Letters to an Absent Father (comic)

***Ace Mercury*** · 05-21-2010, 08:06 AM

“Letters To An Absent Father” Makes Me A Little Happysad | 4 color rebellion

A series of comic strips where Ash writes letters to his father. I find them touching, and I don't know why.

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They are letters to his dad who is never around. I haven’t decided whether or not he actually sends them or if he just keeps them in his backpack and carries them with him wherever he goes.

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Kargath · 05-21-2010, 09:44 AM

Decent, but the style's too cartoony to be moving.

***Ace Mercury*** · 05-21-2010, 10:19 AM

I thought the simple style was charming. Sort of like how a ten-year-old would draw. A more realistic drawing style implies a mature narrator; Ash is some idiot kid who just wants to talk to his father.

**X-3** · 05-21-2010, 11:06 AM

HELLO, SON. WORK HAS BEEN A LITTLE HECTIC LATELY. TELL YOUR MOM THERE'S A SECRETARY POSITION OPEN AT MY WORK.

P.S: THANKS FOR THOSE COOKIES YOU SENT. PERSIAN QUITE LIKED THEM.
P.S.S: OH, AND I JUST REMEMBERED ABOUT MEWTWO. YOU'RE DEAD MEAT WHEN I GET HOME.

Rainbow Dash · 05-21-2010, 11:50 AM

giovanni is the dad of the rival in GSC not ash

**X-3** · 05-21-2010, 06:53 PM

Do you think he'd really remember how many kids he's had?

(oh and comics made me sad)

Kil'jaeden · 05-21-2010, 09:00 PM

^Isn't Giovanni Red's father in Pokemon Special?

05-21-2010, 11:06 AM	#4
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,943 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	HELLO, SON. WORK HAS BEEN A LITTLE HECTIC LATELY. TELL YOUR MOM THERE'S A SECRETARY POSITION OPEN AT MY WORK. P.S: THANKS FOR THOSE COOKIES YOU SENT. PERSIAN QUITE LIKED THEM. P.S.S: OH, AND I JUST REMEMBERED ABOUT MEWTWO. YOU'RE DEAD MEAT WHEN I GET HOME. Last edited by X-3; 05-21-2010 at 11:18 AM.

05-21-2010, 09:44 AM	#2
Kargath et in Arcadia ego Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 1,226 Thanked 780 Times in 488 Posts	Decent, but the style's too cartoony to be moving.

05-21-2010, 10:19 AM	#3
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I thought the simple style was charming. Sort of like how a ten-year-old would draw. A more realistic drawing style implies a mature narrator; Ash is some idiot kid who just wants to talk to his father.

05-21-2010, 11:50 AM	#5
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,400 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	giovanni is the dad of the rival in GSC not ash

05-21-2010, 06:53 PM	#6
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,943 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	Do you think he'd really remember how many kids he's had? (oh and comics made me sad)

05-21-2010, 09:00 PM	#7
Kil'jaeden Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: in your mind Gender: Posts: 2,132 Thanks: 21 Thanked 146 Times in 99 Posts	^Isn't Giovanni Red's father in Pokemon Special?