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The Longest Night of the Summer (2 of 12)

Posted on January 22, 2005 by kirabug

panel 1: cole, lila, and lila's mom standing in a room near the door. lila and her mom hugging. lila: so you'll call us when you get up at 5 to make sure we're up? mom: will do. thanks for coming over honey. lila: wait a minute. we came over, ran up your electric bill, ran up your water bill, and hogged the bandwidth on your dsl connection and you're thanking us? panel 2: same scene, just lila and her mom. mom: well, yes, i suppose i am. lila: tomorrow can we come over and eat all your food too?

The Longest Night of the Summer (1 of 12)

Posted on January 18, 2005 by kirabug

panel 1: Lila sitting on a recliner talking on the phone: 4:00pm. her: hi dad, how's it going? dad: hi honey. i'm okay. how are you? her: do you have power there? dad: yeah, shouldn't i? her: if you do, you're ahead of us. dad: cute. her: yeah, so anyway i was calling to ask you about windows. panel 2: lila in same recliner on same phone, 7:00 pm. lila: hi daddy. dad: you again? uh oh. lila: do you still have power? dad: yeah. lila: can i borrow a cup or two? we're still out. dad: come on over.

I’m telling you, that mutt’s crazy

Posted on December 19, 2004 by kirabug

The going theory is that bugs get caught between the wall and the porch, but it's just a theory.

Editor’s Note 6/25/05: This strip was really the one that convinced me that, should I decide to draw comics, I could find inspiration anywhere. As such, it’s really the first of the Get Outta My Head strips, even though it was just considered a sketch at the time.