HAPPY HALLOWEEN it's DAILY COMICS DAAAAY! 🎃 (Patreon)

Happy Friday, folks! I've barely talked about Halloween here, even though it's been the focus of every little minute of down-time I've had all month. Luke and I are, as always, busy putting together our costumes for the big Halloween party at my house this weekend...

I didn't even consider a wardrobe malfunction. 😬 So confident in my sewing skills am I!!

I'll show y'all the final costume next week! (It's more PG than it looks, I promise.) (Kind of.)

Here's the original art for this one! Scroll down for your Patreon-buddy 50% off discount code!

As you may recall, Pip had an emergency vet visit this summer for uhhh... Supreme Constipation, aggravated by his steadily climbing weight. At his recent vet visit, he weighed in at 23.5 pounds and the vet said the dreaded word: "DIET."

So I bought one of those expensive fancy microchip-activated pet feeders, and programmed it so just Ollie and Fennel can get to the regular food...

I've never hit BUY NOW on an expensive piece of tech so fast. His emergency vet bill was $600, so I'm justifying the purchase by assuming it'll keep us from doing THAT again.

Here's the original art for this comic about my most annoying, clever, hefty and beloved Pip!

An update on my physical and mental status:

I caught what Luke had, but by the time I put the finishing touches on this comic, it'd passed by both of us. Luckily it was a quick & mild one! (Here's the original art!)

Regarding that very late puzzle sample...

A puzzle is something to do while you hang out with your friend, that gives you a sort of hourglass for how long you can hang out! Okay, maybe I like puzzles after all.

Do other puzzle people feel like it has an "hourglass" effect? It took us a little under 4 hours, which gave us plenty of time to talk about all the things we wanted to catch up on.

Here's the link to buy that puzzle, in case you missed it!

And here's the original art for the above comic!

And finally, here's one spooOOOooky comic to send you off for your Halloween weekend...

Epilogue:

FINE fine I'll do both, I'll do booooth.

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I realized this week that I forgot to share the results of our jack-o'-lantern night earlier this month! Ryan and I (respectively) put a few hours into shaving the pumpkin flesh down to make some creepy teeth:

Karli did a classic o'Lantern (top); Jon joined Ryan & me in our quest for piles of pumpkin shavings (the little cat in the moon from Sailor Moon); Allison did a lovely homage to our dear Steven who was taken too soon from us this year (bottom, in the hat)..

... and Leslie carved the teeniest pumpkin to nestle into the wings of this bird-shaped gourd:

Amanda whoops-ed the front of her pumpkin, so she did a quick job of the opposite side and carved a six-seven into it, hoping it'd make the kids cringe...

... and offered it as a sacrifice to the Squirrel Gods, because we knew they'd come to the front of the house eventually to eat the rest of them, but maaaaaybe an offering of free pumpkin stuffed with corn would keep them at bay a little longer (it bought us a couple of days!).

Here they are lit up!

Within a week, all the exposed teeth had been chewed out, and this week half of them have been dragged out into the street every night by the squirrels. Maybe next year I'll propose doing jack-o'-lanterns the week before Halloween!

I think that's all for now. I hope you get to eat a sensible amount of your favorite candy this weekend, and that you see some really good costumes on kids, dogs, or adults at some point!

I'll see you MONDAY for our much-anticipated return to Elephant Town! Have fun and stay safe, friends! 🖤🧡💜