Tuesday, December 31, 2013

HTS Weekly #58 - "Bold Resolutions"

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

Now that Sam is gone. Mikey's gone. Who is left to be in charge??


Looks like everything checks out. Don't forget, be here to see the next installment this coming Friday!!

Saturday, December 28, 2013

HTS Weekly #57 - "They're Coming to Take Me Away..."

After that fantastic but depressing Christmas Special, we are back to our regular scheduled viewings...
...be here for the New Year's Day Special. We've got a nice surprise for you while Horntoad Sam is dead, the four replacement Sam's have disappeared, and Mikey is gone for psychiatric help....

...gee, who is next??

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

HTS Weekly #56 - "Christmas Special"

Merry Christmas everybody! And here's Jason and my gift to you on this fine day of the year.

...Wow.... what a sappy strip... Tune in this SATURDAY for the next strip--which I'm hoping won't be written and drawn by a couple of girls.

Friday, December 20, 2013

HTS Weekly #55 - Reign of the Horntoad Sams

Synopsis:  Sam was killed in an accident during Black Friday. Last week, Mikey saw a version of Sam that haunted him. Christmas is coming, but see what happens up until then...

...Reign of the Horntoad Sams. Oh great. Sam is replaced by not one, but four Sams?!? What will happen next week? See you then!

Friday, December 13, 2013

HTS Weekly #54 - Something I Saw...

Well. Sam's gone... I gotta get my mind off of him...



...err... spoke too soon? See you next week!

Friday, December 6, 2013

HTS Weekly #53 - "A Funeral for Sam"




Horntoad Sam

Memorial Service

A Celebration of Sam's Life
November 23, 1989 - November 29, 2013

December 6, 2013 - 10 a.m.

Memorial Mass - Reverend Scott Moore

Communion Song - "On Eagle's Wings"

Speaker:
Michael Sumislaski

Eulogy:
Jason Snyder

"Pilot's Prayer" - Jeff Bayne

"One Friend" - David Morse

Soloist - Amanda Vollmer

Organist - Mrs. Patterson

Recessional Song - "Sing to the Mountains"


See you next week...?

Friday, November 29, 2013

Obituary

Sad day for all of us here. 

Please join us on December 6th for Sam's burial.

HTS Weekly #52 - It's a Black Friday!

Yayyyy how about that, another strip out in the same week!

Sam?! You OK??? Sam?!? Where are you?!? OK quit fooling around. You're scaring me! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!!!!

Thursday, November 28, 2013

HTS Weekly #51 - "Thanksgiving Special"

Happy Thanksgiving. Be sure to tell everyone how thankful you are of this strips ;)

See you tomorrow for another FINE Horntoad Sam Weekly strip!!

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Thursday, November 14, 2013

HTS Weekly #49 - Leafy Mayhem

A day early, because you're so awesome! :) 


...and yes, Sam's wearing shorts, an a-shirt, and sandals in November. He's living up the cool life!! :)

Friday, November 8, 2013

HTS Weekly #48 - Halloween Depression

Since Halloween is over, the blues kicks in--but not for long...



...for Christmas is coming! Yikes...

Saturday, November 2, 2013

HTS Weekly #47 - The Morning After...

This strip takes place the morning after the Halloween strip seen here

See ya'll Friday!!

Friday, October 25, 2013

HTS Weekly #45 - Bicker and Fight Club

Recently, a few strips followed the Seagull's vlog and Sam is tired of it...
...OK, well... that didn't last long. Who knows, maybe we'll see some more Seagull vlogs?

Friday, October 18, 2013

HTS Weekly #44 - Toilet Humor

As the title suggests, this week's strip is a little on the humorous slapstick side, but it's still good fun.

ADVISORY: Do NOT try this at home. Especially BEFORE you flush. Thank you!

Friday, October 11, 2013

HTS Weekly #43 - Seagull's Vlog #2

Last week, we saw the Seagull start up his vlog, but to eventually reach a failure seen here.

This week, the Seagull's second attempt has some success!

With this success, who knows where he will go from here... see you next week!

Friday, October 4, 2013

HTS Weekly - #42 - Seagull's Vlog #1

For the next couple of strips, there will be a format change to the way we look at this strip. I felt for the atmosphere, it'd be better this way, and that it would read a bit better. Enjoy!


Friday, September 27, 2013

HTS Weekly #41 - Laments of a Hungry Boy

Sam's job search comes to an end, and now all is well... 
...now if only the seagull will leave my stuff alone. *sigh*

Thursday, September 26, 2013

HTS Weekly #40 - Round Table Talk

An update a day early. Last week, we saw Sam as a cashier for Wrigley's Grocery and it wasn't too great of an experience...



"The one that made ya cry like a little girl?" heh... that cracked me up...anyways see ya'll at the next update!!

Friday, September 20, 2013

HTS Weekly #39 - Man Down...

Last week, I had a family reunion to attend as well as my work's requirement of being present, so I wasn't able to make the update...I'll make it up to you all. I promise.

Anyways, the last strip we saw that Sam is venturing around with prospective jobs, and the task on the list was to be a cashier. We meet with Mr. Wrigley who owns Wrigley's Groceries and to an inevitable ending, we see that things didn't work out too well... as seen here.

Mr. Wrigley decides to give Sam another chance....


...you think Sam's coming back?? We hope so! See you all in the next strip!

Thursday, September 5, 2013

HTS Weekly #38 - Opportunity Knocks

When I first saw the script for this week's strip, I laughed so hard. Then I started doing the sketching...there was a dilemma...so little space for so much dialogue!! I really wanted to preserve Jason's script as he is an excellent writer, so I decided to E-X-T-E-N-D the strip into a bigger format! Double the strip-size! WOWWEEEE!! Check it out!!


So, was it worth the size change? I thought so!! See ya next week!!!

Monday, September 2, 2013

HTS Weekly #37 - Labor Day Special

Happy Labor Day everyone!

Here's your special:



Hope you all enjoy Jason and my laborious work here...

Friday, August 30, 2013

HTS Weekly #36 - A quarter!

Hey all, here's the newest strip. I know, I know, you've been waiting impatiently on this, but no fret--it's HERRRRRE!


...and that's my quarter too!

Welcome to the first strip ever to have the lettering done by hand (oww, owww owwweeee). I'm hoping that the strip will have character and life, now that it's almost traditional (I needed help from my computer for the word balloons and the color--thanks Mac!).

See ya later!

Friday, August 23, 2013

HTS Weekly #35 - Week of Scares...

Another fine masterpiece written by Jason Snyder--the man can write!!!


I had fun doing this one...I'd like to think that the lettering along with the sound effects are getting better. See ya'll next week!!!

Friday, August 16, 2013

HTS Weekly #34 - Weird?

Sorry the strip is put up a little bit later than normal. Jason is curious about the living situation here...


...and in case you're wondering, I did NOT draw what's underneath that 'censored' bar.... ya bunch of crazies...

Friday, August 9, 2013

HTS Weekly #33 - Visiting hours...

Guess who shows up at my door??


That's right, Jason Snyder!! How cool is that....now to give that dang seagull a good spanking...er...I mean, a good scolding...yeah, that's it! See you next week!!

Thursday, August 1, 2013

HTS Weekly #32 - Training the snail...

How to train a snail....by putting cheese down, of course! Check it out!!



Oh great, now we'll never know if snails DO like cheese....bummer...

See ya'll next week!!

Friday, July 26, 2013

HTS Weekly #31 - Kicking the Narrator out...

And we wrap up the Narrator's run with this strip:

Hope you enjoyed it--see you next week!! :)

Friday, July 19, 2013

HTS Weekly #30 - The Narrator (cont'd) - 2

The Weekly continues... The Narrator has returned. Let's see if we treat him any better?


Ouch... the seagull doesn't treat him any better...heh...

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Horntoad Sam #29 - Secret Update

Ooops...did I do that? Did I update the blog with ANOTHER strip?!? Didn't I say that there wouldn't be any for awhile?!??  Well....


I lied.


As soon as you all are done snickering at me, you might be interested to know, that I've updated this a day earlier...Ok well, maybe eight hours earlier, but still!!  Go ahead, you really haven't been waiting too long to read another diatribe here as I'm aware that you're here for the dang strip.


For those who are wondering, between Jason and I, who does what exactly in the writing department...

Initially, I'll have some scribbled idea or something in my notes of what will happen in the next few strips. Jason picks my ideas and notes and develops them into something more substantial. For example, in today's strip:

Strip #29
Panel 1 - door
Narr:         the origin saga is over.
                Now we can move on to the
                next story arc...

Panel 2 - same as last panel

Panel 3 - same
Narr:         I said, "now we can mov--"

Sam:         dude! I'm on the crapper,
                 Let me be!!!


And what Jason did, is what you see above in today's strip. He not only added more meat to the bone, but he actually made it that much more funnier...

...and that, my fellow readers, is why I am thankful for Jason's talent and sense of humor! Give him a holler and cheer cuz he just recently got hitched as well!! WOOOTWOOOOT!!

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Horntoad Sam Weekly #28 - "Origin" epilogue

Wrapping up this strip to wrap up the "Origin" story arc...


Now for a few moments for some announcement: As of this week's update, Horntoad Sam Weekly will be put on hold for a few weeks so that I can get my other art duties caught up. This will also allow me to discuss with Jason of where Sam will be taking his adventures to the next level.  If you want to see something happen, let us know, I'm sure we can make those arrangements (within reason of course heh...)!

Friday, June 28, 2013

HTS Weekly #27 - Cars Cars Cars

Sam makes a realization...




One more week's strip after today, and the "Origin" story arc will be complete. Whew! What a ride! (pun intended - heh)

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Sam's Origin part 2...

So here we are...another update further into the "Origin" story arc of Horntoad Sam Weekly. Go ahead and read the strip first... I'll wait until you're done...


So to further the details on this and last week's strip, here are some more information:

Last week's strip - 

Panel three - Legends & Myth #1 by Resurrected Worlds (me) is truly non-existant unless you can find the 100 copies still floating around in people's possession.

Panel four - Deadbeat Comix #'s 2 & 3 by Blacksheep Productions (Leo Garcia). Not sure if this guy is still around doing these comics, but he was a swell guy to add some Horntoad Sam shorts into his books. If you would like to read the actual pages of the comics, go here. If you know this guy, let me know what his email is...

This week's strip - 

Panel two - Bloodshed: Lunatic's Fringes by Damage! Comics (Gerard Sanchez & Lionel Ordaz). Horntoad Sam appeared in this book as a fan of the Bloodshed Comics...or rather comics in general. This short story was actually a parody of one their books and you can read the five pages here.

Panel three - Horntoad Sam the Online Comic by Livewired Studios (me again). Currently, I have taken down the website that the comics were on, mainly due to the story being redone for print. Eventually, I may consider reopening the online comics ;)

Panel four - Horntoad Sam #1: ECCC 2011 Special. With a print-run of 100 copies, this book was brought to Emerald City Comicon in 2011. I have few copies left--if interested, please don't hesitate to message me down below!

From here on out...

Horntoad Sam Weekly - The strips seen on this address, will continue to be updated on a weekly basis with a special for each month. 

Horntoad Sam - The printed books. I'm working on it... 

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Our Father, Who ...

So, it's Father's Day. Jason Snyder really saved my butt, this time around on this particular short. I'm playing catch-up on some deadlines, and didn't even realize that Father's Day was RIIIIIGHT around the dang corner! It would be this past Friday (2 days ago) and when it finally dawned on me, I quickly texted Jason, a writer, who, I would (almost) work exclusively with. I told him a half-assed idea of keeping it simple but I was actually typing out of my bung-hole.

Jason swept in and saved the day. The sad thing is, it's really too bad that I can't make him do the art as well eh? heh...

Friday, June 14, 2013

Horntoad Sam Weekly #24 - Origins

This is part one of two of the abridged version of Horntoad Sam's origin.


Now that you've read the strip, a note: Don't ask if I have any copies left of Legends & Myths as seen above. I have none. This photo was actually taken by my sister who was kind enough to not only send me the photo, but also made a scan of the first appearance of Horntoad Sam *in print*. There were roughly 400 copies of the book made through my high school and I sold (and gave away about a hundred of them (or so). I burned the rest. It really wasn't that great and once I did that, it was a heavy burden unloaded (emotionally and physically). I'm sad that I didn't keep a few copies, at least for myself. Ah well...

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Horntoad Sam Weekly #23 - Look--BUNNY!

I decided to go ahead and post this strip a day ahead of schedule due to the hectic day we'll have tomorrow. In the meantime, the Origin Saga continues....


Friday, May 31, 2013

Horntoad Sam Weekly #22 - A-a-audience?

Jason Snyder makes me look smarter than I really am! He's awesome like that heh...

Anyways, taking things a step into the right direction, Sam asks me a question that you all may have been asking...except of course those who are closest to me. Anyways, sorry to eat and run, but I have deadlines looming...


Friday, May 24, 2013

Are you GOD?

When I was young, I used to say to everyone that you are all figments of my imagination. Little did I know, I was so very wrong. At least in this strip, I am God. Heh... enjoy!


Sunday, May 19, 2013

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Mama

Happy Mother's Day everyone!  May you and yours enjoy this beautiful day-- after you read this comic strip ;)


Friday, May 10, 2013

He was gone?

The one thing that I really enjoy as an artist is being able to experiment...nothing is absolutely concrete. The way the characters are posed, the camera angles, and yes, the words can be more enunciated as well. Granted, it's not like its Dave Sim's lettering, but I'm actually pretty happy with this week's update... Check it out!



Friday, May 3, 2013

Honey Boo Boo, you're really not so funny...

For the record, I only saw a brief snippet of what the heck this 'Honey Boo Boo' was before going ahead to leave what Jason had co-written for this strip. I thought the whole art-imitating-life-imitating-art-but-life scenario was a little funny--that's why I left it in there.

This week we see how quiet the place has been without the main attraction: Sam. Well...ok, almost quiet... Heh

Anyways, here's the update!

Monday, April 29, 2013

Goodbye, Mikey

He leaves me a note...but I never saw it... LolCats is funny....seriously!!

F@$! Creationism!!

To have Sam think that he can believe anything other than his personality would be a joke... Honestly wish he'd stop listening to the bloody seagull...

...that bloody seagull?!

You're supposed to say that with an English accent...

Anyways...this story arc begins with the creationism theology and delves within the madness of individualism. We'll hit the ideology behind cohesion and subtle foreplay too! Yeah, right... And monkeys will fly outta my ....

In the beginning...

Horntoad Sam's creation was something that has stuck with me since middle school, but this isn't about him... This is about...

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Walking Dead

Trying to get these strips up to date, really, I've been slacking on updating the Horntoad Sam Weekly strips here, but no problems whatsoever on the Horntoad Sam Facebook Page. Go figure. Be sure to go "Like" the FB Page while you're there too! :)


Walking Dead was a good series when it started, but as the third season let on, it wasn't that great. In fact, it was downright dull! Anyways, here's a strip of how I really felt about the third season lol




Hypocrites

The one thing I cannot stand are people who judge a book by its cover and completely spout out negative remarks without even reading the damn book (or movie, tv show, etc)!!  I especially hate it when they come back a week later to tell me that they enjoyed whatever they were judging!! Hypocrites. Anyways....on a lighter note: Enjoy!!


Angry Birds Toons

Don't ask me why. I love Angry Birds and the Toons that they've been releasing every week. I definitely enjoy the craziness that the storytellers bring to life and sometimes I wish I were working with them. Think of all the crazy crap I could bring to the table!! heh... anyways... on with the strip.