New Comic 1
July 14th, 2008

New Comic 1


^ 190 Comments...

  1. Shawn Handyside

    There’s nothing harder than deciding how to write a new strip after a year and a half hiatus. >___>

  2. SpiralCocktail

    I still have no idea what the main character is supposed to be. No nose… not long enough to be a beak, possibly a snout? Hmm… pasty white… a deformed zombie of some sort?

  3. Elecmon

    Back! Finally!

  4. Arael

    w00t Staccato is back!!! This is great

  5. rek

    only a year and half hiatus? it felt a lot longer. odd.

  6. Marzen

    @Spiral: That would be a hippo. Though your guess is as good as mine was when I first saw him.

    But FINALLY. New comic! Jeeze, when did the last one come in, 2 years ago? Thats insane.

  7. LT

    18 months is not so bad. I think Badly Drawn Kitties went on hiatus significantly longer than that, but I’m not sure.

    Oh, and if anyone goes looking for that one, be warned that a fair bit of the archive is mildly NSFW.

  8. James Rupuk

    thank you shawn! when i found your webcomic from guest strip for VGcats, i instantly loved the clean humor. i was saddened to finish the archives only to find “Fork You” strips. i checked back every few weeks to see if you’d post anything, and i was so excited to see you were rebuilding the website and planned to restart Staccato. Now we have to get Ian J. to start RPGworld…

  9. koager

    >SpiralCocktail
    He’s a hippo
    There was a character list on the old site

  10. Trunks

    Jesus christ why am I still checking this site daily?

  11. theblackmist

    Welcome back.

  12. Rosque

    OH THANKS GOD, not trying to creep you out or anything, but I really do prefer your webcomic over… pretty much any other one since your drawing style is IMO flawless :3 by the way, if you can’t remember what you were doing before, I recommend reading all your comics over starting from 1 and going to the current one. that way you can refresh your memory about the plotlines and subtle relationships, like the one between stac and ella :3

  13. E

    WOOOOOOOOOO
    Glad to see you back again. Your comic rocks.

  14. GermaineTrain

    Yay. Staccato is back online. Dang, haven’t read this in a long while.

  15. Zsinj

    I have seen you at cons before (>1 year ago,) and sort of came by the (old?) comic ~3 months ago by chance. I figured you were on hiatus when the same “New stuff for NY Comic Con!” was up for a few months…

    but hey, even those of us who just recently read the “old” stuff can still look forward to the new, right? :)

  16. Ryan

    What an awesome surprise! I kept coming back to your “Hiatus” page every now and then to see if it was back up, and NOW it is! I couldn’t be more ecstatic about that now…

    Oh, and congratulations on the child!

  17. Legs_Not_Allowed

    Hey, now, here’s one I’ve been watching awhile.

    I thought you were toast, like Captain Suppository. It’s good to be a pessimist, because you can be glad to be wrong.

  18. kcgeek

    Thot you never come back man.
    Congrats on the new website. ^_^

  19. Ajoinas

    @SpiralCocktail: He’s a Hippo btw.

    And welcome back!

  20. Grandiose

    Oh my god, FINALLY! I was thinking you’d totally given up, here. I checked your comic almost daily for the last few months hoping for an update… Glad to see you back!

  21. Rene

    It’s a hippo. At least I’m assuming it’s a hippo. Unless it’s revealed he’s a two-toed sloth, I’m sticking with hippo.

  22. Travis

    Awsome, you’re back. I found this comic a few months ago, and when you failed to continue posting comics, I was like damn… They pulled a FOX “cancelling great shows”. But glad to see you back. Keep up the good work.

  23. Link_09

    You lept us all waiting.LOL like scott’s comic http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=269

  24. Misara

    O M G - I kept clicking the link hoping the spoons and harry potter references would dissapear =) It finally worked! It’s like a late birthday present <3 <3 <3 My husband and I still have a copy of your comic about energy drinks taped to the computer desk. LOL. Love your characters and your work :) Whatever you come up with will be fabulous ;)

  25. Ninjahedge

    Um….. So how are you gonna include a kid in the new comic? ;)

    I know most of your new experiences are coming from being a dad! (Or, so the photo on the old website would have us believe!!!)

    Comics are always easiest when they are topical on things you experience every day. Hope you keep your senses about you and remember all the good stuff for us! :D

  26. ChrisAN

    I thought you were gone for good so this is a pleasant surprise. And now you have an RSS feed!

    How are you going to handle the archives? The included archives page with ComicPress is pretty good, or if you want thumbnails you can use a category view. Just PLEASE don’t use those crappy calendars.

  27. Ninjahedge

    PS, he looks more like an Otter or a chubby Ferret.

    Sans nose of course…….

  28. Raz

    Awesome! Good to see the strip back up. Poor Stac, still having it rough.

  29. WHATINTHEHETERO

    SHAUN AOMG WTFU U SAI 2 WKEK U GOEN WTFFFFFFFF U GEON FRO SO LGOIN Y U LEAV U FRO SOLGON!!?!!11>!.

  30. That Guy.

    Yay! You’re back! Well being a father must really take time out of life, so I can’t blame you.

    And reading your comics really take time out of mine. Guilty pleasure.

    But ANYWAYS…

    Glad to have you back. That’s one more thing to do when I don’t want to do homework!

  31. BlueMario

    FINALLY YOU’RE BACK! I’ve waited so long!

    Also, SpiralCocktail, I’m pretty sure he’s a hippo

  32. Tyke

    Stac is back?! YES! finaly! this was one of my fave web comics before you took that looong ass break.
    and i could of swore that Stac was a hippo..

  33. RG

    Hooray! Now after several months we will see a new comic…

  34. Chris

    I was just at Otakon, and I talked to the guys at your booth. They said you updated and I almost didn’t believe them! Awesome that you’re back!

  35. sean

    Shawn, I think it’s time for a completely new strip. No offence, but it was fine for a while, then it got tired. After that…. Remember the first couple years of the Simpson’s and then how it just slid down hill. It’s still decent but they should have called it a day a long time ago. They are only good compared to the other crap that is on primetime. Be strong Shawn…..kill them all off in a blaze of glory and start a fresh strip with NEW ideas.

  36. liggieep

    ignore him. i think i speak for nearly everyone on this site when i say we want more Staccato strips! you said at Otakon that you were going to resume a M/W/F schedule, and i think nearly all of us would love to see that happen. Now that the cons are over no more excuses! ^^;

  37. smartalco

    Entirely agree with liggieep (including the no more excuses! you have officially spent 4 weeks not making a new comic :P )

  38. liggieep

    although i talked to Shawn at Otakon and he said he didn’t really realize that he started up Staccato right before Connecticon/Otakon. So hopefully we’ll see new strips if in the next few weeks.

  39. Erik the Hack

    Looks like we’re heading for a once-a-month update schedule. I’m totally kicking his butt now! :p

  40. Arne 2.0 Beta

    YES!!!
    After an endless period of silence, they have RETURNED!! *bows*

  41. Vargnar

    FINALLY!!!!
    keep the good work coming!!! ^_^

  42. =8)-DX

    Very good people come back staccato we like.

    =8)-DX

  43. Cheat2Win

    Thank God, I thought Staccato would be gone forever, please try to continue and leave “fork you” behind.

  44. furrymisty

    Welcome back, has it really been a year and a half?

  45. P wright D

    Congrads on the baby shawn - i was friends w/ ella at PSU we hung out a couple times

  46. WHATINTHEHETERO

    SHAUN COMIXZ ZPL

  47. JD

    A month and five days. Shawn…

  48. E

    Why taunt us with one comic? WHYYYYY

  49. Catichka

    you know, the hub for Staccato is rather decieving. It says “new comics” however for quite a while there has only been one up here…

    I was very very excited when i saw you were back and active, my hopes raised high i have been coming abck every week in the hope of seeing something.

    Im sad, but still here, please please start writing again soon. Theres only so long the sweet seductive smell of promises can saite this craving. ><

  50. geckodude

    i have seen penny arcade,penny racers,vg cats,ctrl alt delete comics, they all get longer and longer hiatus’s, more and more excuses, till it all ends….. i had a web comic once (”geckodude” which i had to shut down) this how it goes: all webcomic makers get jobs get a family and we can’t blame them. why should he have to take time out of his life and make another responsibility just to entertain us when he has a wife to be with, a kid to nourish and help grow up,and a job that puts food on the table and helps his family. even if we pay him and baby sit his kid, he wouldn’t do it, humor cant be forced out of him like juice from a lemon.

    Shawn Handyside,
    geckodude forgives you
    let this comic go
    and take care of your family
    they love you

  51. Ace

    FUCK YEAH STAC IS BACK!

  52. Matt

    I just hope that Shaun doesn’t start up the whole “Fork You” comics again.

  53. smartalco

    @geckodude: you realize 2 of the comics you mentioned are still going strong, and 1 of them (vgcats) isn’t dead, he is just slow to update

  54. Rapid

    wow what a slow update 9_9

  55. hlavco

    Aww man… now I’m being mentioned in peoples’ lists of comics that wait too long between updates? *sigh* Better fire up the ol’ Inkscape…

    In my defense I don’t think I’ve used any excuses other than pure laziness. :P

  56. Plenoptics

    C’mon man, update! It’s been like a month! D: Or at least have a really good, preferably true, excuse!

  57. geckodude

    hlavco ,penny racers is awsome!i really think they should meet a digimon and pichu gets to kick the crap out of ash when ash trys to cath him. by the way that list of comics wasn’t comics that shut down it was how “geckodude” shut down in the end. >_< the list of comics was to show im not a the plague of the internet who randomly spouts short cuss-filled comments that no one cares about
    heres a example

    Ace
    August 23rd, 2008 at 12:20 am

    FUCK YEAH STAC IS BACK!

  58. WHATINTHEHETERO

    SHAUN Y U LAIR U NO EMAK COMIX U AMEK TEH COMXI FUOR TIEM FORU YAEAR11!
    FUK U COMIK NO CYOUNT1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  59. DrHorrible

    WHATINTHEHETERO, there’s something wonderful out there for communicating, it’s called English. Would you care for a free sample?

  60. geckodude

    did that whatinthehetro even hear what I said? god someone speak English! At least Ace on August 23, said something that was actually intelligible!! I wonder why some people don’t notice why they have all these things called Words and sentences so people can actually understand what they’re trying to get at!!!

  61. Hommus

    some people talk that on the internet, it happens.

  62. Hlavco

    WHATINTHEHETERO is an old fan from back in the Inksandwich days (possibly earlier). He’s always talked like that and his style has been accepted by most other members at this point.

  63. Mr Cartier

    About Stacs’s race, he MIGHT be a Moomin troll. Either that, or a hippo.

    Also rather excited of the new comic, and it’s been a while with only that on the board, so hopes dropping slowly.

    Really loved the comic! Not the forks.

  64. Spruce

    Quick! Draw mildly interesting guest comics and fan-art! Ready, set, GO!

  65. bink the imp

    no wonder whatinthehetro talks like that….i clicked the link and found out what his comic was about…..>_<……………….im only 12yrs old.i didn’t know they have comics like that…………….

  66. blargy

    Hurry up and update! When you said you were “back”, I thought you were BACK!

  67. SpiralCocktail

    Seriously… It’s September… It’s been a month and a half… I don’t see what part of this comic is “back”. You were better off passing this off as an April Fools joke.

  68. Rapid

    ……………don’t wait too long or we’ll end up like the peabrains in vgcats………….

  69. LT

    I have a “Probation” folder for comics that are good but show little promise of updating. To be fair, Shawn does run Halolz as well, not to mention going to every convention he can to make 73h m0n!3$, but the poor guy must be floundering to be unable to get another comic posted in the last two-and-a-half months. All that and a baby too…

  70. LT

    Oops. One-and-a-half months. I make it sound worse than it is.

  71. GsP

    It’s not such a surprise, i mean he has a kick-ass comic but now it’s done and he finds halolz more fun to manage.But still i can forgive the comic, but no blog for months,while updating halolz daily?That’s like abadoning us man.

  72. bink the imp

    no one told me he had another comic! can someone post the a link or something.all i find on google are fansites.

  73. LT

    Bink, Halolz is not a webcomic, but it is fun stuff. Give it a look - http://www.halolz.com

  74. Ace

    Hey, the things I say are always intelligible Gecko. I know “complaining” won’t make him wanna work faster so why don’t we try patiently waiting? If you’ve actually been back here even after the 1.5+ year hiatus, you can certainly wait a few weeks for a new comic.

  75. liggieep

    or a few months…

  76. bink the imp

    or years………………or decades………………….im quiting after a century ^U^

  77. waugh dog

    wow the coments complaining about da lack of comics are funnier than the stupid comic…personaly i find haloz funnier than a drunk raccoon and a hippo whos species was hard to tell,and why is that basket ball talking?

  78. waugh dog

    and bye the way for a gamer comic it barely talks about games……..haloz much better, no wonder shawn abandoned everyone, he realises haloz is a way better site

  79. liggieep

    see, its the nonbelievers like you that discourage Shawn from making more comics.

  80. geckodude

    wow Shawn you can make a comic or update anytime now to prove us all wrong.most of us would be content with you making at least a 3 word long comment…. or at least realize playing dead doesn’t work when your updating haloz. and you can’t make an excuse that your sick or anything

  81. Rapid

    hey geckodude it’s happening again this is probally the most slowest update ever!!^^ and for shawn why not revisit you’re old comics for ideas and look around you for inspiration thats always helps =D

    ps:It’s probally after another year before the next update.

  82. geckodude

    what about the jokes you make on haloz? i know shawn isn’t looking at are comments even though i sent some to him on haloz ‘-’ ……….he has the concept, he has the time, (at least for halo >_<) he has the humor,he must have people to love his work or the comments list wouldn’t be this long.yet he digs up staccato just to pour cement in the coffin and ignore staccato fans. so fans out there,shawn, are building round coffins and tombstones for basketcase.

  83. Mega Robinson Man

    Well now Spruce, aren’t we opinionated? Fortunately, no one cares.
    So yeah…..
    Handyside…….
    Comic Please?

  84. WHATINTHEHETERO

    >> AHGHGDGH CMICZ GGGRGGR

  85. GsP

    is he….is he even reading this?

  86. geckodude

    probably not because he would gotten angry at spruce because spruce just said (as far as i can decode) that every one who liked shawns comic that he has poured years of his live into, has been diagnosed with H.I.V. a deadly thing that leads to A.I.D. a sickness that kills your white cells. so spruce is basically saying schools should teach that webcomics kill thousands of people. spruce you have raised the bar,4 swears and 1 stretched out swear,all in one misspelled,punctuation less, sentence. bravo! T_T

  87. Zabuza

    Kids, Halolz was dead for like a freakin’ half year.

    We had to wait for it, during the Great Halolz Drought of last December. Look up the It’s A Trap picture with Ackbar, and you’ll see, 400+ comments.

  88. JD

    So why he keeps updating Halolz while Staccato has the same comic for two months?

    I don’t even think he’s reading all this.

  89. LT

    I should tend to think that working on Halolz is significantly easier than coming up with original content… At least with Halolz he just has to separate the wheat from the chaff (though there is no doubt a LOT of chaff) rather than brainstorm new ideas.

  90. geckodude

    shawn is reading this! spruces comment got deleted!

  91. geckodude

    wow 100 comments… cant believe shawn would do this too us….penny arcade and penny racers are better gamer comics… staccato is nowhere as close as ctrl alt delete comics. it pains me to see a comic die………this is the point that people stop visiting……. this is my last comment and the last time im coming back to this site.

    .geckodude out.

  92. geckodude

    i meant nearly 100 comments

    …………..geckodude out…………………….

  93. GsP

    I don’t get why i come here when i know he won’t update….same time tomorrow then? :P

  94. WHATINTHEHETERO

    SHAUN ILUSHAUN PLZR COMIX YYYYYYY YY Y Y Y U NO LOV ME YYYY Y Y Y Y Y Y YYY Y YY YY Y Y Y Y YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Y Y Y Y Y :(((((((((((( V

  95. Shr4pnell

    WHATINTHEHETERO talks funny XD any time now it’s gonna be 100 comments just need a few more ppl to write this up.

    maybe this would be a record or some sort XD.

  96. Mega Robinson Man

    96th comment. Com’on people! If Handyside sees that that many people want to see a new staccato, then he might just make a new one.

  97. JD

    Mega Robinson Man, Mega Man 9 is coming out!!

    97th comment.

  98. liggieep

    shawn, please…..you promised us new comics…

    98th comment

  99. SpiralCocktail

    Now that I look carefully… is that raccoon wearing a mask? There seems to be a black string going from the black mask over his eyes to his ears… if that is an ear.

  100. Asbduhas

    COMMENT 100!
    You said you’d be “on the ball in August.”
    It’s September.
    Is the revitalization a fake…? :’(

  101. Aranthos

    Dude. I started reading Stac literally the day it stopped and Fork You rolled in.

    What are the chances that the day I come back to check on it is, like… Months after it returns?

  102. bink the imp

    spore rules check it out!,since theres more than 100 comments lets make this a forum to voice are gaming opinions(like how spore is great ^o^) maybe we can make some use of this website that no longer seems to have webcomics,its better than whineing daily >_< lets post commment for the world to see!
    0.0
    .L.
    .U.
    freckled smiley face

  103. Shr4pnell

    yeah you’re right let’s make a forum out of this and maybe there’s a chance that he may came back to this site he probally never visit since the last time he did.

  104. SpiralCocktail

    Hey, does this look like it would be a nice smiley?
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/picme/ShowMe/ranmaS1E17smiley.png

    Yes, we’re all just going to post random shit here now.

  105. hatman

    hey does anybody think that main dude looks kinda like a marshmellowman?
    I would not be at all supprised if his dad turned out to be that last giant baddy from the ghostbusters movie

  106. Mega Robinson Man

    @JD
    I friggen know! ‘Tis , as dem crazy kids say, epic.

    Meep Meep

  107. Shr4pnell

    ever seen the movie die hard goes like this? http://cgi.4chan.org/gif/src/1221420497036.gif after they went boom of course

  108. billisgreat

    Lets start a Spelling the Vacuum forum RPG.

  109. SpiralCocktail

    Anyone catch that new VGCats comic? I wonder if someone has already edited that one part in the comic where the pink cat is holding a wire hanger into a dildo. I can already see it…
    “Yeah… bend over.” said the pink cat while holding a dildo.

  110. JD

    @Mega Robinson Man

    Have you seen the trailer? The music is sooo damn catchy and it’ll be the first (and last I think) Mega Man to feature a female robot master =O!

  111. Shr4pnell

    (pink cat is named aeris)and I think I’ve seen that car before 0.o

  112. MKZimmer

    It’s the Delorean Time Machine, from the Back to the Future movies (You can even see the Flux Capacitor inside it :D), the jacket Aeris is wearing, is the same one Marty wears, and Biff uses the phrase, “Make like a tree, and get outta here”, that is on the glass case.

  113. Ninjahedge

    Except maybe deciding on what to do for your 2nd aniversary AFTER the trip to the Gyn at the 7 month mark?

    Nah, You have it easy man! Flowers just don’t seem quite right for this. And Applebees? Yeesh! ;)

  114. Ninjahedge

    Oops, stupid me thought the latest was at top!

    >wark<

  115. GsP

    GUYS HE UPDATED DEVIANTART CHECK IT OUT http://stacmaster-s.deviantart.com/

  116. SpiralCocktail

    Took the link to this site off Halolz, eh? So you have truly given up on the comic then…

  117. Dawve

    I’m sorry cause I’m sure that alotta people have been bringing this up, but when will there be a new comic? its been over 3 months. You gave us some hope just by coming back and changing some things, but you’ve left it for 3 months… again. I see that you’ve updated your deviant art page, And I’m sure that you’re busy with Halolz, But you need to either make some more time for this comic, or get rid of the page and just go with Halolz and your deviant art page. Just let us know. Please.

  118. SpiralCocktail

    You’ve been neglecting your duties. I’ve hired an assassin. You’ll never see it coming…
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/picme/ShowMe/yotsubaface02.jpg

  119. Shr4pnell

    is he reading this?my god such a slow update…..+_=

  120. bink the imp

    so ctrl alt delete is running smooth like penny arcade and vg cats,penny racer and zelda comic arent updateing that much,……….is this a sign of the webcomic apocalypse?

  121. Bit

    This is stupid man. I found Staccato over a year ago, read the entire archive, and have wanted new comics ever since. Then, out of the blue, we get ONE comic and a new website. I have this place bookmarked and check it AT LEAST every other day with some other stuff I read. I nearly had a heart attack when I realized you weren’t dead. Now I’m just going to delete the bookmark and pretend that I never read the comic because you continue to sit and do nothing and jizz on your loyal fans. Piss off man.

  122. Q-Tip

    SHWANS I LUV U!

  123. JD

    To be on hiatus for that much and then to come back with one comic and make us wait three months (or even more)? I wouldn’t do that to my fans… I used to check this site daily and now I don’t. I haven’t been here since like two weeks. Shawn, if you’re out there, please…

  124. Goodness

    Hey, maybe if we manage to hit 200 he’ll notice? all i have to say, my comic-writing amigo, is if you plan on abandoning Staccato, then change avatars on DeviantArt, or atleast tell us you’re quitting. I won’t even be mad, I just want you to either have enough pride in your work to admit its over, or abandon it completely and stop using it as your Avatar.

  125. Ninjahedge

    I think he will notice when his kid gets old enough to start surfing where (oops, he? She?) is not supposed to (pr0n) and gets linked to here.

    But seriously, Bueler?

  126. blargy

    dammit shawn, if you’re gonna come back, COME BACK. I don’t want any false help, y’know? and btw, I think vgcats updates quite efficently

  127. bink the imp

    ( .) (.)_
    | _ ^^|
    | ^^^|
    | L< L< GODZILLA!!!!
    | ) )|
    - || || |
    - L L ___________0___00____0___0__0___0__0

  128. bink the imp

    aww didnt work, godzilla got cut in half

  129. WHATINTHEHETERO

    PENEIS ((_)_LLLlLLLLLLLLDLDLDLDD. ,..>,.,. . :OOOC<

  130. Shr4pnell

    the site is not updating but atleast comments are. right? right?

  131. Shawn Handyside

    Yes I read all these! (each one shows up in my email!)
    Yes I totally suck at making comic comebacks!

  132. Shr4pnell

    yay you’re back ^_^

  133. Shr4pnell

    again….

  134. GsP

    well since i can here a word from you here and not on halolz i’m good.if you can’t update the strip just make sure to update the blog. WB shawn :D

  135. blargy

    finally! you’re not dead!!

  136. Shawn Handyside

    Or AM I? No wait… I’m not.

  137. MKZimmer

    Maybe you’re a zombie….but you just don’t know it yet. :O

  138. JD

    =O!!

    Shawn reads our comments and admits he did wrong! ^^

  139. Goodness

    Oh…Well shoot. Sorry, handyside. I didn’t think you were reading, my artisty friend! ^_^

  140. Fluffy

    Hmm still no new comic? Argh *head explodes*

  141. billisgreat

    You’re too old for this Shawn. You’ll break a hip.
    Also, I smell a spelling the vacuum cross over.

  142. Ninjahedge

    Hell, try this. Make the characters imitate your life a bit more.

    This feels more like college, which you are probably not in anymore. Try to keep these guys around, but don’t feel like you have to fill every gap with a lame filler. Don’t “AfterM*A*S*H” us!!!!

    Put the boys to work in the town there. Give them different houses (make a few room up together) and put a love interest in for the main character. Eventually you can make them marry, and have a baby-whatever-he-is.

    Just don’t go on a Ctrl-Al….well, you know, or a Caught in the Blastwave sized hiatus!

    Good to know you still read these and I hope your family is doing great!

  143. KA-boom

    BASKETCASE GOES ON KILLING SPREE
    don dies first

  144. Mega Robinson Man

    @KA-boom
    While that would be cool to see, and incredibly hilarious, im not sure BasketCase could go on a killing spree. Whats he gonna do? Roll into people’s feet as they walk down the stairs?

  145. GsP

    Well he did fight those ninjas with a pair of nunchucks once

  146. GsP

    or how you spell them……whatever i’m not here

  147. xander

    i bet basketcase could pull a trigger on a machine gun with his tongue if he praticed,”hey you thats the last time you slam dunk ME thru the hoop *BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG*

  148. Shr4pnell

    what about that katamari ball or something (giant ball is gonna destroy us all XD)…

  149. Fluffy

    Or the server could finally enslave them all :D

  150. Ace

    Hah sweet, at least Shawn acknowledges his own life..sorta? Take your time, as long as Stac is back.

  151. Phaelin

    You call “So we’re back” a comeback comic? Really? That’s just pitiful, especially considering you’ve gone over two months without updating since. All in favor of halolz? I mean, the site’s funny, but you really care so little about this comic all you do is go to cons and make money off it? When you don’t update it ever? That’s just low.

  152. KA-boom

    Edit:
    BASKETCASE GOES ON KILLING SPREE
    Phaelin dies first

  153. Shr4pnell

    no problem about the update though just the comic.

  154. Shr4pnell

    funny comic from vgcats too

  155. Mega Robinson Man

    @KA-Boom
    Seconded

  156. Sophie

    Tap Tap Tap!!
    Daddy’s comix rox!!

  157. Grand-Ma

    When are we gone see another comic…I’m waiting Grand-Ma

  158. Fluffy

    @ Grand-Ma check out his blog lets ya know he is thinking bout it!

  159. blargy

    come on man, we can’t wait forever. at least vgcats and snafu update

  160. liggieep

    barely….c’mon guys, try to update at least once a week regularly (to scott and dave)

  161. Shr4pnell

    is it me or did this site just froze??=\

  162. JD

    …It’s not you >__>

  163. Fluffy

    Hiatus anyone?

  164. billisgreat

    I think someone shut off Shawn’s oxygen.
    Will someone go down to Shading Brooks Retirement Home for Decrepit Web Comic Writers and check on him?
    Lord knows his no-good-nick children only visit if they run out of “dog money”.
    Bastards.

  165. billisgreat

    Also, just cave in and make a sprite comic. Its two thirds easier and you’ll have a significantly larger but staggeringly dumb fan-base.

  166. holy crap

    holy crap, its been months since your triumphant return and still nothing

  167. Spruce

    Oh dear, people took my comment wrong
    I wasn’t directing it towards him, I was directing it to other people. Don’t want to get on the wrong foot, I’ve been with this comic since it came out and I love it… I was kind of being hopeful that fan art or whatever would make him more… interested…

    Yeeks, sorry for misunderstanding and late retort

  168. GsP

    Just imagine what is gonna happen when he update…..if i mean

  169. Shr4pnell

    Another looong gap in the updates and still no comics wonder what happen?He hasn’t post any art in either other than CC fan art. _-_

  170. Dawve

    One more week. IF he doesn’t update within the next week I’m gonna be deleting this site. Cuase this is some serious bull-shit.

  171. Ninjahedge

    He had a kid and tried other stuff.

    Not only that, Stacc seemed to be a college looking comic. When yuo are no longer exposed to the same day-to-day stuff, you really do not have much inspration or motivation to continue.

    He should move on, take his characters into the next phase. Make Raccoon guy an IT pleeb, and the main character into a low level guy working in an almost dilbert-like scene. Bird-man there could work on Wall Street or something. You don’t need to explain everything right up front, just bring these guys up to what they would be doing now and you (he) will have more to talk about!

  172. JD

    This is just not right. ._.

  173. xander

    breaking news…shawn handyside has been shot 27 times by angry staccato fans, after being in critical condition,doctors proposed him in hiatus at the scene,

  174. Fluffy

    @xander nice one :D

    Hmm still we need some update, where he has gone to?

  175. Urmom

    LETS GO! I’m getting tired of waiting.

  176. Shr4pnell

    Lol XD

  177. JD

    He’s reading this in this precise moment.

    I’m sure he won’t do anything about it.

    A line has been for for certain crossed Shawn. >:(

  178. Millas

    Update already god damnit

  179. Misa

    You silly comic creator you =P You got us all tricked! Oh well. If you ever do pick up that crafty pen(cil) of yours again and draw us some geeky comics we’ll come and hang out with you again. Oh and by the way… still got some of your past works printed out near my computer. Love the energy drink one! (^-^) Hope all is well…

  180. marbles

    shawn sucks! lets go and attack him as a angry mob! *raises virtual pitchfork* die shawn you heartless bastard! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  181. Shr4pnell

    I’ll go enjoy myself in Halols while I’ll wait this to update see ya ^^

  182. Dark Nexus

    firstly, i bet shawn has a real life, u know, a job, a relationship, taxes, and all the other stuff, so i bet hes trying to pass at real life, which is really important, rather than keeping a bunch of fans happy, which is a nice thing to do but shouldnt affect real life

    also, when ur out of a pattern its real hard to get in the game again, i bet hes tried to do some but they just dont work right, or hes trying to think of a way to put a plot into it.

    im waiting out for the comic as much as anyone, but i at least understand the dificulties and implications of it

  183. i hate u 2

    SHAWN U B*TCH START UPDATING OR I’LL KICK YOUR F*CKING ASS!!!
    By the way I’m an 11 year old.

  184. i hate u 2

    I just got addicted to this comic and he let’s me down… WAAAAHHHH!!!! <:(
    SHAWN YOU ^%#%@#^ UPDATE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    if you can.

  185. Ezekiel

    I’d be lying if I said I haven’t considered cryogenically freezing myself until the next update… or looking for a downloadable furry life sim game to recreate the entire cast…

  186. DeWitt

    I have just dicovered your old comics, and i love that xD
    Still reading them, so please continue with the excellent work!

  187. Ian

    Damn it a week ago i found your comics thought your site was dead found this one and only one comic pleases upload more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  188. Ninjahedge

    Still waiting for the characters to grow up!!!

    Oh, one added idea. It has been so long there must be a stack of old computer equipment all waiting in the basement. I wonder how they would get rid of all that stuff……..

  189. Catland88

    Yay, newest comic was in July. another year of hiatus?

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