Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer for December 26, 2022

As a troll, I am offended by this stereotype. Trolls do not form armies; we form clots.

You will be overrun by clots and clots of trolls.

You making comics again is the best thing that has happened in the last year!

Damit, I was looking forward to complaining about that! How dare you steal one of my most simple joys in life by whining about something that doesn’t even concern me! I’m dumping this comic until next year!

Forget the year…is the colon necessary?

Boom-stick?

Is one comic per week too much? Is he going to retire early again from his one day per week job? Is that what we’re supposed to understand? I’m putting the bait out there on my troll line.

Now we know one of Scott’s Buttons, Mwa-ha-ha-ha-haaa…

^(ಠ  ͜ ಠ)^

Are those gaps in his beard under the corners of his mouth, or drool?

Isn’t Boomstick a brand of makeup?

Boomstick is, but boom-stick isn’t.

Good, bad, I’m the guy with the Photoshop.

I will beat the rush and be first in. Scott! Scott? Hey, Scott! What’s up with the copyright date? It still says 2022! How difficult is it to get this sort of thing right?Also, hello to Missy.

This is the most wonderful time of the year! Soon we will get to see a new copyright date — we know that much — but we don’t know when it will appear! I am sitting on the edge of my seat….

This may be the funniest “Basic Instructions” since Scott started them up again.

Welcome back!

Oh the Horror, the Horror!!! The future potentially past in the present?!? Witchcraft!

The annual tradition returns

Future me felt the need to fuss over the current copyright situ. I mean … how hard can it be? It’s not like you’re writing a novel with dozens of hundreds of words. Come on man. Pay attn!

It’s Monday the 2nd, and Scott has already missed his first opportunity to screw up the copyright date!

Hey! That’s last week’s Basic Instructions!

Might not be Scott’s fault.

So, where is that new comic we were promised? Is it still in a long-dormant cycle?

I want my money back, this is blatant false advertising. Shameful.

Scott, you need to end your vacation and start doing the 2023 comics. I sure hope you didn’t start again in 2022 just to tease us!

Is it 2023 yet? The future is very slow getting here.