11.08 Crowd Control
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11.08 Crowd Control

by on February 21, 2020 at 7:00 am
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“Crowd Control” Alright! Proper headgear in place? Check. Excessive background noise eliminated? Check. So now we can finally get back to the speech. The bad news is that the loot bags did not survive the explosion. There are only a few coins scattered about the damaged parapet. The good news is that all of the gobos did survive the blast. Some are a little worse for wear, but healthy none-the-less. It is very important that the gobos have a plan. Nob has their motivation: it won’t take long for the bandits to find where they went and lock them up. Or worse. It is time to move. There can be no distractions.

But, of course, there is always one. At least proper form was used: a hand was raised. But this is not a press conference. More importantly, this is an autocracy. In the past, Hob has always been present to keep the rabble in line. Despite any personal issues, Hob has been there to advise or support the regime. The little knight has been out of it after taking a good hit during the fight in the tower. So when designates Nak as the recipient of a little crowd control, Zip is there to lend a hand.

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Dial 555-LOVE for the Hug Line

by on February 14, 2020 at 8:00 am
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Yep, that is “Hug Line”, not “Hot Line”! When it comes to embraces, the word “hug” is more G-rated. If you go around saying “hot” on Valentine’s Day, people’s minds might race. Some will run into an R-rated gutter (or worse)! That’s right everyone, today is Valentine’s Day! It is the most well known of the “Hallmark Holidays”, beating out Grandparents Day, Secretaries Administrative Professionals Day and Boss Day by a landslide. I am not a romantic and neither are those loved ones in my life (thank goodness). This holiday was great back in grade school when everyone got or made cards for everyone and you got a box of those chalky hearts. Unfortunately, the expected price tag gets bigger and bigger as you get older. Let’s talk about the image instead of listening to me rain on Valentine’s Day.

So I almost had the webcomic timed so that the Hob-Pat Hug would be released today. Don’t know what I am talking about? Check out the comic! Since I couldn’t justify making that arrangement, I present to you instead… the hug line! Nob is not one for public displays of affection. That goes double when the PDA is directed at the little gobo leader. Not me! If Valentine’s Day was the day hugs were given, every day would be Valentine’s Day for me. And remember, if you are all alone on this special day, you can always give yourself a hug!

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Happy Second Anniversary

by on January 5, 2020 at 7:00 am
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Second AnniversaryHappy second anniversary to you, Gobo Gazette! Time sure flies when you’re putting out a comic each week for two years (minus one day a year for the holidays). It might not be a three-strip a week comic, but the story has developed quite a bit since the gobos had left their cave behind and entered the larger world. And explored it en masse or in groups of four. No idea what I am talking about? Well then, you need to catch up where last year started. Or start all the way from the beginning. Wow, the art has changed but nothing too extreme, it hasn’t been that long. As I mentioned, this is only the webcomic’s second anniversary.

And we have another year ahead of us. With the immediate threat behind them (or beneath them), what new misadventures await our dirty dozen? The next ten chapters could be anything! And, unlike Tik and Tok here, I’m not still chiseling it out of raw concrete thought. I have this next year all plotted out, and have plans for the next ten chapters after that. I just need to sketch, ink, color and post. So… I guess I’m still smoothing out the concrete. But I promise that I am further along than those two gobos.

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Is It Christmas Time Already?

by on December 25, 2019 at 7:00 am
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2019 ChristmasWhy yes, it is Christmas time! Time to wake up and open up all those presents! Do you watch The Mandalorian? Let me, ask that question another way. Have you been on the internet lately and have even a passing interest in Star Wars? If so, then Christmas time came early for you! It can be fun opening up your gifts early but some like to be surprised so, other than the image on the left, I’ll leave it a secret. Those of you in the know will get Bam as the Child. And, for those of you who don’t, well, you should check out The Mandalorian. Even if Star Wars isn’t your thing. Or you’re a fan of Kozure Ōkami.

As in the past, the last Friday of the year is a little present to me: a brief respite before jumping back into the fray that is known as web comics. (Okay, I only update once a week so it is not that much of a fight. More of a disagreement, really.) So there will be no comic this week. But come back on January 3rd for the next installment of Gobo Gazette and see what happens next to our dirty dozen!

Until then…

Merry Christmas

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It’s Thanksgiving Time!

by on November 28, 2019 at 7:00 am
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2019 ThanksgivingThat’s right! It’s that special November Thursday where everyone fills up on fine food and finer company! It is Thanksgiving time! And, as it says in its name, it is a time to look back at what we have and give thanks for it. Seems easy enough, right? Just go to your big chain grocery store, load up on all the goods, and then cook it up. Sure it may take some time to prep and get everything ready, but you’ll have help. And there will be plenty of socializing as things warm up, both in the kitchen and on the television as the big game kicks off.

But what if it wasn’t so easy? What if, say, you had to personally hunt down, forage, or cultivate all that food yourself? As Fip is learning here, turkey hunting isn’t a sure thing. Those birds can get ornery (at least from what I hear). And what if we were to cut out all the tech? Forget freezing that fowl for later, you have to get that all cooked before it spoils. It would be difficult to reach out to others without a phone, or even make it in a timely fashion without our planes, trains, and automobiles. And entertainment would be word of mouth, not fourth and goal. So when you are giving thanks on Thanksgiving, try thinking about what it would be like without when you are being thankful for what you have.

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Inktober 2019

by on October 1, 2019 at 7:30 am
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InktoberInktober 2019 will be the second Inktober for Gobo Gazette. It will be the third Inktober I participated in overall. Some of you might be asking, what is Inktober? Well, you can go right to the source for the full description and rules. But if you want a quick summary of what I’ll be doing it is this: I will be doing black & white inked, gobo-related artwork, one on each day of October. That is a total of 31 images throughout the month!

And how can you see these images? Well, for a look at most of my first run during Inktober, check out the album on my personal Facebook account. Just as stated in last year’s post, the art for Inktober 2019 can be seen on Gobo Gazette’s Instagram page. I know I mentioned something about moving the images to an art gallery page. Right now, I feel that doing so would be rather redundant, and that Instagram is a good home for them for now. Besides, I would rather have a locations page – or, better yet, fan art/guest comic page – before I had a gallery.

So check out the Instagram page each day for a new image and, as always, each Friday for a new comic. (Things are starting to heat up as we come to the close of another year!)

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