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In putting together the first book of The Churchians, I realized that ‘Arrival’ is a terrible name. Here’s the original comic. It’s okay for what it is, but we can do better.

‘Crashlander’, ‘Crashlanders’, ‘Story Crashers’, and ‘StoryCrashers’ are all on the table. Many of you are long-time readers and know the history of Rory and The Professor. We’ll be doing a better transition comic – introducing Rory and the Prof – for the book. I’m partial to the first two because Old Hick referred to Rory as ‘Rory Crashlander’ here:

However… Continue reading →

Codex wanted the weekend off. ‘Why not’, I thought, ‘she deserves it.’

I don’t want this to be all-about-me but let’s face it: best husband and co-comic-collaborator ever. Continue reading →

November has been a cruel month and I won’t mention it any longer. The reverb will echo in the lives of my family, and my extended family, for a long, long time.

A couple of weeks ago, I re-read twenty years worth of Peanuts Christmas comics, with many Wizard of Id and BC comics thrown into the mix. I even went back over my Calvin & Hobbes.

I wanted to capture a little of the Christmas magic they published in their art, unique to their characters, yet accountable to the season. Continue reading →