Frequently Asked Questions

Sort of. We based them on ourselves and friend at first but we’re pretty boring so the characters just kinda took a life of their own.

Yeah kinda. Some of the comics have been inspired by the events in our lives – that was the whole gimmick of the comic when we started.

What’s a book? Seriously though we’ve tried and we don’t know how.

Send us a million billion dollars and maybe.

Yep! He totes does that. You can see examples of his illustration work at JD3 Creative.

Yes please – use a linking banner if you want.

You sure can just as long as you don’t profit from it and if anyone asks about it please tell them about us.

Yes! If you read the fineprint at the bottom of our website you’ll see that you can link/embed/share our comics as long as you don’t profit and give us credit by linking back to our website.

What is this, 1995!? If we like your stuff we’ll link it, if you like our stuff we hope you do the same.

We will have our robo-butler do that. Go to our updates page and you can sign up for email updates to get new comics delivered automatically – hooray for technology!

No, we do this for fun – we all have day jobs.

GTFO.

In the early days, the comics were drawn and inked on real paper, then scanned and colored in Photoshop.

Later, it was penciled on paper but the inking and coloring was done digitally using a Wacom tablet.

Since comic #528, everything’s been fully digital — drawn, inked, and colored in Photoshop with a Wacom. It saves time, paper, and lets us fix mistakes without crying.

Writing takes a lifetime, heh – drawing takes an hour or two per strip.

To avoid litigation problems we don’t take ideas and if an idea you send ends up in a comic strip it’s purely coincidental.

The bones of the stories are inspired by real life, but the characters are their own dumb little people. At this point it’s less “based on our lives” and more “based on vibes, bad decisions, and beer.”

Yes, 100% free to read. You can donate and help us out if you want but it’s totally optional.

That’s not a question – if you don’t like the comic then stop reading and go away.

Frequently asked questions – wow this is easy!

J.Rai moved to Toronto in 2008 and then he came back- nothing happened as far as we can tell.

We used to have a donator club called “TrueNuff Buddies” where if you donated you could access a special Buddy forum and a bunch of extra content but that stuff is free now. We have a Patreon with some exclusive stuff read more about that on our support page.

A gag is a one-off strip that stands on its own. Read it, laugh (or don’t), and move on with your life.

A story is a series of connected strips that make up a longer arc. Those are meant to be read in order and usually have a beginning, middle, and a button at the end. Some of our early stories are looser and are really just collections of themed strips rather than a tight narrative.

Even in a story, each strip is meant to stand on its own. We still try to make you laugh every time — but yeah, sometimes a strip is doing setup work.

We released our first comic on February 28, 2001 – but we hyped it’s arrival it for a few months and had a countdown clock to build buzz like an Apple product.

Honestly? Anywhere.

If you like binge-reading, hit the Stories section and start with one of the featured arcs.

If you like chaos, jump into the All Strips archive and click around.

It’s written by a group of friends and illustrated by Threeboy.

Why start anything, maaaaaan? J.Rai & Threeboy started making “real life” themed comics for a student run university newsletter – the newsletter didn’t really take off but they had a few comics so they put them on the internets. Check the About page for more information.