Of Preorders and TCAF
Two notes of note today, friends!
First of all, this Monday (May 15th) is the last day to place a preorder for any of our new books! After that, the preorder shop will close up, and the books won't be available to order again until a little later this year.
Our preordered copies will mail out in early June, alongside all the copies ordered by our kickstarter backers, so if you want to get 'em first thing, now's your chance to make sure it happens! Plus there are also a few other fun things you can order alongside 'em if you choose, including our older books, some cool prints and postcards, and a couple of fancy custom pin-up commissions.
Second note: I will be at TCAF this weekend! I haven't been in a few years, so I'm really looking forward to it. If you're going to be in the Toronto area, be sure to come by the show... it's free!
We return on Friday with a new comic. See you then, team!
-Sam Logan
FIIIIIIIIG
Who could forget Fig Pig -- an attempt to genetically engineer a living stationery mascot gone horribly wrong! He made his debut way back in the Trade Secrets storyline, then re-appeared (in much larger form) for the city-destroying monster-on-monster battle that was Buddocalypse! (The Valle de los Monstruos, as you may recall, is Fig Pig's home territory these days.
We return on Wednesday with our next comic! See you then, everybody.
-Sam Logan
Sam and Fuzzy Q & A: Carl Edition
Got a question you want answered? Just drop me an email with "Q & A" in the subject line!
"Say, are we ever going to see Carlyle again ? Sam looks like he could do with his advice, at the moment. (Either way, the parallel with 'Carl' in those last two strips has been a blast.)" -Emilien
I don't think so, no!
I mean, I guess I should never say never, since Carlyle has already popped up one more time than I said he ever would. But his role in Sam's story, I think, is good and finished. After everything that's happened, Sam really needs to deal with his own mess. He can't lean on the crutch of a sagely guru to figure things out for him anymore. (Which I guess is kind of what those comics with Carl are all about!)
"Is Hart actually technically the Ninja Emperor just now? He technically killed the old emperor right? Although it wasn't a complete wipeout of the council. Or is it Candice? Or perhaps Brain because he contains them?" -James
Candice is the one who finished off the old emperor -- as in, the actual human emperor that Hart was riding around in. So, that would have made her the rightful successor, had she survived.
But since she didn't -- ghostly echoes aside -- there actually isn't a proper successor. The line ended with her. The Mafia disolved, and if Sam and Mr. Blank hadn't wilfully misled everyone in order to resurect it, it would (and should) have stayed that way.
"Have you ever noticed the similarities between the Erasers (and, if you tweak the idea slightly, maybe NMS too) and the SCP foundation?" -Niajah
Yeah! I was only introduced to the SCP a couple of years ago, but I think anyone who reads up on the SCP fiction will notice has some conceptual similarities with the Erasers and the Committee. I am not surprised the SCP stuff took off... it's a fun idea to play with!
That's a wrap for this week, team. See you on Monday for a new comic containing a surprise familiar face!
-Sam Logan
