436rge, I feel the same way. Back in 2007, when the real strip was mired in a plotline featuring a contest to determine who would be Corky’s new dishwasher (I swear I’m not making that up), I wrote a serial fanfic on the old message board that featured Gretchen and Nubbin. When I temporarily ran out of ideas for that story, I switched over to a story about Chipper’s son Gus (who was then 14) starting a lawn-care business. Since nobody from TMS told me to knock it off when I created a heretofore-unknown French half-brother for Skeezix, I went ahead and introduced a boyfriend for Gretchen before merging back into what I mistakenly thought would be a Wallet-family story in the actual strip.
I haven’t been able to get back to it since late ‘07, but I figure Gretchen has a ring now, and 18-year-old Gus is trying to decide whether to go to college or focus on his business, which now has several employees in addition to himself.
We got an Ada story in the strip in early 2009, featuring a rivalry over a guy between herself and Amanda Lynn.
436rge, I feel the same way. Back in 2007, when the real strip was mired in a plotline featuring a contest to determine who would be Corky’s new dishwasher (I swear I’m not making that up), I wrote a serial fanfic on the old message board that featured Gretchen and Nubbin. When I temporarily ran out of ideas for that story, I switched over to a story about Chipper’s son Gus (who was then 14) starting a lawn-care business. Since nobody from TMS told me to knock it off when I created a heretofore-unknown French half-brother for Skeezix, I went ahead and introduced a boyfriend for Gretchen before merging back into what I mistakenly thought would be a Wallet-family story in the actual strip. I haven’t been able to get back to it since late ‘07, but I figure Gretchen has a ring now, and 18-year-old Gus is trying to decide whether to go to college or focus on his business, which now has several employees in addition to himself. We got an Ada story in the strip in early 2009, featuring a rivalry over a guy between herself and Amanda Lynn.