FODI
is an ongoing tale about the adventures of two friends who own the Bald Ninja Brewery. They've done a lot on their path to success, including fighting through demons and zombie hordes, and befriending a winged woman whom Matt accidentally created. They hope to go on living a normal life, but if the past has anything to say, their future will be anything but normal.
Drawing:
This whole project originally started back in July of 2003 when I decided to make a webcomic. This was largely done as an exercise in discipline and also to help me improve my art. And I have to say that I've improved greatly, but that I have a ways to go before I am truly happy with my art. At the time of writing, however, I feel I'm up to snuff enough to try to promote this little endeavor.
Writing:
The writing is done jointly by Steve and me, and we've got a decent start arc planned. I'm very excited about where this story was going. Since a fair bit of things in the comic depend on the backstory, I highly recommend you go through the Fodi Classic archives when you've got some time. The quality is not so great in many spots, but it'll help flesh out the characters a bit more. In time, we hope this comic will be able to easily stand on its own.
Schedule:
Fodi is updated every weekday, with voting incentives offered roughly every week or two.
The Site:
The baldninja website is currently in its third major revision. It uses php, sql, xhtml, and css to deliver dynamic content to the viewer. All components of the site, with the exception of phpBB, were hand coded and custom made.
Matt
The artist. He draws the comic. 'Nuff said.
Steve
Manages and develops the website.
Lindsay
Writer of the series summaries, and provider of witty conversations that often get stolen for dialog.
elysian
Provided colorization for the occasional Classic strip.
Brother Aias
Helped us to develop the automatic update script with his unixy skills (but not Eunech skills, as far as we know).
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A story of a few friends and what happens wen reality isn't so realistic.
A tale of three friends as they help young Zita explore her college options.
Zita checks out RIT in preparation for her college stay. Wacky adventures ensue.
Matt and Steve return to reality television to continue their fame and glory. Or perhaps just to defeat the monster of boredom. Will they win again?
The sporadic series where we stick filler strips and various extra non-canon comics.
The chronicles of Zita's life during the summer session of her first experiences at college.
Matt inherits control of a corporation and begins a new role as an important businessman.
When mysterious dreams start invading his sleep, Steve seeks out their possible implications.
A disappearence and a mysterious fire leads Matt to discover a suspicious lab buried within ZMB's acquisitions. Meanwhile Steve discovers a woman from his past may not be dead.
Mysterious employee transfers lead Matt and Melinda to uncover a strange lab in a deserted town; a town with a deadly secret. Meanwhile Steve discovers that he must find a once-thought dead person from his past and uncover the truth behind the mysterious girl who pulls him into the dream world.
Matt and Steve learn that there are secrets in the past which they must uncover. Using Matt's rebuilt time machine they head back into the unknown. Or do they?
Susan tries to teach lara how to go and and have fun, with an emphasis on engaging the opposite sex. With her lack of social skills, will the man she picks up be friend or foe?
In the future, Matt and Steve learn that they are the cause of the world's collapse and the rise of an apparently evil dictatorship, narrowly escaping, they return to find that Lara's new squeeze has kidnapped her. Will this view of the possible future taint their outlook and guide their actions astray in the present?
In this series, we learn how to make a nice plot sauce from common household ingredients.
Matt and Steve make a discovery about Lara's location that causes them great worry. Will they find her intact?
Matt and Steve set off to search for Lara. When Steve finds someone he doesn't expect, a chain reaction of tragedy will begin.
While Steve and Angela go further into the ruins, Lara tries to plan an escape while Matt searches for her... in the wrong place.
Well, untold until this series is done, anyway.
Shambling Zombie, Captive Angel
I'll think up a witty series summary when you make me a sammich.
Zita and gang head for Matt's for the Holidays, where things go horribly, horribly wrong.
And now, back to Steve...
Zita and Linda try to advance the late Dr. Barkley...
Matt and Melinda try to find out what Masterdam is up to by pretending to be urban ninja.
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