It literally took 5 minutes to come up with these comics, which makes me believe we really COULD be in the newspaper! As you can see though, the quality would be about on par with what you get in your daily paper, so it’s not likely to happen. On another note, I’d like to draw some attention to this great followup to last week’s comic, by SuperPaperBoy!
When I first looked at the script Tim sent me for this comic, it was so painful I couldn’t even finish reading it. Mission accomplished. Oh, and I couldn’t resist doing one more horrible, horrible joke… been thinking about it all week now. Also, Wyrm made this fan strip for us, as well as this one by Cengizhan.
I actually kinda like the Tuesday one.
Also, 5 comics this week; score!
Wow. I think this is one of the first times where I can truly say “This comic used to be good.” You know, way back on Monday. But Friday really was a let-down.
Also, I just got Thursday!
Like the Layton Comic!
Not really funny, but I guess that’s kind of the point. …So is that a good thing or a bad thing? How confusing…
Friday is my favorite, because it seems to be poking fun at real newspaper comics the most.
Yeah…I kinda agree with your first point.
The Lego one was kinda funny though.
Wow. That is awesome. The sad part is that is better than a lot of daily newspaper comics. Next try superhero graphic novel, or maybe spoof advertisement. A “what-if-we-sold-out” kind of deal.
*cough sound* There are seven days in the week, so since there are only five comics in this comic it is not “daily”. Anyway I don’t think it was that bad, I liked Wednesday the most.
Ah, love the comic(s) this week guys. Didn’t Ray used to do comics for his local or school paper? I remembered him mentioning something like it in a past podcast. I’m probably mistaken, though.
Oh, and glad to see a Tim & Ray comic for the first time in a few months. Looking at the archives they’re very infrequent, which I guess is a good thing. The site is more about game humor, not Tim & Ray humor.
One thing that I’ve just noticed… why does Tim always have a Dr. Pepper can? Subtle advertising? That must be how he fills his pool of money.
That means they should have put a picture of Tim with a can of Dr. Pepper in the end of last week’s comic.
Hahaha this is much better than last weeks comic. You have to make 2PSTART a daily webcomic. I wonder what happens to Lace next.
NCGNCGNCGNCGNCG
Why five? Dumb question.
But if it does go daily, they’ll be out of ideas… seven times faster.
NCG, I chuckled at Monday and Tuesday, just read Wednesday (lame), lol’d at the reference on Thursday (which is weird, because while I was introducing my cousin to 2PStart!, we read through the archive yesterday!). I just sighed on Friday (I got the DBZ feeling, which is why I only watch DBK).
Btw, what happened to the comment preview Tim?
W….O….W im glad you guy’s don’t do that for real…………..rite?…………guy’s?…………….hello?……………..
Tims deepest darkest secret is ……
HE … IS… A…LEGO!
well awesome web comic i cant wait for the pod cast.
Cool comic guys my favorite part was the nod to the professor Layton one.
I enjoyed it, but you’re right, it probably should not be a daily comic.
Wow. not looking forward to Friday. Thanks for the warning, future Ray!
ProTip: The stars were a bit friendlier. This new badge makes me look like I know what I’m doing.
Made me laugh, but it’s also true.
I would suggest that Ray designs and creates the look of the Premium Member emblem. Because both the star and the “Pro” emblem don’t really look like they belong on this site.
Ray did design the PRO badge.
…Oh.
Well, in my face.
Oh wait, I get it now! You’re pretending that the comic is syndicated in newspapers!
Oh, brother… Nice comic guys! It was intentionally bad, but ends up being pretty funny, like the Silver Surfer comic. I liked the small detail of Ray not having fingers, which I’m guessing is a reference to when he made comics for his school newspaper.
Hey, I’m Acgamer, and I am officially rising from my grave. Tim said on one of the podcasts that he wanted someone to grave-rise for a stupid comic to tell you how much it sucks. So that is what I’m here to do, though that was kind of your point with this comic, so good job. 😛 I’ve read every comic (starting with Fixing an Election) and listened to the podcast since around 75. Thanks for making a great Webcomic, thanks Tim for helping me fix my account problems (Comcast doesn’t like you guys) and keep up the awesome stuff.
The world is monochrome, there are only five days in the week and the word ‘My’ is always capitalized. This is the parallel universe where 2P START! is a daily comic. Scary.
This is REALLY funny, not because the strips are good (they’re not supposed to be), it’s just the humor of how cheesy they are that makes them so amazingly funny, I was laughing my head off reading through these.
NCG.
Also, you forgot Saturday and Sunday… :/
And another thing, Lace’s line should have been “I’m gonna get you, Anti-Alias!”
in reference to this: http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=28
We already had 2P in the Family, so why not?
Or “Anti-Alias, you’re a big thorn in my side.”
or “I’m here to clean your clock.”
Sunday will be next week and in full color with a small joke at first and then a normal sized one. All in the same humor taste of course
Ah, the old “trying to be funny by looking like you’re trying to look like you’re not funny even though you’re trying to be funny” routine. Busted. I see right through your little games.
(but seriously, nice comics guys)
Incidentally, I probably should have done this some weeks ago, but it didn’t occur to me – I hereby apologize for, having Rise(n) From My Grave™ some months ago, essentially falling straight back into my aforementioned grave and continuing to lurk in the shadows, reading your comics but not leaving a single comment (how dare I). Fear not though, for I came to my senses and am commenting freely again. Funnily enough, the first non-Grave-Rising comment I posted was about the idea of having a supplement of 2P Start Lite-ish minicomics running alongside the regular fixture… are you guys trying to make a point here?
Wow,this comic use to be so good awhile back.At least the Friday comics haven’t gone down hill.
oh man, i absolutely lost it at the throw back to professor layton. and the wash me was pretty funny too.
Favorite one was the thursday comic
AH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA, OHOHOHO…HEHEHEHEHE…
HEH-HEH-HEH…heh heh heh… Oh, boy!
“Oh, brother.” Priceless. My racially homogeneous, middle class suburban life can so relate to that.
I hope next week, we get to follow a dotted line as Ray walks around the neighborhood in an unusual way.
That must be Sunday.
OK, i think we ALL know why rays 360 is untouched *cough* sonic unleashed *cough*
He just hasn’t been able to pick up any Disney games recently.
My favorite panels were Thursday and Friday. Imagine how disappointing this comic would become if it were truly daily. Waiting every day to see a mediocre joke poorly executed and maybe getting one that you actually liked once a week, if that. Without the glorious art and subtle humor that made this comic, it might actually die. As a unique comic idea I’d say this one worked, but never go over to the dark side of newspaper comics. Also, I really like the texture you used in the background throughout the comic. What is it paper bag?
Adventures of Lace issue 2: “Anti-Alias! What have you done??!!”
Anyone else notice that Tim-sama’s soda can says “DK” on it?
Are you sure that’s “DK” instead of just some random drawing that Ray decided to put on the can? Maybe looking for hidden details got to your head elah!
I’m pretty sure it’s just Dr…as in Dr. Pepper…
ditto that, it.s dr for dr pepper….if it had anything “DK” on it, i would know about it
I still say it looks like “DK.”
As good as 5 days of 2P awesomeness sounds, I wonder if this would actually work. Maybe 2 or 3 smaller comics a week wouldn’t be so bad! Anyways, NCG. My favorite was probably Wednesday’s comic, though all were pretty clever. And seeing this I wonder when the next Lace comic is gonna be. I’ve really been waiting for another one!
Oh crap, I’ve got through the archives and I’m at today’s comic… le poop 😮
What to do now?! I’m gonna be waiting for the new comic every week like the rest of you :'(
Don’t worry, JohnnyBlazE, once you get used to it, it doesn’t hurt as much any more. 😛
NCG, btw. I, like many before me, thought the thursday comic was the best. You do realize though that many comics in the paper have four panels and some have 6-8 panels in two lines, which expands the amount of time you have for comedic buildup.
Also, is this a follow up to that “Anatomy of a Comic” podcast, talking about how your comics would be terrible if it was in a horizontal format? 🙂
But they funny thing is, the comic still isn’t in horizontal format because you have to scroll down vertically to see the next “day’s” comic.
Darn it! We really need that edit feature back. I always notice a typo two seconds after I hit the “submit comment” button.
Welcome to the gang. Subscribe to the podcast, it’ll at least give you one more day of fresh 2P Start content
Nice comic(s) guys! Now, does this mean that Tim is actually related to Professor Layton? So then is Ray the Luke of 2P START!?
And it was amazing! I was reading over Monday’s comics yesterday, and Marmaduke actually had an attempt at a joke! It still wasn’t very funny, but it was an attempt nonetheless.
Did you know it’s REALLY hard to work Rouge into a Tim and Ray comic? I bet you didn’t. But it is!
🙁 no more preview of any sort…
Hey, I have an Idea: AJAX!! Tim, see if there’s a plug-in somewhere for a preview “window”. Basically, you click the Preview button, and an AJAX script sends the comment text to a preview page/module/plugin. That thing will format the comment like it was being submitted and send it back to the AJAX script, which then displays the preview comment box under the comment input field. This way, the page doesn’t reload when you preview it, keeping things from getting lost in the reload.
[fyi: AJAX is what Facebook uses to load pages without reloading everything and what GMail uses to load mail messages and stuff. I made a page with AJAX recently (link, click the links to see the text change without reloading the whole page). It’s awesome stuff. 🙂 ]
I can’t honestly say I find this funny. I get the meta joke, but I don’t think that is strong enough to carry the weak humor and art that is the actually comic. Sorry. Here’s looking to next week though, right?
I gotta say, when I heard the podcast the other day, I thought you guys were going to blow it and be really stupid on purpose. Not to the point where the comic wouldn’t be funny, but that it would be a groaner.
What we got however, actually seems really creatively and carefully crafted. (Alliteration for the win!) The writing that went into making each mini-comic semm like an aged relic from the paper was spot on. The art style is awesome and totally adds to the integrity of this specific comic, and the whole thing even has a punch line in the Friday Lace strip.
So quite honestly, I belive this to be a great comic and one that totaly fits the 2P Start style. NGC!
This just occurred to me. Because of the Thursday comic, we now know MonoTim (see what I did there? Monotone, Tim? *whew*, tough crowd) is so emotionless and depressing all the time! He’s really a giant, walking, talking hunk of plastic! It’s fascinating discoveries like these that make the world go round…
Didn’t know what to except after listening to the podcast, but I have to say I’m quite pleased with this. Yes, it was supposed to be bad, but still amusing.
(Though you should have mentioned what this was about, Ray. I see some random people actually think this is a serious comic? Listen to the latest podcast, you guys.)
Admittedly I liked Wednesday. And Friday is so far my favourite Lace comic.
Though, this raises the question; Will “Oh brother.” Be Ray’s new catchphrase?
I don’t know about everyone else but I loved most of these, the friday one reminded me of the way Tim and Ray were joking about dragon ball z. By the way Ray and Tim, why is it that no matter what you do in your comics you always have a cool style even if its a sucky joke? oh…right..cause Tim does the jokes and Ray does the art…. 😀
Well, this is why 2P START! is weekly.
Although Friday is awesome. So is Wednesday.
Oh, and the links to share are pretty awesome. Although I’m shocked to find that BvrBoy has already Dugg it…….
Haha I have no clue why I submitted that to Digg, thought I would try. Maybe it would get on the front page, who knows?
Oh, brother…
That was great, one of your better recent comics. The artwork was clean, and the jokes were lame enough that it was funny (as was intended). Now, all that remains is to remake the Professor Layton comic with Tim playing the role of Layton, and Ray playing Luke.
Also, when are we going to see another official Lace comic? And what about another Miley comic? Come on, Toon Ray is married now, so you’ve got to have some ideas.
~ Obilink
This has got to be my favorite comic. I’m a regular reader of Garfield and used to frequent the Sunday funnies as a kid as well as some other days and without your podcast, I doubt I would’ve gotten the jokes. This is literally /the/ funniest comic on here; I even laughed more than once. I guess it’s funniest because I just finished hearing you guys talk about that future comic on the show and then went to the site really quick to check it: P.
You know what’s troubling me about this comic? The fact that the paper is crinkled… and yet it still follows the outline to create a perfect rectangle. Other than that, I thought this was pretty hilarious, considering you guys came up with it on the podcast. You should really link the podcast in your comment, so perhaps we could get more comic readers over there to experience what’s up.
… But seriously, you guys are complaining about random special effects ruining a movie and yet you’re trying to stimulate the effect of crumpled paper without wrinkling the outside? Rolemodel–
That should say rolemodel- – but it seems that it combines my minus signs into a longer dash… >__>.
NCG, even though you forgot Saturday and Sunday… Unless that is when you take a day off and plan Next weeks’ abomination 😉
whee im finally back! and what an awesome comic to come back to! I’m curious, was this an easy or a hard comic to make/write? im guessing the drawing was easy but i dont want to assume. also, it looks like rays high-school style art 🙂
wow Wyrm I didn’t notice that paper crinkle until you pointed it out. Well nice comic guys. Yeah I had the effort to type it out in words.
That sounded a bit generic didn’t it?
I like Thursday’s, even though we’ve already seen Tim’s hair.
I know this is supposed to be unfunny but this is funnier than 20% of 2pstart comics.
This is a good way to scare off fans that demand more 2P Start. I like the once a week format. Not every comic can handle multiple strips a week, and even the ones that do are seldom funny. Most of the time it’s a random pop culture reference to what’s happening in the news.
This just really reminded me of Dueling Analog’s brother (or is it sister?) comic The Outer Circle.
Hey, this is the perfect comic to introduce my friend to 2PSTART! I have a feeling he’ll really get a kick out of Tuesday’s comic.
On a serious note, this is easily my favorite 2PSTART comic in weeks. The art is appropriately poor, and I don’t think it’s possible to live in modern society without having come across a dull newspaper comic. It’s really a fantastic comic that can be appreciated by anyone.
ha ha. ncg.
Definitely rolled my eyes at the corniness of just about all of them. I think Tuesday’s was my favorite. I like Tim’s expression while facing the camera.
Wednesday was pretty funny and the triumphant return of Lace was nice. Otherwise kind of a “meh” week. At least it was a FULL week though
repetitive art with a few exceptions, jokes feels like from a newspaper… you got this one right I beleive
(Come back for a whole new comment next week! and a shocking revelation from Lace)
Since this is a Knock on repetitive comics like Garfield, I decided to go do the next step… Take out the main character, just like Garfield minus Garfield. Presenting… 2P START – P…
Now Tim is talking to himself about stuff 😀
Am I good or what?
hahaha
genius
Wow that was unexpected. But not unfunny, nice one.
It would be more fun if you remove Ray in Thursdaay’s comic.
That might be another to save for later.
That wins so much.
Ask and you shall receive,
Part 2! (dedicated to Blaster)
Tim loses his beanie and blames it on a person who isn’t there!
Hello there 2P Start. Excellent comic you guys. I especially liked the joke in Friday’s comic referencing what you said in Monday’s Podcast about Dragon Ball Z. Heh heh heh.
Anyways, I’m listening to the podcast as I type and have decided that after my looooong time of reading your comics I might asa well register and comment as I don’t want to be buried alive.
Well guys, keep up the good work. I’ve sure enjoyed it thus far and I don’t think you’ll be disappointing me any time soon.
The monotony of the everyday comic, alas, here on the internet! And what do we see? We see punch lines half, maybe even quarter assed. We see animation that leaves the eye screaming for more. We see Tim and Ray stand triumphantly, if not precariously over the rotting carcas of daily print. Careful where you tread, boys, you know not the ends of your means.
Great comic.
Long time Reading and Listining to you guys. AND NOW I CAN SAY…….
IM RISING FROM THE GRAVE MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhAHAHAHAHAHAH
Love you guys,amazing comic,amazing dudes
I think this comic is one of the funniest, loved the whole washed me. lol i never use my 360
Friday’s was the only good one.
Yeah, I wonder what will happen next week!
She moves slightly to attack an enemy?
THE TENSION IS SO THICK I CAN CUT IT WITH A KNIFE!
i used to have a webcomic with those “5 comic a week” quality jokes. sadly my comic was only like once every two weeks. i didnt write them though
A comedian is only as good as the material he says…
A cartoonist is like a Comedian, only Illustrated instead of Vocal.
I know, since I
do all of my own stuntsWrite my own material…Does Ray have a Lego Sonic hat?
I certainly hope so.
It was the pattapon comic that got me into this site, and theres only been a few that have been of the same quality since then. So I must bid this comic farewell, you’ve gone down the same path as Awkward Zombie with strings of comics that deviate from what was just naturally funny to a real stretch.
You’re insulting 2P Start! AND Awkward Zombie!?!? Blasphemy! XD
Blasphemy!!?? This is MADNESS!!!
Madness???
THIS
IS
2P START!
Oh, brother…
I like how you parodied Newspaper comic’s tendency to reuse gags by reusing the Prof. Layton punchline. Nice touch.
First time I read this and i’m already hooked.
Have not been eating, playing or anything….
It’s like drugs, once you try it you can never stop!!!
Side effects of 2P START may include:
Laughter, NCGs, and listening to all 91 podcasts in the archive in a week.
Amazing comics guys, I started reading 4 days ago and all I can say is wow, what great drawings and well thought jokes.
Oh yeah, I have just raised from my grave haven’t I???
Keep up the good work!!!
Eh… I don’t know if commenting after only four days counts as rising from your grave…. Maybe a month or two would qualify, but 4 days? Nah.
Oh, brother…
You know, after reading this, I still think 2P START should be daily!