Dean Ambrose

I was asked a looong time ago if I could draw Dean Ambrose, so I did. When I was asked, I had never seen him wrestle. Now that I've had the chance I figured it was as good a time as any.

Everyone talks about how his facial expressions are really good, and while I think they might be a bit TOO exaggerated, I think he's always worth watching.

Dude got to have a singles match with THE UNDERTAKER. Who does that nowadays?

Egomaniac: Ship of Gold

In case you ever questioned Jenn’s love of Star Trek, yes, she does have an Enterprise bottle opener. And also an Enterprise pizza cutter. These are true facts. On my desk, I have a giant statue of Captain America and one of the Red Skull. Jenn has Kirk and Spock. You could say she’s a fan.

Egomaniac: Sexy Robot

Jenn might be the most ticklish person ever. And the weird thing is it shifts sometimes. LIke, her right foot might be ticklish Monday, but not Tuesday. And then occasionally her neck will get in on the action. It's fun for me, and i know Jenn just loves it.

Egomaniac: Requiescat in Pace

This is the hardest comic I've ever had to make. I certainly didn't think I'd be making this one any time soon. Everyone thought we had at least another ten years with dad. When he had the heart attack, seeing him in the hospital I knew there wasn't going to be a good outcome. But in hindsight, it couldn't have worked out any better. I'd much rather have a bit shorter of a  life and have the end be good years rather than have the last ten be horrible, and I'm sure dad would have felt the same way.

In the end, he passed away in the hospital bed with mom next to him, holding him the entire time. My dad died in the arms of his best friend and surrounded by the family that loved him dearly. I don't think you can do much better than that.

My dad might not have had the same type of life I'd hope for (Kids? FIVE of them? *shudder.) But he did show me how to have a great life. Be good to each other. Have a lot of fun. Marry your best friend. Just enjoy everything you can and be a good dude and everything will work out well.

I've said it an awful lot over the past couple weeks and I'm sure i'll keep saying it.

Thanks for everything dad. I love you.

I love you, dad.

April 6th at a little after 2 am is when my dad died. All five of us kids and both Jenns and Jack (one of the grandkids) were there with him and mom. The lsat thing my dad did was have dinner with mom and Laura, and then all of a sudden he was on the floor, unconscious from a heart attack, (which is crazy because despite dad's incredible list of ailments and problems, his heart was no where near that list.) Then a few days later, roll the credits, hit the lights the man is gone.

So that means the last two things he did was eat a good dinner and see my mom. There was no more pain after that, no more arthritis, no more anything. The last thing he will remember is seeing mom and that's it. He won't have to see any of the five children or one of the 12 (I think that's right) grandkids go. In his mind, Captain will always be alive. He'll never have to see him go. He left this world knowing that he raised a lot of people the right way and, I hope, knew just how incredibly loved he was by everyone. Seriously, if you met my dad, you know what I mean. If you didn't, I am truly sorry you never got the chance.

We were all in the hospital and were told to come to the room right away. Mom was in the bed with him still. She had laid down next to him and fell asleep. When we came in he was already gone. So my dad's last moments alive were in bed with his loving wife and surrounded by his family. I think if you asked him to write a script for exactly how he wanted to go, it might have been word for word exactly how it happened.

So with that, I say goodbye to you dad. I love you, I will always remember you and not a day will go by where I don't think about you. Every shitty action movie trailer I see, until the day I die I'll know "Dad would like that one." You raised me right. I will do the best I can to honor you and your memory for as long as I can. Thank you for everything. Thank you.

If there is one thing you can say bad about Kenneth Dahlstrom, it's that he set such an impossibly high bar that no one can ever top it. Without a doubt he was the greatest man I've ever had the pleasure to meet. And I was one of the fortunate five people in the world who could call him dad. I'll miss you. Good night, dad.

Egomaniac: Australia

I took yesterday off because it was April Fool's Day and I hate everything about the internet on that day. Luckily I was at work all day so I didn't have to deal with any of it. So that was nice. And now here's this week's comic.

Jenn every so often will just bust into an accent out of nowhere (she's not the only one, I totally do it all the time too. Accents, impressions, characters, I'm a horrible person to be around.) And this time Australian Jenn came out super strong. Personally, my favorites are Valley Jenn and Southern Belle Jenn.

Egomaniac: Shitty Kids

I don't really drink, and I can't think of a better reason to get completely fucked up than being around a ton of kids in a Chuck-E-Cheese.

I'm so going to be a great dad.

Yeah that's not gonna happen. My part of the Dahlstrom bloodline ends with me, thank you very much!

You know, as far as I know, I can't remember ever being to a Chuck-E-Cheese. I know I've been to Showbiz Pizza, but that's all I can remember for sure.

Ad I'm not terribly sure why, but the scale on this comic looks kind of strange to me. I don't know where I fucked up, but I did somewhere along the way. You'd think after making webcomics for like ten years now I'd know what I was doing but here we are.