Translation?

Originally, I was thinking of having the translation in panel 3 (counting the logo box and drop panel) being "The name 'Unused Characters' stinks." But then I thought of this punchline and decided to have every panel have the same translation. So now we will see them more often. They are no longer Unused Characters.

OW! OW! OW! ME-OW!

Hey, they're floating! I meant to do that. I think I scanned this too tall.

Last Prediction Fulfilled (Finally)!

Good grief, did it really take THIS LONG to fulfill the last prediction? The crystal ball in panel 2 is a bit more creative than the real one.

How Much Fabric Did She Sew On?

What's Happening in Those Other Panels?

I wonder what IS happening in those other panels? I think Moe's line in the panel behind the fully visible one says something like, "Oh, wait a second, I know who caused this..." And the panel behind that one is too covered to see anything in it. Jocken Fred is floating again. Bed Monster messed up the sidebar elements this time.

Well, MOST of the Blog is Fixed...

Ooooh, it looks like Jocken didn't like the backwards text or the new template or the repositioned elements, so he switched them back. Except for the sidebar elements. He messed them up more! Wait a second...he's floating! Weird. Anyways, I hope you weren't hoping the blog wasn't going to stay like this.

What in the World...?!

Okay, guh-reat. Look at what they have done to the blog!!! They've messed up the template! They've repositioned all the sidebar elements! They even made this text backwards so it's impossible to read! But I'll show 'em. !meht wohs lliw I ,ris ,seY

Definitions: by Dick Shionary

This message is for little kids: the upside-down E in panel 10 is a schwa. Parents, if your child(ren) read this blog, explain to them what a schwa is. No, "Definitions by Dick Shionary" isn't a real book.

Yet Another Double-Post

Whoa, sorry about the spontaneous hiatus we had. Anyways, read from top to bottom. Top is yesterday's strip, bottom is today's:

Aaaah, the exactoknife was that close to hitting Mama?! Eek! I was originally intending to use the word "siphon", because that's what an octopus's ink squirter is called. But I thought that little kids may be reading this blog, and they may not know what a siphon is. And, "ink squirter" makes more sense than "siphon", so I used it instead.

And, today's:

All the blackness was done in Photoshop. The blackness is why I did the sound effect (Click!), the date (9-8-07), and my signature (Riley) in white and bolder than usual.

Why On His Shirt?

WHY on his shirt? Jocken is looking at the wall, trying to tell her to write it on the wall, without having to actually tell her to write it on the wall. What do you think the plan is? I think this is the first time we have seen fainting without the "smoke".

What's With All Those Bold Words?

Usually, daily strips take 10 or less minutes to draw. Not counting the coloring, Sunday strips take at least twice as long. The only exception is these strips. Because of the time it took to think of a punchline and doing all the blackness, these strips take at least 30 minutes to draw. Fun fact: Most of the thin darkness lines in panel 3 were done by my new pen! That's right, my old pen ran out in the middle of the last panel. I forgot that I hid a new pen, but eventually I remembered. So I grabbed it and completed the strip. Because of this extra time, this strip probably took 30 minutes to draw.

Oooh, Behind the Scenes!

I like that Moe wrote GIANT BOX on...well, the giant box. Whoops, I meant to write "Unused Characters" in the last panel.