when drinking goes wrong
Monday, March 10th, 2008I’m still collecting places to crash, and will be until further notice (read= always)
I’m still collecting places to crash, and will be until further notice (read= always)
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March 10th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
you forgot drunk texting…
its way too easy to send the message to the wrong person or to mass message everyone in your phone book a VERY private message
March 10th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Drunk Vlogging is fun.
March 10th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Just a side note, at the bottom it still says “All contentents © 2006 Julia Wertz”
Just make that 2008 so no one can steal your stuff if you care to.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
[...] She’s really funny, and her latest–contains maybe the best comic panels ever (oh ok, well only when one can relate it to their own lives)…fartparty.org and today’s is here. Thanks to Lulu for pointing out today’s. [...]
March 10th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Computer breathalizer would be such a GREAT invention…
just something else for science to get on.
March 11th, 2008 at 12:03 am
sorry about the “hasty text messaging” wording of my last comment. i actually was on my phone and a friend of mine sent me a link to your comics. this really inspires me to start up a comic strip. i’m pretty good at drawing and it doesn’t need to look extremely professional.
March 11th, 2008 at 1:23 am
this one hits close to home. drunk texting and emailing is natures way of making sure all sensitive material reaches those who it will offend or piss off most. next morning = damage control. and haha i love the underlined fuck in the 6th frame. extra frustration.
March 11th, 2008 at 1:42 am
Tony, dude, I know you don’t mean it to be, but that’s kind of a backhanded compliment.
You’re probably someone who’s thought about cartooning, but felt insecure about their drawing, and seeing a strip that you enjoy that’s closer to your drawing level than, say, Bill Watterson, makes you feel less intimidated. I know the feeling. When I was starting off, Matt Groening’s Life in Hell strips made me thing fucking anyone could do comics. And it’s certainly good to realize that studly draughtsmanship is not nearly as important to a comic as clear, striking, communicative drawings.
But to an artist, it sounds like you’re saying “Hey, your work looks amateurish! I’m marginally talented, and your work isn’t full of scary ‘professional drawings’ that make cartooning seem like hard work.”
There’s just no way to tell an artist that their work feels like an attainable, unprofessional standard that doesn’t make them want to give up on art, fill a tub with warm water, scarf down a bottle of asprin and open up a few veins.
March 11th, 2008 at 3:10 am
I gave up drinking for new year and damn do i miss it time to time.
March 11th, 2008 at 3:55 am
I hear you…. I’ve done the falling over one more than i care to remember… ..Can I hear the sound of digging in here or is it just me…?
March 11th, 2008 at 5:42 am
This’d be my fifth or sixth post here, and I just woke up and I’ll be heading into work soon, but I wanted to touch the base on this, too.
Ms. Wertz has an artistic style that makes her comics unique. If you look at her paintings, you see it there, too. And if you tried to copy her work, you realize it’s hard to do because you feel a simple, honest connection on a level you cannot simply copy. You are given characters and situations, with an event, story, and punchline, and it’s perfect and beautifully blended. Again, look at her other works, and you realize she might be making it look easy when it is in fact a sign of dedication to how she does things.
I think why you are tempted to do this is not because of the artwork, but because of the writing. That is probably a compliment that you feel a connection to a set of comics and feel like it is a great medium to illustrate your life, even though it is someone else’s life being portrayed in ink on paper.
I’ve thought about how open her comics are and the punchlines are the kind of things I wish I had the balls to say in front of total strangers, and I feel like I would like to make a comic. But no amount of inspiration can overshadow my lack of dedication and obvious feelings of inadequacy. Look at other comics, one person does the writing while another does the art. Ms. Wertz has the balls and the dedication, and no doubt in my mind she has the feelings of inadequacy(though let me assure you they are not well founded).
No time left, I have to put on pants and go to work and start making cookies, cakes, and cupcakes, because my life is made of gay and covered shame.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Bah, belt is on backwards now. I’m surprisingly blunt and uncoordinated first thing in the morning. ha. euphemism.
March 11th, 2008 at 6:29 am
Hey
I just discovered farty party the other day through a softer world (I think… it’s been like 3 days already, my mind wanders…) and I’ve spent those days very productively reading through the online back catalogue. Julia, you’re awesome! What else can I say, but I’m totally in awe of your talents. I wish I’d discovered farty party earlier… Keep up the comics =) !!!
And although I am the poor student with no money, seeing as hopefully my work will pay me eventually…. do you ship to little old NZ? Cause I’d love to give you some money and get exciting packages!!
anyway moral of the story is farty party = yay!
March 11th, 2008 at 8:44 am
I have long been a fan of the computer breathalyzer concept. Then it would finally be acceptable to get raging drunk in the privacy of your own home. Well, except for the phone. And the stairs. And pointy things. damn.
March 11th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Drunk dialing/texting follies:
1. You mean to text your friend and confidant to bitch about your girlfriend…and text your girlfriend. FUN.
2. You call your ex that you’re completely over…when you’re sober. But on this particular drunk, they’re suddenly your everything.
3. Yes, I’ve drunk dialed my mom.
and my personal all-time championship “holy shit I’m an idiot” drunk dial:
4. Calling your friend (while blacked out) to apologize for hitting on his girlfriend right in front of him all night, only to have him say that he didn’t realize you *were* hitting on her. Until now. And now he’s fucking pissed.
March 11th, 2008 at 9:37 am
I wasn’t not going to post again till I had your pizza (pics) ready, but there’s lots of news. 1st Horoscope mine: … when you start believing your illusion…trouble starts knocking …. 2nd winter broke my biiike (used StumpJumper from my brother). 3rd sick since Feb 26 (bad) until yesterday, so eating like a pig now. 4th CARS bike shop is building me a single speed courier style bike, going to name it ‘ice princess’. 5th Julia rocks the comics. 6th Drunk playing with your finder settings then giving your presentation, but you still have the hot chick straddling the giant chocolate bunny head as your window background. 7th The pizza was from Psycho Suzi’s, Marshall St. NE, in Minneapolis. All the cool comics artist eat there.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:04 am
“i’m pretty good at drawing and it doesn’t need to look extremely professional” djkjfieanjiosnfi;ajsfdijsa;ifjisajfd sdfmsjf
In short, I fully agree with Matt B and T Pooka (even though I already told him not to leave such long comments) I’m not saying don’t do it, it’s just, well, you either “think” about making comics, or you just fucking do it. There’s no in between. Cause everyone and their mom “thinks” about writing the next great american novel, but, well, they sure as shit aren’t doing it.
March 11th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
“I wasn’t not going to post again till I had your pizza (pics) ready, but there’s lots of news. 1st Horoscope mine: … when you start believing your illusion…trouble starts knocking …. 2nd winter broke my biiike (used StumpJumper from my brother). 3rd sick since Feb 26 (bad) ….”
Is this spam? are you a spam-bot?
March 11th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
yeah, i wondered that too until my name was put in there. but really, I can’t make heads or rat tails of that comment. I read it three times and my brain refused to reassemble the words into anything forming a real sentence. I can only assume my readers are drunker than I am.
March 11th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
oh man drunkeness can be fun , but oh so dangerous
March 11th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Hey Julia - have you checked out couchsurfing.com? Its a pretty cool network, millions of folks all over the place who sleep on each others couches and hang out. Also, its free! Sure as hell beats hotels, not only because you don’t have to spend money to sleep, but also because you meet cool people (well, usually). It works kinda like ebay, in that you collect references from people who know you and who you stay with, so that other people know you’re not a serial rapist.
The comics are cool; I used to make comics and put them on the internets but it turns out its a lot of work for very little reward.
March 11th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
I think someone 7)-”drunk posted in the comments section”.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
computer breathaliser: stick a wacom pen like thing in your gob, breathe in and out, and if you are over the driving limit, your computer will cease shut-down for so many hours or so?
i wonder how many people would choke on the actual pen/breatheliser….
March 11th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
@henry
How do we know Ms. Wertz isn’t a serial rapist? How much time does she have to prove otherwise?
And I said I’d keep the long postings in check, but the check must have bouncedandImakeabadpun. I contemplate making yet another bad pun. I will save it for my next post.
Also, I’ve never been drunk. I had a glass of champagne on New Year’s, and that’s the first alchohol I’ve ever had, and it tasted like carbonated vinegar. Sleep deprivation, I am told by online folks, produces a drunk-like state in me.
March 11th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
why do u not like NY? I was just offered a job in brooklyn and one in SF in the mission. both pay the same and i can’t decide. eeeeeh.
March 11th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
No booze or sex? Dude, if you don’t like cheese, you’re basically Julia’s anti-self.
March 11th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Henry said: “The comics are cool; I used to make comics and put them on the internets but it turns out its a lot of work for very little reward.”
I can sympathize with this statement, but it depends on your reason for making comics. I don’t think this applies to Julia at all because I don’t really view what she does as a web comic. She puts a lot of tangible material(meaning actual books) out there. I think she’s a cartoonist first, and a web cartoonist second, even if at all. I might be far off base here, but I think she puts this stuff up here as a more instantaneous medium and to generate interest in those who can’t make it to cons. But I’m just fucking glad that she gives some of her stuff away for free to poor twits like me.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I like a real Mozzarella, like the kind made from water buffalo’s milk, not that moocow knock-off. I’ve had brie, Havarti, gouda, and a few others. All enjoyed.
Unfortunately I lose my sense of smell and taste every once in a while due to a medical condition I suffer from. I won’t go into the details. I’ll happily say that when I can taste and smell, cheese is on the menu.
I have not ever had squeaky cheese, but it sounds like something to tickle and tease all senses. I would like to try it sometime.
The pun I was saving was asking politely for Ms. Wertz to not rape my “cereal”.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
and besides you dont have to be the most amazing drawer in the world to have comics that make you giggle and be successful. look at gary larson’s farside. those weren’t the best drawn comics in the world when he started out but he found his niche and got better and hes a mega cartoonist who’s sold millions of copies everywhere in the galaxy. or like one of my personal favorite comics which is XKCD is straight stick figures. but people like nick gurewitch of PBF comics blow everyone out of the water because he draws like some sort of art master blaster. Julia is obviously on the up and ups because of all these random people are finding fartparty.organization through all sorts of odds and ends of the Internets. more exposure equals more people which equals more comment trolls like myself which equal more people buying her books which equals her getting money for food. its science.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
It’s so true that you either think (and TALK) about writing comics or you do it… A year ago all I could do was think and talk about writing comics… and I’ve totally been that person writing my favourite cartoonists about the comics I was going to write someday. It makes me cringe now looking back at my big annoying ego… It happens though. Anyway, whoever posted about the comics they wanted to write, you have to read The Cute Manifesto by James Kochalka. Then you will write the kind of shit that you want to read yourself. That’s all there is to it.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Actually I just reread what that person wrote and I don’t know if I can take that kind of inspiration seriously… discovering comics by having a link sent to your cellphone? Is that for real? That doesn’t make a very good story, you’ll have to do better than that.
March 11th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
professor peepee- you’re so close to the truth that I’m almost suspcious. Do I know you? or do you just know a lot about alt. comics? please dont tell me you’re one of my friends just trying to make me feel better. cause, you know, they have pills for that shit.
March 11th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
as for ashley, who was offered jobs in both SF and NY- pray tell, what were those jobs? email me, don’t leave a comment. juliawertz@hotmail.com
March 11th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Virgin Mobile started a anti-drunk dialing service in Australia and it may come to the U.S.A. Also Tillamook cheese factory tour in Oregon=Awesome.
http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2005/4/11/newServiceToPreventDrunkDialing
March 11th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
No, I’m not your friend, Julia. But I suppose I COULD be if the wages are satisfactory. I think I just know what it’s like, and perhaps I can feel your pain through the internet. I have been reading alt comics for quite some time though. When the other kids were waiting in line at the cons for Todd McFarlane’s autograph, I was busy at Paul Koob’s table buying a Hamster Man t-shirt from him. I’m not entirely sure if that’s rad or not though.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
I imagine this has been the most popular comic to drunk comment on yet! huzzah and hooray for hasty decisions, that’ll make you rue the day!
March 12th, 2008 at 12:09 am
Jesus Christ dude. It takes an hour to read through your comments now.
Anyway, I can get you a bike messenger job at my horrible company if you ever come back to SF. If you can find an apt. for around $100/mo. and not eat you should be alright with the pay.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:27 am
touch.
March 12th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
what the hell are you getting on about I Dont Know Rash? your cognitive reasoning skills are under developed.
March 12th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
i think dude just meant “touche”
March 12th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
dude is out of his mind. did he mean it like toosh? Toosh julia… toosh…
March 12th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
no, you retard, it’s touche with an accent on the e, it’s french.
March 12th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Actually, and I really hate explaining myself, a couple of my post got deleted. I guessed because I was linking out, but I checked and other posters have linked out, so I thought maybe somebody really believes I’m a bot and they fingered me as a poster who should get all their stuff wiped.
The single word post with no link out or
vedic img post was a test to see if it would also get deleted then I’d know for sure they got the dogs out on me.
So I was like “touch”, you like when somebody says I don’t want to hear another peep out of you and you go “peep”. Maybe I was wrong and it was just a posting too close to midnight system update kind of error that lost my now lost for all time sooo cool posts.
March 12th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
i know that christ i said it like four times on this thing.
March 12th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
im just saying he forgot the “e” so it would sound like Toosh. i took three years french i am familar.
March 12th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
UGH. This threat officially ends here.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
orly?
March 12th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Alternatively I was going to say sounds like a rissipe for disstruction….
The point is your comics are excellente qualité.
Sarah’s comics are good too, nice up-skirt, and I’m not a bot.
And yeah I’m out of my mind. I think I’ll buy something from the shop. Got any buttons?
March 12th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
i couldn’t imagine looking through netflix drunk. did you ever change how many dvds you’d get at a time? i hope you didn’t watch those two movies in your cartoon hand.
March 12th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
I’m sorry, I realize you said this was closed. And I know folks are still commenting. But I saw the total number at forty-nine and it’s killing me to not make it fifty.
What is penance?
March 13th, 2008 at 7:51 am
FUCK OFF. I’m so annoyed i can’t even type a clever response.
March 14th, 2008 at 8:17 am
love
March 14th, 2008 at 10:32 am
I read this comic a couple times a week, and it’s funny that I read this one after last night…
I got drinky and called my x’s dad to tell him what a bitch and whore his daughter is because I really liked him and part of the reason I hated breaking up w/my x was because her family was actually pretty cool.
Her mom answered though, so I changed into my “I’m an anonymous salesman calling you at 9:00pm, pay no attention to me!” voice and said I’d call back later. Her mom didn’t like me much at all. It was probably because when she first met me, she asked where I “stand with Jesus Christ,” I said, “I don’t.”
March 16th, 2008 at 10:13 am
[...] this is in response to When Drinking Goes Wrong [...]
March 17th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Hey, I remember this one.
Yeah. Good times.
July 16th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
[...] However. I’m gonna make a rare exception with The Fart Party. This comic is screaming to be reviewed. In fact, *listens* I can almost hear the little cartoon Julia shouting “review me”. I’d probably be able to hear her a little louder if it wasn’t for all the laughing that I’m doing over this strip. [...]