Our first issue: 16 strips about dad jokes, thermostats, first dates and the line at the license office · Published · Written and drawn by the Launchpad Digital staff · Edited by Charlie Triantafilou, Editor-in-Chief.
Fiction · Original comics. Every character and situation here is made up by Launchpad Digital and drawn by us; any resemblance to real people is coincidental. Clean, everyday humor. When we joke about politics, we joke about government in general (lines, forms, red tape), never about a real politician or party.
Starring: Leo Parker, Dan Parker, Rosa Parker · 4 panels
Leo: Dad, I'm hungry.
Dan: Hi Hungry, I'm Dad!
Leo: I walked right into that.
Dan: You walk into it every day, buddy. That's commitment.
Rosa: He's been waiting since breakfast to use that.
Dan: Since Tuesday, actually.
Starring: Rosa Parker, Dan Parker · 4 panels
7:02 PM. Rosa nudges the thermostat up two degrees.
Dan: Who touched it? Do you know what it costs to heat the whole neighborhood?
7:15 PM. Rosa is wearing three sweaters and a beanie.
Rosa: I'm not cold. I'm "on budget."
7:16 PM. The thermostat quietly goes up two degrees.
Dan: Don't tell the electric company.
Rosa: Your secret's safe.
Starring: Dan Parker, The Clerk · 4 panels
The license office, 9:00 AM. Dan pulls ticket number 487.
Now serving: number 12.
Dan: I'll just renew online.
The Clerk: The website sends you here. Bring two proofs of address and a third proof of your proofs.
Dan: Good thing I packed lunch. And dinner.
The Clerk: Smart. The ones who make it always pack dinner.
Starring: Rosa Parker, The Clerk · 4 panels
Rosa: I'd like a permit to put up a fence.
The Clerk: Fill out Form A.
Rosa: Great. Where do I get Form A?
The Clerk: Request it on Form B.
Rosa: And Form B?
The Clerk: Available on request. Using Form A.
Rosa: New plan. We get a dog that just stays put.
Starring: Gus, Priya · 4 panels
Gus reads a 4:55 PM Friday meeting invite.
Gus: LOL who schedules a meeting at 4:55 on a Friday?
Gus hits send. Gus did not hit "Reply." Gus hit "Reply All."
Priya: I do, Gus. I schedule a meeting at 4:55 on a Friday.
Gus: And I will be there. Early. With snacks.
Priya: Bring the good pretzels.
Starring: Priya, Gus · 4 panels
Priya: Super quick five-minute sync, everybody.
Fifty-eight minutes later.
Priya: ...and that brings us to slide 41.
Gus: So what did we decide?
Priya: To schedule a follow-up sync!
Gus has requested a sync to discuss his remaining will to live.
Gus: Two minutes. Tops.
Starring: Sam, Jess · 4 panels
First date. Sam has rehearsed nine conversation topics. He forgets all nine.
Sam: So... do you like... food?
Jess: Love it. I eat it every single day.
Sam: No way. Me too.
Jess: We have so much in common.
Sam: Should we get married or order first?
Starring: Sam, Jess · 4 panels
The check arrives.
Sam: I got it.
Jess: No, I got it.
A polite tug-of-war over a small leather folder.
The server returns.
"I split it six ways to be safe. One of you owes three cents. Good luck."
Starring: Grandpa Walt, Sam, Jess · 4 panels
Grandpa Walt: So, young man. What are your intentions with my granddaughter?
Sam: Um... dinner at seven? And maybe dessert, if it goes well?
Grandpa Walt: Good answer. Have her home by nine.
Jess: Grandpa, I'm twenty-six.
Grandpa Walt: Fine. Nine-thirty. I'm not a monster.
Starring: Dan Parker, Rosa Parker · 4 panels
Dan: Bookshelf: assembled. Only took four hours and one small cry.
There is one screw left over.
Dan: Extra. They always give you extras.
Rosa sets one book on the shelf. The shelf leans. Slowly.
Dan: That's modern design. It's called "tilt."
Rosa: Get the screwdriver, Picasso.
Starring: Rosa Parker, Dan Parker · 4 panels
Rosa: Can you grab milk, eggs and bread? Just those three.
Dan: Easy.
The store has a sale on giant cheese puffs.
Dan: I got a barrel of cheese puffs, a hammock and a lamp shaped like a duck!
Rosa: And the milk?
Dan: The duck lamp was on sale, Rosa.
Dan goes back to the store.
Starring: Mia Parker, Dan Parker, Rosa Parker · 5 panels
Dan: How was the new restaurant?
Mia: Honestly? Mid.
Dan: Mid what? Mid-afternoon? Mid-size sedan?
Mia: No cap, Dad, you're cooked.
Dan: I'm cooked? Like... grilled?
Rosa: She means you're doing great, honey.
Dan: Then I am cooked, no cap!
Mia: Please never say that in public.
Starring: Dan Parker, Rosa Parker · 4 panels
Dan: Hey, speaker. Turn off the lights.
The speaker answers in a cheerful voice: "Ordering forty pounds of lights."
Dan: No! Cancel! Stop!
"Playing: Rain Sounds for Relaxing, ten hours."
Rosa walks over and flips the light switch.
Rosa: Ancient technology, dear.
Starring: Rosa Parker, Dan Parker · 4 panels
Rosa: Tax season. Did you save your receipts this year?
Dan: Every. Single. One.
Dan proudly opens a shoebox.
Inside: 400 gum wrappers, a movie stub and a coupon for half off a coupon.
Dan: Okay, I saved them emotionally.
Rosa: The tax office does not accept feelings.
Starring: Grandma June, Grandpa Walt · 4 panels
The family group chat. Grandma June sends 14 messages, one word each.
Grandma June: Cousin Ray. Bought. A. Boat. It. Sank. In. The. Driveway. LOL
Grandpa Walt: June, LOL means "laughing out loud."
Grandma June: I thought it meant "lots of love."
Grandpa Walt: ...Honestly it works both ways for that one.
Grandma June: Boat in a driveway. LOL.
Starring: Rosa Parker, Dan Parker · 4 panels
Rosa: The kids are at Grandma's. We have the whole house to ourselves.
Dan: You know what that means...
Dan: We can finally eat the good cereal. Without sharing.
Rosa: Twenty years, and you still know exactly how to sweep me off my feet.
Dan: Two bowls, my love.
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