Octopod Adventures

WE'RE MOVING

2011-02-05T23:32:00.000-08:00

I KNOW! I finally bit the bullet and purchased an actual domain name and hosting services for this comic. Which means it's relocating. Blogger has been really good to me, and I'm glad it was here when Octopod Adventures needed it.

But now it's time to grow up and get some big kid ~~underpants~~ website set-up.

I'm still sketching it out and getting everything together (I haven't found a theme I really like yet) but it's all over at:

www.octopodadventures.com

I'm sorry to inconvenience any faithful readers, but I promise this move is for the best and the site is only going to go up from here. :)

--m

Mustache Win!

2011-02-03T22:34:00.000-08:00

My best friend. Man, she's so great.

--m

Early Valentine!

2011-02-01T22:20:00.000-08:00

I think I was resting my hand on something weird for that "adventures" at the very end.

Also, diorama comic!

--m

Oh, the Possibilities

2011-01-31T23:21:00.000-08:00

You know you want a Roomba just so you can say that you have a robot. And then you can leave it dust bunnies on the floor so it can feed. Helping take over the world saps a lot of energy.

--m

The Absolute Bestest

2011-01-30T21:24:00.000-08:00

My dad is also awesome, just for the record.

--m

P.S. I don't quite understand it either, but there is great wisdom here.

Prettiest Lady Crab

2011-01-27T23:32:00.000-08:00

I have a friend named Allie. She is smart, funny, super tough, tiny, and has the personality of a tiny striped shore crab (a little cranky and mildly reminiscent of Scrappy Doo).

Anyways, she's amazing. This is to cheer her up. :)

--m

P.S. I failed at coloring her species right (Pachygrapsus crassipes) so I'll try again later.

And That's How I Got my Nerd Sitcom

2011-01-26T22:10:00.000-08:00

This comic is almost entirely due to the genius of "Alex Lowe Y'all." The shirt I'm wearing is a reference to him because he got pooped on by a bird one day at work.

Anyways, I work in Excel and I need to learn how to us MySQL to make a real database. (meep)

--m

P.S. You can buy a specially designed "Birds Poop!" shirt in the Octopod Store today!!

The Dinner of Grown-Ups and Champions

2011-01-25T21:58:00.000-08:00

I've considered this for dinner, I won't lie.

--m

They'd Be Like Azalea Bushes!!

2011-01-24T20:24:00.000-08:00

I tell this to my dad every time he goes for a haircut, and every time he gets them trimmed. Blast-from-the-past brought to you by The Rocket Scandal.

Happy Monday!

I Need a Grocery List

2011-01-24T00:42:00.000-08:00

If I don't bring a grocery list, I'll buy things that are, in essence, gluten-free, flavored wood chips.

It's TERRIBLE.

--m

This is a Good Place to Be

2011-01-21T01:06:00.000-08:00

Original photo by Richard Ling, mermaid by M. Rock

I had this idea weeks ago, but couldn't find a reef picture I liked. Finally found one tonight on Wikipedia, taken by Richard Ling.

Great Barrier Reef, I want to be a mermaid, same ol' same ol', really.

--m

Things I Wish I Could Do

2011-01-19T21:49:00.000-08:00

...use my blinking keister to communicate with others who also have blinking keisters.

Anyways, TRS blast-from-the-past today! Most people I know who grew up in the pacific northwest have never experienced summer nights with fireflies.

It brings lights to my butt. Lights of sadness.

--m

The "Eh" Bomb

2011-01-19T00:38:00.000-08:00

If you have any Canadian friends, you've probably joyfully and gleefully awaited for them to say "eh" unwittingly in conversation. At least, I have.

And I finally heard a friend give it this term today.

[This is not disrespect of my northern brethren. I still wish I'd been born a red-haired canadian mountie, and the thought of ex-patting it up occurs on a daily basis.]

--m

They Know Our Weaknesses

2011-01-17T22:49:00.000-08:00

A Softer World: Invertebrates tribute! The first of 2011! Mouse-over text would be: they know our weaknesses

--m

Hang in There

2011-01-16T23:06:00.000-08:00

This is actually the first draft of a piece that I'm thinking of putting into my portfolio for "drawing science good" grad school. I drew it on a recent visit to the Shedd Aquarium this winter.

If I had to give it a comic title though, it's be "Hang in there."

--m

Platypuses or Platypi?

2011-01-15T22:08:00.000-08:00

Pretty simple tonight. But adorable and egg-laying mammals don't need fanfare. They are their own fanfare.

Zombie Time

2011-01-13T22:46:00.000-08:00

TRS blast-from-the-past while I recover from ankle ouches. You should eat your brains though, just like Momzombie told you to.

--m

The Perfect Cover

2011-01-12T20:43:00.001-08:00

"Crime" is such an ugly word.

--m

Stupid Ankle

2011-01-11T21:31:00.000-08:00

To be fair, I don't know that it's actually sprained, it just doesn't feel happy and nice. It feels, in fact, the opposite of both of those things.

If it still hurts by tomorrow I get to find someone to drive me into town to go to the clinic. :(

Sigh.

Also, let's not forget MechanoCrab, my nemesis and the bringer of the Foggy Crabpocalypse.

--m

Home at Last!

2011-01-10T20:37:00.000-08:00

So far I've been traveling all of 2011, and I can't tell you how glad I am to be back home finally. :)

Comic updates resume as usual tomorrow.

--m

Comics Soon

2011-01-07T23:10:00.001-08:00

More comics soon, I was at a big national meeting with no INTERNETS. Or, more appropriately, no FREE internets. Anyways, it went well, but I'll be back with comics starting Monday.

New Year, Same Weirdo

2010-12-29T21:15:00.000-08:00

I may still do a "Year in Summary" comic or somesuch, can't decide. But other than that, I'm off for a few days for travel/relaxation/etc.

In case you can't read, that octopus arm is promising that there will be "still more inverts in 2011!". True facts.

--m

Octopus Suckers

2010-12-28T20:26:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow I am going to the Shedd Aquarium! Yay!

Anyways, in prep, tonight I was doing drawings of suckers from photos online. They look a little weird/abstract until you know what they are, but my skill for "realistic" leaves a bit to be desired here.

--m

You Could Surf this Bed Head

2010-12-28T00:38:00.000-08:00

An old TRS vault special, this is me circa-2006 with bed head. No joke, my bed head deserves prizes. If I lived in a place with birds of paradise they'd be all over me for my sweet 'do.

--m

P.S. I'll be posting soon about commissions, wherein you would pay me to draw something you wanted drawn in my style. It means you can own original art and I can buy new headphones. Win-win.

This is Why I Can't Use the Internets by Myself

2010-12-27T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hypochondriacs + the internet = disaster.

I have a funny bump on my finger (not wart) that looked like a callus but I couldn't figure out what would have given me that callus. Tonight I realized it was because I hold my pen differently when I draw. Yay not going to die after all!

Anyways, after that TMI, night!

--m