Origins of Roomies

"I fucking suck. I made Roomies." - Irregular, 2019

Roomies originally started in late 2013 as a dick joke. Roomies was extremely different back then. In 2013-2015, Roomies was a comic strip about Irregular, one of the co-creators, and Chucky, the killer doll of Child's Play fame. In the strip, they would get into crazy antics while living together in an apartment building. Eventually, other characters were added. The very first comic strip of the original Roomies was made by Irregular. In the small strip, Irregular walks to Chucky, asking him if he would care for some swedish meatballs. Chucky replies, "Sure!" Just then, out of nowhere, Irregular's pants fall down, revealing his very large genitalia, which plop down onto the plate of meatballs. Chucky runs away, fearing for his life.

Roomies would continue as this comic strip for a period of time, getting several long arcs and reoccurring jokes including Free Day, Irregular Alone, Doctor Room, and many others. Somewhere around 2014, the thought of creating an animated series of the strip had circulated through the minds of the creators. Eventually, they decided to give up that pursuit. In the midst of the situation, Irregular began making some drastic changes to Roomies. He started by removing every previous character except Manager Guy, and then created Scarabee, Jackson, Miles, and eventually Frag. Afterwords, both Irregular and M.Z. began working on lore. M.Z. eventually created Gizzard and Bevel, as well as several villains and other characters. Pockles was a mix of both creators. Irregular created Pockles's design and name, while M.Z. brought Pockles into Roomies. After enough time of the series going nowhere, M.Z. decided to go back to the roots of Roomies and turn the newest version into a comic series. The rest is history!