A story of two cartoons (Patreon)

Years ago, I did the cartoon on the left spoofing Dungeons and Dragons (DnD). When I was in middle school, I played DnD, but I didn’t get into it as much as my friends did. By the time I got to high school, I completely lost interest and spent most of my free time running and drawing. That’s the thing about playing DnD – it takes up a LOT of time.

With the huge popularity of Stranger Things, DnD has become more widely known. So someone took my old comic, edited it, and posted it on Facebook. Then a Facebook page for role-playing fans recently shared the edited version and it went viral.

I hate the edited version. I get why people think it’s funny, but the “does this make me look fat” line is a tired cliché.  It’s been done so many times. Also, they used TWO fonts in the speech bubble. Ugh.

The original comic is based on personal experience. My wife and I were at a party, I said something that bugged her (but it wasn’t a joke about her hair—I’m not that dumb), and she called me out on it after we left the party. I can’t remember what I said, but I’m sure I deserved to be called out on it.

The other day, I reached out to the guy who posted the edited comic and asked him to credit my page with a link to the original cartoon. He did that, which I appreciate.

If you like this comic and would like to share, here’s the original version.