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  • The End of the NRFP

    The End of the NRFP

    By Greg Thelen

    Hello, everybody.  It’s me, the actual writer of all of these joke articles on the NRFP.  I’m sad to say that this is end of the road for the NRFP.  There will be no more stories after now.

    This fake news site started out as an idea to expand the world of Amanda Green, SIA.  Back in 2012, I had big, grand ideas for that comic and how to flesh out that world.  Since Marili Ramirez and I were creating a superhero universe from scratch, a fake news site set within that world seemed like a perfect way to continue that creation without needlessly impeding on the comic.  And the stories were funny, so why the heck not?  It was fun.

    But I was doing this all by myself, and I had to brainstorm 10 ideas to get at least one good idea that made it online.  At first, it seemed like a challenge I could meet.  As time wore on, though, it became clear that not only couldn’t I meet that challenge, I was no longer having fun.  It was at that point, sometime in mid to late 2016, that I decided to end the NRFP.

    Now, Amanda Green, SIA, will continue, probably for many years to come.  And I am planning on beginning a Patreon and doing some things there to flesh out the world of Amanda Green, SIA.  I’m not taking down this website anytime soon, so you can still enjoy any of my goofy stories for the foreseeable future.

    So, this is it.  You may follow me on Twitter and read all of my comics on my website.  Thank you to Marili and Martin Clinch for drawing my weird pictures!  Thank you for reading my goofy stories!

  • Pumpkin Pi Succombs to Fire, His One Weakness

    Pumpkin Pi Succombs to Fire, His One Weakness

    PumpkinPi

    By Muffy Borgeron

    Math-themed supervillain with a pumpkin for a head, Pumpkin Pi, was severely injured in a chemical fire in his workshop in Norwoods last night.  He’s currently being treated for third-degree burns and charring at ATOM Labs.

    Pumpkin Pi, whose real name is unknown, stole several drums of chemicals from Spade Chemical Plant a week ago.  In his secluded workshop in Norwoods, which was an abandoned bakery, Pi was apparently using his stolen chemicals in various experiments.  What he was brewing is unknown, but it doesn’t matter anymore as they all blew up in his face.  Literally.

    The explosion could be seen for dozens of blocks, and some people from Bexton claimed to have seen it from the top of their buildings.  Pi received  a near direct hit from the blast, and he sustained several third-degree burns on his flesh body and severe charring on his gourd head.  The NRFD put out the fire and was able to recover Pi from the fire, alive but unconscious.  At least they think he was unconscious.

    “It’s really hard to figure out if someone’s unconscious or not when they don’t have a typical brain head,” said one unnamed firefighter.  “Like, how am I supposed to tell if he’s awake or not?  Slap him on his pumpkin noggin?  Are those seeds and string stuff his brain?  And it’s not like he had eyes and a mouth or anything.  Those were just drawn on with a marker.  How the heck did he see or talk?”

    No matter how his head works, Pi’s flesh body was easier to deal with as it’s just a normal human body until the neck.  The NYFD was able to get a pulse and hear his heartbeat and called it good.  ATOM Labs is treating him and his injuries under armed guard.  No one else was in the building at the time of the explosion.