Mixed-Up Files
Shaenon: Hey, it’s been a while since I did one of these! Channing: Aw, man, this is a great lineup! How did we get through like four of these without using “Robot Parade” yet? That is what I want to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Skin Horse Volume 5 is happening! At least, I hope so. As of today, we’ve launched a Kickstarter to fund Volume 5. Not only that, if we reach our first stretch goal, we’ll be able to reprint the currently[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Tuiteyfruity drew us this stylish pinup of Tip with everyone’s favorite character. Hi, pre-drone-body water cooler! Channing: Aww, Bubbles looks so happy! Service is, of course, her only joy. I’m not sure if she’s mentioned that.
Shaenon: I’m delighted to report that the Skin Horse 5 Kickstarter drive has reached its first stretch goal: reprinting Volume 1! No longer will new readers gaze enviously upon this out-of-print volume, wishing it could be theirs. We’ll be able[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Yeah, I’m drawing baby comics now. Deal with it. Channing: I love how adorably surly Robin looks. Shaenon: Since I drew this Robin has graduated from casts to braces, so I have to make up a whole new set[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Prepping for the Skin Horse 5 bonus story, “Great Moments With Baron Mistycorn.” (The doodle at the bottom is just for fun. “Great Moments With Baron Mistycorn” is not actually about ethics in video game journalism. OR IS IT?)[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Today’s the last day of the Skin Horse 5 Kickstarter drive, so back now or forever hold your peace. We’ve raised enough to publish not only Volume 5 but a reprint of the currently-unavailable Volume 1, so soon the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: J.N. McDonald sent us this piece of “pseudo fanart.” As you can see, this fellow has named his gun the Light of Culture and Reason, Tip’s name for his…thingy. I’m sorry,this is all Jeff’s fault. Jeff is the one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: A half-inked page from the Skin Horse 5 bonus story, “Great Moments With Baron Mistycorn.” This story is mostly unicorns talking to each other, so thanks, Jeff! Channing: I believe it was the Greek philosopher Aristotle who, in his[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Oh man I love drawing Human!Nick so much. Human!Nick is even more fun to draw than shoulder angels. Conestogas of Death are neat but hard to draw. Channing: Just add one onto the list of injuries I’ve inflicted on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: The Baron Mistycorn page I posted a couple of Sundays ago, all inked up. Now it’s Pancha’s turn with the colors. Channing: I know I’ve said this before, but watching Shaenon turn words and pictures in my head into[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Channing: Last time I did this it turned out pretty well, so let’s try it again! For whatever reason, the bonus story for Volume 2 of the collected Skin Horse strips was kind of a bear. Pondered and eventually discarded[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: I posted the Nick half of this early sketch once before, but cut the half with Sweetheart so as not to spoil the plot. Anyway, here’s the whole thing, so you can see me trying to figure out how[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: In the interests of sharing every step of a random page from the bonus story in Skin Horse 5, here’s the initial thumbnail. I tweaked a bunch of dialogue between this and the final, as I tend to do with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Excuse me, but may I blow your mind? For Christmas, my dear friend and Skin Horse colorist Pancha Diaz made me a roll of Baron Mistycorn wrapping paper. The only problem is that there is no gift on earth[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: You know what’s really hard to draw? A zombie somehow dumping a pot of coffee into a water cooler. It took me a while to figure out a way to depict that gag in, like, one panel. Also, that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: And here’s the final version of the page from the Volume 5 bonus story, with color by Pancha Diaz. Thanks as always, Pancha! Speaking of, the reprint of Skin Horse Volume 1 is currently on its way to me. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: These are for another project that has nothing to do with Skin Horse. I’m just posting them because Jeff likes lemurs. Channing: Oh man. Please let this be a thing that actually exists. I will buy all the copies. All[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Skin Horse Volume 1 is officially back in print, thanks to the generous support of everyone who contributed to our last Kickstarter campaign. Also, it turns out I have no compunctions against using my baby to hawk wares. Remember,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: It’s been a while since the last Couscous Collective anthology, but ILLUMINATION is on its way to the printer. Here’s a page from my Narbonic story for the anthology, with colors by the amazing Liz Conley. Channing: Yes! My[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Carla has shared this with her readers, so I guess it’s okay for me to do it here. This is concept art for a proposed graphic novel about science-fiction writer James Tiptree, Jr. (a.k.a. Alice Sheldon) written by me[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: More art for a project that may or may not ever happen. This was a planned collaboration with my friend Jason Thompson, master of H.P. Lovecraft comics. Mostly I think he wanted to make me draw Edwardian stuff. Channing:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Another work in progress, this is a page from a graphic novel pitch. It’s a sort of ghost story, but not really, set at a classic movie palace. I love old movie theaters as much as I love old[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: The next page from the pitch sample for The Lux. Tina Kim only colored the first page to give editors an idea of what it would look like in color. Man, I love this comic. Channing: Nothing to do with this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Yes, it’s finally happened. Jeff and I have a Patreon to fund Skin Horse and our other creative projects. What other projects? Well, if this goes well, I’ll restart my on-hiatus-since-the-baby webcomic Monster of the Week. Meanwhile, please enjoy our Patreon video,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: It’s been a while since my last wallpaper design, but I had to do an inspirational poster. So the deal now is: if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, or contribute any[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: The Couscous Collective’s latest anthology, ILLUMINATION, is here! Actually, it’s been out for a few weeks, but I was putting the Patreon together and making a new wallpaper and so on. Anyway, I did a sweet Narbonic story. You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Channing: Hey, guys. This Sunday I thought I’d show you a deleted scene from “My House is Me,” wherein Nick tries to open up to Tip about his childhood history with Whimsy, with mixed results. Also, if you were wondering[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: This is another comic strip my friend Jason Thompson and I were working on at one point. It was called Destroy All Manga and was based on all our friends down at the manga publishing company. Speaking of Jason and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Some more Destroy All Manga strips. Our alternate title was Paper Play. “Someday we’re all going to get killed by someone who likes Yu-Gi-Oh,” is an actual quote from a manga editor (not me, I swear). Channing: The sad[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Looking through my thumbnails, I found a few strips we sketched out but never used. I don’t think we’ve ever shared these before. If we have, pretend we didn’t for my sake. Channing: We must be okay, because even[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: I like drawing little chibi people. Sue me. Channing: Tip, you do not like this feature because you do not like things that are totally wicked great. Are you also unlike Tip, and thus agree that this is totally[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: A couple more strips that never made it past the thumbnail stage. One of the notables buried in Colma is Phineas Gage, the 19th-century railroad worker who had an iron rod driven through his skull and survived. I really[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…