August 3rd, 2018 Cartoonist’s Commentary: For those who are wondering what Jen is sleeping in, it’s one of those neat camping hammocks with a rainfly and mosquito netting. Never had one myself, but some of my friends used[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nerd By Northwest
July 27th, 2018 Cartoonist’s Commentary: Dan’s comment, “No meat? What do you think I am? A goat?” was a comment I first heard from my wife. She’s originally from Mongolia, and is a hard-core carnivore like most Mongolians[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
July 20th, 2018 Cartoonist’s Commentary: On the Crow Pass Trail in Alaska, right around the halfway mark hikers have to cross Eagle River. The river is freakin’ cold (being fed from the glacier and snow-pack in the nearby[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
July 6th, 2018 Cartoonist’s Commentary: For those that are curious, this scenery for this strip is the view from near the top of Crow Pass between Girdwood and Eagle River in Alaska (looking north). It had been quite[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
June 29th, 2018 Cartoonist’s Commentary: I lost around 15 pounds after leaving my last corporate job and no longer being around all those donuts and soda machines. So I figure my “Donut Illuminati” theory makes about as much[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
June 22nd, 2018 Cartoonist’s Commentary: In my late teens and my 20’s, I was exactly like Pete. I could put away food like there was no tomorrow, and my tendency was to view buffets as a challenge (gotta[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
June 15th, 2018 Cartoonist’s Commentary: I could have made the Nihilanth as a Leisure-Suit-Larry-inspired “male” character with a sleazy one-track mind. But the Nihilanth is supposed to be the ruler of Xen whereas Leisure Suit Larry had no[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
June 9th, 2018 Cartoonist’s Commentary: Here I’m really making fun of corporate culture and shortsightedness more than trying to make any particular political statement. I always found it telling that the companies I worked for often made stunningly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
June 1st, 2018 Cartoonist’s Commentary: Yes, this means the Half-Life story-line is more or less a permanent fixture in the comic. And it won’t just be cross-dressing vortigaunts either… I got lots of weird ideas to play with.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
May 25th, 2018 Cartoonist’s Commentary: Ladies, all I’m going to say is if you wear a pink shirt or sweater, your “girls” are going to get some looks. We guys are not trying to be pigs (well SOME[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…