Today’s comic might be (fairly) criticized as one of the laziest comics in web comic history. But it came together in a really beautiful way and I want to tell you how.

I was kicking around a comic idea to make commentary about The Hangover Part II’s $86.5 million dollar opening weekend. Numbers like that pretty much guarantee another sequel and there’s already talk that it will be set in Amsterdam.

I wanted to make a joke that it’s not very challenging for the writers to come up with crazy adventures for Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zack Galifianakis to get wrapped up in when the setting is a notorious party city like Amsterdam. They should try to challenge themselves by setting it in Duluth, or something.

A quick aside: I mean no disrespect to the citizens of Duluth. But when the first syllable in your city’s name is basically “dull,” I’m sure images of an exciting nightlife don’t immediately spring to mind.

Hey, I sympathize. Critics of my hometown have been calling it “Dead Moines” for years.

Anyway, back to the original joke… it wasn’t exactly strong and I knew it. How bad was it? I had originally forgotten it and went to Twitter to express as much.

“I had an idea for a comic, but didn’t write it down. Something to do with The Hangover II. Maybe it wasn’t a very good idea?” I said.

This was a little bit of meta-comedy because, as you probably know The Hangover Part II’s is being accused of recycling the same jokes from the first movie and – as such – was probably not a very good idea.

Shortly after that tweet, I received a reply from H. Caldwell Tanner. You may know him from his work on Loldwell or, more likely, from his work for College Humor.

“Just remake an old comic and add a “Part II” to it instead,” he suggested.

It was too good of an idea not to pass up and here we are.

Of course, the joke in this comic – stealing from oneself – doesn’t really work if you haven’t read the original comic. To that end, I am providing this link for your reference. There. Now no one can claim I did not perform my due diligence.

What do you want from me? Tomorrow is Memorial Day here in the states and I’ve got the day off from work!

Don’t worry, though, I saw Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides this weekend and will have a review up in the Bonus Materials blog in the next few days. That should make up for things, hopefully.

In the meantime, help me fill in the blanks. Did you see The Hangover Part II? I have no interest in seeing it considering that I have The Hangover on Blu-ray and can watch that if I’m interested in jokes about roofies. But what did you think? Is it the retread everyone is claiming it is? I’ve heard there’s another photo montage at the end that nearly salvages the movie, even if it’s the same joke from the first movie. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!