As you can see in the banner below the strip, I’ll be tabling at the Philadelphia Comic Con this weekend, Friday-Sunday the 17th-19th. Come by and say hello! The hours are:
Friday noon-8
Saturday 10-7
Sunday 10-5
For those of you who earnestly theorized that maybe Krep and Pierrot were actually dead, I hope this strip makes up for it a tiny bit by giving Mr. Zorilla your voice.
It was nice to receive a nod from David Brin (auther of the “Uplift Universe” series), it’s always a good feeling when you hear that people whose work you respect have you on their radar.
You’ll be happy to hear that my girlfriend and I DID get away for a night. We rented a cabin and had a lovely time despite the cold and lack of much sun. We made a fire and burnt the hell out of a pan cooking some (surprisingly delicious) French toast. We hiked around the area, we read poetry. All-in-all, it was pretty classic. And I feel refreshed and revived and ready to tackle the next several weeks of non-stop work. Aye-yi-yi!
I empathize with Mr Zorrila, although there’s a plus side about this, we’ll eventually get to Fiyena.
Huzzah for the cabin getaway!! I love the ocean on a cold day. No one else out there to have to share it with. And it makes going back inside and getting warm and dry even that much more special.
That’s the NW! Glad you got away for a little while. I also find that french toast can be greatly enhanced by the addition of a little vanilla and bourbon. Or bourbon vanilla. Whatever you have handy.
I’m glad Pierrot and Krep an get along about SOMETHING.
@Jordan: And in a pinch you can skip the vanilla and substitute a nice dark Rum…
Told ya so. And I think they knew the king was there all the time. For some reason, some people aren’t very polite to those who order them tossed into an apparent stew pot.
@Jordan and @CaptainJack, sounds like it’s best to start with a bunch of rum and whiskey until they’re gone and the french toast are entirely obliterated from memory. And then drink the maple syrup.
How did the gas knock them out if they were wearing spacesuits?
@Jake, Jake, Jake! It’s simple! It’s … ahhh … it’s … uhh … something … science fictiony. Yeah! That’s it! Something science-fiction-like that would just take too long to explain right now. @Christopher, back to you.
Nice calendar-girl pose for Krep there in panel 6. 🙂
Love how Mr. Zorilla’s mouth gets bigger and bigger the more worked up he is. Also, is that a canary on a repulsorlift in the last panel?
OH EM GEEE!!!! Canary with a jetpack is the best character EVERRRR. Kudos to you
They don’t have very good survival instincts, do they?
Cabins are the best medicine Chris. 🙂
Also Krep look and entire stance in that last panel just made me crack up
@JakeC, it’s a misleading pronoun. In panel #2, sentence #2, “it” refers to the flame, not the gas. So, “when engulfed by the flame, you’re rendered unconscious.”
Because THAT makes so much more sense. 😉
Sounds like you had a great time at the cabin! Why is Mr.Zorilla’s mouth so wide? haha
Chris – I live just outside of Philly. I have all four Little Dee books. Could I get you to sign them if I stop by?
@Rafi, of course! No purchase is necessary. Anyone is welcome to come by and I’d be happy to chat or sign books.
Looks like Pierrot might have been at least partially right about them, otherwise he would have been eaten by now =p
Also, whats the point in wearing a space suit if it doesn’t keep the knock out gas and smell out?
@Prior, Perhaps there are species (such as, I don’t know, maybe the Mihrrghoots?) where scent conveys meaning and forms an important part of communication. If that’s the case, then it would be essential for various gasses to be passed through the suit material. Seeing as how Pierrot was so disgusted by the ooze that carried a scent that told everyone to stay away, I imagine that might be the case.
Ants?
Oh good lord. Can his mouth get any wider? That’s kinda scary. 😀
@Gnavin: Don Martin, eat your heart out.
@JKC: I thought he just had a slime phobia.
I swear you could fit Krep, hooves and all, into his mouth.