I think Jeff only does most of the writing, and Shaenon does some of it as well as all the drawing. That’s not to say it didn’t happen exactly as you describe, of course, only that there’s at least one other plausible explanation.
Trying to figure out why they’re taking such an indirect route from SD to Seattle. I’m going to assume the plan was to sneak aboard an Air Force flight out of Ellsworth AFB, but either got on the wrong flight, or were in such a hurry that they had to take the very next flight which happened to be going to Minot. Though I don’t know of any US aircraft that look that much like a Greyhound bus.
I assumed that they’re talking the Empire Builder, or at least the route. It runs from Chicago to Seattle (or Portland, if you take the split in Spokane). It could just be the route since the train really just runs on freight tracks, but at least the first panel looks like an actual passenger rail car.
It’s a fairly gorgeous trip, but slow (and delayed) as all get out right now because freight — especially from the Bakken Oil Fields — has priority over passenger rail.
… yes, I have used it a few times. Why do you ask?
Oh no! Something is happening in front of me that is amazingly impressive! It’s jam-packed full of action and would make a great side story to a comic strip collection, but it would also be really hard to draw!
It wasn’t classy at all. I just had no response. I was chagrined at myself realizing that I had used Shaenon as a joke prop which was totally disrespectful (lo siento mucho, Shaenon). So I acted like it didn’t happen, but that method doesn’t really work in a forum as it sometimes can in a live conversation.
Renard and #12 are riding the train to the Exposition.
[applauds wildly]
Also, we prefer to be called vampyres.
Who’s your friend sitting on the back of the chair just over Ms. Garrity’s head?
If I make my guess, that’s her cat. Mine loves to nap on top of the easy chair like that.
We had one that would nap on the dresser on the bedroom. He was a bureau cat.
Heck, our cat spent most of the day sitting on a dining room chair.
We used to have a cat that slept on the back part of the TV set.
She was most put out when we got a flat screen one .
That’s Eve the Cat.
Pleased to make Eve’s acquaintance.
Sorry. A skim through the archives revealed we met Eve on February 11th, 2018. http://skin-horse.com/comic/2018-02-11/
Wait, so Jeff wrote that Shaenon wouldn’t draw the stuff Jeff wrote? And then gets pissed at her for drawing that she is not drawing? That’s not fair!
I think Jeff only does most of the writing, and Shaenon does some of it as well as all the drawing. That’s not to say it didn’t happen exactly as you describe, of course, only that there’s at least one other plausible explanation.
Ah, of course. Indeed, as Skin Horse readers, we should consider implausible explanations as well…
And that the implausible explanation is often the more likely explanation.
…the first I’ve noticed that Shaenon is a top left hand drawer!
You put your socks in her?
I always put my underwear in the top left hand drawer.
Attempting to carry this metaphor any further will surely lead to excommunication. (I’m not sure what from, just generalized excommunication.)
Since I’m often half-asleep when getting dressed and don’t want to have to rummage through drawers, I use the mnemonic “Underpants go on the bottom.”
I do, too!
That’s where I keep mine too, but I didn’t want to mention them.
All those great Birthday and Christmas cards that I never get around to sending end up in my TLHD.
By the way, failing to reply back with, “That was the joke, stupid,” was classy.
Shaenon and her husband both draw a lot … so after a while they’ll be an old pair of drawers.
(I feel like I should credit Lou Costello for that joke.)
As an artist… this is relatable hahaha.
I suppose the bedbugs could be the size of the Cockroach that ate Cincinnati.
A song of great excellence!
Well, if they’re not Hemiptera of Unusual Size, Renard must have remarkable eyesight.
Oh hey, I want to see Tigerlily and her army dangit
Yeah! MOAR FUNKBOTS!
You just really wanted to draw vehicles
And Renard. She loves drawing Renard.
Honestly drawing all the battles would have been easier than drawing that pickup truck.
Now I want to see the battles, because you did a nice job on that pickup truck.
So they’ve gone from South Dakota to North Dakota (Minot), through Montana (Whitefish) to fetch up in Seattle, Washington.
Thank you, Tamsyn.
Trying to figure out why they’re taking such an indirect route from SD to Seattle. I’m going to assume the plan was to sneak aboard an Air Force flight out of Ellsworth AFB, but either got on the wrong flight, or were in such a hurry that they had to take the very next flight which happened to be going to Minot. Though I don’t know of any US aircraft that look that much like a Greyhound bus.
I assumed that they’re talking the Empire Builder, or at least the route. It runs from Chicago to Seattle (or Portland, if you take the split in Spokane). It could just be the route since the train really just runs on freight tracks, but at least the first panel looks like an actual passenger rail car.
It’s a fairly gorgeous trip, but slow (and delayed) as all get out right now because freight — especially from the Bakken Oil Fields — has priority over passenger rail.
… yes, I have used it a few times. Why do you ask?
I am down for this relaunch of The Littlest Hobo.
Big “Nancy” energy here
Oh no! Something is happening in front of me that is amazingly impressive! It’s jam-packed full of action and would make a great side story to a comic strip collection, but it would also be really hard to draw!
Don’t worry, Shaenon, I can picture it in my mind!
Seattle welcomes our new funky robot overlords.
May I recommend Freaky Fremont for a base of operations? You’ll fit right in.
Shaenon, does he actually appear n your living room whenever he needs to glare at you? (My wife has this superpower too.)
He appears in my HEART.
Would that GODOT was still with us so we’d know what that’s an acronym for.
Has Excellent Art Reduction Techniques!
Why would salient bedbugs beseige someplace in North Dakota? They’d be frozen out in less than six months!
You make a sapient point there!
(rimshot)
Stupid autocorrect. I need to stop making comments from my Kindle.
I think #12’s adorable gape-mouthed astonishment in each frame somewhat offsets the missing artwork.
I laughed aloud at this one. Thanks Shaenon & Jeffrey.
I keep forgetting about the other Minot. Either way, I wouldn’t be surprised to find sapient bedbugs.
That funkbot army is probably what caused the apartment complex to burn down near I90, in Seattle.
It wasn’t classy at all. I just had no response. I was chagrined at myself realizing that I had used Shaenon as a joke prop which was totally disrespectful (lo siento mucho, Shaenon). So I acted like it didn’t happen, but that method doesn’t really work in a forum as it sometimes can in a live conversation.
Aargh! @ Ogden. See above.
Oh, in this case it would have gone much the same way in a live conversation.
And Shaenon loves a good joke.