The Iron Man
Channing: Hello, lovely readers. One of the things we like to do over at our Patreon blog is compare some of my original working scripts to the final version that appears in the comic proper. As my scripts make their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: This month’s illustration is inspired by “The Nutcracker,” and nutcrackers in general, and their freaky little faces. As always, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, or contribute any amount to our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: All the little nutcracker robots from this month’s wallpaper. These were so fun to draw. Channing: The guy on the top right will politely tip his hat to you before incinerating your clothing with his plasma rifle. His name[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: I don’t always plug my non-comics writing here, but my short story “Beatrix Released,” now on Escape Pod, may be of interest to fans of Narbonic and Skin Horse. It combines two of my passions: mad science and Beatrix[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Okay, okay, one more non-comics story. You can read my new story “Grandma Novak’s Famous Nut Roll” in Lightspeed Magazine now. Features working recipes! As I noted last week, most of the short stories I’ve written over the years[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: For this month’s wallpaper I wanted to do something based on Currier and Ives prints, so here we are. These 1860s outfits are fun to draw. As always, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: It’s a new year, and that means my 2018 daily horror-movie sketchblog, Horror Every Day, is complete! If you haven’t had a look at it already, check it out and learn which horror movie matches thematically to each day[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: At one point I wanted to do a flashback detailing how Dr. Lee came to work on the Whirligig project and how Nick was recruited. I didn’t get much farther than this thumbnail. Future nerd historians will be able[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Oh my gosh, look at this! The wonderful graphic novel artist Tintin Pantoja drew a portrait of Unity. Thank you so much! I really want to work with Tintin on a comic, but I haven’t managed to write a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: I drew some of these almost ten years ago, hence the sketchy art and the aged paper. The top strip was cut so we could go directly to Nick waking up in a human body for maximum drama, though[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: For this month’s wallpaper, I made a companion piece to the Maxfield Parrish-inspired February 2017 wallpaper. I have dressed Nick up like a fancy lad and he is really pulling it off. As always, if you make a donation[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…