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!!

Flashback Comparison #6

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

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.

Charades Aren't Going to Cut It

And Now, The Reveals...

Expect to see a new poll today!

No, really.

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.

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.

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.

Who's "You?"

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

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.

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.

Unlike the First Moerlin Transformation Ending

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?

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!

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.

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."

Uh...

The third episode of Bronze Stool will finally be posted later today, and a new poll may be coming soon toon.

Apparently It's Still In His System

Strange Happening?

I Think He Just Wants To Get Out Of That Situation

I had to use this pink pony as a reference for Moe's transformation.

They Have An Entire Section Filled With Just Giant Teddys?

I keep misspelling "teddies" because "Giant Teddys" is supposed to be the brand name.

They Can Fly?

Originally both of them were going to be flying like Moe, but then I realized for some reason that they should be flying in different ways. Julia's flying more gracefully, while Moe's flying like a superhero.

The Giant Teddy

I noticed that most of the teddy bears I draw in the strip now have that basic style.

People In Dreams Just Go Along With Things That Happen, I Guess

I decided to make a third Truffula Tree grow between those two (yes, those are Truffula Trees). I thought it could be like their "kid," so I made it orange (a cross between red and yellow, as anyone should know).

Are Those Truffula Trees?

What, Are They Having a Pencil Race?

Will We Ever Find Out Why?

Uh-Oh, Now How Will They Pry Her Away?

Is Bignose Secretly a Master Hypnotist or Something?

This was the second Bignose strip of this story I wrote out; the first ended up not fitting in this story and I replaced it with another one.

There are still a few days left to vote on the poll!

Not You, Too!

All of these Bignose strips were written out of order. I just started with several originally unconnected Bignose strips like this one; once I decided to link them together in a basic storyline I had to write out the ones that I still needed (still out of order, by the way).

We Have A Convert!

Couch Potato

Jeff's Idea

Oops, Moe said "third grade" instead of "tenth."

I did my best with the puce color suggestion.

Moe has a different pose when he says "blah" than when he said "doh!" Merlin is also in a different pose when he says "yo," and he's also reacting to Julia's talk bubble in the last panel a different way.

This Better Be The Last Double Post or Greater!

 Wow, I haven't done a Parenting Tip for quite a while!

 Actually it wasn't only "the other day;" it was almost a month ago.

 It's kind of interesting that sometimes things like this can happen to me out of the blue without much thought, when I can't think of any strip ideas through conscious thought.

Whew! Finally back on track.

What Will Tom Do Over Summer Vacation?

Moe's phrase about "anyone to not terrorize with red paint" is an intentional reference to Homestar Runner.

Big Dilemma