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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Fortnightly Webcomic Update
Sluggy Freelance — Monica and Aylee start to get along, the same way Sasha and Zoe did--ragging on Riff. And Sasha and Gwynn... it seems a popular way for girls to build friendships. Then Torg and Riff show up, but they can't seem to get the upperhand: Monica's clever and unshakable. At least until Monica sees flying Aylee wearing her underwear. That freaks her out. Then it's Stick Figures in Spaace for a week of low quality fun.

Day by Day — After some time away, Day by Day is back. Sam and Skye are picking up their mother at the airport. Sam's gotten too big to drive, and Skye's driving leads much to be desired. Meanwhile, Jan and Damon are arriving home by private jet. It looks like they arrive at the same time.

Scary Go Round — Esther and the Boy break into the haunted grounds. In doing so, they attract the attention of the gypsy ghosts Esther's family is responsible for disturbing. Uh-oh. Now they need to get a little help from Ryan to deal with their ghost problem while also sorting out their relationship issues.

Dominic Deegan — Nimmel and Luna try to knock some sense into Milov and Jayden, respectively. Dominic and Milov have a run-in with demon Siegfried. It looks like they're done for, but Milov manages to drive him off with his good memories of friendship and love.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Hey, we're updating five times a week now. Roger's moving out, and Dave delivers Mike's stuff to his family, giving him an opportunity to talk with Blue and apologize. Just as he arrives, Blue's in a compromising position with Jay. Dave misses that, although he does run into the other toughs, and nearly zaps them before Blue calms him down. Blue then takes care of the toughs her own way.

Schlock Mercenary — And the Doc's still having bad dreams. After a quick consultation with TAG, she tries to sleep and has another bad dream. That's it. After donning her armor and loading for bear, she brings Schlock along. This time she's ready to deal anything: except the nanites burning their way out of the force field and TAG taking her weapons away.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Fortnightly Webcomic Update
Sluggy Freelance — Aylee and Torg join Riff at his ex-girlfriend's house, and go about disguising Aylee as a human, which requires a lot of make-up. And it turns out that Aylee has wings, and appears, from the outside, to be a fully functional human female. So much so that Riff asks her out, even if he still thinks she's a planet-destroying alien he'll have to destroy eventually. Of course, things get really fun when Monica arrives home and Riff has to distract her while Torg prepares a nose for Aylee. When both Torg and Riff try a quick escape, they find that Monica's one step ahead of them. That girl is good.

Day by Day — Cox and Forkum get some love, and Jan get hits by an IED. It's nothing too serious, but she's seriously bummed out about it. After that, Chris is gone until November while he deals with some family issues.

Scary Go Round — Mike survives by virtue of being a freak of nature, and Lorcan avoids the death penalty by virtue of his father still being alive. While Amy and Shelley are dealing with joblessness, Esther and the Boy are facing relationship problems. So Esther decides a visit to the old city hall is in order, on account of it having been built on an old gypsy burial ground and thus goth-worthy.

Dominic Deegan — Milov decides to face Siegfried and has to be rescued by Dominic. Now Dominic's exhausted, Jayden's guilt-ridden, Milov's depressed, and the Spellwolves are angry, and it's up to Nimmel and Luna to save the day.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Dave, while cleaning house, finds a portrait of Blue and some letters, figures Roger's in love with Blue, and goes to punch him--only to discover that werecoyotes punch back really hard. Later consideration shows that Roger didn't draw the pictures, and they may not be love letters at all. Looks like Dave messed this one up bad.

Schlock Mercenary — The Doc Ed is having bad dreams concerning Xinchub's body. When her fiance's chaste cuddling doesn't help, she goes to Kevyn for some technical assurance. He guarantees that the nanites can't escape, just before they do.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Fortnightly Webcomic Update
Sluggy Freelance — Torg and Aylee return, and Aylee retakes a humanish-shape. Riff's confused, so he blows up another park ('cause, hey, he's Riff--he has to blow up something). Rammer sees it all, but is killed by Kusari before he can take advantage of his information, or care it. Turns out Schlock sent Kusari, with instructions to stop Hong--and she did, with knives. Schlock's now on a path to take over the world. That's right. Schlock. Uh-oh, I'm scared. Schlock may be a coward, but he's brilliant, and he knows way too much about the gang.

Day by Day — So Sam's been hiding the fact that she's younger than Zed by quite a bit. I wonder what she'll tell him when he gets home--he's on his way now. In the meanwhile, Damon's arrived to keep Jan company.

Scary Go Round — Shelley subdues Lorcan, but his bee attacks her. Mike dives in the way, taking the attack himself and somehow surviving. Unfortunately, Shelley's boss isn't taken with the story, and fires her. Amy and Ryan are out of a job too, as the bureaucrats take over Tackleford's city hall.

Dominic Deegan — So Jayden slept with Siegfried. How's that for a surprise revelation? Milov goes mad with rage and nearly kills Jayden, then settles for tossing everyone out of his house and announcing his betrayal to the world, which results in Nimmel being attacked. Hoo-boy, I guess nobody's happy about this. Jayden tells her story to Luna. It appears that Siegfried was indeed changing for the better, but he ended up off course.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Roger promises to take care of the skeleton under Mike's bed, while Margaret puts the guys through more training. It's driving them crazy, but it must be improving their health. Or it would be, if it weren't killing them. Roger's continuing to train with Joe, which must be very close to the worst idea ever, while Margaret convinces Dave to talk to Marsha. He promises to do it, but lets slip that he knows her parents were murdered, requiring a hasty exit. I do wonder how he knows that, if Margaret never told him.

Schlock Mercenary — Kevyn gets really drunk to avoid remembering the Xinchub clone's naked body. Meanwhile, everyone's looking forward to helping to recreate his death. The Doc has a monopoly on it, however, and now that they have a body, the mercenaries can make a clean switch, with the government's permission. So they're getting paid four times for this job so far. But they still have to get through the funeral with a straight face.