08/27: Downer Comics

The laptop was a gift from a friend, so while it didn't technically cost me anything, I also doubt that I could claim insurance on it without a reciept. Plus it was like 10 years old, so even so they would have only paid out like 20 bucks.

I've been reading Schlock Mercenary. I'd been linked to it on numerous occasions, but each time i'd go to a place in the archive that either 1) was too involved in the story so I felt lost or 2) involved characters that were too flat and relied on implied violence for laughs. I finally went back earlier in the archive than the place I kept getting linked and I actually found that I could tolerate it a bit better. This hinged on the titular character Schlock not behaving like a simple violence obsessed disgusting blob (he seemed to actually have motivations, wit and the occasional dry retort) and a decent story hook (he was missing his eyes).

I might be tempted to go all the way back to the beginning of the archive (braving the horrors of what seems like MSPaint art) with a new appreciation for the characters.