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G. Whilikerz

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I draw the comic strip "irritability" (maze.icomix.com) + I post some times

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G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah rat attributes are:
Long Hairless Tail
Prominent Gnawing Incisors
Scurries
Dwelling in Sewer, etc
Associates With Known Rats
Desires Cheese
For a mutant, hitting 3 of these makes for a pretty solid rat diagnosis imo

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 21h

Hm yeah but you usually don't shrink down much smaller than rat sized so big rats are probably still proportionally biggest

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 21h

DS has the largest rats so far, although they don't have rat teeth which is a weird choice imo

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 22h

that counts!

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 1d

What’s the giantest rat you ever had to fight in a videogame

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 1d

That’s what I’m sayin!! I can’t find it but iirc he said something in his blog along the lines of: good fiction should be like a Rorschach blot, like authors should be most mindful of the gaps they are leaving for the reader to fill in and I’m like That Is Exactly Correct

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 1d

The one I linked, solar system, is actually one of the more accessible ones, although I linked to its least accessible point. I think "Emancipation" is probably the easiest, but the first one, 10% leads you into the series as a whole better imo.

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I’m crumbling n collapsing due to how happy I am!!

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 1d

I bet it feels good as hell to oxidatively expand and crack the concrete if you’re rebar

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah you have to mouse over the alien glyphs to read their dialogue, idk how that would work on a touchscreen

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 1d

I've given up on recommending NofNA to people, but please at least take a look at The Big Page from Solar System:
www.nofna.com/index.php?im...

Nature of Nature's Art

A series of graphic novels. Animals throughout modern history seek to define their societies under the auspices of the second coming of the neocortex.

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 1d

"I knew I was out of cluck,
the day... the Muuusic Bugerk"
-chicken version of The Day The Music Bugerk

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 4d

yeah, I'm a big fan of old-style web pages. I like some of the stuff on e.g. neocities, but most modern reproductions lack the, i guess, gormlessness of the old ones, it's not the same

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 4d

wikipedia list of animals with demonstrated j/o capabilities

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 4d

Yeeeeeeessss, this is it! Thank you! I tried looking on wayback but I guess I wasn't persistent enough. I kept getting some Japanese cat site (normal style)

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 5d

does anyone remember, and ideally know a backup of, the webpage "Luvkittys Castle"? I think it was on portal of evil at one point. It had chats between cat characters such as "king chester-roo" and "nicholas cage" and a midi of "achy breaky heart" played on one of the pages. I can't find any trace

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 5d

Lmao

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 5d

I heard Raiden did the "mamamamaseyaaaa" move on his dog, or something

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G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 6d

828 - Ironically, Physical Trauma From The Bomb Killed Them Outright

p1 - split panel, above, Chappy walks carelessly through a maintenance corridor while looking at his orb. Below, 2 torch-wielding Adventurers converse
Adventurer 1: This is the farthest we've ever gone, but it's time to head back.
Adventurer 2: Yeah, I can barely carry all this loot!
p2 - split panel, above, closeup of Chappy's foot getting tangled with the power cord to a "Torch Inducer" machine and unplugging it, below, the Adventurers are plunged into darkness, only their eyes are seen, loony tunes, style
Torches: ffss...
p3 - the eyes in the darkness are distended by fear
A1&2: UOAAAHH!!
A1:We're miles... MILES from the exit... If the torches don't come back on... there's NO WAY we'll make it back... bro,
p4 - A2's eyes look suddenly calm
A2: Wait, bro, our phones have a flashlight.
A1: oh yeah.
A1: WHEW! I thought we were gonna die! Thank god for modern technology!
p5 - A1&2 have turned on the flashlights of their phones, revealing a shitty-looking humanoid monster walking toward them and carrying a large bomb with an LCD screen reading "EMP"

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G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 6d

827 - Talking Out of Both Sides of Your Mouth

p1
Robot: Ahahahaha!! One of those guys actually got you?? You're slipping!
Exoth (cut into ~2" cubes that are floating around in no particular order): Shut up! It was a bunch of those guys!
X (cube that has the other half of his mouth): I thought they were weak cuz they looked dumb
p2 - a hand holding something like Bulma's Dragon Ball detector indicates a cube floating 2 m down a sterile hallway. The indicator reads 'R. NIP' and the cube seems to have a nipple on it
X: You need to go track down all my bits. Take this detector.
Narration: (Art is Depiction)
p3 - An unconscious assailant is slumped against the wall with open but blank eyes. The rest of its face is concealed by a stereotypical ninja mask, while the simplistic body is clear, and the circulatory system can be seen through it, though a strange lump is below the heart. A digit-less hand holds a 4-pointed shuriken
R: Damn, he sure does look dumb. Don't you need more organs than that? & What's that weird one?
X: huh??
p4: A closer look reveals the 'strange lump' is a human fetus. A closerer look reveals a second fetus behind the first.
X: Oh, I'm growing the new me in that one. Don't worry about it, just get my cubes.
R (looking closely): Why's there two?
X: Yeah, one stays here, but another needs to go down to Hell. Now, get cubes!
p5
R (noticing the 2nd fetus has hair similar to him and getting agitated): Hold up, why does this one have my haircut??
X: I SAID DON'T WORRY! Bring my brain back if you want explanations!

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G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 6d

826 - Pedestrian Has the Right of Slay

p1 - A 'Fred Durst-style guy' whose feet are bionically grafted into gigantic sneakers (the Pedestrian) is stomping down a dungeon corridor while several orcs flee in terror. Behind the guy, bloody splatters and footprints.
Pedestrian: I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here!
P: Hey! I'm walkin here!
p2 - The Troll grabs a panicked orc by the scruff of its neck
TT: Hey where the hell are you going?? What kinda orc is afraid to die??
P (in the bg): i'm walkin im walk-
Orc: N-Not like this! No steppy!
p3
TT (handing the orc an SMG): I'll catch hell, but, desperate time; take this +12 Uzi
Orc ('spraying and praying' in the general direction of the Pedestrian, headshotting another orc in the process): NO STEPPYYY!!
Gun: BRR-RATATATA!
P (three shots bounce harmlessly off his enchanted oversized sports jersey before a fourth lands in the gap in his backwards cap, 'doming' him) Hey- Hey- Hey I'm- AW!
p4
Beireia (through a Crystal Ball Communicator): What the hell!! You can't just give a gun to an orc!!
TT (holding the CBC up to the orc, who is now wearing sunglasses and a black leather jacket, and is smoking a cigar): Look, look...
Skeletal Big Mouth Billy Bass: *Guitar Riff*
B: Ehh... got its own issues, but good work, I guess.
Narration: New Monster: "Cool Orc"!

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G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 6d

825 - Top Ten Most Literalest Koans

p1 - a Civ6 missionary unit for Buddhism who looks suspiciously like Linji Yixuan is proselytizing. A Deranged Ruffian listens excitedly while licking his knife
LY: "If you meet a buddha on the road, you must kill him"
DR: Sounds like my kind of religion!
DR: I'm sold!
p2 - DR is on the road, and has met the Buddha, who is 4 m tall, made of bronze, has turrets full of battleship cannons, is deploying an AT fieldo, electrified seismic stomp, lotus missile pods, etc. The buddha's health bar is so long it breaks thru the panel boundary
Health Bar: Buddha on the Road (1st Form)
DR: What the-?! What is this health bar?? First Form???
p3 - DR is badly injured, he has to hold his head to stop it falling off and needs crutches to stand. He is crying real tears over his tough guy tear tattoos. Some more Civ6 missionaries for some dumb custom religion are proselytizing and their god who looks like a magical girl mascot is there too.
Missionary: Our God is WEAK as HELL!!
DR: sign me up, brother!

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 6d

won't somebody rid me of this... LAMINAR priest?? (the priest's properties are modeled precisely by a single equation and he is wearing sun glasses)

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah the alt text takes a long time to type out, but I like being able to just say what I did. I should've had B.B. saying "B-B-B-Bad" or similar, but I like it saying "guitar riff" too much

G. Whilikerz @timeskull.bsky.social · 6d

idk how recognizable the skeletal "big mouth billy bass" that sings "bad to the bone" is.