- "Luigi's Vacuums: We suck!
" - Bones and Goldie are horrified to see Katie walking a dog on a leash.
- Sora opens a chest in Atlantica to find three drowned Dalmatians. (Though, as Katie's commentary notes, none of them are in Atlantica in the actual game.)
- "This possibly could have been avoided if you hadn't BUILT THE SHIP ENTIRELY OUT OF GUNS."
- "I...REGRET...NOTHING!"
- Even funnier, this is entirely practical for Teeny Ships in the sequel, because you don't need to worry about health/speed/mobility with them and in fact just sticking a couple of powerful guns on them to bolster your own firepower is the most cost-effective design you can possibly get out of them since literally nothing else matters.
- "NOT TOYS."
- Nearly every Awkward Zombie strip is a new CMoF. Your hair smells pretty.
- And the remake of the above.
- And the remake of the above.
- "Are you a Steel Samurai fan, Edgeworth?" "No."
- Same comic, different location. Anyway: The question of Sheik's gender answered WITH SCIENCE!
- I don't draw much in public anymore.
- "NOW NOBODY WILL THINK I'M WEIRD."
- POKEMON!!
- A wild ENTEI appeared!
- "JYNX used FLASH!"
- The author comments below that. "Stop reading my comics, mom and dad"
- Even the horse is confused.
- "Just put him on ignore."
- How a Doduo flies. The last panel in particular.
- "Trainer NORRIN threw a rock!"He says he doesn't like Pokémon but I know better
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO THROW - Have you ever tried to punch a bird?
- "ALL OF THEM."
- "I jailbroke my gun so I could play MP3s on it."
- Everyone eats Marth. Even Samus:
- "Look, I'll call you back. I think I lost my phone."
- "I DON'T HAVE ANY LEGS YOU GUYS"
- Professor Layton doesn't like simple solutions.
- Portal 2: Wheatley tries to trick Chell into jumping into a bottomless pit with a bunch of obviously made-up rewards. Chell is annoyed until he tells her she'll get an Achievement, at which point she excitedly jumps in. Especially funny because it's true.
- "Eureka", which lampshades Edgeworth's not-so-psychic special lawyer power.
- Fragile. Fi's reaction is priceless.
- "Shepard is going to solve your problems whether or not you want her to."
- What it looks like to the other team when someone wears a ton of masks.
- And in the same vein, the outcome of a Spy putting work into his mask.
- And in the same vein, the outcome of a Spy putting work into his mask
- The video for the Kickstarter to fund Book 1.
- Pretty much all of the 24-Hour Comics.
- 2009
- 9:00 AMMy roommate went home for the weekend and I stared disdainfully at her corner of the room
Katie: Who even takes this many photos - 12:00 (Noon)Katie: Here's the story
Katie: Of a lovely lady
Katie and Norrin: Who was bringing up three very lovely girls
Norrin: Why did you draw me like Doug Funnie - 9:00 PMOur friend Ryan came over because he wanted to watch us raid for some reason
Ryan: I have like a hundred gold
Ryan: How much gold do YOU have*Katie and Norrin aren't paying any attention to Ryan at all*
Norrin: Get us food - 11:00 PMEating dinner really late so nothing's left in the cafeteria. Cookie Crisp for dinner.
This is probably Ryan's eighth meal today
Ryan: Yisssss - 12:00 (Noon, Day 2)Norrin was trying to interface a circuitboard with his computer but it wasn't working
I was hungry but I didn't want to interrupt
Katie's Stomach: GROMBLE
The message came through anyway - 1:00 PM Day 2It's laundry day and for some reason there are nine hundred people in the tiny-ass basement
I was waiting for a free dryer
A guy wanted the washing machine our clothes were waiting in, so I explained the situation*The guy throws some random person's clothes out of a dryer*
He found us an empty dryer
- 9:00 AM
- 2010
- 2:00 AMNorrin: If we have sex are you going to draw it
Katie: No
Norrin: Why not
Katie (hiding underneath the covers): Because my parents read this - 11:00 AMNorrin fixes a Star Ocean disc with toothpaste
Norrin: I can't believe this works
Katie: Were you going to tell Chris you tried that on his game if it didn't?
Norrin: Ha ha no - 12:00 (Noon)Norrin: I hope this waffle comes out right
Norrin (with hilariously curvy arms): Yessss - 3:00 PMI'm trying to draw Norrin's hair right since it grew out
Norrin: The soda is too fizzy to open*Shoves the bottle in his face with the derpiest expression on it*
Norrin: So thirstyyyy - 6:00 PMThe cafeteria had chicken fingers*Katie and Norrin high-five over a starry background*
- 7:00 PMStill doing E&M homework
Also: Animal Crackers
Norrin (with his hand in his mouth): om - 8:00 PMA slab of insulating material of uniform thickness D, lying between -D/2 to +D/2 along the X axis, extends infinitely in the Y and X directions. The slab has a uniform charge density p. The electric field is zero in the middle of the slab. What is Eout, the magnitude of the electric field outside the slab?
Answer: Nobody cares - 3:00 PM Day 2Norrin: Your clothes are so small
Folding them makes me feel like a pedophile
Why does my towel smell like tortilla chips
- 2:00 AM
- 2011
- 5:00 PMI drove under a bunch of trees right as AC/DC came on
Katie: Aww
There were a lot of trees
Katie: AWWWWW - 6:00 PMI should not have drank three cans of Monster
My pee has taken on its color and smell
Katie: Eww - 7:00 PMNorrin sent me an episode of My Little Pony in French because it sounded funny
Pony: Oui
I ended up watching the whole thing
Katie (thinking): I can't understand any of this - 8:00 PMDrawing Aikonia with a headache
Character: Blehh!
I should not have drank three cans of Monster
Katie (thinking): Is this what dying feels like
- 5:00 PM
- 2012
- 9:00 AMNorrin (brushing his clothes with a lint roller): Are you just waiting for me to do something funny
Katie (with a sketchbook and a pencil in her hands, staring intently at Norrin): ...No - 7:00 PMChanged into pajamas
COZY
Drinking a novelty beer and cooking chili*dook dook*
Katie (thinking): I'm an adult - 10:00 PMScrew it, it's ten o'clock, I'm officially taking the day off
Katie (reading a book, presumably John Dies at the End since she was reading that earlier): Wheee
Norrin is practicing for a TF2 Highlander match
Norrin: Spy
Norrin: Spy
Norrin: Spy spy spy Spy Spy Spy SPY SPY SPY - 2:00 PM Day 2Back from the grocery store
LET'S MAKE A PIE
Norrin: I thought you said we had enough butter!
Katie: We don't?!
LET'S GO BACK TO THE STORE - 4:00 PM Day 2Drawing comics again while the crust sets in the fridge
Character: Meow
Burrito for lunch*Katie has a burrito hanging out of her mouth*
- 9:00 AM
- 2013
- 11:00 AMMy new dorm room's window is about two feet from the wall of another building so we get no sunlight
It's eleven o'clock but I thought it was like six a.m. when I woke up - 12:00 (Noon)Playing Animal Crossing
Villager: I sure wish I could find an apple*There's an apple tree right behind her*
Reading an article about the neurological impact of Doritos
Katie (thinking): This is just making me want to eat Doritos - 2:00 PM
- 3:00 PMGrocery shopping
Katie: Oh snap, Rice Krispies are cheaper than Crispy Rice this week - 4:00 PMBagels for lunch
Norrin: I spread the cream cheese so the knife lines all point the same way the way you like it*Katie has stars in her eyes*
Brian is instant messaging me
A Cuddly Baby Tapir: Can I be in an hourly comic
Katie: No - 7:00 PMMaking buffalo chicken burgers
Katie (thinking): I wonder how hot this sauce is*Licks some sauce off her finger*
MISTAKE - 9:00 PMOur senior project is a robotic suturing device because suturing is boring and robots should do it
Robotic Suturing Device (thinking): I'm helping
Hold on I have to watch a dog play guitar for a minute - 11:00 PMNorrin: We already finished most of the soda
Katie: "We?!"
Norrin: Yeah "we". You had a cup and I had a cup.
Norrin (drinking soda with his eyes wide): And then I had two more cups - 9:00 AM Day 2Norrin: Ugh
Norrin: Katie
Norrin: I think I'm sick
Katie: Oh nooo
Norrin: Katie
Arrow Pointing at Katie: Already fell back asleep - 10:00 AM Day 2Some knucklehead set off the building's smoke detector (cooking, smoking, etc) so we have to wait outside until the Hoboken fire department comes to shut it off
This happens frequently enough that I'm pretty sure all the firemen hate us - 1:00 PM Day 2Working on that presentation again
Doing a state of the art analysis of current technology
Grabby Thing: I'm gonna grab ya
Bagel Break*Katie has a bagel hanging out of her mouth* - 2:00 PM Day 2Still working
Kind of hard to make this interesting - 4:00 PM Day 2Norrin: Hey, do you want to make nachos?
Katie: ...
SO THEN WE MADE NACHOS
- 11:00 AM
- 2021
- 6:00 PMThe baby keeps looking at me and making the most disgusted face I've ever seen a person make.
- 6:00 PM
- 2009
- Portraying who a Medic chooses to heal as a nature documentary.
- This strip. Especially if you hate Miranda Lawson.
- PLORP PLORP PLORP
- Nobody will eeeever know we were here!
- When Augmented Reality goes wrong:Jensen: I think this bed might be important.Pritchard: What on Earth would make you think that?Jensen: I'm not... sure?Pritchard: Jensen. Jensen you are interrogating a bedspread.Jensen: Tell me your secrets
- The inevitable problem with Really 700 Years Old characters.
- "Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go to jail for drawing this comic."
- Chrom's priceless expression in panel four: "WHAT"
- Taking no damage like a champ, also can be considered a Moment of Awesome.
- Cherche's reaction in the final panel of this strip. Words can't describe it.
- "Why's our dragon riding a different dragon?" The "master tactician's" look of utter confidence just makes it simply hilarious.note
- The Fridge Logic continues! "Playing this game would be an incomplete experience without the life-destroying eugenics strategy." Also Katie's almost Slasher Smile when she makes Gaius marry Tharja.
- The Fridge Logic continues! "Playing this game would be an incomplete experience without the life-destroying eugenics strategy."
- Both hilarious and terrifying.
- "Now come, and let's all enjoy a traditional American meal around the traditional American kotatsu."
- (while consuming what is clearly sushi, glaring) "Eat your hamburgers, Apollo."
- If the Lampshade Hanging of the uselessness (for veterans, anyway) of Pokémon X and Y's tutorials doesn't make you wet your pants laughing, the squatting Yveltal surely will.
- Why wouldn't Yveltal want to listen to the tutorial? It hasn't played a Pokémon game before.
- Also, a subtle reference to Gary Oak's infamous ten Kanto badges.
- All that glitters is not pink gold: you will never ever see Pink Gold Peach the same way after this strip, and neither will Bowser.
- Poor communication killing has never looked so fabulous.
- And a little later, as it dawns on them that they may be doing something bad: "LET'S DO IT ANYWAY"
- And a little later
- Samus really needs to get over this.
- And then, from the description:Okay, I had a couple before-the-game-comes-out Smash Bros comics I wanted to make, but I got confused about the release schedule and about how many weeks are in a month, so let's just pretend the game isn't already out in Japan, we haven't known the full roster for months, and it's still appropriate to make semi-prophetic speculative comics. Let's do that!
- And then they did put him in Smash.
- And then, from the description:
- Dedede is not a fan of the Animesque newcomers.Katie: Link has been undergoing a slow, tragic mutation into an expressionless anime elfman for years and I'm afraid it's terminal.
- Roy isn't quite fond of some of the newcomers either.THEY HIRED A DOG.
- Different Nintendo 'verses have different ideas about religion. This fact becomes awkward when you put them into the same game. Especially when one of them is a god herself... And don't get anyone started on Rosalina, Shulk, or Robin (or in hindsight, Bayonetta).
- Added bonus: Pikachu attempting to butt into the conversation with a picture of Arceus. There's one small problem on his end, however: he can't speak proper English.
- "I can definitely see Peach as the kind of person who takes a trophy from every kill."
- "Ico is a game about not killing your friend."
- Our boy
RonRoy is back! Unfortunately everybody only cares about Ryu and Robin thinks he's his father, Eliwood.- The ridiculousness continues when Roy meets Marth's
great-great-great-great-great-gr—descendant, Lucina.
- The ridiculousness continues
- Cut her some slack, it's really hard to come up with a good gift idea. Even funnier, gold is actually a 'soft' metal, making it a fairly poor choice for weapons and armor.
- Inklings: Actually witches??
- Shame the actual map isn't at water level.
- At least we know how she stores so much ammo.
- Ganondorf encounters an awkward situation.
- Better than pretending to be a tree.
- I AM NOT AN OLD MAN
- These must be those dangers of eating paint I've heard so much about.
- YES OBVIOUSLY THIS IS WHAT ALL THE COOL SOLDIERS ARE DOING
- FREE WILL, CHUMPS!
- There's something inherently hilarious about Bowser, who is typically depicted as Dumb Muscle, having a philosophical discussion about a "fatalistic point of view [...] that's completely incompatible with the notion of free will."
- A look into the mind of a stationary Fire Emblem boss.
- I'M THE ADULT AND I KNOW WHAT'S BESTKatie: When I was a kid my mom told me that if I ate enough Flintstones vitamins, I would be able to shiv twice as many monsters before my weapon broke, and I have never found reason to doubt this fact.
- Bow and Gallows, in which Joel misses with too many arrows and decides to let a monster kill him, reflecting what Katie does in games all the time when things go sour, so that she can reload.
- Joel shrugging at Ellie while his shoulder is getting eaten.
- "I need you to know that in the Metal Gear universe, Big Boss invented Doritos by stealing their confidential blueprints from the CIA."
- NO MORE BEARS!!!
- Remodeling has never been easier.
- The joy of music.
- "I don't know why you'd include a riot gun and a zebra in the same game if you don't expect me to interact with both of them at the same time."
- Big Boss is really bad at sabotage. Also, as if to show that Katie knows her Metal Gear, it's Venom being confronted, rather than Big Boss.
- The Zanzibar Land sewers are actually just storage reservoirs of cold viruses, so it all makes sense.
- When Mario is asked which 2 characters of 7 he's going to take with him to fight the invading Rabbids, he chooses Peach and Luigi. In a jab at how the game requires that you always have at least 1 Rabbid on your team, Beep-0 asks if Mario wants to get to know any of the playable Rabbids. Mario, Luigi and Peach respond to this by leaving.Author's Note: I noticed the game refuses to let you make a squad without any Rabbids on it. I'm sure everyone else who played the game noticed too, because it is the human body's natural response to try to do so when given the opportunity.
- Technically, he was already dead.
- This is one of those comics where I'm hoping the general response is "wow, yes, me too," and not "Katie, you are a psychopath."
- Otacon asks Snake to take off the OctoCamo mask when he's at the home base. Snake responds by trying to make the mask recreate his face.Snake: Is this better?
Otacon: THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE - Raiden learns about the internet.
- I think your cousin might just be a stupid person.
- Mario is only holding back his true power to give the Rabbids a fighting chance at survival.
- Don't you think all the heroes you've collected have better things to do than fight for someone else's amusement?
- What really sells it is while everyone else looks awkward at Alm's outburst, Marth is smirking (no doubt in agreement with Alm), and Corrin (who's in her Nohrian Summer getup) is wearing shades and sucking down a cocktail like she doesn't give a damn.
- Mr. Resetti does not understand the concept of time zones and everybody is too scared to explain it to him.
- Kratos grows huge to kill Ares. His Blades of Chaos don't.
- Lord Hector can't stop going out and killing his enemies, leaving him open to counterattacks.Oswin: All we have to do is keep their army from advancing... You have to stop destroying your enemies, Hector!Hector: (sobbing) I can't
- Misadventures in self-surgery.
- Seven years later, Snake still doesn't get it.Snake: Oh, that's what I forgot!
- Seven years later, Snake still doesn't get it.
- "Teambuilding Exercise". The entire thing.
- It starts with Ephraim attempting to chase after Rennac without L'Arachel, all the while holding a huge sack of money while Rennac has this huge troll-like grin on his face.
- Eliwood then voices every player's thoughts on the borderline insane requirements to recruit Jaffar.Eliwood: Okay, I just rescued this small child and conscripted her into our army. Now I need you to bring her to the other side of this castle and get her to talk to that deadly assassin and convince him to join, too, and then keep them both alive. Also, watch out for lightning.
- Nino's facial expression in this panel is also very funny. She has a cat smile as if she's completely unfazed by the chaos going on around her. She's also shrunken down to doll size, which makes you wonder why they didn't just have Hector throw her at Jaffar.
- Then there's Soren's facial expression as he's explaining to Lethe what she needs to do, as if he's done with these Guide Dang It! strategies. Even better, the map is a fairly accurate representation of the in-game map he's describing, items and unit placements among others.
- Look closely behind him when he's explaining all this. He has a strategy guide, likely where he got the idea in the first place.
- But then you get to the punchline: Alm simply asking Forsyth if he wants to join... and, without a catch, he accepts.
- The 100 Acre Wood storybook is a precious fragile world of peace and Sora should not be allowed anywhere near it, ever.
- Breath of the Wild's Link isn't familiar with the concept of Link's iconic hat. In fact, he has so many hats, some of which don't seem safe...Link: (puts on Majora's Mask) This hat?Mega Man: No!Young Link: Why do you have that?!
- Then Marth shows up and, having learned that this Link is a royal knight, decides he's "officially worth speaking to".Link: (as Marth holds out a hand) Wow, sure, I'll be your friend! Do you have a bug collection? I got hungry this morning so mine is kinda running low, but we can still trade.Marth: (glares; pulls hand away)
- If you look at Marth's social hierarchy, you will notice that he places royalty (i.e. himself) above divinity.
- Also, Katie's comment for the comic itself: "Marth will defend those rankings to the death, just like anyone who has ever made a fightgame tier list."
- The author released the full tier list. Peasants are below animals.
- Marth's reasoning for some of the characters' placement include:
- Isabelle is several steps above animal because she has a job and conforms to society, unlike Sonic, who doesn't wear pants.
- Robin is a criminal because his father's a criminal.
- King K. Rool and King Dedede aren't recognized as royalty, though Bowser, Bowser Jr and Ganondorf are. Similarly, Rosalina's not a princess or a god, "just some clown with a spaceship" (though he does count her as nobility and therefore worth speaking to).
- Zero Suit Samus is not on the list because she's just Samus, but Doctor Mario is separate from Mario as he is his medical knowledge given physical form. This is Canon.
- Twitter users argued that Yoshi and Lucas belong in the Criminal tier. Katie doesn't know why Yoshi is wanted for tax fraud, but she'll believe it without question. Lucas, meanwhile, refused to bow down to Porky's capitalist regime, destroys property, and steals from the Pigmask Army, which makes him a wanted outlaw.
- In general, just how much Marth's list ignores context. For instance, Mario and Luigi are listed as 'laborer', just above 'criminal', because they technically don't have any official title, work as plumbers, and live humbly; in spite of their social status in their own world. And the fact that Wario, who might as well be the literal embodiment of crudeness, manages to get a much higher ranking than over half the cast (though Marth still doesn't consider him worth speaking to) solely because of his wealth.
- Captain Falcon never even noticed that Young Link and Toon Link are separate individuals. He always thought that Young Link had a severe allergic reaction "that everybody was too polite to talk about". This makes Samus Face Palm.
- While Samus is explaining the concept of different timelines to Captain Falcon and Mega Man, Bayonetta and Lucina nod in approval.
- When Shiek and Zelda appear, Cap is completely baffled that they are seperate people. Samus questions why he finds that weird.
- When Ganondorf arrives to explain that, unlike Link and Zelda, he's the same regarding the timeline, Link and Zelda go to attack him. note Ganon: (with an expression who says "I am so done with this") *Sigh* Every time.
- Author's Commentary: "He probably deserves this."
- Just as Samus finishes her explanation, Link notices Fox and wants to turn him into meat. Fox is visibly nervous.note
- Then
- Arthur Morgan has a rare medical condition where he can't focus his eyes on anything unless there's a gun in his hand, and John should be more understanding of that.
- These guys have an attention span of like fifteen minutes, please don't allow them to play god.
- "SOME WORLDS STAY SLEEPING FOR A REASON."
- Byleth speaks for everyone regarding her frustrations against tea-time.Byleth: Sothis, I need you to use your powers to turn back time.
Sothis: [with a face clearly saying she'd rather not have her abuse Divine Pulse just because she didn't talk to Dorothea properly] You know that's for emergencies right?
Byleth: This IS an emergency! - Sora tries to make his own Lucky Emblem out of a few rocks. Donald angrily tells him it doesn't work like that.Mickey Mouse wakes up every morning at the crack of dawn and contorts the world into His image. If you pay fealty to these idols, He will give you treats.
- How did Kapp'n drive his bus into a lake on a deserted island, you ask? He is a very bad driver.
- Hey, Grody Wilderness Man is a popular haircut right now, that could be anyone.
- This Persona 5 Royal comic starts with Sumi calling up Joker to ask him out. Joker reluctantly replies that he has to stay in tonight, leading Sumi to assume that "Senpai must have really strict parents." Cut to Leblanc, where Morgana is blocking the door.Morgana: Shouldn't you be studying?
Joker: You never let me do anything!
Author's Note: "My cat is very high and mighty for a guy who poops in a box."- It's especially funny if you know that Morgana often doesn't even let Joker study if he's exhausted enough.
- Marth finally notices that Lucina's Falchion looks different from his, despite being the same sword.Lucina: It was like this when I got it!
- This comic about how they keep adding sword users in Smash. The best part? This was drawn a month before Sephiroth was announced."I figured I had a pretty good chance of being right."
- More hilarity involving Morgana. This time involving two guys fleeing Penguin Sniper the moment they see Morgana playing pool. Hilariously, Morgana is never seen playing pool in-game, but he does play darts."I am very intimidated by that cat, and yet strangely I also feel as though we have become closer friends."
- Zagreus has other things on his mind the moment he comes up to the surface, much to his mother's dismay."Let's just get the important stuff out of the way first."
- He also learns more about his Olympian relatives. Poor Achilles knows from experience how the Olympians can be capricious, spiteful jerks, but he has a book prepared to educate him.
- He also learns more about his Olympian relatives.
- This comic presents the tendency to Never Say "Die" in Pokémon games as Professor Mirror actually just not being very good at his job.Katie: You don't actually know much about Pokemon, do you?Professor Mirror: You know, my last research photographer said something like that before befriending a Beedrill swarm...
- Why yes, I did take these jorts off a dead body, thank you for noticing.
- Edelgard finds in hard way the consequences of not finishing her studies before becoming the Flame Emperor.Edelgard: I knew I should have finished my conquering degree before I started conquering...
- Archfriend pokes fun at Persona 4 for being a game about The Power of Friendship that also lets the hero use the power of Satan to destroy his enemies. The hero even hugs Satan and credits his victory to him. note
- "The gods of this world should just be thankful I'm not making them wear cute hats before taking pictures of them this time."
- The Detective is reluctant to reveal his secret Super Cop System to Kim but given the loud snort, followed by the crazed look on his face, we can guess.LET'S GO SOLVE SOME CRIMES
- Kiryu is very gullible:Kiryu: Seems like everyone in this city wants to scam me...Shopkeeper: I'm so sorry to hear that, sir... Perhaps I can interest you in this Anti-Scam Amulet?Kiryu: Deal!
- Here's an idea, officer: What if you didn't dress like a maniac for this conversation?
- The sights of Katie trying to restore her team with a picnic is funny enough, but then you notice that 5 of her Pokémon are knocked out and the last one is frozen. Anyone who is at least a little bit familiar with how Pokémon works should know that it is weirdly impressive that she somehow won a battle by the skin of her teeth with her last Pokémon basically being unable to perform any moves.
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