Close to the Chest is a webcomic written by James Reinsch and drawn originally by Cindy Rivest. Cindy quit the comic after page #19 and was replaced by Emrys. All characters and content not otherwise owned are © 2007-2008 by James. Please ask permission before using any of our original material.

Close to the Chest is about the lives of a group of characters based loosely on the people in James’s life. The names have been modified so as not to accidentally libel anyone. Some material actually happened, and other material did not. If you feel you have been misrepresented here, please contact us and let us know, but remember that the characters are caricatures of real people, not documentary subjects, and as such a certain artistic license has been taken.

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO ENJOY THIS COMIC

Furries: The fact that many of our new readers have never heard of furries brings a little joy to my cold, black heart. We make fun of them a lot here. In fact, we make fun of anyone who takes themselves too seriously. Furries are notorious both for this and for pushing their… culture… into the lives of those around them. For a great explanation of furries and what they’re all about, please click here. (courtesy of archive.org) Note that the website owner is jovially tongue-in-cheek about it. God doesn’t actually hate furries, so far as we know.  UPDATE: godhatesfurries.com is back up. Go check out the original site here.

Emo: Ah, Emo. The term “Emo” has become sadly quite vague in our culture. Wikipedia’s entry on the subject spells out its history quite succinctly. Essentially, for the purposes of this comic, the term “Emo” refers to a subculture which purports to center around a genre of emotion-heavy indie rock, but in reality is a whitewashed imitation of goth wherein large groups of relatively mindless people express their individualism through mass conformity and a self-involved whiny attitude. Click here and scroll down a little for some more information.

If you’re ready, please be our guest and begin at the beginning.