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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Shaenon: Hey, I made another Skin Horse playlist! I haven’t done one of these in a while. Channing: Some great stuff on here, as per usual!
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Shaenon: Hey, look, another playlist! What are the odds? Channing: Aw, man, “Creature with the Atom Brain” rocks my world. “WELL, IF YOU WANT TO BELIEVE THAT STORY YOU CAN!”
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Shaenon: More thumbnails for Nick strips. I drew some of these a loooong time ago. Channing: I’ve known about some of these strips for almost a decade now, and it’s a very weird experience to finally see them air in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Lancer, thank you for your excellent mailbag questions! Jeff, I’m sorry my cartoon self is kind of mean to you. Channning: I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Shaenon: For this month’s wallpaper, I decided to go full Lisa Frank and make the raddest Trapper Keeper design ever. Thank you. As always, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, or contribute[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: That’s right! We’re launching a Kickstarter to print not one, but two volumes of Skin Horse! Have a look at our Kickstarter, get some books, and spread the word! Channing: Thanks entirely to the generosity of faithful backers like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: One week in, the Kickstarter campaign for Skin Horse Volumes 7 and 8 has hit both its initial goal and its first stretch goal! I am happy to announce that, per the stretch goal, all backers will receive an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Channing: Hey folks! Sometimes when we’re forced to reorder events, individual gags and whole scenes are sometimes lost to the cutting room floor. My original scripts had Tigerlily working on converting Annex One to a mobile fortress rather earlier, at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The Kickstarter for Skin Horse Volumes 7 and 8 is chugging along toward its second stretch goal. We’ve also added a new pledge level, Funky Challenger, which includes artwork from the bonus stories in these volumes. Spread the word,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: My son Robin likes to tell stories about our cat, Eve, and her adventures with other cats on the Cat Planet. Here are some of my drawings of the cats. And here’s one of Robin’s drawings of them (along[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The Kickstarter campaign for Skin Horse Volumes 7 and 8 has hit its second stretch goal! That means all backers get an ebook copy of The Skin Horse Storybook Dossier, a collection of all the SH prose stories Jeff[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The Kickstarter for Skin Horse Volumes 7 & 8 ends this Tuesday, April 30. Here’s one of the many illustrations I’ve drawn for The Skin Horse Storybook Dossier, an ebook collection of prose stories all backers will receive. Um,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The Kickstarter for Skin Horse Volumes 7 and 8 is complete! With 427 backers and a final tally of $29,408, it’s the most successful Skin Horse Kickstarter yet. Thank you so much to everyone who backed this project and/or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Right now we’re working on the bonus stories for Skin Horse Volumes 7 and 8. Here’s a page from the Volume 8 story, set in Aimee’s VR world shortly after the events in “Fun for Some.” Jeff likes to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: And here’s the inked version of the page that I shared last Sunday. Just chugging along with the bonus material here. Channing: I scripted the bonus stories out of order because Volume 8 had more unicorns in it.
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Shaenon: Here’s the first page of the bonus story for Skin Horse Volume 7. I didn’t stop to scan the pencils, so this is the finished inked art before Pancha colors it. Channing: We kinda had to do a mirror-universe[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I’m finally free to tell the world! I’m working on a graphic novel, Willowweep Manor, with Christopher Baldwin, creator of Spacetrawler and Little Dee and one of the few people who’s been doing webcomics longer than I have. I’m[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I should probably do more wallpaper designs featuring quotes from the strip. So here’s one! If you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, or contribute any amount to our Patreon, we’ll give you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Here’s the finished first page of the bonus story to Skin Horse Volume 8, with colors by the amazing Pancha Diaz. We’re one step closer to achieving our dream! Channing: Neurotic-variant Baron is just the right shade of green.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: And here’s a finished page for the Skin Horse Volume 7 bonus story, with colors by the great Pancha Diaz. Thanks so much to all the Kickstarter backers for giving us the chance to make these books. Channing: Hear,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Just a few thumbnails from recent weeks. I want to retool the entire strip to be about Nick, Dr. Lee, and Tigerlily, because they’re the most fun to draw. Channing: They’re pretty fun to write too. They constantly threaten[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Robin described this dream to me, so I drew it for him. Speaking of, he just had his fifth birthday! Happy birthday, Robin! Channing: This is perhaps the best Nancy comic in existence, even considering its recent resurgence.
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Shaenon: This year is Popeye’s 90th birthday (and the 100th birthday of Olive Oyl and the rest of the Thimble Theatre comic strip), so King Features has been running Sunday comics by guest artists all year long. My husband Andrew[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: For this month’s wallpaper, I opted to draw some heroic historical cross-dressing. This illustration is based on a portrait of the Chevalier d’Eon, 18th-century French soldier, diplomat, and spy for Louis XV. The Chevalier was a cross-dresser and/or trans[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thing I’ve been doing lately: reading novels about creepy old-time British stuff and drawing illustrations for them. Here we have Ghost Wall (above) by Sarah Moss, Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner, Red Shift by Alan Garner, Riddley[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Doodling a vampire kid based on me circa 1990. Channing: This character design is as cute as two hecks, and if she does not get a feature of her own I will riot.
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Shaenon: For this month’s wallpaper, I’m not sure why I decided to design a bunch of craft beer labels, but here we are. I’m so pleased with these. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Chris Baldwin and I have finished the rough draft of Willowweep Manor, our upcoming graphic novel. Here’s a sample (still rough) page. Channing: I’ve long been a fan of Mr. Baldwin’s work, and so seeing his teamup with my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The dog version of me ended up looking like Rowlf from the Muppets, which I know is flattering myself. Channing: Basically the lesson here is that you should never let me be in charge of anything ever.
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Shaenon: I’ve written a new non-comics short story, “The Best Scarlet Ceremony Ever!” It’s on The Drabblecast, which also produces a podcast version for people who like to listen to stories. Enjoy! And if you’d like to read more of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Robin just started kindergarten, which put me in the mood to do a back-to-school illustration for September. As usual, 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…
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Shaenon: Chris Baldwin, my collaborator on the upcoming graphic novel Willowweep Manor and one of the few people who’s been drawing webcomics even longer than I have, was kind enough to draw this extremely accurate portrait of Unity and Mirror[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I’m not great at customer service. Channing: I didn’t even feed Shaenon any lines this time, and she still has my character down. Perhaps I’m becoming too predictable. I need to throw a few curve balls.
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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;[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The Cartoon Art Museum has a show of 1950s EC horror comics planned for the Halloween season, so I decided to draw a tribute to one of the most infamous EC covers. In 1954, the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: More Nick and Dr. Lee strips I wrote a million years ago and finally got to draw. Channing: The situation in which these strips aired is somewhat different than the one Shaenon originally envisioned all those years ago, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Okay, just for the heck of it, a few more recent Nick & Dr. Lee doodles. Channing: As always, I get the immediate urge to play “what’s on the other side of the paper.” Concentrating on the front of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Batman: The Definitive History of the Dark Knight, by my husband Andrew Farago, is out this week from Insight Editions! Chris Baldwin, my collaborator on our upcoming graphic novel Willowweep Manor, drew this for Andrew while he was entrenched[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: An illustration I drew based on my non-comics story You Came to the Tower, up now on Future Science Fiction Digest. There’s a podcast version too! It’s I Capture the Castle crossed with We Have Always Lived in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Dirk Tiede’s werewolf cop drama Paradigm Shift is one of my longtime favorite webcomics, and not just because Dirk is one of the nicest guys in the world and also draws awesome fan art of my comics. Now he’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Look at this! Skin Horse Volumes 7 and 8 are in from the printer and available at the Couscous Store. Everyone who backed these books on Kickstarter will be receiving their copies and other good stuff soon. Thank you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This isn’t the first time I’ve gone to Norman Rockwell for a wallpaper design, but that’s his fault for being so great. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Mason “Tailsteak” Williams is one of my favorite fellow longtime webcartoonists, so it’s enormously exciting to see him draw Nick Zerhakker. Thank you, Tailsteak! And everyone please check out his current sci-fi comic Forward. Channing: …and I’m having another[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I’m hard at work drawing bonus character sketches for Kickstarter backers of Skin Horse Volumes 7 and 8. Enjoy these samples! Also, if you want the excellent new Skin Horse books, and also the excellent old Skin Horse books,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I always want to draw Arts and Crafts designs and characters looking cozy. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, or contribute any amount to our Patreon, we’ll give you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Still drawing character sketches for Kickstarter backers. Channing: That Sweetheart is killing me dead right now.
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Shaenon: More sketches for Kickstarter backers. For some reason I always want to draw Dr. Lee with a hot beverage. Channing: Whoever requested Unity bodily lifting Sweetheart in preparation for a doggy caber toss gets a +1 from me. Also,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: A sketch I started for the current wallpaper illustration before I decided to make it vertically aligned. I love giant fluffy pillows. Channing: It’s always nice to see these two hanging out like a real couple after years and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This is my favorite way to draw Baron Mistycorn. Channing: Yahoo! Somebody requested the Baron! He’s my most favorite least favorite character in the whole strip, if that makes any sense. I hope it does to you, because I’m[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Look, Jeff! It’s a dog in a hat! As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, or contribute any amount to our Patreon, we’ll give you a link to this wallpaper,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: More sketches for Kickstarter backers. Tigerlily and Dr. Lee were the most popular requests this time around. Channing: Gotta say, that is a very lovely-looking Tip. Well done, requestor!
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Shaenon: The great Christopher Baldwin is still hard at work on the art for Willowweep Manor, our graphic novel, out later this year. Enjoy this sample page in progress and try to figure out what this comic is about. Channing:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Just a few more sketches I’ve done for Skin Horse 7 & 8 Kickstarter backers. Some people have offbeat request. I’m sending out the last Kickstarter orders this month. Thanks again to everyone! Channing: Many thanks to whichever of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I’ve finally figured out how to draw decent flowers, so enjoy this big flowery Valentine’s Day design. Robin drew one of the hearts. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Page from a graphic novel in progress. Art by Jason Thompson and me, colors by Jumana Al Hashal. Channing: I am forced to assume that Robin Garrity takes top writing credit. I’m super enthusiastic about this one.
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Shaenon: I’ll be tabling at the Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest in Redwood City, California on Saturday, March 7. If you’re in the area, stop by! The fest includes events throughout the month with cartoonists including Dana Simpson, Ryan North,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thanks so much, Other Jeff, for giving me another chance to draw your dogs. I’m sorry if they don’t look much like your actual dogs, but this was how I drew them seven years ago and I’d hate to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Channing Hey, gang! As you know, scripts go through a lot of changes between their initial draft stage and the final product you see on the page. This Sunday, I thought it’d be illuminating to look at the very first[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I started this wallpaper illustration at the beginning of the month, and now it’s a nostalgic image of the days when people could gather in groups. Ha ha, the world’s gone mad and we’re all going to die. But[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: One last set of sketches I did for Kickstarter backers. I have to apologize to the uppermost-tier backers, whose packages I’m putting together now. On the plus side, I got a request to draw Imogene, the 1950s-fixated mad genius[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Indoors? Reading? Need piles of comics? For the length of all shelter-in-place advisories, all Narbonic and Skin Horse books you order from the Couscous Store will arrive signed and sketched by me. Stay safe, stay sane, read fun stuff.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This is one of the more unusual fan art submissions we’ve gotten. One of the prose stories Jeff wrote as a bonus for Kickstarter backers is “You Are Jonah Yu,” a choose-your-own-adventure story starring Jonah and Nera. The story[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: My kid told me I should only draw cats, so I made this Florida Keys-themed wallpaper for him. As usual, 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: Oh my gosh, look at this! Trivena writes, “Looking for something to do during isolation, I raided my craft stash and found some snakeskin print left over from another project. As a big fan of hugs, which are difficult[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Claire writes, “I redraw bits of the strip almost every evening; it started as a way to get nice avatar images, but has ended up being a longer term project.” That is…amazing, and thank you very much for this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Continuing the theme of drawing things my kid tells me to draw, here’s a wallpaper design with a whole lot of dandelions. I’m also trying to work more with colors I don’t usually use. So: yellow! I like to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thank you so much to Ari for these very cute drawings of Unity, Tip, Tigerlily and Bubbles! I appreciate all the appropriate accessories. Channing: Now, more than ever, I want little action figure versions of these characters with little[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: We’re getting so much fan art this month! Thank you! It’s Mermay, the month for drawing mermaids, and Ed Gedeon has gifted us this not-at-all-terrifying Unity made from a melange of sea creatures. Thanks, Ed! Channing: Poor Ariel deserved[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Please enjoy my fourth seasonal puppy wallpaper design. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, or contribute any amount to our Patreon, we’ll give you a link to this wallpaper,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Today the National Cartoonists Society is asking cartoonists to put symbols representing essential workers into their comic strips, as a thank-you to the people who have been working through the actual apocalypse to keep us alive. The symbols are:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I give Nick a hard time, but he’s transparently my favorite character. Channing: Many apologies to our increasingly-dismayed Lee. Some of my preliminary pre-strip brainstorming sessions got a little odd at times. Again, as noted, this was pre-strip speculation[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thank you so much to Erin Ptah for drawing Skin Horse characters at a Pride march, along with Hank and Ada from LR Hale’s The Night Belongs to Us. Erin previously drew this great Oz-themed illustration, which I can’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Ari Papke colored our illustration for the Great Thank You Search and now it looks lovely. Thank you so much! Channing: This is a beautiful treatment! Thank you, Ari!
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Shaenon: For this month’s wallpaper I felt like doing something with Jonah and/or Nera, which developed into this National Parks-style poster. As usual, 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: I love drawing Renard. So small and round. So relaxing. Channing: We are blessed to have such frequent intersections between “fun to write” and “fun to draw” in our Kickstarter backer community, and Renard is no exception.
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Shaenon: Thumbnails for the first week of strips in this storyline. I draw really scribbly turtles and don’t polish them much for the final art. Channing: The scribbly turtles are an perfectly on-point rendition of how I saw them in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: It’s Comic-Con weekend! This year the con is 100% online, but I’m there all the same. Handsome museum curator Andrew Farago was kind enough to interview me for my Comic-Con spotlight panel, possibly the only panel this year with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Hey, look, I made another playlist! Please enjoy. Channing: I am officially on board with any playlist that includes Neko Case. Such a lovely voice.
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Shaenon: Hey, look, I made another another playlist! Enjoy! Channing: Can we just take a moment to admire the sheer breadth of weird genius music Shaenon’s library contains? Because I think we really need to talk about that. Also happy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Mya Applesauce was kind enough to color some of the entries in the cast page. Thank you so much! And I apologize for not updating the cast page in about a hundred years. I’m partly overwhelmed by how many[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: For some reason I love drawing characters with beverages. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, or contribute any amount to our Patreon, we’ll give you a link to this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: We’re crowdfunding two new volumes of Skin Horse, starting today! Check out the Kickstarter, pledge if you’re into it, and please spread the word! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/250007708/skin-horse-volumes-9-and-10?ref=user_menu Channing: We’ve had a lot of success with these Kickstarters, and all of our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The Skin Horse 9 & 10 Kickstarter had a great first week, hitting its goal in the first day. We’re now nearing our first stretch goal. Please continue to support us and spread the word. Thank you so much![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The Skin Horse 9 & 10 Kickstarter has passed its first stretch goal and and announced its second. If the campaign passes $25,000, I’ll draw a new season of my X-Files recap comic Monster of the Week. Thanks so[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Okay, this is really something. Quentin Long scored a song for the mutant axolotls in “Choose.” Remember the axolotls? By happy coincidence, “Choose” was the storyline that introduced Sergio, who’s now back in the comic. If you’d like the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The Skin Horse 9&10 Kickstarter has passed its second stretch goal! That means I’ll be drawing another season of my X-Files recap comic Monster of the Week. As you can see, I’ve already started watching X-Files and taking notes.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: The Skin Horse 9&10 Kickstarter has ended successfully! Thank you so much to everyone who helped us out by contributing and spreading the word. Thanks to you, we get to publish two more print volumes of this awesome strip.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This month’s wallpaper is based on the cover of the upcoming Volume 10. If you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, or contribute any amount to our Patreon, we’ll give you a link[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: A few thumbnail sketches from this storyline. Jeff is the lead writer on most of Skin Horse, but this storyline is mostly me. I am the boss of writing Artie. Channing: I wouldn’t say I’m the lead writer, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: At last I can reveal the cover of The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor, by the great Christopher Baldwin and me, out next year from Simon & Schuster! This is my first graphic novel and I can’t wait for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: We’re working hard on Skin Horse Volumes 9 and 10. Here’s the penciled page for “Heroes,” the bonus story for Volume 9. Man, it’s been a while since I drew these jabronis. Channing: Like I was going to pass[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I asked my kid what I should draw for this month’s wallpaper, and he said, “A cat making Thanksgiving dinner.” So here’s Cinnamon. The design is based a little bit on Maxfield Parrish, and the rats are inspired by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Here are all the rats I drew for this month’s Skin Horse wallpaper. I didn’t have room in the wallpaper illustration for all of them. Sorry, Green Bean Rat! Sorry, Sweet Potato Rats! Channing: Tag yourself! I’m mashed potato[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: And here’s the inked page from the Skin Horse 9 bonus story, “Heroes,” I shared a few Sundays ago. Next Pancha will color it and make it look good. Channing: Look better, surely, because this is super great.
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Shaenon: Here’s the first page of “Villains,” the bonus story for Skin Horse Volume 10. I forgot to scan the pencils for yinz before I started inking, so all I have to share is the inked page. Next: color! Channing:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Some thumbnails from the current storyline. I love drawing cats. As long as we’re all here, let me note that our Shelter-in-Place special is still in effect, so all Narbonic and Skin Horse book orders from the Couscous Store[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I had a very good time drawing these cookies. Happy holidays! As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, or contribute any amount to our Patreon, we’ll give you a link[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Here’s the final version of the page from “Heroes,” the Skin Horse Volume 9 bonus story, with colors by the wonderful Pancha Diaz. Thank you so much, Pancha! Channing: Pancha is absolutely the best. Good gosh dang, do I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: And here’s the final version of the page from “Villains,” the Skin Horse Volume 10 bonus story. Thank you to our colorist, Pancha Diaz, and thanks to everyone who backed the new Skin Horse books on Kickstarter. They’ll be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Look at this! Daphne Eftychia Arthur wrote music to accompany Sergio and Artie getting drunk at the rat bar. I’m sorry we haven’t been able to do more catching up with Sergio and Artie in this storyline, but at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I wanted to draw Artie and Sergio in old-timey suits. This illustration is inspired by illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, known for his elegant Saturday Evening Post covers and homoerotic Arrow Shirt advertisements. As usual, if you make a donation in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Remember Daphne Arthur’s Thimblefuls of Beer composition? I hope so, because Paula Goodwin has written arrangements for string quartet and for three clarinets. (Click for MP3 recordings.) Thank you so much! I will never get over receiving music. Channing:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: You may have noticed that Skin Horse has been developing toward some kind of climax. Jeff and I always planned for the strip to have an ending, and we’re creeping toward it now. It’ll probably end late this year,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I love seeing our art framed. Joel Schneider was kind enough to send me this photo of some beautifully displayed Narbonic and Skin Horse artwork. Thank you so much! Channing: It always tickles me to see these originals finding[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Skin Horse Volumes 9 and 10 have arrived from the printer and they look great! I’m very busy packing up copies to send to the Kickstarter backers who made them possible. Meanwhile, all ten (!) volumes of Skin Horse[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I need to do more wallpaper designs with unicorns because those are the only ones Jeff will use. So enjoy this Pre-Raphaelite picnic in Aimee’s VR world. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Just because I think it looks nice, here’s the pencil art to this month’s wallpaper. Channing: Very classy!
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Shaenon: It’s that time again: I’m mailing out books ordered through the latest Skin Horse Kickstarter campaign and doing a bazillion bonus character sketches. Channing: Bonus points to the backer who requested Kid Icarus, speaking as someone familiar with the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This is truly amazing, but Mickey has made Sweetdaddy Jupiter Velvet out of a waffle iron, a pickaxe, and scrap metal. He is a beautiful robot spider and I love him. Thanks for sharing this! Channing: It is awe-inspiring[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: More character sketches for Kickstarter backers. Sometimes people have complicated requests. You know who you are. Channing: Shaenon is no stranger to drawing complicated things on demand, mind you. Witness basically every in-canon strip I’ve ever written. There’s a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Dang, this comic has a lot of nerds. Even though it’s physically improbable for all of them to hang out, what with some of them being self-aware computer programs, I drew a big game night for them. As usual,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Channing: Hey, folks! Please click “next” for an update on the situation mentioned below! Thank you all. * * * Shaenon: Hey there. Since all the comments on today’s strip were people complaining about how boring and badly-drawn Skin Horse[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Channing: Hello to all of you! This is just an announcement to say that Skin Horse is going on an R&R break for the month of April. We plan to return on Monday, May 3. The outpouring of support from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: And we’re back! Thank you so much for your patience through this one-month hiatus. I also have to thank Jeff and Pancha for all their support. Anyway, here’s a welcome-back pinup of Tigerlily by Dave Ex Machina! Enjoy, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Sometimes I’m just going to draw Mucha-style Art Noveau profiles and there’s nothing you can do about it. Channing: Oh, man, I am loving that Tigerlily, although Pixie Lee is also weirdly adorable, and Sweetheart happily retrieving manila folders[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I wanted to draw something with an extremely 1970s color palette, so here we are. The previous owners of my house had the kitchen done in these colors. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thank you so much to Mya Applesauce for drawing cast members dressed for a Ren Faire. After a year of quarantine I’m dying to go to a Ren Faire, something I haven’t done in about ten years, and buy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thank you so much to Arcum42 for coloring some of the early SH strips. Now we can finally see Tip’s pink angora sweater in pink. Channing: Because the shift to color was made integral to the symbology of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: More sketches for Kickstarter backers! Aimee’s outfit was inspired by Japanese mori girl fashion, which I low-key got into over quarantine and now I put decorative sticks in my hair. Channing: I, too, frequently have sticks in my hair,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Since Dr. Lee’s proposal to Nick takes place off-panel in the strip, I figured I’d draw it as a Sunday bonus. Plus I get to put in a lot of neon colors. As usual, if you make a donation[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: How long have I been trying to get Nick and Dr. Lee together? You can see I was using this sketch as my desktop wallpaper in this comic from 2009. Channing: There’s just so bloody much that we’ve been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: More sketches for Kickstarter backers. At one point I kind of wanted to do the Nick design as a book cover, but I probably won’t get around to it. Channing: I like to think that Gavotte is enjoying herself[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Just got my comp copies of The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor, written by me and drawn by the legendary Christopher Baldwin. Official book birthday is July 20. So, you know, check that out. Channing: I am as in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Okay, one last batch of sketches from the Skin Horse vol. 9&10 Kickstarter. Dr. Lee and Unity are very popular requests. Channing: Particular kudos today to whomever requested The Great Unity from the mirror universe. Boss!
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Shaenon: My inspiration for this month’s wallpaper was children’s illustrator Edward Ardizzone, especially his Young Tim books. He painted beautiful watercolor seascapes and pictures of children getting into adventures. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Okay, okay, one more plug for The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor, my new graphic novel with Christopher Baldwin. My mom spotted it at her local Barnes & Noble and sent me the photographic evidence. I haven’t yet seen[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thought I’d share a couple of sketches I did for the Cartoon Art Museum‘s annual Comic-Con Sketch-A-Thon. Here are two of my favorite superheroes, Big Barda and Ms. Marvel! Channing: I’ve always felt Shaenon’s energetic style lends itself well[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: What the heck, here are some thumbnails from the previous storyline. We did a lot of slapstick in that one, mostly thanks to Jeff, although Tip swinging Nick around was my thing. Channing: Shaenon’s being more steeped in comics[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I’m still celebrating the release of my graphic novel Willowweep Manor (with art by Christopher Baldwin!), so this month I made a gothic-novel-themed wallpaper. Please enjoy the ominous atmosphere. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Thank you so much to Mya Applesauce for these new and improved drawings of select cast members! Actually, I got these a while ago and only just got around to putting them up, so sorry about that… but also[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: A few last sketches from the Skin Horse 9 & 10 Kickstarter campaign. My favorite props to draw characters holding seem to be coffee and brains. Channing: It certainly is a brand! Kudos to the backer who requested Ira.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Because I have my finger on the pulse of what’s cool and hip, this month’s wallpaper is inspired by vintage seed catalogues. Thank you. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Might as well indulge in an utterly self-serving post… I can officially announce that I have a new graphic novel in the works! It combines two subjects close to my heart, mad science and coffee, and Emily Holden’s art[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Since I post a lot of Skin Horse thumbnails, I thought I’d share what my thumbnails for longform comics look like. These are for a graphic novel I’m shopping around right now. Channing: I have absolutely no idea what’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Random doodles. I haven’t gotten to draw Artie and Sergio together in the comic as much as I’d like, so I sketch them in my notebooks. Channing: I really liked writing Cinnamon the cat, for the little time that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: For the record, the cryptids around the campfire are, left to right: Chupacabra, the Dover Demon, the Michigan Dogman, Mothman, Bigfoot, a Jersey Devil, and the Goatman. Thank you. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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