The 18th of September marked the 2-year anniversary of the excellent Brick House webcomic, so I made a special commemorative strip to mark the occasion. If you don’t read Chris Doyle’s highly entertaining strip, you should.
Cyndi Lauper (she’s so unusual!) released a song where she claimed “Money changes everything.” In Tyrant’s case, it doesn’t change the fact that he’s still a jerk and a lousy parent. I imagine the Tiny-Tyrant relationship to be much like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patricide is a venerable tradition throughout literary history, dating back at least to the era of the Greeks when Oedipus slew his father (and later boinked his mother in a story that was at least as disturbing as the film[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tyrant’s last speech is a reference to an series of old Saturday Night Live sketches called the Daily Affirmation, performed by now-political candidate and journalist Al Franken.
To borrow a recently-famous quote, “you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” And Tyrant is still Tyrant.
For a guy who might need to defend his own life actions, Tyrant is really starting off on the wrong foot.
In case you were wondering … it is Chris Doyle, who graciously allowed me to use him in this capacity.
Tyrant may be trying for some deep, dripping sarcasm, but the guy with the wings knows the truthiness of the situation.
“Deadish” isn’t a word, but it ought to be.
Making a winged character has always presented a bit of a problem for me as I haven’t always had the parts I needed to do so. Fortunately I was able to work it out well enough for this strip. As[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…