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The Tower of Babel

Aug27

by David Bishop on 27th August 2008 at 19:16

Chapter: Running Around Mashing Buttons

└ Tags: cultural appropriation, cultural identity, food, loan words, self-conscious Americanism, transatlantic western culture soup, wait this is England?, we dress the same way only our accents change, words words words

Nogxious

Dec24

by David Bishop on 24th December 2008 at 19:35

Chapter: Running Around Mashing Buttons

I’ve never been brave enough to actually use raw eggs, even though I’m sure the alcohol is sufficient to kill all known germs. Maybe I just like the smell of warm spiced milk in my kitchen before Christmas. David’s Eggnog[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: alcohol, America and Americans, cooking, cultural appropriation, eggnog, food, nope, self-conscious Americanism, wait this is England?

Got to Do, Got to Do with It

Oct15

by David Bishop on 15th October 2015 at 04:00

Chapter: Failing the Bechdel Test

└ Tags: Amy annoys Charlotte, Amy trying to be nice, dating, doin' it, having sex, one-night stand, relationships, romance, sex, wait this is England?

Unimaginable Torment

Mar15

by David Bishop on 15th March 2018 at 04:30

Chapter: Crisis of Dissonant Shirts: Part One

There comes a point long after a comic page is written but hours before I’ve finished drawing and colouring it when I start to panic that nobody is going to get it. At that point, the temptation to explain the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: Amy annoys Charlotte, analysis, Charlotte tolerates Amy, competitive, Dev, feminism, in my trunk, it's in my trunk, it's the Cataracs, make-up, music, rap, singing, song, texting, the latest trends, the night the sun came up, wait this is England?

Oh No He Didn’t

Apr15

by David Bishop on 15th April 2018 at 04:30

Chapter: Crisis of Dissonant Shirts: Part One

└ Tags: America and Americans, bad advice, Bob to the rescue, cultural appropriation, cultural identity, don't hate the player hate the game, England and the English, Jack's Hawaiian shirt, nope, player-hating, pork chop sandwiches, potentially offensive assumptions about others, self-conscious Americanism, the latest trends, transatlantic western culture soup, unhelpful comments, wait this is England?, yikes

Marginally Better than Cursing the Darkness

Dec15

by David Bishop on 15th December 2019 at 12:00

Chapter: Labyrinth Lord

Characters: Bob, Charlotte, Jack, Michael, Shivani

Location: Michael's Room

Continued from Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

└ Tags: burn, burned, candle, clumsy, day-to-day inconvenience, don't kink-shame, electricity, embarrassing moment, fire, it is pitch dark, Jack has a history of this kind of thing, Jack has the priorities and restraint of a fifteen-year-old, jumping to conclusions, lightning, matches, misunderstanding, not dressing conservatively, ouch, slapstick, social awkwardness, unhelpful comments, wait this is England?, well that could have gone better, 🔥

Typecasting

Sep01

by David Bishop on 1st September 2020 at 12:00

Chapter: Labyrinth Lord

Characters: Amy, Charlotte, Jack, Michael, Shivani

Location: Michael's Room

This page probably doesn’t make a lot of sense by itself, read this story from the beginning. May the blessings of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. Here’s what the Labyrinth Lord Advanced Edition Companion (p.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: adventure, board games, D&D, death, dnd, don't hate the player hate the game, don't kink-shame, dungeon master, dungeons and dragons, familiar-looking characters, fantasy, game, games, gaming, guns don't kill people Nymphs kill people, Jack annoys Michael, Jack has the priorities and restraint of a fifteen-year-old, Jack loves Amy, Michael appeals to your better nature, not dressing conservatively, ouch, roleplaying, RPG, sex, tabletop, tabletop games, TTRPG, two gamers on a couch I guess, unhelpful comments, wait this is England?