2025 QUARTERLY COMMUNITY POST
Previously on a very special Double Helix…
The Clones turn in for the night; Abe becomes a third wheel, JFK is in the doghouse, Joans room gets a fresh coat of paint and Gandhi meets their unexpected new sibling.
Listen, I'm not the kind of fan who thinks Abe is a bad person who needs to be punished by the narrative for being oblivious to Joans feelings, but this is kind of a reversal of fortune for this scene:
Now YOU know how it feels to make your roommate listen to you exchange saliva, Abe: BAD!
I started with the idea that he's a sensitive sadboi (which he still is) and acts out constantly as a cope which makes him a more active character and more fun to write.
Darcy's problem is that most of her attempts at sweet gestures are things she would enjoy, but make Joan feel like she's going to be hunted for sport.
If you're ever lucky enough to own a home, it's your duty to sabotage market speculation by customising it to your tastes so much that it's borderline unsellable.
Oh, I know all about reconciliation. That's where you apologise to God for being born! I even reluctantly received Confirmation. I'm in the Popes phonebook for life.
I thought glowing Jesus was a gross exaggeration, but I should have known satire can never outpace the absurdity of the Catholic church.
It's really gratifying to know that the angsty religious teendom is connecting with your experiences!
There's both a comforting and an unnerving aspect to sleeping with any kind of nightlight. I can see everything in my room, but everything in my room can see me.
Also, this is how it feels to receive a wall-of-text before you realise you aren't being called out or yelled at:
Relieved everyone was as into this reveal as I was! From the beginning, the idea of pairing Gandhi with Ben Kingsley has been one of my favourite concepts.
If you were wondering, there's no particular reason I didn't go with Gary Coleman, but I think it's better I didn't since everyone guessed that.
It's also a way of thumbing my nose at anyone still hung up on the new clones look physically different; these two aren't related at all, but are identical!
The DSM would beg to differ, but he’s still a good kid.
No matter how many variations I see of this joke, it’s always good.
I don't have time to draw it this month, but this sounds like a Nintendo 3DS platformer title. Rated E for- Er, Uh- Everyone!
I didn't even think about that! I guess JFK leaps out of windows so often he's developed the muscle memory. Tuck and roll!
Good guess @samrobac! The dressers are short because this art style doesn't demand strong perspective skills that I'm too lazy to learn.
Well done @kyomotosbelovedwife and _scrambled_pancakes for spotting the heaping chunk missing from above the doorframe Gabe blunt-forces through with his bowling ball skull rather than ducking.
It saddens me to report that the eBay listing for this delightfully tacky bootleg got taken down!
I've always wanted to get my hands on the officially licensed Naked Teens design but I think they only printed like five and they sold out immediately .
For some reason there's a bunch of websites with names like REALTEES-DOT-FREEDOM promising lifelike facsimiles, but none of them passes the sniff test. Seems like the kind of site that would steal your identity and not have the good courtesy to even send you a lousy shirt.
I love the Simpsons' annual Halloween tombstones but much like the prank phone calls, they're a very specific and time-consuming gag to write, so they ended the tradition with the best one:
I was just running with the idea of digging up the corpse of a dead show, so I chucked in a few others I liked for good measure.
Who knows, maybe Duckman Double Helix is my next project!
(Though the episode 'The Once and Future Duck' kinda already did it...)
I especially appreciate that the Maries maintain the CHDH standard of looking almost nothing alike! A thousand comedy points to @theoddkepple! (no cash value)
You know how the old saying goes: "When you ass-ume, you sound authoritative, well-informed and nothing at all like the common mule or donkey."
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@mossdogs is referencing JFK losing his mind during his Terlet Wine Adventure (the name has stuck!) and I believe @silversword7000 is being overly generous about the part where Joan crashes out learning Darcy is a committed Christian. Thank you for the words and emojis! Sparkle on! It's Wednesday. Don't forget to be yourself! ✨✨
I think drawing the characters on-model (or close enough) over and over again makes it tempting to draw them from some crazy new perspective or in a way that suggests there really is three-dimensional form undergirding their flat ass heads.
But there is such a thing as too much dimension:
I'll admit I don't know who those Kennedys are. I already know too much about those blueblood Bostonites.
And, as a matter of personal policy, I never do research for this project. It's just not happening. If I haven't heard of them at this stage in my life, they're not going in the comic.
The original Clone High deliberately chose figures from history and pop culture that almost any middle schooler could recognise and one or two basic facts about them.
No disrespect to anyone who likes doing homework in their free time but I prefer really fun stuff like going to the movies at 2pm on a weekday.
Next Time on a Very Special Double Helix…
The Clones start mingling with their new peers. Who wants to spend all their time hanging out with their siblings, right? The answer is few but not most. I'm sure Principal Scudworth gets up to some hijinx too.
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