February 2012
59 posts
livingthismoment asked: As a relatively new runner that's just now training for a 5k, I applaud you. That's so badass. Marathons are just that bit beyond what the human body's natural endurance seems to be, so training and running something like that? Awesome. Good job, Clay!
Update
Halfway done depression comix #45 and 46. This week’s themes are suicide (sadly) and “depression as identity”.
About the marathon: thank you for your support. I ran 42 km in a little over five hours. Not the greatest record mind you, but it was my first marathon ever, there is definitely room to improve. I was doing well until 27 km until my left knee started to...
The answer is 42.
Just to prove to myself how much I hate myself, I will be running in the 2012 Tokyo Marathon tomorrow (my time), along with nearly thirty thousand other masochists. If I post tomorrow, it means I survived. The question was, how long is the course (in km)?
depression comix #43 and #44
This weeks strips are about depresssion, sadness, and empathy.
#43 [tumblr] [wordpress]
#44 [tumblr] [wordpress]
I’ve also added some strips to the primer. As always, comments are very very welcome.
depression comix: a primer →
I’m working on a primer for depression comix. There are now too many comics in there in a jumbled up order, and new readers are more likely to be confused more than anything. Especially those who do not suffer from depression but have been directed there by friends or family that suffer. Please take a look, and if there’s anything I’ve missed or messed up on, please tell me in a...
drthunderblood asked: Hey! Thanks for the follow! I like your comics and have been a fan of Sexy Losers for a long-ass time.
Update
Just finished inking depression comix #43 and 44.
I’m very humbled that a psychology blog in Brazil decided to use one of my strips in a posting about depression. See the post here: http://www.psicologacarla.com/2010/03/depressao-na-vida-adulta.html (in Portugese). It’s a great honor, and it’s very cool to see a comic of mine in Portuguese.
cockrageous asked: Hey, thanks for the follow! I've been a fan of yours since before the first name change and I was incredibly happy to see you get a mention on io9 today. I love your stuff.
cyberkevvideo asked: You seen this? "Depression can make you smarter by improving recollection, critical thinking, and raising attention span." I don't know if it's romanticizing/promoting depression or being an actual fact for us to take and realize that there really is a glass half-full aspect to everything in life.
pondusqualitas asked: As a gun owner, I’d have to...
247nino:
cloneboy:
thinhline:
Thank you for saying that. Cheers!
As a gun owner, I have to ask which safety rule it violates.
as a gun owner I keep all of my guns where ever the hell I like. fuck you
CARELESS USE OF MURDERING TOYS IS AN AMERICAN RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEDGE
Let's try...
Intervital made a couple of suggestions, and I’m going to try them both. depression comix is now hooked up to disqus and I’ve made yet another mirror for the comic at wordpress (http://depressioncomix.wordpress.com). Now, I’ll have to tweek that site for a while, but one thing has become apparent: it looks a lot better on mobile than tumblr does. A lot. So I’m glad that...
On depression comix #41 & 42
depression comix #41 - inspired by a number of comments I received about strips like #15 and #37 where I try to make it clear there is no choice in having depression but why hang onto it? Some of us hang on to it because it’s comfortable. Because we get used to it and being otherwise scares the shit out of us. Because the it’s the devil we know. For some people, depression becomes...
depression comix #42 →
depression comix #41 →
nossim asked: I just wanted to say that I did enjoy DC 39, sharing and discussing it among friends. Tumblr just doesn't become part of that. Perhaps it didn't resonate with the majority, or that was just the vocal minority of your fans. Is there an easier way to provide feedback that we enjoyed the comic without involving tumblr?
Update
Just finished coloring depression comix #41 and #42. I’m really quite happy that the latest thl theatre did quite well, over double the notes of any other thl comic. Maybe that idea I had for giving Ishida her own series as a sexy zombie had some merit. I will also keep my opinions on guns to myself from now on, because, well, people are scaring me. I forgot to wish you all a happy...
lilmookieesquire asked: Hey Clay, I've been a fan of you and your site since I found you though... was it the stile project? Then I found Sensible E through your site. I think that was 2001 or 2 or so. I just wanted to say that Sexy losers is/was awesome- but it's not SL unless your heart is in it. That said, I just wanted to ask you how Japan etc is treating you. Oddly enough I asked you to get a beer in Chiba...
On THL Theatre #2
I’ll get around to explaining why the Omar Dogan dedication at some point. Let’s just say his and Bryan O’Malley’s THL jam strip pretty much defined the character design of Yuko Ishida. The “part is played by Jenni Hashimoto” part is a reference to her excellent cosplay of Ishida (as if any cosplay she does would be less than excellent). It was nice to be able...
pondusqualitas asked: As a gun owner, I'd have to say that if you leave a loaded gun laying on your table that you should no longer be allowed to own a gun. It's careless and violates the rules of gun safety.
vulgarshudder asked: Long time no see Clay, bet you never thought I`d still be in Japan.
jsnodgers asked: I just want to put out there that you're not alone out there in thinking the gun thing is odd. Probably you already knew that, but sometimes you can end up only hearing from one side of things. If there was a loaded gun sitting on the table in my house, or any of the houses of my friends, then something likely would have gone horribly wrong in our lives, and I live in Arizona.
eriatarka asked: there's nothing wong with the loaded gun on the table because it not pose a direct threat to you. it's not like it's going to shoot you by itself. you think about it because a loaded gun is classified as dangerous in your mind, but it's just an inanimate object on a table
penicillinpolice asked: Hi, Clay. I've been reading sexylosers for a long time and every so often check back to see if it has updated... and today was happily surprised with your tumblr. I never knew you had struggled with depression. I've heard that Japan is not very proactive with recognizing and treating mental/depressive problems quickly or respectfully. Do you feel like that has been true with your...
RE: dad shooting his daughter's laptop
Since when did a gun become an acceptable tool in child discipline?
[EDIT: I’ve seen a lot of commentary but what escaped me is the use of a handgun. Maybe it’s because I’m Canadian, I’m not sure.. but IMHO a gun is a last resort kind of thing, and should never ever ever be used lightly. That people applaud the use of firearms in this way is shocking. If I was the...
Reblog if you'll answer anything in your ask right...
Doesn’t everybody on Tumblr do this anyways? I swear, sometimes these “reblog if” posts get pretty inane.
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On depression comix #39, 40, and tumblr mobile...
For tumblr, I mainly view it from a tablet, which means that I use the mobile version of the site. For a long time, I thought my strips looked like shit. Now I think I know the reason why.
The longer an image is vertically, the more tumblr compresses the image. Some images I have seen that are like three thousand pixels tall are nearly unreadable. As it is, depression comix and thin h line...
depression comix #40 (Valentine's Day special #2) →
depression comix #39 (Valentine's Day special #1) →
milnoc asked: All right! Let's see how Miyuki got back at you! :)
A One Act Play Featuring Kenta and Mrs. Shibata:... →
Another extended dialogue, this one from the Horny Mom series.
This probably needs a bit more tweaking to make sure Jin’s misunderstanding is more clear. But maybe it is clear enough already. Hopefully what is also clear are the parallels in their situations.
katbawlz asked: Well your sense of humor is similar to mine But I don't have anything bizarre to say.
katbawlz asked: We both enjoy comedy, and it appears you enjoy analyzing life just like I do.
katbawlz asked: I tell ya clay, you're a real down to earth dude. Even if you enjoy some of the strange things I enjoy. I thank you for sharing bits and pieces of your life with total strangers on the internet.
Update
Thank you very much for the feedback on the one-act plays. There were some good ideas given, including adding images (unfortunately I use the chat mode to enter these in, and chat mode does not allow me to add images or html code so the images would have to be in a separate post), making a big Sunday strip out of them (too much work, and drawing talking is so boring). But I’m glad they are...
On the One Act Plays Or Isn't It Fucking...
Recently I’ve been having ideas for “one act plays”. While I don’t seriously expect them to be made into plays, often I have ideas for THL-type extended dialogues that would not fit in the four panels; instead of throwing the idea out I thought it might be interesting to just make it a “one-act play”. I have tonnes of ideas for these, the next one I’m...
A One-Act Play featuring Mike and Mark: Current... →
Another one. If I could pitch this as a sit com, do you think anyone would buy it? (said with sarcasm)
fakingfakerson asked: Longtime fan, tons of adoration, you know how much we love you already (hint: a lot). But down to my question, have you considered funding publishing of your works via something like Kickstarter?
On thl theatre
A lot of things happened in my mind the past couple of weeks but an idea came to me on how I could do thin h line strips and still come to terms with its past. The thl theatre will focus on thl characters only, nothing else. And each strip will be dedicated to a friend whose contribution and friendship helped me along the way. The first strip is dedicated to Josh Lesnick, as I mentioned before....
