‘I’ve been thinking,’ said Nob. ‘Oh?’ I asked. ‘About what?’ ‘About how globes are a silly idea for living on.’ He sipped his tea through a twirly straw, as was his usual choice. I took mine straight from the mug but he said the straw added a certain hint of something one can’t quite put…Read more
A visit to Café Nob
Some people think Nob Mouse is not real. To these people, I say: “Hahahahahaha! You poor, deluded souls.” I was talking to Nob about this just the other day, when I popped by Café Nob for one of my regular visits. It’s a nice place, I’d recommend it to anyone. Nob is a most courteous…Read more
Minor adjustment
This has to be the most complex, difficult to draw strip I’ve attempted yet. It took a long time to complete but I think it is worth it in the end. Suffice to say I need to cut back on the complexity of the images if I’m going to keep up producing series two strips….Read more
The simplest explanation
Sometimes people just don’t believe what’s right in front of them. This can be because either they don’t want to believe it, or they simply can’t believe it. Sometimes it could be a mixture of these, I suppose, but which is more common is something I can’t go into because I’m not as well versed…Read more
Slow learner
It’s interesting to note that my occasional co-writer, Jennifer Kirk, thought Jo (the white/orange character who is usually found in the company of Kevin) was a girl. I’ve never considered Jo to be anything more than … well … Jo. Gender is often undetermined in the Nob Mouse universe – the characters are first and…Read more
Recursive simulations
Although It was Jenny who came up with the idea of the Franky from the computer game in Sim Franky living on a desert island and sending the ‘real’ (what is real in Nob Mouse anyway?) Franky postcards, it is my addition of the robot body that really hits home with me. This isn’t simply…Read more
Favourite Food
It’s not often that I attempt a continuous story in the Series Three style. In fact, the only other time I’ve done this was A Trip Down Memory Lane which, let’s admit it, was not my finest hour. Today’s comic is a continuation of sorts from Friday’s Still Life. This was not intended at the…Read more
Still Life
I sometimes think that Wilf is the Nob Mouse equivalent of the ‘big fat party guy’ stereotype, only not always quite as anchored to the real world. Okay, he has his moments of annoyance (as can be seen when he argues with Franky during the Pie Noon saga) but he is, in general, quite an…Read more
Pre-emptive biography
There is probably logic in this strip somewhere. I tried to keep it out but these things slip in when you’re not looking, no matter how dilligent one tries to be. If there is logic in here, I’m sure it’s impeccable when taken from the right point of view. For everyone else it will be…Read more
Not always the best policy
The idea behind this story comes from cult sci-fi author Jennifer Kirk, who is a fan and occasional contributor of ideas to The Life of Nob T. Mouse. We had been discussing the idea of lotteries and how they are skewed toward the house always winning at the expense of the consumer. Add in Spam’s…Read more