Muskrat Ramblings

A couple of Tuesdays ago, the Lovely and Talented Judith and I popped into Hong Kong Cafe, one of our favorite restaurants in Madison. Frankly, we needed the trip: my day was going lousy, and I just had to get out of the house. The restaurant’s been high on our list ever since it first […]

Back from my super-sekrit trip which, I greatly fear, was NOT to Siberia. Sorry for getting a few people’s hopes up. But that’s another post. Instead, I went to Los Angeles for two days of back-to-back (to many other backs) meetings, to discuss stuff that may or may not turn out to become something tremendously […]

Y’know…after the comic books and Munchkin, it seems as if Cthulhu is becoming my third big franchise… …and that’s OK by me… Coming In November from Steve Jackson Games Munchkin Cthulhu Munchkins have hacked their way through dungeons, kung fu temples, starships, haunted houses, and super-foes. Now they face their greatest foe – Cthulhu! Will […]

Gamespy.com’s been down again, and has been for a while. Back up now…but I’m waiting until Tuesday to post the first cartoon this week, assuming most people check it in the mornings. Not sure how long these service interruptions are going on. **** Does anyone have the dates for Warpcon, 2007? **** Music for Modern […]

If you’re not up on your internets (you know – the tubes), today’s cartoon may be pretty damn obscure, and downright unfunny. Even more so than most of my stuff usually is. You not only need to have heard about “Snakes on a Plane,” but also need to know one of its most (in)famous lines. […]

I’ve been holding off on this news for a while, but today seems the perfect day to make the announcement as it’s Scott “Igor” Olman’s birthday. Yes, the friend whom I based Igor on is one year older today. (You can send him best wishes at jinshu1 AT yahoo.com. Or just leave well-wishes here, and […]

For some reason (perhaps it’s because I’m posting cartoons again on a (shock! horror!) regular basis again, the page views and unique visitors count for DorkTower.com are going through the roof. Which also means I’m getting a ton of e-mail from readers. Some of whom seem to be…erm…very new to the strip. Or at least […]

Back from London. And I’ve really got far too much work to be doing this morning to be posting to LJ… But… DUCK OF DOOM DISCOVERED! Killer kangaroo, demon duck of doom roamed Outback SYDNEY (Reuters) – Forget cute, cuddly marsupials. A team of Australian paleontologists say they have found the fossilized remains of a […]

Friday’s Daily Reporter ‘toon: **** And a nice e-mail with a cautionary tale: Comments: I love the current strip series. I’ve encountered far too many gamers that had only passing familiarity with personal hygiene, if even that. I had a friend, a fellow gamer, that I had invited to play in a game that I […]

Today’s the Fourth of July Another June has gone by And when they light up our town I just think What a waste of gun powder and sky – Aimee Mann This being the Fourth of July, let’s talk British snack foods. Someone mentioned that Walkers Worcestershire Sauce flavour crisps were no longer available. And […]