One Huge Panel

TRIVIA

• This is the first daily strip to have only one panel.
• This answers the question of "how did they do that" with the arrow in the thought balloon mentioned here.

GOOFS

• The seats for the pig and the dog are longer than the other ones.
  
• Moe's mom appears shorter than Moe.
  
• Moe's dad and Brennan are sitting on the same seat.
  
• The seats start to get slanted a little starting with Merlin's seat, and then they suddenly get a little bit bigger behind Moe's legs.
  
• Nerm and Brennan are both missing an ear.
  

FIXED GOOFS

• Merlin's ears were almost drawn like Bob's ears. Instead of use the white stuff to cover it up, he made Merlin's ear thicker to hide it all. But it doesn't seem too damaged.

The Dog Looks Weird

I needed to do a little blue-line for Nerm's pose in panel 1. The dog looks pretty weird. Merlin's ear is covering up the date. Here's that "Nermians?" thing from this strip again.

Wow. How Did They Do That?

Moe actually shouldn't be surprised; yesterday he said that Mama...AND HIM...put up the arrows. And, originally the arrow on Julia's shirt faced the other way. By the way, Brennan mentions Legos in panel 1. There are some more creations with Legos here!

Lotsa Words

Translated, in the last panel, from behind Moe & Brennan, is:

Because, Brennan, the cells in your body are trying to tell your cerebellum that you are not prepared to know where your mother is yet. Now, if you are not fit to know where Mom is, we must not tell you until you are ready to know. Therefore, your mother and I have put up signs so you can get ready, and, at the same time, look for her. This reason contains some secrets that I have not told you. This concludes my reason.

I had to use a thesaurus to get some of the words longer to make it funnier. For example, I put "cerebellum" instead of "brain." What do you think the secret is?

Everybody, Except Him!

I almost forgot that 2B continued thing in the last panel! By the time I remembered it, it was already colored! And, good, this time Brennan's "snapping" says "flick" instead of "flip." Brennan isn't sitting on any seats! He doesn't have a shadow either. And, yesterday the sign the bed monster was holding up had "THIS WAY" written on it, now it's gone. Wow. Did YOU ever think that Moe and the Bed Monster could get along in the same room together? Sure, you did! You just won't admit it.

Jeez, Tables that Look Like Arrows?

I wonder what Moe's dad is eating?

That's Because it Doesn't Have Much of Him In It

TRIVIA

• Nerm was originally shown in the Nermia story.

GOOFS

• Nobody is sitting on any seats, so Merlin and Bob appear to be floating.
  
• Merlin has no ears.
  
• Moe's mom should not need to be leaning over; she was sitting right next to Moe, as shown in panel 1 and in this strip.

WHAT SEEMS LIKE, BUT AREN'T, GOOFS

• Bob's tail switches sides in the panels.
  
• The dialogue was supposed to be read as, "Not to me, it isn-t[exhale]," with no pause in between the T in isn't and the exhale. Instead of "isn'tttt," it is "isn't" and Moe's mouth extended past the edge of his head, and there's a "TUHH" next to it.

IT'S THE NERMIA GANG!!

I had to review some of my Nermia stories so I could remember how to draw the pig and the dog. How much popcorn do you think they got? Two months' worth? How many bags per person is that?

Nice Tail Wagging

His mouth in the last panel almost looks like some sort of trumpet or horn. Since there's an arrow on the end of the tail, he and/or she must be hiding the arrows REALLY good. And is that the Stick I see in the last panel?...

Hiding Them Good

Wow. If Brennan stood up to kick the door in panel 2, he must be, like, leaping from baby to boy in the story!

(((( )))) (((( )))) (((( )))) (((( )))) (((( )))) Hypnotized

Does the title hypnotize you?

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Maybe She's In Moe's House?

TRIVIA

• It was not originally thought that the red of the house would block out the background color.
  
• The colors of Moe's house here are different than they are in this strip.

GOOFS

• The "X" crossing out the "MOE" in panel 1 is way too thick.
  
• Thidwick's chair is the wrong color in panel 2.
  
• In panel 3, the house seems big enough for Brennan's room, yet in all the other panels, he seems to shrink, or the house seems to grow.
  
• The "doorbell holder," or the little board behind the button, is not colored in panels 5 and 6.
  
• In panel 8, there are no bushes next to the steps.
  
• Moe's first "come in" in panel 9 is abbreviated in a terrible way ("C'min"). If it was more terrible, it would have said, "C'm'in."
  
• The "arrow" on the sign is not entirely shaped like an arrow in panel 11.

Hmm, Across the Street

He took the shoes off so he could hold the sign.

Take the First Step...Soon You Will See...Just How Brave Your Heart Can Be...

Since shoes are only on feet (usually), it sometimes looks like he's putting his foot onto the steps when I look at it. Adding a little bit of the body helped...sort of.

How Many Pairs of Shoes Does He Have?

Even though it's not dark inside the house, I made it dark because it's not important right now. I like the shoes on his hands. Either he's just a really smart baby, or Mama told him how to tie shoes early, because, look! They're not only on his hands and feet, but they're tied!

She Is

GOOFS

• The sign that he read yesterday is visible in panel 1, but is gone in panels 2 and 3.
• The door gets smaller as the panels progress, so in panel 3, he almost looks like he can't fit through it.

FIXED GOOFS

• Brennan used to have rings under his eyes in panel 1, making him look older than he is. This was quickly fixed.

He Is?

Whoa, she isn't even in her own house! I wonder if he'll get any farther than his front yard?

Shorter Note

What do you think the "big surprise" is?

Quick Intermission

TRIVIA

• The entire Moe gang (except Thidwick's mom) is in panels 1 and 2.
  
• This is the first Sunday strip to have more than 11 panels.

GOOFS

• Brennan has a point at the end of his head in a couple panels.
  
• The door has hinges, but only in panel 4.
• There are no circles leading to Brennan's head in panel 8.
  
• The covers are visible in panels 7 and 8, but are gone in panels 9, 10 and 11, and there is no evidence of Brennan getting off the bed.
  
• "Flip" was put for Brennan "snapping," but "flick" was meant to put.
  
• There is white space around Brennan's head in the last panel (see Fixed Goofs)

FIXED GOOFS

• Brennan's head used to be long and skinny in panel 12, which explains the white space around his head.

FAST FORWARD

• This will later be used for some other Sunday strip posts.

He Got There First! No Fair!

The closet door didn't even cast a shadow! Does that sound familiar to you? If you haven't seen the Pixar movie Cars, then it probably doesn't.

It's Dark Under There!

How could he not have remembered that he was supposed to look in the closet? And, also, if he said "Oh, right!" and the sign doesn't speak, he must be able to read. Wow! And he's just 14 months old!

Long Note

The note was supposed to be written in cursive, but the reason I didn't write it in cursive is because if it's just a thing, I like to have it with a sort of a robot voice.

Don't Look at the Last Panel Before you Click on the Strip!

That "to be continued" thing in the last panel will be in every strip of this story. Now, if that sign's hand-holder thingy is bent, then it must be made of some kind of rubber.

She's That Way!

There IS a Sign There!

The picture of Brennan in the last panel is a Moe-version type of the chicken in this picture (even the egg!) from P.D.o.G.U.

Brennan in Search of His Mother

This story came from my dad again, even though he actually isn't in it. Guess what? This story is going to run all the way through March! So I guess I was lying when I said that the Nermia story was the first...and last...time I would let the story go on for more than a month.

Um, Shouldn't the Blog Be Disabled Today?

This is what the characters looked like when I first started the strip. This is why I scanned the entire page.

Nail In The Morning 1

I like in the last panel how the nail is poking the thought bubble. I was originally going to do some more squiggly lines around Moe's head so it fills almost the entire panel (Moe and the fire would block it). But, for some reason, I abandoned that. And, by "premiering every two months," that means that this will happen every 2nd. Like, April 2nd (Too bad! It could be an April Fool) is going to be the next NITM (the abbreviation for Nail In The Morning). Then there's June 2, August 2 (maybe), October 2, December 2, and then starts all over again on February 2, 2008. All the way up until the last post on IWMA (the abbreviation for I Want Moe Attention).

Introducing Mama

This is Thidwick's and Brennan's mother. She has dark skin. She was the one who decided to get Bob.