Comic #118: Pickup Lines (Patreon)

Originally published: November 25, 2007.

Not a big fan of this one. It's a pretty low effort joke. Though to be a little fair to my 2007 self, the original female dwarf models were pretty low effort too. I think the newer models are a lot more interesting, but honestly, what does it take to get some badass facial hair options?

Regardless, I'm really not a fan of the setup or the punchline. The original intent of the comic was to make fun of the female dwarf model which had been the butt of many jokes for how weird it looked. Instead the comic just reads as "female dwarves are unattractive because they are too masculine".

Though I wasn't as good at it back in 2007, I've become pretty skilled at drawing creepy weird shit. I think it would have been funnier if I drawn something that looked more like this nightmare fuel:

It would have made the actual point a bit better.

I'm also surprised that I drew an entirely new dwarf for this comic. I think I had drawn at least 4 or 5 different dwarves over the course of the series at this point. I drew the dwarf that would one day become the recurring character Legolas as recently as #84.