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Dec03
by on December 3, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Did some Youtube crawling over the weekend, so if you need a quick drama break, please enjoy these videos by one of my favorite groups, The New Pornographers. (lyrics and content are not actually pornographic.)

I think Jessie takes very strongly after a somewhat-negative trait I have: when panicked, I default to the truth.
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Selkie260

Nov29
by on November 29, 2012 at 12:01 am
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I’ve started work on a Selkie-themed watercolor illustration that I may be selling prints of when it’s done. Stay tuned…

My original draft ended on a different "punchline", but I re-wrote it to focus a little more on the Selkie/Amanda interaction. Here is the "deleted scene" of what the last two panels were originally going to say: ----- Todd and Mina stare blankly at the readers. T: She wears a kimono and no purse... where does she keep a cell phone? M: I don't want to think about it... -----
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Selkie259

Nov26
by on November 26, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Considering Amanda has more battle damage than Tammy I want to clarify that, as Selkie suggested in the previous strip, Amanda DID start the fight. That’s a self-defense black eye, or a “don’t pick fights with kids that are bigger[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Amanda lost one of her pigtail holders solely to satisfy my love of asymmetry.
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Selkiegiving2

Nov24
by on November 24, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Combining Selkie’s love of mad science, and meat. Happy Belated Mad Turkey Science Day ↓ TranscriptTranscript of panels 1 and 2 by request "I gots scales, ands feathers, ands mad science chemicals…" "Ands I makes… a fishy-turkey!" and the last[…]↓ 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.
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Selkie258

Nov22
by on November 22, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Happy Thanksgiving, to those who celebrate it. I aaaalmost wimped out and did a Thanksgiving drawing in lieu of an update. Almost. XD Instead, come back this Saturday for a Sketch Day Bonus which may be Thanksgiving-esque. 😀

A concept sketch for Big Tammy can be seen here. I drew this in ballpoint pen on notebook paper very shortly after I introduced Keisha Wu Moonsong and Sandy (which was practically back at the beginning!). You can see them at the top row since they were new and I felt like drawing them at the time, but below that are some early background-character sketches. Big Tammy is the girl with the ponytail (which I think may have influenced Jessie's design a bit, so Tammy's ponytail will probably be lower when we cameo her next strip to distinctify her a little). The Indian girl with the braid became Savitribai (seen in the foreground of panel 1 here.) He hasn't made a visible appearance yet, but the hippie-looking kid with the glasses and poofy hair became "Star" (the little boy whose parents wish him to be un-named on the seating chart). I have yet to find a use for the kid with unruly hair covering his eyes and the butterfly-eater.
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Selkie257

Nov19
by on November 19, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Sometimes, voices get raised.

Trying a new hue for the shadows.
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Selkie256

Nov15
by on November 15, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Silly Todd. You have to go home FIRST before you can DVR an episode. (I feel like there is probably a smartphone app or something to control one’s DVR from a distance, I just don’t know about it. XD) I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Head trauma is an odd choice for a running thing, I admit.
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Selkie255

Nov12
by on November 12, 2012 at 12:01 am
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[EDIT] Too all my non-North American readers, I believe I’ve fixed the problem with the Pins only being available for shipping in America and Canada. I messed up the shipping settings. 🙁 Sorry about that, international ordering should now be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Because it is in my head but I am leaning towards not using it in a regular strip, here is Jessie's reaction when she gets home to Alexis tonight.
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Selkie254

Nov08
by on November 8, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Method 2 of body temp regulation: drinking hot water. Provides hydration, and introduces warmth to the core. (I have my doubts she’d like the heat on sensitive gill membranes, but I suppose gill flushing with hot/warm water would also be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

When you spend the afternoon reading Dr. Calvin instead of doing your math homework, your brain goes Kablooey.
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Selkie253

Nov05
by on November 5, 2012 at 12:01 am
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I mentioned waaaay back near the beginning that Selkie is cold blooded and needs heat regulation in colder seasons, but aside from that one mention in a non-comic side update there hasn’t been much visibility regarding Selkie’s need to regulate[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

I mentioned way back when that Selkie is cold blooded, but I also feel like from what we've seen so far, Selkie's temperature sensitivity must be somewhat more rugged than standard ectotherms. Otherwise she'd need to live in a glass cage with a heat stone and a big plastic wheel for exercise.
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