Ref: "Cat out of the bag".

Ref: Torg's Lies | Blown Cover.

Ref: Mini-Mark Mechs.

Ref: Girlfriend | Ex-Girlfriend.

Ref: Torg and Zoë Last Seen.

Ref: Proposal | Family | Zampedri and NASA.

Ref: The Hard Way | Tommy | "Sally" and Tommy.

Ref: Brain Digbot and Pawn-1 (Teresa) | Turg le Turgturg.

Ref: Sharks.

Sorry for the emergency filler art. As warned, I really need to focus on scripting before the story moves forward!

Ref: Zoë's wearing Torg's old "Operation King Under the Mountain" shirt.

Ref: The Plan (1) (2) | "Set me on fire".

Sharon Gall: First Seen | Pawn-7 | Last "seen".

Ref: Not knowing what they were, Riff referred to the elves as "Oompa Loompas" | Mini-Mark | Mark-24.

Not really a ref-ref: The Screw Ball comment by Pilotbot-1 has no connection to Oasis' screw-ball cap!

Welcome to February Filler Fridays, 1 of 4! I haven’t done much color work lately and I think I want to see what I can do as far as a Zoë portrait goes. I’m not very good at this, but it makes me happy and relaxed and I need some of that right now. So far so good with the pencils! Let’s see how it progresses next week.

Welcome to February Filler Fridays, 2 of 4! Ok the inks are in. I have no idea at this point if I’m going to paint over everything or keep the ink lines in place. We’ll have to see as the color starts to fill in next Friday. I was also going to have her in her usual black dress, but in this case color might be in order. or white!

Ref: The head Riff is holding.

Ref: Squish, Rudie, Slappy and Moo.

Welcome to February Filler Fridays, 3 of 4! Gyah! GYAH! GYAH, I say! This is terrible! It's the mouth mostly. Oh well. It was fun and relaxing for me, but I'm just not going to be good at this without a lot more practice. Weird when I cover over the eyes, the nose and mouth don't look too bad. If I cover over the mouth the eyes and nose are great! Put all three together? Yikes. I honestly don't know what the "finish" is going to end up being, but good bad or ugly, the February Filler Fridays is doing it's job!

UPDATE: Ha! Those rascally Ret-Con Ninjas have covered up her offending facial features. Defenders can see the horror in the blog if they so choose. But it is scary!

Sidenote: I, um, I don’t really know the band Nickelback well enough to dislike them. All I know is when I was describing the script to Leah she laughed, and that’s good enough for me!

Ref: Bleater | MyFACE |  Izzy is wearing a "The Free 3" shirt. 'Cliff' refs tomorrow.

The Cliff has been on Torg's mind!

Welcome to February Filler Fridays, 4 of 4! In the end, I made her a Ninja! For better or for worse, I had fun with this, I hope you did too!

Ref Links: Black-Ops Elves/Grab-All connection. | Kareen, Katie and Oasis: Recommended reading , or start here. | Izzy: Reccomended reading. | Quirky last seen. Stone last seen (really? has it been so long?).

Chaz: First seen with Torg | Innocent-Blood-Powered | Last seen (before camping trip).

Ref: Torg and Oasis First / Last time together | Oasis on a Train | Free Three Comic (1) (2).

For some reason in the Sluggyverse bears often talk.

Ref: Shoddie Suits.

Ref: Oasis vs. Mech (1) (2) (3).

Ref: Video | Revenge | Justice.

Ref: Torg's 'proposal' , Oasis remembers...| Friends you Hurt (1) (2) (3) (4-5)

Ref: Train.

Ref: Chaz- First wielded by Torg | Chaz first speaks | Last time Chaze spoke (I think!)

Chaz might be upset about sandwich slicing, but lunchmeat was kinda his idea.

Ref: Venison Incident (1) (2) | Oasis vs. Bun-bun (1) (2) (3).

Ref: Chen mentions Teresa's Mom | Squish gets word | Percy discovers mom is Sin'thea La'Mort | Teresa calls mom.

Ref: Knife in the neck.

Ref: Here's a comic with a lot of Chen Links! | Here's a comic with a lot of Watch links! | Box of Watches | Explosion | Dade-Steve connection | Viral Video.

Here are some links on tracers and transponders: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Ref: Kusari Last Seen (kinda dead) | "Replacement Kusari".

Triangle Refs Tomorrow

The Schlock Triangle has been mentioned here and there. Here are two mentions.

Hey all! I really needed this filler art to be quick and easy to keep on top of the strips and avoid burnout. But the hopes for a happy enjoyable spring is sincere! The warmer weather is making me smile.

 Ref: Dr. Steve's face. Dr. Steve's Voice.

Ref: Previous mention of Chen's incoming 'bold move'.

Ref : Cappy Bo | La'Mort assignment |La'Mort.

Refs: Shoddie Suits Need Translation | Translatorbot | Matty.

Ref: Again Matty. Also, the pie is a lie.

Ref: Torg has been "back" since here.

Ref: Battlefield Technology via satellite designed by Izzy.

Ref: Chen mentions La'Mort.

Ref: Riff tells Torg and Zoe about Matty and 4U City | The Digbot Grudge | Plan F.

Ref: "Evidence? Nun" story | Explode | Zoë (1) (2) (3) | Gwynn Mission.

And to think all that time Torg spent training Gwynn in proper cellphone-use.

Ref: Riff and Sasha last time together: Part 1, Part 2.

Ref: Juan | Chen mentions Digbots.

Ref: Izzy was Paraphrasing Uncle Subi.

Ref: Gwynn, aware Oasis is on the team | Gwynn vs. Oasis | Torg's Bulk Disguises.

I needed something quick for this announced 'filler', so I colored an Aylee panel I just liked! It was from this comic.

Ref: Torg's source | Torg onto Sasha | Reassigned to Seattle | Friends Captured | Gut Wound | Sasha loses Job ("lost that job opportunity").

Random Riff Toothbrush Link.

HAVE A GOOD MEMORIAL DAY!

And only shoot evil in the face.

Ref: Sasha's Return Remote (1) (2) | Return Remote Returned | Torg calls Remote Designer | Bun-bun mistrusts Sasha's Tinker-y-ness.

Flashback Refs: (1) (2) (3).

Ref: Switch-a-roo,  taxi and bus, escaping Hereti-Corp tracking.

Ref: Elfable.

Ref: Oasis burns Bun-bun's face.

Ref: Senator Smarmison (1) (2) | The real reason for "Increased Scrutiny" from China.

Ref: "Ending me tomorrow"| Rontime Shot | South Stairwell | Multiple Spies.

Ref: Doctors Byu Daiyu and Shankraft last seen.

Ref: Sally Johnson (1) (2).

Ref: Digbot Retreat | Squishydodo prefering Torg's style | Crushestro last seen | Percy last seen.

And just for old times sake, FIRST APPERANCES: Brain-Digbot | Squishydodo | Crushestro | Percy.

Ferret Wings: last seen in a comic was a flashback to 1998, but last non-flashback seen here!

The Gwynn (and Zoë) newly revealed Rammer-Gall plan refs: (1) (2) (3) (4).

Hey guys! Happy Fourth of July! This is your forewarned filler-art! I created it while exploring an art app on my mobile. It’s small and sloppy, but you know I’ve done woise! Go grill something for FREEDOM!

Refs: "H-Nom Virus" (it wasn't referred to as that before this comic, I don't think.),  in Riff's posession. Or you can just start reading about The NOM here.

Refs: Shoddie-Suits | Headshotz Shoddies, pre-DFA | Mark 24 last seen-ish (in background).

Ref Rea Condors.

Ref: A completed MARK series mech of Riff's design never needs a pilot inside of it. Or any pilot.

REMINDER: M/W/F mode: Next comic will be Wednesday!

Ref: Chen's plan.

REMINDER: M/W/F mode: Next comic will be Friday!

Ref: Rabbit and Eye | Riff and cannon (1) (2) | Fire | Nuns .

Ref: 'Agent Sasha told Riff.'

Lot's of Schlock Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Ref: A Long time ago | More Recent (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

Ref: Bun-bun decides to kill them all but lets them live.

Torg kept the Kiki-Falcon Retrieval Gauntlet hidden under his glove. Speaking of... random ref!

Here’s some inside baseball! Originally the comic for Friday was supposed to be one row (finishing with the Torg and Oasis kiss). But when laying it out in book format and seeing the one row over the other it just demanded to be a two row comic. Instead of the Torg/Oasis smooch going on all weekend it was a quick shift to probably a future to Torg spinal-pain as Oasis leaps off Torg’s chest.

The downside is it makes today’s now one-row comic weaker. But ‘the art demands’ sometimes!

Aylee and Oasis (1) | (2) | (3)

For the record Kiki was singing ridiculously quickly, so much so that I had to slow her down. I may tweak that last caption panel... someday....
TWENTY YEARS! WHO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
0)|(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|(5)|(6)|(7)|(8)|(9)|(10)|(11)|(12)|(13)|(14)|(15)|(16)|(17)|(18)|(19)| TWENTY!!!!

Stay tuned for what happens NEXT!

My neighbor pointed out

Ref Links: Zuniga | Roberts (first) (last (panel 3 in the 'snore' shirt, leftmost)).

I know the archives are bouncy and huge with the 'infinite archive' we're doing. It might be a little uncomfortable now, but we are going to climb whatever mountain we need to fix it and make it work the way we intended, the way you'll be good with.

Ref Links: Schlock last seen | Frog last seen | Corsica last seen...? that can't be right! ;) | Station Mention.

Over two hundred new Defenders 20+ members and counting! And so many of you are being so generous! This is really exciting! THANKS!

Ref links: La'Mort | Flaw in our...

Refs: Watch. WATCH.

Hey guys! Every new comic it’s a cliffhanger these days, I know! I wanted to give you guys a heads-up that there’s a new ‘navigate by date’ option that drops down under the archives! And more is coming! We’re still working on so much stuff.

9/12 UPDATE: For those with eagle eyes, I did a retcon on the shadowy panel 6! I hadn't finished designing that room and now I have!

Ref: Tracers and Transponders| “Torg: So if she's too dangerous and they can't kill her, what do they do? Riff: Standard procedure. Send her to an orphanage.” |  Chen-Orphanage Timeline | Orsintos Torture Chamber |Orphanage (found) (visited) | Dr. Driscoll (met) (photo of Chen, oasis and Driscoll).

Ref: Sandwich Slicer.

Ref: Diary | Bashed Heads | "Die."
Hey Defenders, BLOG POST!

Random Ref.

Ref: Stations.

Ref: Condor and Sniper Kill Order | Space Station.

Ref: Chocolate Ice-Cream.

Ref: Patrol vs. Kusari.

Ref: Schlock last seen | Mention of the Dr. Steve computer banks.

Ref: The Unavoidable Selfie Duckface.

Ref: The Bug | Teresa gives Chen the Bug | The Words.

Ref: Roberts' 'Father'.

I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge something that’s been mentioned before in Sluggy lore but many of you may not know. The character of Marcus Chen is homage to Mike Chen, one of my favorite teachers from my days at the Kubert School.  A great teacher and a great guy, in my experience Mike was only maniacally evil when it came to our GPAs. And Marcus was one of my favorite villains to write for, I’m sorry to see him go after all these years. But it is what the story has demanded.

Ref: Torg survives the 'little war'.

Ref: Bun-bun last seen (and station overheard) | Sasha's 'line of bull'.

Ref: Torg's concussion (punched in the head lots) | baiting Oasis | Lancaster | Crumbling.

Ref: DFA Satellite.

Ref: Brother (1) (2) | Zoë called in | Rammer Plan.

Ref: Ferret Wing Caller Gauntlet | Omnitaser Supreme (First seen) (Last seen)!

Ref: XT-34 (Last Seen).

Izzy's not kidding!
This day started back in July!

Ref: Torg and Riff in Space! (only some examples)

Ref: China-Russia | Hereti-Corp Collapse.