Channing: It should be mentioned that this volume contains the entirety of “Once and Future”, a.k.a. probably the single best storyline in the history of the strip.  If you disagree, please let me mention that it contains (a) a clockwork owl named Joe Lovebody and (b) Unity and Doctor Lee simultaneously smooching Tigerlily Jones.  I think this should satisfy any challengers to my claim.  It should also convince you to give us money to print the book.

Shaenon: I disagree, because this volume also contains “Choose.”

Also, today’s my husband Andrew’s birthday.  Everyone wish him well!

Channing:  Happy birthday, Andrew!

I gotta say, if these sketches don’t inspire someone to do some fanfic already, I figure there’s no hope of it.

Shaenon: Only if the fanfiction is about all the adorable outfits Nick could wear.

Channing:  Truer words have never been spoken, except for all the other times we have called something excellent and it was.  This looks like a nice one.

Channing: I just have this mental image of Tigerlily looking at the artist’s note corresponding to her and shaking her head sadly.  Perhaps she is saying “Damn” as well.

Shaenon: Yes, it’s that time again: the Couscous Collective has put out its latest anthology, SPIRITS, and I totally drew stuff for it.  Anyone who’s followed my commentary on the Narbonic reruns knows that the scenario outlined above is my favorite idea for a Narbonic spinoff, so it was a pleasure to finally draw an adventure of Seth and Caliban, roommates.  Also, Seth gets a last name.

In addition to the Narbonic story, I also did a feature where I illustrated selections from my personal wine log.  It’s super classy, or would be if my wine log wasn’t written in Sharpie while I was drunk.  You can order SPIRITS now at the Couscous Store.

Channing: The answer to the question posed in the graphic is, of course, “no”.  And just because I am equally in the dark as any of you to certain tiny details of Shaenon’s head-canon, I am now wondering if Seth is Marcie’s cousin or something.  It’s fun to be able to do fanboy speculation on your own intellectual property.

And for your convenience, here are links to all the Trash pages I posted previously:

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Channing:  Is anyone else distressed at the fact that the cook and the medical officer are the same person?  I’m just saying, y’know, when it comes to excised tissue, waste not, want not.

Channing: It’s also full of stuff I’ve only been wanting to do for a couple months, but on balance, I really really want to do it, so it all works out.

Channing: Oh, you think you can turn me on and off like a faucet, can you?

…well, you’re right.

EEE!  Fanart!  Thanks, Stephen!