Brave Little Toasters
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…