Yes, There Is Kate Beaton

My new favourite webcomic.

Her stuff is an interesting mix of strips based on her life or on historical events, with some pure absurdity thrown in as well. At first the art seems amateurish, but I think her line work is actually really good; her grasp of facial expressions is superb, and she's great with all the visual "acting" which makes this sort of stuff work. She's clever and she's funny, etc... *swoon*. So what are you doing over here, reading this crappy, amateurish blog of mine? Go to Kate Beaton, go now!

Friday Is Out Of Context

I should have been posting a lot more over the past week or so ("a lot more"? more than what? more than NOTHING), but my internet connection was messed up. Honest! For once, a lack of new content is not simply due to laziness. But it is still regrettable.

*regrets temporary lack of broadband*

(The image is from here, which is not my favourite webcomic – I think I'll do a post about my favourite webcomic another time – but it's still great. It's so deadpan that when you first start reading it, it seems to verge on the nihilistic; it took me a while to get into the rhythm of the tone. No, "rhythm of the tone" is not a mixed metaphor, shut up.

Now that I've read a fair bit of the strip, I'm starting to think that it's actually quite upbeat.)

This Friday Is Out Of Context Thoapsl Says: A slip is not a mistake.

Wimples on Robots & Whiskers on Kittens

From Truck Bearing Kibble. I find their humour kind of hit & miss, generally, but for some reason not this particular strip...

I saw The Sound of Music and Terminator 2 a whole lot when I was younger. Perhaps that explains my affection for this odd confluence o' nostalgia. I also dug the hell out of that recent Sweeney Todd movie, though. I suppose violence and musical numbers are just a horse & carriage, right?