Gobo Gazette

With a title like “Catch the Rainbow”, you would think this was an advertisement for Skittles. But that fruit-flavored candy doesn’t have the monopoly on rainbows. Still, not many people would immediately think of St. Patrick’s Day if they saw a rainbow without a pot of gold. Well, the heraldic color of Pat‘s clothing is Or which mean gold. And a saucepan is kind of a pot, right? So, there you go! This is totally an appropriate image for St. Paddy’s Day! (Some might say that a rainbow without a pot of gold on this day could also refer to a technicolor yell or yawn, but lets not get gross).

I want to wish everyone a happy and safe St. Patrick’s Day… with an emphasis on “safe”. I know that I usually bring up how I feel that this is one of the annual “amateur nights” when it comes to all the drinking that happens. I still want everyone to drink responsibly and to have a designated driver. But also keep in mind that their is a highly contagious virus out there. Not only does drinking reduce our inhibitions but it also makes us sloppy. If you plan on going out on the town or even to a smaller social gathering, consider taking precautions to keep yourself and others free of illness. And now you know. Have a great St. Patrick’s Day!

Happy 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.

That’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.