Back of the Envelope

Sluggy Freelance — And there's Oasis, killing criminals and leaving it to Kareen to keep up the mess. Oasis and her sensei is still living with Kareen and her daughter Katie. Cool, huh? Of course, if you didn't read the extra story in Dangerous Days Ahead, then you have no idea who they are. Well, suffice it to say that Oasis helped them out once and has since moved in. Kareen feels like she's being victimized by Oasis, who does murder people from time to time. She and Torg should form a support group or something.

Day by Day — Jan is pregnant... maybe. She's considering abortion, but Damon's protesting, and it looks like they're calling Sam and Zed for advice. Zed doesn't give very coherent advice when he's awakened at two in the morning, does he? Meanwhile, Chris Muir takes a page from Pete Abrams and shows us what happens when Kerry NUKEs Iran.

Scary Go Round — The Boy risks himself to protect Esther, but the devil bears are chased off by something that looks like a shark on legs. Esther's gratitude is expressed through sex, reducing The Boy's intelligence from genius to rock level. Feeling all manly in the morning, he turns their trailer into a boat.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Dave's enjoying Blue's company, although he's angry at Mike for not telling him earlier that Blue was there. Mike's father is planning to brainwash Mike, but he'll have to find him first, and he's hiding behind Marsha.

General Protection Fault — Evil Nick's escape plan needs the Velociraptor (name aside, it's an energy source), which unfortunately doesn't work in this dimension, and when Fooker calls home, he can't reach Fred, so the plug can't be pulled on that dimension's end. Meanwhile, Mischief and the Gamester have realized that someone's interfering with Nick and company.

Schlock Mercenary — The question of what happened to the mercenaries to get them in this situation is sidelined as a Jeopard rips Kevyn's throat out. Rather than dying right away, it looks like he'll have a prolonged flashback regretting not getting his body upgraded the last time it was regrown. Maybe it'll be long enough to give us the whole story of how they ended up like this, and how he got together with his girlfriend.

I'm probably going to be changing the lineup of the Weekly Webcomic Update soon. It's been a while since I've done so, but in the last few months two of the comics I do each week have gone from daily (or at least weekdaily) to three days a week. As such, there just isn't as much material as there used to be, and it makes more sense for me to do comics that update more often. I'll let you know when the change occurs, and also the reasons for the comics I picked.

Sluggy Freelance — And it's back to Sluggy Prime, and the start of the new Oasis storyline! Yay! Schlock gets an online alert that Hereti-corp is up to its old tricks. It looks like they've acquired a new franchise designed to lure Oasis out: cheese-only pizza. They've also hired an intelligent frog to market it. Meanwhile, Bun-bun has put Grahammy on the trail of Oasis, and instructed him to keep the Black Ops elves from discovering he's back.

Day by Day — Zed and Sam are worrying about explosive pants, Johnny Depp's pirate look, and airport security. Jan and Damon are more worried about the Democratic ideological purge, Michael Moore's ego, and Reuter's fake photo problems. It's good to see that everyone has something to do.

Scary Go Round — Erin's lonely now that the Boy has left with Esther. Meanwhile, the rain has finally stopped, so those two can continue on their way, as soon as they deal with a devil bear infestation.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Mike's headlong flight from April lands him in Roger's hole. Roger helps Mike escape, earning April's wrath and a mention of the whole Margaret in the woods incident.

General Protection Fault — So Emperor Nick was searching for an escape hatch, fleeing his world rather than protecting it from the invading slime molds. The good guys manage to shoot the two impostors, and are now chasing after the parasites who took them over.

Schlock Mercenary — And a new book starts, this time with the mercenaries in the middle of a jungle, wearing loincloths and fighting off jeopards with pointed sticks. The all important question of what put them in this situation is left unanswered.

And I'm back. Let's start up where I left off.

Sluggy Freelance — After Captain Bandroid fails the test, Torg challenges the Maraudite chief, first giving him a redshirt as a gift, at which point he promptly dies by random gunfire. Sometimes Torg's smarter than he looks. The chief's successor, Nohidjot, decides not to make Torg chief but to at least let him live another day.

Day by Day — The fake photos in the MSM get a lot of attention this week, with a nod to Little Green Footballs. A lot of Day by Day's jokes are very blogcentric, which is probably why bloggers like it. I wonder how well they play to a wider audience.

Scary Go Round — Esther and the Boy remain stuck, and now Shelley and Amy are bemoaning the fact that all their friends are gone: Fallon, Ryan, and Tim have all departed. Amy thinks the best solution is to make new ones, but Shelley wants to beat up the new mayor so they can get Tim back.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Mike helps April out when one of the guys gets a little too friendly, but that only ticks her off, mainly because Mike's a little too free with showing off his body to everyone but her. You know what? That sounds kind of dirty. You know what else? It kind of is. Mike's resistance to her advances worries his father.

General Protection Fault — Uh oh. The slimes have taken over people on both sides of the conflict, which they've used to create an opening for their invasion.

Schlock Mercenary — The Tohdfraugs aren't very interested in freedom. It seems that they've found that Petey's idea of community service appeals to them. Too bad the Tricameral Assembly (who apparently weren't vaporized) are totally worthless. As usual, the UNS is worthless. Meanwhile, Kevyn gets to play with the nannycams.

I'm out of town right now, but I prepared this one in advance.

Sluggy Freelance — For filler, Pete gives us another week of "Stick Figures in Spaaace!" Captain Torg has a better idea for getting un-Space lost than Science Officer Riff, but his visual presentation leaves them even more lost. A mutiny puts Torg in a brig, but some help from Bandroid the Android puts Bandroid in charge. Taking on his original name, 1 of 3, he guides them to his home planet and orders the crew to wear shirts (it turns out they all, even the women, were topless, but as they were stick figures, no one noticed). Torg runs screaming in terror when he sees that he's supposed to wear a red shirt, but they eventually get it on him. 1 of 3's home planet is a barren rock (although it comes with a nifty Newhart reference) in the middle of the Darkish Zone, which means evil marauding aliens. You know, things happen much faster when everyone's stick figures.

Day by Day — Wow, Mary Katherine Ham and Jan look a lot alike, don't they? Considering that they're worlds apart politically, they seem to be getting along pretty well. Rightroots gets a plug out of it, too. Hezbollah and Israel is still the big topic.

Scary Go Round — So Esther and the Boy are off to find Tim, but they get stuck in a remote town with limited bus service. The one thing they have going for them is that Esther has Shelley's camera phone, and the hope that Tim can get the pictures off of it which will vindicate him.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Blue and Dave make a cute couple. Too bad it won't last. Dave's simply not allowed to be happy. Mike takes a break, too, but it looks like trouble is brewing.

General Protection Fault — Just as the good guys are winning, the reactor starts to blow and the bad aliens arrive.

Schlock Mercenary — Captain Tagon agrees to go along with whatever Petey wants, including serving as his personal mercenary band and giving him their giant squid. Meanwhile, he has a quick discussion with TAG, who knows a bit more than he should.

Sluggy Freelance — Now that the party's over, it's on to some paintball fun with "Sistine Shrapnel." Torg's really not cut out for this sport; he'd do better if they allowed him to use his bayonet after all. Back at the ancient, formerly haunted house, Gwynn and Zoe are now speaking to each other, even if they don't have anything nice to say.

Day by Day — The psychology of politics gets a lot of mocking this week, as do Sam's high heel complaints and Howard Dean's name-calling. All in all, a fairly typical week. The full Sunday on the CIA was especially fun, though.

Scary Go Round — Now that Tim's gone, Shelley's back to working Jam festivals. She just didn't come up with the dirt to prove the contest was rigged, and her dreams of revenge come to nothing. But Esther's determined to bring Tim back, and she's enlisted The Boy's reluctant help.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Blue's unexpected arrival upsets Mike's plans to manipulate Dave into doing his dirty work almost as badly as it messes up Dave's brain. Fortunately, Paul's more than willing to do it, which gives Mike the shivers. Of course, Mike isn't the only one Blue upsets, as Margaret has a strong reaction to her appearance as well. Seeing Margaret jealous is eye-opening.


General Protection Fault — Nick defends Ki from his evil self, verbally at least, and Chuck reveals himself as a triple agent when Dexter makes his surprise attack--Star Wars style. He's really on the side of good, and the soldiers with him are the good guys he claimed to have killed. Wow, the gang's all here.

Schlock Mercenary — Tagon and his men are free to go, at least as long as they stay silent about all the things the UNS wants kept secret. Of course, now Petey has a hold over Tagon's Toughs, and I'm not so sure he intends to let them go that easily. Meanwhile, the Reverend is challenging Petey's godhood, and the two have a theological discussion.