TDA extras · Easter egg
Banned from No Fun City!
History is written by the victors.
Before the Kickstarter, before Vol I, TDA had a spin-off strip in an underground zine. It went great. And then it didn't.
The Destructive Spin-off
In 2012, while the single issues were still coming out, I pitched a strip to No Fun City!, an underground arts, music, and politics zine in Victoria, B.C. Their first issue promised a place to write "with no censorship, just respect." They liked the first one and ran it. Then they asked for another.
The next one ended with a pair of talking breasts.
The editors wanted to black out the panel. I wanted it to run with some context. It ran as-is, with a blurb from me, and a note from them underneath inviting readers to send in their responses.
"However, if I had drawn a cartoon penis with the line "did someone order a dick?" would we be having this discourse?"Me, in an email to the editors, August 18, 2012. Foreshadowing.
So I drew a comic about being censored
For the next issue I reworked an old comic of mine about getting censored at school. I sent the pencil proof and told them they could okay it or nay it.
The Verdict
"No Fun City! will not be running your latest comic and we are asking you to not submit further contributions."The editors, October 16, 2012
They nayed it. That evening I sent one last page, as a final resting stone for the strip, and waited.
The verdict came the next day.
"Please do not email us anymore."No Fun City!, October 17, 2012
In fairness, I had said quite a lot.
Life goes on
No Fun City! has long since ended its run. TDA kept going.
Every page above is in the Spin-offs & Extras section of Vol I.
