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* Calvinball: Zorgellian Mega-Poker requires various NoodleImplements, as well as a working knowledge of the laws of thermodynamics.
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* NoodleImplements: Besides the normal cards and chips, Zorgellian Mega-Poker is played with a compass, tidal chart, and anvil.
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[[caption-width-right:253:Adverbly verbed by Mike Shapiro]]
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''The Adventures of Joe the Circle'' was an early ScienceFiction WebComic by Mike Shapiro. Originally printed in Shapiro's college newspaper in the early '90s, it first appeared online in 1998. It followed the adventures of [[HeroicComedicSociopath Joe]], a violent, gun-toting circle, along with his companions: [[OnlySaneMan Ronnie]], an even-tempered triangle; [[BigEater Bob the Boobian]], a dimwitted . . . ''thing'' with a gaping maw and limited vocabulary; [[TheDitz Franko]], a clairaudient flying fish; and [[SurferDude Bert]], a laid-back gearhead who provided the crew's transportation.
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''The Adventures of Joe the Circle'' was an early ScienceFiction WebComic by Mike Shapiro. Originally printed in Shapiro's college newspaper in the early '90s, it first appeared online in 1998.1995. It followed the adventures of [[HeroicComedicSociopath Joe]], a violent, gun-toting circle, along with his companions: [[OnlySaneMan Ronnie]], an even-tempered triangle; [[BigEater Bob the Boobian]], a dimwitted . . . ''thing'' with a gaping maw and limited vocabulary; [[TheDitz Franko]], a clairaudient flying fish; and [[SurferDude Bert]], a laid-back gearhead who provided the crew's transportation.
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** Lampshaded in Shapiro's bio: "Mike continues to produce Joe to this day, pausing only for occasional three-to-four year stretches of indolence and ennui."
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* ComedicHeroicSociopath: Joe, in spades.
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->''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Action! Adventure! Excitement! Geometry!]] All this and [[SelfDeprecation less]] can be found within the virtual pages of Joe the Circle, the [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative only]] [[ScienceInGenreOnly psuedo-science-fiction]] [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative comic that takes less than five minutes per episode to draw]]!''
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->''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Action! Adventure! Excitement! Geometry!]] All this and [[SelfDeprecation less]] can be found within the virtual pages of Joe the Circle, the [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative only]] [[ScienceInGenreOnly psuedo-science-fiction]] [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative only psuedo-science-fiction comic that takes less than five minutes per episode to draw]]!''
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->''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Action! Adventure! Excitement! Geometry!]] All this and less can be found within the virtual pages of Joe the Circle, the only psuedo-science-fiction comic that takes less than five minutes per episode to draw!''
''The Adventures of Joe the Circle'' was an early ScienceFiction WebComic by Mike Shapiro. Originally appearing in Shapiro's college newspaper, it began appearing online in 1998. It followed the adventures of [[HeroicComedicSociopath Joe]], a violent, gun-toting circle, along with his companions: [[OnlySaneMan Ronnie]], an even-tempered triangle; [[BigEater Bob the Boobian]], a dimwitted . . . ''thing'' with a gaping maw and limited vocabulary; [[TheDitz Franko]], a clairaudient flying fish; and [[SurferDude Bert]], a laid-back gearhead who provided the crew's transportation.
''The Adventures of Joe the Circle'' was an early ScienceFiction WebComic by Mike Shapiro. Originally appearing in Shapiro's college newspaper, it began appearing online in 1998. It followed the adventures of [[HeroicComedicSociopath Joe]], a violent, gun-toting circle, along with his companions: [[OnlySaneMan Ronnie]], an even-tempered triangle; [[BigEater Bob the Boobian]], a dimwitted . . . ''thing'' with a gaping maw and limited vocabulary; [[TheDitz Franko]], a clairaudient flying fish; and [[SurferDude Bert]], a laid-back gearhead who provided the crew's transportation.
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->''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Action! Adventure! Excitement! Geometry!]] All this and less [[SelfDeprecation less]] can be found within the virtual pages of Joe the Circle, the only psuedo-science-fiction [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative only]] [[ScienceInGenreOnly psuedo-science-fiction]] [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative comic that takes less than five minutes per episode to draw!''
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''The Adventures of Joe the Circle'' was an early ScienceFiction WebComic by Mike Shapiro. Originallyappearing printed in Shapiro's college newspaper, newspaper in the early '90s, it began appearing first appeared online in 1998. It followed the adventures of [[HeroicComedicSociopath Joe]], a violent, gun-toting circle, along with his companions: [[OnlySaneMan Ronnie]], an even-tempered triangle; [[BigEater Bob the Boobian]], a dimwitted . . . ''thing'' with a gaping maw and limited vocabulary; [[TheDitz Franko]], a clairaudient flying fish; and [[SurferDude Bert]], a laid-back gearhead who provided the crew's transportation.
''The Adventures of Joe the Circle'' was an early ScienceFiction WebComic by Mike Shapiro. Originally
* TheConscience: Ronnie and Franko try (and usually fail) to be this to Joe.
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* ScheduleSlip: It was not uncommon to go weeks, months, or even ''years'' between updates. In fact, the series never officially ended - it's just not updating.
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* ScheduleSlip: It was not uncommon to go weeks, months, or even ''years'' between updates. In fact, the series never officially ended - it's it just not updating.hasn't updated since 2007.
* SelfDeprecation: Often showed up in the CouchGags.
* SelfDeprecation: Often showed up in the CouchGags.
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* TheAce: Joe sees himself as this. Others, not so much.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Mattock Blork the Hexagon.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Mattock Blork the Hexagon.
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* BigEater: Bob, naturally.It would be quicker to list the things Bob ''won't'' eat. See Bag of Holding.
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* ComedicHeroicSociopath: Joe, in spades.
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--> The story so far: '''WHO CARES?''' That's right! Last year's storyline has been abandoned due to its horrible complexity. We now present you with something [[DarkerAndEdgier considerably more violent and acerebral]].
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* KudzuPlot: Lampshaded and averted at the beginning of Volume 3.
--> The story so far: '''WHO CARES?''' That's right! Last year's storyline has been abandoned due to its horrible complexity. We now present you with something [[DarkerAndEdgier considerably more violent and acerebral]].
--> The story so far: '''WHO CARES?''' That's right! Last year's storyline has been abandoned due to its horrible complexity. We now present you with something [[DarkerAndEdgier considerably more violent and acerebral]].
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* AncientArtifact: The Pickle of Power.
** Later, the Soulwhomper of Klaaaarr.
*** [[RunningGag I thought it was the Soulwhomper of Cheese!]]
** Later, the Soulwhomper of Klaaaarr.
*** [[RunningGag I thought it was the Soulwhomper of Cheese!]]
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The comic was rather crudely drawn, but made up for it with freewheeling storylines, goofy humor, and extremely quotable dialogue. Prone to ScheduleSlip, months or even ''years'' sometimes went by between updates. Formerly located at [[http://joe-the-circle.com www.joe-the-circle.com]], the site is currently down - but most of the archives can be accessed in [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040604170524/http://joe-the-circle.com/old.shtml two]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100724204012/http://joe-the-circle.com/comic/?page_id=56 chunks]] through archive.org.
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The comic was rather crudely drawn, but made up for it with freewheeling storylines, goofy humor, and extremely quotable dialogue. Prone to ScheduleSlip, months or even ''years'' sometimes went by between updates. Formerly located at [[http://joe-the-circle.com www.joe-the-circle.com]], the site is currently down - but most of the archives can be accessed in [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040604170524/http://joe-the-circle.com/old.shtml two]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100724204012/http://joe-the-circle.com/comic/?page_id=56 chunks]] through archive.org.
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* ScheduleSlip: It was not uncommon to go weeks, months, or even ''years'' between updates. In fact, the series never officially ended - it's just not updating.
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The comic was extremely prone to ScheduleSlip, with months or even ''years'' sometimes going by between updates. Formerly located at [[http://joe-the-circle.com www.joe-the-circle.com]], the site is currently down - but most of the archives can be accessed in [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040604170524/http://joe-the-circle.com/old.shtml two]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100724204012/http://joe-the-circle.com/comic/?page_id=56 chunks]] through archive.org.
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The comic was rather crudely drawn, but made up for it with freewheeling storylines, goofy humor, and extremely prone quotable dialogue. Prone to ScheduleSlip, with months or even ''years'' sometimes going went by between updates. Formerly located at [[http://joe-the-circle.com www.joe-the-circle.com]], the site is currently down - but most of the archives can be accessed in [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040604170524/http://joe-the-circle.com/old.shtml two]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100724204012/http://joe-the-circle.com/comic/?page_id=56 chunks]] through archive.org.
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** "Circlefriends" was also sometimes used.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: "Action! Adventure! Excitement! Geometry!"
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* TheDitz: Franko.
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* OnlySaneMan: Ronnie.
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* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Definitely a 1 on the scale. RuleOfFunny trumps Science every time.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Not that Joe needs anything better, since all circles look more or less the same.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Joe makes it past the AJA with nothing but a beard, an accent, and a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial. Not that Joe he needs anything better, since all circles look more or less the same.
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''The Adventures of Joe the Circle'' was an early ScienceFiction WebComic by Mike Shapiro. Originally appearing in Shapiro's college newspaper, it began appearing online in 1998. It followed the adventures of [[HeroicComedicSociopath Joe]], a violent, gun-toting circle, along with his companions: [[OnlySaneMan Ronnie]], an even-tempered triangle; [[BigEater Bob the Boobian]], a dimwitted . . . ''thing'' with a gaping maw and limited vocabulary; [[TheDitz Franko]], a clairvoyant flying fish; and [[SurferDude Bert]], a laid-back gearhead who provided the crew's transportation.
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''The Adventures of Joe the Circle'' was an early ScienceFiction WebComic by Mike Shapiro. Originally appearing in Shapiro's college newspaper, it began appearing online in 1998. It followed the adventures of [[HeroicComedicSociopath Joe]], a violent, gun-toting circle, along with his companions: [[OnlySaneMan Ronnie]], an even-tempered triangle; [[BigEater Bob the Boobian]], a dimwitted . . . ''thing'' with a gaping maw and limited vocabulary; [[TheDitz Franko]], a clairvoyant clairaudient flying fish; and [[SurferDude Bert]], a laid-back gearhead who provided the crew's transportation.
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* BigEater: Bob, whose stomach is composed of an ''entire dimension''.
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* BigEater: BagOfHolding: Bob, whose stomach is composed of an ''entire dimension''.dimension'', is a living example.
* BigEater: Bob, naturally.
* BiggerOnTheInside: Bert's car.
* BigEater: Bob, naturally.
* BiggerOnTheInside: Bert's car.
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--> WOOOSH*
--> * This is strange grafitti that floats alongside the ship. No sound in space, remember?
* ThisIsntHeaven: It's Purgatory.
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* StuffBlowingUp: Joe's preferred problem-solving method.
-->WOOOSH*
--> * This"Deep within every problem is strange grafitti that floats alongside the ship. No sound in space, remember?
a solution involving explosives."
*ThisIsntHeaven: ThisIsntHeaven: It's Purgatory.
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--> * This
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* FanCommunityNicknames: The message board was called the "mOb" ("m" for "message," "b" for "board," with Joe's silhouette in between). Posters sometimes referred to themselves as "mObsters."
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* KickTheDog: Invoked by the commander of the Anti-Joe Armada, who drops an anvil on a subordinate to demonstrate his evil.
* MyBelovedSmother
* PaperThinDisguise: Not that Joe needs anything better, since all circles look more or less the same.
* MyBelovedSmother
* PaperThinDisguise: Not that Joe needs anything better, since all circles look more or less the same.
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* SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes: Joe is a pretty solid Type V, but PlayedForLaughs.
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* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: The Planet of Unmanageable DOOM.
* SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes: Joe is a pretty solid Type V, butPlayedForLaughs.PlayedForLaughs.
* SpaceIsNoisy: Averted and lampshaded early on. Otherwise played straight.
--> WOOOSH*
--> * This is strange grafitti that floats alongside the ship. No sound in space, remember?
* ThisIsntHeaven: It's Purgatory.
* SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes: Joe is a pretty solid Type V, but
* SpaceIsNoisy: Averted and lampshaded early on. Otherwise played straight.
--> WOOOSH*
--> * This is strange grafitti that floats alongside the ship. No sound in space, remember?
* ThisIsntHeaven: It's Purgatory.
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* CouchGag: For a large part of its run, the comic had a different [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal alliterative]] byline (such as "Arthritically Ascribed by Mike Shapiro," "Raptly 'Ritten by Mike Shapiro," etc) on every page.
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* BigEater: Bob, whose stomach is composed of an ''entire dimension''.dimension''.
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* SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes: Joe is a pretty solid Type V, but PlayedForLaughs.
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''The Adventures of Joe the Circle'' was an early ScienceFiction WebComic by Mike Shapiro. Originally appearing in Shapiro's college newspaper, it began appearing online in 1998. It followed the adventures of Joe, a violent, gun-toting circle, along with his companions: [[OnlySaneMan Ronnie]], an even-tempered triangle; [[BigEater Bob the Boobian]], a dimwitted . . . ''thing'' with a gaping maw and limited vocabulary; [[TheDitz Franko]], a clairvoyant flying fish; and [[SurferDude Bert]], a laid-back gearhead who provided the crew's transportation.
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''The Adventures of Joe the Circle'' was an early ScienceFiction WebComic by Mike Shapiro. Originally appearing in Shapiro's college newspaper, it began appearing online in 1998. It followed the adventures of Joe, [[HeroicComedicSociopath Joe]], a violent, gun-toting circle, along with his companions: [[OnlySaneMan Ronnie]], an even-tempered triangle; [[BigEater Bob the Boobian]], a dimwitted . . . ''thing'' with a gaping maw and limited vocabulary; [[TheDitz Franko]], a clairvoyant flying fish; and [[SurferDude Bert]], a laid-back gearhead who provided the crew's transportation.
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The comic was extremely prone to ScheduleSlip, with months or even ''years'' sometimes going by between updates. Formerly located at [[http://joe-the-circle.com]],the site is currently down - but most of the archives can be accessed in [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040604170524/http://joe-the-circle.com/old.shtml two]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100724204012/http://joe-the-circle.com/comic/?page_id=56 chunks]] through archive.org.
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The comic was extremely prone to ScheduleSlip, with months or even ''years'' sometimes going by between updates. Formerly located at [[http://joe-the-circle.com]],the com www.joe-the-circle.com]], the site is currently down - but most of the archives can be accessed in [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040604170524/http://joe-the-circle.com/old.shtml two]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100724204012/http://joe-the-circle.com/comic/?page_id=56 chunks]] through archive.org.
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Incidentally, you may have encountered Shapiro's work in another form. He's a [[http://www.mikemusic.com]] composer in RealLife, providing music for films and VideoGames, at least [[EmpireEarth one of which]] can be found on ThisVeryWiki.
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Incidentally, you may have encountered Shapiro's work in another form. He's a [[http://www.mikemusic.com]] composer com composer]] in RealLife, providing music for films and VideoGames, at least [[EmpireEarth one of which]] can be found on ThisVeryWiki.ThisVeryWiki.
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The comic was extremely prone to ScheduleSlip, with months or even ''years'' sometimes going by between updates. The Formerly located at [[http://joe-the-circle.com]],the site is currently down, down - but most of the archives can be accessed in [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040604170524/http://joe-the-circle.com/old.shtml two]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100724204012/http://joe-the-circle.com/comic/?page_id=56 chunks]] through archive.org.org.
Incidentally, you may have encountered Shapiro's work in another form. He's a [[http://www.mikemusic.com]] composer in RealLife, providing music for films and VideoGames, at least [[EmpireEarth one of which]] can be found on ThisVeryWiki.
Incidentally, you may have encountered Shapiro's work in another form. He's a [[http://www.mikemusic.com]] composer in RealLife, providing music for films and VideoGames, at least [[EmpireEarth one of which]] can be found on ThisVeryWiki.
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''The Adventures of Joe the Circle'' was an early WebComic by Mike Shapiro. Originally appearing in Shapiro's college newspaper, it began appearing online in 1998. It followed the adventures of Joe, a violent, gun-toting circle, along with his companions: [[OnlySaneMan Ronnie]], an even-tempered triangle; [[BigEater Bob to Boobian]], a dimwitted . . . ''thing'' with a gaping maw and limited vocabulary; [[TheDitz Franko]], a clairvoyant flying fish, and [[SurferDude Bert]], a laid-back gearhead.
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''The Adventures of Joe the Circle'' was an early ScienceFiction WebComic by Mike Shapiro. Originally appearing in Shapiro's college newspaper, it began appearing online in 1998. It followed the adventures of Joe, a violent, gun-toting circle, along with his companions: [[OnlySaneMan Ronnie]], an even-tempered triangle; [[BigEater Bob to the Boobian]], a dimwitted . . . ''thing'' with a gaping maw and limited vocabulary; [[TheDitz Franko]], a clairvoyant flying fish, fish; and [[SurferDude Bert]], a laid-back gearhead.gearhead who provided the crew's transportation.
The comic was extremely prone to ScheduleSlip, with months or even ''years'' sometimes going by between updates. The site is currently down, but most of the archives can be accessed in [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040604170524/http://joe-the-circle.com/old.shtml two]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100724204012/http://joe-the-circle.com/comic/?page_id=56 chunks]] through archive.org.
The comic was extremely prone to ScheduleSlip, with months or even ''years'' sometimes going by between updates. The site is currently down, but most of the archives can be accessed in [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040604170524/http://joe-the-circle.com/old.shtml two]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100724204012/http://joe-the-circle.com/comic/?page_id=56 chunks]] through archive.org.
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->''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Action! Adventure! Excitement! Geometry!]] All this and less can be found within the virtual pages of Joe the Circle, the only psuedo-science-fiction comic that takes less than five minutes per episode to draw!''
''The Adventures of Joe the Circle'' was an early WebComic by Mike Shapiro. Originally appearing in Shapiro's college newspaper, it began appearing online in 1998. It followed the adventures of Joe, a violent, gun-toting circle, along with his companions: [[OnlySaneMan Ronnie]], an even-tempered triangle; [[BigEater Bob to Boobian]], a dimwitted . . . ''thing'' with a gaping maw and limited vocabulary; [[TheDitz Franko]], a clairvoyant flying fish, and [[SurferDude Bert]], a laid-back gearhead.
->''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Action! Adventure! Excitement! Geometry!]] All this and less can be found within the virtual pages of Joe the Circle, the only psuedo-science-fiction comic that takes less than five minutes per episode to draw!''
''The Adventures of Joe the Circle'' was an early WebComic by Mike Shapiro. Originally appearing in Shapiro's college newspaper, it began appearing online in 1998. It followed the adventures of Joe, a violent, gun-toting circle, along with his companions: [[OnlySaneMan Ronnie]], an even-tempered triangle; [[BigEater Bob to Boobian]], a dimwitted . . . ''thing'' with a gaping maw and limited vocabulary; [[TheDitz Franko]], a clairvoyant flying fish, and [[SurferDude Bert]], a laid-back gearhead.
