The Comic

Born at the beginning of 2007, The 476 Webcomic was the creation of Matt, then a housemate and still a character in the strip. After one year, he retired it to better focus on other projects. Currently he is launching Overrated, a blog and comic site. Feeling that The 476 had too much potential to be abandoned, I manned the helm despite not being a very proficient artist.

My first few strips were labours of several hours each before I realized that they look just as horrible-slash-awesome if I just crap them out in twenty minutes, so that’s the kind of effort you see now. Despite this, I update only semi-regularly because I’m extremely lazy and uninspired.

The House

The 476 refers to the rooming house located at 476 Pederson Crescent in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Formerly known as Hayward House, its current name was coined by Ryan. It was purchased by Ben with the help of his father to provide him a steady home and source of income while he attended university. Ben is a lackadaisically lenient landlord and as a result often receives rent from his tenants months late. The house has seven bedrooms and its doors are always open to overnight crashers, friends and couchsurfers alike.

The Artist

My name is Emily. I dislike my last name so I substitute my middle name Grace wherever possible. Regretfully my hair is not actually blue, though it was for several years.

I lived at The 476 from August 2006 until August 2009. At age 26, I now live in my parents’ basement because I am unemployed and have less than no money. Sigh.