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  • Attention Deficit Creator Disorder: As well as S*P, the site hosts the occasional comics Super Stupor and Rhymes With Witch (non-S*P bits and bobs, often comics about Milholland himself), S*P 1937 (centred on Davan's great-uncle and namesake) and previously included Midnight Macabre and New Gold Dream, which went on indefinite hiatus because of personal trouble and not enough time for it all.
  • Promoted Fanboy: Randy himself became one in 2019 when he drew some guest strips for Popeye to celebrate the character's 90th anniversary - come 2020, he was commissioned to do two weeks of strips for the site, and the comments indicate that he's Shown Their Work in regards to Popeye's history.
  • Real Life Writes the Plot: The week of May 23rd-May 27th 2022 was intended to focus on Rory and Gris's graduation from high school. In the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Randy decided that he couldn't write about characters starting their adult life when a bunch of children would never get that chance and instead published a wordless comic of the characters watching news about the shooting on TV.
  • Schedule Slip: Conventions and other things that take Randy away from home (and sometimes strips that didn't work out or ended up longer than expected) mean he resorts to filler strips often, but tries to make up for it.
  • Word of God: A veritable ton of information is available about the strip and the Backstory behind it by Milholland's interviews and commentaries. Just which situations are based off of real events, and which characters are based off of specific people, is often answered.
  • Write What You Know: Among other details, Davan's awful job in Medicaid billing ("I phone people and tell them that while we're sorry their son died in a drive-by shooting, here's an $800 bill for the ambulance") was what Milholland did for a living before S*P became profitable enough to support him.

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