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Shaenon here. Thought we’d share some random sketches and stuff on Sundays. This was one of the earliest sketches I sent Jeffrey when we started tossing around ideas for Skin Horse. Sweetheart was much more long-muzzled and aquiline in these[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I’m still not drawing Sweetheart well here, but I like the way Tip turned out. This was another early sketch I sent to Jeffrey. Because I do most of my sketching in ordinary lined notebooks with ballpoint pen, you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I have no interest in clothes and generally dress my characters in the same T-shirt-and-jeans combos I wear, so I’m not sure why, for Skin Horse, I was suddenly seized with the desire to draw a fashion-conscious cross-dresser. If[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I wore a men’s trench coat constantly in college, but a stylish women’s cut is better for Tip. And a little hat. If I colored this black, it could be his idea of intimidating Top Secret Government Men in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Early on, Jeffrey commented that “Pretty in Pink” by the Psychedelic Furs was a good theme song for Tip, so I doodled this sketch of Tip in an outfit inspired by Molly Ringwald’s clothing in the movie. I draw[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Jeffrey did this. I totally blame him. Channing: Ahem, yes. A throwaway gag on our January 14 strip suggests that Leo is a budding webcomicker, which is unsurprising, because by rough estimate every single person in the entire gargahooling[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Tremendous thanks to Feech for providing us with this touching Valentine’s Day art. I can really feel the love coming out of this one. P.S. I dig the boots. Channing: I’m really absurdly pleased by the fact that the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Another doodle I sent to Jeffrey. Tip’s dress is based on a costume Kevin O’Neill drew on Mina Murray on one of the covers for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a much more effective (not to mention better drawn)[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Wow, pants! At some point, I’d like to do a series of sketches of Tip in outfits inspired by Bugs Bunny’s hottest drag looks: bobby soxer, hillybilly girl, Eskimo girl, lady hunter who says, “Ah would just looove a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This was the first SH guest art we received, around the end of week one. Ed Gedeon was kind enough to immortalize one of Tip’s proudest moments as a psychologist in lolcat form. Or lollion. Thanks, Ed! Incidentally, perhaps[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I probably shouldn’t share this sketch, since I might actually use this outfit in the strip at some point, and OMG SPOILERS. But what the hell. As many readers have by now noted, there’s a strong Oz influence in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thanks enormously to Dave Van Domelen for this Tip pinup. I’m tempted to just turn Sunday into a Millie the Model type feature where people send in fashion designs for Tip and then I draw the best ones into[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Random doodles of Unity. I’m pretty pleased with her design. Sweetheart is probably going to change a lot over the next year as I figure out how to draw her, but Unity and Tip are, I think, more or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: We were extremely pleased to see this take on Leo’s webcomic, by Ed Gedeon. I suspect this is the version produced after Leo gets a collaborator with better artistic skills who later takes over the strip and shuts him[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This painfully adorable portrait of the Skin Horse field team comes to us from André Richard, who draws Jeepers on Girlamatic. Thanks, André! Channing: Right. Here I am, still reeling in hyperglycemic shock from all the leftover Easter jellybeans,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Indigo, who draws Kismetropolis, sent us this drawing of Unity looking dangerously happy. Thanks, Indigo! Channing: Emotions are sort of a mixed bag, with Unity. You pretty much know where you stand with unhappy, but when she’s smiling, anything[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Another drawing from Indigo of Kismetropolis fame, this time of Tip. And he looks stunning. Very nice work on the arm hair. Channing: This, more than any rendition of Tip so far, really hammers home for me his ability[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Now that the strip’s rolling along nicely, more or less, I thought I’d share the email I sent Jeffrey when I first came up with the idea for Skin Horse. At this point, I was just soliciting feedback, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Continuing the email from last Sunday… Skin Horse has a staff of five: — Tip is a transvestite psychologist and the department’s human liaison. He has a doctorate in research psychology which technically qualifies him to work with nonhuman[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: More from the original Skin Horse email: — Moustachio the Thinkonium is a massive copper clockwork robot built in the Victorian era. He is no longer mobile but can still think and talk, albeit not necessarily all that well.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: And here’s what the thumbnails for Skin Horse strips look like. Guess whose is whose! It’s kind of funny, seeing the characters’ names and dialogue written out in another hand, but Jeffrey probably feels the same way. Channing: It’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Ed Gedeon has managed a crossover between Skin Horse and Dan Mazur’s Palindramas! Now that is definitely something right there. Dan ran this on the Palindramas site a few weeks back, so my apologies if you’ve already seen it.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: That Guy drew this nifty sketch of one of the toy robots flying its little biplane. He also provided this color robot portrait: Aww! Channing: Judging by the “Don Quixote” reference on the wing, the toy robots are highly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Ed Gedeon, who’s quickly shaping up into the most prolific SH artist, produced this disturbingly cute illustration of one of the disturbingly adorable cobras. Don’t you want to give it a big poisonous hug? Channing: Or possibly “venomous”. We[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Many thanks to Marleen de Kramer for this happy Tip. Marleen hastens to add, “Those are sheer nylons, not really hairy legs.” Tip only has fairly hairy legs. Also, I like Tip’s tattoo, possibly because it’s very similar to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Since Tip’s an Army man, I wanted to draw him in uniform, but it had to be a uniform with a skirt. The WAC uniforms and poses are shamelessly copied from WWII-era Gladys Parker “Mopsy” cartoons. Channing: I’ve long[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: More random doodles of Unity and Sweetheart. Of the central cast, Sweetheart is still the hardest to draw. I’m just not that good at drawing dogs. Probably should’ve thought of that when I was developing the strip, really… Channing:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Okay, okay, I like to draw Tip. Sue me. The doodle at top left is brainstoming for an illustration I’d like to do of Tip dressed in Barbie’s original 1959 swimsuit. Channing: I have to admit fondness for the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Ed Gedeon sent this with the explanation, “So what would happen if someone tried to combine Sweetheart’s and Unity’s rampaging styles? Maybe something like this…” Is that the Transamerica pyramid? Crap, it’s a local rampage. Channing: Why can’t all[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Oh, man, check this out! Laurie Jacobs embroidered Tip and all the basement species as a birthday present. Writes Laurie: “You may or may not remember, but I met you at the Stumptown Comics Festival this year and told[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Here’s Dave Van Domelen’s rendering of Unity as one of the Jaegers from Girl Genius. Dave also drew Unity in a lovely Jaeger hat: Thanks, Dave! Channing: Zo. Hyu t’inks hyu so schmott, puttink dese volks in kestumes from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Pencilears sent us these adorable drawings of Sweetheart and Unity. Note that Sweetheart has her squeaky octopus. And that Unity is, well, very much in character for Unity. Nicely done, Pencilears! Channing: EEE! Lovely expression on Sweetheart, here. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: William Tracy created the above LOLTips. Because there was a LOLloin a while back, and people started making more of them, and…well, it seemed like a good idea at the time, is all. This one is by John Campbell:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Hey, some Moustachio art! Sleepy John sent us this rendering of Project Skin Horse’s steampunk receptionist encountering a young whippersnapper. Look how cute! Channing: You know, I had heard the word “Hottentot” before, but I am ashamed to say[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: William Tracy calls this “Unity’s Daydream.” Because what reanimated corpse doesn’t want a gun-toting Samoyed mix at her side? Sometimes I imagine the Sweetheart/Unity relationship as something like that Harlan Ellison story “A Boy and His Dog,” but, you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Sometimes you sketch something in the thumbnails and just know you won’t be able to capture it in the final strip. This was one of those times. There was no way I was going to reproduce that panda. Sigh.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Among the many things I can’t draw (circles, two-point perspective, gerbils that look like actual gerbils), technology of any kind ranks pretty darn high. And yet my cruel collaborator, one Jeffrey C. Wells, came up with a plotline involving[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I drew the above doodle after finishing the last two weeks of strips. I’m writing a book about the manga team CLAMP, and I was inspired to draw Nick in Chobits-themed headgear. Why are you looking at me like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: There was a conversation about the movie Men in Black in the comments a while ago, and somehow it led to this. The anonymous artist wrote, “Tip’s a man who knows the effectiveness of a Little Black Dress if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: We have here a super adorable drawing by Noip of Unity celebrating Sweetheart’s rampage. Look, Noip has a DeviantArt site! Here’s the black-and-white sketch: Thanks, Noip! (I just like saying “Noip.”) Channing: I still don’t know what she’s kicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: More from the startlingly prolific Ed Gedeon. See, there was some discussion in the comments about “Charlie’s Angels,” like you’d expect, and Jeffrey commented: It is basically a sure thing that some form of “Gavotte’s Angels” fan-art will now[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Holy crud, it’s the Department of Irradiation! This is another awesome sketch by Pencilears. I promise that the D of I will be making more appearances in the future. I’m very fond of them. Pencilears also did this sketch[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Eric Burns, coblogger of Websnark, sent us these screencaps of the Sweetheart life form he’s created on Spore. Writes Eric: Here she is howling at the moon, as dogs do. Here, she prepares to unleash a furious rampage. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: From the ongoing Skin Horse brainstorming emails: Shaenon: I think we can have a lot of fun with Tip’s efforts at therapy. Especially if he’s just bought a new book. Oh, please tell me he’s just bought a new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: When in doubt, do a bunch of chibis. Yeah, it’s another random doodle day. Tip’s outfit at the beginning of “I Can Fly.” I blacked in his top in the final version, which may have been a mistake. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: How awesome is James Rice? With only an industrial plasma cutter and his own bossitude, he made a set of Skin Horse and Anasigma bookends. Now Jeffrey’s books on the shadow government can be neatly organized instead of just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Vito Excalibur did a series of nifty sketches of Sweetheart, Unity, and Tip. Comments below are Vito’s. Tip in this one doesn’t work for me – it just doesn’t look like him – but I really like Unity. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thanks very much to Boone Adkins for this holiday-appropriate art. Boone writes, “I’d be surprised if I’m the only one to turkify Moustachio. The old chap’s just so ROUND! You’d break your teeth on him though. (Not that Unity[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I drew these as promo art for the launch of Skin Horse on GoComics last month. I’m sort of slowly learning how to color on Photoshop, so this was good practice. It was nice to do a full-color drawing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Ed Gedeon writes, “I’m sure one of the most frequently-asked questions is, ‘How do you create your characters?’ Well, this bit of artwork shows one possible way.” Now I’m a little sad that no one has ever actually asked[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: What’s this? Are more people following the admirable example of Eric Burns and creating their own versions of Sweetheart on Spore? Why, yes, they are! This Sweetheart-based species was created by Fandarel, who writes, “I’m going to try an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: My friend Pancha Diaz has been a huge source of support on Skin Horse, always offering helpful suggestions. Like, “You should draw Tip in outfits the women wear on Mad Men!” Or, “You should draw Tip naked!” Or, “You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Inspired by Unity’s interest in beating up 19th-century historical figures, Rosstin created this dramatic confrontation: “Unity goes back in time to do in Lincoln pre-Booth.” I gotta say, these are some pretty boss drawings of Lincoln. But that’s not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Mica J.L. has created what I think is a pretty accurate representation of an evening with the field team. Thanks, Mica! She also drew this portrait of Tip and Dr. Lee: If you liked these, and you also like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Excuse me, but how friggin’ cute is this? Laura Chapple, a.k.a. Irony-chan, drew this awesome daydream. In reality, I don’t think Dr. Lee has any illusions about Tip’s prospects as a committed life partner (hovering somewhere around slim and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Dudes, is it steam engine time for ultra-cute Skin Horse art or what? Leigh Koszarsky sent us this rendition of Tip with the therapy puppets. Eek! You can read Leigh’s comic, Necrogenesis, at necrogenesis.net. Thanks, Leigh! Channing: This is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Another pinup by Ed Gedeon, who writes: While sketching this, I remembered that Dr. Lee complained about Anasigma vaporizing her lingerie drawer. I thought for a moment, “Yeeeaaaahhno, she would have gone out and bought replacements.” This is why[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thomas Reynolds created this slinky rendering of Unity after asking, “Why is Tip the only one in a dress?” Good question. And thanks very much, Thomas! Channing: Man! That’s a dead-sexy Bond-girl Unity there. Also digging the funky background, which[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: What can I say? People dig Unity. This sweet watercolor is by Rod Anderson. Rod writes, “I also did a one-panel thing with Tip and Sweetheart; it didn’t turn out like I intended in a number ways, but I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Trying out cold-weather outfits for the characters. Tip’s sweater and camisole is based on an outfit I wear all the time, only with jeans. No, I’m not a real girly dresser. I don’t have a lot of clothes I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Awesome! Jason Thompson drew me these crossdressing Tip’s crossdressing tips, based at least partly on personal experience. In addition to occasionally dressing in drag, Jason knows everything there is to know about manga, draws awesome webcomics like The Stiff[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Juliette Calvarin drew this shot of Tip and Dr. Lee. I like that the caption makes it look like a New Yorker cartoon. Also, the clothes are excellent. Meanwhile, Thalia Mayo made a ball joint doll in costume as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Sorry for taking so long to post this adorable book cover by Tim Tylor. It’s funny because it’s true! He is cross! Thanks, Tim! Channing: Yes, but as we have later learned, he is a gentle soul, and would[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Early concept sketches for Julie. I had a hard time figuring out what to do with her hair. Her age is kind of nebulous at this point, too. As soon as I come up with a character, I want[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: More random doodles. Finally figuring out how to draw Julie here. This is pretty much my favorite outfit I’ve come up with for Tip. Although, sadly, he’s not wearing his little hat in this sketch. You can’t go wrong[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thought I’d share some thumbnails for this storyline. Everyone likes thumbnails, right? The great thing about Moustachio is that he’s exactly the same in the sketches as he is in the final artwork, except that I break out the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Continuing from last week’s thumbnail exhibit (and doesn’t that sound delightful?), here’s what a page of SH strips looks like before inking. The drawing of Unity at top right is so clean because I liked her expression in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Oh, awesome! My aforementioned friend Konstantin Pogorelov did these amazing sketches of Sweetheart and Unity. Unity’s face is so friggin’ cute. Anyway, you should check out Konstantin’s boss art on Bold Riley and the Wicked Temple, written by Leia[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: So I got myself a little model V-22 Osprey for art reference, and totally not so I can fly it around and make FRRRYUUUU noises. It’s my own mini desktop Nick! Look, here he is ferrying a client! Client[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Rosstin, who previously sent us this epic confrontation between Unity and Abraham Lincoln, writes, “I’m making a sort of really silly, simple HTML game for the guest comic, involving Tip, Unity, and Sweetheart using their unique powers in order[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Look! My cowriter, the estimable Jeffrey C. Wells, came to San Francisco to visit me! This is the first time we’ve seen each other since Skin Horse started, so you can imagine it was a momentous confab. Also, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Omigosh, check this out. Laurie Jacobs, who previously embroidered all the Annex One basement species, made little heroic silverfish embroideries for Jeffrey and me. She gave them to me at this year’s Stumptown Comics Fest, and they made my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Oh yes indeed. Laura Chapple, a.k.a. Irony-chan, celebrated creator of The Interstellar Tea House and other comics, sent us this rendition of an admittedly likely outcome of the field team’s current mission. Will Unity’s casual appropriation of werewolf parts[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Aw, ain’t she cute? You just want to pat her on the head and hide all the sharp objects. This comes to us from Alicorn, who draws Hi to Tsuki to Hoshi no Tama. Thanks so much, Alicorn! Channing:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: A hopelessly adorable rendering of Lucy the were-puppy by Jeff’s sweetie, Feech. Jeff is a complete sucker for animals in little hats and/or goggles, and Feech clearly knows him well. Oh yes. Channing: *no useful commentary, helpless squeeing noises[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: No way! It cannot be! But it is! The first Skin Horse print collection is in the works! Volume 1 will feature the first year of strips, from the beginning through “I Can Fly.” Plus a bonus story by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Ed Gedeon writes: “What would happen if Tip turned canine? And how would other canines react to him?” The mere act of publishing a picture of a Peanuts character saying, “Shut up, he’s bitchin’,” probably means I’m getting my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Man, dogs are hard to draw right. Every storyline in Skin Horse is just Jeffrey coming up with hard-to-draw things. Castles made of office supplies. Tiltrotor aircraft. Rampages. Dogs. Alaskans. I’m bushed. Channing: One of the benefits of having[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: A sample of the nine-page bonus story in the upcoming Skin Horse: Volume 1 print collection, shipping in August. Thanks very much to everyone who’s placed preorders for the book so far. As a small gesture of gratitude, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This is what it’s all about–getting boss pinups like this one from the redoubtable Dirk Tiede, creator of Paradigm Shift and my longtime Modern Tales compadre. Thanks a million billion, Dirk. Everybody else, check out Dirk’s stuff on Dynamanga.net.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: You thought last week’s cast pic by Dirk Tiede was awesome? Well, it was. But so is this Oz-themed piece by my dear friend Jason Plumly Thompson! (Note: Jason’s middle name is not actually “Plumly.”) I think this might[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Early sketches of Captain Bram. It was surprisingly hard to get him looking right. I think he turned out okay in the final strips. From our brainstorming emails: Shaenon: Possibly he has also tried to get into Crufts and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thomas Reynolds writes: “Inspiration for this latest piece came from your World War II Army-Tip sketches; I wanted to do something with that retro feel involving Dr. Lee (while people still remember her…). I came up with this alternate-reality[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Yeah, more of my notebook-paper thumbnails. I had a hard time figuring out how to draw Wolf!Tip, although the final version isn’t much different from my early sketches. Incidentally, our name for Tip’s wolf form is “Cute Lil[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Holy crumbs, Volume One has arrived! I’m hard at work filling all the preorders, which will start going into the mail tomorrow. Thanks again a million times to everyone who placed preorders. I hope you like the sketches. Anyway,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Brian Daniel speculates about Tip’s formative years. Ah, the proud tradition of cross-dressing military men. Thanks, Brian! And everybody else, please check out Brian’s comic, Goliath Freed! Channing: I’m surprised it took y’all this long to fanartify this juxtaposition,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Jeffrey’s better half Feech has come through again with this sexay, sexay portrait of Wolf!Tip. This version is much buffer than the rather rangy Cute Lil Wuff I’ve been drawing. Possibly this is the way Tip ends up after[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Jason T. is, of course, my dear friend Jason Thompson, author of King of RPGs and many other things. When we do Skin Horse animated shorts, Jason should be the voice of Tip. (Andrew tried doing a Nick voice[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Check this action out! It’s a kickass Unity by Otter of A Girl and Her Fed fame! Because these secret government webcomics agents have to stick together. Otter writes, “I have no idea where the pickax came from… it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Ed Gedeon writes, “Remember back in February, when Rod Anderson did a watercolor of Unity wearing a sweatshirt with different types of guns? And I posted in the comments underneath that Dr. Lee should have a sweatshirt with roses,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I drew this when Andrew finished his first William Bazillion story arc, The Race for Santa’s Nazi Gold. The other webcomics on the chart are: Paradigm Shift by Dirk Tiede King of RPGs by Jason Thompson and Victor Hao[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Here’s a cute Tip by Deborah Erenberg, creator of the webcomic Flux. Deborah writes, “After drawing this I found myself re-watching the Twin Peaks episode that introduced David Duchovny as transvestite DA agent Dennis/Denise. Ah, synchronicity.” I didn’t intend[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The most obscure piece of fan art yet: Jeffrey’s squeeze Feech has drawn Louis the Peace Lily, a character who only appears in the bonus story in Skin Horse Volume 1 (available now at the Couscous Store!), and is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: JP Chabot, creator of The Dragon Doctors, imagines the Diggings dogs as humans. JP writes, “Muffin reminds me a lot of an uncle I used to have, so I modeled him on him, sort of. Sparkle I figure totally[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I drew this meeting between Tip and Kate from Dirk Tiede’s Paradigm Shift a while back. I’m posting it here now to advertise that preorders are now open for Paradigm Shift Book Three! Dirk has just a few pages[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Look at this! Artie Guffey sent us photos of her “Sweetheart Being Menaced by Big Mean Werewolves” Jack O’Lantern. Impressive, no? But wait until you see it lit up… Oh yeah! Channing: Heckayeah! We have officially reached the “people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Heck yeah! The Zombie Rights Campaign has named Unity its 2009 Zombie of the Year. Writes ZRC president John Sears: Amongst our distinguished Zombie nominees, Unity has still managed to stand out this year, with heroism and valor in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: A few final sketches doodled during the “Big Bad Wolves” arc. Okay, that got away from “Big Bad Wolves” pretty quickly. Whaddya want, I got bored drawing dogs and snow all the time. Now we’re on to a new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: A few random thumbnails. For the record, the first strip was written by Jeffrey and originally ended with a silent panel and was really touching, and then I wrote in the stuff about dog sex. I…I’m sorry. Also, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Chris and Marcie. I’m so happy to be doing more with the Department of Irradiation. Like I ever pass up an opportunity to draw more lab coats and goggles. The original concept for the D of I came from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: A holiday pinup by Indigo of Kismetropolis fame. I do believe this is the first pinup of Marcie and Dr. Lee together, not to mention the first shot of anyone in an elf costume. And no, I don’t know[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Drawing a lot of chibis lately. Let me have my fun. Channing: Is there some reason we should not let you have your fun, when doing so produces cute little mini characters in this way? Also, please tell me[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: After seeing all the hard work Unity’s been putting into the cause, Sleepy John designed this “Lurch for the Cure” banner. Isn’t it inspiring? Also, would anyone out there be interested in a Fun Lurch T-shirt? Because I could[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Check it out! Not only did Sleepy John draw the Lurch for the Cure design seen last Sunday, he put it on an actual T-shirt, modeled here by the handsome and only slightly mouldering Andrew Farago. Thanks again, John![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Yeah, I made a Fun Lurch T-shirt design. No idea if we’ll actually make it into a shirt. It needs an upbeat slogan. Channing: Remember last week when I said how I was mystified as to what it was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: For Christmas, Jeff got me an out-of-print VHS of the classic anime Night on the Galactic Railroad, and I made him this new Skin Horse soundtrack. Alert readers may recall the first Skin Horse CD I made him back[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: A recent commission drawing. (I do commissions, you know.) The request was for the cast in an M.C. Escher-inspired setting. I don’t ask questions. I just draw. Channing: Imagine me rushing in late to this commentary box, knocking snow[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thanks to Demothesis for these drawings of Unity and Tip. You know, I haven’t been drawing Tip as hairy as I used to. Is this good or bad? I always like drawing arm hair, but maybe I’ve moved beyond[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This adorable sketch of Tip comes to us from cartoonist Bill Roundy. Click the link to his site for, as it says, all your Bill Roundy needs. Thanks very much, Bill! Channing: Squee! He looks so huggable!
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Shaenon: Ooh, look at this! Jenn Manley Lee, creator of Dicebox, drew this lovely pinup of Tip in the “Dead Dogs”/”Big Bad Wolves” arc. It’s entitled “Into the Woods.” I’m a huge slavering fan of Jenn’s comics, so this is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Random sketches of Marcie. She and I have similar tattoos. Channing: As a virtual life-long gamer myself, I particularly appreciate Marcie preparing to perform a kickass roll on a twelve-sided. Unfortunately, despite having a lovely name (dodecahedron) and a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Dr. Lee sketches. Totally the funnest character to draw. Channing: Totally the funnest character to watch Shaenon have drawn, too.
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Shaenon: A commission piece. Man, people love cobras. I’m going to put cobras in all my comics from now on. Channing: Well, they love your cobras, at least. Actual living cobras might generate a lower overall happiness quotient in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Jessie Tracer writes: Yesterday, a disturbing throught occurred to me as I tinkered in the Champions Online MMORPG character creator. It turns out that with a little effort, careful choices of costume parts and colours, and total lack of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Continuing last week’s exploration of Tip Wilkin video-game avatars, Dave Van Domelen has created Tip in City of Heroes. Dave, that is a very revealing skirt. Channing: This may be somewhat alienating to the “Hot For Dennis” segment of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: You people have no idea how long I’ve been waiting to post drawings of Tigerlily Jones. Remember when Lea Franco (then Lea Hernandez) was visiting with me back in the fall of 2008? She did this boss sketch of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I’m going to be a guest of honor at Arisia in Boston next January. For the Arisia website, I drew a bunch of scientist characters from Narbonic and Skin Horse. Here’s the rest of the set: I dunno, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Ed Gedeon writes, “As soon as Tigerlily Jones showed up, I knew what I had to draw for you. It was a beautiful weekend outside, and I spent a good chunk of it indoors drawing this for you. Well,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Here, Molly Alexander writes, “you can see what Unity does in her spare time. Raid the cookie jar, which Sweetheart has attempted to hide on top of the fridge. (Because evidently, a small husky-type can do that.) Unity, being[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The Lurch for the Cure continues! John Sears was kind enough to share this T-shirt design for The Zombie Rights Campaign. As you can see, Unity is one of the Campaign’s spokescorpses, doing her part for undead rights. Thanks,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Holy crumbs, will you look at this? My friend Konstantin Pogorelov, who remains an extremely good sport about being the namesake of a hilarious cartoon Russian security guard (who also lands awesome chicks), drew us this gorgeous sketch of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This month, at the urging of Phil Foglio, we’re starting a new thing: donation gifts! So here’s the deal. If you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar at the bottom of the homepage,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: So sweet! Maggie Vicknair, creator of the awesome webcomic Penny Dreadful, sent us this poster of Tigerlily Jones. The goggles are boss. Thank you, Maggie! Channing: It’s probably not a good idea to stare too long into those glasses.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Skin Horse already has a logo, but the intrepid Rob Reed has been designing seals for the other departments in Annex One. Here’s the Department of Irradiation: The Department of Jetpack Suppression (I really like the implication that jetpacks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: All right! We’re getting ready to publish Skin Horse Volume 2! This volume will cover the entire Alaska arc, plus a 14-page bonus story about Sandwich Day. We’ll be funding the project through Kickstarter, which allows individuals to help[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: First, some happy news. When we put out the call for pledges to fund Skin Horse Volume 2 last week, we reached our minimum pledge goal in under 24 hours. HOLY. CRUD. Thank you all so much for your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Some select thumbnails. It took me a while to figure out how to draw Tigerlily. And write her. Jeff just listened to a bunch of Parliament albums and went to town. Channing: From here on in, I respectfully request[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Sorry to be so late getting the June wallpaper up. I’ve been out of town. But now I’m back and totally into cryptography. Enjoy! As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Working on a T-shirt design. I’m sorry, this is pretty much my favorite line Jeff has written so far. Channing: I need to write more lines that work well on T-shirts. Unfortunately, “You Know You Want Me, Baby!” is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Sleepy John writes, “Feel free to file under ‘Not to be seen again until End of World.’ I saw a Cheerios commercial, and for some reason it reminded me of Unity chowing down on a bag of kibble, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Happy Fourth of July! I ask you, what screams “USA!” more than rock and the shadow government? Nothing. With that in mind, here’s this month’s Skin Horse wallpaper. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Check out these boss drawings of the cast by Nora McCarty! I like the glowing radiation-colored D of I above. Of course, I always like the D of I. Thanks, Nora! Channing: Yeah, that top one is totally eye-stabbingly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Yes! I will be at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, sharing a table with Dirk Tiede! I haven’t been there in three years, so please stop by the table and say hi so I don’t get totally disoriented. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: As part of our painstaking research for Skin Horse, Jeffrey and I have been watching a ton of old “X-Files” episodes. I wasn’t that into the show when it first aired, even though I was obsessed with UFOs and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Above is a sample page from the Skin Horse Volume 2 bonus story, “Sandwich Day.” It all goes about as well as you’d think. Yesterday the Kickstarter pledge drive for Volume 2 closed, bringing in exactly twice our pledge[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: It’s summer, and here in the Bay Area that means sweaters, hot tea and foggy afternoons. But I’m told that elsewhere you get sunshine and swimsuits. And no matter where you are, summer means action movies. So here’s this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The wonderful Julie Davis, former editor of Animerica magazine, drew us this awesome pinup of Unity. This is the sort of thing people refer to as “off the hook,” right? This is off the hook. Julie’s art style here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Oh hellza yeah! Feech, Jeff’s significant other, has gone above and beyond with this lovely painting of Sweetheart and Gavotte. I especially like the details like Sweetheart’s little collar charm. Thank you so much, Feech! Channing: It’s even better[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: It’s been a while since we shared artwork from the endlessly prolific Ed Gedeon. Ed writes: “I’ve had this idea wandering around my head ever since I did a filk using the song ‘Footloose.’ (It made me think of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: D’aww! Andre Richard, prolific creator of cute comics, drew us this pajama party featuring the Skin Horse ladies. Andre adds, “Meant to add Julie and the newest girl, but ran out of room, maybe next time.” But you did[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: New wallpaper! I thought I’d try my hand at posters for the agencies in Annex One, starting with the D of I. Also, cobras. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This is so awesome. Christina “Delphina” Major, creator of Sombulus, was inspired by the August swimsuit wallpaper to draw this incredible scene. You can see a larger version, with additional explanation, at Christina’s DeviantArt site, where you can learn,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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