Finally, It's Fixed!

I finally found the time to fix this strip. But, since it is April Fool's Day-related, it's a little too late. Did you miss it? You can see the original strip, or you can go a step further, highlight the following text up to the word "Label," and view the selection source, if you can. It will reveal the text when this was on April Fool's Day. But, wait until you see next year's April Fool's joke...

End of the Story

Okay, my apologies to those who have already looked at the blog and did not see today's strip. The reason was because I didn't have enough time to do it last night, and I forgot to do it after my breakfast, so I've been trying to do it as fast as possible. All right, enough apologies. On with the strip...

Panels 1 and 3 have every single character. Oops, instead of 4:00, it looks like Y:00. Well, back to the normal strip tomorrow.

T Minus Ten Minutes and Counting...Nine...Eight...

Did you know that I was originally going to have it be 3:00? Yup, until I thought that the story started out at 3:18, and went through 4:18, so I thought I'd better make it 5:00, but I'd better make sure. When I saw the strip...good...it actually started out at 2:18. Tomorrow's the end of the story. But, where are Moe's pockets in panel 1? I forgot to put the "MEH!" over The Cheat in panel 1, because I didn't know that it exclaimed "MEH!" when kicked or struck.

To: BrennanFrom: Moe

Goofs: Brennan's "What is this?" in panel 1 looks like he's saying it. The Cheat is actually one of the characters on the Homestar Runner website, and there really is a similar plush The Cheat toy, and it is in fact called Kick The Cheat.

Shading On Mama

GOOFS

• Brennan's shoes pop off in panel 2, but they are not anywhere in panel 3. Maybe Mama tool them in 0.00000000000000000000000000001 of an instant.

Ahh, So THAT'S The Surprise!

Well, woo-hoo! Happy One-st Bee-Day! So, I guess I was lying when I said this. There are things hanging out from the top of the slide! Those are Bed Monster's tentacles. But where's the banner? I was originally going to think they didn't have time and they just left it on the ground, but I forgot to draw it. So where do you think it it?

Setting Up for...Something...

Hmm, what do you think everybody is up to? If Mama and Brennan are coming, they must hurry up on the banners! Bed Monster and Thidwick appear twice. Nine of the eleven main characters appear in this strip! Do you think there's ever going to be a strip where all eleven appear? Tomorrow we'll find the "big surprise" promised here! This is the last strip with the shading, just so you know.

Recap

But, Moe got pleased with Brennan a little to late; this is the last Sunday strip of the story. I had to go through a bunch of strips to remember the colors of everything, and also to find recap parts. Most of these strips are from Sunday strips. Mama's heads are colored in in panel 8 have black lines in them are because those two are from daily strips, even though I wasn't shading her head when they were published on the blog. Moe's reaction to the recap is a reference to the first couple Sunday strips. (Just so you know, the words "couple," "Sunday," and "strips" are all separate links.)

Two Hours Later...

He seems delighted! Why do you think Julia's angry in panel 2? So, how are my perspectives? Pretty nice, huh? What do you think she was about to put on?

How Long is This Going to Take?

This is the first time somebody's mentioned Bed Monster only by his first name (Bed).

Racing Inside

Did you notice anything peculiar about panels 2 and 3...besides the fact that Moe's as tall as Julia, Mom, Dad, and the enemy,who are usually taller than him? The order that the characters are organized are tallest in back, shortest in front. That way, Moe can see everybody. If everybody was in the gang, here's how it would probably be:

Julia Mom Dad Enemy Mama
Moe Thidwick
Bob Bed Monster Merlin Brennan

If you think somebody should be in a different row, review their character pages (on the sidebar of the main page).

His Legs Wobble

I rarely do this, but I laughed as I drew Moe in the last panel. I wonder what Thidwick and Bob are doing? Since this, this, and this, I've been starting to do more perspectives in the strips. Panel 1 is supposed to be an above view of Thidwick and Bob, and panels 2 and 3 are supposed to be Bob's point of view. Pretty soon, I'll do different perspectives in each panel!

Scrambling Up the Tree

This must be directly after yesterday's strip, because Julia is still drawing on the sidewalk. Uh-oh, they're emerging from the house!! The enemy in panel 2 was accidentally Thidwick when I drew it, and he didn't find him yet. There's no border around panel 2, to give the impression that it lasted forever. A nose, one of Bed Monster's tentacles, and one of Merlin's ears are sticking out from the tree. Even Mama seems to know what they're doing! Bed Monster's face is all scrunched up in panel 4. I counted the tentacles to make sure I drew the right number. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8...

It's Time...for What?

Here's a bit of trivia for ya: People have five fingers, yet they usually draw their cartoons with four. Here it is exactly the opposite: Julia has four fingers, yet she draws her cartoons with five. What do you think it's time for?

This Dad is 100% Rubber

The big X covering "Moe" in panel 1 is actually drawn by my colored pencils I use to color the strips with. Did you know that the colors in the panels are actually the same as the ones in here? Well, they are! In panel 10, one of Dad's legs and arms are mixed up! I did that on purpose. If the cloud had a face, then it would look kind of determined in panel 12. His tongue would be hanging out, and his eyes would look mad, yet they would be looking down.

Why DID Moe Ask Mom to Jump?

Merlin's ears look all jaggy, don't they? That's because I forgot to draw them, and I tried to draw them in Photoshop. I did the shading in Photoshop too. Sorry for the almost-lack of shading, but I had to fulfill a...(ahem)..."promise" from one of my viewers.

Jus' a Secnd, I Need ta Finish Ma Meyal?

Why do you think there isn't time? He's only half done with his meal! Moe must have filled up Merlin's dish at the same time Brennan found Mama (the real one). And, for those of you who can't understand (and if you can't, you're most likely a kid) what Merlin said, he said, "Just a second, I need to finish my meal." How does Merlin still think, and still make it sound like he has his mouth full?

Mr. Silhouette

I don't think the "Hey, excuse me," thing in panel 1 was necessary now.

GOOFS

• The thumbs of "Mr. Silhouette" are on the wrong side of his hands in panel 2.
  
• In panel 3, the thumb that is closer to us has been replaced, but the one behind his head is still misplaced.

This is Where it Begins to Get Dramatic

Man, these are getting better and better! Ahh, so his name is "Bed Monster." That means I've taken out the "the" in his name on the sidebar and the post. Actually, that was done a couple of minutes after this post was posted. And, I'll bet you didn't know this, but Moe's shadow on the bush is actually a silhouette of the way I drew him when I first started the Moe strip.

Here we Go Again...

The word "sooner" was originally misspelled as "sonner." Here's the translation in panel 3:

But don't worry, you'll be ready sooner or later. Now, I'm not quite sure when you WILL be ready, but I'm going to guess it's going to be pretty soon. Now, how soon? I am not quite sure. So, let's just keep going and going and going until we get home. Now, that may be a little while, because Moe's house is pretty big. Of course, I don't know why the heck they even MADE it that way, but it was a pretty stupid idea.

I know the last part seems like "...even MADE it that way! It..."

The Secrets are the Reason

Finally, I found a way to get the dark skin on Mama right. It is similar to Franklin's way.

Is That...?

I'm not sure the thing with the MA-MA in panel 11 was a very good idea now. By the way, he thought it was fake. That's why he screamed. And, "panels 8 and 9" are, like connected with the talk bubble again, like they were in one Christmas strip. So, like I said there, there's probably 11 and a half panels.

Hey, Her Mouth Talks!!

So now you know why her mouth was open in panel 1. So it would look like she's talking in panel 3. But how does her head suddenly get flipped horizontally? Hmm...

→ ↑ ↓ ↔ ← Jeez, WHICH WAY?!

Aghh, it was fake again. Why do you think there are so many fake mamas around? And that "to be continued" thing is practically floating! In the panel 3, if Brennan were standing, he'd be almost as tall as Mom!

GOOF ↑

Is That Mama This Time?

The lines of |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| right after the first two are almost the same to the Tooth Fairy's line, "Boy, that kid's teeth will make a great addition to my collection." Go ahead; look at each |||| and say each word as you do; the longer words have more of the |, and the shorter ones have less of the |. What do YOU think she said?

A HUGE House

I'm posting at 8:00 this morning because I forgot to do it last night (Please, please, NEVER look at it before you go to bed, unless you go to bed sometime after 12:00 midnight). Anyway, on with the strip...

I think I drew one too many faces on that house. How does Brennan fit in that bed?! Wow. That house IS huge! They probably have a separate room for each person to sleep in (seven, including the enemy and the bed monster), like, 4 bathrooms, and, above all that, it must be, like, six stories tall!

← THIS WAY

Did you notice that Moe's thought bubble in panel 1 has an arrow coming out of it? And that "X" thing in panel 3 is supposed to be some sort of buzzer when you get an answer wrong in some sort of game show.

Hey, She's Just Kidding!! Ugh...

Uh oh, here goes the "this way" thing again!

←

He Found Mama...or Did He?

So, now we see the big surprise: THAT'S NOT MAMA! This is the first Sunday strip I've ever made to have a white panel and a gray panel. A lot of this strip was drawn with my substitute pen.

GOOFS

• The arm keeps changing spots and getting shorter in panels 10-12.
  
• The writing keeps changing spots in the same panels.

FIXED GOOFS

• The shirt was actually flat in panel 10, so the part that Brennan holds wasn't there. It was just like it is in panel 9. This was fixed before coloring, which explains why the red gets lighter on the part where Brennan holds it.

Is That What I Think It Is?...

Wow, what a surprise! He found Mama! What do you think is going to happen tomorrow?

Oh, Finally! A Change in Direction!

Hey, Moe's Mom knows how to knit! You know what that means? I've updated the Introducing Mom post for this, and I've also added a link to it.