I know what you're thinking, you filthy bugger.
Okay. So I'm back. Off The Wall returns. (It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel
fine.)
Hopefully, one or two of you out there remember this. And hopefully, even a small percentage of those
are actually pleased to see this thing again. And the rest of you are probably closing your eyes,
shaking your head, and groaning. Good.
Anyway, in case you've never seen any of this before, here it is. Yet another Far Side clone.
Why in the world did we need another one of these, for Pete's sake? This is another Far Side
clone, isn't it?
Well, yes and no.
This thing started as an office joke. Every day I drew a wacky little comic and hung it up in the office.
It got to the point, in fact, where my co-workers would tie me to a chair and threaten to make me watch
Dawson's Creek reruns if I missed a day. So finally I decided, "Hey, I really like cheese. And I really
don't like Dawson's Creek. And if I'm going to do these things, I may as well do them right."
So there. (And "right," of course, being a highly subjective term.)
Yes, The Far Side is definitely an influence here. But then again, I'm sure the socio-economic
ramifications of the post-Cold War trade deficit between Canada and the South Pacific island nation of
Nauru as a result of political inflamation in the Middle East probably had an influence, too. Or maybe
it was the cheese.
I've been drawing as long as I can remember. I've been drawing cartoons at least since I was six (my earliest
known comic still in existence dates from 1781), but I only started doing this brand of humor — Far
Side clone stuff — a couple weeks before going online. That's probably why you won't see me doing many cows.
So anyway, since this whole affair started as crudely drawn comics pinned to an office wall, the obvious
name to give it (after Another Far Side Clone, of course) was Off The Wall. Cheese sticks to the
wall if you throw it hard enough, by the way.
Now that I've gotten myself into this mess (who needs a deadline when you're not getting paid for it?), there's
nothing left to do but to sit back, relax, and enjoy. Don't be offended. And if you are, these were
actually drawn by some guy named Gary Larson.
And I still know what you're thinking. I'll bring the cheese.
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