Chilly!
OH SNAP IT'S DECEMBER!
TEDD HAS THEIR OLD HAIRSTYLE!
SARAH PRESUMABLY DOESN'T HAVE A MARK!
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?!
Mostly that I wanted it to be chilly, which might be relevant to a ...
2021-09-18 06:52:44 +0000 UTC View Post(And next Story comic Friday).
I had a dental appointment that lasted much longer than expected, but they were able to get the process started on replacing a damaged crown today (which I had NOT expected), and I felt I absolutely should just go for it.
2021-09-15 21:43:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Exciting new technology!
"I guess there's delivery."
(I considered having the delivery line in the comic, but I prefered it ending on "not".)
Authorial intent is this story should fit i...
2021-09-14 05:44:27 +0000 UTC View Post
The shocking conclusion!
I consider this storyline canon, but I also consider declaring it canon antithetical to the storyline itself?
As though putting the cannon-canon down here would cause it to imp...
2021-09-11 06:30:57 +0000 UTC View Post
We're clueless, actually
There's one comic left in this storyline. Please do not set anything on fire until then.
Or after then, ideally, but at least not until then.
An unexpected side effect of...
2021-09-09 04:22:35 +0000 UTC View Post
DEDUCTION!
ANOTHER reason to not directly reference the Star Wars books is, having not read them all, panel one could be wrong for all I know.
I mean, I'd be surprised if one had been established in th...
2021-09-07 03:15:38 +0000 UTC View Post
And the squirrel concludes...
I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens.
Seriously, the inspiration for their "what is canon" scenario is Star Wars novels. Those have humans, ...
2021-09-04 04:25:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Stalemate.
I don't consider it hugely in-character for either of them to go running to Grace in exactly that way, but rule of funny demanded it.
Besides, even if I presented them differently on the out...
2021-09-02 03:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostSusan is unsure if Catalina has cat magic. This is in spite of the fact that...
2021-08-31 04:17:46 +0000 UTC View PostAlternate Rhoda response to being cut in front of in line.
Can vote for more than one
2021-08-31 04:15:58 +0000 UTC View Post
NERRRRRRRRDs
Carp. I didn't have either of them say their name. Okay, you probably know this, but no-glasses man is Justin, and glasses-man is Luke. Cool? Cool
Speaking of names, even if I actually do ...
2021-08-31 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Game Over
Yaaaaaay we're done
I had a lot of fun during this storyline, and found a way to keep it fun for myself via the lightning round, but it definitely lasted for 47 comics because I wasn...
2021-08-28 03:13:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, fellow gamers!
I'm not sure what Jay's plan was here.
2021-08-26 06:16:57 +0000 UTC View Post
The daily grind
Look, If Justin wants to just wear his black button shirt with it unbuttoned, that's fine, and technically fits the criteria for his work uniform.
I looked up punch clock references ...
2021-08-24 03:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Grace is a very busy squirrel! Twenty words or less!
Plenty of games have stories with faulty logic in them, but those who've played it know I'm picking on Fallout 3 here.
Fallout 3 2021-08-21 05:54:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Squirrels For Goodness
"Dan, finish your Skyrim Civil War questline."
NO!
"You can't have your dessert until you choose a side and resolve that whole thing."
Nuh-Uh! I don't wan...
2021-08-19 05:55:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Choice!
Sam! (Applause)
Whether I care about choice, or the illusion of choice, will naturally depend on the circumances.
A little illusion of choice can be a good thing. It's not like every d...
2021-08-17 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A fighting chance.
Do I need to say this is Ellen?
I'm going to say this Ellen.
I didn't write backwards from the third panel on this one to intentionally make a Nintendo joke. I just though t...
2021-08-14 03:06:41 +0000 UTC View PostAs much as I want them to regularly be on Sunday, I'm not ready to do that this week and stick to my sleep schedule.
For now, I think it's best I just share them when they're done, and activate a scheduled day of the week when I'm certain it's actually feasible to stick with it.
At some point when I'm ready, I intend take a week off ...
2021-08-13 22:10:15 +0000 UTC View Post
An expert.
Sometimes, when I make visual choices, I do try to consider what others are likely to prefer.
For this comic, I kicked that thought out the window and drew Elliot how I wanted to draw Ell...
2021-08-12 04:47:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Morality Abilities
A few people have said they tell Sarah and Diane apart based on attitude and NOT pointiness, so for the record, this is Sarah. She is just sassy Sarah today.
And she's likely goin...
2021-08-10 03:34:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Being cute in some tall grass. Yay!
This is the part where I was going make a joke about attacking and lowering her health in order to catch her in a sort of jest that would be funny because of how horrible-yet-accurate to the games being referenced it would be, but I decided no.
I'm not going to make that joke.
If you want Dia...
2021-08-07 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostNOTE: This will NOT affect the return of Sunday Milestone images.
First off, I'm okay. Mostly.
The issue is I haven't been okay, and I haven't been taking care of myself. My sleep schedule is a disaster, I'm regularly going to bed really late, waking up late, and being drowsy throughout the day. My focus is really bad, and I...
2021-08-04 06:00:53 +0000 UTC View Post
A more predictable Susan opinion
Really, you wouldn't want to use the "everything being dirty is historically accurate to medieval times" excuse as an argument anyway, because then people can whip out the...
2021-08-03 07:38:27 +0000 UTC View PostElliot is in a short, extra-curvy female form with the added twist of doggo ears, tail, and collar. Elliot is…
Can vote for more than one
2021-07-31 16:55:56 +0000 UTC View PostCatgirl Susan. Do we even need a poll? Okay, fine.
Can pick more than one.
2021-07-31 16:53:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes.
My own eyes sort of glaze over trying to read that last panel, so my apologies if that's annoying. I kept it that way anyway, because it's supposed to be an overwhelming onslaught of ideas, but still...
2021-07-31 05:33:54 +0000 UTC View Post(As anyone who saw the e-mail subject will know, this originally said July instead of August. That is how poorly my brain is working right now)
I've decided to hold off on the next Milestone image until the 8th (7th early access) because I'm still out of sorts from a combination of sickness, a mysteriously injured foot, and my sle...
2021-07-31 05:28:46 +0000 UTC View Post
SUSAN OPINIONS! Wait, does she even play games???
There's plenty of things adjacent to skimpy armor in such games that Susan could take issue with, don't you worry. She's just not going to complain about ...
2021-07-29 06:09:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Talk to the hands!
Patreon-specific note: The next milestone image should either be during the day Tuesday or Wednesday. I'm playing it by ear while trying to fix my sleep / posting schedule.