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Omie,
the character, is based on me. Omie is a nickname I've gone
by since I was in middle-school. Originally, the comic strip
started out as an occasional one-liner joke-type comic.
It was a way for me to put myself in any funny situation
I could come up with. The first Omie comics appeared in
1999. Until a few years ago, Omie didn't really have a story.
Eventually, I wanted a little direction with it, and when
I moved away from my hometown, Omie moved away from everyone,
as well.
In the
comic that introduces the current story line, Omie is traumatized
by the result of a bad donut. This was also based on a real
life situation, in which I took a swig of SunnyD to wash
down a powdered donut. The combination of orange acid, and
chewed powdered donut mush combined to create the exact
taste and texture of vomit in my mouth. Once Omie experienced
the trauma of his first bad donut, his mind fractured, and
from that, strange personalities began to take physical
form in his normal world. The first personality took the
shape of webdog, who I originally created to mirror my own
puppy in real life. I had to leave him behind, when I moved.
I stopped using the webdog character some time ago, and
mainly use a lot of the second personality to make an appearance--Ping.
Ping is a combination of all of the stereo-typical Oriental
characters I find funny, and the combination of the only
Orientals Omie is familiar with. The character Ping provides
a very good example of the self-abusive side of Omie's personality.
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In
the past, I've had times where I stopped updating the comic,
due to situations in my life that have distracted me from
doing so. Recently, I've started a new method that I'm applying
to this, and future comic projects that will help me generate
them faster, with less effort, and more attention to dialogue/interaction.
Hooray for organization! A big thank you goes out to Landon
& Kristin, who have always been big supporters, and have
helped out with Omie since the beginning. Without them, the
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| name:
omie |
| affiliation:
the main cheese |
| age:
unconfirmed |
| sex:
dude |
| occupation:
unconfirmed |
| favorite
food: nachos, burritos, tacos |
| info: |
| Omie,
who I like to call 'the main cheese', is what
it's all about. He lives alone, but is kept
company by his many fractured personalities,
who have taken physical form. Outside of his
strange mental issues, he's a very simple,
laid-back kind of dude. Omie doesn't anger
easily, but he does have to deal with the
constant annoyance of haranguing personalities.
While not the brightest crayon, he's also
not dumb. With the abuse of his fractured
personalities, he often just goes along with
the situation, so that they'll leave him alone.
So far, that course of action hasn't proved
true. |
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| name:
ping |
| affiliation:
fractured personality of omie |
| age:
unconfirmed |
| sex:
m |
| occupation:
"glorious owner of unappreciative fat
lazy white." |
| favorite
food: rice, duck, fried chicken |
| info: |
| Where
Omie is a nice, easy-going kind of guy, Ping
is a selfish, and verbally abusive personality.
Ping believes that he owns the 'fat lazy white'
that lives in the same house, and would sell
out Omie, if given the chance. According to
Ping, "Arr you razy whites talk arike.
It sound rike dying goose!" |
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| name:
omar "omie" el alami |
| affiliation:
creator of omie (master of the universe, mwhaha) |
| age:
unconfirmed |
| sex:
m |
| occupation:
white ninja by day, evil cartoonist by night |
| favorite
food: i like most everything |
| info: |
| My
gosh, have I not made enough 'about me' pages
yet? There should be a legal limit. I haven't
had one of these on the omie site in a long
time. Let me run through the basics--Californian
(born & raised), well read, 20-something,
with a combination of wit, kindness, and irresistable
sex appeal. Obviously into art, unfortunately
knowledgeable in computers, improving guitar
playing skills, and making the world safe
from evil ninjas and the undead...or evil
undead ninjas. My interests include sitting,
laying down, sleeping while sitting, sleeping
while laying down, sleeping in other poses,
watching an incredible amount of movies, reading
multiple books at the same time, playing guitar,
singing, writing, martial arts, shooting,
and learning. I like funny hats, singing improv
songs while playing guitar (ode to "Matt's
Horny Cat"), Mt. Dew, staying up late,
and complaining about not getting enough sleep.
I also enjoy lying, but only when I'm describing
myself, since I can't ever get away with it
any other time. |
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