Wow, this too ages. I’d have been done much earlier if it weren’t for the horrendous machinations of Arcadia, my evil computer that hates me doing any work. I swear, that machine gets more and more annoying as the days go on. It’s clear it wants a break over the Christmas period but until I’ve…Read more
Comics
A sketch
I’m having massive technical trouble right now so I don’t know if tomorrow’s comic will be completed in time. At the moment both Photoshop and the Gimp are crashing regularly so I’ve got hardly anything done. In the mean time, here is the sketchwork for tomorrow’s strip by way of showing that it does exist…Read more
Currency competition
I once asked Nob Mouse about currency. I was interested in how Blobland managed to survive without a true currency of any sort. ‘What’s a currency?’ asked Nob. ‘It sounds like some kind of raisin.’ ‘You’re thinking about currants, aren’t you?’ I said. ‘Yes. That’s right, isn’t it? You give one-another currants in exchange for…Read more
About globes
‘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