9/30/11

Expired Milk

This strip is based off of a real thing one of my friends said (we weren't playing kickball, though; we were playing dodge-stuffed-animal). As Jim Davis once said, "you can't make up this stuff!"

9/29/11

There Goes the Trick

This was originally coupled with a different strip, but I decided I'd put it here to fill the gap I had today.

9/28/11

9/27/11

Cool Ol' David

The book they're reading is called "Coolness." Originally Moe was going to say his line in the last panel, but for some reason, I figured it would be better if he thought it.

9/26/11

DodgeBall

"Weirded out" in the last panel is a reference to the Homestar Runner cartoon "Teen Girl Squad Issue 4."

Moe's dialogue was originally a little bit different. In the first panel he said, "We are." But I thought that this would counter his later line "so instead we're going to play...", so I changed it to "Yeah." Also, his first word in the second panel was "unfortunately." I can't remember why I changed it to "but."

9/25/11

Where Is Candy, Where Is Candy...

I made this post with the newer Blogger interface. I must say, it's interesting.

The original strip didn't have the second panel in the bottom row. I added it to add to the slowness of his hiding.

9/24/11

His Tail is Deceptively Huge!

I don't know why I chose 473 as the number of urchins. It just seemed right.

One of my idea sketches for this strip was to actually see the urchins in his tail, with Nemo's face coming into the compartment. But then I thought that would ruin the suspense, kind of like the interior of Snoopy's doghouse, so I changed it back to this.

9/23/11

Digital'd!

In case you're wondering where a white-out is, look at the pointer of my talk bubble in the last panel.

"Digital'd!" is a reference to the Homestar Runner running gag "-'d".

9/22/11

Are You Even Listening?

I was just thinking that it's pretty interesting that, throughout the almost five and a half years of doing this blog, and the almost 1700 posts, I have never used identical titles; each title is unique.

9/21/11

I'll Get You Next Time; Mark My Words!!

This is the first time I actually drew Gwendolyn's division line. I specifically said "division line" because, in past strips, we have seen her back; but never have we actually seen the division between skin and scales.

9/20/11

Caw Caw

Several of those stuffed animals in the third panel are some of the stuffed animals either I or one of my siblings owns. Also, to make it look more like Angry Birds, I put a crown on the whale.

9/19/11

Yeah, Why DIDN'T You?

This strip was based off of a FoxTrot strip I remember reading, but the ending was based on one of my own thoughts.

9/10/11

NEVER Again

The thing he's holding in the middle panel is a TV remote control. I wasn't sure at first if I should put it in, but then I figured, since Labor Week was ending, he shouldn't just be lying there doing nothing. He should be lying there doing something. (Watching TV counts as doing something, right?)

Also, happy 9/10/11!

9/8/11

Too Much Work

I thought it would be too much work to actually scramble a cube just for this strip, so I just copied a scrambled cube from the cover of a Rubik's Cube book.

9/7/11

Yippee

9/4/11

This Is Gonna Be A Long Week


The title is a repeated title of This Is Gonna Be A Long Drive.

I really have no idea where the idea for a Labor WEEK came from.

9/3/11

Ouch...That Must've Stung

The title is a repeated title of Ouch...That Must've Hurt.

Another punch line idea for this strip that someone had stuck an ice cube in the seaweed. But I thought this was funnier, so I did this instead.

9/2/11

9/1/11

Off With Its Head!

This happened to me once when I was sharpening a colored pencil.