Super Old Thumbnails
Shaenon: Some more thumbnails from the previous storyline. I drew the first three almost ten years ago and the fourth just a couple of years ago, hence the change in art style. You can also see how Tip’s outfit varies; I wasn’t sure if we’d be doing this story during the period when he lost his drag wardrobe.
ETA:
Channing: Can confirm that some of these strips have been sitting in the “upcoming” folder for about a decade. “Upcoming” is relative, I guess!
Freya?
Hey, She gets to choose half the slain warriors for Her own court in Valhalla! And She’s a warrior goddess AND supposedly pretty hot. Pretty sure Nick wouldn’t mind having Her watch over him. (I’m also pretty sure that’s just a sound effect, but anyway.)
Looks pretty hot to me.
Freya Norse Goddess of Love, Beauty and Fertility Statue https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UHM5IW
Eh; too Red Sonja for me. More like this, maybe: https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/7/2019/03/PMB68F-56729d1.jpg?quality=90&resize=620,413
Yeah, she’ll do.
Since you and Nick brought it up again, here’s that parody I didn’t have the nerve to post a few weeks back:
Squawk with the shoptalk.
Workin’ on the trick.
Everybody sees it.
It’s a dick.
Nick’s dick, Nick’s dick
Nick’s dick, it’s a prick.
Squawk with the shoptalk (squawk with the shoptalk.)
With the Whirligig (with the Whirligig.)
Everybody’s seen it (everybody’s seen it.)
God, it’s big.
(Nick’s dick) It’s a king-sized dong
(Nick’s dick) It’s a king-sized schlong.
(Nick’s dick) It’s a king-sized prong.
(It’s a prick) It’s a prick!
Big as mountains
Tall as trees.
Will it work for
Doctor Lee?
Nick’s dick
Nick’s dick
Nick’s dick
It’s a prick,
Nick’s dick, Nick’s dick
Nick’s dick, it’s a prick.
—from “Tall Paul,” the Sherman Brothers.
(And, truth to tell, I wouldn’t be surprised to see this deleted tomorrow morning when I get up.)
“…you and Nick brought it up again…”
Heh, heh, heh.
Aha! Finally it is revealed: the fix was in against the Nick/Brain Preservative Nanobots pairing from the start! That is abundant grounds for appeal and a re-bid. First, Nick and Virginia must unscrew — a messy, painstaking and unpleasant operation, but necessary to level the playing field. Then hopefully the highly problematic and unbalanced Virginicka can be supplanted by the even more problematic and unbalanced Nickobots.
It’s weird seeing these scenes with Nick written as he was circa 2009; he lacks the weariness and depth seen in the finished product. I suppose that’s a testament to the extent to which Jeff and Shaenon have fleshed these characters out, despite having planned so much of the story in advance.
Don’t know how long it’s been there, but I just noticed the Shaenon.com link in the “More by Shaenon” section. (Autocorrupt keeps trying to change your name!) Wow! So beautiful and well organised! Can I have someone to do this for my life?
Aw, thanks. I made it on WordPress a while back and just realized I didn’t have a link from this site.
FWIW, it only takes a couple times if you actually teach autocorrupt a new word. Now, if I start typing Shae… my phone assumes I’m typing Shaenon.
Yes, most times I can make it work the way I want. Other times… well, it’s very recalcitrant.
That’s putting it rather politely.
It feels weird to see something that wasn’t already in a nearly complete form a decade ago. You’re slipping.