Morning everybody! Once again, it is so bloody cold here that I'm wondering why I even bothered leaving Ohio. I still get that stupid, too-cold-to-leave-the-bed-this-early thing happening, but without the added charm of a yard full of snow to ease the pain. Bah. Still, the island is being promised thunderstorms soon, so I'll keep my fingers crossed.

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And now for your rerun of the week. This was one of my favorites for a lot of different reasons -- it has its roots in a real experience, it has an amusing literary reference, and best of all, a giant monster, which just makes any comic more fun. Enjoy!

Another happy Tuesday night/Wednesday morning to y'all! Before we jump into your revisted comic for today, I want to show you what I made...


The Tortuga Rum necklace.

I have to re-do some of the threadwork, but it's not that bad for my first necklace all by myself! I used these awesome skull beads that I found on etsy and which lend themselves to all sorts of piratey and voodooesque jewelery. I need more tutoring from Sue before I can really make anything astounding, but I had fun with this. It's up on the shop if you want to check it out!


This was my first environmentally conscious strip, and also my first Berkeley Breathed-style poem-toon, so it stands out as one that I enjoyed very much. Plus, I like bagging on Donald Trump, always. Enjoy (again)!

Ahhh. Today has been a heckuvalot better than yesterday. I just got back from a nice swim with mum, I got a lot of important stuff taken care of, and a lot of fun stuff done. What's more, I made up a brand new batch of Claymates to put on Domestic Voodoo and since they are just so cute (though I say it myself) I figured I'd give my favorite people the first look at them. Don't worry if any of these get sold -- I can easily make more, and shall.


Obviously, this one is named David.

( Claymates and one Skelebuddy.. )


Also, now that I'm at #150 for Snap Crackle Pop, I'm thinking of taking a short break so I can get caught up on all my projects. I have commissions for paintings as well as toys, and I'll need the extra time to get the SCP book att finished and ready to print. So, a small survey: would you guys be totally betrayed if I went on hiatus for a month or two? Would you lose interest in the comic? Would you riot? Be honest. I'd actually be flattered if a few of you got pissed. Don't hold back. Really.

Love you all (especially you. Yes, you) and I hope your day is going great!

Hooo, I am late this week! At least it's still Wednesday.

Sorry folks. The truth is, I've been up to my ears in orders for this Halloween! The Skelebuddies are going like hot malasadas, and I've got another batch order from another shop as well as a very amusing order from a shop in the Dominican Republic, which is a stop on a cruise line so all these folks from Miami and whatnot flock there to buy Dominican stuff. The shopkeeper requested a batch of my handpainted wooden wriggle fish to sell in his shop, which I will happily do, if only because I find it hilarious that Miami tourists are going to buy authentic Dominican folk art made by an Ohioan in Hawaii. I've never even been to Samana.

But you know how Lyle Lovett said it: That's right, you're not from Texas, but Texas wants you anyway. XD

Anyway, enough prattle and excuses. I promised you lovely people a toon! Enjoy, please.





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Hey y'all! Since it's already Wednesday for most of you I'll just go ahead and say that by tomorrow (Thursday) I'll be twenty-four! Good gravy, I'm old.

Either way, we're having a cookout with steaks and campfire mac'n'chee and good tunes and in true Hobbit style I got presents for my family. I think it'll be grand. Lots of love to you all too!

The online store is really taking off, thanks to Sue and her wicked cool hats and her rabid followers, and some exciting things are helping spread our craftiness across the globe. I finally finished the order of Skelebuddies for Krystal, whose comic shop in Kentucky wants a crop of them and some of Sue's felt donuts to sell there. Sue has been contacted by a shopkeeper in Stockholm, Sweden who has ordered a whole heap of her handknit hats to sell over there. Our shop got a note from someone from the Cameron Art Museum in North Carolina who requested submissions from us for an exhibit they're doing on toys made by artists (all my other artist toymakers out there are invited to join in the fun!). Just today I got a note from someone who is part of a big Day of the Dead festival put on each year in Indianapolis who said that they want my Skelebuddies for the festival marketplace.

I've been listening to that Dolly Parton song "9 to 5" with all the gleeful abandon of a gal whose life might one day really take off. ;)



On a similar note, read my comic! And tell everyone you know.

Once again, this week we feature extra-special, extra-awesome guest art from The Boyfriend! When I told him what I wanted to do for this week and asked his advice on how to go about it, it occurred to me that he'd be better at it than I would. He set right to drawing the first three panels and left the fourth to me. Enjoy!




For more of The Boyfriend's fabulous work (including his recent Star Trek Meets Planet of the Apes series which is so rad) go here!

Check out our new stuff! We got gourds and hats and shrunken heads and baby owls! All the good stuff in life.

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Ladies and gents, a photopost of miraculous randomocity! Please enjoy.



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Hey all! I'm finally back. Thanks for waiting so nicely.

New stuff up on Lily's and my etsy shop! Some of her marvelous hats, and a few brand new geisha dolls and Skelebuddies! Help two broke-arse gals and check it out.

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Another silly bit of fluff, but please, for the love of mike, watch this, and prepare to feel so good. A marvelous video...



All right, kangaroos, your comic is finally here. Sorry I couldn't post it last week but I hope you'll dig it anyway. Enjoy!