The Hot Topic Weekly Comic Strip!

Season 3, Episode IX

2010-01-07T05:09:00.000-08:00

Season 3, Episode VIII

2010-01-05T05:46:00.001-08:00

Season 3, Episode VII

2009-12-29T06:47:00.001-08:00

Season 3, Episode VI

2009-12-24T20:39:00.000-08:00

Season 3, Episode V

2009-12-22T20:38:00.000-08:00

Season 3, Episode IV

2009-12-17T15:29:00.000-08:00

Season 3, Episode III

2009-12-15T08:04:00.000-08:00

Season 3, Episode II

2009-12-10T06:51:00.000-08:00

Season 3, Episode I

2009-12-08T06:50:00.000-08:00

Season 3 Character Gallery

2009-12-03T07:35:00.000-08:00

The HT Weekly Comic Strip! Season 3 starts on Tuesday. I know I said I wouldn't take as long to post, but things have been busy. Here's your cast of characters for Season 3, now taking place at HT260 (Sunset Place):

Jon
Assistant manager. Listens to hardcore. Has an epic beard. [appears in episodes I, IV, VII, VIII, & IX]

Yanette
Store manager. Caem, along with Adam, from HT276. Hasn't stopped her head from exploding though. [appears in episodes I, V, VIII, & IX]

Shannon
Rainbow-haired sales associate. hyper like crack. [appears in episodes II,VII, VIII, & IX]

Adam
The author/illustrator of this comic. Rescued from HT276 by Yanette. [appears in episodes III, IV, V, VI, VIII, & IX]

Mike
Assitant manager. Music snob. Awesome mustache. [appears in episodes III, IV, VIII, & IX]

Rene
Keyholder. Smokes. Doesn't really give a shit about anything. [appears in episodes IV, VIII, & IX]

Erin
Sales associate. Went to the same high school as Adam. Tall like woah. [appears in episoes VI, VIII, & IX]

The HT Weekly Comic Strip!
Season 3
Starts on December 8th!

Season 2, Episode IX

2009-10-27T04:28:00.000-07:00

I'll be wasting no time with a long break, and posting up Season 3 after a week break.

Season 2, Episode VIII

2009-10-22T04:39:00.000-07:00

Season 2, Episode VII

2009-10-20T04:37:00.000-07:00

Season 2, Episode VI

2009-10-15T04:29:00.001-07:00

Season 2, Episode V

2009-10-13T04:28:00.000-07:00

Season 2, Episode IV

2009-10-08T04:26:00.000-07:00

Season 2, Episode III

2009-10-06T04:30:00.000-07:00

Season 2, Episode II

2009-10-01T03:23:00.000-07:00

Season 2, Episode I

2009-09-29T05:06:00.000-07:00

Remember what happened at the end of Season 1? Everyone was killed off? Now you know how I was able to do Season 2 and bring everyone (mostly) back. New updates Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Season 2 Character Gallery

2009-09-29T04:40:00.001-07:00

The HT Weekly Comic Strip! Season 2 starts today! But first, here's the Season 2 character gallery:

Adam
That is I. Tends to pop up whenever he's not needed. Cut his hair, no longer referred to by his old nickname. [appears in episodes I, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII & IX]

Heather
The old manager. Later leaves and is replaced by Becky. [appears in episodes I & III]

Yanette
Assitant manager. Her head still explodes randomly. [appears in episodes III]

Kiki
Resident curly hair with heavy accent. [appears in episodes I & III]

Josh
Noobie. Harbors a JD-Janitor/Dr. Cox relationship with Adam (ala Scrubs). [appears in episodes IV, V, & VI]

Erik
Harbors an ancient demon that eats bad customers. [appears in episode IV]

Becky
New manager. Maintains a tiny size. Obsessed with cleaning. [appears in episodes VI & VII]

Luis
An old, pretty much forgotten assistant manager from way before Season 1. Turns out to be hanging out in the backroom all this time. Seems to be able to control the mannequins. [appears in episodes VIII & IX]

Of course, there are guest stars, like Bono. That's right, Bono. Hope you enjoy!

Season 2 Re-Release Date

2009-09-15T04:13:00.000-07:00

Sept. 29th, 2009...it's back.

The HT Weekly Comic Strip!
Season 2

Every Tuesday and Thursday
(I promise not to take any more month-long breaks between seasons)

Season 1, Episode IX

2009-08-27T20:07:00.001-07:00

That's the Season 1 finale! I'll be back in a little while with Season 2! Hope you enjoyed it!

Season 1, Episode VIII

2009-08-25T19:56:00.000-07:00

Season 1, Episode VII

2009-08-20T19:53:00.000-07:00

Season 1, Episode VI

2009-08-18T14:44:00.001-07:00

This is the beginning of the Season Finale for Season 1. It's a 4 part story-arc inwhich I kill off everyone, which has become a tradition with each season finale I've done since. Don't worry though, I always bring everyone back, one way or another. Enjoy.

Season 1, Episode V

2009-08-11T13:12:00.001-07:00

Season 1, Episode IV

2009-08-06T21:04:00.000-07:00

Episode IV, of Season 1. Enjoy.

Season 1, Episode III

2009-08-04T05:03:00.000-07:00

Until Season 3, all episodes will be posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Season 1, Episode II

2009-07-29T05:22:00.000-07:00

Episodes from Seasons 1 and 2 will now be posted every Tuesday and Thursday, with 2 episodes a week, until I hit Season 3, at which time I will revert back to once a week Wednesdays. Enjoy.

Season 1, Episode I

2009-07-22T05:32:00.000-07:00

And now, presenting the very first episode of The HT Weekly Comic Strip!, as drawn in 2007 at HT276:

Season 1 Character Gallery

2009-07-15T04:47:00.000-07:00

So, Season 1 is upon us (atleast on this blog it is) so I decided to do something new and create a character gallery for newcomers and mainstays alike to get to know our heroes a little better. The drawings are crude and sometimes illegible, but they were all the product of 15 minute breaks at HT276 (Dolphin Mall). My stick figure skills were extremely poor and continued to be honed through season 1 and beyond. That being said, here are, in order of appearance, the cast of The HT Weekly Comic Strip! Season 1:

Heather
The store manager. Usually seen in or around the cashwrap (the registers). Gives orders, expects them to be followed. Harbors a love for U2, specifically Bono. [appears in episodes I, IV, VI, VII, VIII, & IX]

Erik
A sales associate of the goth persuasion. Sarcastic enough to cut diamonds with words. Into movies, anime, strange eye contacts, and toys. Fan of My Chemical Romance, specifically Gerard Way. Most aren't aware that he's gay until he casually slips it in...to conversation. [appears in episodes I, II, VI, VII, VIII, & IX]

Yanette
Part of management. In her 30's though can apparently pass for 18. Prone of saying "awesome" for just about anything. Head seems to explode on a regular basis. Harbors an intense love of Pearl Jam, specifically Eddie Vedder. Attracts creepy customers. [appears in episodes II, V, & IX]

William
A sales associate that was hired with Adam. Maintains a friendly personality towards everyone. Youngest employee of HT276. [appears in episodes II, III, & IX]

Melissa
A sales associate, later break associate (more responsibility but same pay). Avid fan of Coheed And Cambria. Friendly to everyone. Big Harry Potter fan. [appears in episodes II, IV, & VIII]

Adam
That is I, that is the author of this comic. Tends to ramble on about stuff. Maintains what the rest of the store calls "Farrah Faucett" hair and nicknames him that. Has a nearly unhealthy obsession with music. [appears in episodes II, IV, & IX]

Janely
A keyholder. Not a shit taker. Swears enough to make a sailor blush. Particularly close to William. Not at all close to Adam. [appears in episode III]

Kiki
A sales associate, later management-in-training. Maintains Hispanic attitude and accent. Close to Janely. Likes to dance at the store. Not a shit taker. [appears in episodes IV & IX]

Gianni
A sales associate. Like Erik, also wears eye contacts. Makes people uncomfortable, specifically Yanette. Wanted for attempted murder (not a joke). [appears in episodes VI, VII, & VIII]

Chris
Frequent customer, later employee. Knows and known by half of the globe apparently. [appears in episode VI]

Alfred
A sales associate. Maintains a drinking problem. The manual labor of HT260. [Appears in episode IX]

Those are the employees of HT276 as depicted on THTWCS!. Season 1 is also rife with cameos and minor characters as well. Not accompanied by pictures, here's the supporting cast!

Gerard Way
Singer for My Chemical Romance. Currently being held hostage by Erik in the backroom.

Eddie Vedder
Singer for Pearl Jam. Makes Yanette's head explode the first time.

The guy from Operator
Chris Cornell impersonator. Makes Yanette's head explode the second time.

Miguelito
A mouse found in the backroom that's been mutated into a large, ferocious size by the fumes emiting from the bathroom.

There you have it, the cast of The HT Weekly Comic Strip! Season 1. The season begins on this blog next Wednesday with Episode I, and will be posted every Wednesday until all 9 episodes have been shown. Enjoy!

Introductions!

2009-07-10T22:46:00.001-07:00

Hello there! Welcome to The Hot Topic Weekly Comic Strip!. Alot has happened in order to make this work, so I'll make this an introduction: My name's Adam, and I work for Hot Topic, or HT for short. If you don't know what that is, then you either have no social life or you've been living under a rock and you're gonna have to look it up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_topic

There's a link for ya. Anyway, I started doing these 6 panel, 9 issue strips during my 15 minute breaks while I worked at the HT at Dolphin Mall. They're based on funny/weird things that have happened at the store, as well as funny quirks about the employees (including myself) themselves. I posted them in the bathroom at Dolphin, and for 2 "seasons" they kept bathroom-goers something to keep their minds occupied while they were doing whatever they were doing. After Season 2, the series was put on hiatus. The store had undergone a shift in management and things took a turn for the...not so fun.

A while later, I got transfered to the Hot Topic at Sunset Place, and before long I had become comfortable again to continue the series with a new cast and season (Season 3). Seasons 3 and 4 were met with resounding success until recently when I was barred from making anymore comics at the store. Finding one of my sources of joy working cut off, I decided to take it online (I already began posting older seasons on my personal Livejournal). After much deliberation, I decided to make a Blogspot in order to showcase the past 4 seasons, as well as new seasons and other goodies that I wasn't able to do in print.

Over the next weeks, The HT Weekly Comic Strip! @ Blogspot will be reshowing Season 1, followed by seasons 2, 3, and 4 before primering Season 5! Since Seasons 1-4 are old, I will post character galleries before each new season primere, briefly giving background to the characters you either already know and love, or are will soon. So now...

AF Presents...
The HT Weekly Comic Strip!

Stay tuned...