Back of the Envelope

Sluggy Freelance — This week was a "24" parody, which took two comics, since two are enough to cover a length of 24 hours. But that was followed up by talking about 24's moral gray area, and then Bun-bun's stymied plan to extort $1 from every resident of the US by threatening to sic Gwynn's monkeys on them, or something. I never quite got his plan, or what it had to do with teaching the monkeys to attack anyone carrying 11 items.

Day by Day — The war's the topic this week, and how everyone seems to be running from it. Hmm. It seems to me that everyone should be interested in finding solutions, not simple political sniping.

Scary Go Round — Erin's throwing her newfound weight around, getting back at the bullies who picked on her. I'm worried that she might try to do something to Esther, who wasn't one such bully.

Dominic Deegan — Dominic's class gets interesting, as he tries to give his students some perspective. One of them goes the extra mile and uncovers an interesting truth. Every race and nation claims that the first vision was theirs, when in reality they all happened on the same day. Of course, some bullies decide that's a good reason to pick on him, but bullies don't need much of an excuse.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Dave finally opens up, as does Margaret. Ah, I so want to see those two get together, but it just won't happen for a very long time. April and Mike, on the other hand, is never going to happen, and I wish she'd stop trying. I'm beginning to suspect April may be possessed. It's not like there's any shortage of that in this comic.

Schlock Mercenary — The mercenaries board the ship to find it abandoned. It looks like a trap, and the mercenaries are trying to determine whether to blow it up, or figure out some way to neutralize it.

And I'm back on schedule... almost.

Sluggy Freelance — Gwynn has a monkey problem. The odor seems to be sticking with her, and that's a problem at work, which ends up getting her sent to see a psychiatrist. Despite saying that he's understanding, he's not really, 'cause Sluggy's just too crazy to understand. Nevertheless, the psychiatrist does help, so she recommends him to Torg. Torg, however, doesn't seem to get what psychiatrists are all about.

Day by Day — Sam's sister comes for a visit, and Skye is driving Zed batty. Fortunately for him, she's not that hard to get rid of. I guess certain people just have a low tolerance for geekiness.

Scary Go Round — Considering that Erin's gotten freakishly big as a result of the hulk formula, she seems to be pretty sane and relly not bad looking, although she certainly isn't short any longer. Meanwhile, Bob is getting a visit from the devil.

Dominic Deegan — Dominic's teaching a class at the academy. Sounds like fun. He seems to be quite a demanding teacher, however. But it seems like the students could use the discipline. Meanwhile, we're learning a little bit about how visions and second sight work.

Schlock Mercenary — They're ready to launch the attack on the pirate captain's warship. TAG, Ennesby, and Tagon have worked out what looks to be a pretty good plan. I can't wait to see how it all goes wrong.

Since I couldn't keep up with webcomics over Christmas break, I'm covering two weeks this time.

Sluggy Freelance — The twelve days show what happens when Kiki is very bad. There's lots of property damage, some radiation poisoning, and an angry Bun-bun.

Day by Day — So Sam doesn't want kids. Well, 40 is a bit old to try having kids, so I guess I can see that. Then there's some Christmas fun, with some nice moments between the characters, plus New Year's, with some days left over to pit the bloggers versus the MSM.

Scary Go Round — Ryan discovers that Riley has been sabotaging Tim, but oddly, Tim doesn't seem to mind. Then we get Shelley's year end album review.

Dominic Deegan — Dominic's mostly on hiatus these past couple of weeks, but we do find out that not just Jacob, but also Celesto and the Infernomancer are back. That's not a friendly crew.

Schlock Mercenary — So Kevyn gets to review the beginning of his relationship with Elf, and see what his crew was up to afterwards. After getting stiffed for the contract work that nearly got Kevyn killed, they found the pirate that got away, and now they're looking to capture his ship and make some cash.