I Want Moe Attention: June 2012

6/30/12

Cue the Crickets

In the last panel, Moe's not giving directions (like on a set); he's just commenting on the silence.

6/29/12

6/28/12

6/27/12

Another Missed Day, Another Double Post...

I finally managed to figure out what I'm going to do for my 2000th post!! It's going to be epic!

...I hope.

6/25/12

6/24/12

Are They In the Middle of the Atlantic Ocean?!

This is the last Strip Lib.

6/23/12

2012 Updates

All right, here's a list of new stuff we did for I.W.M.A. Day 2012:

Updated the blog's banner
Updated Riley's profile
Posted results of previous poll
Posted a new poll
Updated the Silliness labels from 2006 to make them more specific
Added our final Page (links to specific instances coming soon)

Also, we put up a new Flashback Comparison the other day.

If you could be any of these mythological creatues, which would you be?

Originally, there were two votes for fairy/pixie/sprite. I changed it to one because both votes were from the same person, just on different devices.

I think this says a lot about our viewers. Um...for one thing...no one wants to be a faun/satyr, giant, mermaid/merman, or merfish.

Check out our new poll!

Phew, Just In Time for the Blog's Sixth Anniversary!

I can't believe the blog has been up and running for six straight years! I've been making the date in the strip on I.W.M.A. Day large and orange ever since I.W.M.A. Day 2009.

We'll be posting updates, poll results, a new poll (I promise), and a list of the updates later today.

Next celebration: 2000 posts!!

6/22/12

This next Flashback Comparison is quite unrelated to any of the previous ones. It is the origin of my idea for the S alien; I later decided to transfer the ability to an alien instead of a human. It was a one-time thing; no other strips I ever did mentioned this ability/curse.

Man, that's one giant sock!

I think my snake looks more like a worm here. Plus, Moe now makes Julia stiff on purpose; you can tell from his expression in the last panel of the second strip.

I thought it'd be funny of, instead of saying it all fancy, he either didn't say it and made her wait forever, or took forever to say it. It's a lot more like the current Moe to make her wait.

More Flashback Comparisons to come! Stay tuned!

I Think It Would Be Neat To Have Appendages That Can Do Stuff Like That

6/21/12

Blame It On The Enemonster!

I was thinking about the title of this post, and I figured I'd put it in a strip somehow.

6/20/12

Charades Aren't Going to Cut It

6/19/12

And Now, The Reveals...

Expect to see a new poll today!

No, really.

6/18/12

His Toes Are Clenched In The Last Panel

Originally I was going to have Moerlin's first line be "...gives me a combination Moe/Merlin personality," but I changed it to this because I had since learned what "amalgamation" meant, and I thought it would be interesting if Moerlin referred to both of his personalities in the third person.

And yes, his hind toes are clenched in the last panel.

6/17/12

A Forewarned Double Post

We interrupt this story to bring you another Strip Lib.

Happy I.W.M.A. Day Week!

You know, the week containing IWMA Day.

6/15/12

It Hasn't Been 13 Times

Technically Moe's only really woken up as Moerlin 7 times (I'm counting this and this as the same one now because of this strip and they have a very similar ending); none of the other times were real (they were dreams, movies, thoughts, etc.). But there have been 14 individual Sunday strips about this (not counting those as the same one this time).

I was thinking at first of making his name be some combination of Jocken Fred and Bed Monster (maybe Jocken Bed), but then I figured it could be Enemonster. Maybe that's what I'll call him later.

6/14/12

Who's "You?"

Heiemo's (I'm still working on the spelling, okay?!) line about everyone else sleeping was put in later after consideration.

6/13/12

Okay, Cool It With The Double Posts Already!!

Saturday's strip will also be posted in a double post with Sunday's.

I had to do quite a few sketches of Heidi to get her hair to partially cover up the back fin and neckline correctly.

6/11/12

Best Friends, but their Pets are Worst Enemies

Hey, who vandalized my signature, Moe??????

Originally I was going to have Thidwick be talking, but then I realized that he needed to be thinking because Bob couldn't talk.

6/10/12

Unlike the First Moerlin Transformation Ending

6/9/12

Are You Sure It Didn't Say "10" or "1101" or "1010" or Something Else Like That?

I wonder if this explains Dan's entry on how he eats Oreos.

Well, we know eight ways to eat an Oreo from this strip...

Anyone want to contribute another ninety-three different ways?

6/8/12

I Wonder What The First 37 Were?

Flashback Comparison #5

This fifth Flashback Comparison is unrelated to the previous two or three. It's a single this time, inside the same notebook the first Moe strip ever was written on the back of.

I was considering eventually using this in my regular strip, but then I realized I couldn't because every February 29 is in the middle of my February-March stories. I later realized, what better way to show it than in a Flashback Comparison?

More Flashback Comparisons to come! Stay tuned!

6/7/12

A Cut-And-Pasted Note

The digital letter took me forever. Mr. Bear is actually a stuffed animal I used to have until his arm fell off.

Also I wasn't going to have Moe say that the letter was from Julia at first, but then I figured it would be a little vague, so I put in his "It's from Julia" line.

6/6/12

That Sounds Like Some Sort Of Video Game Weapon

The ringing of a tricycle's bell in an old home video was the inspiration for this strip. It was one of my brothers that coined the term "sonic plasma blaster."