Ravi Comics.com

Hi, all.
Sorry I haven't been posting for some time now. Here's the reason why:
ravicomics.com

Enjoy!

EDIT by Shawn: If you've never read any of Ravi's comics before, here's my warning / sales pitch: Ravi has the sense of humor of a blasphemous 5-year old. His comics will dig into your gut, crawl their way up to your brain and root around until they find the part of you that is also a blasphemous 5-year old. They'll then tickle that 5-year old until he cries, but your brain will be pulped in the process.

Happy Belated Birthday to Shawn

Last year, I hoped to surprise Shawn by creating a comic based on a short-story he wrote long ago. However, I did not have the ability to create what I pictured. Now that my digital art skills have reached the pupae stage, I decided to give it a shot. Yes, the text is crammed. and you'll have to zoom in to read it. Yes, my drawings still look like a demented six-year old's. Still, I feel proud in saying, "Happy Birthday Shawn."

Comic Journaling

Every once in a while, I make a comic image to journal a special moment my life. Often, I create these memoirs during my graduate classes, and I hear my classmates snickering over my shoulder. Not surprisingly, I seem to be regarded by my colleagues. I just wish I knew in what way I was regarded.

Thor Conquers All... Dangnabit.

The Middle Future of Comics is Here!

I think Shawn has firmly established what comics will be to come!
I now present a project I am about halfway done with. This is part I of IV. The Roman Numerals make it classy and the last speech balloon is the title of the work.

Ravi's New Favorite Webcomic

I'm really enjoying No Need For Bushido. It's been a while since I've since such a horribly mismatched team, so much humorous fighting, and a decent plot. The only thing I do not like, and in fact hate, are the weird (and rare) interjections by Matrix like characters:

http://www.noneedforbushido.com/

Anti-Comic and Gamer Discrimination

Christian's still hate gamers... and don't want gamers to feed starving children?

From http://www.giantitp.com/
10/31/2008

As has been reported by a few other gaming blogs and news sites, the Charity Auction at this year's GenCon Indianapolis was held to benefit Gary Gygax's favorite charity, which I will not name here for reasons that will soon become obvious. The fine folks at GenCon raised over $17,000 for this charity, which helps starving children in impovershed areas of the world--only to have that money actually turned down by the charity. The charity refused due to the fact that the money was raised partly by the sales of Dungeons and Dragons materials, which as we all know, puts an irrevocable taint of evil on the filthy lucre that us demon-worshipping gamers might want to use to, say, donate to starving children. Not only is this a slap in the face to every gamer, but it is especially insulting to Mr. Gygax himself, who I understand donated to their cause many times over the years. Plus, I'm sure the children who would have gotten food or clean drinking water with that money would be sort of upset, too.

I bring this story to your attention not simply so that you might let the people at this charity know how you feel (especially if you have donated to it before, as many did in the wake of Mr. Gygax's passing), but so that you would be aware that there is an alternative charity that I would personally recommend (based on our own charitable giving) if you have a desire to donate money to help starving children. Plan USA is a worldwide charity aimed at helping those who live in poverty and/or have suffered from a natural disaster, particularly with monthly sponsorships of individual children. Since the money of D&D players is clearly not welcome at this other charity, I can't recommend Plan USA highly enough to those interested in giving anyway. At least if you choose to donate through them, there's no chance your generous gifts to the starving children of the world will be rejected due to your weekend hobby.