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2022-03-28

by shaenon on March 28, 2022 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Phantomwise
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  1. Venator Animarum
    March 28, 2022, 12:02 am | # | Reply

    *uproarious laughter*

  2. WuseMajor
    March 28, 2022, 12:03 am | # | Reply

    …..wait, I thought Unity ate him or something, just like the rest of the other half of the old skin horse staff.

    • alphaghoul
      March 28, 2022, 12:07 am | # | Reply

      When did they say that?

      • Urlance Woolsbane
        March 28, 2022, 12:31 am | # | Reply

        It was a reader’s mail strip
        http://skin-horse.com/comic/2015-08-16/

        • Bruceski
          March 28, 2022, 12:44 am | # | Reply

          “Unity did not kill 100% of the non-main cast people in this comic. Which ones remain alive is left as an exercise in speculation, or perhaps for future storylines.”

          From the author comments under the strip.

    • awgiedawgie
      March 28, 2022, 4:59 pm | # | Reply

      To be fair, if you haven’t seen someone in a while, it’s not unreasonable to entertain the idea that Unity may have eaten them.

  3. Alphaghoul
    March 28, 2022, 12:07 am | # | Reply

    And here I assumed that he’s been introduced but I didn’t remember him. Weird seeing Shaenon and Jeff’s wiseguy striaghtman dynamic switched.

    • Paul B
      March 28, 2022, 12:18 am | # | Reply

      He was mentioned as one of the earlier Skin Horse members, a coworker of Sweet Heart’s before Unity turned up.

  4. thejoemoose
    March 28, 2022, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    Wait what? When did he show up?

    • Eddurd
      March 28, 2022, 12:54 am | # | Reply

      He actually appeared in one of the bonus stories in the print collections.

  5. BMunro
    March 28, 2022, 12:15 am | # | Reply

    Well you’re already one up on the Universal and DC expanded universes: your first entry is actually good.

    • David B Huber
      March 28, 2022, 12:34 am | # | Reply

      ^this! 🙂

  6. cheshire777
    March 28, 2022, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    …That panda in the first panel looks familar. Genma? Is that you?

    • Towering Barbarian
      March 28, 2022, 12:37 am | # | Reply

      I would have thought that the Nerima martial artists technically count as human. 😀

    • EvilMidnightLurker
      March 28, 2022, 12:43 am | # | Reply

      His eyes are wide open, Genma usually has half-lids or squints.

      • arqyx
        March 28, 2022, 5:56 am | # | Reply

        Looks like he got glasses.

    • Rex+Vivat
      March 28, 2022, 1:13 am | # | Reply

      Remember the storyline about Sweetheart’s rampage?

      • Andy4Hire
        March 28, 2022, 7:23 pm | # | Reply

        Yes, I was thinking the same thing. The panda’s name was given as “Lim-Lim” in this strip here.

  7. David B Huber
    March 28, 2022, 12:29 am | # | Reply

    I’m thrilled – THRILLED I say – to hear about an “expanded universe”!

  8. John Campbell
    March 28, 2022, 12:49 am | # | Reply

    Ah, yes, it’s good to see Nigel again.

  9. Jeff
    March 28, 2022, 1:20 am | # | Reply

    Bwahaha! Marvelous!

  10. Robert Nowall
    March 28, 2022, 5:53 am | # | Reply

    Probably went to work for the Department of Jetpack Suppression. (Is that Claire Connelly in the line?)

    • awgiedawgie
      March 28, 2022, 5:03 pm | # | Reply

      I also see one of the Killbots, as well as one of the mushrooms from the basement.

      But I don’t recognize the pink elephant on parade.

      • Robert Nowall
        March 28, 2022, 5:29 pm | # | Reply

        Thought it might be one of the Whimsey World denizens, but I couldn’t find it on a quick look through their storylines.

  11. khn0
    March 28, 2022, 8:05 am | # | Reply

    Got a question here: Nigel is a EU transfer, right? So would that mean that all skin horse stuff happened worldwide, but battles were only fought on US territory? Are other non-american people already on board? Picked up later? Let where they are for a spin-off (I’m all for a cambodgian social black op comedy)?

    • Robert Nowall
      March 28, 2022, 8:40 am | # | Reply

      Sweetheart is Canadian. Moustachio is British. Dunno if Dr. Lee was born in the USA or Korea.

      • khn0
        March 28, 2022, 6:43 pm | # | Reply

        Canada is in America, Moustachio has been acquired… Dr Lee is… (cough)… sane so supposedly not affected by Ira’s bigotry.
        But frankly
        I’d settle for a Butanese spin off.
        Anything.
        Even Luxemburg, and I don’t even like Luxemburg.

    • awgiedawgie
      March 28, 2022, 5:22 pm | # | Reply

      It’s reasonable to assume that there are Non-Human Sapients all around the globe. While Ira’s efforts appeared to be focused on the USA, news of the turmoil, as well as news of the arriving spacecraft, had no doubt reached the foreign agencies similar to Skin Horse.

      • khn0
        March 28, 2022, 6:52 pm | # | Reply

        That raises new question about theses agencies.
        Since it’s social service, that would mean it exists only in countries where 1- social service is implemented for humans 2- civil servants are a thing (private would be bought by Anasigma) 3- funds for social service aren’t totally derailed for other people’s profit.
        + Is there a social black op net?

      • Robert Nowall
        March 28, 2022, 7:24 pm | # | Reply

        I’m inclined to think there must be equivalent agencies in other countries to deal with the non-human—well, I’d say “threat” but that leads to Ira—maybe “problem,” if they’re a problem. MI7? Dobutsukeisatsu? Komitet Po Zaschite Zhivotnykh? (Yes, I used Google Translate to come up with those last two.)

  12. Robert Nowall
    March 28, 2022, 9:03 am | # | Reply

    There’s nonhumans we remember
    All the time, though some are strange.
    Some were clever, others better,
    Some are gone, and some complain.
    All these one-shots had their moments,
    The robots and plants we still can recall
    Some are zombies, some are living,
    In this strip we loved them all.

    But with all these angry mothers,
    There were always compares and clues.
    And our memories had no meaning.
    There was always hope of something new.
    Though we know worry ‘bout infection,
    From people and things that went before,
    You know we often moaned and bitched about them.
    In this strip, we loved them more.

    Though we know we’ll never lose affection
    For comics and strips that went before,
    We know we’ll be remembering about them.
    In this strip, we loved them more.

    In this strip, we loved you more.

    —from “In My Life,” written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, performed by The Beatles.

  13. CrackerJack
    March 28, 2022, 9:19 am | # | Reply

    Oooh! This tees us up for the inevitable Nigel-Kiki/Narbonic-Sluggyverse crossover we’ve all been promised!

    I said inevitable and promised! That makes it canon!

  14. theysabet
    March 28, 2022, 9:35 am | # | Reply

    I have five pet ferrets. Just the IDEA of them being able to zoom around on little jet-packs make me want to hide under the couch. And talk? They would never, ever, *ever* shut up. I love them, but NO. OH GODS NO.

    • awgiedawgie
      March 28, 2022, 11:55 am | # | Reply

      And the fact that you still have your five pet ferrets after all these years makes it that much more believable that Nigel is still around.

    • Shadowmehr
      March 28, 2022, 1:03 pm | # | Reply

      I do not have a ferret, but some friends of mine did. Based on those interactions, I’d be right there under the couch with you if the got anti-grav devices.

  15. rylen
    March 28, 2022, 11:13 am | # | Reply

    I’m still waiting for Godot to come back. Likely too cautious to fall for Lovetron hijinks though.

    • Robert Nowall
      March 28, 2022, 12:45 pm | # | Reply

      In “Waiting for Godot,” Godot never arrives. Oops! Spoiler warning!

      • awgiedawgie
        March 28, 2022, 12:58 pm | # | Reply

        He changed his name to Gadot and became Wonder Woman.

        (Sincere apologies to Gal Gadot – I know it was a lame joke)

  16. Bathymetheus
    March 28, 2022, 12:53 pm | # | Reply

    My take on “expanded universe” is somewhat different. I am imagining numerous technological civilisations throughout the visible universe all inventing anti-gravity, and exploiting it full tilt (so to speak) for fun and profit. The resulting distortion of the universe’s gravitational field is what we call “dark energy” – because we don’t know any better.

    • awgiedawgie
      March 28, 2022, 1:00 pm | # | Reply

      That is simultaneously and awesome and terrifying idea, and would make a great comic series.

    • David B Huber
      March 28, 2022, 7:10 pm | # | Reply

      Bravo, Bathymetheus! I concur with awgiedawgie – awesome hypothesis!

    • LuckyCheshire
      March 28, 2022, 11:23 pm | # | Reply

      Yikes, nice one. I haven’t heard that as a plot point yet amazingly. I third the concurrence with awgiedawgie :p

  17. Robert Nowall
    March 28, 2022, 1:57 pm | # | Reply

    The characters keep multiplying. Here’s Nigel, the ferret that’s flying. They just appeared briefly, but now they’re just chiefly a narrative unedifying.

  18. the1trueian
    March 28, 2022, 6:16 pm | # | Reply

    The strip appears to be reaching its end and I’m sad to see it go, if there is going to be an expanded universe I’d love to get to know what more and yes I’m aware of the previous comic having read it in its entirety

  19. Sean K
    March 28, 2022, 7:07 pm | # | Reply

    Jeff’s only making plans, for Nigel
    He only wants what’s best for Skin-Horse
    Sweetheart she recognizes Nigel
    Nigel zweeps in with a ‘Cheerio’

    And if Channing says Nigel’s canon
    He must be canon
    He must be canon
    He must be canon, in this world…

    The cast is saying hi, to Nigel
    Even though Shaenon questions him
    It’s time to say farewell, to Nigel
    Nigel the ferret is here at the end.

    And if Channing says Nigel’s canon
    He must be canon
    He must be canon
    He must be canon, in this world…

    (Tune: “Making Plans for Nigel”, written by Colin Moulding, performed by XTC)

  20. Prodigal
    March 28, 2022, 11:55 pm | # | Reply

    Now THAT was a Brick Joke!

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