Leisure Town

March 9, 2005 9:04 PM

Leisure Townhas long been considered one of the most brilliant web 'comics' to ever exist. Authored by one of the geniuses at Jerkcity, the site is finally back after an extended hiatus. Enjoy some of the finest offensive humor ever written. [all links offensive, probably NSFW]
posted by Ryvar (22 comments total)

I happened to notice this today by chance - It's a good day! There has been a complete mirror up for some time now but I am glad Tristan is back in the game. I hope he makes some more works.
posted by ae4rv at 9:08 PM on March 9, 2005

Indeed. I've checked every week or so for over a year now, hoping something would change. Today, finally, it did.
posted by Ryvar at 9:11 PM on March 9, 2005

yeah, this is excellent. I wasn't a huge fan or anything, so I didn't even know he was gone, but it's nice to know that he hasn't retired either way.
posted by shmegegge at 9:15 PM on March 9, 2005

Tristan Farnon is the Hunter S. Thompson of the "information age," and it's good to know that he hasn't killed himself.
actually, I think he's better than HST...
posted by LimePi at 9:24 PM on March 9, 2005

HOORAY!
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 9:27 PM on March 9, 2005

Obligitory link to brilliant online comic:

PERRY BIBLE FELLOWSHIP
posted by velacroix at 9:34 PM on March 9, 2005

LimePi: honestly I don't think you can really compare the two, because Tristan is sarcastic and scatalogical where HST is intentionally subjective and sensational. That being said, aside from the fact that they're both uproariously funny they both seem to stir similar feelings in me as well. Sidenote: the "Enjoy" link is by far the best of the bunch. It is an unparalleled presentation of the dot-com boom as farce.
I think he's better too.

On preview: PBF is awesome. The answer to those lamenting the loss of The Far Side.
posted by Ryvar at 9:42 PM on March 9, 2005

My favorite was always 'The Christmas Suicide Balloon'... Glad to see these back up.
posted by kaibutsu at 9:51 PM on March 9, 2005

Yay!
posted by mwhybark at 9:59 PM on March 9, 2005

It should be noted that the strips in "A Comedy Crisis" are up in their original Dilbert glory.
posted by rafter at 10:18 PM on March 9, 2005

Little Known Fact #6875: There has never been a comic called "The Parking Lot is Full".
posted by addyct at 11:03 PM on March 9, 2005

I miss PLIF. That cartoon permanently warped me.

"OH GOD WHY DID YOU SHOOT MY DOG?!"

Unfortunately one of the team left and the other can only seem to manage posting bizarre and nonsensical diatribes to his email list for Neolithic Cassarole, which was supposed to be a webtoon or something by now but has been only vaporware so far.

"Polly wants some mutherfuckin' crack!"

Leisure Town has always kinda bored me. It's just too much noise about nothing at all, all while seeming to try a bit too much. Jerk City is fantastic, however repetitive and cock-centric. Glub.
posted by loquacious at 12:43 AM on March 10, 2005

You call that offensive? This is offensive. (nsfw) Previously here.
posted by wsg at 12:51 AM on March 10, 2005

yay!!!!
posted by By The Grace of God at 8:50 AM on March 10, 2005

Glad to see this is back. I missed it too. It's amazing how much bile can be transferred through those blank rubber faces.
posted by picea at 9:02 AM on March 10, 2005

yay from me too! : >
posted by amberglow at 9:07 AM on March 10, 2005

I feel a burning need to mention Mr. Wiggles.
posted by cmonkey at 9:20 AM on March 10, 2005

To this day, 8 years later, friends of mine still quote from the earlier comics. 'Around and Around' is one of my alltime favorites, but nothing beats "Someone's about to learn a very important lesson about me having waffles and pie."
posted by wolftrouble at 9:51 AM on March 10, 2005

Triple yay and thanks Ryvar for keeping tabs.
posted by jabo at 10:15 AM on March 10, 2005

exxxcellent.
posted by jcruelty at 1:21 PM on March 10, 2005

Now if only Roy F. would bring back Hotendotey!
posted by analogue at 4:23 PM on March 10, 2005

O this is a Happy Day!
posted by Toecutter at 5:19 PM on March 10, 2005