In yesterday’s update Ragna looks right at us after swearing that no one would ever see her looking vulnerable or intimate. It’s a fourth-wall break that, perhaps, doesn’t fit in the tone of the story of the dwarves; but it did, definitely, make me laugh. Dominic and many others during the Oracle for Hire years … Continue reading “The Look That Breaks The Fourth Wall”
My son’s school district is nearing its last day of school for the year. In less than one week my son will be done with the third grade and move on to being a fourth grader. And in the middle of that is the thing he loves most of all… Summer vacation. Summer break is … Continue reading “Summer Is Coming”
I was a theater kid in high school. I did all four Fall dramas and Spring musicals during my four years, and all of them made for some of my most cherished memories. In particular, the production of Guys & Dolls during my junior year, where I was inexplicably cast as Sky Masterson and got … Continue reading “Kissing My High School Crush On Stage”
It’s June, which is Pride month! I’m straight myself, but I have many queer friends and have been welcomed into many queer spaces over the years. But while I’m an ally to the queer community, I do relate to them in one aspect: the importance and power of choosing your own name. I’ve got no … Continue reading “There’s Power In Your Name”
A few months ago, while Garth and I were out to dinner during AwesomeCon, I told him I would love to collaborate with him again some day. He, of course, is quite busy with his own projects and new opportunities, so it’s not like “some day” would be happening any time soon, or even ever … Continue reading “Lightning In A Bottle”
We’re going through a phase with my nine-year-old son where he’s just turning everything into a confrontation. It really sucks. The littlest reprimand spoken in a calm voice, or even the warning of consequences if he doesn’t do what we’re asking him to do, will escalate from stubborn refusal or passive aggressive ignoring us to … Continue reading “Butting Heads With My Boy”
Back when I first started doing webcomics I thought that one of the essential things you needed was a message board for your site. So, after a couple of years, I implemented one into the site! It was the single worst mistake of my career. You can imagine why. The boards were quickly taken over … Continue reading “Message Boards Forever Wounded Me”
Last week my friends and I wrapped up a long-running game session, where we played Pathfinder Second Edition’s excellent dungeon crawl, The Abomination Vaults. When we started this adventure several years(!) ago I thought it was going to be a simple, casual, and classic adventure of heroes descending into a deep dungeon to vanquish an … Continue reading “The Abomination Vaults”
We just finished watching the season finale of X-Men ’97, a series I’d already blogged about with great enthusiasm. I won’t give away any spoilers for those who haven’t caught up or watched at all, but now that all the current episodes have aired there’s something spoiler-free I want to praise about the show. It … Continue reading “Without Wolverine”
Nothing makes me angrier in my personal life than dishonesty, because it is so very easy to lie to me. I am, for better or worse, a very trusting person. My default state of mind is to think that people are telling me the truth, because in my mind there is no reason to lie … Continue reading “Dishonesty”