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{{quote|'''[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03012009.shtml Choo-Choo Bear]:''' Alas, dear readers, you know when you see me Randy is planning something "special." It'll be over quickly, I promise ... And if you hate it, don't worry. It's not like this will be the project Mr. "I swear I'll update ''Midnight Macabre''" [[Attention Deficit Creator Disorder|will actually finish]]."}}
{{quote|'''[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03012009.shtml Choo-Choo Bear]:''' Alas, dear readers, you know when you see me Randy is planning something "special." It'll be over quickly, I promise ... And if you hate it, don't worry. It's not like this will be the project Mr. "I swear I'll update ''Midnight Macabre''" [[Attention Deficit Creator Disorder|will actually finish]]."}}
** In another strip, Milholland gives a nod to the [[Fourth Wall]] when PeeJee asks, "Why does everything around here revolve around sex?" and Davan, who's reading a book, mutters, "Bad writing." When glanced at in curiosity, he says, "I'm reading a [[John Grisham]] book, worst writing I've ever seen." Milholland also draws filler strips with himself in them, usually self-deprecating in some way. This version of his [[Author Avatar]] even has a razor blade with hands and feet as his muse, who constantly says/does whatever he can think of to make Milholland miserable or want to kill himself.
** In another strip, Milholland gives a nod to the [[Fourth Wall]] when PeeJee asks, "Why does everything around here revolve around sex?" and Davan, who's reading a book, mutters, "Bad writing." When glanced at in curiosity, he says, "I'm reading a [[John Grisham]] book, worst writing I've ever seen." Milholland also draws filler strips with himself in them, usually self-deprecating in some way. This version of his [[Author Avatar]] even has a razor blade with hands and feet as his muse, who constantly says/does whatever he can think of to make Milholland miserable or want to kill himself.
** And then there's [http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp02112004.shtml this] strip. Technically, Milholland did subvert a little of what the character predicted. A little.
** And then there's [https://web.archive.org/web/20140109073655/http://somethingpositive.net/sp02112004.shtml this] strip. Technically, Milholland did subvert a little of what the character predicted. A little.
* ''[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com Jayden and Crusader]'' ''embodied'' this trope for much of its early stages. Later the self-deprecation slackened a little, but it's still there.
* ''[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com Jayden and Crusader]'' ''embodied'' this trope for much of its early stages. Later the self-deprecation slackened a little, but it's still there.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140921222700/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2009-05-01 This] ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' strip has Mookie poking fun at his own inability to draw noticeably different faces.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140921222700/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2009-05-01 This] ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' strip has Mookie poking fun at his own inability to draw noticeably different faces.