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Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

On behalf of all webcomics creators: Please never, ever do this.

Chapter 33 – Page 6

on August 5, 2014
Chapter: Chapter 33
└ Tags: JJ Berten, Joel
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  1. Acadian Bacon
    Acadian Bacon
    August 5, 2014, 12:05 am | # | Reply

    Never, ever do what? DO WHAT, SUPER SECRET CAPTION!? D:

    • MarbleGargle
      MarbleGargle
      August 5, 2014, 1:00 am | # | Reply

      Never, ever let a webcartoonist leave a convention with unsold merchandise.

      now….to wait for the kickbacks to come rolling in…

      • Sestror
        Sestror
        August 5, 2014, 1:44 am | # | Reply

        Well, sometimes, the wrong people (Read: Not everyone likes everything) are at a convention, which can lead to unsold merchendaise.

        Happens even to the best known out there.

    • Nonsensicles
      Nonsensicles
      August 5, 2014, 2:56 am | # | Reply

      Follow anyone after the con, unless explicitly invited.

      • cliffmonster
        cliffmonster
        August 5, 2014, 9:21 am | # | Reply

        That makes sense. These people are people, people!

        • wwlaos
          wwlaos
          August 5, 2014, 10:59 am | # | Reply

          I find that exceptionally hard to believe. :|

    • Bloodvork
      Bloodvork
      August 5, 2014, 9:38 am | # | Reply

      Say things like “the tireds” and “the moneys” which I totally agree with. Don’t do that.

    • LockeZ
      LockeZ
      August 5, 2014, 12:01 pm | # | Reply

      Print more books than you can sell, I’d guess? Or maybe just try to sell books at a convention at all.

    • nemui
      nemui
      August 5, 2014, 3:49 pm | # | Reply

      Never, ever create webcomics hoping to support a family that way?

      • Acadian Bacon
        Acadian Bacon
        August 5, 2014, 11:49 pm | # | Reply

        You have all taught me so much. c:

      • Speedy
        Speedy
        December 27, 2018, 10:50 am | # | Reply

        The cardboard boxes that the unsold books were shipped in are much too small to raise a family in.

    • SotiCoto
      SotiCoto
      January 26, 2015, 6:37 am | # | Reply

      Never ever start a family. It isn’t worth it, no matter what the brain-washed fools tell you. DENY THE BIOLOGY.

  2. Whelps
    Whelps
    August 5, 2014, 12:05 am | # | Reply

    So JJ followed Joel aaaaaall the way hope from the convention? Kinda creepy.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      August 5, 2014, 12:10 am | # | Reply

      … He’s a leg-breaker who’s about to threaten Joel’s family to make him pliable, and following him home is what’s creepy?

      • moby
        moby
        August 5, 2014, 12:16 am | # | Reply

        Regardless of what he’s going to do, following someone home is still creepy.

      • CapnRis
        CapnRis
        August 5, 2014, 1:11 am | # | Reply

        Threatening someone with violence to their loved ones is reprehensible and manipulative. Following people to their homes is creepy.

        • Fettuccini
          Fettuccini
          August 5, 2014, 5:43 am | # | Reply

          It’s not creepy in this context, but it IS terrifying.

          • Speedy
            Speedy
            December 27, 2018, 11:32 am | # | Reply

            Terrifyingly creepy. ;)

            Any threat that JJ might verbalize is gonna be redundant, at this point. Joel is already imagining the worst.

            “Oh, you’re only gonna kill us in our sleep? That’s a relief. I thought you were gonna threaten to violate us, kill us, and eat us, but not necessarily in that order.”

            “Hey! Gimme a little credit, here. I’m a professional problem solver, not some webcomic reading stalker! … You know what? Forget killing you and your family. If you don’t tell me what I need to know, I’m gonna e-mail your home address to each and every one of your readers!”

            “NNNOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo…..!!!”

        • Robert McCall
          Robert McCall
          August 5, 2014, 7:57 am | # | Reply

          Shouting Frigg, stop arguing with yourself! =P

          Joking aside, I don’t remember this mustachioed character. Can anyone link to a page where he was introduced? Or is he new?

          • CorrTerek
            CorrTerek
            August 5, 2014, 8:39 am | # | Reply

            Click on his tag and it’ll show you all the pages he’s been in.

          • Guesticus
            Guesticus
            August 6, 2014, 9:01 am | # | Reply

            How can you not remember seeing Robin Williams before? o_O

  3. Sharkie
    Sharkie
    August 5, 2014, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    New question to ponder. Do you prefer.
    “Daddy why is that man holding a gun to your head?”

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      August 5, 2014, 12:26 am | # | Reply

      Nah. Any good (in the ‘skills’ sense, not the ‘morals’ sense) thug knows that ‘Daddy, why is that man holding a gun to my head?’ is far more effective.

      • Sestror
        Sestror
        August 5, 2014, 1:48 am | # | Reply

        He doesn’t need a gun. He can pull of questions like “Daddy, why is this man holding my neck in this fashion?” or worse “Daddy, why does this man stand behind me and holds my shoulders?”

        On a more positive note, this may be not a thug, but a benevolent giant, or rather, the Gastoninan Moustache Commander whose name I forgot who liked the heroes. (Or its equivalent/player/coder)

        • Dean
          Dean
          August 5, 2014, 3:13 am | # | Reply

          But JJ doesn’t need to make any additional threats. His very presence at Joel’s house is a threat. He doesn’t need to do anything except ask his questions and go, because Joel is almost certainly smart enough to know the score here.

          • Tsapki
            Tsapki
            August 5, 2014, 4:37 pm | # | Reply

            Also, Shanna explicitly told him not to be a hero and that if anyone came looking for her, just tell them what happened and don’t worry about protecting her.

        • Fettuccini
          Fettuccini
          August 5, 2014, 5:46 am | # | Reply

          Except for the fact that we already know who this is, and he’s not a benevolent giant.

      • Nathanyel
        Nathanyel
        August 5, 2014, 4:20 am | # | Reply

        I’m appalled and a little bit jealous of how quickly you make jokes involving implied violence against children.

        • Rules Lawyer
          Rules Lawyer
          August 5, 2014, 4:39 am | # | Reply

          Practice makes perfect.

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          August 5, 2014, 5:48 am | # | Reply

          It’s not really a joke, though. I mean, playing off of Sharkie’s comment means the phrasing comes out a bit humorously, I suppose, but my point is serious – the implication, given what JJ says in the last panel, and the fact that this is generally how his type operates (both fictionally and IRL), is that he’s not there to threaten to hurt Joel, but to hurt his family.

          I don’t think it’ll literally involve him holding a gun to Gracie’s head – in fact, like Dean says, Joel should be smart enough to get the threat without JJ having to say it out loud, and they’d both probably prefer to finish this without Gracie and Emily even seeing JJ – but, yeah, the bones that JJ’s going to break if Joel doesn’t give him what he wants aren’t likely to be Joel’s.

        • Fettuccini
          Fettuccini
          August 5, 2014, 5:49 am | # | Reply

          You’re appalled by the mere suggestion of hypothetical fictional violence performed on a drawing by another drawing, neither of which are representative of non-fictional, non-drawn humans?

          • Kamino Neko
            Kamino Neko
            August 5, 2014, 6:29 am | # | Reply

            To be fair, that last part isn’t strictly true – Joel Watson is a real person, as are his wife, Emily, and their daughter, Gracie. (One of the reasons I’m pretty sure JJ’s never going to have to threaten them directly, nor follow up on his threats – it’d just be a bit too much, knowing that the Watsons are only slightly fictionalized.)

          • Nathanyel
            Nathanyel
            August 5, 2014, 7:42 am | # | Reply

            I’m appalled you didn’t read the rest of the comment.

            • Seth
              Seth
              August 5, 2014, 9:31 pm | # | Reply

              I’m just jealous.

              • Nathanyel
                Nathanyel
                August 6, 2014, 2:36 am | # | Reply

                /\

  4. Locke
    Locke
    August 5, 2014, 12:28 am | # | Reply

    You should have Joel draw a guest strip where he’s beaten for information. Not every day that you get to draw your own torture scene!

  5. JadeStarrz
    JadeStarrz
    August 5, 2014, 1:13 am | # | Reply

    Wow. There are so many “Never evers” in this scene. Don’t follow cartoonists home. Don’t let them leave with stuff on the table. Don’t try to carry it all yourself. Don’t accept that creepy guys help…

    • Jack Vermicelli
      Jack Vermicelli
      August 5, 2014, 2:18 am | # | Reply

      > Don’t accept that creepy guys help

      Sometimes creepy guys help, and you’ll have to learn to accept that.

      • Asterai
        Asterai
        August 5, 2014, 2:04 pm | # | Reply

        Sometimes creepy guys help and there’s no easy way to get rid of them. Sometimes you should really make sure you bring a less-creepy person along to make sure things don’t go from “creepy” to “bodily-harm-y”.

        • Asterai
          Asterai
          August 5, 2014, 2:10 pm | # | Reply

          …What I’m trying to say here is that it’s not about social stuff, like thinking a person is weird or awkward. It’s about self-preservation. It’s about noticing that someone is acting… wrong, somehow?… before they escalate, in case that is what they intended all along.

          People being socially awkward is fine. But certain types of socially awkward, most notably not respecting (or recognizing) another person’s boundaries, are big, flashing warning signs.

          • Guesticus
            Guesticus
            August 6, 2014, 9:08 am | # | Reply

            Like Dr. Shelly Cooper (the last part of the second paragraph, not the first part)

  6. Sestror
    Sestror
    August 5, 2014, 1:51 am | # | Reply

    Okay, I know that “Hurrican reality” is the designated bad reality, but still, it is not WH bad. (regardless if Fantasy or 40k)
    So, I hope that this isn’t going to badly for the author avatar, because I not only respect the authors for not making their characters stu’s, but also, because I do not want to have the Big guy as a more dark than with kinda guy.
    Also, the Hurrican reality needs a gentle giant badly.

    • CorrTerek
      CorrTerek
      August 5, 2014, 8:41 am | # | Reply

      I don’t think Joel is one of the authors.

  7. meh
    meh
    August 5, 2014, 3:01 am | # | Reply

    That mustache is very familiar.

    • punman
      punman
      August 5, 2014, 8:52 am | # | Reply

      “I mustache you a few questions, sir”

      • nemui
        nemui
        August 5, 2014, 3:51 pm | # | Reply

        “Moust of which will involve ache in some shape or form.”

        • Dean
          Dean
          August 5, 2014, 8:51 pm | # | Reply

          “Sorry to beard you at your home like this.”

  8. mrk
    mrk
    August 5, 2014, 3:01 am | # | Reply

    how could you NOT trust a man with a moustache that large?

    • Karishi
      Karishi
      August 5, 2014, 3:12 am | # | Reply

      The mustache is Best’s alt.

      • cliffmonster
        cliffmonster
        August 5, 2014, 9:23 am | # | Reply

        I love how that joke never gets old, at least for me. Hah!

    • Quinch
      Quinch
      August 5, 2014, 1:47 pm | # | Reply

      You insult Gordito Delgado, good sir!

      • Tsapki
        Tsapki
        August 5, 2014, 4:41 pm | # | Reply

        So this is how he turns out when he doesn’t grow up in a world where super intelligent dinosaurs from space invade Earth and enslave humanity…

  9. Avris
    Avris
    August 5, 2014, 3:50 am | # | Reply

    Joel is seeming an awful lot like Maes Hughes all of a sudden..

    • Messenger
      Messenger
      August 5, 2014, 5:09 am | # | Reply

      Ouch. Good reference, but now I’m even more scared of what’s going to happen.

    • Tsapki
      Tsapki
      August 5, 2014, 4:43 pm | # | Reply

      Wait, does that make Shanna Edward Elric? Mother issues…seeking the truth…getting the Man’s boot up her ass…there are some similarities.

  10. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    August 5, 2014, 6:20 am | # | Reply

    @alt text

    You seem to be speaking from experience Phil.

    • cliffmonster
      cliffmonster
      August 5, 2014, 9:23 am | # | Reply

      Yeah, that guy is still on his couch.

  11. Frigg_Fanboi
    Frigg_Fanboi
    August 5, 2014, 7:25 am | # | Reply

    So long Joel, nice knowing you

  12. Bruceski
    Bruceski
    August 5, 2014, 1:17 pm | # | Reply

    So that’s why Hijinks Ensue didn’t update for a week or so!

  13. wolfpax
    wolfpax
    August 5, 2014, 2:29 pm | # | Reply

    I keep thinking Big Dan Teague from O Brothere Where Art Thou when I see this guy. John Goodman would be a shoe-in for a live action version.

    • Guesticus
      Guesticus
      August 6, 2014, 9:10 am | # | Reply

      Hmmm, totally seeing a slightly bulkier Robin Williams personally

  14. Mordecai
    Mordecai
    August 5, 2014, 2:40 pm | # | Reply

    I get the feeling that JJ doesn’t do ANYTHING he doesn’t have to if he can get what is needed with the minimum of effort. Joel never spoke about the missing five before now, has shown zero interest in opening that can of worms, and seems perfectly willing to keep his trap shut in the future. If his cooperation can be easily bought, coerced, or even gotten for free thanks to Shanna’s instructions to give them everything they want…I don’t get the sense that JJ will resort to the level of mess that violence/murder/visceral threats that people are worrying about/suggesting.

    • Schneidend
      Schneidend
      August 5, 2014, 6:08 pm | # | Reply

      Maybe that’s what they want you to think. “Yeah, this guy’s a gentleman and a professional.” Then, the sharp instruments come out.

      • Cjrayn
        Cjrayn
        August 5, 2014, 7:56 pm | # | Reply

        Nah. He’s a pro. He might get kicks from this, but that’s not what it’s about. It’s a job, and you don’t msn messes you have to clean up or whack people for free. If he was messy Hurricane wouldn’t have turned to him. If he does kill them it’ll be because they’re loose ends, but he’s much more likely to say he’s a private investigator and then heavily use intimidation without giving up any information.

        • Guesticus
          Guesticus
          August 6, 2014, 9:13 am | # | Reply

          Agrecian: he is perfectly capable of doing much harm and inflicting of pain and sorrow, but he would rather not let it get that far, unless the job specifically called for it

  15. asdfasdf
    asdfasdf
    August 6, 2014, 9:24 pm | # | Reply

    dont do what? be a super awesome dude bein helpful?

  16. ⁣
    ⁣
    February 15, 2015, 3:04 pm | # | Reply

    butseks?

    damnit, the fans are breaking his “no creeping” rule by following him home again

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