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Purple Waves
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Shaenon: A closer look at the tattoos I used as the background for this month’s wallpaper. I could kind of draw like this forever. Channing: These are some rad tattoos, I have to say. I particularly enjoy coy sailor Sweetheart,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thumbnails for “What Big Teeth.” Robin helped with some of these. Channing: I was heartbroken to leave the random blue scribbles in #2 on the cutting-room floor. My script had called for them from the very beginning, and at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Possible cover for the next Couscous Collective anthology, FUTURE, slated to come out… sometime in the future, amazingly enough. This is my first Couscous cover, and I’m not sure if I like it or if I should try something[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Robin has started telling stories with his toys. Keychain Bear and Lego Cat go on a lot of adventures. Their team has recently been joined by a third member, Purple Pony. Channing: I absolutely, unironically, and desperately want to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: One of the backer rewards for the Skin Horse Volume 6 Kickstarter is an ebook collection of “Grillo Parlante,” the guest-artist storyline that ran during my maternity leave. I made this cover for the ebook and liked it well[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Channing: Hey guys. As a lot of you know, I do almost no art at all. Thankfully I make up for this by occasionally writing stuff. Those of you who follow my blog over at Scrivnarium may have seen these[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Jeff nixed the line “Waltz with your bad self!” because Sousa marches aren’t in a waltz tempo. This is the dedication to accuracy you just don’t get in “Luann.” Channing: I know some of y’all are into the musics[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Channing: Hey, folks. Because we are professionals and stuff, we try to be good about making cuts to our work for pacing or whatever. Sometimes this results in a scene being trimmed down from the version you see in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Every Couscous Collective anthology includes either a Narbonic story or a Skin Horse story. This is from the Narbonic story I’m drawing for the next anthology, FUTURE. That said, Artie’s also in Skin Horse, so I guess this one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I just watched Suspiria and was inspired to draw a tribute to 1970s Italian giallo horror. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, or contribute any amount to our Patreon,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Remember, a couple of weeks ago, I shared a penciled page from a story I’m drawing for the upcoming Couscous anthology FUTURE? Well, I did. And here’s the inked version. The room in the first panel is based on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Could it be? It is! Skin Horse Volume 6 is here, in glowing full color, with an exclusive bonus story, guest pinups, and an introduction by the legendary Steve Jackson of Steve Jackson Games. Small men and cats alike[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: And here’s the final version of the page from “Outside the Box” I’ve been sharing, with colors by the wonderful Liz Conley. Thank you so much, Liz! This story will be in the next Couscous Collective anthology, FUTURE, set[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The above strip is from a guest week-and-a-half drawn for my previous strip, Narbonic, by the wonderful Aaron Neathery. Years later, when I was editing the comics site Modern Tales, I was proud to include Aaron’s comic Endtown, which[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Doodling a dream I had. Sorry my dreams have cussing in them. Channing: This is a beautiful, powerful and symbolically-profound dream, especially compared to my last dream, which was literally me watching a 1950s black-and-white promotional short about unlimited[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Panels from a comic I’m working on. Yeah, it’s about Emperor Norton. But it’s not going to be entirely about Emperor Norton. Channing: Which is not to say that you couldn’t do a comic entirely about Emperor Norton. He[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: More work-in-progress from the comic I’m developing. This is about the annual Dickens Fair in San Francisco, which is kind of like a Ren Faire but Victorian and Christmassy. Channing: My major question here is why I’ve never heard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to do a winter puppy wallpaper to go with the autumn one. Incidentally, Googling “Samoyeds in snow” brings up the ten thousand cutest pictures on the Internet. As usual, if you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Folk musician Jacob Haller appears in this storyline as mad cryptozoologist and Sasquatch hunter Dr. Haller, a portrayal on which Jeff and I (mostly Jeff) have taken some creative liberties. But his monster-knitting skills, as portrayed in this strip,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This month’s issue of the Adventure Time comic book from Boom Studios features “The Princess Megathalon,” a story written by me and drawn by ultimate hero of comics Roger Langridge. So, you know, go check that out. Channing: It[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Hey, a party! I’m throwing a book release party for Skin Horse Volume 6 at the wonderful Borderlands Books in San Francisco on Saturday, January 14. Expect books, cupcakes, and wine. Channing: Man, I was at this thing a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
