Over the Edge *January 23rd 2013

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BORED? WEBCOMICS T0 READ ON THE GO

JORDAN TUCKER

ART AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Many students have been hit hard by the
return of the winter semester after long
and hard-fought battles against the warm
and cozy death grips of their beds over
their break. Fear not, true believers! Here,
never before seen to the pages of Over the
Edge, are some wicked-rad webcomics!

1) Mr. Buscemi

Paulo Stanley writes a webcomic starring
Steve Buscemi saying screwed up, punny
things. [Editor’s note: such wordplay
warrants punishment. ]
http://stanleycolors.com/tag/mister-
buscemi/

2) Hark! A Vagrant

Former student journalist Kate Beaton
writes a webcomic incorporating history,
politics and hilarity. Recurring characters
include the Curies, Wonder Woman, The
Straw Feminists, teenage crimebusters,
the fat pony, nemesis pirates, and Edgar
Allen Poe, among many others.

[Fangirl note: at the recent CUP NASH
conference in Toronto, Kate Beaton drew
me a fat pony and pretty much hated me
automatically when I told her I was a huge
fan. Which was exactly what I wanted her
to do. Kate Beaton don’t got time for my
fangirlishness. I have framed my fat pony
and am spellbound for approximately five
minutes whenever I look at it.]
http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.

php?id=332

3)A SofterWorld

A Softer World is a self-styled webcomic
for bad people focusing on darkly comedic,
sad, harsh and ironic life happenings.
Written by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau,
it updates about once a week and features
surprise appearances by a black kitty cat.
Asofterworld.com

4) Looking For Group

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People tell me that this is a comic for
World of Warcraft fans, but if you have
any sense of a passing familiarity with
popular culture, you ll pick up on most
of the references. Fans of Dungeons &
Dragons in particular will love it. This
comic follows the adventures of Cal and
his friends, and it is sequential, so you’ll
have to devote a weekend to reading
the archive (you’ll do it the weekend
before a midterm, because you’re
human). Favourite character: Richard the
mysterious and hilariously evil mage, who
routinely eats bunny rabbits and children.
http://www. lfgcomic.com/page/625

5)Dinosaur Comics

Written by Ryan North, because it’s
hilarious. Fun fact: Ryan North writes the
Adventure Time comic book! Aren’t you
excited to know that bit of information?
Also the dinosaurs are surprisingly
insightful sometimes. Theory: talk shows
would be a lot more popular and interesting
if dinosaurs did them, and at the end of
each episode uninteresting or overly
saccharine guests would have their heads
torn off and gobbled back by the Oprah
raptor. Picture Oprah with talons, picking
clean the remains of Lindsay Lohan’s
carcass. Don’t tell me you wouldn’t watch
that every day.

www.qwantz.com

6) Wondermark

. YOO MEAN T'M NOT
ACTUALLY A COACH AND YouRE
Not ACTUALLY & SEXY GYMNAST?
I'M JUST PLAYING A CHARACTER?
I SEXIST FOR THE DURATION
OF SOME SORDID SEX GAME AND
THEN I FADE INTO NON-EXISTENCE
hS MY FORMER PERSONA RETURNS?

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Never act out a sex fantasy
with an existentialist.

Wondermark basically incorporates funny
people from old-timey pictures talking
intelligently about stupid stuff. David
Malki writes cool stuff and you would
probably like to read it next time you
happen to be procrastinating.
www.wondermark.com

7) Saturday Morning Breakfast
Cereal

Academia and intellectual ponderings
meet dick jokes. You’re welcome.
www.smbc-comics.com

8) XKCD

A webcomic, to paraphrase the site, of
romance, sarcasm, math and language.
Creator Randall Munroe _intersperses
mathematical formulas with pretty little
doodles that force the reader to marvel
at the beauty of the world and curiosity.
While the comic does occasionally focus
specifically on human romance, it seems
more like Mr. Munroe is in deep love with
the whole natural and scientific world,
and longs to share it with everybody.

Have any ideas of webcomics we’ve
missed? Hit us up on Facebook and
Twitter! Better yet, make your own list
and send it to ote-arts@unbc.ca! (hint:
calling it “why Jordan’s webcomic list
sucks” is probably a lousy idea).

ATTENTION UNI HILLTOP HERMITS

ColdSnap; Awesome and Exciting Only Lacking Half-Naked Drunk People Usually Found At Festivals

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JORDAN TUCKER

ART AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

For those of you who have been
enjoying the fishbowl life that is the
university this year, the reminder
that there exists an entire city at the
bottom of the hill is likely to come as
a shock. On campus events are often
so bountiful that the idea of even
leaving our palace of beer, academia
and miserly cafeteria food seems
offensive at best. Ha, just kidding,
y’all are too lazy to figure out the
Prince George transit schedule. While

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the usual holy trinity of dance clubs
downtown do definitely have their
places in the hearts of our dance
frenzied youth, we at Over the Edge
do implore you to venture forth
as the brave adventures you know
yourselves to be in your hearts of
hearts and check out the ColdSnap
Festival. The ColdSnap festival spans
the better part of two weeks and is
chock a block full of musical acts that
are both delicious to your ears and
nutritious to your soul, sort of like
sound broccoli with cheese sauce.
Not like sound broccoli but equally
delicious is the beer you can buy at
most of the events. Essentially, the
information that is being poured into
your eyeholes as the catch this light
be this, dear reader: amazing, talented
musicians, nights out, beer, friends,
and PeeGee culture. All that and a bag
of chips! Plus, you’ll get to see acts
before they make it big, as is the case
with past attendees who were lucky
enough to see Dan Mangan, Said the
Whale, Aiden Knight, Brasstronaut,
Hannah Georgas, Delhi 2 Dublin,

Linda McRae and Hey Ocean!
[Editor’s note: Ben’s favourite
ColdSnap artists were Rachelle Van
Zanten and Joel Plaskett] This will
earn you bragging rights with all of
your snooty hipster friends, as well as
those who potentially just earnestly
like music. Huzzah!!! ColdSnap is
probably the premiere winter festival
in Northern BC, and missing out
during your time at UNBC is grounds
for some hardcore sadness. Door
costs range from free to about $30.
Over The Edge and CFUR will be

The reminder that there exists an entire city at
the bottom of the hill is likely to come as a shock.

attending all of the events, so make
sure to stop by and say hello! You
might wind up with your picture in
our next issue.

Beneath is included a fairly simplified
schedule of the proceedings, but for
any additional information you need
only wander over to the ColdSnap
website, www.coldsnapfestival.com
or their Facebook page.

Tuesday, January 22: Local Artist
Showcase ,7:00 pm at the ArtSpace
Wednesday, January 23: Strings and
Things (Virtuoso Vocals & Guitar),
7:30 pm at the ArtSpace Thursday,
January 24: Beards and Bards (Singer-
Songwriters) 7:30 pm at the ArtSpace
Friday, January 25: Folk
Fusion (Traditional Folk with Jazzy
Celtic) 7:30 pm at the PG Playhouse
Saturday, January 26: Danse, Danse,
Danse (French-Canadian Folk),7:30
pm at the Ramada Ballroom