Ah, so many firsts, so little time. It’s a well-worn trope, especially in movies. A guy meets a girl and she teaches him how to live, introducing him to a cavalcade of new experiences. It’s like the girl only exists[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Failing the Bechdel Test
Practise Makes Perfect
Practise makes perfect. It certainly does. I think Jack’s a little shy of his 10,000 hours, though. Putting Amy in another new outfit for this one. This as casual and low-maintenance as she gets for hanging out at home. My[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Where Good Cows Go
Guys, have you had one of these gourmet burgers? I’ve got to tell you, they are so delicious you owe it to your mouth to try one.
Never let it be said that I am above a poop joke. I will fill four panels with nothing but poop jokes, but then I’ll also set myself the arbitrary limitation of not mentioning poop. I’ve got to keep things[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Norse Code
Continues in Part Two. I, like Jack, have always been interested in the Norse mythology and folklore. Elves, dwarves and dragons people are already familiar with, but the draugr (pl. draugar) are one of the least known aspects. They’re basically[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ravening Hordes
Continued from Part One. Well, here’s something I never thought I’d have to draw: hordes of Amies descending on the Lone Warrior. Or is that ‘Amys’? Either way, the word looks wrong. So good to see LW again, though. He’s looking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not Biting Today
I have a problem with evangelism and evangelicals that exists entirely separately to my problems with organised religion, just as someone can have a problem with pop-up ads for fake pills but not the pharmaceutical industry. I just think people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know it’s right there in the title, because I couldn’t resist, but I actually had the script for this one before “selfie” entered the popular lexicon. I feel guilty admitting this, like the person in question is somehow going[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I do sometimes worry about making jokes about characters’ habits, that it will be taken the wrong way. Like somebody is sitting at their computer saying “Oh, Bob loves to eat. We get it. How dare you. Obesity is no[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…