Episode 900

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Episode 899

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Episode 898

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Episode 897

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Episode 896

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Episode 895

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Episode 894

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Episode 893

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Episode 892

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Episode 891

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Episode 890

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As was mentioned in the blog comments yesterday, Luka does indeed still have her own hair - the hairball was on top like a wig. (There's in strip dialog downstream that clarifies that a bit.)

Episode 889

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Episode 888

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Episode 887

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Episode 886

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Link back to 396, for the curious.

The backwards "N" and "E" characters are part of the font I use for "Hairball-ian" Speak..."Die Die Die".

Episode 885

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I don't know about you, but Donut's expression in panel four doesn't instill me with a whole lot of confidence in this working out well.

Episode 884

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Here's a quick link back to 385. (499 episodes ago? Yikes.)

Episode 883

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Episode 882

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Episode 881

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Catch-up strip will be up around noon.

Episode 880

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And thus ends one of the odder two-day events in Brick House history.

Episode 879

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Because cutting off Whiskey's extra head isn't goofy enough.

Episode 878

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*whew* Caught up again.

Seems Donut took some lessons from Tony Stark when it comes to anesthetic.

Episode 877

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Episode 876

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Yeah, yeah. Playing catch-up again. I was out of town for a convention and got behind. Multiple updates today as I get caught up.

Episode 875

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Comic is up and ready, but I won't be able to hook it up properly until Monday late. In the meantime, click the link above to see Friday's strip.

Episode 874

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This comic was completely re-scripted when I realized they were coming through the door the wrong way. Because I care.

Guest Strip: Everyday Gods

Would you like another dose of Reasonably Clever humor today? Then go check out the guest strip I made for Daniel Mohr over at Everyday Gods.

Daniel is a friend of mine, and when I learned that computer problems were messing up his strip production I wanted to help out a bit. It was a fun little break from my "regular duties." You might want to read back at least a few days in his archive; the strip is funnier in context. Hopefully.

Episode 873

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Yes, a location outside of my workshop. Yes, that's the bathroom in our house.

The interesting thing about posing mini-figures on a toilet seat is that the rim tends to slope inward towards the bowl. I had to use a small bit of tape to get Donut to cling to the edge like that.

The threat of lukewarm pork is one of the most evil things I can imagine.

Episode 872

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Luka's built up quite a bit of tolerance to alcohol during her years as a pirate, apparently.

Also, for those of you asking about Whiskey, you can see him in panel two. He fell down behind the can. (Remember, he's inert plastic at this point, so he really doesn't care. Of course, he'll probably regret missing out on the party later on.)

Episode 871

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Episode 870

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I like the quietness of panel one - it's a nice contrast to the chaos of trying to take the photo. It wasn't exactly the easiest angle to get to (or light) in my workshop.

Those of you who know me in person know I'm not a beer drinker - the Guinness shown here actually belong to my wife.

Episode 869

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Well, what would YOU ask?

Episode 868

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The joke, of course, is that's exactly what I'm doing.

Second update later today to get caught up again. *sigh*

Episode 867

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Scotch's "but that's not important" line is lifted from Airplane.

Episode 866

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Episode 865

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I figured this would be a great time to deal with the ongoing theme that my characters hate being in my comic.

Episode 864

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Double post later today as once again I play catch-up.

Episode 863

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Episode 862

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Episode 861

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I thought for sure I had left Buzz in the background in previous strips - but I guess he was cropped out. Whoops.

Oh well. Having Buzz lying around my workbench is pretty believable, even if it wasn't clearly established before hand.

And, no, Buzz isn't moving under his own power - Only Luka, Scotch and Donut have self-mobility in the Author-verse. Everything else....is just LEGO.

Episode 860

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BTW: Upload glitch ate the archive page. I'll fix from a backup tonight. (I really should re-do the stupid thing to make it more functional. Maybe this weekend...)

Episode 859

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Episode 858

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Episode 857

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Sadly, that really is the state of my workshop at the moment. That corner is filled with "to be sorted" stuff, as well as unopened sets that I simply had to buy at the time.

If you want to see things in more detail, I put the uncropped, full-sized photo used in panel 4 up on my Flickr Stream.

Double dose of comic today as I play catch-up. Second strip will go up this afternoon.

Episode 856

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The Brick House has always had a nearly transparent fourth wall - today's strip removes it entirely.

Episode 855

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I've gotten a few comments/emails about how the Meta-Door doesn't fit in with the look of the set/Brick House. That's the point of it...it's a strange portal to elsewhere. It doesn't fit in with where it is.

Hopefully today's pulled back view will give a better feel for that.

Episode 854

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Another new set today - it's a bit slapdash as I was distracted by other projects. Luckily I still had the "plain grey wall" left over from the Advent sets. It works just fine for this new room. I was playing with the lighting, too - the from-the-side shadows gives a slightly more dramatic feel to things, I think.

Finally, I don't normally like making my puns this explicit. I didn't think that "metadoor" would come across right without a little extra help, though.

Episode 853

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Once again my characters get uppity. I can't really blame them. From their perspective it's a lot like being in the Matrix - interacting with the Agents/Authors is bad enough...but you don't want to go visiting the Motor City.

Detroit is known as the Motor City, for those of you didn't know. So it's sort of a matrix-y pun.

Oh, nevermind.

Episode 852

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In today's certain-to-be-Oscar-nominated episode, our heroes get a chance to show their acting range.

Episode 851

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