The Home Crew
Nathaniel “Nate” Ashborne
Stuck in a shitty job with no future to speak of, Nate lacks direction and perceives bullshit and authority encroaching all around him.
Rose Crowley
An astute high school girl from Nate’s neighborhood with, shall we say, an open attitude about sexuality.
Steve Adams
Nate’s Roommate, employed at Wal-Mart. His bastarditude is well-documented.
Derek Wilkins
Nate’s other roommate. Derek is a socially awkward IT professional who enjoys video games, RPGs, slovenliness and general geekery.
Aiyana “Aya” Wilder
Rose’s best friend and occasional unwitting partner in crime.
Beth Crowley
Rose’s alcoholic mother.
Nina Crowley
Rose’s skanky sister.
Trevor Cross
Aya’s adopted brother. Kind of a dickweed.
The Work Crew
Tracy Winters
The Food Baron Customer Service Manager is Nate’s immediate supervisor and a purported harlot.
Jimi Felder
Frozen Food Manager and target of Nina Crowley’s affections. He is also the Batman of commenting on Nate’s love life.
Miranda Reyes
A Deli Clerk who is friendly with Nate.
Arne Torran
Food Baron’s Assistant Manager and A-Hole-in-Chief.
L’estat “Les” Tepes
A vampire wannabe who joined Food Baron when he heard there was an opening in the “Flesh Department.”
Purvous Foster
The Baron’s “Special Needs” bagger.
Bill Schneider
Store Manager of the Food Baron and master of the art of delegation.
what can i say? funny comic man, good stuff!
Thanks!
What happened to the original run of comics? are they archived anywhere?
I was up to where Nate & Rose had become assassins and Nate was sent after Purvous for something. I want to know what happened!
uh. what?
Yeah, that’s The End of Compliance. A crazy side story that started as a 24 Hour Comic.
Just found this comic as a linkthrough from Something*Positive. Funny, with the right amount of “seriousness” to keep it connected. Keep it up Nick.
This is a really cool comic! I’m actually a fan of some… less than perfectly appropriate manga, but really, this manages the sexual humor without being really dirty. Keep up the good work, Nick!
I try!
Well, just here to reinforce it then, you’re doing a masterful job! This has to be my favorite online comic because it blends the ‘perfect’ amount of humor, and the right amount of real life sexuality, seriousness, character error, love, and hatred for those characters that all other comics/manga cannot, or are afraid to add which kills the enjoyment in them that I feel when reading this series. You took a risk making each character lovable and hate-able and you did it with flying colors man, way to go :D
Gotta admit, I’m liking the comic quite a bit more than any other I’m reading. I’m only offset by Nate’s brick wall attitude towards Rose, but other than that, this comic gives me something to look forward to every mon, wed, and fri :D
Love the comic! Find it ironic how my Boyfriend is 21 and I’m 17. I’ll turn 18 this Nov. I don’t mind the whole age differences thing, but nice comic overall! I’m checking it out everything m-w-f!
I would like to see some Winters + Wilder chemistry just like Knives and Kim Pine
Dude your comic is awesome keep up the good work
Hey, I’ve been reading for a while, and I was glad to see you had returned after that long hiatus! I look forward to continuing to enjoy your comic.
Thanks guys!
New Reader.
Just blew a couple of hours going through the archives.
totally awesome. better story than “Clerks”
The one liners are priceless..
I have a question. The ad that drew me to your site had Tracy, buck naked in a prone position… where else can we find it?
Hi Brondan, and welcome. Regarding the Tracy ad, all I can say is stick around.
Sorry, I was too busy laughing to think of a witty comment
Nice comic man. glad I got through it all so soon… but now i’m left feeling unsatisfied that I cannot read more… shame.. I guess I shall merely have to join the legions of cyber-stalkers waiting for you to update. lol.
anyways, where’s “Nuts”? will he ever make a return appearance? will he ever realize just what Steve has done to him? will he ever shave off that goatee?
only you will be able to decide!
-Takami Haru
(think a thin Derek that looks damn near Steve, but with mood stones for irises)
Hey there! Not sure about Nuts. I haven’t envisioned any scenarios where he would be needed in some time. Maybe he did wise up and jump ship after all!
You should work on your hands and arms a little, btw. The figures are fine but the limbs always are in the same angle.
And hey did you delete my previouscomment?
I mix up the angles fairly often and don’t make a habit of deleting comments.
Are you sure you’re commenting on the right webcomic?
I asked why don’t they have sex in another state? Might have not gone through.
But yeah you’ve gotten better, but earlier work was kind of flat.
Guess not. I know it has been asked before and it turns out that would make it a federal crime, so yeah, not a good solution. :-)
Well, what happens in vegas, stays in vegas, right? ; )
You adding Aya’s brother any time soon? Or is he not worthy enough? XD
Good call. I guess he’s earned his place!
Updated.
nick, what’s aya’s nationality?
American!
I am very glad I clicked the link on “QC” that got me to “Blip” which got me here :) Looking forward to reading more =)
Hooray for secondhand advertising! Welcome. :-)
My last name is Crowley and it freaked me out that Rose’s last name was Crowley. But freaked out in a good way. The name Crowley isn’t used much. Props.
After I named Rose I started to do some Google searches… and found out that Rose was the name of Aleister Crowley’s wife. She never officially changed her name, but still, odd!
I like it. Just looked the guy up. Pure genius. Keep doing what you’re doing. I look forward to every update.
I’m enjoying the plot so far. WILL ROSE EVER REDEEM HERSELF WITH NATE? WILL TREVOR BECOME A DEFINING ELEMENT IN ROSE’S COMING OF AGE?? WILL LES EVER GET THAT FLESH?!!
the big man…… HASS the intrigue
oh god; it’s a web-soap opera- comic!
Quick distract the people with sexy!
Anyone else ever get the feeling that Nate is alot like Dante from clerks?
He should never have grown that mustache/goatee combo.
its bad to say it this way but you’re kind of kevin smith light (in an extremely good way)
you write some amazing stuff keep up the good work
I promise to never include music and dance routines. ;-) Thanks!
Are any of your characters based on people you know?
Strangely I can fit each of your characters to perfection with people I know. All but Rose of course. Would be great to know a red-headed vixen like that (but a little bit older)!!
Yeah, Rose is completely original. Sorry. ;-)
A good chunk of the rest are based in part on people I know/knew. Mostly they’re amalgamations of several different people.
Except for Purvous. Totally a real guy. 95% of the things he says in the comic he actually said in real life. (He never had an encounter with a Les.)
I can just imagine an offshoot comic like EOC for Jimi after seeing him defined as Batman of Nate’s lovelife, done a la seventies blacksploitation movie style.
This Summer, Jimi Felder is “The Batman of luv”
Great stuff! I just discovered it as a link-through from…somehwere.
Okay. After reading what you have made, this is the best I’ve seen in terms of web comics in years! Haven’t laughed so hard to web comic entertainment since the early day’s of web comics came out.
Came over from Questionable Content, love your stuff!
Thanks and welcome!
What do ypu mean ??? tracy is a purported harlot. No she is a few steps lower on the ladder of life than that. she is at least a cheap Sl*t
I think we need to see more of Pervous Foster. The way you show his expressions and how you portray him in the comic just makes me giggle. Kinda wished I had Pervous as a friend n real life LOL