#scribblette

[nicnavarrocage]

I used to like Stevie T, but now I don't really know if he's funny.

[nekropsii]

on the topic of Hussie's racism translating into the comic itself: the origin of lil Cal's name came from a racist comic Hussie made in his TeamSpecialOlympics line It's titled "Rollin with lil Cal" and depicts a black character adopted by a white dad that just goes "Shit! I be 29 years old mutha-fucka!" he either re-used this character itself throughout these comics or was just lazy, but what appears to be the same og lil Cal was in his comic "Underground Funk Railroad", which ended with "Slaves Recaptured: funky swagger to blame" as well as mocking systematic racism and segregation with the racial slur negro (which, historically by white people in that time frame, was pronounced similar to the well-known n word [re-stating out of habit to keep clarification of why it's bad/an actual slur])

From my research, "Lil' Cal" as a name actually seems to extend a little farther back than that. Looks like the origin of Lil' Cal as a character- or at least as a name belonging to a Black character- dates back to around 2005-2006, with the creator being Andrew Hussie's brother, Byron Hussie, also known as Byrobot. You'll see that username a lot when poking around archives of Team Special Olympics comics. I give the estimate of 2005 or so, because Byrobot's Lil' Cal strips predate Hussie's, and not only was Hussie's edition of "Rollin' Wit Lil' Cal" posted in (late-ish) 2006, but Byrobot closed his website in around early 2006, which is where that strip was originally hosted. Plus, I've seen a couple anecdotes that it was around 2005 when that first started being a thing... Either way, though.

Unsurprisingly, Lil' Cal wasn't exactly illustrated with much... Class. Here's Byrobot's first Lil' Cal strip. This is the first iteration of Lil' Cal ever posted online.

Yikes. Yikes on bikes.

To fortify your points, though, I'll post the strips you're talking about here.

Here's Hussie's "Rollin' Wit Lil' Cal", which depicts exactly what you said. This was posted on 08/01/06, as a part of the "Scribblettes" series on the Team Special Olympics website.

And here's Hussie's "Underground Funk Railroad", once again depicting exactly what you said. This was posted on 11/02/06, but is the same story otherwise.

I understand the anxious urge to do it, but I don't think most people really need an explanation as to why any variant of the N-Word is bad. Though, since you brought it up...

Have this. 12/20/06. I needed to curse someone else with it. Same story again, this is still a part of the Scribblettes series.

Regarding the speculation on whether the reusage of Lil' Cal was an act of laziness or not: TSO's Scribblettes have many recurring characters and recurring bits, Lil' Cal just happens to be one of them. Now, applying that same train of thought to Lil Cal's appearance in Homestuck... Homestuck is chock full of references, both to random things/media, and to Hussie's older works- like Problem Sleuth, Humanimals, And It Don't Stop, et cetera. Lil Cal, the puppet, was named the way he was as another throwback for longtime fans. Lil' Cal, the TSO character, was reused during the runtime of Scribblettes just for fun.

I have nothing profound to say about any of this. This guy sucks, lol.

[sohya]

i visit your blog as if we were in 2021 ddkdk (daily)

i miss the days we'd send each other little scribblettes of our faves being cute with us for the other to wake up to 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

[cherrvak]

[morphimus]

I’m a good artist.

[nicnavarrocage]

Funny, Satan did the same thing with Truck Car.

[nicnavarrocage]

Tried making my own scribblette today. It's pretty bad to say the least.

[nicnavarrocage]

Another fucking stairs joke.

[nicnavarrocage]

Why did I make this?

[nicnavarrocage]

@davekat-sucks

I think the Toblerones were what made the HS^2 writers pull a Tweek and Craig.

[nicnavarrocage]

Oh god.

[nicnavarrocage]

It's fucking nothing!

[nicnavarrocage]

Never tell a girl this.

[nicnavarrocage]

There is an actual picture of Tim Buckley holding an Xbox on his crotch.

[nicnavarrocage]

I have read Problem Sleuth. I have read Jailbreak. I have read Bardquest. I've read And It Don't Stop, Whistles, all the scribblettes, every Sweet Bro & Hella Jeff, every 6 Cool Dude and Stoner Lous, Neon Ice Cream Headache, and anything else the big lipped dick at Massachusetts has made, written, and drew.

But what did I not read, and somehow have an interest in? Homestuck. Everybody wants to latch onto Homestuck first, but screw that. I got the good shit instead. I'm one of the more fortunate followers of Andrew Hussie's works, the kind who is lucky to not sit through shit like the Epilogues or Beyond Canon.

Y'know why I keep mentioning Homestuck and it's stuff a few times? Because it's actually sucking me into the convoluted, digital shitpost storyline of 4 kids and a reality bending video game, and I can't pick wether I wanna read it or not.

I know it's flaws, I've been heard about the flaws, I've remembered hearing about the flaws as early as the start of this year, when I was browsing old HSG posts from 2012-2013 (although not entirely because I was a pussy), yet the webcomic...

It beckons...

And thank fuck I didn't dive into Psycholonials. The art in that game ranges from "poor imitation of Homestuck's beanhero mode" and "lineless, pixelated mess," and all of that is a no for me.

[morphimus]

Sportacus: Help! I am trapped in a glass box. Also my right hand is a claw hand.