Tag Archives: Terri

Meet the ‘Toon: Terri the Potato

02 Thursday Jul 2015

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As it turns out, it is impossible to draw a cute spider. That is why Terri is a potato.

Instead of manipulating events from the center of her web, Terri is covered with eyes. She sees everything. Our astute readers might think Terri is the leader of the CHORFs, but they would be wrong! Don’t feel bad, Mom, Dear Readers: I had no idea either. And I’m the writer. Continue reading →

Making Words

16 Tuesday Jun 2015

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A guest post by Terri the Potato

As you know, the first step in wrenching social justice from an all-too-uncaring society is Awareness. Today, I am going to stand up for a victim group whose plight needs greater visibility. They are blacklisted by large corporate Silverware Conglomerates, and exploited by Fast-Food Mega-Corporations. I’m talking about the humble Spork. Continue reading →

The Tempest Explained

15 Friday May 2015

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The Tempest in a Teardrop aka Hugo Awards Controversy explained

Since we ran this strip, Shadowdancer has written a blog post which not only covers the history of the tempest, but also describes what life was like living under totalitarian governments. It is well worth the read, and we are updating this entry because it attracts new readers.

Our original links remain. Additional information can still be found here.

For a good example of what the kind of free discussion of the issue isn’t being dis-emvowelled, deleted, or otherwise censored looks like try this post: Musings (Not Sorted).

Free debate vs. Disemvowelling and Deletions: A summary of how dissenters are treated in pro- and Anti-Sad/Rabid Puppy Campaign sites.

Outside the teardrop: the tempest appears in the world of comic books: Is it all really the same fight?