Why is it late?  I like to have the movie I’m spoofing in my possession to make sure my drawings are accurate enough.  I don’t own a copy of Mission: Impossible so I had to borrow it from a friend this weekend.  AND this weekend was super busy with Halloween party stuff and taking care of my wife who may have had a bit too much to drink at said Halloween party.  She threw up over 5 times (I stopped counting after that) and had the world’s worst hangover the next day.  She’s adorable.

Look forward to the new FTR next Monday, Nov. 8th!

Joe, please look at this post as your official kick into your nut sack.

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Good Day, sir.

I swear it’s not because I’m lazy. (yes it is) I do have legitimate reasons for being flaky these past couple months. (legitimate like lazy) This last Saturday was my wedding reception.  See, I got married in April in Vegas, (just wait until his wife finds out about the hookers) but a lot of my family and friends (by friends he means family, Joe has no friends) weren’t able to attend.  So we had a celebration here that took almost as much preparation as the wedding itself.  BUT, that’s the end of it.  No more planning, no more errands, no more delays.  Ever.  Well, not ever, but for a long while, I assume.

I was planning on getting this next strip up tomorrow, (see, told you he hadn’t started it yet) but I just got the joke down today ($10 says it’s a gay donkey joke) and don’t want it looking like crap. (isn’t that an oxymoron for For the Reels in general?) So come back this Monday as we spoof Shrek!

This post was updated for clarity by jhorsley3.

Last week I spent all my time doing wedding/bachelor party stuff.  And this week I get married.  So times are crazy right now!  Luckily though, JN was cool enough to make a Behind-The-Scenes strip this week (and maybe next week?).

So for this blog update, I thought I share with all of you the details of the awesome, awesome bachelor party I had last Saturday.  First, me and 18 other dudes went paintballing at an outdoor place in Dacono, CO.  It was raining pretty good at first, so for the first game I slipped in the mud, got shot, tried to jump to my feet and run, slipped again, dropped my extra ammo canister, got shot again, stood up, tried to pick up my ammo canister, got shot again, got pissed, got shot again, then left the field to get more paint.  After that, though, the rain cleared up and I had a lot of fun.  They had a real downed helicopter there that we got to defend in one scenario, and a two story building built like the alamo.  I got shot point-blank in the back by my little brother Jordan which left a huge bruise, and promptly ran away from my team when I heard they were about turn on me and do a “bachelor send-off.”  They did manage to shoot me in the chest, ass, and arm, but at least I didn’t end up with leopard-like bruises all over my back like Jon did at his bachelor send-off.

After paintball we went to my future parents-in-law’s house were we drank.  I spent the week before the party building a super sick beer pong table with my best man John.  We made it look exactly like a basketball court, polished and all.  I had bought some orange ping pong balls and marked them to look like tiny basketballs.  One of my friends brought his beer pong table too, so we had a nice tournament going.  I won the first game I played, but lost the next two, so needless to say I was kind of drunk. ‘Cause in addition to that I had a few gin drinks and people kept wanting to take shots with me.  I’m kind of a lightweight when it comes to drinking.  Someone gave me a cigar and I threw up trying to smoke it.  And then I threw up in the bathroom again right before the arrival of the strippers my future brother-in-law ordered.

The strippers were ok.  One was a blonde and one was a brunette, and both were super tan.  One thing I didn’t know about strippers was how much they love money.  It cost $400 just to order them and they’re constantly asking for more money for the duration of the show.  It was a freaky experience for me (not just because I thought I might puke again at any moment) because as the bachelor, I was obligated to subject myself to things you wouldn’t do to a dog.  They laid me down, took off my shirt and put lotion on my chest.  They then had the guys stick their $1 bills to my chest, which soon evolved to slamming the bills onto my chest and even slamming one on my face, which hurt.  My friends are dicks.  The chicks eventually did get all the way naked and they did stick candles in their hoo-hahs, which you couldn’t really see because all the lights were turned off.  And, again, I was really drunk.

After the strippers left, I spent the rest of my night in the hot tub outside.  It was like that movie Hot Tub Time Machine but without all the time travel.  And someone stole my clothes, so I had to try and find them in my boxers and it was freezing.  My fiance drove us home and I passed out pretty quickly.  All in all, I’d say it was a pretty awesome day.

So no update for today, but things should be calming down here soon.  I’ll be able to post a comic for April 12th and 19th, but will probably have to skip the 26th ’cause I’ll have gotten married that weekend.  Then it’s smooth sailing again.

Thanks to everyone for their understanding.  If you’re still looking for laughs, try checking out the rest of y2cl.net.

Here’s my excuse as to why there’s no update today.  You know that time in your life when you’re about to get married and move in with your spouse-to-be and you have to juggle wedding planning and apartment searching and a ton of other stuff?  That was this past week for me.

On the positive side of things, I found the venue for my wedding reception and made the deposit.  And I found a great apartment that I made a deposit on as well.  And Melissa and I spent a whole day registering for wedding gifts.  And I started the never-ending task of preparing 300 invitations.  And I got things set for my bachelor party.  And on and on and on.

The negative side of things, of course, was that I didn’t get the time to work on the strip.   Until the wedding on April 24, I may have to institute a bi-weekly schedule so I can keep my sanity.  ’Cause I’ll be moving here soon, too.

I’m sorry.  I suck.  If it’s not one thing it’s another, huh?  I promise things won’t stay this way.  If need be, vent your frustrations below.

That’s right!  Thanks to Onezumi and Harknell from the webcomic Stupid and Insane Defenders Against Chaos, we have a downloadable iPhone app!  So if you have the hardware, head over to the iTunes store and download For The Reels Central, where you can stay up to date with FTR whether you’re on the run or just have the runs.

Edit: the strip’s up now!  Check it out!

Jon does, but his style is more realistic.  When I asked him to draw the strip I asked him to go against his methods and adopt a very simplistic, cartoonish style to make things easier.  And that’s the style we’ve decided to stick with, especially since I’ve taken over the drawing duties.

I’ve made no claims of being an artist.  I just like to make jokes and share them with you.  Two of my most favorite webcomics are Cyanide and Happiness and VGCats.  I didn’t want to go as simplistic as Cyanide and I couldn’t draw like Ramsoomair if my life depended on it (plus, look at how often he updates).  I figured a happy medium would suffice.

Sometimes I’m pleased with the visual result (Toy Story, Kill Bill), sometimes I’m not as much (Blazing Saddles, The Incredible Hulk).  But I believe each strip looks well enough to get the point across.  That’s about as much as I can offer.

But I’d like to say I can do more.  I’d like to try to.  As far as the parodies go, I’ll be trying my hardest to make sure the visual style of the comic continues evolving as it has from the very beginning.  Who knows, maybe one day I’ll be able to claim I am an artist.

Hopefully they will be up to par.

Got any suggestions for movies you would like to see parodied? Tell us in our forums or leave a comment.

That all said, taking time off from the strip was making me feel crazy and guilty.  So I went to the hardest working guy in webcomics I know: J N Horsley of y2cl.net fame.  I asked him if he’d like to join me and Jon in bringing back For The Reels and he thankfully jumped on board to help us out ’cause he’s an awesome dude.  So prepare for at least 1.5 times the funny as team J, J & J unite to bring you more hilarious movie parodies every week.

We’re gonna start by reposting all the old strips once a day every day until they run out and we’ll pick up where we left off with strip #57.  So come by and visit each afternoon and be ready for some new crazy shit come end of November!

Keep it Reel!

Joe

In this new partnership y2cl.net is welcoming it’s Ninth comic to the y2cl-verse! For The Reels will be set into the universe as a Movie Parodying TV Show that the guys watch when they are not fighting zombies. You might even see some little cross overs. For the record, For The Reels will stay a movie parodying comic and it will stay funny. I promises to not ruin it with my craptasticness.

The first thing that will happen is all the old FTR Comics will post here on the new site. Once they all have ran then new ones will start.

Love,
The guys at y2cl.net