Original DA Upload Dates:
- Hums of the Oddballin’ Tetrad: August 1, 2021
- Highway to the Ganja Zone: September 11, 2021
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As a pilot chapter of sorts to The Oddball Tetrad of Grunvale, New Pork, StormArts presents…
THE 50,000TH TWEET ARC
PART I OF XII
“HUMS OF THE ODDBALLIN’ TETRAD”
It is the middle of summer, sometime around the end of the Zs and beginning of the Alphas. The Oddball Tetrad, a group of preteen mammals of privileged backgrounds consisting of the nerdy procyonine Gilda Grime, the tomboyish leporine Margo Hynde, the punkish sciurine Wendy Wyler, and the fashionista mephitine April Lowry, have gathered at the house of Wendy’s sister and brother-in-law, Dolly Wyler-Voronov and Gregory Voronov, to celebrate Margo and April coming home from their vacations in Dublin and Glasgow respectively, with another one of Wendy’s sisters, Nicole, tagging along as part of her trying to prove to her parents that she’s ready for babysitting. After Gilda finds Gregory’s old PlayStation, along with a multitap, several controllers, and a copy of Crash Team Racing stored away in a closet in the living room, the Tetrad have decided to play through all of the game’s 18 courses after getting the console hooked up to the TV.
Downstairs, Dolly is helping her lifelong friend and fellow cosmetologist, porcine Stella Svampsson, prepare for a show at the retro-themed restaurant and arcade, Marilyn Springsteen’s, at which she is to sing “Downtown” by Petula Clark. Prompted by Dolly to sing something from the 1960s upon getting in her attire for the show, Stella sings another classic from the decade, “Summer in the City” by the Lovin’ Spoonful. Her singing has unwittingly reached Gilda’s ear, inspiring the next entry in a long-standing tradition...
And…
PART II OF XII
“HIGHWAY TO THE GANJA ZONE”
After the Tetrad has decided to do something 60s-themed for the next entry of their tradition celebrating every 10,000th tweet, Dolly drives the Tetrad and Nicole down to Margo’s home, Hynde Manor, where Margo’s rock star grandfather, Angus, is staying, as he takes advantage of the break between the spring and fall legs of his most recent tour. While Nicole goes off to make a sandwich in the kitchen, Margo, Wendy, and April go into the basement to look for music to get them in the mood, while Gilda, having picked up one of her mix tapes (conveniently containing songs from the 1980s by 1960s artists) from her home at the Redfeather Commune on her way to the mansion, follows them, as she listens to said mix tape her Walkman.
While searching through the records, Wendy remembers that all the previous 10,000th tweet specials were 80s-themed, and casts doubt on the idea that the 60s theme they decided upon could work. Angus, who is in the room with them smoking marijuana and watching TV, invites the Tetrad for a joint, so he, as somebody who lived through both the 60s and the 80s, can spill his knowledge of the popular music of both decades onto them…
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You’d think that, considering that these comic are a whopping eight panels long, that these would be worthy of one of my signature, 1000-word-plus essays that I like writing for my artwork. And yes, it would be, if it were a stand-alone piece. But it’s not a stand-alone piece. It’s only the first eight panels of one comic, in a 76-panel, 12-comic storyline, that I decided to write and illustrate, both to test out my graphic novel abilities, and also to celebrate my 50000th tweet, which, funny enough, seems to be on track to drop around when I said it would all the way back in November.
“Anyways, that’ll be all for this one. See you for the 50,000th tweet special in… probably late summer/early fall of 2021, given how fast I tweet. Hopefully Donald Trump will be in prison and most people will be vaccinated against COVID by then!”
– The description to Smug (40,000th Tweet Special)
…might be more on the fall side, though, given I’ve been trying to slow down my tweeting lately after realizing my behavior on social media has been problematic. Unfortunately, Donald Trump’s not in prison yet despite proving to the world thousands of times over that he’s a danger to humanity, and the Delta variant of COVID-19 is starting up another major wave of the pandemic. Ugh… Zeus help us if the GOP ends up taking over the presidency in 2024. I don’t know if Trump would run again, but I have a feeling that we could end up with something just as bad if not worse, like DeSantis/Greene. And let me tell you, as a Floridian and resident of Jacksonville, I am embarrassed that DeSantis governs my state and is from the same city where I live. And the less attenton I give to Greene and how much she embarrasses herself, Georgia, and the government of the United States, the better. Instead, I’ll just link you to Randy Rainbow and have him describe to you through Barbra Streisand parody what a shithead she is.
Anyhoo.
I’ve not got a lot to say about this artwork other than the story I wrote above, because I’m saving most of it… for something very different. Something far outside the scope of any DA description I’ve ever written. What exactly? Well, how about a documentary?
Yes, you heard me. A documentary. I don’t know how long it’s gonna be, all I know is that it’s gonna be a long one. Three hours, if I can manage it. And, if it can be made, it’s gonna feature speed-draw segments of me drawing the comics, and a soundtrack of video game tunes that I’m gonna take advantage of fair use for to include in my video. I know the general vibe I want the documentary to be; Summoning Salt meets ThaRixer, with some sprinkles of Blameitonjorge. I’ve ran into some recording trouble while making the documentary so I might end up going off on tangents during it for filler, but rest assured, if I can get this documentary made, it’ll be my magnum opus. Among videos. The Oddball Tetrad of Grunvale, New Pork and the series to be spawned from it, is still what I’d like to see as my true magnum opus.
That’s all you’re getting for this one. Until part III, take care.
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Grunvale is owned by me. You’re free to draw fanart of it, as long as you link me to it.
Crash Bandicoot is owned by Activision; the original PS1 version of Crash Team Racing is owned by Sony through Sony Computer Entertainment.
PlayStation is owned by Sony through Sony Computer Entertainment.
V8 is owned by the Campbell Soup Company.
“Summer in the City” was written by John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, and Steve Boone for the album Hums of the Lovin’ Spoonful, owned by Sony Music Entertainment.
“Come Dancing” was written by Ray Davies for the album State of Confusion, owned by Sony Music Entertainment through Arista Records.
All eight panels of both of these artworks were made at a resolution of 5076×2160 (aspect ratio 2.35:1).
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