The Digital Strips Podcast (Digital Strips)
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We make hilarious fire-based puns, tell the difference between a phantom and a monster, swap identities too many times to keep track, and start a new movement for NotAllParisians with our review of Beka Duke's Fantomestein in this monstrously-emotional episode of Digital Strips!

We're also announcing an indefinite hiatus, but stay subscribed to the podcast for any updates when and if they come!

Direct download: ds-742-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 2:50pm EDT

We ignore the ever-present MacGuffin, question if anyone still watches their cartoons on Saturday mornings, navigate the expansive white space, shapeshift into some mutha-frickin' dragons, wyverns, drakes, and raptors with our review of Selena Ahmed's Talon Hunters in this fiery episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-741-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 2:37pm EDT

We discuss the designation of bases, decide which is more inept, humans or demons, wonder how awesome it would be under the thumb of a hot, murderous demon witch, reminisce of Buffy episodes long past, and run down our personal preferences of line work with our review of Harry Bogosian's Demon's Mirror in this mirror-bombing episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-740-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 11:31pm EDT

We celebrate the latest from a venerated comics creator, determine the characteristics of cleaning fluids, glean what we can from a foreign land, question the phallus as a trope, and check our rifles one more time with our tank-searching review of Evan Dahm's The 3rd Voice in this regent-defying episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-739-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:40pm EDT

We take our time preparing the meal, inquire about the effects of fantasy fibromyalgia, ask if our teddy bears will make a sufficient sacrifice, agree that this story needs more genie of the lamp energy, and question if stealing a cake can really help that much with our realm-traversing review of Indui and Isa's The Messenger in this dragon-riding episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-738-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 1:54pm EDT

We take a badly-motivated road trip, execute a revenge-fueled prison break, ride-or-die without seat belts, share our full names, and get by solely on VIBES with our psychically-linked review of HostileCrocodile's Tropicana Realms in this synthwave-charged episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-737-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:21pm EDT

We view some prairie-dogging rubies, discuss what it means to be super-orphaned, go out in search of the truly hilarious jokes, fight inanimate objects while inebriated, and get to the anal jokes from a unique perspective with our eternally consternated review of Ghosthause's Greetings from Grisley in this horrifically hilarious episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-736-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:33pm EDT

We crosstalk, clone ourselves like it's going out of style, think we've got this all figured out on our own, protect the increasingly lethargic dog, and turn arms into hams with our surprisingly-delicious review of Nonesuch in this dangerously-religious episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-735-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:37am EDT

We get cozy, remember our dad, get rid of the family steed, and work in some cathartic archery with our satisfyingly-melancholy review of Ann Maulina's Raruurien in this magically-abandoned episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-734-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 2:49pm EDT

We share news about KC Green's next moves in the webcomics space, update our thoughts on Godslave with a new segment, and then we enjoy subjugating a people, pull our punches, ask how the bad guys could possibly be more evil in our politically-maneuvered review of Carolina Alvarez's Forgotten Sons in this sibling-rivaled episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-733-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 2:58pm EDT

We deal with ego-driven agents, seek out the ba, ask why NOT a crocodile for a mayor, hang out with a cute but annoying fox, and justify punching children in our hieroglyphically-challenged review of Meaghan Carter's Godslave in this foxy episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-732-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 2:30pm EDT

We give the timecops a hard time, question time, space, and time and space, wait on our next fateful hole to arrive, ponder if AI is coming up with this genre stuff, and ask what's waiting for us at the top of that pine tree in our destiny-challenged review of Time and Time Again by Deo I. in this time-travailing episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-731-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 9:34pm EDT

We mispronounce all the French things, lean way into cottagecore, get curious about moth farts, and represent our thoughts and emotions creatively and with illustration with our reclusively-ponderous review of Clover's Pia and the Little Tiny Things in this uplifting episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-730-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:04pm EDT

We spy on our students, strike a sexy pose, feud with a rabbit for teaching rights, get hungry for a savory Murito, and struggle to get over ourselves with our bush-hidin' review of Cat Teacher by Paulina Palacios in this woefully-uneducated episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-729-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:19pm EDT

We debate the inspiration for a dystopian cyber future, thank the creator that we've never been folded in on ourselves, wait for the hero to arrive, and seek justice for Link with our gig economy-fueled review of Kamikaze by Carrie and Alan Tupper in this accidentally-explosive episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-728-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 2:55pm EDT

We slack on our grades, ride our friends (but not like that), prove that humans are just as capable of magic as anyone else, and engage in an epic throwdown for the ages with our strategically-paced review of William Roth's Witch Heart in this verbosely-expositioned episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-727-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 2:16pm EDT

We grow less gruff, declare that we're proud to be Dumm, strike some serious poses, attend a party we didn't want to go to anyways, and give an obscure nod to Idaho with our sweetly bitter review of Brianne Drouhard's Harpy Gee in this cat vomit-covered episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-726-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:26pm EDT

We recall retail horror stories, update our earliest artwork, wait for the story to start, and worry that we've time traveled with our in-stock review of Emma Thatcher's Honestly Not a Robot in this price-checked episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-725-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:19pm EDT

We relish simple titles, run from swords, get welcomed to the fungal jungle, and strap in for high-octane action with our left behind review of Patricia Pamula, Dane Rahlmeyer, and Noah Whyler's Runa in this beastly episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-724-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 2:36pm EDT

We coin a new YAAF genre, accidentally mix code with our magic, pitch a Felix and Lizard buddy comedy, and develop chosen one Stockholm Syndrome with our technologically-magical review of Varethane's Wychwood in this wychy episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-723-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:07pm EDT

We make Scooby-Doo a chosen one, get legit terrified by some frightening sights, question all of the forced road trips, and dissect the digestive system of a demon with our review of InksOwl Comics' Evelyne and the Occult in this perpetually-cursed episode of Digital Strips, babe!

Direct download: ds-722-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:01pm EDT

We reject the family name, accept the family money, avoid talking about the card game, and live solely to bone a bot with our review of Hazel and Bell's Electric Bones in this increasingly horny episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-721-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 1:53pm EDT

We welcome a robot into the family, get things wrong about the future, revel in our obsolescence, and question our humanity through Dominic Cellini's Emmy the Robot in this week's regularly-malfunctioning episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-720-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:46pm EDT

We check out news from Kendra Phillips and Nathan Stevenson before fearing the holes we might really be into, Marie Kondoing the heck out of our lives, showing stoicism in the face of abject weirdness, and drawing the most beautiful junk you've ever seen with Immaterial by Sarah Ellerton in this week's ferret-led episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-719-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:46pm EDT

We run down news from Alex Norris, Jack McGee, and Evan Dahm before hopping in our station wagon and chasing both storms and our biggest fears away in the promising horizons of Shot and Chaser, in this week's calm-before-the-storm episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-718-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:03pm EDT

We smugly eat all of our enemies, take time to do our own research, focus on the history and stick to the basics on the artwork, and wonder when the coffee table book version will hit with our gruesomely informative review of Pudge's Lessons in Mythology in this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-717-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:04pm EDT

We don't ask to eat your bones, assume all the jokes are dirty ones, start reruns without telling anyone, and decide if Mambo No. 5 ever really deserved a follow-up with our appropriately rude review of Toothy's Toothy BJ in this week's episode of the first, and best, webcomics podcast on the planet, Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-716-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 2:17pm EDT

We hit cryptids with our car, ask Ron Funches to voice a character or two, wish our friendship was like Agents Hawk and Owl, and groan at some of the more sitcom-y jokes with our uncomfortably tasty review of LizardxLizard's Finding Fiends in this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-715-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:20pm EDT

We hang out with a certain type of ghost, berate our new trainee into nearly quitting, and admit it's really just all about Jon in our brooding, law-breaking review of Maaria Laurinen's Phantomland in this episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-714-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 2:28pm EDT

We get our Souls groove on, wonder where all the adults went, dismiss other people's art because ours is more important in our gigantically-prophetic review of Diego Zuniga's Arcagen in this episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-713-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 7:18pm EDT

We outsmart a genie, remake the world, live our lives like a video game, and sleep on a bed made of pillows with our fancifully-crafted review of Harry Bogosian's A Better Place in this episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-712-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:00pm EDT

We tell our story with our emotions, leave our eyes in the movie theater, and ignore proper character names in our zombified wacky review of EmiMG's ZomCom in this episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-711-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:32pm EDT

We play emotional Battleship, hope for a ticket to JinnLand, and remove the color to ensure you we're just getting you up to speed with our swashbuckling review of Boredman's BlackSmith in this episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-710-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:22pm EDT

We crave yeti-on-ancestor violence, enjoy some mascot homages, watch our heroes get cathartic and eat our cereal every morning to get just slightly better at sports with our never-soggy-in-milk review of Scott Warren's Crunchy Bunches in this episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-708-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:31pm EDT

We take in the most important meal of the day, endure a criminally-massive amount of puns, and try to stop a war with our balanced, rejuvenating review of Paula Peroff's The Breakfast Guild in this episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-707-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:42pm EDT

We give up our combative ways and join a commune where the squash is succulent, anyone can be a wizard if they try hard enough, and bat men are full of wonder and mystery with our review of the peacefully distanced Fairmeadow by Kendra P in this episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-706-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:06pm EDT

We contend with a massive cast of adorable and horrific characters while somehow understanding and loving them all like our own creations as we journey once again to AC MacDonald's Twistwood Tales in this spellbinding episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-705-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:50pm EDT

We continue tripping (the good way) through epic, embarrassing mishaps, watch the artwork evolve and progress, and ask why no one really seems to have a good plan in our second look at Oi! Tale of Bardic Fury by Daniel de Sosa in this surely doomed episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-704-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:14pm EDT

We get to know the dogs really well, learn why bindles don't work with swords, and recall why being a young man around constant cleavage can be tough with our second look at Sirk's BaDoom in this wacky wasteland episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-703-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:08pm EDT

We impersonate one another, infiltrate a cult, try to get out of our responsibilities, and learn that pigs can explode as we look back at Jordan Holt's razor-sharp comic about a dull boy, Theseus, in this delightfully god-like episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-702-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:46pm EDT

We chill out a bit and beat the summer heat with a breezy look back at one of our favorite comics from the recent past, Bicycle Boy by Jackarais. See why alliances are still always changing, a new bicycle boy seems to have taken the titular role, and why we think this comic is about partying and flipping off the encroaching darkness (sound familiar?) episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-701-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:40pm EDT

We take a break from reviewing webcomics to instead take a turn on viewing webcomics as a whole, including differences between the inception to now, losing the adventure of exploring the World Wide Web, and why services like Webtoons and Tapas miss out on key components of the magic of webcomics on this week's 700th episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-700-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:50pm EDT

We join a house of various fantasy girls and find ourselves directionless and entertained with our review of Jin Zhan's Lily and Marigold on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-699-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:43pm EDT

We go all-in on a true crime played out in real time, acknowledge the copious amount of content warnings, and ask if this is really the hellish life that teens these days live with our review of Max Graves' What Happens Next on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-698-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:21pm EDT

We give our Instagram feeds a much needed cleanse and decide which of us would be a skunk and which would be a gazelle in the animalistically cute journal-ish comic, ChickenPupPie by a creator of the same name on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-697-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:54pm EDT

We give up on school and work odd jobs before deciding to take on the bully dragon to save our town and avoid the wizard and his weird closet with our review of the wordplay-loving Isle of Elsi by Alex Longstreth on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-696-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:07pm EDT

We head to demon school and build a sweet manga lady for a class project while getting into all sorts of well-intentioned trouble with our review of Rem and Bikkuri's Devil's Candy on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

 

Direct download: ds-695-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:32pm EDT

We briefly take the Eisner's to task for their webcomic nominees in the 2022 awards before smacking our heads and going on a beautifully terrifying trip with Suzanne Geary's Brainchild on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-694-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:29pm EDT

We join a 1920's odd couple on their adventures in the occult, museum ownership, and light body horror with our review of Rowan MacColl's Kingfisher: Foxhunt on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-693-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 9:49pm EDT

We choose kindness, support, and love in the face of life events, messups, and circumstances with our review of Guy Kopsombut's sweet and charming 4AM Shower on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-692-but-actually-691-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:01pm EDT

We run with the fishes, fight Tumblr, experience some grisly deaths, and NEVER EVER GO TO THE PARK in our review of Jonas Goonface's dark, small town horror tale, Follow the Leader on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-691-but-actually-692-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:07pm EDT

We form our own party, polish up our puns, and try to distinguish our elves from one another in the trope-y fantasy romp, FUN!tasy by Irene Kober and Luca Debus on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-690-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:49pm EDT

We get high, collect some floppy disks, and bake one hell of a cake to save our jobs in the cybernetic near-past dystopia of Mary Safro and Io Black's Drugs & Wires on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-689-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:39pm EDT

We ask if ghosts can snuggle and demand that you return to your family after your father is crushed to death rather than take up a blood vendetta in our review of Matt Schorr's Moby Dick: Back From The Deep on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-688-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:23pm EDT

Be aware, the comic reviewed in this week's episode is NSFW.

We check out the electrifying erotica (e-rock-ica?) of Brad and Leslie Brown's The Rock Cocks and our main question is... where is the story? It's a whole new, sexy world where we question everything we know on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-687-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:55pm EDT

Welcome Tidy and her world of garbage-filled seas (hey, it's based on true events!) that will make you feel ashamed and entertained at the same time with our review of s0s2's The Little Trashmaid on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-686-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:46pm EDT

Everything is nice and friendly until it wants to capture and kill you, at which point it is still pretty nice about the whole thing, in Jake Lawrence's A Nice Long Walk on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-685-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:04pm EDT

We hop on our awesome hog, ride to a cemetery to meet some strangers, ask questions about twins-in-the-same-body with regards to nudity, and search for the elusive Harry Potter baby in our review of Llyrel's The Emergency Coven, on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-684-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:46pm EDT

We hunker down, enjoy some brewskis with some buds and prepare to get evicted in our review of the cartoonishly realistic UTOWN by CAB on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-683-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:19pm EDT

We take a look at an earnestly horny and essentially harmless comic in Carlos G.'s My Pet Succubus. Our review finds crudeness and talent in equal measure, spinning into a discussion about crafting things for others versus doing it for yourself.

Direct download: ds-682-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:41pm EDT

Traverse the demon realm as an unfinished story-come-to-life and befriend the heir to a hellish throne in Clover's Headless Bliss on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-681-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:23pm EDT

We wake up in the middle of a wasteland desert in an amnesia haze, inhabiting a cyborg body, and start meeting people's fists with our face to try and figure it all out in Jackarais' fun and harrowing Bicycle Boy on this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-680-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:16pm EDT

We poo-poo the lack of imagination in most shapeshifters and contemplate the ins and outs of sex snakes with our review of Colin Moore's River City in this week's episode of Digital Strips!

Direct download: ds-679-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:27pm EDT

We bite down on a gumball-sized explosive device and wait for things to blow over in the anthropomorphic-filled adventure romp, Shadow Pirates. This well-produced weekday afternoon cartoon-like is sure to entertain you, so listen to us discuss kid's shows in a slightly alarming manner and then enjoy!

Direct download: ds-678-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:20pm EDT

We hop in the webcomics time machine to check out A Girl and Her Fed by K.B. Spangler and Alexandra Presser. This long-running, metaphysical conspiracy romp stays the course on a bonkers story that must be read to be believed.

Direct download: ds-677-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 2:37pm EDT

Featuring our review of The Green Knight (no, it has nothing to do with the movie), a story by a largely unknown author (Mathi Praz? 'Zat u?) about a nobleman cursed to roam the land as a frog.

Direct download: ds-676-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:31pm EDT

After talking about Bree Paulsen's hiatus from Patrik the Vampire, the guys take some time to get lost and then find themselves in the endearingly fantastical tale of Demon Street by Aliza Layne. Though the hosts disagree on the appeal of the main characters, they both agree that this mix of horrifying creatures and well-crafted wonder is worth leaving your parents behind for.

Direct download: ds-675-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:39pm EDT

Look not to the sea, fair listener, for it promises nothing but death and decay. Well, maybe love too, if you're lucky. But with a story called Ice Massacre, do you really expect to find a relationship you want to root for? Creators Tiana Warner and April Pierce bring two parts violent death and one part love story to this dank tale, featuring Dances with Wolves tones and too few nipples. Set sail, adventurer!

Direct download: ds-674-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:26pm EDT

In our first review of 2022, we look at DPS Only!, a comic by Velinxi, which caught our eye thanks to the esports gaming setting and kept us hooked with drama and relationships that we truly cared about. This story also inspired talk about the role of sexism in gaming, a subject we admit to being ill-equipped to say much about. Also, is creepy older male captain creepy? Steve files his report. All that, plus new focuses for reviews in the new year!

Direct download: ds-673-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:01pm EDT

It's the holidays, so we returned to a comic we know we love and that feels like home. Max Overacts by Caanan Grall is full of fun, mischief, wild children, but most of all, heart. We looked at strips 400 thru 500 of the comic, taking us up to the most current posted story. Grab some nog, throw a log on the fire, listen to our review, and curl up with this great comic.

Direct download: ds-672-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 2:11pm EDT

Gul the orc boy is annoying, loud, and constantly getting in the way. Gul the comic by Atenmaru and NicolieDC is loud, in your face, and epic in all the ways a story like Dragonball is and similarly blows you away with its constant need to up the ante and top the last huge moment. It's got orcs, it's got goblins, it's got parodies of "Uptown Funk". It's a Christmas miracle!

Direct download: ds-671-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 1:02pm EDT

Derri is a nice person is a universe of evil, skullduggery, and general no-good-ness. Derri thinks she found someone to help her in her mission, but what Derri doesn't know is that Sue isn't what she seems. This setup for the darkly comedic, Mega Man X-infused sci-fi comic, Dr. Dazzle's Angel Dust, is about all we have to go on, as this is a Horizons Watch-esque short episode about the promise this young but impressive story holds.

Direct download: ds-670-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 4:12pm EDT

Did you know that Scott Kurtz has even more PvP-related news to share, this time involving the return of the pre-time jump gang we all know and love (which includes Skull the Troll, not Troll the Troll, as Jason realized after the fact)? After we run that down, it's time to click, laugh, and share in equal measure with the comic strip joy that is Berkeley Mews. Share your favorite strip with us!

Direct download: ds-669-final.mp3
Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:17pm EDT

Jason is a huge fan of mockumentaries in the style of Christopher Guest and Taika Waititi, with the latter using a supernatural bend to add a little something extra to the ordinary. Aminder Dhaliwal's Cyclopedia Exotica continues this tradition in masterful, hilarious fashion, creating a whole connected cast of characters, most of whom are cyclops, that you'll be rooting for by the time the all-too-soon end of the story arrives.

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Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:31pm EDT

The subject of Brittany Keyes' mostly-journal comic, Offkey Comics, is her dog. He's a cute, good boy, as many dogs are, but it's when Brittany shines a light on the rest of her life, as well as her skills outside of a digital drawing tablet, that this offering truly excels. Regardless of your tastes, that brings something for everyone to love in this cute, loosely-drawn slice of life comic. We also have news via the fine folks at Fleen about the upcoming Clementine spin-off from The Walking Dead, being created/adapted solely by On a Sunbeam's Tillie Walden.

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Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:49pm EDT

Is Papercut by Sony-Shock a sweet, fun comic about a precocious workaholic robot? Or is it a darker take on the dangers of communism and a cautionary tale for the proletariat? Who says it can't be both? Hear our thoughts on the cutest narc you've ever met, including the fanfic where Paper and Michael Scott meet that Jason is hard at work on. Then, take a break (short, we're still at work) and read it for yourself!

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Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer, Glamist, and Alai Cinereo is a comic about trust, mistrust, betrayal, and child trafficking, all told through a YA fantasy lens. It's got monsters (unnaturals, so no one's feelings are hurt), love, and enough parent/child relationship issues to fill an afternoon special. Our mileage, as with all things YA, varied, but you should definitely give it a look.

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If you want parenting advice, life hacks, and how-tos ... you've come to the wrong place. If you want hilarious extrapolations of millennial cats raising little ones the best way they know how, however, Litterbox Comics by Chesca and J. Hause will have you enthralled with lots of laughs and parental horror in equal measure. Take your pick how you read it (Webtoons, Tapas, home site), but catch up and then add this regular dose of joy to your routine.

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What would you do if you were stranded on a deserted island? What if you were hot? What if a large lizard were also there? Doug Compton attempts to answer these questions, all with a cheeky, horny sense of humor in Keinani and Mo'O. Though we could do without some of the guest stars (it started in 2017, so He Who Shall Be Shamed makes several appearances), the comic is almost always a party and one you'll want to be invited to.

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If you think about it, an apocalypse would probably breed a lot of emo angst into younger people. That's what Katherine Lang's Soul to Call posits, and Avril and Eli represent different facets of one emo soul. It's not until an older authority figure comes in that the guys feel they can connect with a character. So it goes in a story intended for YA audiences, but one you should definitely see and read for yourself.

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Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:42pm EDT

It's the pirate life for me, yes 'tis! Sailin' with my buddies across the blue sky, enjoyin' some ale, and singin' some tunes, that's the pirate life for Alynne and Gruff, with not a care in the world about the other, more sordid details that the life of a true scoundrel contains. The Pirate Checklist is Ashley Reed's optimistically cute take on a lifestyle that seems to be all fun and games and this comic is often just that. Set sail and for god's sake, don't kill anyone!

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Yoshi did a bad thing and his self-imposed exile from the birthright of his kingdom will lead to horrible consequences for pretty much everyone he knows in Brothers Bond. But when you're rich and famous, you can run away whenever you want and everything will end up ok, right? Right? Hear our divided thoughts on the tropes at play in this fun tale (as well as a bonus story from Jason about the time he ran away from home) and then read it for yourself!

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Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:30pm EDT

This episode is full of non-standard and more modern ways of reading comics. We check in on Evan Dahm's first foray into Webtoons with his reposting of Vattu, DC Comics' first Webtoon in Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, and Scott Kurtz gets a double exposure as we look at his short collaboration on Superman with Karl Kerschl as well as the comic that has temporarily taken the place of PvP, the cathartic Mort. Even after all of that, we still have time to get weird and geeky with Frankie Fearless, available only on Tinyview!

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Jason took a quick look at Marvel's stab at a Webtoons-formatted comic with a couple of their Infinity Comics, where he found mixed success with the layout but plenty of entertainment value. The guys also review Awful Hospital, a fan's choice-based comic that is truly awful in the best ways possible. Jonathan Wojcik has weaved an Alice in Wonderland-like tale through a slimy, grimy looking glass that never ceases to amaze and terrify in equal measure.

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Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:33pm EDT

We've all been there: school is going okay, but it could be better. Your friends have your back and everything is looking up, even though your mentor is haunted by thugs who want him dead. Then, he's murdered and the whole town, school included, is razed to the ground. So you befriend a simple bugbear and set out to find the truth. Right? Creator Kanekuo takes that premise and crafts a unique, detailed world in By The Book. Catch up with it while it's relatively young and listen to our scorching take.

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Though zombie fiction continues to be an over-saturated portion of the entertainment industry, Hooves of Death by Sam Bragg is the first one we can think of that introduces unicorns and other fantastical being into the mix. There are relationships, there are betrayals, and there are horsemen of the apocalypse who apparently got lost on the way home. Hear our thoughts on this fun, harrowing tale and then be sure to check it out on Webtoons for yourself!

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Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:27pm EDT

At the end of the day, and near the end of the world, all of life comes down to nerds and jocks. Creator Marko Raassina knew this and based his comic, Nerd and Jock, on the yin and yang of the universal balance between the two iconic archetypes. In this story, however, the two live in harmony and exist only to resolve and complete one another. It's cute, it's funny, and it's the friendship we should all strive for.

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Ozzie's not like other vampires: she only drains demons because she's kinda fond of humans (certain ones, at least) and she really just wants to hang with her friends rather than fight the horde of otherworldly invaders constantly plaguing New Jersey. Eric Lide takes the millennial malaise and cranks it up for some hilarious characters and mind-blowing fights in Ozzie the Vampire, a raucous, fun comic you can really sink your teeth into!

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Bryan is a traveling bard who is bad at his job. Servius is a slave who is better at that job. Rhiannon is a selkie girl looking for love and approval from her townsfolk. Aideen, her sister, loves a good fight and excels at hurling. Their dad, King Star Seal, is often high and gets lost at sea on the reg. If that cast of misfits and screw-ups don't make you want to read Oi! Tales of Bardic Fury by Daniel de Sosa, what would?

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Murrz by Murrz is a journal comic like many others, full of joyful yearnings after pointless pursuits and enough Internet speak to interupt your cat's poo-powered mind control. Hidden in the many updates of this kind, however, are more personal stories about the creator's family that will bring you that much closer to understanding and empathizing with another person's life in a way that other mediums just can't touch.

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Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 3:43pm EDT

Can Miss Melee truly have it all: a loving family, the career of her dreams, and a superhero life that would make Bruce Wayne jealous? In this comic by Rob Johnson and Ariel Guadalupe, the titular character is lucky enough to have a husband that adores her and a daughter that wants to be her, but unlucky that her boss is secretly the big bad. Does that work out in the end? Listen to our review and then read it for yourself, true believer!

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Everything about this week's comic, BaDoom by Sirk!, just screams life and excitement. Even the name is exciting! Journey the wasteland with our intrepid screw-ups, enjoy a Michael Jackson pun or two, and try to figure out just what the heck those worms are infected with. This story is fun, it's action-packed, and it's not safe to breathe in, so get that mask back on and join us!

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It might be a return to the gloriously existential gag-a-day world of War and Peas, but Steve certainly never forgot about the robot hoping to be loved (how could he forget someone so similar to himself?). You'll find a lot to like the jokes creators Jonathan Kunz and Elizabeth Pich have in store for you here. Maybe just spread them out to avoid crushing, suffocating ennui? That way the antics of a slutty witch will always seem fresh and funny in your mind (but really, why wouldn't they?).

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Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:46pm EDT

Journey to new galaxies with two buddies just trying to make rent with Tom 'N' Artie, a throwback comic to webcomics of old. Like Steve says, a massive lore dump isn't always necessary to have a good time with a story, and the titular duo proves it with a zany adventure full of even weirder creatures and plenty of explosions. Strap in and let’s go!

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Everything is Fine? More like Everything is NOT Fine, amirite? Enter this twisted, sanitized world, created by Mike Birchall, where nothing is as it seems but everyone wants you to believe it is. Decide whether you want to keep asking about the dogs and what's in the basement or take on your job at the box incinerator and wear your suburban best to the next dinner party. Whatever your choice, make sure to listen to our review (and theories!) before reading this tense thriller for yourself!

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Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:34pm EDT

For the wingless fairy godmother wannabe screw-up in all of us, there is Mari Costa's Peritale. Periwinkle does the best she can with what she has, but when her best really isn't that great, uncomfortable situations and awkward conversations ensue. Also, this comic confirms for us once and for all that cantankerous talking cats are scientifically hilarious. We've got all that and news about Cosmoknights Season 2. Climb a tower and take a gander at it all!

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Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 2:00pm EDT

He's a plague doctor with a heart and he's a murderous robot sent from the future to save us from a deadly pandemic. Together, they are Doc and the Deathbot, and Steve Ogden is here to give this buddy adventure a sense of humor just a bit too edgy for the Sunday morning funnies (is that still a thing?). Hear our review in addition to news about Kill Six Billion Demons' Tom Parkinson-Morgan's RPG fun and the fourth season of Urban Animal kicking off. Now grab a friend and go have some hijinks!

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Category:Digital Strips -- posted at: 10:43pm EDT

If you love stories about Greek gods but want them taken just a bit less seriously, Jordan Holt's Theseus is the perfect way to spend an afternoon. Jason likens it to the Greek pantheon through the filter of Napoleon Dynamite and Steve concurs. Don't miss the blog posts either, which are full of their own wit and wisdom, and aren't required reading to enjoy the story itself. Great work all around, Jordan, now work on those mountains.

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Journey back with us to a simpler, more horizontally-scrolling, hornier time as we review the 2020 remake of Demian.5's 2001 classic, When I Am King. What do the flowers mean? Is that a camel or a dragon? Why is everyone having sex with everything? We had a great time trying to answer those questions and more in this episode!

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Welcome to Bill Walko's The Hero Business, where you're sure to hear numerous references to comic book ages of yore, misogynistic calls and phrases, and more attempts at gags than character development per four panel page. Together, the guys try to decide if the early 2000-teens was much longer ago than it feels like. Get to know this large cast of diverse, crass characters along with us in our review of this throwback gem!

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