I’m on a boat next week! But don’t worry, I have a load of comics for you while I’m gone. And no, they’re not guest strips. And yes, they are a storyline.
[Reality bends]
Oh my – I find myself no longer attracted to Ethan and his slightly greyed hair. I hate Discworld books because they make me think. I love Twilight – best book series evar. I hate My Little Pony FiM. I hate musicals because they for gays. Bisexuals don’t exist – unless it’s two hot women! I like guns. I find Amber hot and she exists only for me to drool over. I feel like voting Republican…
Faz is still scum…
[Reality shifts back to normal]
Oh my – I Ethan is so hot and I love his greying hair – it makes him look so distinguished. I love Discworld books – nay – I love all good books! I love thinking so much – study is what I live for! I hate Twilight – Meyer couldn’t write greeting cards. I love My Little Pony FiM. I love musicals – and gay people. I’m bisexual and totally not turned on by the sight of two women making out! I’m terrified of guns. I still find Amber hot, but I respect her as a person. I certainly don’t plan to vote Republican…
And yet Faz is still scum… The universe is a funny place…
Even though David says farther down that he was specifically shooting for something that he thought WOULDN’T come true. But really, we’ve known since Straxus that Hasbro was scraping the bottom of the G1 Decepticon barrel. With any continuation of the “whatever we’re calling Classics now” line, Death’s Head was inevitable.
Death’s Head isn’t going to be a Transformers toy. He’s not a Transformer. He’s a Marvel-owned character, and so he’s going to be in the 3-3/4″ Marvel Universe line.
Of course now that he was right he might never stop being right – the universe may actually go out of it’s way to make HIM RIGHT!
MADNESS IS TO FOLLOW! FAZ HAS BECOME A REALITY WARPER!
[Reality suddenly bends again]
I don’t know; Faz is actually kinda cute…
[reality shifts back to normal]
Oh my – [wretches] uhg – I can’t believe I said that! Damn you Faz! Damn you!!!
I think I need to go pour acid down my throat!
Well now I am concerned for my own well-being over the fact that Faz’s naked self portrait was literally the first thing I notised when I read this comic.
Gordon just spilled the beans about next week on his site. Like I said to him, you two are the only webcomics I read on a striply basis so I’m looking forward to it!
It becomes doubly frightening when you consider Faz also claimed toy companies would be making ‘mostly popular’ characters, and ToyFair had Hasbro showcasing in their upcoming range many fan-favourite My Little Pony characters and a ‘corrected’ Celestia.
Honestly, I don’t see why everybody’s so shocked at the Faz nipples. I personally would’ve been surprised if Faz HADN’T drawn himself nude. We’re just lucky that it was only his top half that got drawn.
I scrolled down while the page was still loading, and a display error made “…I have a load of comics for you while I’m gone” in the blogpost look like “I have a load of comics f,,-, you ,,,, I’m gone.” The error actually sounds more like something Willis would say.
For the purposes of Occam’s Razor “it happened by chance” is virtually banned as an explanation unless you’ve got a calculation showing it was probable. Faz having some awesome inside source is an added entity which Occam’s razor recommends against supposing exists, but so is the non-explanation of luck. The two have to be weighed against each other based on how many of Faz’ other predictions have come true (but his other predictions were so vague, their coming true is hardly any evidence).
If it’s sufficiently unlikely that Faz’ randomly chosen character would be produced, Occam’s Razor would indeed recommend we believe in an inside source. However, I’m not going to calculate those odds and I don’t think they would really go in his favor.
Being the smart person I am, I ignored everything that Faz said and just came to wonder why he drew himself shirtless when he knows he is only going to be showing Ethan that picture.
To those who are concerned with Faz’s apparent nudity in his drawing, I feel I should point this out.
Faz is always naked. In every frame he has ever been in. It is part of his innate Fazziness, and he wants to share it with the world.
As for why you think he is normally clothed, that is merely your brain’s self-defense mechanism. The sight of naked Faz is too traumatizing to handle without your mind snapping, so you subconsciously add clothing.
The process doesn’t always work with pictures, however, unless the imaginary clothing is deliberately drawn. Compare it to how vampires look normal in person, but don’t show up in mirrors or on film. So Faz’s drawing here is actually an accurate depiction of what went down.
Keep that in mind whenever you look at Faz. He’s completely nude, 24/7. Enjoy knowing that!
Well, depending on how Faz phrases it, he could claim its already true. I mean, not sure if you’re aware, but there are already bootlegs out there, sold as SDCC & other conventions.
I bet someone at Hasbro reads this strip (in fact, I’d bet any number of people at Hasbro read this strip) and decided to screw with your head.
Now try tricking them into putting SG Ravage in the next live action movie. I wanna see a robot jaguar with 3200 moving parts who took hundreds of hours on advanced supercomputers to render 80 feet wide on a high def screen…waving at the camera and saying “Hai!”
And now I have to look through the achives to confirm this. Thank you Mr. Willis.
Oh Cheese. He really did. Faz was right about something. I can feel the universe unravelling at the seams!
[Reality bends]
Oh my – I find myself no longer attracted to Ethan and his slightly greyed hair. I hate Discworld books because they make me think. I love Twilight – best book series evar. I hate My Little Pony FiM. I hate musicals because they for gays. Bisexuals don’t exist – unless it’s two hot women! I like guns. I find Amber hot and she exists only for me to drool over. I feel like voting Republican…
Faz is still scum…
[Reality shifts back to normal]
Oh my – I Ethan is so hot and I love his greying hair – it makes him look so distinguished. I love Discworld books – nay – I love all good books! I love thinking so much – study is what I live for! I hate Twilight – Meyer couldn’t write greeting cards. I love My Little Pony FiM. I love musicals – and gay people. I’m bisexual and totally not turned on by the sight of two women making out! I’m terrified of guns. I still find Amber hot, but I respect her as a person. I certainly don’t plan to vote Republican…
And yet Faz is still scum… The universe is a funny place…
Holy shit! I did *not* notice Ethan’s hair going gray until you mentioned it!
Holy shit! I did *not* notice Ethan’s hair going gray until you mentioned it! How long ago did THAT start?!
A while back – sometimes shortly after he and Drew broke up I believe…
I’m having a hard time determining whether that’s sarcastic or not.
I noticed it, but figured it was just some side-effect of Willis’ art style changing and evolving.
Sauce?
Nevermind, found it. http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/05-the-death-of-snkrs/awesomeinsidesources/
*Mind blown*
I quote, “stuff that anybody could guess”.
Even though David says farther down that he was specifically shooting for something that he thought WOULDN’T come true. But really, we’ve known since Straxus that Hasbro was scraping the bottom of the G1 Decepticon barrel. With any continuation of the “whatever we’re calling Classics now” line, Death’s Head was inevitable.
Death’s Head isn’t going to be a Transformers toy. He’s not a Transformer. He’s a Marvel-owned character, and so he’s going to be in the 3-3/4″ Marvel Universe line.
I’m not sure what elucidate means but I’m pretty sure you shouldn’t do it where children can see you.
He’s also been seen masticating in public. In a restaurant, no less!
I heard he matriculated… In a school, no less! O_O
In fact I have a friend with whom there is an inside joke in which “elucidate” means “use the facilities.” It all makes sense now.
Fairly certain it means something along the lines of “talk//elaborate on a subject//have a discussion”.
Or Faz is that lucky.
But it doesn’t change that Faz is still right less often than a broken clock.
Of course now that he was right he might never stop being right – the universe may actually go out of it’s way to make HIM RIGHT!
MADNESS IS TO FOLLOW! FAZ HAS BECOME A REALITY WARPER!
Our only chance is to abandon reality!!!
No need to panic. Reality is only a place where they sell real estate.
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!”
Reality whats that?( checks the Wikis) Oh Reality: noun brief hallucinatory episode brought on by Internet deprivation.
Would it be fair to say that there’s a boatload of strips waiting for us?
Better yet, over at DOA he has a shipping contest awaiting us.
THE NEXT WEEK SHALL BE A TRIBUTE TO FAZ, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS 100% FAZZINESS.
So if I’m interpreting this correctly, it is now canon that all of Shortpacked is drawn by Faz.
So every time something horrible happens, we should be screaming, “DAMN YOU FAZ!”? I think I could adjust to that.
I think part of us was doing that anyway so no big changes to the status quo…
Well, Faz > Willis.
The creator has been enslaved by the creation. It’s a common story. Even if there’s nothing common about Faz.
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Faz was right about something…*shudders*
I think Faz’s Ethan looks like he has fangs.
I blame you, and you alone for drawing my attention to the fact that Faz DREW HIMSELF NAKED IN THE FIRST ARTIST’S RENDITION OF HIS PREDICTION!
And how do you pronounce your name? I want to make sure I pronounce it correctly when I curse it to the heavens.
[Reality suddenly bends again]
I don’t know; Faz is actually kinda cute…
[reality shifts back to normal]
Oh my – [wretches] uhg – I can’t believe I said that! Damn you Faz! Damn you!!!
I think I need to go pour acid down my throat!
Well now I am concerned for my own well-being over the fact that Faz’s naked self portrait was literally the first thing I notised when I read this comic.
Oh snap, Faz was actually right. That’s insane!
Can Faz predict Squirrel Girl next?
Haven’t really heard from Faz in a while. I would like his reaction to Amber marrying Mike and carrying his hell-seed.
10 to 1 odds he still thinks he has a shot.
Gotta hand it to him…
Faz’s Ethan has an absolutely sick mustache goin’ on.
Why is Faz topless(naked?) in his dramatic recreation?! My eyes burn with Faznipples!
I imagine he drew himself banging Amber.
F*** You Mike. I mean Rowen.
Gordon just spilled the beans about next week on his site. Like I said to him, you two are the only webcomics I read on a striply basis so I’m looking forward to it!
OH MY GOD ARE THEY GETTING MARRIED?!
It becomes doubly frightening when you consider Faz also claimed toy companies would be making ‘mostly popular’ characters, and ToyFair had Hasbro showcasing in their upcoming range many fan-favourite My Little Pony characters and a ‘corrected’ Celestia.
Honestly, I don’t see why everybody’s so shocked at the Faz nipples. I personally would’ve been surprised if Faz HADN’T drawn himself nude. We’re just lucky that it was only his top half that got drawn.
Good thing he’s not a cross-dresser. There’s no telling where he might end up farding.
I scrolled down while the page was still loading, and a display error made “…I have a load of comics for you while I’m gone” in the blogpost look like “I have a load of comics f,,-, you ,,,, I’m gone.” The error actually sounds more like something Willis would say.
Occam’s Razor, if I’m remembering correctly, is the one that says that the best example is simplest, correct?
If that’s the case Faz has, unsurprisingly, gotten it backwards.
For the purposes of Occam’s Razor “it happened by chance” is virtually banned as an explanation unless you’ve got a calculation showing it was probable. Faz having some awesome inside source is an added entity which Occam’s razor recommends against supposing exists, but so is the non-explanation of luck. The two have to be weighed against each other based on how many of Faz’ other predictions have come true (but his other predictions were so vague, their coming true is hardly any evidence).
If it’s sufficiently unlikely that Faz’ randomly chosen character would be produced, Occam’s Razor would indeed recommend we believe in an inside source. However, I’m not going to calculate those odds and I don’t think they would really go in his favor.
My theory about Faz’s nakedness in his artistic rendering is…in Faz’s mind, he’s always naked.
Being the smart person I am, I ignored everything that Faz said and just came to wonder why he drew himself shirtless when he knows he is only going to be showing Ethan that picture.
To those who are concerned with Faz’s apparent nudity in his drawing, I feel I should point this out.
Faz is always naked. In every frame he has ever been in. It is part of his innate Fazziness, and he wants to share it with the world.
As for why you think he is normally clothed, that is merely your brain’s self-defense mechanism. The sight of naked Faz is too traumatizing to handle without your mind snapping, so you subconsciously add clothing.
The process doesn’t always work with pictures, however, unless the imaginary clothing is deliberately drawn. Compare it to how vampires look normal in person, but don’t show up in mirrors or on film. So Faz’s drawing here is actually an accurate depiction of what went down.
Keep that in mind whenever you look at Faz. He’s completely nude, 24/7. Enjoy knowing that!
…good god, you must have felt dirty inside when you realised you’d made Faz right
Here I was, thinking I’d made up something completely ridiculous for him to claim, safe in the knowledge it’d never come true.
Have him predict the release of Transformers Animated season 3 on DVD next!
Well, depending on how Faz phrases it, he could claim its already true. I mean, not sure if you’re aware, but there are already bootlegs out there, sold as SDCC & other conventions.
Just point this out.
I bet someone at Hasbro reads this strip (in fact, I’d bet any number of people at Hasbro read this strip) and decided to screw with your head.
Now try tricking them into putting SG Ravage in the next live action movie. I wanna see a robot jaguar with 3200 moving parts who took hundreds of hours on advanced supercomputers to render 80 feet wide on a high def screen…waving at the camera and saying “Hai!”
This. Want. NAO~!
The veracity of his information changed.
You must use these powers for good!!!!
“Employee Faz, you are technically correct – the best kind of correct. I hereby promote you to Grade 37.”
Technically it wasn’t on that exact spot. It was a little to the left.
It was this strip that made me see Ethan’s hair as graying, not just shaded.
Did Faz pay Mike to help him be right for once? That’s the only logical reason! O_o
Mike did it on his own, with the intent of causing this reaction in Ethan.
I know what’s happening next week! I read the news on another site! Can’t wait for it!
Same here! It really requires a movie poster or something to illustrate its epic scale.
Why…why is Faz naked in the comic version he drew…? Oh god, my brain!
I believe a solid Falcon Punch is called for in this situation.
It probably wouldn’t do any good, but it would make me feel a lot better.
Nice try mister Willis but your co-conspirator spilled the beans.
http://www.multiplexcomic.com/
Willis whatever happened to the TF Prime Skyquake you promised me. I saw a proto last year 1!1!!1
XD How will fans react if Faz continues to be correct?
Faz just took the sharp out of the occam’s razor.