A True Love of the Game, By James Gibson
Consider this comic this season’s “Welcome Back Football, we love you” joke I usually do every year.
Today I am flying back from the UK, so I needed one final guest comic, and I think I saved the most appropriate for last. James is a friend of mine from RIT and he’s now a storyboard artist at Dreamworks. He knows absolutely nothing about football. I fully believe he just googled football terms so he could write something in those first few panels before things get weird. He doesn’t know what a gridiron is, I would place money on it. I would also like to laugh at how this comic confirms that all cartoonists like to draw themselves actually cartooning, which I’ve done quite a lot of.
But it’s still an honor to have you on the site James and thanks for helping me out. I’m thankful you decided against using the term “Tight End” anywhere in this comic. Nor “Penetration”. Or “Wide receiver”, or really any other of the myriad of football words that can be used suggestively. You kept it classy.
However I would never wear a blue and yellow diagonal striped tie, this friendship is over.
I want to thank everyone for their patience during this period of my life. I hope all the guest comics were fun to read and kept you entertained, it was fun to showcase some other people on the site. I realize it was an awkward time to get married what with week 1 happening while I was gone, and I’m sure I missed a hell of a lot of material that I’ll likely never get a chance to touch on, but such is life. Normal comics will resume now.
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I think you might’a had a bit too much boozeahol in Scotland, dude, them’s is white stripes. You could always ‘shop an NY logo to the bottom of the tie if it makes you more comfortable…?
Scotland always seems to be involved with these disagreements of color in some way. From the same people who brought you The Dress, now we have the male version, The Tie.
I’d say you basically missed the greatest and wildest Week 1 in memory. So many close games, so much stuff happening.
That’s why I got married in August. 😛
I got married in January, but my wife is a football fan, and planned the reception + wedding to incorporate the playoffs.
This comic is actually pretty good.
Wait, what’s with this cutting it off just as things get interesting bit?
Unrelated and belated: Congratulations to you and Keeley!
So many crazy games you never made fun of… Arizona getting torched by a backup QB.. Again; Carolina choking against Denver.. Again. The Cowboys being stupid in the final moments of the game.. Again. Jesus man, why didn’t you get married in August or something?
All jokes aside, congrats.
You missed a myriad of great touchdown dances. Cruz and Brown especially
AB twerking on us was amazing. I’m not even mad tbqh.
It truly was a moment. Key and Peele are real.
Welcome back Dave. I hope you enjoyed Scotland and that you brought back your entire baggage allowance worth of Irn-Bru.
So unrealistic no football player would do that because he’d get a penalty for taking his helmet off like that.
Dwayne Rudd would, but he’s not playing anymore.
I suppose it was for the best this was the week you went on your honeymoon. The Uproxx doodle bets would have killed you.
Na needed an “end around” in there.
RGIII, Revis and Jeff Fisher breathe a sigh of relief that you didn’t make a comic this week. Two of those guys may make it in later in the year, though.
Are you doing an article in Uproxx this year?
I’ll miss you guest comics
Also, missed a perfect sex cannon moment
Kirk Cousins is trash
Our playcalling was trash. Steelers were rushing 4 or 3 guys, shutting down any passes over 10 yards. Instead of taking advantage of everyone dropping down in coverage, we…call just 12 run plays?
you could always do extra comics to catch up on things
I don’t think we would mind so much having to read more on the off days, as long as there are pretty pictures to look at
Meanwhile, Tom Brady to be suspended for four games for his suspected involvement in deflating the ESPN Fantasy Football Servers…
Meanwhile, Tom Brady to be suspended for his suspected involvement in deflating the ESPN Fantasy Football servers…
That tie is blue and white, not blue and yellow…
Hey, this is Trevor Lawrence
No, this is patrick