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Shaenon: Here’s the final version of the page from “Heroes,” the Skin Horse Volume 9 bonus story, with colors by the wonderful Pancha Diaz. Thank you so much, Pancha! Channing: Pancha is absolutely the best. Good gosh dang, do I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: And here’s the final version of the page from “Villains,” the Skin Horse Volume 10 bonus story. Thank you to our colorist, Pancha Diaz, and thanks to everyone who backed the new Skin Horse books on Kickstarter. They’ll be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Look at this! Daphne Eftychia Arthur wrote music to accompany Sergio and Artie getting drunk at the rat bar. I’m sorry we haven’t been able to do more catching up with Sergio and Artie in this storyline, but at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: I wanted to draw Artie and Sergio in old-timey suits. This illustration is inspired by illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, known for his elegant Saturday Evening Post covers and homoerotic Arrow Shirt advertisements. As usual, if you make a donation in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Remember Daphne Arthur’s Thimblefuls of Beer composition? I hope so, because Paula Goodwin has written arrangements for string quartet and for three clarinets. (Click for MP3 recordings.) Thank you so much! I will never get over receiving music. Channing:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: You may have noticed that Skin Horse has been developing toward some kind of climax. Jeff and I always planned for the strip to have an ending, and we’re creeping toward it now. It’ll probably end late this year,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: I love seeing our art framed. Joel Schneider was kind enough to send me this photo of some beautifully displayed Narbonic and Skin Horse artwork. Thank you so much! Channing: It always tickles me to see these originals finding[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Skin Horse Volumes 9 and 10 have arrived from the printer and they look great! I’m very busy packing up copies to send to the Kickstarter backers who made them possible. Meanwhile, all ten (!) volumes of Skin Horse[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: I need to do more wallpaper designs with unicorns because those are the only ones Jeff will use. So enjoy this Pre-Raphaelite picnic in Aimee’s VR world. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Just because I think it looks nice, here’s the pencil art to this month’s wallpaper. Channing: Very classy!
Shaenon: It’s that time again: I’m mailing out books ordered through the latest Skin Horse Kickstarter campaign and doing a bazillion bonus character sketches. Channing: Bonus points to the backer who requested Kid Icarus, speaking as someone familiar with the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: This is truly amazing, but Mickey has made Sweetdaddy Jupiter Velvet out of a waffle iron, a pickaxe, and scrap metal. He is a beautiful robot spider and I love him. Thanks for sharing this! Channing: It is awe-inspiring[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: More character sketches for Kickstarter backers. Sometimes people have complicated requests. You know who you are. Channing: Shaenon is no stranger to drawing complicated things on demand, mind you. Witness basically every in-canon strip I’ve ever written. There’s a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Dang, this comic has a lot of nerds. Even though it’s physically improbable for all of them to hang out, what with some of them being self-aware computer programs, I drew a big game night for them. As usual,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Channing: Hey, folks! Please click “next” for an update on the situation mentioned below! Thank you all. * * * Shaenon: Hey there. Since all the comments on today’s strip were people complaining about how boring and badly-drawn Skin Horse[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Channing: Hello to all of you! This is just an announcement to say that Skin Horse is going on an R&R break for the month of April. We plan to return on Monday, May 3. The outpouring of support from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Aaand we’re back. Thank you very much to Jeff and Pancha for helping me through a month of downtime, and to everyone sticking with the strip. I’ll do my best to entertain.
Shaenon: And we’re back! Thank you so much for your patience through this one-month hiatus. I also have to thank Jeff and Pancha for all their support. Anyway, here’s a welcome-back pinup of Tigerlily by Dave Ex Machina! Enjoy, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Sometimes I’m just going to draw Mucha-style Art Noveau profiles and there’s nothing you can do about it. Channing: Oh, man, I am loving that Tigerlily, although Pixie Lee is also weirdly adorable, and Sweetheart happily retrieving manila folders[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: I wanted to draw something with an extremely 1970s color palette, so here we are. The previous owners of my house had the kitchen done in these colors. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Thank you so much to Mya Applesauce for drawing cast members dressed for a Ren Faire. After a year of quarantine I’m dying to go to a Ren Faire, something I haven’t done in about ten years, and buy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Thank you so much to Arcum42 for coloring some of the early SH strips. Now we can finally see Tip’s pink angora sweater in pink. Channing: Because the shift to color was made integral to the symbology of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: More sketches for Kickstarter backers! Aimee’s outfit was inspired by Japanese mori girl fashion, which I low-key got into over quarantine and now I put decorative sticks in my hair. Channing: I, too, frequently have sticks in my hair,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Since Dr. Lee’s proposal to Nick takes place off-panel in the strip, I figured I’d draw it as a Sunday bonus. Plus I get to put in a lot of neon colors. As usual, if you make a donation[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: How long have I been trying to get Nick and Dr. Lee together? You can see I was using this sketch as my desktop wallpaper in this comic from 2009. Channing: There’s just so bloody much that we’ve been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: More sketches for Kickstarter backers. At one point I kind of wanted to do the Nick design as a book cover, but I probably won’t get around to it. Channing: I like to think that Gavotte is enjoying herself[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
