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Army Doodles!

Above: NVG (Night-Vision Goggles) training.

Watch out for misfires! Is the Earth flat from your perspective?

When the folks in...

Old Random Furry-era Nonsense

Back when I was doing my comic, the furry-version of "Empires", I did a lot of other furry stuff too... a lot of it was silly, goofy stuff because I needed to do something to break from all the grumpy combat in that setting. Above: pulling the mystic chainsaw "HomeliteCaliber" from the stone to become the new King.

2020-07-23 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Some "Star Wars" Themed Sketches

Many years ago, I was thinking of playing the "Star Wars" role-playing game with some friends, and these were a few ideas I came up with. Above: a plan for a smuggler's ship.

This was going to be a NPC the characters meet earl...

Empires Fanfic: "Exile" by Lance Rund (Published in YARF!)

So the next story was written by a friend of mine who asked me about LGBQT issues in the Empires universe. I had no real answer at the time because it just wasn't something I thought about, not being in the LGBQT community myself. I just said that "discrimination for whatever reason" wouldn't be allowed in the Central Allianc...

Empires: The Drinking Game! By Lance Rund

Now that the main story of Empires: The Ace of Spades and Morrigan's War are over, now is the time to enjoy a drinking game. As you go back and re-read the story from the start, you can appreciate it on whole new levels such as alcohol poisoning and cirrhosis of the liver. Enjoy, and Salud!

Empires Fanfic: "Awakening" by Dave Bryant (Published in YARF!)

2020-07-13 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Empires Fanfiction: "Pretty Lady" by Gerald Perkins (Published in YARF!)

2020-07-10 20:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post

BOHICA News: Quick Announcement!

 I hope everyone is doing well; I have some stuff coming very soon. I hope folks don't mind, I took a couple weeks off after finishing BOHICA Blues. I mean, I took two weeks off from my day job and am spending it lounging and playing "Last Of Us Part 2" and doing some hiking, and getting a few things done around the hous...

Bad Egg: Another "Children's Activity Book" Gone Wrong.

We had another activity book made for kids at our Kinko's Copies location. Naturally, me with a bit of time on my hands and a bit of a naughty streak, made my own version. Naturally, none of these were shared with any actual kids; it was kept internal to us Night Shift employees. 

This time I am placing the origina...

Lost Dogs: Sympathy Card for a Friend

A family friend recently lost her dog, a Corgi named Tristan. Still with a lot of thoughts about my own dog, Sadie, on my mind, I drew up this card. Sadie and Tristan knew each other and played together from time to time, so it seemed fitting they'd run together in the  great dog land in the sky. 

2020-06-17 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

BOHICA News!

Regular readers probably are already aware that the ongoing, official BOHICA Blues story has come to a conclusion. As of this writing, there remains only the "Epilogue" left to go, which will be updated soon (it's going to be kind of long compared to most BOHICA Blues comics). 

But this does not mean that BOHICA Bl...

Work Complaint Meme

I work in an office where we have things called "A-Files", these are our account files, basically, and I know them only as "A Files". My job is a Records clerk, so I need to keep track of them, know where they are, who controls them, and making sure they are secure but available and get to the people who need them the most.&n...

Develop(mental) Doodles

Above: a doodle that ended up getting used as a regular comic. This happens a lot.

I've done a lot of "Roid Rage" doodles and I hope I have not shown you this one before. I don't know why I find the topic so funny. 

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BOHICA Blues Book 2: Line Of Departure

Front and back covers being created! Check 'em Out!

Bus People Doodles

The special kinds of folks you meet on the bus.

Aw, man!? Again! 

Afraid that's gonna have to be amputated, sir.

2020-06-03 15:00:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Muh Panties Doodles

Dear God.

Yeah, that was my thought as well.

Now see what happens?

2020-05-27 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Happy Berfday Doodles.

It is not my berfday.

C'mon, everyone; let's go play with some fire!

Now look what you've done.

2020-05-20 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Before BOHICA: A Long, Long Time Ago, In A Time Called the "80's"

Man, the 1980's was a long time ago! A totally different world. I mean, I'm still one of those people that reflexively thinks the 1990's was "about 10 years ago", while at the same time I look back at the 1980's as, like, that was during the Caesar administration, right? 

Anyhow, as noted before here, it was a time...

All Outta Beer Doodles

Have some beer, kid.

Don't get all bent outta shape! I DO draw a lot of angry people. Maybe I should see some counseling about that.

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The Times BEFORE the Before Times...

Some more stuff from the Way Back Machine.

I'd already established I was willing to make comics base don suggestions or requests, but sometimes I didn't think through the fact that, outside of the small group of people immediately affected, a joke was utterly meaningless. All humor, especially comics, is topical, which ...

Hantavirus Doodles!

More doodles from military briefings. Above: Hantavirus is serious.

Don't skip safety class!

See the "safety" officer for... ne...

BOHICA News: 1 May 2020

Hey, it is time to welcome a couple new Patrons to the Patreon Battalion: Joose Paivio and Vinertsm have joined the team at the "Private" level of $1 a month. This gives them access to a lot of doodles and development sketches that I produce as part of the ongoing BOHICA Blues comic project. From time to time, I share a lot o...

'Roid Rage Doodles! Aaaaarrrggh!

Don't do steroids, kids. You'll succumb to... 'ROID RAGE!

This guy is in every meeting with the boss.

The Ghost of Christmas So...

"EMPIRES" Advertisements and Fan Art from YARF!

I started another Empires-based story (or at least I tried to start one) for a fanzine called "Mythagoras" in Tampa, FL. Above was an advertisement in Yarf! for that story and fanzine. "Mythagoras" was trying to be a sort of "East Coast Yarf!" that would publish stuff a bit more artsy in flavor. The 'zine published only three...

Briefin' Time, Doodles!

It's that time again! Time for... doodles done during briefings.

For the unfamiliar, "N.J.P" is "Non-Judicial Punishment". Any time you mess up in the Army, but they're not going to send you to jail or shoot you, they can do a ...

Before BOHICA: Early Proto-Dynastic Era

As mentioned with the earlier post about developing a story, I was unable to keep myself from making things progress. I'm compelled to expound on characters and show things growing and changing, and I have a hard time avoiding the development of relationships between characters. In this case, I felt it necessary to have a rom...

"Empires" Inspired Covers for the old "YARF!" Fanzine!

Some covers that were done for the Yarf! fanzine back in the day. I am leased to look back and know that the very first ever Yarf! fanzine featured my characters/story.  If you've been following the "Empires: the Ace of Spades/Morrigan's War" story at the Sergeant tier, you'll recognize a lot of these characters and note...

Before BOHICA: The Drive to "Make A Story"

In the world of webcomics, there are two primary types of comics: the "long-form story" and the "gag-a-day" format. Obviously, the "long form story" establishes characters, a time line, events from past comics build towards events in future comics, and there's more or less some continuity and actions have lasting effects. Sto...

New Office Doodles

We're getting a new office. We've already been told a lot of details about it. This was what sprang to my mind.

This was also a good reaction.

2020-04-15 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Before BOHICA: Comics Archaeology

There was an old, famous commercial from the 1980 for a donut shop. I forget which shop; it was a famous nationwide chain (I think it was Dunkin' Donuts, I know for sure it wasn't Winchell's, which was a much smaller competitor). But the commercial featured a friendly-looking but sort of dumpy guy who was supposed to be a bak...