Archive for 06. Slick’s Abduction
And I’ll bet you didn’t even know there was such a contest. Actually, I don’t know either. But if there is and you find it, please go nominate Slick.
Alert readers will notice that the aliens’ names are directly related to the color of their uniform. Is that intentional? Of course it is, silly! And naturally, the guys in red shirts are the ones who will die most frequently[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Risenpeter, is, of course, an anagram for Enterprise. I wanted to include lots of Star Trek humor in this storyline. The Muffin is a reference to the characters’ ship in the brilliantly funny Legostar Galactica.
Lots of us have had bad days, but when was the last time you got assigned monitor duty, got abducted by aliens, got probed and then had your face melted off? I’ll admit, I love the line “Did it just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s a given that if you are abducted by aliens, you’re going to get probed. Fortunately, it appears Slick isn’t going to be inspected through the “out door.”
Back when Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was on the air, I often referred to it as Bumpy-headed-alien-of-the-week, because it seemed like all the various alien races were mostly just guys in makeup, instead of really alien aliens. My LEGO[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The first two lines Slick speaks are a direct quote from Ash in the cult movie Army of Darkness. Right after that, he wakes up and finds out he’s been tied down by a bunch of miniature clones of himself,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are a few things of note in this strip. First off, notice the funky special effects? Those were done entirely with the basic Microsoft Paint that comes on every computer. The “Beam up” effect was done through my Print[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…