At this point, I hope my long-time readers understand that Mick is nothing like me. He’s pretty much the opposite of Jay in the old FLEM series. If I had to say there’s an I-guy in this, it’s Omar. More […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for November, 2012
This one comes from the tales of a family friend who worked in a gun shop. For the last time, I am tired of hearing this from people I’m discussing such things with: NO, THE COPS ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ll admit, this one kinda wrote itself. This was the first time I had no dialogue prepared, only a vague idea of what would be said, and the character of Omar kinda just spoke up while I was lettering it. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It was about time to introduce some actual violence into this strip. My long-time readers from the FLEM days know how much I’ve been holding back. If these WERE olden times, Omar would have Mick devoured by a bag of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ah, this is always fun, when you work retail. An excellent friend of ours has a new project: H.C. BOO. Click on that for hedgepig awws. I’m really not sure if this is cool, or just a solution looking for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
YES MORE WITH THE RUSSIAN TALKING, KOMRADES. Anyone who’s gotten goofy about guns in front of an unexpected audience knows Mick’s pain here. Gun people have a lingo that non-shooters don’t get – as is the case with any hobby […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know people on a few online boards do this, and a very good friend of mine who is also a Mosin owner does this with me: Talking about Mosin Nagants means you slip into a fake, horrible Russian accent […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So this is one time when I think some of the shooting community will skewer me and put my head on a pole. To my knowledge, the rifle in Mick’s hands does not and can not exist. That said… my […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, more on this. When you buy a Mosin that’s been in some Russian storage unit for the last 40 years, it’s going to be positively SOAKED in Cosmo. I’m not talking about a little bit of it here and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is gonna take some ‘splainin’ for the non-gun/non-Mosin crowd. If you know people who shoot, you will eventually run into folks who own, and love, the Mosin Nagant Rifle. They’re fucking everywhere, cheap as a sneeze, and incredibly durable […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…