Good morning starshine
There’s nothing in the skies
Reflecting the sunlight
In my lovers eyes
Good morning starshine
So happy to be
My love and me as we singing
Our early morning singing song
Gliddy glub gloopy, nibby nabby noopy la, la, la, lo, lo
Sabba sibby sabba, nooby abba nabba, le, le, lo, lo
Tooby ooby walla, nooby abba naba
Early morning singing song
…………………………………..Oliver
Hmmm… good question. But I’m inclined to say Tigerlily. Yes, she’s a Mad genius, but she’s not nearly the gene-splicer that Helen is, so I just don’t think it’s all that likely that she managed to give Tip a uterus.
I’m of a habit of trying to perceive gender, but with Tip and Tigerlily, such an effort is pointless and meaningless. Their baby is kosmic fabulousness …
1. Tip’s outfit is better than I expected, and I had high expectations.
2. BABIEEEEEEE
3. Anyone else kinda dreading the final strip? I already miss this comic đ
Tip’s outfit is better than I expected, and I admit I was concerned after the last one. This one is much better. Definitely both dreading and looking forward to the finale.
I say the last one, but I’m not sure that’s quite right. The one Tip was wearing when he beamed down the first time, after being rescued from the out-of-control flying machine. That outfit was very concerning.
All right, folks. You have 22.5 hours until the last update. If you’ve ever dreamed of crafting the perfect filk for the Last Day Of The Comic, now is the time to begin.
I sort of wish I’d been a little more active on here, I know I’m not one of the real old timers, but still, this has been a part of my daily schedule for quite a few years now. I’m gonna miss it.
I suspect this *is* the final strip and saturday will be a farewell message or more likely an endpaper to match the endpaper that was the first strip (https://skin-horse.com/comic/12302007/). I could be wrong but… that’s where my money is.
(I like Saturday’s strip as a final one too…. Of course they only said last Sunday’s was the last Sunday strip. Is it possible that they will be going for several more weeks without Sundays?….. *no?* …. Oh, bummer…..)
‘Twas five years ago they left us
Now they’re beaming back with work to do
Our friends we’ve been needing
While everyone’s breeding
Skin Horse Generation 2
We think that they went to Lovetron
It’s a spring-powered planet of funk
We’ll ask Tigerlily
‘Cause we would feel silly
Reporting what’s only bunk
Back to Earth now!
We’re excited
To find out what adventure awaits
Full of mirth now
We’re delighted
All the lovers have found their true mates
With human and non- united
We can handle whatever is thrown
With mad science to guide us
And good friends beside us
We’re making the world our own
All together we’ll make this world our own!
‘Twas five years ago they left us
Now they’re beaming back with work to do
Our friends we’ve been needing
While everyone’s breeding
Skin Horse Generation 2
We think that they went to Lovetron
It’s a spring-powered planet of funk
We’ll ask Tigerlily
‘Cause we would feel silly
Reporting what’s only bunk
Back to Earth now!
We’re excited
To find out what adventure awaits
Full of mirth now
We’re delighted
All the lovers have found their true mates
With the human and non- united
We can handle whatever is thrown
With mad science to guide us
And good friends beside us
We’re making the world our own
All together we’ll make this world our own!
As someone who’s been reading this since “Borrowers”, I’d like to thank you for everything you’ve crafted over the years. Skin Horse is (has been) the first webcomic I read each day; I’ll have to find something new. I look forward to whatever else comes next.
(If anyone wants me to dig up my Dr. Horrible-inspired Skin Horse song, let me know.)
I will be sad. I have been around since shortly after the beginning. I actually have a copy of the strip where Tip declares Nick a client, and Sweetheart is gleeful about knowing “which forms to order.”
Who made them the Skin-Horse they are today?
The bureaucrat file clerk on who others dote?
Whoâs that strange creature that sent them astray?
The greatest whoever puts lumps in our throats?
One dog deserves the credit,
One dog deserves the claim
That Captainâs Fancy Sweetheart Darling Valentine is her name.
Hi! Captainâs Fancy Sweetheart Valentine—
You remember the day
When we first met the great Captain Fancy.
In one word she leaked out the secret of success in bureucratics:
Organize!
Organize!
Control the paperwork and strain your eyes!
Remember when itâs written down to pain your eyes!
So go train your eyes,
And organize, organize, organize!
Only be sure always to call it âteamwork.â
And ever since we saw this dog,
Our lives were not the same,
And Captainâs Fancy Sweetheart Darling Valentine is her name!
Hi! Captainâs Fancy Sweetheart Valentine—
You remember the day
She was given reorganized Skin-Horse to run.
It was difficult, horrible, baffling, disgruntling, dishonest, and miserable, terrible, nauseatingâŚWTF?
WhatâŚwas she planningâŚto do?
She thought a bit, and got idea, aha!
The older Skin-Horse store
Would make up a new core.
As Men In Black
It put them back,
And put them in at the door.
Spread out to keep at work,
With lots and lots of quirks,
And still somehow they here and now
Come off as real big jerks.
And so begins the fun,
The dog calls them to run,
The really big jerks with hundreds of quirks
Come back to the game without any claim,
And back to black, the core the store,
And Sweetheartâs work is done,
Yes, our Sweetheartâs work is done.
And then she writes
And overnight,
So opportune
And picayune.
Inside their bubble the bureaucrats curse,
Because theyâre still a bunch of jerks!
And who set off this awful mess
And played the power game?
Captainâs Fancy Sweetheart Darling Valentine is her name!
Hi!
Captainâs Fancy Sweetheart Valentine—
We will never forget the day,
That Skin-Horse separated.
Every one of them took off for somewhere else.
Sweetheart and a big crowd headed for paradise on the planet Lovetron.
Well, Nick said, you melon-farming toast-eating buncha spitholes—that stinks.
And then, oh, he said, kerplunking eggshells whisper armpit honey mustard—that stinks.
Fans of âSkin-Horseâ subscribe the Zoop pledges for twice the goal amount.
Volumes Eleven and Twelve will be on their way,
While âWillowweep Manor 2â waits in the wings.
And who deserves the credit?
And who can make this claim?
Captainâs Fancy Sweetheart Darling Valentine is her name!
Hi! Captainâs Fancy Sweetheart Darling Valentine is her name!
—from “Lobachevsky,” written and performed by Tom Lehrer.
I have loved this comic ever since I saw Shaenon was continuing Post-Narbonic, and it’s become one of my favorite daily treats. I know there’s a break coming, possibly even a ‘vacation’ if Andrew has his way, but I’ll be keeping my ear to the ground for the next project and will happily stop by the CAM to thank you in person for all the amazing work you two have done on this fantastic project!
Also, totally can’t wait for Willowweep Vol 2 and Jeff’s new project!
Plot elements leaving us guessing, we find it all kind of depressing. With item-by-item—maybe Sweetheart will bite ’em. But to us it’s all still a mixed blessing.
I don’t know if this is the last strip of Skin Horse, but it could be. And what a day for it to be on, as we face confirmation of one of the greatest challenges to civil rights in American history.
Thank you Shaenon, Jeff and Pancha for showing us, daily and for a decade, a bunch of queer weirdoes who do band together, figure out their stuff, and keep pushing for progress however hard it gets and however many institutions they had to topple to get there.
It’s been a joy and a privilege. Let’s get to work.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
BABY TIP!!!
Doot doo, dee doop tee doo, Baby Tip doot doo, dee doop tee doo… Baby Tip…
Good morning starshine
There’s nothing in the skies
Reflecting the sunlight
In my lovers eyes
Good morning starshine
So happy to be
My love and me as we singing
Our early morning singing song
Gliddy glub gloopy, nibby nabby noopy la, la, la, lo, lo
Sabba sibby sabba, nooby abba nabba, le, le, lo, lo
Tooby ooby walla, nooby abba naba
Early morning singing song
…………………………………..Oliver
He and Tigerlilly had Tiplets!
Mind… swirling among the clouds over the next county. I don’t expect I shall ever see it again.
Awwwwwwwwwwww – Baby Tiger-Tip! đ Also, I’m loving the sparkles in Tigerlily’s hair!
I’m going with Tiperlilly.
I wonder which of them carried this one. (Previously, I do see Tip carrying the funky little darling now.)
Hmmm… good question. But I’m inclined to say Tigerlily. Yes, she’s a Mad genius, but she’s not nearly the gene-splicer that Helen is, so I just don’t think it’s all that likely that she managed to give Tip a uterus.
That assumes either of them. A spring powered artificial womb is an option with mad science.
Gotta leave some plot threads for the anthology contributions!
I am LIVING for all these little babies
Somehow, knowing Sweetheart is taking charge makes me feel better…
“Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are!” – Jimmy Durante
Same.
I’m sure Sweetheart is looking forward to the opportunity to apply Lovetron technology to the problem of updating all of the org charts.
Well, two things come to mind.
(1) We haven’t seen you in five years. We wanna chat, party, catch up with each other, show off our babies…and you want us to go to work?
(2) You’ve been gone for five years…what makes you think you’re still in charge?
3) I haven’t changed.
4) Tip made me boss.
5) Who else could you plausibly pick for top dog?
…
Tigerlily and their child have matching giant space afros! So sparkly.
Awwww, I hope they named the baby something really awesome.
Tigerlip! Tipperlily! Okay, maybe not.
Clinton Daytwa Starchild.
Or possibly George Jones-Wilkin, to give the other kids a fighting chance to hold their own.
“Tilly“?
yes it’s a long way to Tipperlily…
Foxy Roundtree Jones.
A beautifully tasteful bit of swaddling cloth, but I bet the diaper dazzles.
Seems all the children the gang has produced are girls. Pending correction here.
I’m of a habit of trying to perceive gender, but with Tip and Tigerlily, such an effort is pointless and meaningless. Their baby is kosmic fabulousness …
But wrapped in a pink blanket.
So definitely a boy, then.
1. Tip’s outfit is better than I expected, and I had high expectations.
2. BABIEEEEEEE
3. Anyone else kinda dreading the final strip? I already miss this comic đ
Tip’s outfit is better than I expected, and I admit I was concerned after the last one. This one is much better. Definitely both dreading and looking forward to the finale.
I say the last one, but I’m not sure that’s quite right. The one Tip was wearing when he beamed down the first time, after being rescued from the out-of-control flying machine. That outfit was very concerning.
That outfit is so gorgeous that if I could wear, I’d even shave daily.
Pretty sure Tip’s outfit is something Ozma wore in an illustration.
Definitely intended to be similar to John R. Neill’s classic Ozma dress. And the hair ornament thingy, too!
From that fabulous last line, I was assuming this *was* the final strip. (Or at least the final non-montage strip with any dialogue.)
All right, folks. You have 22.5 hours until the last update. If you’ve ever dreamed of crafting the perfect filk for the Last Day Of The Comic, now is the time to begin.
There shall be no filk for me, just a soulful rendition of “Auld Lang Syne” playing in my head as one of the greatest webcomics comes to an end.
I sort of wish I’d been a little more active on here, I know I’m not one of the real old timers, but still, this has been a part of my daily schedule for quite a few years now. I’m gonna miss it.
We’re not prejudiced around here. Old or new, you can be just as unhinged as the rest of us.
Honestly, this would be a great final strip. Very _Calvin and Hobbes_.
I suspect this *is* the final strip and saturday will be a farewell message or more likely an endpaper to match the endpaper that was the first strip (https://skin-horse.com/comic/12302007/). I could be wrong but… that’s where my money is.
I too think this is the last strip. Sweetheart’s question is a classic wrapper upper.
If it is, I have another parody ready to go. If it isn’t, I’ll keep writing new ones until and then post that one.
Welp… I’m glad I didn’t have a lot of money.
(I like Saturday’s strip as a final one too…. Of course they only said last Sunday’s was the last Sunday strip. Is it possible that they will be going for several more weeks without Sundays?….. *no?* …. Oh, bummer…..)
Aww, Tip looks like such a good mom.
Men plus women plus time equals babies?
Depends on if they’ve any chemistry or desire to do so. Jonah and Nera don’t have any kids, and the ones that do were couples prior to the time skip.
Jonah’s ability is remarkably effective birth control.
“Hold on, if we have sex right now you’re going to conceive. If we wait another seventeen minutes we should be good.”
They all look…………….. erm………… better!
‘Twas five years ago they left us
Now they’re beaming back with work to do
Our friends we’ve been needing
While everyone’s breeding
Skin Horse Generation 2
We think that they went to Lovetron
It’s a spring-powered planet of funk
We’ll ask Tigerlily
‘Cause we would feel silly
Reporting what’s only bunk
Back to Earth now!
We’re excited
To find out what adventure awaits
Full of mirth now
We’re delighted
All the lovers have found their true mates
With human and non- united
We can handle whatever is thrown
With mad science to guide us
And good friends beside us
We’re making the world our own
All together we’ll make this world our own!
tune: “Ten Minutes Ago” from Cinderella, Rogers and Hammerstein, 1957
The Julie Andrews original, in honor of Gavotte: https://youtu.be/7fKRHCSUFM0
The Leslie Ann Warren version I grew up with: https://youtu.be/BHvgiDxeRaM
The utterly charming Brandy version: https://youtu.be/LT2uorSLsGU
‘Twas five years ago they left us
Now they’re beaming back with work to do
Our friends we’ve been needing
While everyone’s breeding
Skin Horse Generation 2
We think that they went to Lovetron
It’s a spring-powered planet of funk
We’ll ask Tigerlily
‘Cause we would feel silly
Reporting what’s only bunk
Back to Earth now!
We’re excited
To find out what adventure awaits
Full of mirth now
We’re delighted
All the lovers have found their true mates
With the human and non- united
We can handle whatever is thrown
With mad science to guide us
And good friends beside us
We’re making the world our own
All together we’ll make this world our own!
tune: “Ten Minutes Ago” from Cinderella, Rogers and Hammerstein, 1957
The Julie Andrews original, in honor of Gavotte: https://youtu.be/7fKRHCSUFM0
The Leslie Ann Warren version I grew up with: https://youtu.be/BHvgiDxeRaM
The utterly charming Brandy version: https://youtu.be/LT2uorSLsGU
tune: “Ten Minutes Ago” from Cinderella, Rogers and Hammerstein, 1957
The Julie Andrews original, in honor of Gavotte: https://youtu.be/7fKRHCSUFM0
That’s very good. I head-sang the whole thing and got feelings.
Well, impossible things are happening every day.
It puts such a smile on my face, that this story isn’t ending even if you won’t be working on it anymore.
No story truly ends, but it does reach a point where we have to give the characters some privacy.
Ooo, I like that phrasing.
Beautiful.
That bebe is so cute! Also I love Tip’s look. So perfect.
Ready whenever you are, Sweetheart. <3
Tears⌠with my toast, jam and tea, tears
This looks like a perfect finale strip but I suppose Shaenon and Jeff have one last surprise in store for me.
Tip looks so damn beautiful! He just about always does, but -dang-! The whole team looks gorgeous! I’m-a gonna miss them all.
One heck of a return.
Thanks for all of this.
Tigerlily looking like a regal Roberta Flack: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e0/0c/4f/e00c4f3e45975f70ddd999213462bbb7.jpg
The Ozma gown!
As someone who’s been reading this since “Borrowers”, I’d like to thank you for everything you’ve crafted over the years. Skin Horse is (has been) the first webcomic I read each day; I’ll have to find something new. I look forward to whatever else comes next.
(If anyone wants me to dig up my Dr. Horrible-inspired Skin Horse song, let me know.)
I will be sad. I have been around since shortly after the beginning. I actually have a copy of the strip where Tip declares Nick a client, and Sweetheart is gleeful about knowing “which forms to order.”
I grabbed the one where Sweetheart was singing Gilbert & Sullivan, and got one of the bureaucracy ones for my wife.
I’m so sad this comic is coming to an end, and so thrilled to have been along for the ride. This is such a great story.
Also Shaenon draws babies and kids SO CUTE! Jeeze.
Who made them the Skin-Horse they are today?
The bureaucrat file clerk on who others dote?
Whoâs that strange creature that sent them astray?
The greatest whoever puts lumps in our throats?
One dog deserves the credit,
One dog deserves the claim
That Captainâs Fancy Sweetheart Darling Valentine is her name.
Hi! Captainâs Fancy Sweetheart Valentine—
You remember the day
When we first met the great Captain Fancy.
In one word she leaked out the secret of success in bureucratics:
Organize!
Organize!
Control the paperwork and strain your eyes!
Remember when itâs written down to pain your eyes!
So go train your eyes,
And organize, organize, organize!
Only be sure always to call it âteamwork.â
And ever since we saw this dog,
Our lives were not the same,
And Captainâs Fancy Sweetheart Darling Valentine is her name!
Hi! Captainâs Fancy Sweetheart Valentine—
You remember the day
She was given reorganized Skin-Horse to run.
It was difficult, horrible, baffling, disgruntling, dishonest, and miserable, terrible, nauseatingâŚWTF?
WhatâŚwas she planningâŚto do?
She thought a bit, and got idea, aha!
The older Skin-Horse store
Would make up a new core.
As Men In Black
It put them back,
And put them in at the door.
Spread out to keep at work,
With lots and lots of quirks,
And still somehow they here and now
Come off as real big jerks.
And so begins the fun,
The dog calls them to run,
The really big jerks with hundreds of quirks
Come back to the game without any claim,
And back to black, the core the store,
And Sweetheartâs work is done,
Yes, our Sweetheartâs work is done.
And then she writes
And overnight,
So opportune
And picayune.
Inside their bubble the bureaucrats curse,
Because theyâre still a bunch of jerks!
And who set off this awful mess
And played the power game?
Captainâs Fancy Sweetheart Darling Valentine is her name!
Hi!
Captainâs Fancy Sweetheart Valentine—
We will never forget the day,
That Skin-Horse separated.
Every one of them took off for somewhere else.
Sweetheart and a big crowd headed for paradise on the planet Lovetron.
Well, Nick said, you melon-farming toast-eating buncha spitholes—that stinks.
And then, oh, he said, kerplunking eggshells whisper armpit honey mustard—that stinks.
Fans of âSkin-Horseâ subscribe the Zoop pledges for twice the goal amount.
Volumes Eleven and Twelve will be on their way,
While âWillowweep Manor 2â waits in the wings.
And who deserves the credit?
And who can make this claim?
Captainâs Fancy Sweetheart Darling Valentine is her name!
Hi! Captainâs Fancy Sweetheart Darling Valentine is her name!
—from “Lobachevsky,” written and performed by Tom Lehrer.
A double upvote for this (I don’r care if such a thing even exists or that there is no upvoting machanism on this forum, you’re still getting it)
Robert, I am awestruck!
What can I say? I want to go out on top.
I sang it aloud. Nick’s lines are perfect.
I have loved this comic ever since I saw Shaenon was continuing Post-Narbonic, and it’s become one of my favorite daily treats. I know there’s a break coming, possibly even a ‘vacation’ if Andrew has his way, but I’ll be keeping my ear to the ground for the next project and will happily stop by the CAM to thank you in person for all the amazing work you two have done on this fantastic project!
Also, totally can’t wait for Willowweep Vol 2 and Jeff’s new project!
Plot elements leaving us guessing, we find it all kind of depressing. With item-by-item—maybe Sweetheart will bite ’em. But to us it’s all still a mixed blessing.
aww, Sweetheart still thinks work is the right way to cheer people up
The most funkadelic baby alive.
I’m running out of chances to say “thank you both for an entertaining achievement, Shaenon and Jeff.”
How’s Robin doing?
I don’t know if this is the last strip of Skin Horse, but it could be. And what a day for it to be on, as we face confirmation of one of the greatest challenges to civil rights in American history.
Thank you Shaenon, Jeff and Pancha for showing us, daily and for a decade, a bunch of queer weirdoes who do band together, figure out their stuff, and keep pushing for progress however hard it gets and however many institutions they had to topple to get there.
It’s been a joy and a privilege. Let’s get to work.