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1. 1 day ago on Nancy

   Fantastic

2. 4 days ago on Luann

   I’m always amazed by how cruel reader comments are on guest strips, even when they’re as well drawn as this one. It’s like punishment for an artist. I stopped having guest artists fill in, it was easier, and kinder, just to publish nothing, than have good friends and gifted colleagues hauled over the coals for helping me out. If you don’t like it, and of course it’s not the same as usual, it’s not permanent. I think it’s a little kinder just to say nothing and come back in a couple of weeks.

3. 13 days ago on Bad Machinery

   It’s Blackpool Tower. “Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, it is 518 feet (158 metres) tall and is the 125th-tallest freestanding tower in the world.”

4. 2 months ago on Bad Machinery

   Shauna’s late-period determination is showcased in Great British Bump Off from Dark Horse (and its follow-up, currently in the works)

5. 2 months ago on Bad Machinery

   Mildred is hippie Nancy Drew (you have to look at the old book covers for this one to work now), Lottie is gender swap Death Note – her outfit of white hoodie and dark leggings that she adopts from “Murder She Writes” on is based on L from that series.

6. almost 2 years ago on Bad Machinery

   My thinking was Auntie Kath is the better-off wing of the family.

7. over 2 years ago on Bad Machinery

   The mischief makers in these replies will be pleased (I hope) to hear that I am currently writing the second half of the Beatle-centric story “NEMS”.

8. over 2 years ago on Bad Machinery

   In April and May there’s a new Lottie and Claire story running at Badmachinery.com (starts April 4th)

9. over 2 years ago on Bad Machinery

   Claire gets one appearance in Severed Alliance, I think – on the last page. IIRC she got some side quests around this time, the worst kind of side quests, caring for Desmond Fishman.

10. over 2 years ago on Bad Machinery

    I’m sorry that Bad Machinery had to end. The thing that made it different – the growing up – was also the thing that meant it had to stop. If they’d been 11 or 12 forever, it could have run forever. But that wasn’t the kind of story I was able to tell.