So here they are! My top 2 favorite comics so far for Matter of Fact.

2. Act Like An Adult

Yes, it is true- today’s comic is in fact #2 on my list and is posting the same day. I didn’t realize this would happen until about 20 minutes before I started typing this, but oh well. I think this comic is pretty much self-explanatory. The only input I would give is to not use this phrase anymore. You can’t say act like an adult and then have the kid look to his left and see two grown men beating each other up over a baseball that has just been hit into the stands. A BASEBALL! A…BASEBALL…THAT YOU CAN BUY IN ANY SPORTS STORE!!!

1. Giraffe Talent Show

Again, one of those that everytime I look at it I just smirk. And then I think deeper into it. How long did it take them to set up? Were they nervous? Did they mess up? I don’t care if no one else likes this one, I do. KA-CHONG!

If you hung in there this entire week and read which ones were my favorite, I really appreciate it. I hope you enjoyed our travels down memory lane. I am looking forward to drawing many more of these for you and I hope you look forward to reading them.

ALSO! A big change in my art style is happening in the next couple of weeks. I have already posted about this before and you can even see comics already in that style. But the big permanent change to that new style is going to happen during the week of the 13th. I look forward to the new style. It has been fun for me to draw so far and I think it is really going to help out the panels.

Thanks for reading. As always, tell your friends and family members!

I just realized that with this countdown happening every day this week that you are getting 3 Matter of Fact comics a day. THREE! That has got to be truly amazing for you guys. Truly amazing, I agree. ONWARD to the countdown!

4. GPS

I actually got this idea from a GPS actually telling us to drive off a cliff. Awesome. We were driving on top of a mountain in North Carolina and there was a left turn coming up and it told us to take a right, which would have plummeted us to our deaths. I don’t do it often but I disagreed with GPS on that one. However, the real reason I like this one is not because it is funny, because it really isn’t at all (which I’m sure most of you say that to about more than half of my comics). The reason I like it and the real reason I drew it is because of the message. Even though you are using GPS to tell you where to go you still have to pay attention and use your own brain and to decipher what it is telling you and also if that is really the best thing for you. The same can be said for a belief system or if you were reading a book that you really really liked. Even though you may agree with most of the stuff that book is telling you you still have to look at the real world application. Does it translate well or are there some things in there that are questionable? If a GPS system told you to drive off a cliff and you knew that it would kill you would you blindly follow that instruction?

3. KKK Three’s Company

The last time I did my Top Ten Favorites for my first 100 comcis this was #1, and it almost was again. So close. I really do like this one a lot, and again it is because of the message of forming relationships based on similarities rather than differences. However, the comic offers up the reality of the world we live in with the wording of, “Even if only for a fraction of a moment” which of course implies that the hate between the KKK member and the African-American was restored almost instantly. Since the last Top Ten that I put out this comic has hit home more than ever. I still hear of people of one religion bashing other religions (more often than I like to hear); I have heard some VERY narrowed minded viewpoints on Barack Obama being voted president and these complaints that I am speaking of were not because of his policies but because of the color of his skin; and then society’s take on homosexuality. I can not believe how outright prejudiced people are against homosexuals and the things people are allowed to say without getting in trouble…and that is from people in publicly paid elected positions! What is the commonality that homosexuals and heterosexuals have? Well, the biggest thing is that we all have a desire to love and be loved. It isn’t about what sexual organ goes where and up what. It is about people having a relationship with each other and sharing that love for one another. This is also where the GPS comic and this comic blend together so well. Use YOUR judgement to decide if bashing a person based on their sexual preference is right. How would you like it if someone told you that you and your spouse had to get divorced or that you two should never be allowed to marry? I don’t think you would like that at all and you would probably wonder why this was the other person’s business to begin with.

Anyway, I am stepping off my soapbox. Tomorrow concludes the Top Ten Countdown. Be sure to check back in. Thanks for reading!

My Top Ten favorite Matter of Fact comics continue to celebrate the 200th comic coming up this Friday:

6. Monk See

This one appeals to me because I know the evolution this panel went through to get to this final state. Usually, my comics are one-stop drawings and they are finalized, mainly because I try to work out the kinks before I draw them. However, when I drea the original to this I wasn’t satisfied with the set-up of the joke. It didn’t do the punchline justice. So I drew another draft, similar to the one that you see here, however it showed a monk pouring candlewax down the other monk’s robe. The candle fit the time period better however it was so small you could not tell what was going on. So I thought- what would be big enough to use for this practical joke? Of course- crash cymbals. Monks always use those! No but seriously, I do like the pacing of this comic a lot. It also does have a message…especially for parents- whether you know it or not your actions will be the example for the others around you. Are you a prick in front of your kids? Guess what? Miniature pricks.

5. Doomed Relationship

The main reason I like this comic so much is because the snowman is not the only who will be dooomed by this relationship. People often overlook that by the snowman melting his water will go into the electric outlet that the radiator is plugged into and short circuit it. THUS, the truly doomed relationship for all involved. I don’t know how this one came to me as I live in Florida. I just remember trying to think up a relationship where both parties are doomed from the start, but how I got to a snowman and a radiator I have no idea.

Today continues the countdown of my Top Ten favorite comics from my first 200 Matter of Fact panels (EVER!).

8. Accident Factory

Again, another silly comic to start off the list. In fact, I’m going to burst your bubble and let you know that all the comcis are silly until we get to #4 on the countdown. THERE! I did it…I ruined some of the suspense…

…anyway…

Every once in a while I work a shift or two at Disney’s Animal Kingdom and I remember when they put one of these posters in the break room (Disneyfied though) and it got me thinking about where the company would not want that number to get too high at all. So that was the genesis behind this comic.  The last sentence of the comic was added at the last second, and I am really glad I added it. I think it gives it a double punch…but that’s just me…I could be wrong about that.

7. Caught Reading

This one would actually be higher if the drawing was better. It was one of those that was drawn within the first 3 months and is grossly apparent that I was trying to find my sea legs. But I find the idea of books reading each other for pleasure very amusing (NOT stimulating! But amusing…please do not misquote me on this). This one is similar in concept to the Accident Factory- who would get yelled at for reading? I guess teenage books trying to read each other. Perhaps, if these books were going to mess around in the future they should do so in a room that has a door on it.

Comic countdown continues tomorrow with 6 and 5!

I don’t know how the time flies- maybe its the new baby that has taken over the house- but the 200th comic of Matter of Fact will post this Friday. So to celebrate the comic I will be doing a Top Ten of the first 200 comics and countdown presenting two each day. Without further ado, here are numbers 10 and 9 of the countdown:

10. Atlantis

There is really no true meaning behind this one. I just love the idea of scientists and explorers getting excited about being one of the first peoples to ever lay eyes on the lost city of Atlantis, and then they realize that someone has been here before, and not only somebody but the world’s foremost leading restaurant chain in the world that is EVERYWHERE! You can’t escape them.

9. Young Ted Kaczynski

I can tell you one reason I do NOT like this comic: everytime I need to type the name of the comic I have to look up how to spell Kaczynski’s last name (I just had to look at the title again on how to spell it). Just like Atlantis though, this one is just really about being silly and has no hidden meaning. It’s just one of those that everytime I look at it I chuckle a little bit. The look on Ted’s face is what I think I like the best. Plus I’m really proud of the smoke I drew.

Tomorrow! You will get 8 and 7! Stayed tuned and tell your friends. Thanks!