In recent times, I've been having some "interesting" conversations with my old highschool friend/X-college roommate Aron (a.k.a. the original Spelling Bunny, as well as the "Haral" character in my old, never-to-be-mentioned comic). Anyway, he is apparently spending a lot of his time being bored proffessionally, so his wandering, tormented mind has been dreaming up all kinds of horrible things, many of which involve plots for comics.

I bring this up because he came up with today's comic. Due to Alex's waryness on the matter, I constructed a couple alternate endings, one of which was used for the actual comic. The original ending can be seen HERE (Aron's original idea) and another spare ending can be seen HERE (who knows).

In the past, Aron's comic ideas have been a sort of window into his tormented soul, and can often be quite ghastly to behold, and they seem to only get more maddening with time. The following is an except from a conversation I had with Aron just this afternoon:

[19:15] Aron: What is happening
[19:15] Josh: i have no idea
[19:15] Aron: Grreaaaat
[19:18] Aron: I am waiting for my bus
[19:18] Aron: So I shall give you comics
[19:18] Josh: ok then
[19:18] Aron: As a gift
[19:18] Josh: th...thanks?
[19:20] Aron: A magician in a coat and top-hat declares "behold! My greatest spell!"
He then reaches into his hat... Deeeper.... Deeeper, and he pulls out a bag of swedish fish
[19:20] Aron: And he eats one
[19:20] Aron: And it is so delicious
[19:20] Aron: This is repeatable
[19:20] Aron: Because it can be any delicious thing
[19:21] Josh: amazing.
[19:21] Aron: Next
[19:22] Aron: LITERALLY STUPID (title)
[19:22] Aron: A man walks down a street and happens upon an establishment labelled "cathouse"
[19:22] Aron: He declares "ah, a refreshing end to a long day!"
[19:22] Aron: Upon entering, he sees many cats
[19:23] Aron: The man states "I see, I misinterperated the name of this business,
I shall go elsewhere."
[19:23] Aron: THE END
[19:24] Josh: aha, and the foppish gentleman is quite astonished to find an establishment full
of felines rather than a den of iniquity
[19:25] Aron: Oh wait
[19:25] Aron: to make this better
[19:25] Aron: Add panel
[19:25] Aron: Anvil falls on man
[19:25] Aron: THE END
[19:25] Josh: that's pretty stupid
[19:25] Aron: Thank you
[19:25] Aron: Next comic
[19:26] Aron: Title: this man is homosexual and finally reveals the truth to his imaginary friend
who suffers from severe brain damage
[19:26] Aron: I think you can see how that one goes
[19:27] Josh: oh god... that could potentially be a very depressing comic
[19:27] Aron: Next:
[19:27] Aron: Title: this is a toaster
[19:27] Aron: 1 panel
[19:28] Aron: Of a toaster
[19:28] Aron: Oh
[19:28] Aron: Okay
[19:29] Aron: This one requires severe artistic license to be applied
[19:29] Aron: But I think you could do it
[19:29] Josh: ugggg
[19:30] Aron: Title: A mime is kidnapped by terrorists and narrowly escapes after thwarting their plan but in the process is late for his wedding and now attempts to explain his predicament to his fiance.
[19:30] Josh: ...have you noticed that spending a whole day reading achewood makes you demented and disconnected from reality?
[19:31] Josh: ...well, more so?
[19:31] Aron: I think that last comic is a good one
[19:32] Josh: the mime one?
[19:32] Aron: Yeah
[19:33] Josh: ...that could be quite visually-intriguing
[19:34] Aron: I got an idea for a long one

*WARNING* DO NOT READ THE FOLLOWING JOKE

[19:35] Aron: A man stops at a gas station to relieve himself
[19:35] Aron: when going back to his vehicle, a man with a gun forces him inside the car and gets in the back, telling him to start driving
[19:36] Aron: The man is nervous and stutters out a question of where he is supposed to go
[19:37] Aron: The villain tells him to get on the freeway and head out of town
[19:37] Aron: The man is shocked and asks why the man can't take the car and leave him, to which the villain replies "I need you"
[19:37] Aron: "Me? Why me?"
[19:38] Aron: "That's a long story... It started back in '82, I was a young up and comer in a large
business, taking the world by storm
[19:38] Josh: aaeeuguguguhuguhghgh
[19:39] Josh: when will it end?!
[19:39] Aron: I was naive and eager to gain favor, so I of course quickly accepted when invited to my boss' hunting trip
[19:40] Aron: It was a week long affair and I had to purchase a whole new wardrobe just for this outing, but I didn't care. Sadly, those were to be the last clothes I wore for a month
[19:40] Aron: It was a girl, of course. I was drunk and immediately taken by her. That night we
slipped away unseen--or so we thought
[19:41] Aron: I was awoken at the crack of dawn by the barrel of a shotgun and I was told to start running
[19:41] Aron: I was hunted for weeks, hiding amongst the trees
[19:43] Aron: Eventually I used the girl--my boss' daughter I found out--as a hostage to make my escape. I hopped on a truck and drove until it ran out of gas, and then I left the girl and ran here
[19:43] Aron: Which is how I ran into you"
[19:43] Aron: "So why do you need me?"
[19:43] Aron: "Oh, right, sorry. Here you go." And they part ways
[19:43] Aron: The end
[19:43] Aron: You see
[19:44] Aron: This way
[19:44] Josh: here you go? he gives him something?
[19:44] Aron: No
[19:44] Aron: The reader hates you
[19:44] Aron: Just like you now hate me.
[19:44] Josh: yeah, but no more then normal
[19:44] Aron: He stops
[19:44] Aron: And lets the guy out
[19:44] Josh: but its the guy's car
[19:44] Aron: I guess it's hard to top what I already have
[19:50] Josh: each comic is like a stab in the brain
[19:51] Aron: title: Timmy Is Lost
[19:51] Aron: A young boy walks up to an older man and says "help me, I'm lost"
[19:51] Aron: The man says 'I say, dear boy, those are fetching shoes!'
[19:52] Aron: "Can you find my mommy?"
[19:52] Aron: 'Are they adidas?'
[19:52] Aron: "My tummy hurts."
[19:52] Aron: THE END
[19:52] Josh: i almost had hope for that one...
[19:53] Aron: ALMOST
[19:53] Aron: You should also make a comic
[19:53] Josh: oh yeah... its monday, huh?
[19:53] Aron: Titled "a platypus rides an enraged mother bear"
[19:54] Aron: No words
[19:54] Aron: Just as described
[19:54] Aron: The platypus should have a cowboy hat
[19:55] Aron: Next comic
[19:55] Aron: Title: Carpal Tunnel Hurts
[19:55] Aron: Show a man sitting in front of a computer with his hands in his lap
[19:55] Aron: He raises his right hand
[19:56] Aron: Presses his index finger to a key
[19:56] Aron: And says "ouch"
[19:56] Josh: great.
[19:56] Aron: Hey
[19:56] Aron: My ideas are better than your nothing
[19:56] Josh: actually, I think I'ma draw the tunnel one from the other day, so you don't need to...
[19:56] Aron:Here, this one will be right up you alley: Title: "This comic either represents the moral emptiness of our corrupt nation in a jab against our ailing society or the author is a lazy bastard and didn't fill in any of the panels." Then all the panels are blank.
[20:06] Josh: hmmm... a comic that doesn't require drawing anything... I like it

That's more then enough for one day, I suppose. Parts of this transcript were removed because Alex says they contain comic ideas too disturbing for human eyes to behold... so he wants me to draw them and post them on DDM.

*cough*