Hey Fake Rockstar Groupies!
Do you have a college/alternative daily or weekly paper that needs more evil robots? Why not email comics@fakerockstar.com and get the ball rolling to add TOBY, Robot Satan to your comics line up?
We promise he won’t hurt any of your staff.
You can check out more TOBY malevolence at www.tobyrobotsatan.com.
Now get to emailin’!
Cheers,
Your Fake Rockstar Bacon Banditos.
Hardly. Hardly does my own humor satisfy me, and I hardly ever think I’m funny. On the off chance I do, I’m actually less funny than usual.
But every once and a while, I write seomthing that makes me happy to be in the comedy biz. This time, it was through a couple TOBY comics (cleverly inserted into this post – see if you can spot them!). See, when I do TOBY, it’s done like everything else I do - Last minute and by the seat of my pants. Unlike Barkeater Lake and The Edlerberries, however, I don’t plan TOBY’s dialogue ahead of time. With BL and Elders (Industry abbreviations), scripts are written in advance, with the Elders vetted through the syndicate editors (Yes, I’m that important… And that intermediate). TOBY, on the other hand get’s drawn with a loose idea and then I add scripting at the last minute. I don’t know if it’s the last minute panic, or the fact that there is absolutely no planning, but this way of writing seems to be working. I’m coming up with jokes that I’d never think of sitting in front of a blank Word Document.
And now everyone knows the secret to TOBY… Now… I have to kill ALL of you. (Srcooged Reference).
Read TOBY, Robot Satan and Barkeater Lake AND The Elderberries… You will. Now.
Yours in this big circle of Ridicularity™,
FRS
“Oh, sweet goddess of fame and fortune how you have smiled upon me! Folks, you heard it here first, I am now a PAID blogger. For AOL…perhaps you’ve heard of it. It’s where you got your first email and cyberstalker.
AOL has a new site for womens called Lemondrop and I am writing for them. Jealous? Yes, you are. Among other random posts and galleries, I’m writing a weekly news roundup called “What’s In, What’s Been.” It’s basically an IN/OUT piece, but with my own cheeky snobbery thrown in. The first one went up a few minutes ago. Try not to be too shaken to your very core.”
Congrats Carol. You must owe me money… For something.
Here’s the link:
What’s In, What’s Been: The Week in Bears, Wall Street Bull and Aiken
From the New York Press website:
“Best Comedy Troupe
Drink at Work
The term “troupe” seems a bit too narrow for the Drink at Work crew. They are in fact a full fledged production company which branches out with video sketches, blogs and stand-up shows. They certainly know how to diversify. Also, given the crumbling financial infrastructure, their moniker just seems like sound advice.
During a drive upstate to attend a wedding, core member Carol Hartsell explains via cell phone that she first took notice of Sean Crespo because of his award winning short film “I Am Drugs.” The success of the crew is also a testament to the magic of the internet, since they acquired writer and cartoonist Corey Pandolph through something as unceremonious as an email. “Corey is just amazing,” Carol exclaims. Guess you never know what talent just might pop up in the old inbox. The group is performing next on Oct. 18 at Comix. “
Link to article: New York Press
And read Drink at Work.com. We really know what we’re doing. Apparently.
