#6 – The Grizzled Webcomic Vet

Like his counterparts The Female and L’artiste, The Grizzled Webcomic Vet is a new creative aspect fighting for control of the webcomic The Apple of Discord in the power vacuum left by the abdication of the original Artist character.   Unlike the others, there’s a chance he may actually know what he’s doing.  This is not his first dance with webcomics, nor is it likely this will be his last.

See… he was there.  A different handle on a different network, but he was there when webcomics started.  He’s seen the birth of diary comics, and sprite comics, and fan comics, and gamer comics.  He’s witnessed the rise of greatness, the creation of horrible darkness, the ascension of the talentless and the descent of the gifted.

And sure, it’s left him more than a little… scarred, both physically and mentally.  He has trouble trusting people, automatically assumes everyone around him is a teenage boy, and holds himself (and others) to a standard of conduct that is probably impossible to live up to.  He likes doing things the hard way, because he believes that anything worth doing is worth doing right, and is not above silently (ok, not so silently) judging others who take shortcuts and cheat.  That doesn’t mean he isn’t an incredible ally to have with you, though – if anybody knows what’s going on, what to expect, and what needs to be done next, it’s ol’ Griz.  Motivating him to care may be hard, but once he’s committed to do something, he’ll see it through.

Don’t ask about how he lost his eye.  Here’s a hint – it was shortly after he lost his hand and had the hook installed.  Mistakes were made, lessons were learned, and one day he’s sure they’ll let him back into that McDonalds.

Category: Humor