The
Almost True to Life Story of
Gregory: the really angry robot
Gregory started
off as a simple drawing that
I did at while working for an
Internet company in Chicago.
I had spent the past half an
hour 'tweaking' pictures of
the CEO so he looked like a
pot smoking pirate. But this
drawing, for some reason, this
simple drawing of what appeared
to be a robot just leaped off
the page at me. And from that…a
legend was born.
In the early days,
Gregory was a simple story about
a robot that was extremely belligerent
and just down right rude. However,
this grew old very quickly.
As time passed, the comic evolved
and went through some drastic
changes. Eventually, it became
less about the robot being angry
and more about all out stupidity
and me being a moron. The cast
of characters grew, the writing
grew and the jokes became smaller.
I’ve now gotten to a point
where it’s a well-oiled
machine, relying on potty humor,
b-list celebrities and the occasional
anime spoof. But something was
missing…the robot that
was just down right a pain in
the ass. People kept saying,
“I thought it was called
'Gregory: the really angry robot'...where's
the robot? So Billy was born,
Gregory’s cousin. He epitomizes
what Gregory was in the beginning,
but just couldn’t maintain.
Every once and awhile he’ll
pop up and stir things up, just
to keep it interesting. Oh and
yes, that is me (the artist)
with the goatee and spiky hair…and
yes, I can be that naïve
and that stupid. Gregory was
and has been strictly based
around a small group of e-mail
subscribers enjoying the comic,
and I use that term “enjoy”
very loosely. But now I’ve
been given the opportunity to
share this all with you.
Now a little about
me, I was born in Independence,
MO and lived there for 18 years,
until college came to call.
That carried me to Chicago,
IL for the next 8 years, where
Gregory was born during a stint
at drawing my CEO with a fat
blunt dressed as a pirate. In
2001, I moved back to Kansas
City, a married man...with a
dog and without 65 excess pounds.
Now I live with my wife, 2 kids
and my basset hound in the great
state of Missouri. So that brings
us up to now. I hope you enjoy
this little thing I call a comic
strip. I know there are a ton
of these things out there now
days, with the dawn of the Internet
giving everyone the opportunity
to show off their skills. (Or
lack thereof.) But as I’ve
always said, “The Internet
is supposed to be this place
where everyone can come together
and share their ideas and make
this world a better place…I
just think it’s given
the idiots a louder voice.”
Case in point, right here.
ENJOY!
joel.
Created,
Written & Drawn By
Joel Kenyon |