Some Dr.Duke thoughts; I'll post these occasionally (as myself, not Dr.Duke). It's kind of like the extra's on a DVD, only for Dr.Duke. So if you read this on my myspace, too, this is now the place to read Dr.Duke if you want the full experience (I'm not putting up these 'extras' on myspace).
And before I get started...YEAH. I know. There's a LOT of mistakes in Dr.Duke usually. This is because I just write them and put them up. Starting with Duke #3, I'm going to try putting in a little more editing (I do edit them once they're online though, so odds are what you're reading is a lot cleaner than what I first posted.) You could point out my mistakes in a comment, but odds are I've already seen them and have noted/fixed them in the original draft, and will do so soon online.
Okay. On to the meat of my post.
First: For anyone who doesn't realize, I'm not Dr.Duke. I'm not even anything like him; I'm actually pretty sympathetic to everybody's problem and would probably be embarassingly nice if I were to ever write an advice column. Dr.Duke is a character I created for a school newspaper (a one time deal) we did for a project in high school. I forgot about him for a while, but just remembered, and was so amused that I decided to revive Dr.Duke.
Second:With that being said, don't take Dr.Duke too seriously. If something seems really harsh in the letters, odds are I felt bad about even writing it, but wanted to put it in to build Dr.Duke's character.
Third: No, I do not eat my meals of cereal on the toilet watching pirated Simpsons on a PSP. Yes, I shower every day. Yes, I actually do laundry. I am NOT Dr.Duke, and as such, all the ridiculous things he says aren't applicable to me at all.
Fourth: All the letters are real; there's 2 or 3 various teen help forums I go to to find them. I'll (sometimes) edit the grammar if it's really bad, and I DO make up the names at the end (Worried in Wisconsin, that whole deal...and yes, I alliterate nearly every time on purpose), but other than that these are real letters posted by real people. I'm considering opening a "Dr.Duke" account on the teen forums and posting my replies. How fast do you think I'd get banned?
Fifth: Like I say in the articles, if you have a great letter (or even one that you think could be great), just send it my way; I'm like a lion on a wildebeast when it comes to shitty teen advice letters. Just keep 'em coming.
Sixth: Yup, I draw the Duke pictures. First one took me about 5 minutes; the second one about 20. I'm thinking of doing a new one every week, and I really want to, but I'm not 100% set on that yet. If you want to contribute guest art (I don't care how shitty it is; the shittier the better in fact), send it my way.
blaydcor@yahoo.com or blaydcor@gmail.com, just for future reference.
Till next time
-Later
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Oh,yeah, I also wanted to add that Comments are now open to anybody...for some reason, before, you needed to log in/have an account...which is kind of bullshit.
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