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Shaenon: You bet I finally updated the cast page. Channing: Now to introduce like fifty new characters next week…
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Shaenon: Jeff answered this mailbag question, so all I had to do was draw a bunch of Jeffs. Channing: You know what’s best in life? Composing a long, rambling e-mail to Shaenon and seeing Long, Rambling E-mail: The Graphic Novel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I can’t believe we never did this in previous years. I’m Kickstarting a Skin Horse 2022 calendar, using seasonal illustrations from my years of wallpaper illustrations. Want one? Go back the Kickstarter! It’ll be running until the end of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I am always excited to see our comics on people’s walls, so thanks to Rob Davidoff for sharing this picture. The watercolor is by Rob’s wife’s grandmother. It’s an honor. Channng: Beautiful framing job! Thank you for honoring our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I like coffee, I like old-timey advertisements, so this month I’m drawing old-timey coffee advertisements. The coffeepots balanced on Moustachio’s hat are based on my little Moka pot, which I got during lockdown when I couldn’t go to out[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: There’s a week left to help Kickstart the Skin Horse 2022 calendar, and I thought I’d share some of the pages. This has been really fun to put together. Why didn’t I do a calendar every year? Channing: The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: It’s officially holiday shopping season, and that means it’s time for special sales. From now through December 31, all orders of Narbonic and/or Skin Horse print books from the Couscous Store come with the original art for one (1)[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Nat Gertler’s books on comic book scriptwriting have been invaluable to me over the years, so it’s incredibly exciting to be included in the latest volume! Panel Three: Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers includes an excerpt from my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Well, look at that! The 2022 Skin Horse calendars have arrived and they look great. If you didn’t get the chance to back the Kickstarter, you can order one now from the Couscous Store. Supplies are limited! Channing: Useful[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Busy drawing sketches for Skin Horse calendar backers. These are some of them. Thank you. Channing: It’s always grand to see which characters and situations resonate with viewers enough that they want to see more of them! Loving everything[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I really like drawing scarves. 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, designed for two[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: More sketches I did for backers of the Skin Horse calendar (incidentally available from the Couscous Store). Unity was a popular request this time around, which is fine with me. Channing: If I were a talking toaster, I’d be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: A few more sketches for calendar backers. Lookit Nick! Lookit his little suit! Channing: Man, you guys make all the best requests.
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Shaenon: For this month’s wallpaper, I decided an action pose would be fun. For some reason I always want to put Tigerlily in secondary colors, so this orange/green/purple palette seemed like a good idea. As usual, if you make a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Because I love seeing Skin Horse art on display, thank you so much to Candace for sending this picture of the Unity sketch I did for her as part of the calendar campaign. It looks all classy up on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Aza writes, “I decided to make my own flower control headset, to show my support for the Biomass in this trying time (also because I love how it looks).” It looks amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This has nothing to do with Skin Horse, but I liked the way these came out and I thought I’d show them off. Jacob Haller commissioned me to design these cardboard-kazoo-playing kitten stickers for a music class. Thanks, Jacob![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Matteo was kind enough to send us this sample calligraphy of Skin Horse names. He writes, “This practice is ‘only’ with a felt-tipped calligraphy marker, while I am learning the letter patterns. I will soon be transitioning to a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This being Valentine’s Day month, I did a Nick/Dr. Lee wedding illustration. I love drawing these two, plus I kinda wanted to try drawing a hanbok. Last month’s wallpaper had a palette of secondary colors, and this one’s based[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Jeff and I don’t write everything out in advance, but Nick controlling the drone fleet was something I wanted to do from early on. These thumbnails are so old they contain both a Twilight reference and a Firefly reference.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I got to create the cover for Moe Lane’s newest novel, Tinsel Rain, currently funding on Kickstarter. Check it out! If you back at any level, you get desktop/phone wallpaper with my illustration. Channing: Deliciously deco! I realize there[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Now that we’re in the Skin Horse endgame, I might as well share thumbnails for ideas we didn’t end up using. Here’s a scenario where the crew was going to distract Ira at a crucial moment by having him[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: I wish I had a brilliant thesis behind each of these wallpaper illustrations, but this one was based entirely on the concept “balls.” Ha ha, balls. Awesome. As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: It is deeply humbling and also kind of terrifying when someone puts my art on their actual body. Hugh Eckert commissioned me to design tattoo flash of his pets, and now here they are. Look at these good babies![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Hey, here’s something we haven’t seen in a while. A Skin Horse playlist! I only get to do these under special circumstances. Channing: Glimpses into Shaenon’s music library are always fascinating! Here’s hoping you find some of these tracks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: And another playlist! I’m going to miss making these so much. Channing: Won’t lie, got a little misty listening to Comes a Time in this context.
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Shaenon: Some more thumbnails for strips that didn’t make it into the comic. Yes, I had to cut one of these because the strip has been running for 14 years and CD trunk changers no longer exist. Channing: When you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Last week I was in Athens, Greece for the Comicdom comics festival. I got to draw Wonder Woman for a sketch raffle event. Please enjoy my Wonder Woman with cats, the smaller Wonder Woman I drew on the back,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Now that Sweetheart and Unity are in space, I thought I’d do some optimistic midcentury-style space race art. This is vaguely influenced by Ward Kimball’s animated space shorts for Disney television and by Soviet cosmonaut posters. As usual, if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Everything is hard to draw. It seems unfair. Channing: In Shaenon’s defense, she makes it look easy, even though it isn’t.
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Shaenon: Thank you so much to Sabrina C., age 17, for this portrait of Sweetheart and Unity. The props are essential to expressing their character. I love it. Channing: It really is a perfect distillation.
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Shaenon: Oh my gosh, look at this. We’re working on the final two volumes of Skin Horse! These books will be crowdfunded through Zoop starting on June 5. That’s two Sundays from now. Keep an eye out! Channning: Thanks for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Some recent thumbnails. I was reluctant to bring in Mell from Narbonic, but it was fun to draw her again. Channing: One of the great struggles of doing a follow-up comic in collaboration with a fan of your previous[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This is it! We’re crowdfunding the final two volumes of Skin Horse on Zoop now. If you’d like to back them and get books, head on over. Thanks so much for sticking with us through this strange trip, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: Could these be…our final wallpaper designs? I made wallpapers based on the covers for the upcoming Volume 11 and Volume 12. (By the way, these volumes are funding now on Zoop, and if we hit the next stretch goal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: This week of Skin Horse will be the last. Thank you so much to everyone for following us this far. It’s going to be very strange to have these characters absent from my daily life. If you’re interested in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Shaenon: And that’s the end. Thank you so much to everyone who’s followed us through this comic. And if you’re here for the first time, go ahead and read it, and thank you in advance. Channing: Thank you, all of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Skin Horse ran daily from 2008 to 2022. Click back to the first installment or check the dropdown menu to read the complete archives. If you want more, we have an ongoing archive trawl with commentary running on our Patreon.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
