The Awkward Turtle

Turtle's End

2008-05-06T15:10:00.002-04:00

So, if you actually check this thing Tuesdays and Thursdays, I owe you an apology...

I've missed 3 of the last 4 comic deadlines, two of which I flagrantly neglected. For this reason, I will be getting a check for only five dollars this week :-(

But i thought itd be necessary to explain that I have finals all this week, and that I am in the fight of my life. If you got beef with that, eat a porkchop.

While this is the official end of the Awkward Turtle series, fear not! I have big plans for the summer. I will be drafting a cartoon series/ supplemental 5-DAY PER WEEK comic strip. its about a team of extreme secret agents that take the cases everyone else cant handle. It'll be full of over the top action, humor, and bullets...so keep your eyes peeled for that shit come next fall

until then...
NICE BLOWIN YA!

AT: Spring Weekend Edition

2008-04-22T09:02:00.004-04:00

Uconn's fabled Spring Weekend starts this Thursday, which also happens to be a day that you chumlords get to see my comic in the paper.

It also happens to be my birthday this Thursday... i'll be 22...
(hold for applause)

no?
okay

here is Thursday

# 26 : Cops

unfortunately, Tuesday's turtle was turned in too late, and wont be run today. It got lost in shuffle of the weekend holiday and me being a lazy bum. HOWEVER, this is actually good news for the four of you that actually come to this blog, as you'll be the only ones that see it!
ENJWA

#25 : Bees? Check.

i'll see you amongst the sea of fools at Carriage this Thursday...its gonna be tits

-Turty Clack

Hell Week Turtlethon

2008-04-14T10:10:00.004-04:00

#23: Dead (sexy) or Alive

I got this idea from my friend JR...the guy on the poster is kinda modeled after him
think of it as an homage

#24: Prof of Purchase

I wish I could've done a better caricature of my professor, this one doesnt really do him justice.
I really did have to study for a test, and in about 10 minutes im gonna go take it, and hopefully knock its freakin socks off

if it had socks

21 and 22!

2008-04-08T12:56:00.003-04:00

this one was a little experimental. more freehand than usual

#21 : Vending Machines

This one will be running today in the Daily Campus, bottom right of the comics page...
but you dont care, you just saw it here...whatever

#22: can a brotha get some mo dice?

im not crazy about this one...

stay greazy

OH PS
I got a minor speaking role in an independent film to be shot over the summer...more on that as it develops :P

THE 20TH TURTLE!

2008-03-31T01:27:00.004-04:00

I CANT BELIEVE IT! WE MADE IT TO 20!
this one was kinda a rush job, but the effect is there, i think
Also its running on april fools day, so people will already be distracted by the Daily SCAMpus...get it!?

TEMPORARY INSANITY WEDNESDAY!

2008-03-26T15:38:00.004-04:00

COME ON DOWN TO THE AWKWARD TURTLE EMPORIUM THIS WEDNESDAY!
I KNOW I SHOULD WAIT TIL TOMORROW TO POST THIS WEEK'S COMIC, BUT IMA POST IT TODAY ANYWAY
AND YES, THE FACT THAT IM TYPING IN ALL CAPS MEANS IM YELLING!!!

#18 : Decisions

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!
I'M GONNA DO A SUPER DUPER INSANE-O BACKFLIP AND POST NEXT TUESDAY'S COMIC TODAY! I MUST BE TEMPORARILY INSANE TO WANT TO GIVE AWAY THIS MUCH TURTLAGE!

#19 : What's my mothaf$*kin name? JIG-SAWWWW

ENJOY YOUR HUMPDAY! ILL BE STUDYING FOR AN EXAM AND PREPPING FOR A SHOW THIS SATURDAY IN BOSTON
(WILHELM LIVE IN BOSTON THIS WEEKEND!)

PEACE

Turt 17 : Catch Phrases

2008-03-23T18:01:00.003-04:00

kinda silly, but i likes it

#18 on Thursday
i'll be 22 in a month (as of 3/24)

AWKWARD TURTLEs 15 and 16 : wildlife week

2008-03-18T11:43:00.005-04:00

Hope spring break was manageable for most.
Let's get right to it, as I should be going to my psychopharmacology class soon.

#-15 : Swans

"One of my faves..." says Stephen Winchell
Hebert and Groper gave it two nubs up

#16 : A Doe, a Deer, A F$%#ing Obnoxious Deer

They really do this. I seens it.
Try not to go skydiving and have the parachute accidentally not deploy this week, okay? Try not to do that.

-turt mcgurt

The stunning conclusion...

2008-03-03T11:25:00.004-05:00

Spring break looms in the distance like a beast, and I've got 2 more exams...
I've also got turtles...scrumptious hilarious turtles

I might do some comics next week...maybe
in the meantime, enjoy the stunning conclusion to the Obnoxious Wizard Saga

Obnoxious Wizard Saga parts 2 and 3

2008-02-26T12:29:00.004-05:00

If you weren't at Wilhelm's show on Thursday:

FUCK YOU

jk...but seriously, you missed out

Desperate times all for increasingly passive aggressive measures for our protagonist

Let this be a lesson to all of you...mess with a wizard, and you'll end up sleeping in a little ferret hammock

Enjoy...or don't...i get paid either way

Hotel Bathtubs and Obnoxious Wizards

2008-02-19T11:24:00.003-05:00

this week's Turtles are in. I should be getting ready to go, but instead I'm delivering unto you bite-sized morsels of comic mediocrity.

that you LOVE

(shameless promotion) Wilhelm is having a show Thursday night @ 8 in the Student Union. If you're in the Storrs-Mansfield area you're pretty much legally mandated to go.
You bring the noise.
We'll bring the funk.

If you need me, I'll be cloaca-deep in work

-Big Steve

Teenage Mutant Awkward Turtles

2008-02-11T00:56:00.000-05:00

hehe

Unfortunately, now I have to draw new material

Oh and uh...WILHELM had a show...no big deal
kinda rocked vdm but whatev
kthxbai

NEW STRIPS NEW STRIPS TRA LA LA LA LA

2008-02-07T23:27:00.000-05:00

like it matters...

^^this is a collaboration of mine and another Daily Campus comic artists' strip

I like this one ^^...those lolcats are funny, but dammitall if they arent obnoxious as hell

enjoy whoever you are

Daily Campus premiere week promotion!!!

2008-01-22T15:00:00.000-05:00

In light of the Awkward Turtle's Daily Campus premie, I said to myself
"self", I said
what would be a good promotional endeavor to encourage readership in the coming semester?
and being that I have little money or items of value to my name, the promotion is thus.

If you see me on campus in the next week (i'm a big manchild wearing a brown hat w/ a brim...just like my character in the strip (: ), simply approach me and make the awkward turtle hand signal to me:
put your hands palms down on top of each other parallel to the ground and wiggle your thumbs in a circular fashion

do this, and i will--for this week only-- give you an enthusiastic high five, then say "you're welcome" regardless of whether or not you thanked me

LET THE PROMOTION BEGIN!

Awkward Turtle 4

2008-01-18T01:29:00.000-05:00

okay, viewer...i got some good news and i got some
bad news

the good news is i got a new strip for your enjoyment

the bad news is if you're gonna hafta wait two weeks if you wanna see any new Turtles in the Daily Campus

enjwah

Awkward Turtle 03

2008-01-15T16:55:00.001-05:00

i just realized my blogspot username is awkwardtrutle
how awkward...

Awkward Turtle 02

2008-01-13T23:32:00.000-05:00

after much mucking about on the internet, i've discovered that a number of to-be-dc comic creators have been starting their own respective blogs with their strips PLUS the added bonus of glorious little monologues such as these.

anyway, heres #2, enjoy that noise

if you need me, ill be in the bat cave coming up with more ideas to make you say "way-oh"

[way-ohhhh]
-big s

Welcome to the Awkard Turtle

2008-01-12T03:01:00.000-05:00

It finally happened, friends.
They gave me a comic in the UConn newspaper.
I wont say much else, other than that I am joined by such greats as Jake Lucas, Sean Rose, Stephen Winchell, and Anthony Wasley in the spring 2008 daily campus comics page.
buckle your f-ing seatbelts
heres the first of many to come:

gimme your feedback, slaves

-steve