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[Link] Too Fat To Be A Rock Star [Date] 12/7/00 [Comments] 
This comic has both the greatest name and the greatest URL. It's the adventures of a sort of "Young Meatloaf"-like character, his band and friends. Later on he gets a girlfriend. You just know he's based on someone real, someone probably a lot like someone we know. Perhaps this is what causes the humor to impress me as fresh and funny; maybe it's simply weird enough to tickle my funny bone. The characters are obviously fully realized and there are lots of "been there" inside music jokes. I also respect that the author is keeping up all his early work, especially since it's pretty important to the continuity of the story and characters. Even though it's not as pretty at the start as, say, Sluggy Freelance, it's some of the funniest stuff, and it's really neat to see how the artist's style has evolved. Sadly, I've discovered just now that the strip is going on hiatus until January, but the archive, which my link starts you at the front of, will provide you all the fun you need till then. Update 3/25/01Too Fat To Be A Rock Star is back! Consequently, I have updated my main link for this comic to it's current comic. Updated approximately three times a week. Update 12/25/01It's gone! It's back! He lost his old URL so I've updated my link to the new one. Update 6/5/03 Given up for good, even the new URL is gone. Update 1/8/04 Remi's maintaining too-fat.com again! The sharp-looking site now contains recent non-fat work, although reposting of the old archives is promised in the hazy future.
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