saw the rest of the pieces following the first, heading straight at me.
Luckily, the wind stopped and the rest of the team caught up.
There are two fine examples of intelligence and stupidity at once.
I am sure other readers can provide more examples.
Superb, that… well, except giving yourself a rather serious shock, but still, great examples.
Oh Mr Venn, we meet again. How I hate Mr. Venn.
He will pay for the dishonour paid to my family.
Sounds like you have a venn-detta…
…wow, just sunk to a new low in puns.
oh dear, adam. what are we going to do with you?
Incomprehensible lists.
There’s your proof, as if you really needed proof.
I don’t know. This year has been both really good and really bad for me. I had a lot of failures. A LOT of failures, and several lifelong dreams that were basically crushed. Not necessarily permanently, but they were definitely crushed. Through no fault of my own, which makes it that much worse. Strangely enough, though, I think this year has been really good overall, even though I’m quite looking forward to next year when I can–symbolically, at least–start over again.
A tabula rasa, eh?
It’s suprising what difference a symbolic start can make. I’ve never held much stock in New Year’s resolutions, but the fresh start to the year is something I hold dear.
I’m sorry to hear that you’ve had some dreams crushed… but that fine powder that is left behind after they are, can be used as a potent stimulant… I’m not talking about drugs (though with a poor analogy like that you’d probably assume I was talking on drugs)… what I mean to say is that you can always salvage something.
So here’s to the mulligan.
I love this strip….”Most of history is explained”
Adam, you are a genius in legendary form.
I don’t have a webcomic, and if I look back at this year I can see my failure to set one up. But I guess this has been a good year….*sighs* I guess I lost a few too many people friends-wise, either to just not talking any more or them just growing up faster than me. School-wise, i’ve started GCSEs, already done my SATs….and family-wise? I think, somehow, me and my sister are closer to being friends than enemies…which is nice. So yeah, it’s been an okay year. Hopefully, next year, I will set up my website (I have plans for the name, two webcomics and a story for it) and if I ever do, then that will be my good year.
I really need to find some way of buying your merch Adam. If only my deperate attempts to borrow my parents credit cards would work…Annoyingly, at my age, there isn’t anyway for me to buy stuff on t’internet, other wise I would probably live in one of your t-shirts….no, i don’t mean one of YOUR t-shirts, i mean one that you sell…Damn you, English grammar! quit embarrassing me!
You could always hop down to the bank and get a visa gift card, or some other such prepaid-visa-card-type-thing. At least in this country you can. Not so sure about England.
I have no idea what one of them is. but still, someday i shall have my own credit card…and then, i shall buy everything i’ve ever wanted off the net….my god, i’ll be skint and in debt within a week!
I’ll assume the fad is contained within America then. The banks are trying to tap into the under-18 market with prepaid cards and such, as this avoids the messiness that can arise from the fact that, in general, minors aren’t legally bound by contracts. So basically even 5-year-olds can have their own shiny piece of plastic.
And good luck dealing with that debt. It should be great fun.
Fair enough. sounds fun.
Personally, I save a lotta my monay and trust myself with very little to spend. i’ve only taken money out of my bank account…twice. once to buy a t-shirt without mum knowing :p and once to pay mum and dad back the money i owed them. Although due to my two paper rounds and not spending any of my wages, oh and birthday money that so far remains unspent, i am currently quite rich. but you can bet that after christmas, when i’ll only have one paper round and won’t be getting birthday money again till october, I’ll stick it in the bank and be skint again.
It shall be great fun! I’m already mentally preparing myself for debt I know i shall have in a few years time :D;)