31 Monday Aug 2015
Posted in Life as a Leftie, Sad Puppies
27 Thursday Aug 2015
Posted in Behind the Frames
Somewhere amidst the chaos of the last two weeks, we published our 50th comic.
This is huge. It is an Achievement. All the statistics say the average web comic dies after thirty strips. Codex told me that, and she is an authority on this stuff. I think. Continue reading
25 Tuesday Aug 2015
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Point the First
We would like to thank Glyph for her cartooning efforts while we were recovering from WorldCon. Glyph is a pre-teen going on 14, who reads at a twelfth grade level. When I catch her reading, which is often, I ask her which comic she has. If she does not have one, I give her one. In this way I have tricked her into reading Peanuts, Calvin & Hobbs, Bloom County, Captain Underpants, and Sheldon. She, of course, would prefer to read the classics: Madam Bovary and Moby Dick. Continue reading
23 Sunday Aug 2015
Posted in Behind the Frames, Worldcon
Plenty, as it turns out.
We learned we need better mobile computing solutions. Our tablet device is good for “consuming” web material, and not great for producing it. Combine it with a spotty internet connection and you don’t produce the posts you wanted to. I still hope I was able to add something to the Puppy community who were not in attendance: Based on our traffic stats I think we did. Continue reading
22 Saturday Aug 2015
Posted in Behind the Frames, Worldcon
We’re all waiting now.
I honestly thought that by this point I would have a better feel for how the evening was going to go. Nobody seems confident, but nobody seems nervous either. I’ve met several nominees and past award winners. Editors. Real cartoonists. I even met a lovely “grandmotherly” woman who was going to be a participant on a “diversity panel”. I, having thrust all common sense into my other pants, asked whether she was taking the “pro” or “con” side. As I am still here, the universe didn’t erase itself. Continue reading
22 Saturday Aug 2015
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I was invited into a first-time Hugo-nominees hotel room and told those magic words every smart-alec loves to hear: make yourself at home. Hey, rookie mistake! I went for the rumored Hugo Swag Bag to see what it really contains.
Everybody talks about the diamond-studded Tesla and Scalzi-esque book publishing deal each nominee receives, but there is a lot more in there. Continue reading
21 Friday Aug 2015
Posted in Behind the Frames
There are advantages to being a comic strip writer, chief among them being that people tend to put you into the “harmless”category. They don’t understand that the “Wow, that sounds like a stupid thing to do” portion of your brain doesn’t exist. Particularly when it comes to promoting your comic. Continue reading
21 Friday Aug 2015
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Walked the art and dealer rooms as we’re oddly connected to both of those worlds. It was all going swimmingly until Codex ran into Dave Kellett, creator of Sheldon Comics. You must understand, Sheldon is one of the three major comic strips that inspired us to do Tempest in a Teardrop. The other two are defunct. This was like Miles Vorkosigan meeting Admiral Tung or a climate scientist meeting unclaimed grant money. Continue reading
20 Thursday Aug 2015
Posted in Behind the Frames
Finally arrived, long drive. Very smoky. Nobody saw through our clever disguises – we’re in!
Met our first victim potential future reader: Alex of the ‘zine breakingitalldown. Here I am “selling” us.
Reader?
19 Wednesday Aug 2015
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No, we’re not at Sasquan yet, but we do need to check the technology before we go. In addition, we have an unexpected houseguest and hitch hiker for the trip: Terri. My pain is yours, we can do this!
She apparently started in Idaho and thru vague arrangements with produce truck drivers ended up here. We feel it is our Christian duty to see her safely to the con. No good deed goes unpunished. Continue reading
Tempest in a Teardrop: The Churchians 