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SliceOfLife [[FurryComic Furry]] WebComic focused on the lives of a gay male couple, Richard "Vinci" Nicolaides (GratuitousGreek: Ριχάρδ Νικολαΐδης) and Artisan (Arty) P Sunspot, living in the fictional town of Ballpointe, Pennsylvania. Consult your physician before attempting to read this webcomic, and have [[TastesLikeDiabetes your dentist on speed-dial]].

The comic can be found [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=4&sid=3390 here]]. Currently on extended SeriesHiatus.

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!!This comic provides examples of:

* AmnesiacLover: the point of one storyline. [[spoiler: A knock to the head makes Vinci forget everything that has happened since he moved from Greece to the United States, like learning the English language or being in love with Arty. What makes it worse for Arty is that pre-immigration Vinci was apparently kinda homophobic.]]
* AnimalStereotypes: ''SHINEE!''
* BarefootCartoonAnimals
* CampGay: Arty could be the poster child for this, in the FurryComic world. Though Vinci's outrageous girliness definitely counts too.
* ChocolateBaby: A variation; Vinci's parents are legally purebred chihuahuas, both of whom had "[[ArtMajorBiology recessive raccoon genes]]" from way back, producing a pureblooded raccoon son who also could have legally registered as a purebred chihuahua.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Ms. [=DeWalt=] regularly produces material for ''Webcomic/{{Jack}}'', often with much a more violent and depressing style than the normal comic material, and WordOfGod says this is canon.
** For those not interested in wading through the extensive archives and gory/angst-riddled side stories: [[spoiler: Vinci and Arty adopt a daughter, Greer, as noted below. Eventually, Vinci gets cancer (Jack's "It's Like Cancer") and fights it off; they grow happily older together until Arty dies saving a stranger from a fire. Vinci, unable to take the loss, commits suicide, which in the Jack-verse damns you to Hell while Arty is an angel in Heaven's legion, forcing them to be even more separated than initially. At the point the side stories are at, Vinci's bakery has been destroyed and he's been half-eaten by the cannibalistic Vorsches while trying to defend one of his only friends. Arty can't redeem him because Vinci simply refuses to accept that he's earned it.]]
*** [[spoiler: EarnYourHappyEnding]]: [[spoiler: After literally going through Hell the pair are [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=7 finally reunited]].]]
** Note that even these DarkerAndEdgier bits are still extremely cutesy, and full of the kind of melodramatic {{Narm}} that would not be out of place in a ''GundamWing'' [[YaoiFangirl yaoi]] fic, so "dark and edgy" is kind of relative.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Vinci. And Vinci doesn't even do this ''on purpose'' -- most strangers will still confuse him for a girl. At one point Vinci even ''shaved his head'', and someone still thought he was [[SineadOConnor Sinead O'Cooner]].
* {{Gayngst}}: Vinci exhibits this trope often, especially when the couple's more conservative neighbours show off their discontent for the homosexual duo.
** Arty goes into this one as well whenever his family comes up: he blames his father's suicide on the fact that he'd come out to him earlier that day.
* GuestStrip: Frequently has other artists post guest strips. Which can cause some confusion as some guest pages are more canon than others.
* InterspeciesRomance: Many, particularly the titular couple.
* LethalChef: Vinci, at one point, made cookies that got mistaken for fish, when the character had a {{crossover}} with another [[FurryFandom furry]] {{webcomic}}, [[http://www.doemain.com A Doemain of Our Own]] (ended). In general, the results of Vinci's cooking are usually depicted with a cloud bearing a skull and crossbones (like the poison symbol) on the "scent cloud" for a reason
** [[spoiler: As of recent updates (2010-09-26) it's looking like Vinci's LethalChef abilities may be caused by difficulties reading English recipes; he's prepared food from an all-Greek recipe book and had it turn out just fine. This would explain why he believes his food should turn out edible and tasty, though - after all, before he came to America, ''it did''; he's just been overestimating his ability to coherently read English.]]
* MisterSeahorse: A literal example with the anthro seahorse, Arkie Illions; "The only guy I know who's so braindead, ''he'' was the one who came back pregnant after a wild party."
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Vinci's mother named him Richard Nicolaides after "the sexiest man alive" -- Creator/RichardGere. Vinci's father is [[CrowningMomentOfFunny speechless]].
* OlderThanTheyLook: No matter what people think Vinci's actual gender is, they almost all think he's a kid.
* TheDitz: Arkie Illions.
* StraightGay: Although Vinci isn't specifically gay (WordOfGod says he doesn't pay much attention to physical details), at least in regards to his relationship with Arty he technically qualifies.
** Which is a particularly amusing example, because 9 times out of 10 [[{{DudeLooksLikeALady}} he's mistaken for a girl.]]
* TerribleArtist: Arty's attempt at artwork, compared to Vinci's.

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