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Why I STILL Love Comics
Why I STILL Love Comics
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I assume that 90% of what I see online
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is just trolling. You see a video, find
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out it's AI, you got trolled. You click
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a link and hear the first two notes of
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this song. That's trolling. But when I
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read this comment on one of my comics, I
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wasn't entirely sure if it was trolling.
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Is Odds One Out on Comics Now?
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[laughter]
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Is Odds One Out on Comics Now?
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Well, Varard,
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let me tell you a quick history lesson
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of odds went out. Comics have always had
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a huge influence on my humor, literacy,
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and even the style of this channel. In
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fact, you can still see some of the
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effects comics had on this channel to
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this day. Let's start at the very
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beginning. [gasps]
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[crying]
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Growing up, my mom had a rule where I
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could only go on the family computer for
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however long I read a book for. James,
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what are you doing on the family
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computer? Oh, just a bit of trolling.
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All right, you need to look at a book
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now. But then I started reading comics
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during computer time. I stumbled upon so
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many unique and interesting web comics
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and I was able to read them all
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completely for free right on the family
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computer. And by filling up both my
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reading and computer time with nothing
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but comics, it was only a matter of time
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before I started my own web comic. My
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web comic would be about a family of
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three boys. And let me tell you, these
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boys were a crazy bunch. Remember the
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rules while I'm gone. Last time Jake
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bought a hot dog stand and a snow cone
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machine. All right, I'm off. I don't
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want any funny business. Guys, how about
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we discuss my computer privileges? over
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some snow cones. And I wanted the name
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of this comic to describe the wacky
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personality traits that made these boys
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the odd ones.
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That's it. That's the name of the comic,
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the Odd Ones Out.
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Which was already taken and in 2 seconds
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I went, "Oh, easy fix." So to answer the
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question, is Odds One Out on the Comics
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now?
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Who do you think the Odds One is?
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It's these three. To be fair, probably
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no one knows that these three boys are
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the odd number ones out because for the
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first couple years of posting comics,
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about zero people were reading them,
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except for mom. It was time for a
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rebrand. I figured brevity is the soul
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of wit. Plus, it was easier to draw. I
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kept making comics to an audience of
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zero people for years when eventually
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after throwing enough spaghetti at the
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wall. One of the spaghetti stuck. The
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spaghetti being this comic which I will
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now read to you. Do you like the book I
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loaned you? Ah. [screaming]
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Oh, you're at that part. Since my art
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style was everchanging, I would often
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update my profile picture pretty
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regularly, usually just using
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screenshots from the comics. And one day
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I made this comic about a guy doing a
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cannonball into a pool and then he uh
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killed the guy. And then I thought, hm,
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this pose in panel one would kind of be
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a good profile picture. It's square. And
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that ended up being the last time I ever
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updated my profile picture. Now you know
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why my icon is wearing a swimsuit even
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though I'm always commando. You can
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actually still see the diving board in
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the corner of my icon, too. Wait,
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actually, what's going on with this
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diving board? Why is the ladder going
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into the pool? Is this AI? Eventually,
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after doing comics long enough, I made
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the switch to YouTube and I named my
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channel, get this, The Odd Ones Out,
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Comic. I was still so tied to making
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comics that I basically treated my
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channel as like a moving comic strip. I
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actually kept the word comic in my
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username for so long that it's printed
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on my million subscriber plaque. Also,
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yeah, plaques used to look like this. I
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took a break making comics in 2017. But
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that's not to say I ever lost my passion
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in making comics. When YouTube shorts
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started to roll around, I turned some of
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my very early comics into vertical
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animations. And my comic making itch
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continued to grow that in 2023, me and
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my team started making comics again. And
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I've really been enjoying creating them
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for all of you. So, be raard. Circling
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back to your question, yes, odds went
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out has always been onto comics. Now,
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you know, Verard, back when I had to
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read to earn computer time, the only
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books that I like to read were comics.
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And my mom, who was just desperate for
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me to look at any kind of book, said,
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"Fine, whatever." And now I'm going to
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help the people of the world earn more
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computer time because I'm releasing my
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first ever comic book. This book
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contains a collection of some of my
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favorite comics along with some brand
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new, never-before-seen comics. Wow. Turn
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this boring coffee table into a bright,
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saturated one. Cool. Put it on your IKEA
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bookshelf to show everyone your vast
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collection of literature. Neat. You must
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be smart because you know how to read.
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But even if you don't know how to read,
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you're still in luck. Watch the magic of
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animation come to life as every book
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comes pre-equipped with a flip book
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animation. Look at him go. My comics
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were what launched this channel into
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existence, and it's super cool seeing
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them in print for the very first time.
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Check the link in the description to get
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yourself a copy for for right [music]
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now. And a final special shout out to
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you, Verard, for asking all the
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important questions. Check your DMs so I
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can send you a free copy. And everyone
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else, thank you for the support. And
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wear your seat belt. Oh my goodness, he
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said the thing. Wow, he said it.
