Friend’s don’t let friends skank…

Posted on December 23, 2011 by b.e. <3

Originally posted 04/30/2011 Yes... it's that serious ...

Ska’s not dead…

Posted on December 22, 2011 by b.e. <3

Originally posted 04/28/2011 More ska hate. What can I say, I really didn't like ska back then (still don't). It seemed like the height of immaturity to me ...

A fatal mistake…

Posted on December 21, 2011 by b.e. <3

Originally posted 04/25/2003 I'll just come out and say it. I hate ska music. A lot. She Said What? is a parody of a young ska ...

Cleanliness is next to godliness…

Posted on December 20, 2011 by b.e. <3

Originally posted 04/23/2003 HERBY!! THE SCOURGE OF HELL!! Herby was based on this really silly sketch I did... in MS Paint... in my young impressionable years for ...

Down with the DJ…

Posted on November 30, 2011 by b.e. <3

Originally posted 04/18/2003 I have nothing against raves or the raver scene. I always found raver girls adorable.. especially those with pacifiers. Still quite enjoy cute adult women who frequently suck on pacifiers... with indifference to what sort of music is playing during said sucking. I was clearly more anti-drug the near decade ago that I wrote this. Heh. Old Ethan would be ...

DANCE DANCE De-evolution…

Posted on November 28, 2011 by b.e. <3

Originally posted 04/16/2003 GOFFS DON'T DANCE! Well, some do... but there is usually just ethereal swaying involved... This comics first introduces "MiNK" (real name: Miho Nakayama), a perky, "cyber-goth" girl gamer geek of Japanese-descent. As you may remember (or will soon discover) she has a love for the fleshy robot known as Arron. In retrospect, it probably would have ...

Sometimes a cracker is just a cracker…

Posted on November 24, 2011 by b.e. <3

Originally posted on 04/14/2003 Is Ethan a creative, imaginative genius... or just fucking insane? This is the question I tend to explore throughout Disassemblance, as sometimes there is a very, very, paper-thin line between genius and insanity. Sometimes I just felt like being weird... and random... when I sat down to write Dis comics. So Ethan's odd imagination was the perfect ...

United States of Ignorance…

Posted on November 23, 2011 by b.e. <3

Originally posted 04/09/2003 This comic came out in the hyper-(and hypocritical)-patriotism, post the 9/11 tragedy. This was a period of unquestioning, mindless national fanaticism that was born out of fear and bred xenophobia -- a hatred for everything that wasn't painting red, white and blue. As it does, consumerism ...

The world is not ready…

Posted on November 20, 2011 by b.e. <3

Originally post on 03/31/2003 Poor Ethan. As I mentioned in the previous comic's commentary Ethan's music isn't just bad... it could be considered a dangerous weapon. Of course, Ethan likes to spin it that it's just so experimental, so avant garde, that it is simply beyond most people's tastes. And maybe he's right... or it's just crap and he's ...

A tad worse than reindeer…

Posted on November 19, 2011 by b.e. <3

Originally posted 03/26/2003 Introducing Spike (Real name: Sydney Diamond) . The young punk rocker for a total disregard for mainstream music. He was brought into the strip to be a rather care-free, less serious, anti-establishment character. Another musician to act as a counter-point to Ethan's own musical pursuits. Spike actually has musical talent (as far as punk music goes, at ...

CDC is good enough for me…

Posted on November 15, 2011 by b.e. <3

Originally posted on 03/19/2003 First strip introducing Smith Roberts. The character who is a very blatant rip of a certain fuzzy-haired rock musician. Smith was created to be the uber-goth stereotype, as the other Dis characters were varying degrees of "goth", I needed a character that represent those who take that ...

Experience: Genital Piercings…

Posted on November 14, 2011 by b.e. <3

Originally posted on 03/18/2003 I am fortunate in that I actually work for a job these days were they don't really care what color my hair is or how much metal I have in my face. The advantage of working in both the creative and tech fields. Though... if I ever started talking about my gential piercings... I'd surely be fired. Less due to the piercings, more the speaking of gentials ...

Bad advice, worse advice…

Posted on September 13, 2011 by b.e. <3

Originally posted 03/18/2003 I've always been obsessed with those little angel/devil incarnations of one's conscience. I've also always believed that the angel one is ultimately more evil than the devil side. Sure, the devil side tells you to do bad things, but at least he's up front about his desires and needs. The angel is clearly just suppressing such things in a very unhealthy ...

The Crippled Critic…

Posted on September 12, 2011 by b.e. <3

Originally posted 03/14/2003 Oh Zach... Zach is one of the many characters in my comics that are based on real people in my life at the time. Disassemblance came into existence while I was associated with / working at a chem-free music club, The Well. That time, that place, became a huge influence in my young life, so it's little surprise that the people who were around me found a ...

Methuselah Moshpit…

Posted on September 11, 2011 by b.e. <3

Originally posted 01/13/2003 Though he didn't turn out to be as much of a re-occurring character / running gag as I originally intended, Ethan's Grandfather is cooler than your hipster friends ever will ...

Spading…

Posted on September 9, 2011 by b.e. <3

Originally posted 01/10/2003 First ever Disassemblance comic published online. Establishing the over-arching conflict between the main character and whom he might call his "shadow self." Though hard to tell in these earlier comics, Evan's skin is meant to have a very subtle grey cast. One of the few ways Evan was initially visually differentiated from Ethan ...