I've never actually read Treasure Island. It's the one where they make dinosaurs from fossilized mosquitos, right? Or is it the one with the spider and the talking pig?
Heather's dialogue on this page was inspired from real life. My brother and his family spent Christmas in Miami with his in-laws, and he said their 5 month old son hated the heat down there and was fussy and crying the whole time.
I’m counting a lack of blinding people with venom as a Christmas Miracle. ;P -EDIT- Made some post-release modifications to the strip. The changelog is as follows: Modified lighting in Panel 1 Fixed consistency issue with Todd’s collar Added texturing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today's edition of the Secret Commentary is empty, because Dave failed to come up with something for it.
Just getting something out of the house. I hope everyone had a great Christmas! It’s almost 2017, can you believe it?!
Initially I wanted Richard to recite a piece of Dunmeri poetry related to conquest or victory, but I couldn't find anything on https://www.imperial-library.info/ that felt like it would fit on panel. Back-up plan was a recitation along the lines of, "Thank you Mother, Lord, Wizard, and Four Corners, for these blessings." Buuut it kind of felt a bit weird to have him say a whole litany, like it implied he literally believed in it. So I settled for a simple name-drop reference.
Long ago, the four players all lived in harmony. But everything changed when Marta attacked. Only Theo, master of all four railroads, could stop her. (I am going to take Monday off for the Christmas holiday folks, so please have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Please do not throw rocks at the opposing fans. It’s rude.
It's interesting and funny to me how many of you sometimes run your minds along the same wavelength as me. The last comic I wrote in "Little Ravens Writing Desk" as an Alice in Wonderland joke, and a couple readers ran it off into the Baltimore Ravens. Hadn't intended that, but I DID intend for Marta and Steve to get football tickets and engage in a little sports-team trash talk in the strip after it. I love that you all went right to football chatter ahead of me. :D
In a way, they can both get their jam on now. – – – – More Fan Art from Kristine! Some cute drawings of the Family Pets! Thank you!
Mari and Theo are loosely based on my own maternal grandparents, and many of the gifts I've gotten from them over the years have been practical things I didn't ask for, but appreciated very much once I'd put them in action. One of them is the space heater that's been keeping my room toasty in winter for ten years now.