Masters of the Anticlimax

The First of Many...

Let me first start by welcoming you to Dominos Online. Welcome!

If you've seen the first comic already then you've seen a glorious vision of things to come, or a bunch of crap, it's all perspective really. But what I think you're wondering about most is, why is this web comic different than any other about two gamers? Well, I broke my arm, tragically I could not hold a controller (*sniff*). This also meant that anything entertaining (other than TV and mouse-driven games such as Diablo II and Red Alert II) were off limits, including hacky-sack. So naturally, with nothing else to do at lunch, myself and my subordinate, Alex, sought fulfillment. It came late, one Sunday afternoon. Whilst searching for a long lost GameFan magazine I found it! Trapped inside the depths of the deepest darkest pit imaginable, i.e. my closet, came forth the radiance of it's box, Dominos, it read. I stood in awe, the addiction of the East, the ever mysterious game of Dominos. I quickly scanned the box, until then I was sure that Dominos was played by lining them up and knocking them down. But now I knew the truth, I quickly spread my knowledge to cock-jockey, a.k.a. Alex. It was during a game that we decided that we were too hilarious to keep bottled up. We knew our special brand of hilarity required something more, something like... a web comic. We were also lazy so Dominos, the game that started it all, was declared the name, and there was much rejoicing.

But now I bet you're all wondering: who is this daring, intelligent, devilishly handsome man to whom you have the pleasure of being allowed to read his news post? Well, my name... is Ronan (*gasps from those present*). And I will be the harbinger of news posts here at Dominos online. Several times a week I will accompany the comic with a hilarious anecdote, something to complain about and most likely an explanation. Think of me as the writer/producer of our lovely little comic.

You're probably wondering what our little comic strip is about, well it's about the life of two gamers (quell surprise), namely Alex and myself. However unlike most web comics most characters are real people, with some obvious exceptions which you'll see soon enough.

Sadly, however, I believe that as this is our first comic and we have done little to no advertising... NO ONE WILL READ THIS! So I can actually say whatever the hell I want, like I don't like grey people, Dai katana was a good game, and I secretly hate Halo. So for those of you who have stumbled across the best damn web comic this side of Chibougamu , thrice a week we'll bring you fresh Domino hijinks (I love that word).

-Ronan

I Suppose I Should Write One of These Things Too...

Howdy, I'm Alex, the "artist" of this comic strip. I use the term "artist" very loosely as I have, prior to this, no experience as an artist with the exception of crayon drawings in kindergarten. When we both realized that we could write comics better than most (if I do say so myself) we had but one problem: we needed to be able to make them. Since we soon figured out that Ronan can barely hold a pencil straight, I got shafted into the position of head artist. It was a while before I felt that my skills were at an acceptable level to publish comics on the web, but finally, after almost a year, here we are. Hopefully my skills will continue to progress as with every comic I make, but I'll probably always think of myself as a hack.

Of course we were only ready to start the site right when school is just about to start (first year at Heritage College in Quebec) so now I have to juggle this site along with school... Oh well. Let's see just need to make sure Ronan (Ass boy) didn't make an ass of himself... Ah yes, I am not his subordinate, Dai Katana wasn't actually a good game, and hijinks isn't that great a word. Now that the damage control is done, I'll return to my hole were all the actual work gets done.

Cheers,

Alex