Category Archives: Behind the Frames

Snowpacalypse II: Update

14 Tuesday Jan 2020

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It was the storm that wasn’t supposed to happen. Forecast: Zero Snow Accumulation.

Actual results varied. We have almost 10 inches in our driveway. Most of the danger is from the sleet that happened in the first 6 hours. A small group of trees were so heavily weighted down they blocked the driveway. I chopped a bunch over the summer and the rest will be leaving this spring. Vine maples. Beautiful but problematic. Very problematic. Continue reading →

A Marmot and the Winners!

27 Wednesday Nov 2019

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This is an accurate scale model drawing of a marmot. I don’t think it’s a Yellow-Bellied Marmot native to Yosemite. It is still terrifying. Interesting marmot facts:

  1. Marmots live all over the world, even Australia.
  2. Marmots eat root vegetables, and whatever seems fresh in the organic section of the grocery store.
  3. Marmots drink tea; coffee gins ’em up, brings out their inner wolverine.
  4. No marmots were harmed while this picture was being drawn; her eyebrows looked like that when she arrived!
  5. Taking out a “Wanted: One Marmot for Modeling Purposes” add on Craigslist is a really, really bad idea.

A couple of weeks ago we ran our 100th comic and to celebrate we’re adding a couple of you to our Christmas card list this year. M. Mira and Psychokitteh: please send email to quizzer (at) protonmail (dot) com with a snail mail address before Dec. 20th. I’ll shoot you a reply (so you know I got it) and then another when we send out the cards. Then I promise to shred ’em, or whatever you do, so you don’t end up on some weird “webcomic creators” seminar list.

— Quizzer & Codex

P.S. Welcome Huns and Hoydens!

A Centennial Comic Christmas Celebration!

13 Wednesday Nov 2019

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It’s a huge week for us because on Friday we’ll be publishing the 100th comic of The Churchians! Not many web comics make it to 100. This is our second comic to hit that milestone. Codex has worn out two mechanical arms in the process. Whew!

Codex likes the story so much that she has threatened to quit, so she can experience the story the same way you guys do. “That doesn’t make much sense,” I replied. “The comic wouldn’t even be half as good without you as the illustrator!” She has to settle with ‘story chunks’, and complains if I brainstorm about future developments with her. Glyph is now my go-to if I really need to talk out the meta of the story. Continue reading →

Yeah… So…

13 Friday Sep 2019

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There’s a comic ready to go. It’s  beautifully drawn and full of the nuance and mystery you expect. Sadly, it’s not Friday’s comic. It’s Monday’s. As a result… well… we’re somehow a comic short.

It isn’t Codex’s fault.

Okay, it isn’t *entirely* Codex’s fault. I had her editing “Death Truck” and we’re working on some Bogwart stories and–

Oh, that’s right. Nobody knows who Bogwart is. Well, no worries.

Okay. I’ll come clean. We’ve wanted to fill in Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and maybe even Saturday with some kind of light-hearted entertainment that will keep you coming back for more. So I’ve come up with a little demonic dude named Bogwart and am writing stories, or scripts, that feature the little vagabond in a “Screwtape Letters meets Scooby Doo” kind of way. Cue desperate-but-funny-branching-out music.

So, rather than run a backup comic which we’re totally going to run in October since both Codex & Glyph will be abandoning me for a week, we’re doing this. More on Bogwart in the near future. I’ve missed writing my inane little news pieces and since Clown World can’t be parodied, Bogwart will have to suffice.

Meanwhile, if you haven’t read “Death Truck” I’d love feedback either here or on the various parts. We’ll be doing the “Bogwart” stories differently, because 5k word blog posts are a little long.

Meanwhile, happy Friday and remember: Laughter is the best revenge, unless you have an automated delivery truck that can utilize its anti-theft devices to eliminate your enemies for you.

–> Quizzer

“Death Truck” part 3

05 Thursday Sep 2019

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“Death Truck”: A movie script parody featuring Clown World and free delivery; Part 3

Part 1
Part 2

— Written by Quizzer —

“We killed God, and reaped a plague of stupidity for our evil.” – Clown World Lament, c. 2019

—- “Death Truck” first appeared at tempestinateardrop.com —-

Scene XX – Victory in Charlotte

[Setting] The Alexa II black helicopter. Relentless highway patrolman Keanu Reeves, President Donald Trump, benevolent oligarch Jeff Bezos, and the laid-off trucker-who-learned-to-code super-hacker Dane Taggart discuss their plan to save free shipping for all Americans. Jeff Bezos, in the pilot’s seat, switches the Alexa II into autopilot mode so he can join the others in the passenger compartment. Cue disguised-expository-plan-reveal music.

Bezos: “Alexa, autopilot mode. Follow the I-85.”

Alexa: “I’m sorry; I don’t understand.”

Bezos: “Alexa, switch to autopilot.”

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