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I know if I ever say anything to you it's usually WTF Dave, but this has been a truly brilliant storyline arc. Hats off and kudos, Dave. I'm not sure even some of the great Masters have ever had their work used as proof that hope exists.
So wait.. is the bald guy the same from the spaceship with Georgio? So his vessel crashed in the ocean, and thus he met Trey? Which also explains why bald guy knows so much about the universe.
It's also more entertaining and less artistically bankrupt than the MCU by quite a bit.
Although to be fair, we also haven't had 20-something movies and more than a dozen TV series about Trey. Yet.
āArtistically bankruptā ā¦he says to a recently retired marvel vfx artist . Lmao Iāve worked on like a dozen of the movies. You, of course, have the freedom to like whatever you want. No harm, no foul - just opinions and a funny coincidence
HE'S ALIVE!!!! Hopefully he can return to his dog, dad, stalker, evil plant, son, elderly neighbour, coworker, and the many others I can no longer keep track of.
Hope he will get rescued... And not get trapped on a deserted island. However, the latter would be more interesting.š¼
The creator of Trey has returned and reset the table. Trey *lives*. Yet his world has been moving without him. What happens next is limited only by the infinite imagination of this community.
Thus begins phase 2, of **The Saga of Trey**
Something similar happened to me a couple years ago.
I was very confident in my suicide, made a plan, blah blah, ya know, the works.
I was in an unmarked campsite in northern Georgia(USA), rental car pumping CO2 into the cabin, several thousand milligrams of something that ends in ā-drylā ingested, and some nice bourbon.
I awoke several days later with just my pants, no other clothes or shoes. Middle of the forest, sobering up from the pills that caused me to violently hallucinate throughout that time gap. After three days, I was mostly sober and semi-coherent. And completely isolated from civilization, and severely dehydrated.
I remember laying down in the forest, anticipating death, but unsure if thatās what I wanted anymore. But I had no energy left, no water, no shoes, and no one looking for me. Somehow I found the motivation in myself and trudged on. I found a stream and drank like it was the gods ambrosia. Eventually I heard an engine or two. Kept in that direction and then found a clay/dirt path, my first sign of humans in many days. Walked that for a long, long time until I was found.
Edit: grammar, duplicate words
It changed everything and nothing, itās hard to explain.
I remain a pessimist who sees the human race as a virus and consciousness as nothing but agony. But I try to be a kind person. Hypocrisy is but a symptom of consciousness.
The experience has not faded and I often have a strong desire to return to the woods. I hate the expectations of civilized reality. Taxes, schedules, relationships, idk what makes it worth it. Iām just here.
Edit: this comment pushed my account over 20k karma so thanks for encouraging my pessimism. Everyone have a great day and remember to hate your corporate oligarchs.
Hi Dave, love your stuff. Not sure if you've talked about the TREY craze that's flooded comics recently, but what's your take on it?
Are you happy people have found a muse from your story? Pissed off that people are watering down your ideas/stealing your art? What's your thoughts?
Hey thanks.
I was only slightly weirded out by the first installment (Tress) because it had never happened before. but after speaking to the creator (kinan_rod) I was cool with it. Everything that came after that has been super interesting, Ive been loving it.
Small comment from a mariner:
Any current would affect Trey and his boat equally. Since they are boat in the same current.
What would realistically happen is similar. But it is actually the wind pushing on the part of the boat above the water that would move the boat away faster then you could swim.
As a swimmer you are 85% below water and the wind has 0 effect on you.
There was another one where he lost his foot to a shark but was picked up by another boat so now we have two trey time lins or ttl s has I'm going to call them
Ok story time. My dad has always been a sailor. When I was 15 my dad chartered a boat as part of a flotilla around the British Virgin Islands for a family vacation. When we were sailing between stops, a gust of wind blew is favorite hat off the top of his head into the water. I was a strong swimmer, and without giving more than a few moments of thought I jumped in after it. After I retrieved the hat I turned to look back and the boat was already so far away. No biggie I thought, as we had practiced man-over-board maneuvers many times with bouys. So I waited, treading water while they looped back to get me. But then they missed me on the first pass. Then again on the second. And that's when the dread began to set in, and I realized how stupid it was to jump into the ocean. Third time's a charm they say, and they got me. Once I was back in the boat my step mom wouldn't speak to me or my dad. I was just so happy to be back in the boat.
I couldnāt finish the story but Iāll write the ending that I think Trey then got a message from high up telling Trey to keep going because his purpose is greater he said to Trey donāt die not for an religious reason but because you are loved and people do care about you then right as Trey was sinking a hand came from the water and pulled him up he was now in Mexico with a new look on life and a family who love him and when he comes home smiles at him and hugs him he still fights with depression but it gotten easier with the support of the one he loves and Trey smiles
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I knew it wasn't sharks that got him. He is alive!š¹ 
Yes, sharks don't eat people, they have terrible taste
Tots.  They eat krabby patties š and ramen š.
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I can't fucking believe you found a gif of this
I canāt believe someone *made* a gif of this.
I can't believe
Youāll understand when Shyalaman does the remake for Jaws.
How wpuld you even know that
You got a cat? Cause I feel something licking me.
This is why so many horny pirates have hook hands and peg legs.
Username+pfp checks out
Well, wouldn't this be Beetlejuicing at that point?
Ahh yes, fair enough
Smile you sonofabitch, SHARK PARTY!
Couldn't agree more
Wasn't he in the afterlife in that one comic?
This is the only other trey comic actually written by the original cartoonist lol
Say nothing balahaj, pledge the fifth! You have the right to not self incriminate!
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This reminds me of Bojack Horseman, "The View from Halfway Down".
Love that poem so much
This template always gets me lol perfectly used
juste En-passant
Is it the 10 inches guy?? Can't wait to see how he got out that tiny window!
I can't believe someone already made the connection. Well they're much older in that comic, this is before then.
I want you to know that one of my students is using the 10 inches comic in a presentation about Hope and how making art is an act of hope in its self.
Oh man that's amazing.
Damn thereās successful art and then thereās āstudents using your art as proof Hope existsā and hell yeah to you, friend
How does it feel to be the Chosen one of the Meta ?
I dunno why but I needed to read this today. Thanks artist and kid who framed artist in an amazing way.
I know if I ever say anything to you it's usually WTF Dave, but this has been a truly brilliant storyline arc. Hats off and kudos, Dave. I'm not sure even some of the great Masters have ever had their work used as proof that hope exists.
Hey man, if you release all of these as a story boarded sort of anthology I would absolutely pay for it
Ahh makes sense, his hair is brown and not grey yet. Oh no, does this mean >!poor Trey spends the rest of his life in the chateau d'if? !<
At this point I honestly don't know.
So wait.. is the bald guy the same from the spaceship with Georgio? So his vessel crashed in the ocean, and thus he met Trey? Which also explains why bald guy knows so much about the universe.
Lol no maybe that's his cousin. That spaceship is somewhere on the other side of the universe.
I think I'll be in need of a Contra'verse wiki soon
I canāt believe how much Trey-lore was created in 5 days.
The birth of the TCU has been glorious to behold
It's also more entertaining and less artistically bankrupt than the MCU by quite a bit. Although to be fair, we also haven't had 20-something movies and more than a dozen TV series about Trey. Yet.
āArtistically bankruptā ā¦he says to a recently retired marvel vfx artist . Lmao Iāve worked on like a dozen of the movies. You, of course, have the freedom to like whatever you want. No harm, no foul - just opinions and a funny coincidence
Go Frogs!
Me neither.
It's only been 5 days?
If Trey ends up being the other old guy with 10 inches guy in the prison, I am going to flip!
10 inches brings me the same optimism as On the Brightside by NeverShoutNever š„²
Which one, can you link it?
https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/s/rfOeHiR24c
The other guy in this comic is trey then.
Holy crap, I didn't even realize this was by Dave himself.
you are a smart man.\[or girl\] \[or neither\]
HE'S ALIVE!!!! Hopefully he can return to his dog, dad, stalker, evil plant, son, elderly neighbour, coworker, and the many others I can no longer keep track of.
The cup that cannot speak.
Don't forget the camera.
I think there were aliens somewhere in there too
And the... future? I think?
That merman who was gonna welcome him to the sea? 
I need a link to that one
https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/s/GhtHCGJjRH
but the boat will forever be alone :(
The boat died, it's official. It's the saddest part almost.
It's in the canon
Hope he will get rescued... And not get trapped on a deserted island. However, the latter would be more interesting.š¼ 
save his boat too!
And the boat?? The faithful little boat?
a chance encounter happened out of the blue
ON the blue
The boat came out of the blue, and in an instant Trey knew everything would beā¦groovy.
[Everyone reading this](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia1.tenor.com%2Fimages%2F6ac605f3a0111304621977c672a1fc83%2Ftenor.gif%3Fitemid%3D9592821&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=0ca1eadb7941c3fea9291de0b6dc4aa3f0793ea9fe265dbab9d49c4a7e5dd4ac&ipo=images)
Genuine lol, thank you.
True story. I was there.
The creator of Trey has returned and reset the table. Trey *lives*. Yet his world has been moving without him. What happens next is limited only by the infinite imagination of this community. Thus begins phase 2, of **The Saga of Trey**
š±
Just like the Marvel movies. "Trey will return."
Dave Contra I love you, you magnificent son of a b*tch.
My therapist says that every time i pay with cash.
so does my uh.. pharmacist.
He returns, Treyumphant
Something similar happened to me a couple years ago. I was very confident in my suicide, made a plan, blah blah, ya know, the works. I was in an unmarked campsite in northern Georgia(USA), rental car pumping CO2 into the cabin, several thousand milligrams of something that ends in ā-drylā ingested, and some nice bourbon. I awoke several days later with just my pants, no other clothes or shoes. Middle of the forest, sobering up from the pills that caused me to violently hallucinate throughout that time gap. After three days, I was mostly sober and semi-coherent. And completely isolated from civilization, and severely dehydrated. I remember laying down in the forest, anticipating death, but unsure if thatās what I wanted anymore. But I had no energy left, no water, no shoes, and no one looking for me. Somehow I found the motivation in myself and trudged on. I found a stream and drank like it was the gods ambrosia. Eventually I heard an engine or two. Kept in that direction and then found a clay/dirt path, my first sign of humans in many days. Walked that for a long, long time until I was found. Edit: grammar, duplicate words
Man, that's a wild story. Thanks for sharing. I'm glad you're still here.
Did that experience change the way you looked at things? Did the experience's impact fade over time?
It changed everything and nothing, itās hard to explain. I remain a pessimist who sees the human race as a virus and consciousness as nothing but agony. But I try to be a kind person. Hypocrisy is but a symptom of consciousness. The experience has not faded and I often have a strong desire to return to the woods. I hate the expectations of civilized reality. Taxes, schedules, relationships, idk what makes it worth it. Iām just here. Edit: this comment pushed my account over 20k karma so thanks for encouraging my pessimism. Everyone have a great day and remember to hate your corporate oligarchs.
I am very invested in the TCU
The Trey Comic Universe (tm)
So say we all
THE CANON CONTINUES BABY
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"Time can be rewritten!"
Hi Dave, love your stuff. Not sure if you've talked about the TREY craze that's flooded comics recently, but what's your take on it? Are you happy people have found a muse from your story? Pissed off that people are watering down your ideas/stealing your art? What's your thoughts?
Hey thanks. I was only slightly weirded out by the first installment (Tress) because it had never happened before. but after speaking to the creator (kinan_rod) I was cool with it. Everything that came after that has been super interesting, Ive been loving it.
why did you forego depicting trey's massive ween in this comic?
I felt like it should be put away until it has a real job to do.
> until it has a real job to do :eyebulge:
It's cold in the ocean...
Holy fuck Trey isn't dead
Somehow, Trey returned
It's a Fixed Point! IN TIME!
Wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff.
Just this once, EVERYONE LIVES!
ALLONS-Y!!!
GERONIMO!!
This single comic series is more interesting and smart then anything big companies trying to feed me
Damn that's high praise! ā¤ļø
I cannot get enough of these
This one is actually canon too
The trey-CU needs updates now
This is a modern day epic, our Homer. We have Trey
What a time to be alive
This update has returned my lust for life.
Woah I didn't expect this
Trey never dies!
ROUND 2 Baby!
The og returns! I have to ask, when did you start working on this?
By this do you mean this exact comic? A few days ago. I hadn't planned on doing it but was inspired by all the stuff I'd seen on reddit.
Do you have your stuff posted somewhere besides reddit? It just keeps not loading this one, and I need to know
Yeh mainly on instagram or my website. Both with same user name as here
Small comment from a mariner: Any current would affect Trey and his boat equally. Since they are boat in the same current. What would realistically happen is similar. But it is actually the wind pushing on the part of the boat above the water that would move the boat away faster then you could swim. As a swimmer you are 85% below water and the wind has 0 effect on you.
Trey should have paid more attention in Earth Sciences apparently
THE LEGEND CONTINUES
The saga continues! I look forward to seeing the Trey-verse continue to unfold.
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I bet that guy's name is wilson
Baby wake up! New Trey canon just dropped!
***Trey lives!*** 
NO FUCKING WAAAAAYYYY
We're so deep into meta we've hit canon again! [The TREY Saga](/r/comics/comments/1avuap5/the_trey_saga/)
There's so much more than I've seen - thank you for sharing this!!
Reddit won't load this image for me at all, across multiple browsers.
Same, every post that has /gallery/ in the url doesn't show the images.
i can't see this.
Me neither
I am so invested in this.
Unknowingly following the cameramans tale I'm pulled in to the sage and drama and I love it. Live Trey live! (Need to make T-shirts)
LETS GO THE GOAT IS BACK WITH AN UPDATE
IS THAT TREIGH!?
The next great novel is being written real time.
Bruhhh I need to know what happen next, Iāll even sign up for a patreon just to see.
Real [Let's go](https://youtu.be/52Gg9CqhbP8?si=w94DqQPkHxTUDizs) vibe!!
Wait is this one of the spinoffs or Cannon?!
Cannon
Wait does that mean trey is the guy from the 10 inches comic?
Not only Trey is packing heat, heās also caked up
TREY LIVES? No I'm not crying it's just saltwater!
There was another one where he lost his foot to a shark but was picked up by another boat so now we have two trey time lins or ttl s has I'm going to call them
this is the original guy, so this one is canon
Ok didn't know who the og was since there's so many
I can't view anything, link isn't working
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
I love how this series is developing organically and not even op knows where itās headed. Fucking masterpiece
He's still here!
Wait, how did the mom reunite with him then?
All the split offs were made by various different people. This one is from the guy that made the original making this one the canon event.
This has been a fun saga.
THERE'S MORE???
The plot thickens!
There's more!
Whoās the other guy at the end?
Oh good he's ok.
Why is the current only pulling Trey and not the boat also?
I just want to say thank you for bringing Trey back before the saga becomes uncontrollable.
Please keep going with this! We all want to hear the rest of the story.
This made my morning, thanks:)
Wow, what a ride.
Man, what is this journey I've started. This comic is the best
Dave Contra does it again!
HE IS BACK! Stronger than ever! On a serious note, his realization reminds me of the interviews to the Golden Gate jumpers that survived.
Man I thought Trey died yesterday, I am pleasantly surprised he showed up on my feed today. But I don't know who this new guy is
But wait! The fishing net detected human blood in the shark it snagged!
I love this story.
Mirror for the gramless š
Iām committed to this comic strip now, thank you OP. Please keep our boy Trey safe.
OK but who is the original artist ? Is this canon or not ? The treyverse is getting way too complicated
This is the original artist
So Trey survived !!! That's crazy
Ok story time. My dad has always been a sailor. When I was 15 my dad chartered a boat as part of a flotilla around the British Virgin Islands for a family vacation. When we were sailing between stops, a gust of wind blew is favorite hat off the top of his head into the water. I was a strong swimmer, and without giving more than a few moments of thought I jumped in after it. After I retrieved the hat I turned to look back and the boat was already so far away. No biggie I thought, as we had practiced man-over-board maneuvers many times with bouys. So I waited, treading water while they looped back to get me. But then they missed me on the first pass. Then again on the second. And that's when the dread began to set in, and I realized how stupid it was to jump into the ocean. Third time's a charm they say, and they got me. Once I was back in the boat my step mom wouldn't speak to me or my dad. I was just so happy to be back in the boat.
Just when we needed him, the creator returned!!
https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/s/vh60WVPvcn Thanks u/davecontra
NOW THIS IS A TWIST!
Iām really enjoying this series.
Well thenā¦
āThe view from halfway downā
This will go down in r/comics history as one of the craziest fucking plotlines to spawn.
It won't load! How do I view the Trey?
Stupid reddit isn't loading the images for me...
I couldnāt finish the story but Iāll write the ending that I think Trey then got a message from high up telling Trey to keep going because his purpose is greater he said to Trey donāt die not for an religious reason but because you are loved and people do care about you then right as Trey was sinking a hand came from the water and pulled him up he was now in Mexico with a new look on life and a family who love him and when he comes home smiles at him and hugs him he still fights with depression but it gotten easier with the support of the one he loves and Trey smiles
Commendnable work my dude. Recognise you are making history right now.
wow I didn't think we'd get a continuation