April Fools Comics on Tapastic

Dozzer 2016-04-01 17:31:04 UTC #1

HALT: Before reading forward, go through your reading list FIRST!

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Done? Good. Chances are, you probably came across one or more creators with an April Fool's comic with a striking resemblance to the lines below:

Person 1: *Walks through door (Greeting).
*Bucket of liquid splashes onto individual that was planted on top of door
Person 2: April Fools!
Person 1: That was extremely unoriginal.
Person 2: Maybe...I am the fool.

Apparently, there was a plan of multiple creators (many who have popular series) to release the same comic punchline. On top of that, they're jointly bashing each other in the comments, claiming others have stolen their idea.

EDIT: Dorkly writes a piece on it, with details of its link to Reddit.

Here's another article from @fishscribbles on the Verge about a Facebook group and dude behind this:
http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2016/4/1/11345654/why-did-webcomic-artists-all-post-the-same-comic-today-making-fools

There's a list of all creators participating in this building in the comments of https://tapastic.com/episode/317117 and I thought I'd relay the list.

Noglastiaa, creator of Trapped in a Procrastinator, writes:
another slice
doodle for food
lae's life
Fail by error
Owlturd comix
As per usual
the pigeon gazziet
snailed it
brutally honest
The DaneMen
Title Number 9
UP and OUT
Cheer Up, Emo Kid

User Amín Rainmaker writes:
To be a comic by MIK
Periwinlke by Zib
Wognified by Wognif
Rock, paper, cynic by Peter Chiykowski
An exercise in futility by The Catt
Princess Protagonist by Warkdatch
NamelessPCs by Wesley Hall
Anything about nothing by Kelly
Mr. Lovestein by J. Westover
Unearthed Comics by Sara Zimmerman
And then there's me by Matyze
Theodd1sout by James
Life of a Homeschooler by Kallehmono
Suddenly birbs by apples
Jellyfish Adventures by Jellyfish King
Anti-Social media by Yuu

More adds:
Tronald Dump 2016

What's your reaction? Good? Bad? Funny?
Any more comics to add to the list?

I created a quick reaction comic here. Like if you AGREE
(No, I did not participate. Didn't get an invite =P)

J.Lovelace 2016-04-01 17:41:01 UTC #2

I checked only "Brutally Honest" and I would've missed the whole thing, if not for the comments underneath XD
I was like "huh, what? What's going on?" and then randomly checked some popular comics and there it was.

lyon 2016-04-01 17:56:13 UTC #3

I'm like half worried that people aren't going to be checking their reading list today because they're just gonna assume every comic is the same haha

Dozzer 2016-04-01 18:44:41 UTC #4

I get mixed responses. Some people want to go through and see EVERYONE'S rendition of the joke. Others, I can almost get the sense that this is enough to warrant an unsubscribe. It's almost upsetting how upset some people got.

joannekwan 2016-04-01 18:47:35 UTC #5

I just read the ones I'm usually subscribed to. I didn't even notice they were the same joke until I came to the forums xD
Didn't read their comments tho.

gateofselidor 2016-04-01 19:03:41 UTC #6

I saw a couple when I checked the site from my phone browser, but not on my reading list. The joke seems to be limited to a certain crowd of daily slice-of-life comics, and I don't read any of them, so I don't care either way, but I can imagine it might be annoying to someone subscribed to several.

efdvorsky 2016-04-01 19:07:57 UTC #7

I saw one on my facebook feed but it didn't link back to tapastic, so I wasn't sure how this thing started.

However, I'm curious what other people have done, if anything :U

PotooGryphon 2016-04-01 19:15:17 UTC #8

For me, it's like eating too much of your favorite food. :imagine a heaping helping of favorite food: now times it by 100.

I CAN'T HAVE THAT MUCH AWESOME!!! If i even look at it I'm going to be sick. Lol

There have been a few that have done clever spins on the strip, like DaneMen's strip is wordless and A King or Whatever did something fun to change it up.

However my favorite prank of the day is Sketchmazoid's Gurple Surd.
https://tapastic.com/episode/320891

isaacfriedman 2016-04-01 19:49:47 UTC #9

I didn't get an invite, but I participated anyway:
https://tapastic.com/episode/320784

Vikiro_Hop 2016-04-01 20:45:00 UTC #10

I thought meh mostly saw a bunch posted at midnight or whatevs. I wish I read more of the comments the shit talking was probably pretty funny. I figured that the joke ended with everyone making the same comic.

heyitsnessa 2016-04-01 21:25:14 UTC #11

omg i got so confused when i saw that majority of the comics on my reading list was doing the same april fools joke XD
I personally think it's funny, and I might check out other popular comics for their version, though I can understand some people being annoyed by it

Dozzer 2016-04-01 21:42:05 UTC #12

Updated the first post to have ALL DIRECT LINKS to each creator's April Fool's Episode, for quick clicking and comparing. ^_^ Enjoy!

CaptainUfo 2016-04-01 21:57:43 UTC #13

I wasn't invited and I didn't know that there was something going on for April Fools', but I made this for Captain Ufo: https://tapastic.com/episode/320683

thomassayle 2016-04-01 22:03:31 UTC #14

didn't like it, maybe it would have been better with out the trash talking idk.

CaptainUfo 2016-04-01 22:21:04 UTC #16

Are you talking about my comic? As far as I know there is no trash talking. I can't speak Japanese either (I used an online translation tool as the dialogue are not important), so maybe something went really wrong.

(Adding things down here because I'm clumsy and I deleted the old post instead of editing it and I can't repost the same message :\ Sorry)

jonno 2016-04-01 22:22:32 UTC #17

i didnt get invited to it, nor did i use the same punchline, but i made my own rendition on my profile

Dozzer 2016-04-01 22:32:38 UTC #18

I dont think @thomassayle was referring to your post. I think he was referring to the first post, which is the topic of this thread.

angelfire 2016-04-01 22:56:29 UTC #19

It started getting old by the 5th comic. I just...I can't deal with that. Reading the same thing over and over and over and over again just hurt my head. When I realized what was going on, I really wanted to hit the "Mark All Read" button. But then I'd miss out on everyone else's comics and THAT would've been awful.

It could just be me, but I wanted to see everyone's different take for April Fool's day. Too bad that didn't happen. It took me two minutes to do my own AF's Day comic on Life Out Loud. Pretty happy with the way it turned out ^^

thomassayle 2016-04-01 22:57:31 UTC #20

no i was talking about the first post in this thread.

camillabluejay 2016-04-01 23:12:11 UTC #21

It started on Reddit, I guess. I'm so bummed, I totally woulda joined in!