Dex on a stroll through Gotham City.

It’s Sunday again, so no black and white strip today, but check out the full colour splash page we have to offer instead! (Click the image to “biggerize” it to its glorious full size – special thanks to Dan Piraro for the use of his word today).

Those of you who have perused our About page will know that Tim went on to bigger and better things after we shut down Rivertown News. One of the projects for which he is best known is Batman: Gotham Adventures.

In issue number 41, he needed a character who was making bad choices and in need of help from the Batman to prevent him from going down a bad path. Tim had some fun dusting off our character and reshaping him for this part in the issue.

You can see Dex’s trademark vest and goatee are present, but the scarf might have added too much artistic flair for the needs of this character, so he left it out. And that’s how Dex became Joe in an alternate universe.

Happy Sunday and thanks for reading!

Closet Organizer

Who was Robin Leach? Good question. He is a man who inexplicably had his own TV show called "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous." You're welcome. Wikipedia for more info.

Who is Robin Leach? Good question. He is a man who inexplicably had his own TV show in the 80s and 90s called “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.” You’re welcome. Wikipedia for more info.

Thanks For Coming Out

In the early 90s, diversity was coming to the comics pages. Both Doonesbury and For Better or For Worse had gay characters and we didn’t want to be left behind. Our goal was to have characters that were a slice of real life, reflective of people who were our friends and family. There was a backlash (mostly in the States) about gay characters on the comics page, which was another reason we wanted to put our support out there. Our offering didn’t warrant even one letter to the editor in London, Canada, so I’ll take that as a sign we handled the subject well. I also think Tim nailed the reactions perfectly in the last panel.

Memory Laneway

Based on a weird saying. Doesn’t a steel trap suggest a level of violence or oppression? Strange to think this about your own consciousness.

Bovine Madness

More on the vegetarian theme from the last post.

More on the vegetarian theme from the previous comic.

Vegetarian Angst

Um... yeah. So, back when I wrote this, Tim was a vegetarian and I wasn't. Now I am. Isn't it fun to look back on our former selves and our ideas? :)

Um… yeah. So, back when I wrote this, Tim was a vegetarian and I wasn’t. Now we both are. Isn’t it fun to look back on our former selves and ideas? 🙂

Bar Trek: The “X” Generation

Thought of this gag while driving home on the 401 and got my wife to write it down for me so I wouldn’t forget. Sometimes the ideas come along fully formed and sometimes they have to be coaxed.

The Treachery of Images

“La trahison des images” – The image of a pipe, plus an image of an image of a pipe. The artist himself had this to say: “The famous pipe. How people reproached me for it! And yet, could you stuff my pipe? No, it’s just a representation, is it not? So if I had written on my picture ‘This is a pipe’, I’d have been lying!”