I think watching Hank break his neck would be better than Christmas to Christie. 
I think watching Hank break his neck would be better than Christmas to Christie.
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I would think by now the whole town would be helping Hank skate!
Maybe they should consider mailing him to Istanbul or somewhere in a box.
Congratulations! You've been trying for every night for the past two weeks (under various identities, I might add) to leave an insulting comment on here. This one included no profanity or anything too silly (this time), so I decided to spring ya outta the dungeon of spam.
There's nothing wrong with the characters, they're just not your cup of tea. I am glad that you've been reading each and every strip, though. I hope you continue to do so.
This is not just a job, it's an adventure!
And it is an unqualified success. Thousands upon thousands of people visit Addanac City each week and they have no complaints whatsoever. We're havin' a great time doing us, just like you have a fantastic time trying to stop it. The only thing I'm better at than this, is laughing at the people who hate the comic but are too insecure to leave it alone.
So, sit down and enjoy the show, lil' fella, or find something YOU'RE good at.
Peace!
Well, you'd better notify the authorities, because four different people have been using the computer from your address to leave spam comments at the same time every night. Home invasion is serious business. You'd better tell those folks to stop stealing your IP address.
If that is indeed the case, Kay, then I profusely apologize for the confusion. But since I do have your attention, is there anything about the ADDANAC CITY comic strip series that you DO like? There must be something nice you can say to make your visits worthwhile. What turns you on over here?
Gotta be careful with your IP address hanging out like that. It could get stuck in your zipper.
Ouch! That's got to hurt!
Attagirl, Kay! See? It's okay to stop by here and give some productive advice. Look for the positive in things, not just constant negativity. I've got a tough skin. I don't care who doesn't like my comic, because I create it for the large number who do.
I don't particularly care for the Lifetime Network. I think it's a complete waste of television space and all of the shows/movies are predictable and lame. That's my opinion. However, I'm mature enough to realize that Lifetime has millions of fans who love their schedule of shows and are entertained thoroughly. I'm not about to waste my time standing on their front door complaining that the network is awful and it should be taken off the air. I leave it alone for the enjoyment of the people who can't get enough of it.
The same goes for around here: Love it or leave it alone.
Or hang around. You may find yourself liking AC after awhile.
Hmm…what does some good, primo bandwidth go for on the black market?
Thanks, Bearman. I try to keep a balance between childlike innocence (or is that guilt) and adult risque-ness. Some days you'll get a strip about STD's, the next you get a strip about BMX's. Maybe it's a small letdown for the reader who was eagerly awaiting nude pics of Mrs. A, but the world of AC covers all facets of life. That's why I like to switch coverage from Hank and the kids to the adults sometimes; to show all the background of City life.
Hank must already have a death-wish (with all of the stuff he's done), so you may actually see him on that skateboard soon.
And on a stretcher.
Christie may indeed trick him. You know how you women have such convincing power over us guys.
"I can give a few people some scissors…" I love that!
And I bet you would do that. Especially if they agreed to take the scissors.
Hey! My mom was a librarian!!! I'm just playin' (although, she WAS one).
I understand negative comments to a certain extent. I would never leave one, though, because it's a lot easier to just 'X' out of a site than to sit and fill out all those 'required' boxes and start complaining. If I don't like something, screw it, I'm on to something better. Most folks oughtta try that.
I like your characters. They quite obviously posses the ability to look at each other and do not look stoned. I also like the different colored words – they are energetic, vibrant and unique, AND I enjoyed the punchline as well. If this is your day job, please keep it, George!
I like your characters. They quite obviously posses the ability to look at each other and do not look stoned. I also like the different colored words – they are energetic, vibrant and unique, AND I enjoyed the punchline as well. If this is your day job, please keep it, George!
P.S. If anyone knows about lack-o-success it' s me – yet having hard feelings towards those who are successful makes absolutely no sense! If it were possible to push a button and cause successful people to fail it would do absolutely nothing to improve my success (and even if it did it would be wrong)! Why not be happy for those who do well, and try to learn from them? I don't get it.
Hey, look, everyone! My little lapdog is back and he's continuing to ride my nuts tighter than a thong. S'funny, he and Kay share the same IP address. Hans, go back to school and get off'a my sack. You'll never stop my reign. Peace, kid!
Because some people just have to hate. They have no life and I give them purpose. I'm glad that you're enjoying things around here and I plan to keep on entertaining the masses and vexing the haterz. They're looking dumber every time they post.
Look people, Addanac City now has a fan site! The site has become worthy enough to merit a parody!
Congratulations George!
Yes, yes….I'd like to thank all of the little people.
If this lil' tyke keeps up with all of this promotional work, I may feel compelled to throw a few shillings his way. Haterz are better than advertising. 
I may give him a job soon, but he'd better be able to update more than once a week. I need to judge his artistic consistency. Writing me love letters every day just ain't gonna cut it.
You must be a fan, Hans. You come to my site everyday. You even authored a blog post all about your hatred (or is that passion?) for my comic. And now you've spent two or three weeks working on your very own satire/parody of said comic (not too bad, it'll get better with time). You even took special time out to let me know, so maybe I'll throw you a bone or two.
You spend more time dealing with my creation than I do. Personally, I think you have insecurity issues, but that's neither here nor there, you'll get those worked out later on. Maybe, as you get older and wiser, you'll look back and realize how silly you've been seeming.
But, don't worry, I'll give you a lil' rope so we can record this for posterity. Your efforts have brought me 20 to 30 new fans who wouldn't have even known about ADDANAC CITY if it wasn't for you.
Thank you, son.
Oh, you can keep writing back. If I like what you say, I may let you of spam, too. Will you include the rest of the cast in your parody? They need time to shine also.
You must be a fan, Hans. You come to my site everyday. You even authored a blog post all about your hatred (or is that passion?) for my comic. And now you've spent two or three weeks working on your very own satire/parody of said comic (not too bad, it'll get better with time). You even took special time out to let me know, so maybe I'll throw you a bone or two.
You spend more time dealing with my creation than I do. Personally, I think you have insecurity issues, but that's neither here nor there, you'll get those worked out later on. Maybe, as you get older and wiser, you'll look back and realize how silly you've been seeming.
But, don't worry, I'll give you a lil' rope so we can record this for posterity. Your efforts have brought me 20 to 30 new fans who wouldn't have even known about ADDANAC CITY if it wasn't for you.
Thank you, son.
Oh, you can keep writing back. If I like what you say, I may let you out of spam, too. Will you include the rest of the cast in your parody? They need time to shine also.
Yeah, what is he gonna do when ADDANAC CITY makes it to television? I guess he can write his congressman or something. Hahaha!
Quite.
It was nothing I did. All I did was make a comic strip that I like that other people don't mind enjoying. My hater attention is comprable to somebody hating Pepsi, but drinking a two-liter every day so they can make nasty faces and throw up.
I guess, for some, ADDANAC CITY is a form of internet-bulimia: They deplore it, but they gorge themselves on it, then dedicate their lives to purging it from their existence by overdosing on it. Does that make sense? No, I didn't think so, either, but that's the life I live, alas. The haters make themselves look stupid merely from not being able to leave it alone.
Bearman, we've come to discover that Kay is really our ol' buddy, Hans, in disguise (Ta Da!). This kid doesn't quit. He's stuck to me like a old girlfriend or something. And my wife is not happy about that at all.
I hope you get more readers as dedicated as hans/kay/identitycrisis/troll. That is true dedication and they will bring you many MORE readers!
It's nice to know that all of my haters are just different personalities existing in the same shizophrenic sixteen-year-old body.
Hopefully, he'll get the necessary help soon. 
That is an interesting assessment, Children are dumb.
Wow, that seems a bit harsh. But, hey, everyone is entitled to their opinion and if you think children are morons I suppose you can think that.
Now let's talk about the comic for a moment, and your clear hatred of it.
Perhaps all this hatred stems from jealousy?
Maybe you feel that George doesn't deserve to have the amount of readers he has, or that you should have more readers than he does. Well then there is a simple solution for that, create a better comic than he does. AND promote the heck out of it. Don't sit there and bemoan the fact that he has a higher Top Web Comics rating than you, or more twitter followers, do something about it!
Oh and by do something about I don't mean create a parody comic, or if you are going to do a parody comic at least try and do a decent job parodying the style. Think of the Mad Magazine parody's of the 50's with their dead-on imitation of an artists style.
Oh and before you write me off as just a fanboy of George's I have to tell I don't read the comic as often as I should, but heck if we are going to continue to have such FUN discussions you can count on me being a regular reader.
Hans your first post was a failure. You lose the effect talking about the colors when you don't put the fonts in color. And don't be a puss….if you want to say fuck, say fuck.
What happened to the great Jonass brothers toon you did before?
Aw, Bearman, you waited too late to comment. I think it's past Hans' bedtime. Hahahaha!
Don't worry, he'll be back around to cry about tomorrow's strip (if I decide to let him out of his dungeon).
Thank you! And as far as AC being a cliche, don't all soap operas have the same premise even though they're on different networks? When you think of a family sitcom, how many different ways can they do it?
What makes something stand out is the appreciation for the characters and the readers' love of watching those characters develop their own personalities and ways.
I make a comic about a precocious, misbehaving kid. There's gonna be many comparisons and similarities to Calvin, Dennis, and Bart. I can't help that. All I can do is show my readers how I'M gonna do it. If the comic is any good, it'll stand on its own two feet.
Thanks for stopping through, Keith. You said it way better than I've been trying to for the past few weeks. Maybe hearing it from an impartial observer will make the haters realize the futility of their ways. I doubt it, because they don't want to listen to reason. Some people just want to stand on their soapbox and whine about something they can't do anything about. My series' survival depends on what I do and my readers' reactions, not what some pissant, self-proclaimed critic says redundantly.
What, are you retarded, or just in special classes? That's the only way your coming here makes any sense. Let me count the ways of your strange infatuation. You spent your time trying to come up with a spoof of my comic after claiming you hate it. You wrote some long-ass tirade whining about why my comic shouldn't be allowed on the internet. You change identities every night at midnight (EST) in attempts to get your whiny comments on my site. You actually drew Hank as a rating system. You go to other people's sites crying about what a thief I am. You try to get other people to care about your hard-on for me.
You have a Photobucket album made especially for me. You said "goodbye" and here you are again, crying 'bout…the…same…OLD…thing. What are you, Watterson's foster son? Did I screw your sister? Why, Oh Lawd, why are you even concerned with what's going on around here? Even the Hans from Die Hard didn't care that much about John McClaine. My site (and yours) has OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION, retard, that I am apparently the most important thing in this world to you. If not, go do something else that has nothing to do with me. I dare you. The proof that I own you is in print, you friggin' moron! :p Take your reinforced helmet off and get a life.
If you're retarded, you're retarded. Don't get offended yourself. That was just the very last explanation for your behavior. The rest of us can find no other diagnosis. Heh, you'll never leave me alone. You're like a bad case of herpes, you keep recurring. You never should have come here, but it is what it is. Let's see if you can stay away ths time. You're done already.
Hey, what a coincidence. I'm not just the president, I'm a client, too.
Lord. It's too bad such a delightfully wicked strip as this one had to be tainted with a comment war. What a bizarre stalker. And how dubious for me to learn that he's a fellow passenger on the good ship DrunkDuck. =P
He just wanted to cause some controversy so he could get famous for something. I haven't heard from him in a while, but I imagine he's still lurking in the shadows somewhere reading AC.