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Shaenon: The great Karen Luk drew us up a steampunk-style portrait of the Skin Horse field team. Karen’s latest book, the Steampunk ABC, is available through both her own site and the Couscous Store. Meanwhile, we’ll be including this awesome[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I assume it’s obvious that this storyline owes a lot to the work of Mary Blair, one of my all-time favorite artists. This month’s wallpaper is my tribute. Also, I like to draw Baron Mistycorn playing the accordion. As usual,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I love drawing Baron Mistycorn. Channing: And I love writing his name! It’s too bad he’s such a huge dip.
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Shaenon: You know what’s a really mean thing to do to an artist? Write a script introducing a character who is so cute he gives cute dogs heart attacks from cuteness. And you actually have to show this character. What[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Early doodles of Mary and Gussie. I was really going for that Diane Arbus vibe on some of these. Channing: It’s weird that I specifically included a giraffe in my scripts despite having no memory of having seen this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I’ve been drawing Nick driving Violet practically since Skin Horse launched. I love developing characters’ body language. Fortunately, we ended up not letting Nick cuss through Violet. Channing: Watching how the exact same body changes when someone else is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Sketches from the San Diego Comic-Con. I also drew this for the Cartoon Art Museum’s Sketch-a-Thon: Comic-Con was super fun. Thanks so much to everyone who stopped by to say hi to me. Next year we should make[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: You know what I suddenly thought would be a good idea? If the adventures of Nick and Baron Mistycorn were a 1960s shoujo manga. Hence this month’s wallpaper. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: A huge thanks to our new colorist, Pancha Diaz. Awesome work, Pancha. Channing: I am officially nervoucited.
Shaenon: Paul Lenoue is developing a tabletop coin game based on the Annex One basement. Because it’s an awesome idea, that’s why. If you’d like to playtest it, you can download a PDF here. Channing: This looks great! Please tell[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This is like the funnest thing to draw. Channing: Just watch this become the next “Skin Horse” spin-off.
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Shaenon: Just a quick Sunday update today. Steve Blake was awesome enough to color one of my old tiki sketches. I… draw a lot of tiki sketches. Channing: This is more adorable before you realize that it’s Unity and she’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I love this! Tuiteyfruity drew a Spanish-language Skin Horse comic for her Spanish class. For a larger version and translation, check out her DeviantArt page. Thanks so much, Tuiteyfruity! In other Skin Horse art news, Doug Karhan bought the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: And it’s beautiful! Want one? It’s here. And if you’re in the Bay Area in September and/or October, you need to come to a book release party for Skin Horse Volume 4, because those are always great. This year we’re having one party at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: So Jeff and I both promised to write bonus prose stories for backers of the Skin Horse 4 Kickstarter. One of us wrote a normal story like a human living a 24-hour day who also needs to sleep would[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I totally dig that we as a species now have Star Trek replicator technology, or at least a primitive version that can be used to make plastic medallions with pictures of talking dogs on them. Paul Lenoue made these[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: It’s autumn wallpaper time! As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, I will send you a link to the wallpaper. Each wallpaper a comes in two different aspect ratios (regular[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Is this truly the end of me drawing Princess Nick? I’ve got to go cry somewhere. Channing: People seem to like Princess Nick. I worry that “Creepy Water-Cooler Girl” will be viewed as a poor substitute.
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Shaenon: A few final thumbnails from the previous storyline. I submit that Chris in the Star Trek minidress uniform will never stop being great. Channing: Chris is sort of the anti-Tip. He looks terrible in pretty much everything that’s not specifically[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I feel duty-bound to inform you that the newest Couscous Collective anthology, FEAST, is now available at the Couscous Store. Jeff and I did a Skin Horse story, “Dish,” and I also drew a recipe for moussaka. So check[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I’m steadily filling Kickstarter orders for Skin Horse Volume 4, and that means doing lots and lots of bonus character sketches. Here are a few samples. Also, if you’re in the Bay Area, you’ll want to attend the Volume[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: More sketches! Sweetheart and Unity are the most popular choices for sketches this time around. Last year it was Dr. Lee. Channing: Poor Jonah. It’s the difference between having bad luck on a dice roll here and there and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Inspired by the Oingo Boingo song, Dina Zangwill drew this zombified cast party. It’s nice that Nick is able to attend as Not Food. Thank you so much, Dina! Channing: Absolutely strictly speaking, it would be a good idea[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This storyline started as an excuse for me to write Tip/Artie/Dr. Lee scenes, so some of those thumbnails are pretty old. Then I thought of Zombie Emperor Norton! Channing: I don’t think it was until this calendar year that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: For this December I wanted to draw something appropriately wintry. I’m also a big fan of illustrator Michael Whelan, who classed up so many issues of Omni magazine when I was a nerdy kid, and his awesome hats. Hence this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Look at this! Sam Dyuaaxchs has assembled a Tarot deck of Skin Horse images, selected “by meaning about what the tarot cards mean, looking about like the tarot cards look, being completely wrong in a way that amused me, or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Okay, another batch of Kickstarter sketches. I put a lot of work into drawing clothes on Tip. Channing: Tip is predictably fabulous, but right now I’m digging that scarf pretty hard.
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Shaenon: This storyline is set in my own Bay Area stomping grounds, so I’ve done my best to portray the area with absolute accuracy, including zombies with mustaches. This necessitated a fact-finding mission to Colma with my husband Andrew and Skin[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: At long last, we found Emperor Norton’s grave! Previous visitors had left flowers and tribute, including…a hat. And some coins. And a can of tuna? We left fifty cents, the traditional tax levied by the Emperor whenever he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Inspired by a comment by Jeff about how Jonah Yu must have gotten nothing but bad rolls during his character creation, Miriam Eisfelder has drawn this depiction of his remarkable poor (or maybe just odd) luck. The poor guy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: A severed head quoting “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” is so specifically me, comedy-wise, that I feel a little guilty about exposing other people to it. Channing: Unused “Skin Horse” gag: opening a first panel with the line “…and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Sketch for a commission piece. I could draw WWII nose cone designs all day long. Channing: As an added bonus, this one has a story that goes along with it. (Language warning on that link.)
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Shaenon: Pencils for another Kickstarter commission. Who likes cobras? Channing: It’s amazing to me how much love these guys still get despite their comparative rarity in the comic. Congrats to Shaenon on the idea for them. I think. Sometimes it gets[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Okay, I admit it. I have completely run out of Skin Horse-related art this Sunday. Instead, here are things I drew for one of my many day jobs, as an ESL tutor at the Academy of Art University. Last[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Just random doodles for this storyline. I’m not used to drawing swimsuits. Channing: What are you gonna do, though? There’s just so much hot-tubbing going on. Also, arglblargl tiny puppy.
Shaenon: I asked Andrew what I should draw for this February’s wallpaper, and he said, “How about a St. Valentine’s Day Massacre?” So here’s the cast all dolled up in whatever the 1930s version of steampunk is. As usual, if you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: A page from the Narbonic story I did for the upcoming Couscous Collective anthology ILLUMINATION. More on ILLUMINATION, and other Couscous stuff, to come soon. Channing: Oh my crap, The Helenchild is adorbs. That’s… about all I have to say[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Tuiteyfruity, who’s done fan art for us before, has written a crossover fanfic between Skin Horse and the online prose series Getting in Deep. She even drew a comic adaptation of a scene from the story, which involves gerbils. You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Jeff and I don’t get to meet in person very often, and this year our only joint appearance will be at Emerald City Comicon in Seattle. We’ll be sharing a booth with the great Bill Holbrook of Kevin and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Another Kickstarter commission. This request was for a haunted kitchen. You know what’s hard to draw? Kitchens. What am I saying? Everything is hard to draw except Hiller flying platforms. Channing: Basically what I think Shaenon is saying is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: About a month ago, after foolishly reading a bunch of news about the video-game industry, I drew an awesome comic called Perils of the Lady Gamer. In case you’d like an attractive and portable tree version, I’ve made up a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Doodles of the Sewer Action Team. Jeff and I are at Emerald City Comicon right now, being the Comics Action Team. Stop by and say hi and buy stuff if you’re in town! Channing: Like any sensible individual, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Jeff and I had the awesomest time ever at Emerald City Comicon last weekend. Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by our booth, came to our panels, and otherwise made our year. (Also special thanks to Phil[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: A strip I cut for time. I still think it’s pretty funny. We probably could have written an entire extended phone conversation between these two. Channing: It’s sad, some of the stuff that gets left on the cutting room[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Euel Ball created this excellent image of Tigerlily Jones, plus robot army, on Poser, and I’ve gotta say it’s extremely sweet. Thanks so much, Euel! It was great to meet you at the Emerald City Comicon last month! Speaking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: So yeah, I’m due in July. That’s all for now because I am friggin’ tired. Channing: Andrew, please don’t kill me. The decision to have my author avatar refer to you as “that little Italian guy” was entirely your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thumbnails for the new storyline. This one is Jeff’s baby, as you can tell because it’s mostly about paperwork. Channing: Also, because the protagonists are absolutely horrible to one another.
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Shaenon: Babies! Science! Two of my favorite things! This month’s wallpaper is my tribute to midcentury illustrator Barbara Bradley, who drew the Dole Pineapple Kids (tiki is one of my other favorite things) and taught for years at one of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Chris and Marcie’s suggestion that Sweetheart cosplay as Okami, which is apparently a thing from a video game (the most recent game system I own is still the Super Nintendo), captured the imaginations of many readers. Here’s Tom Flapwell’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: One of my recent non-Skin Horse projects was drawing a portrait of my writer friend Laura to use with her bio. Because she is badass and so is her writing. I also created this lovely self-portrait for my bio section[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Remember the lovely bio portrait I posted last Sunday? It’s for Cringe, an anthology of embarrassing personal stories in comics form. Publisher Birdcage Bottom Books is running a Kickstarter to fund the book, a course of action I highly recommend. You can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: As long as I’m plugging stuff left and right, did you know that Andrews McMeel has published a series of Skin Horse mini ebooks, covering highlights from three storylines? Because sometimes you need Skin Horse in small emergency doses. They’ve got[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I love it! Mark Featherston has created this dramatic archival image of Moustachio taking down the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851. Thank you so much! Channing: I also love it! Seriously, what’s not to love?
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Shaenon: Just another set of thumbnails. Violet!Water Cooler is a lot of fun to draw, and also hard to explain to people. Channing: I actually can’t believe I got this long into “Skin Horse” before including a character who is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: As has been intimated in previous Sunday installments, I am currently very close to having a baby. I’ll be taking a maternity leave from Skin Horse, with Jeff and colorist Pancha Diaz soldiering on without me. Meanwhile, if you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Channing: …so, here we are. I feel like a color commentator lacking a proper announcer, which is not too far from the truth. Why am I even tagging my name with a boldface author tag when I’m the only one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s guest cartoonist is Mike Lynch. Mike Lynch’s clients include Reader’s Digest, Playboy, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, St. Martin’s Press, Random House, McGraw Hill, Mad Magazine and many others. Mike has spearheaded the “Oscars of cartooning” as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s guest cartoonist is Mike Lynch. Thanks, Mike!
Today’s guest cartoonist is Mike Lynch. Thanks, Mike!
Today’s guest cartoonist is Mike Lynch. Thanks, Mike!
Today’s guest cartoonist is Mike Lynch. Thanks, Mike!
Today’s guest cartoonist is Mike Lynch. Thanks, Mike!
Channing: Today’s piece is by far the most interesting and imaginative piece of “Skin Horse” fan art we’ve ever received. Talented fans Shaenon Garrity and Andrew Farago have actually spent nine and a half months crafting a human infant in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s guest cartoonist is Mike Lynch. Thanks, Mike!
Today’s guest cartoonist is Mike Lynch. Thanks, Mike!
Today’s guest cartoonist is Mike Lynch. Thanks, Mike!
Today’s guest cartoonist is Mike Lynch. Thanks, Mike!
Today’s guest cartoonist is Mike Lynch. Thanks, Mike!
Today’s guest cartoonist is Mike Lynch. Thanks for everything, Mike! Stay tuned next week for a brand new guest cartoonist!
Channing: User Jabberwonky over on the PHPBB forum gives us a lovely mashup of Chibi Princess Nick and Chibi Baron Mistycorn flying away rather than to the castle. Canterlot from “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” is copyright 2001 Peter[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s art courtesy of guest cartoonist Justin Hall. Check him out at justinhallcomics.com or on Twitter at @justincomics. Thanks so much, Justin!
This week’s art courtesy of guest cartoonist Justin Hall. Check him out at justinhallcomics.com or on Twitter at @justincomics. Thanks so much, Justin! (And anyone who points out the inconsistency in today’s scripting receives ten Skin Horse fan points, redeemable[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s art courtesy of guest cartoonist Justin Hall. Check him out at justinhallcomics.com or on Twitter at @justincomics. Thanks so much, Justin!
This week’s art courtesy of guest cartoonist Justin Hall. Check him out at justinhallcomics.com or on Twitter at @justincomics. Thanks so much, Justin!
This week’s art courtesy of guest cartoonist Justin Hall. Check him out at justinhallcomics.com or on Twitter at @justincomics. Thanks so much, Justin!
This week’s art courtesy of guest cartoonist Justin Hall. Check him out at justinhallcomics.com or on Twitter at @justincomics. Thanks for everything, Justin! New cartoonist comin’at’cha next week!
Channing: Straight from the lawless unregulated frontier town that is the daily comments section, where justice is swift and brutal and meted out with a gun, we have this cute little picture of Original!Nick sporting the virtual reality headset we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the cool things about this storyline is the opportunity it’s given me to work with a number of different cartoonists across all ranges of experience. Art for the next few weeks is brought to us all by Brenton[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Art for today brought to you by Dazhbug! You may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror!
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Channing: Hey, remember way back in the early days of “Grillo Parlante” when we first met Gorgoth the Dominator? Good times, right? Well, Mike Lynch is here to take you on a nostalgia trip with these concept sketches of our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Art for today brought to you one last time by Dazhbug! Thanks again, Dazhbug, and welcome to the wonderful world[1] of sequential art! As before, y’all may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Channing: Check out this eight-kinds-of-adorable rendition of Sweetheart, by cartoonist Michael Jantze! Thanks so much, Michael! Check out his other work at Jantze.com.
Art this week by the delightful Tea Fougner! Thanks so much for helping out!
Art this week by the delightful Tea Fougner!
Art this week by the delightful Tea Fougner!
Art this week by the delightful Tea Fougner!
Art this week by the delightful Tea Fougner!
Art this week by the delightful Tea Fougner!
Channing: So anyway, I kind of thought it would be fun while I remain in charge of the strip to show you all just a little peek of what goes on behind the scenes here at Skin Horse. In addition[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s art by the talented Elena Diaz!
This week’s art by the talented Elena Diaz!
This week’s art by the talented Elena Diaz!
This week’s art by the talented Elena Diaz!
This week’s art by the talented Elena Diaz!
Last strip from the pen of Elena Diaz. Thanks again, Elena! Stay tuned next week for our next cartoonist, as this storyline begins to draw to a close…
Channing: Exemplary cartoonist Jenn Manley Lee shows us four of our heroines investigating the age-old question of where babies come from, and discovering the eeriest possible answer. Thanks so much, Jenn. This is totally faboo.
Interlude time! So far, “Grillo Parlante” has been a tremendous lesson in working with, and seeing my own scripts in the hands of, various cartoonists across an entire spectrum of experience. Let’s mix it up again! For just one week,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s entire story–scripting and art and everything!–by Artaban! As always, you may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror.
This week’s entire story–scripting and art and everything!–by Artaban! As always, you may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror.
This week’s entire story–scripting and art and everything!–by Artaban! As always, you may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror.
This week’s entire story–scripting and art and everything!–by Artaban! As always, you may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror.
This week’s entire story–scripting and art and everything!–by Artaban! As always, you may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror.
Channing: And thus concludes our guest cartoonist’s story about disturbingly-adorable big-eyed millipedes who were just too good for the cruel, cruel world they found themselves in. Hope you enjoyed! Back to my words, one way or another, tomorrow; and then[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For our final guest artist, I would like to present for your approval the remarkable Vincent Kukua, with a two-week storyline set in sunny Hawaii before Shaenon returns on September 15th. Take it home, Vincent! As always, you may check[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Our final guest artist is Vincent Kukua. As always, you may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror. Shaenon returns on September 15th!
Our final guest artist is Vincent Kukua. As always, you may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror. Shaenon returns on September 15th!
Our final guest artist is Vincent Kukua. As always, you may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror. Shaenon returns on September 15th!
Our final guest artist is Vincent Kukua. As always, you may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror. Shaenon returns on September 15th!
Our final guest artist is Vincent Kukua. As always, you may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror. Shaenon returns on September 15th!
Channing: One of the first files our current guest cartoonist Vincent Kukua sent me was this proposed character design document for his take on the two protagonists, and I was immediately smitten by his style. I decided it wasn’t fair[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Our final guest artist is Vincent Kukua. As always, you may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror. Shaenon returns on September 15th!
Our final guest artist is Vincent Kukua. As always, you may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror. Shaenon returns on September 15th!
Our final guest artist is Vincent Kukua. As always, you may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror. Shaenon returns on September 15th!
Our final guest artist is Vincent Kukua. As always, you may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror. Shaenon returns on September 15th!
Our final guest artist is Vincent Kukua. As always, you may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror. Shaenon returns on September 15th!
And that does it for Vincent Kukua! Thanks so much, Vincent! As always, you may check out a higher-resolution version of this strip over on the GoComics mirror. We have a very special Sunday guest artist tomorrow to close our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: I can’t thank everyone enough for keeping Skin Horse going with the guest weeks while I worked on my own side project. But I’ll try. Thanks so much to Mike Lynch, Justin Hall, Brenton “Dazhbug” Loeffelman, Tea Fougner, Elena Diaz, Artaban,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: It’s good to be back. In honor of my own return, I did a big portrait of just about the entire cast. I may have left a few characters out–I’m kind of annoyed that I didn’t find room for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Hey, it’s been a while since I did one of these! Channing: Aw, man, this is a great lineup! How did we get through like four of these without using “Robot Parade” yet? That is what I want to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Skin Horse Volume 5 is happening! At least, I hope so. As of today, we’ve launched a Kickstarter to fund Volume 5. Not only that, if we reach our first stretch goal, we’ll be able to reprint the currently[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Tuiteyfruity drew us this stylish pinup of Tip with everyone’s favorite character. Hi, pre-drone-body water cooler! Channing: Aww, Bubbles looks so happy! Service is, of course, her only joy. I’m not sure if she’s mentioned that.
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Shaenon: I’m delighted to report that the Skin Horse 5 Kickstarter drive has reached its first stretch goal: reprinting Volume 1! No longer will new readers gaze enviously upon this out-of-print volume, wishing it could be theirs. We’ll be able[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Yeah, I’m drawing baby comics now. Deal with it. Channing: I love how adorably surly Robin looks. Shaenon: Since I drew this Robin has graduated from casts to braces, so I have to make up a whole new set[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Prepping for the Skin Horse 5 bonus story, “Great Moments With Baron Mistycorn.” (The doodle at the bottom is just for fun. “Great Moments With Baron Mistycorn” is not actually about ethics in video game journalism. OR IS IT?)[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Today’s the last day of the Skin Horse 5 Kickstarter drive, so back now or forever hold your peace. We’ve raised enough to publish not only Volume 5 but a reprint of the currently-unavailable Volume 1, so soon the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Wallpaper: Whimsy Cascade
on November 16, 2014
at 12:01 am
Shaenon: I’m so pleased with the way the cover for Volume 5 turned out that I made it into a wallpaper. So enjoy! As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: J.N. McDonald sent us this piece of “pseudo fanart.” As you can see, this fellow has named his gun the Light of Culture and Reason, Tip’s name for his…thingy. I’m sorry,this is all Jeff’s fault. Jeff is the one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: A half-inked page from the Skin Horse 5 bonus story, “Great Moments With Baron Mistycorn.” This story is mostly unicorns talking to each other, so thanks, Jeff! Channing: I believe it was the Greek philosopher Aristotle who, in his[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Oh man I love drawing Human!Nick so much. Human!Nick is even more fun to draw than shoulder angels. Conestogas of Death are neat but hard to draw. Channing: Just add one onto the list of injuries I’ve inflicted on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The Baron Mistycorn page I posted a couple of Sundays ago, all inked up. Now it’s Pancha’s turn with the colors. Channing: I know I’ve said this before, but watching Shaenon turn words and pictures in my head into[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Channing: Last time I did this it turned out pretty well, so let’s try it again! For whatever reason, the bonus story for Volume 2 of the collected Skin Horse strips was kind of a bear. Pondered and eventually discarded[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I posted the Nick half of this early sketch once before, but cut the half with Sweetheart so as not to spoil the plot. Anyway, here’s the whole thing, so you can see me trying to figure out how[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: In the interests of sharing every step of a random page from the bonus story in Skin Horse 5, here’s the initial thumbnail. I tweaked a bunch of dialogue between this and the final, as I tend to do with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Excuse me, but may I blow your mind? For Christmas, my dear friend and Skin Horse colorist Pancha Diaz made me a roll of Baron Mistycorn wrapping paper. The only problem is that there is no gift on earth[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: You know what’s really hard to draw? A zombie somehow dumping a pot of coffee into a water cooler. It took me a while to figure out a way to depict that gag in, like, one panel. Also, that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Still doing baby doodles. Channing: YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THE EYES
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Shaenon: And here’s the final version of the page from the Volume 5 bonus story, with color by Pancha Diaz. Thanks as always, Pancha! Speaking of, the reprint of Skin Horse Volume 1 is currently on its way to me. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: These are for another project that has nothing to do with Skin Horse. I’m just posting them because Jeff likes lemurs. Channing: Oh man. Please let this be a thing that actually exists. I will buy all the copies. All[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Skin Horse Volume 1 is officially back in print, thanks to the generous support of everyone who contributed to our last Kickstarter campaign. Also, it turns out I have no compunctions against using my baby to hawk wares. Remember,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: It’s been a while since the last Couscous Collective anthology, but ILLUMINATION is on its way to the printer. Here’s a page from my Narbonic story for the anthology, with colors by the amazing Liz Conley. Channing: Yes! My[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Carla has shared this with her readers, so I guess it’s okay for me to do it here. This is concept art for a proposed graphic novel about science-fiction writer James Tiptree, Jr. (a.k.a. Alice Sheldon) written by me[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Art by Kayla Claudino
on March 8, 2015
at 12:01 am
Shaenon: Andrew, Robin and I had an awesome time at Sac-Con last weekend. Best of all, Kayla Claudino gave me these sweet Skin Horse drawings. Thank you so much! Channing: Aw, so adorable. Thanks, Kayla!
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So Many Files Thumbnails
on March 15, 2015
at 12:01 am
Shaenon: On the plus side, Jeff wrote me a couple of strips that were all black panels. On the minus side, robot fights and yoga. It’s been a roller coaster of a couple of months. Channing: My original draft actually[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: More art for a project that may or may not ever happen. This was a planned collaboration with my friend Jason Thompson, master of H.P. Lovecraft comics. Mostly I think he wanted to make me draw Edwardian stuff. Channing:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Another work in progress, this is a page from a graphic novel pitch. It’s a sort of ghost story, but not really, set at a classic movie palace. I love old movie theaters as much as I love old[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The next page from the pitch sample for The Lux. Tina Kim only colored the first page to give editors an idea of what it would look like in color. Man, I love this comic. Channing: Nothing to do with this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Yes, it’s finally happened. Jeff and I have a Patreon to fund Skin Horse and our other creative projects. What other projects? Well, if this goes well, I’ll restart my on-hiatus-since-the-baby webcomic Monster of the Week. Meanwhile, please enjoy our Patreon video,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: It’s been a while since my last wallpaper design, but I had to do an inspirational poster. So the deal now is: if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, or contribute any[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The Couscous Collective’s latest anthology, ILLUMINATION, is here! Actually, it’s been out for a few weeks, but I was putting the Patreon together and making a new wallpaper and so on. Anyway, I did a sweet Narbonic story. You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Skin Horse 5
on May 3, 2015
at 12:01 am
Shaenon: Skin Horse Volume 5 is here and available at the Couscous Store! Have a look! And thanks to everyone who supported the Kickstarter to make this happen. P.S. Babies. Channing: Yes, it’s true, your copy of Volume 5 may[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Channing: Hey, guys. This Sunday I thought I’d show you a deleted scene from “My House is Me,” wherein Nick tries to open up to Tip about his childhood history with Whimsy, with mixed results. Also, if you were wondering[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This is another comic strip my friend Jason Thompson and I were working on at one point. It was called Destroy All Manga and was based on all our friends down at the manga publishing company. Speaking of Jason and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Some more Destroy All Manga strips. Our alternate title was Paper Play. “Someday we’re all going to get killed by someone who likes Yu-Gi-Oh,” is an actual quote from a manga editor (not me, I swear). Channing: The sad[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Looking through my thumbnails, I found a few strips we sketched out but never used. I don’t think we’ve ever shared these before. If we have, pretend we didn’t for my sake. Channing: We must be okay, because even[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I like drawing little chibi people. Sue me. Channing: Tip, you do not like this feature because you do not like things that are totally wicked great. Are you also unlike Tip, and thus agree that this is totally[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: A couple more strips that never made it past the thumbnail stage. One of the notables buried in Colma is Phineas Gage, the 19th-century railroad worker who had an iron rod driven through his skull and survived. I really[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Andrew asked me to do a travel poster, so here it is, just in time for summer. If you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, or contribute any amount to our Patreon, we’ll[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Unused illustration for my college alumni magazine. It was for a story on “cool courses.” The most awesome part is that my alma mater now has courses on comics. Back when I was a student, we made our own[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thumbnails for a story in the next Couscous Collective anthology, MONSTERS. I’ll be drawing two stories for the anthology: a Skin Horse story written by Jeff and this story written by my seven-year-old cousin. Channing: Man, I am so gonna[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Hitty is one of those character designs where I sketched in the easiest cartoony thing possible for the thumbnails, and then it came time to do the final art and I went, “Meh, looks good.” Channing: I love her little[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The penciled and inked version of the first two pages of “Big Monster!” This is another case where I was going to come up with a more complicated character design, then decided the doodles in the thumbnails were pretty[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Oh my gosh. Jeff’s amazing spouse Feech has drawn Sweetheart on the couch, unable to reach the remote. That is very sad, Sweetheart. Go do the dishes or something. Meanwhile, I love seeing Sweetheart drawn as, like, an actual[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I apologize for being shamefully behind on filling the upper-tier Kickstarter orders for Skin Horse Volume 5. To make up for it, here are some of the sketches I’ve done for backers. I’m getting a lot of requests for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: More sketches for Kickstarter backers. Channing: Especial thanks to the contributor who chose Nera as their commission! Gotta give the B-cast some love!
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Shaenon: Nigel the Anti-Gravity Ferret is 100% Jeff’s fault. Channing: I am shocked, just shocked, that you would think that the furry animal in a strange costume was somehow my creation. Unity did not kill 100% of the non-main cast[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Aw, sweet! Erin Ptah, creator of But I’m a Cat Person, drew this completely boss Tigerlily. Thank you so much! Channing: This is indeed overwhelming boss. This picture is so boss that it’s sending me angry e-mails wondering where[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Sometimes I spend a lot of time coming up with clever art styles and visual references for the Skin Horse wallpapers, and sometimes I say, “Forget it, Mucha pastiches always look good.” I figured the water cooler deserved her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: More sketches for Kickstarter backers. Sometimes this project is just an excuse to practice drawing clothes. Speaking of which, thanks to everyone who requested Princess Nick. Channing: Whoever requested a Unity/Silverfish opera duet gets all my love and ten[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Yes, someone specifically requested Unity eating a hot dog. No, I don’t ask questions. I did Chicago style because they’re more fun to draw. Channing: And also delicious. I do enjoy my hot dogs dragged through the garden, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Oh my gosh, thank you so much to Tuitey Fruity for this candid drawing of the field team. TF also drew Nick, VR style. Channing: Omigosh! Great to see another one of your pieces! Unity looks so happy,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I’ve been drawing a lot of scarves lately. This is what happens when you get fashion drawing reference from Pinterest. If you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, or contribute any amount to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Here are the finished first pages of “Big Monster!”, one of the two stories I’m drawing for the upcoming Couscous Collective anthology MONSTERS. Pancha Diaz, the wonderful colorist for Skin Horse, colored it. Now I need to get to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The couture is all very rewarding to draw, but if I had my druthers I’d just draw a million billion Nicks. Channing: That said, Unity looks really good in that dress.
Shaenon: The hardest SH character to sketch is Gavotte. She’s a friggin’ swarm of bees. In this case, I made the unilateral decision that I’d rather focus on drawing tiki drinks. Channing: Alternately, it’s Bubbles the Water Cooler in tropical[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Okay, one last set of sketches I did for Kickstarter backers. Here’s the final tally of all the character requests I got this time around: Nick: 17 (7 regular, 9 in the Violet drone, 1 as the manga-style Niko-Hime[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: “Looking-Glass Land” was one of the early storylines we came up with, so some of the thumbnails date back to before the launch of Skin Horse. Like these, for example! You’ll note that at one point Violet Bee was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The uncolored first page of “The Monster at the End of This Comic,” a story for the upcoming Couscous Collective anthology, MONSTERS. Which reminds me: I’ve added an original art page to this site, showing off some of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Andrew wanted me to do a football-themed illustration for this month’s wallpaper, so here it is: old-timey American football fans! By the way, if yinz have wallpaper requests, let me know. I’m always looking for ideas. If you make[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: These two ladies are a couple of characters from Narbonic, my old webstrip, which takes place in the same universe as Skin Horse. Jeff wrote a strip for them in this storyline, but I try to avoid doing strips[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The next Couscous Collective anthology, MONSTERS, is now available for preorder! This unbelievable wraparound cover is the work of my good friend and monster fanatic Jason Thompson. Jeff and I did a ten-page Skin Horse story for the book,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Looking-Glass Thumbnails: Dog Edition
on December 6, 2015
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Shaenon: I’m going to come out and say it: I have no idea why Mirror Sweetheart has an eyepatch. It suits her strangely well. Channing: I can help! In an excised strip that I never actually submitted to Shaenon, Mirror[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I don’t think I’ve shared this before, and it’s high time I did. I wrote and drew a comic for Peanuts: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz, a collection of Peanuts art and comics by an amazing lineup of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Page from a comic I drew about fake carnival mermaids. I just like carny stuff. Channing: The thing I like best, the absolute best, about carny stuff, is the lingo. This will be obvious to anyone who recognized the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Channing: Heyo and happy holidays to all! For today’s Sunday, I fished out of my backup files yet another discarded bonus story that was briefly considered for the end of one of our print collections. It was (thankfully) passed over[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Reader Arcum42 colored this Kickstarter bonus art a while back, and here I am finally posting it for the new year. Thank you so much for making my sketch look like some charming piece of children’s book art. Channing:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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January 2016 Wallpaper: Book Collection
on January 10, 2016
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Shaenon: Ages ago, Jeff and I were discussing what the titles of the Skin Horse books would be if we’d followed the classic 1980s-era Andrews McMeel naming convention, where comic-strip collections are named after quotations from the strip. You know,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Individual images of the book covers I made for the latest wallpaper. Channing: Snoopy!Sweetheart still cracks me up.
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Shaenon: Another Kickstarter sketch expertly colored by Arcum42. Thank you so much! Channing: I love the patterns on Marcie’s clothes! Thanks, Arcum42. And thank you to whichever Kickstarter contributor asked for the original!
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Shaenon: Remember, back during the maternity-leave guest strips, there was a storyline (drawn by the wonderful Elena Diaz) involving adorable zombie-plant hedgehogs in Colma? Well, there was. Now our colorist and book designer, Pancha Diaz, who has a plethora of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Time to shamelessly plug the temporary return of my X-Files recap comic Monster of the Week. I’ll be covering the new six-episode season. This here is a preview of tomorrow’s strip. If you enjoy this and other fine products[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I just want to say I did this month’s wallpaper in a day because I’m amazing. 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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Channing: Some of you may have seen this document already, as it was featured on my blog for a couple of months, but for those of you that haven’t: for a while there I was noodling around and practicing writing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I don’t always advertise convention appearances in these Sunday supplements, but this artwork by my wonderful friend Chuck Whelon is too cool not to share. I’m going to be a guest at the first Silicon Valley Comic Con, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Biomass Unity was my favorite thing to draw in this storyline. My least favorite: Washington, D.C. landmarks filled with wild animals. Channing: I don’t always care this much about my own jokes, but I still think erotic fanfic starring[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: It’s been a while since I did a wallpaper featuring a ridiculous line from the strip. Which is weird, because this strip has a lot of ridiculous lines. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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