Some weeks, I have a clear idea what I want to make a comic about.
Other weeks, I have to go through my notebook of unused ideas and find one that jumps out at me as something I can write a c...
2024-02-26 08:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
It seems that there are different sizes and types of mouthpiece, and that they are considered to be better for different types of music.
It seems 2024-02-19 08:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I don’t know, maybe I’m too literal-minded. I just don’t think you can call them ribs if there are no . . ribs. I mean, if you ordered a drumstick, and were just given the meat from a drumsti...
2024-02-12 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The Knifeketeer returns!
I had some sort of weird writers' block thing going on with all of my heroes for a while there, but that seems to have broken. There are other recurring characters we...
2024-02-05 08:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostHere's a slideshow of AI attempts at creating art in my style. I'm not sure what it proves, beyond that even for powerful AI entities, hands are hard to draw.
2024-01-29 08:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
To be honest, it’s a v...
2024-01-29 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Short commentary today. People sometimes ask how accurate Basic Instructions is to my real life. The answer is that it varies. Sometimes it’s not accurate at all. Other times, as the attached pho...
2024-01-22 08:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The shocking return of Rocket Hat! It’s been a while. And he’s just as talkative as ever.
The Rocket Hat comics, and most of my comics involving superheroes, are primarily about failure. ...
2024-01-15 08:00:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Before I continue, I want to point out that I don’t want to shame any of these people. I have my own experiences with projects that turned out to be harder, more involved, or less enjoyable than ...
2024-01-08 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m not saying that McDonalds food is healthy. It is not. But because the ingredients are prepared off site in a regularly-inspected factory, then assembled and heated in plain ...
2024-01-01 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I want to be clear that I love our cats, and would never do anything to harm either of them. I will, however, admit that if you had asked me the split second after I discovered that one of them had...
2023-12-25 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Ric did make me the, “custodian of his memory.” Given his treatment in my comic, that seems like bad judgement. Maybe he figured I was already doing the job of destroying his reputation, so he ...
2023-12-18 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Missy and I had COVID, but are both feeling much better now.
We know where Missy caught it . . . at home, from me. We will never know for sure where I got it, but I strongly suspect a woman I...
2023-12-11 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This isn't an official Basic Instructions comic, and won't go out to non-Patrons. I'm just throwing it out here in hopes you'll enjoy it, and to thank you for your patience. Missy and I are feeling...
2023-12-04 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody. I accidentally wrote something misleading in a reply to a comment yesterday about the posting schedule for the next few weeks. I'm just going to take a moment to correct my own error...
2023-11-21 09:02:52 +0000 UTC View Post
(NOTE: There will be no new comics next week. Covid. It's a mild case. Already feeling better, but it has thrown the schedule off. I think the fact that it hit me right after a com...
2023-11-20 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I probably will watch ‘The Continental’ eventually. The fact is, hundreds of people are involved in the making of a modern, high-end TV show or movie these days. Statistically, one or more pers...
2023-11-13 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
