SOL v2e11: The Secret, The Musical

We all thought we new Bruce Banner's Secret: He is always angry.
But do we really know the Hulk's Secret?

SOL V2E10: Comic Show

You owe it to yourself to go to a Comic Show.

SOL V2E9: Darkness

Darkness falls like a metaphor about...ummm...darkness...?

Darkness falls, but the Dark Knight Rises!
Silly Funnys do not come in a plastic egg.
You can only get them from Super Ordinary Living.

SOL V2E8: Corporate Responses

Corporate persons are at an evolutionary disadvantage, so it is up to us human persons to adapt to their juvenile limitations.  SOL presents, a Way of the World Guide to Interpreting Corporate Responses.  Today: Joy, Fear, Contentment, Anger, and Shame.

SOL V2E7: Silly Funnys

Hey Kids!  Its a Paid Fake Advertisement!

Silly Funnys!  Who Knew It Was That Much Fun?
You can curse the darkness.  Or you can make light of things!

Hey, If you like Super Ordinary Living, you can get a print comic of my Comic Book anthology which includes a lot of SOL and other things: Turn On The Machine, The Web Comics of Jay Larsen.  I'll be selling them at GeekGirlCon 12 (LarsenGeekery Booth 307) or you can get one at my Etsy Store.

SOL v2e6: Taking Diversity Too Far

Having the new Green Lantern of Earth-2 be gay has caused some controversy (mostly from people who don't read comics):

I don't care if comic characters are gay or not.
But I can tell you from personal experience that those Jay Characters are nothing but trouble.
Make Mine Super Ordinary -- Jay

SOLv2e5: Robotic Notions of Equality

And now a brief message from our Robot Overlords.

SOL v2e4: Between the Panels

They say the magic of comics happens between the panels.
Well that may be true for the readers of comics.
It may be true for the creators of comics.
But how do the comics characters feel?

Well, you can't say Baron Von Domino and Nebulus the Kosmic don't have strong opinions.

SOL v2e3: Comic Character Purgatory

Have you ever wondered what happened to that beloved comic character that has fallen out of print.  Or that minor sidekick or villain that was only in one or two issues of a comic book.
Well if you have, this episode is for you.
If you haven't, then this episode will be an exploration of new territory for you.

Looks like Raccoon and the Big Guy are really hitting it off!
Just after I drew this, I read that Popeye is getting a new comic.
I guess he got called up to the big leagues.
Others are not so lucky.
Won't you please sponsor a lost character?

SOL V2E2: Hide Em High

In a lonesome two-tumbleweed town, a young girl suns herself on the porch:

Hide 'Em High: Super Ordinary Living Volume 2 Episode 2 by Jay Larsen

Thank You for Coming Here Today

We now join the LarComCo Press Conference already in progress.

For the 23 people who actually used to read this web comic:
Thanks and Sorry for not posting anything in six months.
In my defense, I have been kinda busy (in my real life) and I have been designing and drawing things for LarsenGeekery.com (you can check that out if you want).
As for the fate of Super Ordinary Living: I learned a lot doing Volume 1.  I could try and finish off the story arc, but the thing got way more serious than I had intended and it turned out to be just a little to much like everything else out there (just another alternate dimension, save the multiverse, adventure).
Obviously, I got bored with it.  The complete lack of work for six months kind of proves that point.
Also I learned that doing conventional comics is something that really does take a team of three or four professionals with lots more time to spend than I had.  I kept comparing what I was doing in SOL with conventional comics and kept coming up short.  So I just kind of stopped.

So what now?
Honestly, I don't know.
My life doesn't allow the kind of long hours the old SOL would require to do well.
But I still like the idea of doing web comics.
So I need to find a method and a format that fits my life, my talent and my temperament better.
Shorter bursts.  More wacky weirdness.  Less worrying about plot.
If I can keep the big corporations out of it and just follow my instincts, who knows what will show up here as Super Ordinary Living.
I do know that Volume 1 has died.
Long Live Volume 2, what ever that may become.

Jay Larsen

SOL v1e15: Runner's Story

SOL The Story So Far...

A Recap of the Story So Far.

Super Ordinary Intermission

Super Ordinary Living is a labor of love, and despite the recent gap in posting, there will be new episodes coming to this blog very soon.  I hope.
In the meantime, I post less labor intensive things at my regular blog: Thunder Echo Blog.
Check it out.

SOL e1v14: Sparks Are Really Flying Now

SOL v1e13: Heroes Rush In

SOL v1e12: Enter the Kaptain

Super Orbital Luminaries Cover: Kaptain Freedom

Learn more about the original Syd Shores cover that inspired this one at the Thunder Echo Blog.

SOL v1e11: Visiting Hours

SOL v1e10: Help I've Fallen and Can't Get Up!