Numb? Blue?

This happened to me once. If you look closely, you can see that I colored Moe's hands with two colors. Not only did I use my skin color, but I also used a very, very light shade of blue.

All He Saved was $0.01!

Infected?!

Pththhtpthttthhph?

There are only four colors in this strip! White, black, light brown [skin flesh], and orange!

I.W.M.A. already knows what we will do on our 700th post. What should we show on our 800th post?

Our poll is tied, so we don't need a graph. We got 3 votes for the 800 somethings, and 3 votes for the 3D picture. We'll do 800 of something on our 800th post, and the 3D picture on our 900th. We don't do more than one thing to celebrate our _00th post.

That just leaves our 1000th post...

The Book Keeps Changing!

In the first panel, the book is blue, and is titled "The Misadventures of Sam."
In the second panel, the book is green, and is titled "NERMIA."
In the third panel, the book is yellow, and is titled "I.W.M.A.: A Complete History."

Because of the release of Scheduled Posts on Blogger, we are going to use it...well...all the time, I guess!

Did you know that every color from my colored pencils is used in this strip.

She Forgot Her Glasses?

Skin?

I did this to my brother. I can't remember when.

That Just Happened

This joke was created by the guys over at PDoGU (there's a link to it on the side). Our poll is now tied! I think we'd better get started on that 3D picture. If the poll is still tied when it ends, we'll show 800 of something on this post, and the 3D picture on our 900th. That leaves our 1000th post...

That's Pretty Full

This is I.W.M.A.'s first one-panel strip that doesn't have different conversations going on at one place. (Click the links to see the other two one-panel strips.)

Who is Sam?

This joke came from The Master of "Red Brick, Blue Brick." Story panels 1 and 2 were originally combined, so there were originally only four panels.

Do you know what's hard about creating these Sunday strips? Creating an opening joke. The strip could be run with just the bottom two rows, the bottom two rows along with the logo box, or with all the panel. So, I have to create a strip that will be suitable for all those purposes...without changing the plot...also avoiding a crucial part to the story in the first row...and making sure that it's funny enough to be an "extra joke."

Let's check out our current poll results. Whoa! Looks like the 3D picture is winning! We'd better get started on that! And if that doesn't win, we'll just post it some other time, maybe for our 1000th post.

Bedtime WHAT?!

Just One?

I like the design of the Bedtime Buggy worker-guy. He's wearing a black shirt because bugs are black.

I love tomorrow's strip.

Did you notice my profile photo has changed?

Bedtime Buggy in Honolulu

Remember yesterday, Moe says that there's a Bedtime Buggy in every city of every county of every state of every country of every continent except Antarctica. So, there is a Bedtime Buggy in Honolulu...and New York City, and Los Angeles, and New Orleans, and Seattle, and Salt Lake City, and Boise, and Juneau, and Bismark, and Pierre, etc.

Well, at least there is in the Cartoon World. But not here in the Real World.

There are That Many Bedtime Buggys?

The misspelling of "Buggys" in the post title was done on purpose.

We're trying out Scheduled Posts again! They're going pretty good.

THAT WAS HIS PLAN?!

Back to the Story

We tried out Blogger in Draft again. And I think it worked! We should do this more often!

I'm not sure, I haven't exactly checked to see if it's here yet. If it appears, let me know!

They're sleeping in the TRUCK?!

Act Like a Dog!

Today's strip is not related to the Bedtime Buggy story.

We're trying out the Scheduled Posts feature on Blogger in Draft today and tomorrow!

What are THOSE Cereals?!

Normally, those cereals would be Honey NUT Cheerios and Raisin BRAN Crunch.

We've got more ideas for updates on June 23!

Bedtime Buggy for the Third Time

Ka Slam!

DON'T GET IT?
The Bedtime Buggy pool closes at 8:00 PM on Thursdays. At 8:00, it does close...so literally that it tosses all the characters out of the pool! It literally closes! A floor comes over the water.

Again?

Every character has one line in this strip. Well, every character that's visible.

Everything's a Bug?!

What is your favorite type of strips on I.W.M.A.?

Hmm. Well, looks like our Silliness strips are popular! We'll try to do them more often.

Vote on our new poll whenever you're ready.

Bedtime Buggy?

The "bedtime buggy" came from a dream I had a couple of months ago.

We promise that we will post our results and new poll today.

Moe Has an iPod!

She Reads Them Now

Sarcastically

The words on top of Moe's last line [sarcastically] show how he's supposed to say it, not something he says. We'll try to post our results today.

She Wants to Change the Comics?

This time, I didn't actually write anything for the headline. Later we'll post our poll today. Next week we'll get started on the I.W.M.A. podcast (probably)!

Torture?

I colored the backgrounds so that Moe's white outfit would stand out. Do you think it worked?

There's only a few hours left to vote on our poll, just so you know. So if you want to vote, but haven't yet, then now is the time.

Um, They're Not FOR News

The headline in the newspaper is:

MOTHER PASSES COMICS

Did you notice that the color of the talk bubble in panel 2 is light yellow? That's because he's still shouting, a little bit. I can't believe she thinks that it can't be in the newspaper unless it's news. Apparently, she doesn't know that other people need entertainment as well as the news.

What Are Comics?!

The headlines in the newspaper are:

NERMIA DISCOVERED
REAL WORLD OPEN
I.W.M.A. OPERATING SYSTEM

That's right, we are working on a I.W.M.A. operating system! Okay, it's not real, it's just images.

It's Nerm!

Now Michelle's and Charlie's names are finally revealed! This is what they will be referred to as when they are talking to themselves, and also in the updated Welcome posts (which will be updated on June 23). It was a challenge to come up with something that didn't start with "My very eager mother."

My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us the Wrong Planet Sentence

More of this tomorrow. Do you know how I created the pizza color? I combined light shades of yellow and brown. I call the light shade of brown "niks," which is skin spelled backwards. I call it that because light brown is always the shade of skin, unless I'm coloring Nerm (orange), Bob (green), Bed Monster (red), or Mama (dark brown).

Fat?

Do you think Merlin's spot makes him look fat?

Grammer, Correct; Pronunciation, Incorrect

Brennan can talk now! He's getting older!

Because of the new feature in Blogger in Draft, I'm going to start posting these strips at midnight, the instant it becomes that day! However, I'm going to wait until it goes onto the actual Blogger.

WE NEED MORE VOTES ON OUR POLL! YOUR VOTES KEEP I.W.M.A. RUNNING, SO PLEASE ASK SOMEONE YOU KNOW TO VOTE! OR VOTE YOURSELF, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. WHY AM I TYPING IN CAPITAL LETTERS? HEY...WHO TURNED THE CAPS LOCK ON? MOE!!

Lots of Rocks!

Almost everywhere Moe steps, there will be a rock! Yikes!

We need more votes on our poll! Your votes keep I.W.M.A. running!

Why is it Upside-Down?

Today, I did two April Fools. The first is obvious: I scanned it upside-down. You can still read it...you just have to stand on your head. The second is subtle: we had a substitute artist today. That's right, look next to my name in the last panel. That's right. The Jeff from P.D.o.G.U. drew this strip. Watch the calendar in the two panels-it changes!

Wink!

Uh-oh, so Moe knows that Merlin was missing! Oh, well, today's the end of the February-March story. And...tune in again tomorrow...it's April Fool's Day! Hee hee hee...

Kaboom!

I like the way I used the stool as the O in the logo. I wonder what would happen if someone was on Mars, and looking at the passage to the back of Moe's truck at the same time Mars was sucking into itself. Why do you think it exploded?

How did THEY Get There?

How do you think those passages got there? What do you think Merlin's going to do with them?

Surprise!

HIYA!

We haven't seen Moe for a little while. Let's show him in today's strip.

He Hit a Truck!

I used the sky fading colors again in panel 2. You'll have to look closely to see it.

Wasted?

I've noticed that when I look at the sky, the shade of blue gets darker as I look higher. So I tried to do that in today's strip. Do you think I succeeded?

He Remembered!

Do you think he's already home? I hope not! Moe could be worried about Merlin!

How Could He Forget THAT?!

I can't believe he forgot about his owner! ...I wonder if any of you forgot, too?

Wrong End Date

In panel 2, Merlin's supposed to be looking up at the date.

You Said It!

The original rough for this strip had the joke the same, but when it came time to draw the final strip, I had an idea to have it be something like this:

"Man, that was quite an adventure!"
"You can say that again!"
"Man, that was quite an adventure!"
"I didn't mean literally."

But I thought that this version would be funnier, so I didn't change it.

PLOP!

"Plop" is one of my favorite sound effects. Did you notice the clouds changed in panel 3? The clouds in panel 2 look like RW [real world] pointing to the passage. In panel 3, it looks a little like CW [cartoon world] pointing to Merlin.

Do Not Remove From Wall

WE NEED MORE VOTES!!!!!! Your votes keep I.W.M.A. running!