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2 | ->''"OVERCOMPENSATING: The Journal Comic With a Seething Disdain for Reality."'' |
3 | -->-- Page Title |
4 | |
5 | -> '''Hey.''' My name is Jeffrey Rowland and I am an '''actual dude'''. I used to live in Oklahoma but now I live in Northampton, Massachusetts. I got problems like everybody does. I got a few stories to tell you. |
6 | |
7 | ''[[http://overcompensating.com/ Overcompensating]]'' is the sometimes fiction other times auto-bio web-comic by Jeffrey Rowland. Rowland is also the creator of other web comics ''Webcomic/WhenIGrowUp'' and ''Webcomic/WiguAdventures'' as well as the founder of [[http://topatoco.com/hey/ TopatoCo]], a t-shirt company specializing in selling web-comic based merchandise. |
8 | |
9 | The strips feature a collection of characters, some fictitious, some based on people Rowland knows in real life (quite a few are real web-comic creators), with the main character being an AuthorAvatar. The subject matter of a strip generally falls into the below subjects: |
10 | * What happened last night? |
11 | * A humorous take on [[RippedFromTheHeadlines whatever is in the news now]]. |
12 | * Some horrible fad that can't ''possibly'' be real, but is. |
13 | * Some horrible reality that all humans have to face despite the fact that it's so soul-crushingly horrible it's a wonder we all get out of bed each morning. |
14 | |
15 | If you came here for the ''other'' type of overcompensating, the page you want is CompensatingForSomething. |
16 | ---- |
17 | !!This comic provides examples of: |
18 | |
19 | * AdorableAbomination: Joanna, a green undead cat, who is probably some sort of eldritch horror, but appears as a green kitty with a silly look on its face. |
20 | * AllAnimalsAreDogs: Invoked in modified form by Weedmaster P in [[http://overcompensating.com/posts/20130226.html this]] strip. |
21 | %%* AltText |
22 | * AnthropomorphicPersonification: The [=G0D=] of Internet, a giant four-armed catwoman who speaks in [=L33T=]. |
23 | * ArtEvolution: In the comic itself, also can be compared to WhenIGrowUp to REALLY see how far Rowland has progressed. |
24 | %%* AuthorAvatar |
25 | * AuthorTract: Frequently, and without shame. |
26 | * BadassNative: Being half Cherokee, Jeffrey desperately WANTS to be this, but in reality is little more than a drunken redneck. |
27 | * CatchPhrase: "Dickass", started by Weedmaster P, later copied by everyone else. |
28 | %%* ConRecap. |
29 | * EldritchAbomination: Joanna is this. When Jeffrey rigs up a small camera to see what she gets up to while everyone is out, the following recording is little more than a terrifying sequence of reality breaking down around her. Jeffrey proceeds to go to South America to find a witch doctor to dispose of the camera by means of an active volcano. |
30 | ** She also at one point gave birth to an egg that hatched into one of these. You never see it on panel, but its tentacles can be seen slithering away. |
31 | * FromBadToWorse: [[http://overcompensating.com/posts/20041022.html This strip]], done on purpose with [[strike: hilarious]] horrible results. |
32 | %%* GuestStrip |
33 | * {{God}}: Makes frequent appearances as well as his son. |
34 | * GodIsEvil: Sort of, God and Jesus can be dicks at times. Also they both live in a trailer park for some reason. |
35 | * GodIsFlawed: And he used to drink a lot, apparently. |
36 | * GrossUpCloseUp: [[http://www.overcompensating.com/posts/20090909.html This strip.]] |
37 | * GrotesqueCute: [[http://overcompensating.com/posts/20081201.html Butt-cats!!]] |
38 | * HerCodeNameWasMarySue: Weedmaster P's Webcomic [[http://overcompensating.com/posts/20090402.html]] |
39 | * HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Jeffrey goes out of his way to tear down this trope built around UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus. Among other things, Columbus Day is celebrated by trying to keep Columbus's spirit from returning, and his massacre of the American natives is constantly brought up. |
40 | * HollywoodHacking: Whenever they need to do something computer-y, Jeffrey and team go into ''Film/{{Hackers}}''-mode, with 90s cyberpunk fashions, edgy nicknames, and hacker slogans hollered at the top of their lungs. |
41 | * HumansAreBastards: One form of Jeffrey's misanthropy. |
42 | * HumansAreStupid: One form of Jeffrey's misanthropy. |
43 | * IfIHadANickel: Parodied in [[http://www.overcompensating.com/oc/index.php?comic=97 comic 97]]. Jeffrey wishes he had a nickel for every time he'd seen a crazy lady yell at a dog in a parking lot thinking he'd be a quadrillionaire, and is visited by the Fairy Of Actual Nickels, who hands him a bag of nickels amounting to $41.65. |
44 | * LibationForTheDead: Okay, so not a straight example, but there is a Jim Beam-drinking, undead cat from Hell. |
45 | * LifeEmbellished: The real Jeffrey presumably does not have an undead cat, frequently meet God and is the secret Inside President of the U.S. |
46 | * MundaneFantastic: Topato, the flying, super-strong, made-out of poison, potatoes occasionally shows up from his home dimension to yell at Jeffrey. |
47 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Part of reality had to be deleted to prevent ALL of reality collapsing. Happens in a cross-over with ''Wigu Adventures''. |
48 | * NightmareFetishist: Joanna, originating from the Land of The Dead, has a somewhat... different idea of what is appealing. |
49 | --> '''Jeffrey''': I showed Joanna a picture of [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]] and she screamed.\ |
50 | '''Weedmaster P''': Because he's scary!\ |
51 | '''Jeffrey''': No, like how girls used to [[{{Squee}} scream]] at them [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]]. |
52 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Robot Monkey Pirate Zombie Mummy Ninja Hobo Cowboy, "the greatest cartoon character in the history of Earth." |
53 | %%* OneWordTitle: |
54 | * OurFairiesAreDifferent: In [[http://www.overcompensating.com/oc/index.php?comic=97 comic 97]]: |
55 | ** The Fairy of Actual Nickels is shown. |
56 | ** The Fairy of Illegal Street Brawling is mentioned as the boyfriend of The Fairy of Actual Nickels. |
57 | * OurPresidentsAreDifferent: After the 2008 election, Jeffrey is elected as the secret "Inside President", the official who is in charge of actually coming up with new policies, a position that doesn't pay anything and is considered a civic duty. Obama is still elected as the face of the Presidency. |
58 | * {{Portmantitle}}: "Over" + "Compensating" |
59 | %%* RampJump |
60 | * RefugeInAudacity |
61 | %%* RunForTheBorder: Choices are in short supply with almost any situation involving [[https://web.archive.org/web/20080610172304/http://overcompensating.com/posts/20041018.html five gallons of ticks]]. |
62 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In a recent strip, Jeffrey finds a caterpillar in his teeth and promptly drives his truck off a cliff. |
63 | * TheStoner: Weedmaster P. Doy. He takes April 20th off, as he considers it 24 hours of Amateur Hour, and compares it to being UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli on a day when everyone thinks they can punch out dudes as good as you. |
64 | * StrawmanPolitical: Hoo ''boy''. |
65 | * TakeThat: The site frequently takes shots at society and politics, however [[http://overcompensating.com/posts/20080804.html this]] comic attacks neither but still hits Kid Rock, his fans, and [[Webcomic/CtrlAltDel Tim Buckley]] pretty hard. |
66 | * TakeThatMe: The Jeffrey seen in the comics is a far bigger loser than the real Jeffrey is, which is joked about in some strips. |
67 | * TeamPet: Joanna. She's actually an undead cat Jeffrey found during a trip to the Land of The Dead, and doesn't move much. At least when anyone is looking. |
68 | ** [[Webcomic/MsPaintAdventures Andrew Hussie's]] brief appearance lightly mocked his workaholicness and his tendency for animation that doesn't particularly add anything to a panel. |
69 | * TimeTravel: Weedmaster P owns a time machine which occasionally works itself into the plot. |
70 | * PresidentEvil: During the Bush years, Bush and Cheney were portrayed as this through and through. |
71 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: Weedmaster P. |
72 | * [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Be Spiders?]]: Understandable, as Jeffrey, both comic and the real one, got necrotis on his leg after getting bit by a brown recluse spider. |
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