Skin Horse

By Shaenon K. Garrity & Jeffrey C. Wells
By Shaenon K. Garrity & Jeffrey C. Wells
Color by Pancha Diaz
  • About Us
  • Cast
  • Store
  • Extras
  • Sponsors
  • Original Art for Sale
  • Our Patreon
RSS
2019-09-02
‹‹ First ‹ Prev Buy! Comments(27) Next › Last ››

2019-09-02

by shaenon on September 2, 2019 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Swiftly I Glide
Comments RSS

Discussion (27) ¬

  1. Robert Nowall
    September 2, 2019, 12:02 am | # | Reply

    She’s a little more, er, lively, than Mr. Head.

    • Shadowmehr
      September 2, 2019, 7:46 pm | # | Reply

      Not that hard, really. It’s just a matter of degrees . . .

  2. sweetuncleLESLIE
    September 2, 2019, 12:12 am | # | Reply

    Love Skin Horse. But the interruptions in the story line….at this stage? It’ll be a while
    before I allow myself to be ‘hooked in’ to another assuredly great work, and then ‘jerked around’ this close to climax.

    I don’t do frustration well. Have no worries, I represent NO measurable demographic segment.

    • greenknight32
      September 2, 2019, 1:10 am | # | Reply

      Without interruptions and digressions, there would hardly be a Skin Horse.

      • thedoctor55
        September 2, 2019, 5:44 pm | # | Reply

        Shaenon & Jeffrey deserve at least one day off each week. They generate enough content and laughs in 6 days then many other strips do in 14 days. This format works for them,as y pappy use to say”If it ain’t broke,don’t fix it. But do keep some duct tape close by! 🙂

        • awgiedawgie
          September 2, 2019, 5:56 pm | # | Reply

          Duct tape and zip ties.

    • awgiedawgie
      September 2, 2019, 11:20 am | # | Reply

      With the exception of the Big Reveal about Ira, every single Sunday since the beginning has been an “interruption”. You’re not being “jerked around” – it’s just the way it’s always been.

      I’ve never read a comic that ran regular strips 7 days a week. And most of the webcomics I read only update 2 or 3 times a week. So you should be glad to have Skin Horse 6 days a week.

      • Robert Nowall
        September 2, 2019, 3:16 pm | # | Reply

        I have a certain amount of regret that there’s no big Sunday strip in the continuity pages—but I can accept I have no way to make Ms. Garrity draw one.

      • dornbeast
        September 2, 2019, 9:53 pm | # | Reply

        “I’ve never read a comic that ran regular strips 7 days a week.”

        I’ve seen the burnt-out shells that were web comic creators who, in their hubris, they dared promise seven comics a week. They were not the smart ones, these shattered husks. The smart ones cut back.

        No, these poor souls soldiered on, until their minds broke under the strain. Some went mad openly, swearing their work was mere trash to be forgotten. Some vanished mysteriously, leaving plot threads dangling. And some…it is said that if you wander into Livejournal on a blue moon, you can find them, desperately trying to write that one last plot that will end the story.

        Pity them, but be glad that others have learned from their mistakes.

      • Rimwolf
        September 2, 2019, 11:06 pm | # | Reply

        The only webcomic I know of that updates every day is Schlock Mercenary (which started in 2000!). It’s on its final book now — roughly a year’s worth of strips.

        • Candace
          September 3, 2019, 12:55 am | # | Reply

          And I gather that the way Tayler accomplishes new Schlock Mercenary comics seven days a week is by working ahead, so that he can take planned time off. (And, luckily, ended up having just enough of a buffer that he didn’t miss any days when he had to take unplanned time off.) An impressive record, though, no matter how you slice it.

          • s854
            September 3, 2019, 1:36 am | #

            Candace: Isn’t that what Skin Horse does, too? Regularly producing work close to the deadline doesn’t seem like it would be good for your peace of mind, whatever your schedule.

  3. thedoctor55
    September 2, 2019, 12:19 am | # | Reply

    Once again Unity is … ahead of the game. 😀

  4. thedoctor55
    September 2, 2019, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    I wonder if Unity is like Daffy Duck in that she has numbers on her body parts for just such as an occasion as this?

    • Gyrre
      September 2, 2019, 6:08 am | # | Reply

      ‘Very probably’ is my answer.

  5. Robert Nowall
    September 2, 2019, 12:50 am | # | Reply

    It looks like a stranger
    Squawks like a stranger
    Stalks like a stranger,
    But we surmise,
    It’s a zombie head disguise,
    Oh, yes, it is,
    A zombie head disguise.

    You pooled up with persistence.
    You made a double team.
    Stevie Hugeface supplied for free,
    All part of your regime.

    It looks like a stranger
    Squawks like a stranger
    Stalks like a stranger,
    But we surmise,
    It’s a zombie head disguise,
    Oh, yes, it is,
    A zombie head disguise.

    You thought this notion was clever
    It was contrariwise.
    Heaven help us, you didn’t grasp
    The deadness in his eyes.

    It looks like a stranger
    Squawks like a stranger
    Stalks like a stranger,
    But we surmise,
    It’s a zombie head disguise,
    Oh, yes, it is,
    A zombie head disguise.

    It’s a zombie head disguise,
    Oh, yes, it is,
    A zombie head disguise.
    Oh, yes, it is,
    A zombie head disguise…

    —from “(You’re the) Devil in Disguise,” Baum / Giant / Kaye, sung by Elvis Presley.

  6. David B Huber
    September 2, 2019, 12:52 am | # | Reply

    Looks like Nick is coming in for a landing in the background of panel 4.

    Tip seems hesitant to share the bad news…

    • awgiedawgie
      September 2, 2019, 4:43 am | # | Reply

      Looks to me like he’s still hovering around the same place he was before.

      Seems like what Tip is hesitant to say is “Nick got it up, and Virginia is trying to help him get it back down so the rest of us can climb on for a ride.”

      • Robert Nowall
        September 2, 2019, 8:13 am | # | Reply

        And they recovered his helicopter body, too.

        • Shadowmehr
          September 2, 2019, 8:52 am | # | Reply

          (Drum sting)

      • thedoctor55
        September 2, 2019, 10:11 pm | # | Reply

        Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!! 😀

  7. BMunro
    September 2, 2019, 2:31 am | # | Reply

    “And oh, your girlfriend lost some weight and is in a great mood!”

    • David B Huber
      September 2, 2019, 4:14 am | # | Reply

      ^this!

    • Shadowmehr
      September 2, 2019, 8:53 am | # | Reply

      The best way to lie is to tell the exact truth.

  8. Robert Nowall
    September 2, 2019, 8:14 am | # | Reply

    I suppose the next stop will be Remy in New Orleans to see if he’s got enough spare body parts in stock…

    • Sheik
      September 2, 2019, 1:00 pm | # | Reply

      Unity could go for fresh parts just by hanging around any large inner city morgue.

      • awgiedawgie
        September 2, 2019, 5:55 pm | # | Reply

        Heck, Unity could go for fresh parts just by hanging around any large inner city. Period.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

More by Jeff

  • The Scrivnarium

More by Shaenon

  • Horror Every Day
  • Li'l Mell
  • Monster of the Week
  • Narbonic
  • Shaenon.com
Creative Commons License
Skin Horse by Shaenon K. Garrity & Jeffrey C. Wells is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at http://www.skin-horse.com.

©2007-2022 Skin Horse | Powered by WordPress with ComicPress | Subscribe: RSS | Back to Top ↑