CALLBACKS: And You Can’t Stop Me, An Excuse to Draw a Mech This strip originated with a series of twitter posts. First of all, Luke Surl (who posts his own comics at LukeSurl.com) retweeted a tweet of Ryan North’s: “Comic will be delayed until I am no longer in a hot air balloon” with Luke’s […]
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An Excuse to Draw a Mech
Long-time readers may remember Robert Gryfft. Also, special thanks to Sebatinsky, one of my fellow bloggers at Air Theremin, who inspired this comic by insisting that I draw a mech.
The Never-Ending Quest for Relevance
Gordon McAlpin makes another guest appearance in this strip. Additionally, he co-wrote it. Gordon is a master of mixing the topical and the timeless in his own comic strip, Multiplex, about the staff of a fictional movie theater. But you knew that already, because I’m constantly mentioning it all the time.
Reader Mailbag: Bishop Berkeley
Thanks for the email, Chris B.! Props also to Robert Montoya for helping with the writing and research on this one. Somehow, I don’t think I had ever heard of Bishop Berkeley before fielding this question. It’s nice to have a wide receiver you can defer these things to.
Strangling Creativity
Rejected Super Bowl Strips
Co-writing comics with Robert Montoya has required some extra effort to come up with scripts we’re both pleased with, and we’ve had to scrap a few ideas in the process. Writing is re-writing, as they say. Also, here’s a closer look at my shirt.
Tropes Are Not Bad
RETCONN’D
Cerebus Syndrome
Look What You’ve Started
Related Strips: Robert Gryfft Intrudes upon Sketch Comedy Robert Gryfft Kidnaps the Cartoonist (off-site, by Gryfft)
And You Can’t Stop Me
Gryfft is one of my fellow bloggers from Air Theremin. Furthermore, he has created his own comic in response. The fourth wall is dead; long live the fourth wall.