Why I STILL Love Comics

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0:00I assume that 90% of what I see online

0:04is just trolling. You see a video, find

0:06out it's AI, you got trolled. You click

0:09a link and hear the first two notes of

0:10this song. That's trolling. But when I

0:14read this comment on one of my comics, I

0:17wasn't entirely sure if it was trolling.

0:21Is Odds One Out on Comics Now?

0:24[laughter]

0:26Is Odds One Out on Comics Now?

0:30Well, Varard,

0:34let me tell you a quick history lesson

0:37of odds went out. Comics have always had

0:40a huge influence on my humor, literacy,

0:42and even the style of this channel. In

0:45fact, you can still see some of the

0:47effects comics had on this channel to

0:49this day. Let's start at the very

0:52beginning. [gasps]

0:54[crying]

0:56Growing up, my mom had a rule where I

0:58could only go on the family computer for

1:00however long I read a book for. James,

1:02what are you doing on the family

1:03computer? Oh, just a bit of trolling.

1:08All right, you need to look at a book

1:09now. But then I started reading comics

1:12during computer time. I stumbled upon so

1:15many unique and interesting web comics

1:17and I was able to read them all

1:19completely for free right on the family

1:21computer. And by filling up both my

1:23reading and computer time with nothing

1:25but comics, it was only a matter of time

1:28before I started my own web comic. My

1:31web comic would be about a family of

1:33three boys. And let me tell you, these

1:36boys were a crazy bunch. Remember the

1:39rules while I'm gone. Last time Jake

1:41bought a hot dog stand and a snow cone

1:43machine. All right, I'm off. I don't

1:45want any funny business. Guys, how about

1:48we discuss my computer privileges? over

1:51some snow cones. And I wanted the name

1:54of this comic to describe the wacky

1:56personality traits that made these boys

1:58the odd ones.

2:00That's it. That's the name of the comic,

2:03the Odd Ones Out.

2:06Which was already taken and in 2 seconds

2:08I went, "Oh, easy fix." So to answer the

2:12question, is Odds One Out on the Comics

2:15now?

2:17Who do you think the Odds One is?

2:21It's these three. To be fair, probably

2:23no one knows that these three boys are

2:26the odd number ones out because for the

2:28first couple years of posting comics,

2:31about zero people were reading them,

2:33except for mom. It was time for a

2:36rebrand. I figured brevity is the soul

2:40of wit. Plus, it was easier to draw. I

2:43kept making comics to an audience of

2:45zero people for years when eventually

2:48after throwing enough spaghetti at the

2:49wall. One of the spaghetti stuck. The

2:53spaghetti being this comic which I will

2:55now read to you. Do you like the book I

2:58loaned you? Ah. [screaming]

3:01Oh, you're at that part. Since my art

3:04style was everchanging, I would often

3:06update my profile picture pretty

3:08regularly, usually just using

3:10screenshots from the comics. And one day

3:12I made this comic about a guy doing a

3:14cannonball into a pool and then he uh

3:17killed the guy. And then I thought, hm,

3:20this pose in panel one would kind of be

3:22a good profile picture. It's square. And

3:25that ended up being the last time I ever

3:27updated my profile picture. Now you know

3:30why my icon is wearing a swimsuit even

3:32though I'm always commando. You can

3:34actually still see the diving board in

3:35the corner of my icon, too. Wait,

3:37actually, what's going on with this

3:38diving board? Why is the ladder going

3:40into the pool? Is this AI? Eventually,

3:43after doing comics long enough, I made

3:45the switch to YouTube and I named my

3:47channel, get this, The Odd Ones Out,

3:52Comic. I was still so tied to making

3:55comics that I basically treated my

3:57channel as like a moving comic strip. I

4:00actually kept the word comic in my

4:02username for so long that it's printed

4:05on my million subscriber plaque. Also,

4:08yeah, plaques used to look like this. I

4:09took a break making comics in 2017. But

4:12that's not to say I ever lost my passion

4:14in making comics. When YouTube shorts

4:16started to roll around, I turned some of

4:18my very early comics into vertical

4:20animations. And my comic making itch

4:22continued to grow that in 2023, me and

4:25my team started making comics again. And

4:27I've really been enjoying creating them

4:29for all of you. So, be raard. Circling

4:33back to your question, yes, odds went

4:36out has always been onto comics. Now,

4:39you know, Verard, back when I had to

4:41read to earn computer time, the only

4:44books that I like to read were comics.

4:47And my mom, who was just desperate for

4:49me to look at any kind of book, said,

4:51"Fine, whatever." And now I'm going to

4:54help the people of the world earn more

4:55computer time because I'm releasing my

4:58first ever comic book. This book

5:00contains a collection of some of my

5:01favorite comics along with some brand

5:03new, never-before-seen comics. Wow. Turn

5:06this boring coffee table into a bright,

5:08saturated one. Cool. Put it on your IKEA

5:10bookshelf to show everyone your vast

5:12collection of literature. Neat. You must

5:14be smart because you know how to read.

5:17But even if you don't know how to read,

5:19you're still in luck. Watch the magic of

5:21animation come to life as every book

5:23comes pre-equipped with a flip book

5:25animation. Look at him go. My comics

5:28were what launched this channel into

5:30existence, and it's super cool seeing

5:32them in print for the very first time.

5:34Check the link in the description to get

5:36yourself a copy for for right [music]

5:38now. And a final special shout out to

5:40you, Verard, for asking all the

5:43important questions. Check your DMs so I

5:45can send you a free copy. And everyone

5:48else, thank you for the support. And

5:50wear your seat belt. Oh my goodness, he

5:52said the thing. Wow, he said it.

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