CHACKMANGA
DAIOH
Comments & Inspirations
Hmm where do I begin? I guess it all started was surfing around on the internet for translated manga. Having just discovered Love Hina for the first time and the fact that it was completely scanned and translated, I was wondering what other gems I had missed. So I stumbled onto this one manga translation page called "J-Comx." I looked over the manga that had translated. All unknown titles to me, so I checked each of them out. The majority of the manga sucked (as I had expected) except for one. That was Azumanga Daioh. The strange thing was that it wasn't a manga in a traditional sense, but more of a comic strip that you see in newspapers. And DAMN, it was funny. The humor was strange, but unique and I think that is what I really liked about it. No lame crotch jokes or anything needed. It was just the story of these high school girls and their daily lives. No real plot at all. Its simplicity was its charm and I absolutely loved it. For the record, my favorite character is Ayumu Kasuga, better known as Osaka. The anime is a real treat and I recommend it to everyone. But anyway, this is about Chackmanga Daioh, not Azumanga Daioh! Soon after I decided to try making my own 4 panel strips and thus Chackmanga Daioh came to be.
15) ->! - 24/01/05
The coolest thing about playing SF3 is the parry system. It feels so good when you pull it off (by simply tapping forward at the moment of impact) because it essentially nullifies anything that your opponent throws at you. It doesn't matter if they shoot flying kunais, vacuum fireballs, or flaming metorites at you. Just put up your hand and get rid of it. Don't put up with any crap that anyone tries to throw at you.
14) I Wish - 17/12/04
This one is pretty self explanatory. And yes, I am a fan haha.
13) A Day At Sega - 13/07/04
Well haven't done one of these in over a year but while I was in Japan I had some "free time" (meaning it was a boring lecture lol) during class so I went to work on something more interesting haha. Anyway, the arcades in Japan were awesome to say the least and they were all equipped with the newest games. I was playing a lot of VF4evo there and played my share of bad and uber players. The uber players are amazingly good and I was taken to school numerous times while I was there. One of my theories is that these GOD level players are in fact, earthly versions of some sort of divine heavenly power. How else can the guy "yomi" everything I do for 3 rounds? lol.
12) Easy - 14/04/03
Not much to explain here. This was actually a true story that Akumo told me when we were in a car going to major cineplex one day with CK and TranceAddict. Akumo's friend apparently was doing some math problem and well, that's about it. Was damn funny when we first heard it though. Everyone was cracking up like mad. One of the few times math can be funny.
11) Right - 05/04/03
Ah yes, that fateful day I learned girls don't play Tekken. I remember it well; a number of us were at Jack's apartment talking about drinking:
Jack: Drinking is just a way to meet new people.
Me: Yeah, but you could also meet new people by playing Tekken.
Jack: But you can't meet any girls.
How many more dreams must reality shatter before I'm left with nothing? It's just a matter of time I suppose. [note: i'm being sarcastic about this]
10) Duh - 02/04/03
It's kinda sad that there are really only homeless asian people left on campus when thanksgiving and spring break roll around. Many people leave the dreary campus to take trips and vacations back home or to new places. I, on the other hand, had no where to go, so ISR (a dorm) was my home for those weeks. I'm sure you can imagine how much nothing there was to do. Of course, I exaggerate the situation. It wasn't that bad actually. Both breaks I had friends to hang out with so it wasn't so bad. Would have been better if we could hang out some place OTHER than ISR that's all. Still, I think it's a funny joke. Joke, as in "not true", being the key word. I was afraid people would take it seriously so I never posted it on ILAAS. Like I said, it was actually pretty fun since I had friends to hang out with. It just would have been better if the location wasn't in the middle of nowhere.
09) I Knew It - 08/03/03
I know everyone has wanted to say this to a teacher at least once in their lives. Sometimes I seriously wonder if they could give a genuinely decent response. Originally, I sketched this strip during a Rhet 105 class. She was droning on and on about analyzing all sorts of junk that I could care less about. The content changed to stuff from Psychology instead because I realized that I cared even less about that stuff. I know you would think that Psych would be all fun and interesting, and hey, so did I. But regardless of which subject it's infecting, biology makes EVERYTHING boring. The "suprachiasmatic nuclei"? The "substantia nigra"? How about the "I-don't-give-one-goddamn." Couldn't they just teach the interesting stuff? Everyone knows that Freud = Psychology. Especially after playing Xenogears so many years ago, the "Id" is something I'd rather learn about than axons and dendrites.
08) Happy Days - 28/02/03
While I was lurching down Green street back from class in the subzero temperature, I remembered being on bus in Thailand only a few months before, sweating like crazy. While chuckling and cringing at the irony and the same time, it suddenly hit me that I had never lived in temperatures that one could consider "nice." If it's not sweating like a pig in Thailand, it's feeling my boogers freeze in Illinois. If I had to choose, I would definitely choose hot weather over cold any day. But do you really have to choose at all? When I grow up, I want to live somewhere that has "nice" weather. Hopefully before the alternating hot/cold weather cracks my skin into a million pieces.
07) COOOOOOOL - 15/02/03
I don't know exactly when I first thought of the idea of "water vapor smoking." I know I'm not the first one to ever think of it, so I have to wonder: how come people never do it? Personally, I was itching to try it when I got here. Of course it's not worth the hell-freezing-over temperatures you have to go through, but it's one of the few (I emphasize, FEW) pluses that the weather brings. Smokers are cool, admit it. So if you could get the "cool guy" image without the risk of heart disease and lung cancer, why not? I jest of course. I don't walk around outside pretending to smoke in front of everyone. But you know, when no ones around, a quick puff here and there brings a smile to my face. I'm so badass.
06) ? - 02/02/03
This actually happened at one of the ILAAS meetings. We were trying to think of events for the club and someone mentioned "Cow Tipping." Having never lived in a corn field before, I had no idea what it could have been. So I imagined the (obviously wrong) obvious. I mean, come on, I never would have guessed it really meant ACTUALLY tipping cows over! How cruel...I wanna try it someday. On the little cows, of course.
05) Tastes GUUD - 15/11/02
I don't care what the sophomores, juniors or seniors say. The late night pizza sucks. So it may have been worse last year. It doesn't change the fact that the pizza STILL sucks this year. It's a piece of plastic. It really is. I think they take old GI-Joe figures they find in the trash, melt them down and add artificial cheese flavoring. Tada! Late night pizza. If you put it in the microwave for 3 minutes, the cheese doesn't start melting. It gets hot. Of course, that's because it's plastic. How can it melt? After you eat this crap, McDonalds tastes as good as food from the Rembrandt Hotel.
04) That's Illinois - 01/11/02
When I first got here I remember Thevin said, "This is Illinois, the weather man is wrong 50% of the time." I thought to myself, "The weather man can be wrong? I didn't know that..." Oh boy, the weather in Illinois is messed up. When they say it'll be warm the next day, don't go jump to conclusions just yet. Nothing worse than going into frigid weather with just a t-shirt and some shorts on. Seriously, how do these people get paid...
03) It's Not His Fault - 01/11/02
I've always heard that people who are business majors never get any work, compared to say, the engineers. At first I thought, "nah they must be kidding." Hohoho, was I in for pleasant surprise. For the majority of the first semester, I had no work to do. Seriously, nothing. I was actually getting bored because I had so much nothing to do. Warcraft III helped eat up a lot of that surplus time, as did sleeping. Haha, I bet the engineers are cringing as they read this. Suckers! (j/k) I actually never posted this strip on the ILAAS website because I was afraid that everyone would think I was a super slacker or something. Well it's not my fault! They never gave me any work in the first place!
02) Tropical Man - 20/10/02
Ah yes, the weather in this accursed corn field. I mean, when people say they're cold in Thailand, it's because the air conditioner is on too low. If you go outside it's HOT. You see, there are only three seasons in Thailand. Hot, hotter, and hottest. Sometimes it's hot and humid, sometimes it's hot and dry, but it's ALWAYS hot. So imagine how I felt when I came here and experienced truly "cold" weather for the first time in recent memory. Sure, I was born in Illinois and lived here for about 7 years, but I never remember it being THAT cold. Needless to say, I was wearing gloves and two pairs of everything when it hit November.
01) Dorm Food - 15/10/02
What can I say? There was no way I could have prepared myself for the horror that is "dorm food" when I made the trip the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Haha, I remember being in Thailand thinking to myself, "Man, I'm soooo sick of rice. Pizza and burgers everyday would be AWESOME." How naive of me. I also remember getting that slab of "meat" plopped down onto my plate at the dorm. And yes, it was bleeding. I think it might have been still alive actually. I could see it pulsating almost, as the blood oozed out of it's innards. Dorm food, in a word(s), sucks donkey balls.
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Comments & Inspirations
From the left: Koyomi Mizuhara (Yomi),
Ayumu Kasuga (Osaka), Chiyo
Mihama , Sakaki, Kagura, Tomo
Takino
Hmm where do I begin? I guess it all started was surfing around on the internet for translated manga. Having just discovered Love Hina for the first time and the fact that it was completely scanned and translated, I was wondering what other gems I had missed. So I stumbled onto this one manga translation page called "J-Comx." I looked over the manga that had translated. All unknown titles to me, so I checked each of them out. The majority of the manga sucked (as I had expected) except for one. That was Azumanga Daioh. The strange thing was that it wasn't a manga in a traditional sense, but more of a comic strip that you see in newspapers. And DAMN, it was funny. The humor was strange, but unique and I think that is what I really liked about it. No lame crotch jokes or anything needed. It was just the story of these high school girls and their daily lives. No real plot at all. Its simplicity was its charm and I absolutely loved it. For the record, my favorite character is Ayumu Kasuga, better known as Osaka. The anime is a real treat and I recommend it to everyone. But anyway, this is about Chackmanga Daioh, not Azumanga Daioh! Soon after I decided to try making my own 4 panel strips and thus Chackmanga Daioh came to be.
15) ->! - 24/01/05
The coolest thing about playing SF3 is the parry system. It feels so good when you pull it off (by simply tapping forward at the moment of impact) because it essentially nullifies anything that your opponent throws at you. It doesn't matter if they shoot flying kunais, vacuum fireballs, or flaming metorites at you. Just put up your hand and get rid of it. Don't put up with any crap that anyone tries to throw at you.
14) I Wish - 17/12/04
This one is pretty self explanatory. And yes, I am a fan haha.
13) A Day At Sega - 13/07/04
Well haven't done one of these in over a year but while I was in Japan I had some "free time" (meaning it was a boring lecture lol) during class so I went to work on something more interesting haha. Anyway, the arcades in Japan were awesome to say the least and they were all equipped with the newest games. I was playing a lot of VF4evo there and played my share of bad and uber players. The uber players are amazingly good and I was taken to school numerous times while I was there. One of my theories is that these GOD level players are in fact, earthly versions of some sort of divine heavenly power. How else can the guy "yomi" everything I do for 3 rounds? lol.
12) Easy - 14/04/03
Not much to explain here. This was actually a true story that Akumo told me when we were in a car going to major cineplex one day with CK and TranceAddict. Akumo's friend apparently was doing some math problem and well, that's about it. Was damn funny when we first heard it though. Everyone was cracking up like mad. One of the few times math can be funny.
11) Right - 05/04/03
Ah yes, that fateful day I learned girls don't play Tekken. I remember it well; a number of us were at Jack's apartment talking about drinking:
Jack: Drinking is just a way to meet new people.
Me: Yeah, but you could also meet new people by playing Tekken.
Jack: But you can't meet any girls.
How many more dreams must reality shatter before I'm left with nothing? It's just a matter of time I suppose. [note: i'm being sarcastic about this]
10) Duh - 02/04/03
It's kinda sad that there are really only homeless asian people left on campus when thanksgiving and spring break roll around. Many people leave the dreary campus to take trips and vacations back home or to new places. I, on the other hand, had no where to go, so ISR (a dorm) was my home for those weeks. I'm sure you can imagine how much nothing there was to do. Of course, I exaggerate the situation. It wasn't that bad actually. Both breaks I had friends to hang out with so it wasn't so bad. Would have been better if we could hang out some place OTHER than ISR that's all. Still, I think it's a funny joke. Joke, as in "not true", being the key word. I was afraid people would take it seriously so I never posted it on ILAAS. Like I said, it was actually pretty fun since I had friends to hang out with. It just would have been better if the location wasn't in the middle of nowhere.
09) I Knew It - 08/03/03
I know everyone has wanted to say this to a teacher at least once in their lives. Sometimes I seriously wonder if they could give a genuinely decent response. Originally, I sketched this strip during a Rhet 105 class. She was droning on and on about analyzing all sorts of junk that I could care less about. The content changed to stuff from Psychology instead because I realized that I cared even less about that stuff. I know you would think that Psych would be all fun and interesting, and hey, so did I. But regardless of which subject it's infecting, biology makes EVERYTHING boring. The "suprachiasmatic nuclei"? The "substantia nigra"? How about the "I-don't-give-one-goddamn." Couldn't they just teach the interesting stuff? Everyone knows that Freud = Psychology. Especially after playing Xenogears so many years ago, the "Id" is something I'd rather learn about than axons and dendrites.
08) Happy Days - 28/02/03
While I was lurching down Green street back from class in the subzero temperature, I remembered being on bus in Thailand only a few months before, sweating like crazy. While chuckling and cringing at the irony and the same time, it suddenly hit me that I had never lived in temperatures that one could consider "nice." If it's not sweating like a pig in Thailand, it's feeling my boogers freeze in Illinois. If I had to choose, I would definitely choose hot weather over cold any day. But do you really have to choose at all? When I grow up, I want to live somewhere that has "nice" weather. Hopefully before the alternating hot/cold weather cracks my skin into a million pieces.
07) COOOOOOOL - 15/02/03
I don't know exactly when I first thought of the idea of "water vapor smoking." I know I'm not the first one to ever think of it, so I have to wonder: how come people never do it? Personally, I was itching to try it when I got here. Of course it's not worth the hell-freezing-over temperatures you have to go through, but it's one of the few (I emphasize, FEW) pluses that the weather brings. Smokers are cool, admit it. So if you could get the "cool guy" image without the risk of heart disease and lung cancer, why not? I jest of course. I don't walk around outside pretending to smoke in front of everyone. But you know, when no ones around, a quick puff here and there brings a smile to my face. I'm so badass.
06) ? - 02/02/03
This actually happened at one of the ILAAS meetings. We were trying to think of events for the club and someone mentioned "Cow Tipping." Having never lived in a corn field before, I had no idea what it could have been. So I imagined the (obviously wrong) obvious. I mean, come on, I never would have guessed it really meant ACTUALLY tipping cows over! How cruel...I wanna try it someday. On the little cows, of course.
05) Tastes GUUD - 15/11/02
I don't care what the sophomores, juniors or seniors say. The late night pizza sucks. So it may have been worse last year. It doesn't change the fact that the pizza STILL sucks this year. It's a piece of plastic. It really is. I think they take old GI-Joe figures they find in the trash, melt them down and add artificial cheese flavoring. Tada! Late night pizza. If you put it in the microwave for 3 minutes, the cheese doesn't start melting. It gets hot. Of course, that's because it's plastic. How can it melt? After you eat this crap, McDonalds tastes as good as food from the Rembrandt Hotel.
04) That's Illinois - 01/11/02
When I first got here I remember Thevin said, "This is Illinois, the weather man is wrong 50% of the time." I thought to myself, "The weather man can be wrong? I didn't know that..." Oh boy, the weather in Illinois is messed up. When they say it'll be warm the next day, don't go jump to conclusions just yet. Nothing worse than going into frigid weather with just a t-shirt and some shorts on. Seriously, how do these people get paid...
03) It's Not His Fault - 01/11/02
I've always heard that people who are business majors never get any work, compared to say, the engineers. At first I thought, "nah they must be kidding." Hohoho, was I in for pleasant surprise. For the majority of the first semester, I had no work to do. Seriously, nothing. I was actually getting bored because I had so much nothing to do. Warcraft III helped eat up a lot of that surplus time, as did sleeping. Haha, I bet the engineers are cringing as they read this. Suckers! (j/k) I actually never posted this strip on the ILAAS website because I was afraid that everyone would think I was a super slacker or something. Well it's not my fault! They never gave me any work in the first place!
02) Tropical Man - 20/10/02
Ah yes, the weather in this accursed corn field. I mean, when people say they're cold in Thailand, it's because the air conditioner is on too low. If you go outside it's HOT. You see, there are only three seasons in Thailand. Hot, hotter, and hottest. Sometimes it's hot and humid, sometimes it's hot and dry, but it's ALWAYS hot. So imagine how I felt when I came here and experienced truly "cold" weather for the first time in recent memory. Sure, I was born in Illinois and lived here for about 7 years, but I never remember it being THAT cold. Needless to say, I was wearing gloves and two pairs of everything when it hit November.
01) Dorm Food - 15/10/02
What can I say? There was no way I could have prepared myself for the horror that is "dorm food" when I made the trip the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Haha, I remember being in Thailand thinking to myself, "Man, I'm soooo sick of rice. Pizza and burgers everyday would be AWESOME." How naive of me. I also remember getting that slab of "meat" plopped down onto my plate at the dorm. And yes, it was bleeding. I think it might have been still alive actually. I could see it pulsating almost, as the blood oozed out of it's innards. Dorm food, in a word(s), sucks donkey balls.
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