Category: Muskrat Ramblings

To paraphrase Spike Milligan’s “I told you I was ill”… I told you there was a bloody great peacock in my backyard. It’s gone now. But it was here yesterday evening, roosting in a tree (peacocks roost? who knew?) and this morning it was back. I e-mail my friend Letitia, who has helped me rescue […]

KublaCon seriously rocks. A few highlights. * Anyone see this week’s Pyramid strip (sorry – you have to subscribe to Pyramid to see this)? Well, Judith beat me (and others) BOTH at the Dork Tower board game (she played Ken. I played Carson. I only died once), and also at Poker. * Our Hotel Elevator’s […]

Dr. Blink #0 is now off to press! It should be shipping in two to three weeks! I am so amazingly stuffed full of anticipation about this, you have no idea. Chris’ artwork is just unbelievable. It’s a real privilege working with him on this project. He’s added so much to my original vision, I […]

I didn’t watch the Berg video. I’d heard about it, was utterly horrified and sickened, so I knew what was coming. Knew I wouldn’t be able to take it. Knew it would be, like, nightmares for years if I did. Hell, I get disturbed by the ending of Modest Mouse’s “Float On” video. Pro-war or […]

I’m busy getting stuff done in advance for our Long Anniversary Weekend ™. Friday’s Dork Tower is already loaded and ready to go, and Monday’s is on the drawing table. With luck, I’d like to be two weeks ahead on the comics soon(ish). I’m not sure if this will be a TOTAL no-work weekend, as […]

1) I just remembered I’ll be up North next Monday, celebrating with the Lovely and Talented Judith our eight years of incredibly blissful marriage. So the next Monday Morning Double-Secret Super Happy Fun Quiz may be changed to a Friday Morning Double-Secret Super Happy Fun Quiz. Stay tuned, true-believers! 2) I’m gonna post an old […]

Well, here are the cards from last week’s competition (drum roll pleased): The game: Munchkin Blender (“Mixed-up Megapowered Munchkin Madness”), from Steve Jackson Games. This is a Munchkin add-on that will let players mix Munchkin, Star Munchkin and Munchkin-Fu a little more effectively. Card One: 1/3 Breed (Feline, Elf and Hobbit, in this case). Card […]

OK. I’ve been back home for about a week now, and the jetlag’s finally gone. I’m not waking up at 4 am any more. However, I am pretty much tied to the drawing table those hours I am awake, so it really doesn’t make much difference anyway. I got outside once yesterday, at about 9 […]

1) I’m not sure if the writer or translator of Nemi reads Dork Tower or plays Chez Geek or not, but those t-shirts in the third cartoon seem awful familiar. He he he. (I’ve never done a “Frodo Lives” T-shirt, but it’s appeared in the comic…though it’s been a T-shirt or something I’ve seen before…”Will […]

OK. As seems to be my lot, I’m juggling far too many projects. Again. Still, some of them are going quite nicely. I’m finishing up MYSTERY PROJECT “A.” for example. I’m VERY happy with it. So, here’s where YOU come in. Here are three cards from MYSTERY PROJECT “A.” Can you name: (a) What upcoming […]