39,327
edits
Horndog: Difference between revisions
m
Mass update links
m (Dai-Guard moved page Horndog (Comic Book) to Horndog over redirect: Remove TVT Namespaces from title) |
m (Mass update links) |
||
Line 7:
''Horndog'' is a [[Funny Animal]] [[Stoners Are Funny|Stoner]] comic created by [[Isaac Baranoff|Isaac M. Baranoff]] and published by [[Mystic Studios Productions]]. The main character, Bob, is a "canine tomcat", a literal personification of the term "horndog". Baranoff has described it as "[[All of the Other Reindeer|the most hated comic on the planet]]".
Most of the storylines focus on his attempts to acquire [[The Stoner|marijuana]], [[All Men Are Perverts|sex]] or [[Author Appeal|both]]. Storylines have focused variously on topics ranging from real-life based topics, including relationships, politics and racism, to more surreal subject matter, including [[Everything's Deader
Created in 2003, six issues (and an "Archives" compilation) have been produced to date, and in 2009, ''Horndog'' was the first underground comic to produce a webcomic spinoff. ''Horndog'' has been criticized for what some readers perceive as a [[Refuge in Vulgarity]], because of its high level of [[Cluster F-Bomb|profanity]] and (initially) [[Fan Service|nudity]] (which has been toned down over the years).
Line 20:
=== ''Horndog'' includes examples of these tropes: ===
* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Andrea Mouse was this with Bob. She's since [[Flanderization|turned into]] a [[Stalker
* [[A Date
* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: Bob has at least ''tried'' to have sex with pretty much every female character in the comic, Andrea Mouse being a [[Abhorrent Admirer|notable exception]]. It usually works.
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: The appropriately named Alpha.
Line 39:
* [[Bland-Name Product]]: Charlene uses a Sharkie marker.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Actually, the [[Fourth Wall]] broke Bob's nose.
* [[Caught Up in
* [[Carnivore Confusion]]: Tommy, a rat, and Leonard, a cat, engage in a conversation about Tommy's fear of being eaten. Also, a recent storyline involves Charlene becoming romantically involved with a Jewish lesbian mouse, which gives new meaning to the phrase "[[Incredibly Lame Pun|eating pussy]]".
* [[Cats Are Snarkers]]: Charlene and Leonard.
Line 52:
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Leonard shows signs of this with Charlene.
* [[Dogs Are Dumb]]: Largely averted, although Bob has proven himself to be quite stupid in situations that calls for it when the creator thinks that it's funny. Otherwise, he's fairly intelligent.
* [[Double Standard Rape (Female
* [[Dumbass Has a Point]]: Freddy is typically as sharp as a box of hammers, but has occasionally shown himself to be intelligent.
* [[Erudite Stoner]]: Bob, Leonard and Charlene at various points.
Line 59:
* [[Everybody Has Lots of Sex]]
* [[Everybody Must Get Stoned]]: One strip portrays LSD use.
* [[Everything's Deader
* [[Four-Fingered Hands]]: All characters.
* [[Granola Girl]]: Alpha is this coupled with [[Alpha Bitch]].
Line 69:
* [[Juggalo]]
* [[Large Ham]]: Played for laughs with [http://horndog.smackjeeves.com/comics/1048997/the-road-she-calls-me/ Bob and Charlene in this comic].
* [[Locked in
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: Freddy
* [[Male-to-Female Universal Adaptor]]: All nude depictions of characters from this series indicate that they have human-like genitalia.
Line 86:
* [[Schedule Slip]]: Has happened from time to time. The comic's former web host and the creator's personal life were usually a factor in this.
* [[Seinfeldian Conversation]]
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Bob (whose personal preference is [[Hip Hop]] and [[Punk Rock]]) and other characters make fun of [[
* [[Shamgri La|Shangri-La]]: Is Heaven.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The author loves these.
** Comics: [[The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers]], Peter Bagge, ''[[Plastic Man]]'', ''[[Femmegasm]]'', ''[[
** Literature:
*** [[Hunter S. Thompson]]'s ''[[Fear and Loathing
*** ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' by [[Ayn Rand]] quoted [http://horndog.smackjeeves.com/comics/1126960/the-statement-of-rebellion/ here]
**** And ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' [http://horndog.smackjeeves.com/comics/1291177/who-would-allow-you/ here]
** Movies: Among them ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' and ''[[They Live]]''.
*** [[Half Baked|Billy Bong Thornton]]
** Music: Many, including [[
*** Subtle one. The character Tommy is a '''rat'''. The band [[
*** [[Tech
** "[[Cheech and Chong|Uh, Dave's not here]]"
* [[Sliding Scale of Comedy and Horror]]: Primarily comedy; [[Horror]] elements sometimes played as parody, sometimes straight.
Line 111:
** [[Walt Disney]]: Characters that look like silhouettes of [[Mickey Mouse]] and [[Goofy]] are portrayed as Neo-Nazis who try to murder Bob. [http://horndog.smackjeeves.com/comics/1290681/the-collectivist-teacher/ This comic] takes shots at Disney and [[Don Bluth]].
** [http://horndog.smackjeeves.com/comics/1242345/bitches-in-mascot-costumes/ This strip] is a [[Take That]] to the [[Furry Fandom]].
** Alpha looks like [[
* [[They Killed Kenny]]: Freddy commits suicide, returns as a zombie, is killed by Bob, and is reincarnated as a teenage boy, only to once again be killed by a chupacabra. Then he reappears wihout explanation during the New Year's storyline solely for the purpose of being killed by a [[Stepford Smiler|Stepford Smiling]] [[Ax Crazy]] [[Inverted Trope|Lemming]].
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Faygo.
Line 118:
* [[Updated Rerelease]]: Issues 1 & 2 were reissued as ''Horndog Archives #1'', with additional material not in the original published version.
* [[Wall of Text]]
* [[White Void Room]]: Bob is sometimes shown talking in front of a white background, in a stylistic [[Shout-Out]] to [[American Splendor
* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: Bob's appearances in ''[[Here Wolf]]'' qualify as this.
* [[World of Funny Animals]]
| |||