The Unicorn Soup Archive

Hi, I’m Jim. Between 2011 and 2016 I collaborated with my friend “Jack” on a webcomic. We met playing Team Fortress 2 on Xbox Live, and were part of a group of gamers of similar maturity levels, and similar gaming interests. At some point, one of our group (the inspiration for the character “PinkZombie”) suggested that Jack and I should make a webcomic. She may not have been entirely sober at the time, I didn’t ask. He wrote and I drew. And when life got in the way, I wore both hats as necessary.

And then I burnt out.

Years later, some poorly thought out updates and plugins (and myself) caused our site to crash. I may not have been entirely sober at the time, I don’t remember.

This is an archive of the comics we made during that time period, warts and all. I drew & lettered everything traditionally, expecting to gain godlike skills at some point. I did not. I insisted on keeping to our self-imposed deadlines, and as a result, definitely was not drawing at my best– or even a level that would count as good practice. But that’s ok. I’m my own worst critic; it doesn’t matter if you don’t like these, I’m willing to bet that whatever reason you might have to dislike a page, I can come up with three or four more. And if you like something, I’m sure I could point out why you might want to reconsider.

But you can keep your criticisms to yourself, thanks. It was a great time working with a gamer- turned real-life-friend, and while I wish the art looked better, I still learned a lot. The sheer number of pages here makes me tired just looking at them. I’m proud of the effort, and I still chuckle when I read them, in between the groans and the “what-was-I-thinking”s.