20100130 (3) – Rewrite. No major adjustments otherwise, and not a whole lot to say on the subject. The oven should be warm enough to start cooking tater tots in a few minutes… which means lunch either during or after the next page! Woo!

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Ghost ninjas from outer space, fat geeks in mecha suits, and Lovecraft fans. Oh my.

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2008.04.19 – Minor cleanup. No major changes, fortunately.

20101225 – Original strip metadata:

Strip 085, 20070804

[re: the original scenelet title of “bees”] In my defense, every IDT student in the original layouts was a zombie.

I should probably retitle the scene or something. [which I did, the next day]

Strip 086, 20070805

“Blugh” summarizes my day with great accuracy.

Trolls were almost entirely either horrorshow or wapanese – out of the dozens I’ve met, I can’t think of a single one who didn’t fall into one (or both) camps.

Mecha: the main reason that Tantek changed to shorts.

Strip 087, 20070806

One of the nice things about all of these one-point heavily-recycled backgrounds: retconning out band logos etc. when the time comes will be very, very easy to do.

Strip 088, 20070807

Hey look. It’s that creepy ghost guy again!


Mastering notes, 2016.12.05 – The “Hey Steve” in panel two has been changed to “Big Steve.”

Cast

  • Jason Whitehouse’s redneck roommate. Curtis isn’t a terribly complex individual, and is in many was the archetypical art student – interests include but are not limited to video games, anime, Star Trek, tabletop gaming...

  • In late 1997 through 1999, “Ryan” and “Mike” were the most common male names in the art school and student apartments – there were so many of them that when a new one popped...

  • The king of social engineering, the crown prince of noise, and a self-described “Post-American Electro-Snob.” Jason has a deep interest in industrial, electronic, ambient, metal and gothic music, and a well-researched interest in radio...

  • An Army special forces verteran, Yang served as the Chief of Heirotus Corporate Security from shortly before the time of the first MBO-1 Encounter until his near-death in January, 1968. Some time after that...

Glossary Articles

  • Apartment 608

    A unit on the “inside of the L” of Allegheny Center Building Seven, Apartment 608 is home to Jason Whitehouse and his roommate Curtis. While most one-bedroom apartments have three art students apiece, Apartment...