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Supplementary MoE art by Robert, and guest art by him for other strips

[a visit to the Lost Souls Reclamation Department canteen, for Susan S's Constant Flux]

MoE Izchak 2004 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

[for Orion Gates' Beyond Reality]

MoE beach 2004 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

[for Summer of Keenspace family album]

MoE library 31/10/2004 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

[for Keenspooks' Halloween mansion]

MoE 464 25/11/2004 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 494 25/12/2004 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE Spelling Guild 2005 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 511 11/01/2005 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

As noted yesterday, here's Orion's half of the Big Date. Laura Gates appears in the dimension-hopping Keenspace comic Beyond Reality, and, as you can see above, really really really likes her taser. Tomorrow we leave the Nomes behind for the nonce and move on to a new plot arc. As an added bonus, for (more or less) the first time in The Mansion of E, this arc features a Special Guest Star appearing in the actual comic.

MoE 575 16/03/2005 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

A sort of day off for me; someone on the Keenspace Forums brought my attention to this site, which allows you to automagically dress and decorate an on-screen 'doll'. So I did up versions of some MoE characters, with varying degrees of success. Yes, that hat really was one of the options. And the dagger came with the dress; otherwise I would not have included it.

MoE 617 27/04/2005 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Once again, here are some South Park versions of the Mansion's various human characters. The customized ones of Rosemary and Sylvester that Arthur Levesque did a few months back are much better, but I still couldn't resist playing around with the new and improved South Park Character Generator. Thanks to its creator, Janina Köppel, for all of her hard work!

MoE 653a 03/06/2005 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 653b 04/06/2005 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 653c 05/06/2005 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 686 08/07/2005 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

[to mark terrorist attack on London the previous day]

MoE 699 21/07/2005 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 739a 31/08/2005 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE costume-swap 31/10/2005 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

[– Halloween costume-swap for Tom Volpe's Alternate Delusions]

MoE 824 24/11/2005 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 862 01/01/2006 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE V3 simulation 08/05/2006 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

[for Tom Truszkowski's Station V3]

MoE 1000a 21/05/2006 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 1050a 17/07/2006 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 1156 31/10/2006 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 1178a 23/11/2006 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

If you're a fellow American and truly have nothing better to do today than reading this, my sympathies. But anyway, when we get back to Sina and Co. near the elevator, there's probably going to be a Jibjib Burd involved in the action, and so I'm taking this opportunity to test out a new design for the species. Probably be a few more tweaks before the character officially appears.

MoE 1263a 19/02/2007 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

In honor of President's Day... if you were to walk into a (human) classroom in the Mansion's country, Yorik the 1st's portrait would be on the wall instead of George Washington. The exact details of his life and times will eventually be discussed. (And no, the country isn't named Yorikland; that will be revealed eventually as well, but if you've been paying extra-careful attention, you might be able to figure it out already..)

MoE V3 paradigm-shift 06/05/2007 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

[for Tom Truszkowski's Station V4]

MoE 1576 01/01/2008 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 1719 26/05/2008 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 1844 28/09/2008 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 1936 01/01/2009 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 2409b2 25/04/2010 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 2597c 03/11/2010 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

And to wrap up our Halloween 2010 extravaganza, here's my costume-swap piece for the ComicGenesis strip Red City, created by Serge. I don't normally post my output for swaps on my own site, but I gather that is what Serge prefers, so.. enjoy! Plot resumes tomorrow

MoE 2618a 25/11/2010 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 2647a 25/12/2010 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Probably not an explicit spoiler of things to come, but when/if Rosemary is in her right mind and is out and about in cold weather, this is pretty much what she'll be wearing and doing. Happy Winter Solstice Holiday, all!

MoE 2898 05/09/2011 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

To celebrate the holiday, here's a look at two characters (they're named Arlen and Juniper) who will be joining the main action at some point, and a thematically-appropriate depiction of how they spent much of the Endless Day. (They're not doing this "right now", the sun's gone down and they've gone home to their wife and mother Eloise.)

MoE 2977 24/11/2011 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

For Thanksgiving day, offering up a glimpse of a might-have-been. In this version of "Mansionland", the Crash happened, and then twenty years later, around the time the three Humans were born.. something else, possibly even worse, happened. This location exists in the "real" world, and we probably will be paying a visit there at some point. Eventually.

MoE 3370b 25/12/2012 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

[for webcomic called Simon and the Minis]

MoE 3451b 17/03/2013 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

[for webcomic called Critters Online]

MoE 3506a 12/05/2013 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Rishathra and her mother Agita appeared together here.

MoE 3520 26/05/2013 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 3541 16/06/2013 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 3572 17/07/2013 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

To celebrate, taking a semi-vacation the rest of the week, starting with a few quick pics showing some folks who have only appeared in outline form to day. Here is Sylvester during his University days, with his University friends.

MoE 3573 18/07/2013 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

A young Rosemary, and her role-model Zeke.

MoE 3574 20/07/2013 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Sylvester's relative from a previous generation, Hindenburgh the wizard, in his dining room.

MoE 3575 21/07/2013 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

The official founders of the local area's current Human religion.

[The Founding Oracles, Violet, Daisy, Joice, Jenny, Kathryne, Hettie and Evangeline]

MoE 3576 22/07/2013 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Two of Comshaw's grandparents, Caytid and and Compline, along with their Schemer/Finagler, Shiv.

MoE 3577 23/07/2013 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

An Ettin, doing Ettin-type things.

MoE 3578 24/07/2013 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Please note that Roshambo the Warrior Beetle(tm) is solely the fictional creation of Alex Linderhoff, and any supposed resemblance to a member of the species known as "Pales" has been scrupulously and officially determined to be entirely coincidental.

Plus, the realm of imagination is always in full color!

MoE original pirate strip 19/09/2005 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

[Links back to the the MoE strip of the day for 06/09/2005.]

MoE 3635 19/09/2013 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 3677 31/10/2013 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

This is the only time a werewolf, vampire or zombie will appear in this comic.

MoE 3677a 31/10/2013 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

[art-exchange with akaScooby/Maelstrom Heart]

MoE 3677b 31/10/2013 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

[art-exchange with IVstudios/Inhumation: these look to be Mimsy and Skuy]

MoE 3701a 28/11/2013 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Rosemary is not the trencher(wo)man that Mortimer is, but she can hold her own.
And no, it's not a Fixit, it's just a hat.

MoE 3732a 31/12/2013 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Some of us on the Comic Genesis forum got together to celebrate New Year's. Here's my depiction of the get-together. Along with Mortimer, from left to right you have Cara of Flying Tigers, Jak of Breath of Life, Meli AKA Rat of Masadjra, Joseph of Loud Era, and lastly, Mr. Life of the Party himself, Freakboy.

MoE 3760 01/02/2014 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE Seahawks Gobule 02/02/2014 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 3804 17/03/2014 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Dorothea and Lilith are currently far to the south of both the MoE and the nation of Tiranog.

MoE 4058 27/11/2014 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE snow 25/12/2014 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 4091a 01/01/2015 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

So, to celebrate the new year, Rosemary had a girl's night out with some fellow ComicGenesisers, past and present. Marie of Loud Era, Crystal of Living the Dream and Fuchsia of Alternate Delusions all probably enjoy a good party, while Cerintha of the eponymous strip at least enjoys free booze...

MoE 4108 19/01/2015 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

As previously threatened, this week I'm taking a semi-break, and you get some portraits of folks who might otherwise be confined to silouette status for the forseeable future, due to being deceased, or off in distant locations.

MoE 4109 20/01/2015 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 4110 21/01/2015 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Yes, it has been commented that Sylvester looks a great deal like his Uncle Dalton.

MoE 4111 22/01/2015 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Apart from the Weirdo having had certain limited interactions with Oliver, none of our major protagonists have ever even met either of these guys.

MoE 4112 23/01/2015 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Both Rosemary and Sylvester had other teachers, but these are ones who have previously been mentioned in the comic, however briefly. With a couple of them, this is the first time their name has been revealed.

MoE 4113 24/01/2015 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

And since it's Saturday, here are three Basement-dwellers of the last generation or two who each achieved a certain degree of fame in their respective fields of Exploration, Religion, and Healing. Groat and Loomboggle merely died, while Othar, in keeping with his whole persona, Mysteriously Disappeared.

MoE 4115 26/01/2015 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

I said a week, but you get two more days of portraits, then back to the action.. er.. plot. Here we have Rosemary's parents and grandparents. For the sake of simplicity, I've depicted them as they all appeared at about the same age.

MoE 4116 27/01/2015 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Technically, there is no one single person who actually runs things, but these two are the current public face of the "Mansionland" government, so we finish up with them. Back to The Story tomorrow. (As you no doubt guessed from her name, Fluer is from the nation of Bleufuscu.)

MoE 4404 11/11/2015 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Veteran's Day 2015.
And one of these four characters has previously appeared in the strip.

MoE theatre poster 10/12/2015 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

I received a request for a clearer view of one of the posters on the MoE's theaterwall (near the door to the Basement) so I put together an improved version as a voting reward.

MoE tree king 25/12/2015 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

$MoE 5099 09/10/2017 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

I'm sorry, but I really need to try and build up a buffer here, so you get some filler this week.

$MoE 5100 10/10/2017 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

$MoE 5101 11/10/2017 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

$MoE 5102 12/10/2017 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

$MoE 5103 13/10/2017 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

Technically, this one should be in a post-Crash color-scheme, but I'm going to leave it full-color.

MoE 5205 24/01/2018 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 5299 28/04/2018 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

A belated farewell to Patrick McManus. He was a writer of outdoor humor, and has always been one of my favorite authors. He influenced my sense of humor, and you'll find homages to his work scattered throughout the MoE. If you've never read any of his short stories, give some a try; I can personally testify that you don't have to be a hunter or fisherman to enjoy them. In his later years, he also wrote a string of mystery novels, but honestly I was not terribly impressed with those.

We've never seen Skritch the Gnoll before, but the Basement fishing grottoes were previously mentioned here.

MoE 5498 13/11/2018 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 5517 02/12/2018 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

No, the Nomes of the Known World are not Jewish. But in their long, tangled and rambling history of dealing with the Human majority, there are similarities and echoes. And Nomes suffer the additional handicap of looking nearly Human but genuinely being a different species. Yurpsland is relatively enlightened in regards to its Nomish population, but in other places, Nomes have had to light candles to fight the darkness.

Hanukkah 2018.

MoE 5539a 25/12/2018 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook and others

A handful of us scribblers still hang out on the ComicGen Forums, so we got together for more/last Winter Solstice Holiday Art Project. Happy Holidays and all that. Along with Yours Truly, this year's participants are:

Spaceprincess
Cope
Ti-Phil
Fading Aura

MoE 5589 14/02/2019 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook and others

This is my contribution to the "2019 BLIND DATE Valentine's Crossover Exchange," which was set up over on the Comic Fury user-forums; all the results are currently being posted over there as well. I volunteered Rosemary, and she was randomly assigned this gal as her date. Yes, I've given her name in the copyright info, but I'll still let her intro herself before expanding on that. Rosemary can tell she's not a demon, hence the Nome comment.

This whole encounter is canon as far as I am concerned, tho for all you purists out there, no, it's not literally happening "right now", as Rosemary is "currently" walking back to the Mansion from Eetown.

And I drew up this whole sequence long before that Fun Weekened I mentioned, so good timing all around.

[Note this must be in the future relative to the main-story-arc strips published at the time. It cannot be contemporary because Rosemary was still on the road from Eetown to the Mansion, and it cannot be in the past because she's wearing Audra's helmet.]

MoE 5590 15/02/2019 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook and others

Isambard Dobig has featured Ariane Eldar in more than one NSFW comic, though as near as I have been able to tell, her most prominent appearance has been in the ongoing Theater of the Bloody Tongue. And yes, in certain ways, she is even more adventurous than Rosemary. "Flokatihead" is how she disparagingly refers to blonde women.

MoE 5591 16/02/2019 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook and others

Rosemary and Ariane Eldar continue their blind date.

MoE 5592 17/02/2019 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook and others

And so departs Ariane Eldar. As noted, she is copyright Isambard Dobig. I did my best to capture her canon personality, but I drew up all this without any input by Mr. Dobig, so if I failed, my apologies to him and any Ariane fans out there.
If you want to see all the entries in the 2019 Blind Date crossover event, they've been posted here. In particular, Rosemary's second somewhat-less-canon but still amusing date (by Jeremy Johnson of Lectro) can be seen starting here.

MoE GatetoComicFury 19/05/2019 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook and others

MoE Gnoll diver 2019 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

MoE summertime 2019 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

MoE Beyond Bloom 31/10/2019 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

MoE 5870 24/11/2019 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook and others

The cartoonist Gahan Wilson helped make me what I am today, but hopefully folks can forgive him that. If you enjoy the Mansion of E, you'll probably enjoy his work as well.

MoE 5901 26/12/2019 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Some sucker gave Camora a whole piece of paper, and she's good at haggling. Happy Boxing Day 2019.

MoE 5902 27/12/2019 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

To finish out this week of.. Winter Solstice type stuff, here's my contribution to the ComicFury Forums 2019 Christmas Exchange. My assigned comic was Fantomah Rising, which details the/a origin for the eponymous heroine. And yes, Fantomah was originally a "real" heroine who got published in comics and everything. She is now in the public domain, and comes with such a wild array of powers, this passing encounter might even be MoE canon! Tomorrow, what I got in return..

MoE 5931 26/01/2020 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Mr. Jones was a member of the Monty Python troop, which had its influence on my sense of humor. He might be more remembered for his writing, but he had his moments in front of the camera as well. And Rosemary met the non-Motihaul before coming to the Mansion.

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MoE 5953 17/02/2020 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

Once again I signed up for the ComicFury Valentine's Day Blind Date Crossover event. Rosemary did it last year, which is what Mortimer is referring to. And again, this is canon, though it's not happening Right Now. Mortimer's date is Subject M, who appears in a bunch of overlapping comics by Mike Podgor.

MoE 5954 18/02/2020 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

MoE 5955 19/02/2020 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

MoE 5956 20/02/2020 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

MoE 5957 21/02/2020 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

And so finishes the ComicFury Blind Date Crossover for 2020. If you want to see the rest of the entries, they start here, with Mortimer's other date here. And Subject M's Die Hard travails are detailed starting here.

[Here the strip moved from comicgenesis.com to the-comic.org.]

MoE 6049 23/05/2020 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

This is a slightly-altered version of my contribution to the ComicFury Theatre Crossover 2020 event. Rosemary is up there performing with Seeker of BluRaven C. Houvener's comic The Year of Reflection, which is about that fellow's adventures heading an up-and-coming rock band. My 3-part return gift by Linguine of Jingo Beyond can be seen starting here.

MoE 6102 15/07/2020 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

I'm not much of a TV watcher anymore, but I enjoyed Mythbusters in the day, and was saddened to hear about Grant Imahara's sudden passing this week. You build some fine robots, Grant.

And yes, this scene is canon. It really is happening somewhere out there.

MoE 6121 03/08/2020 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

Mana appears courtesy Linguine of the ComicFury strip Jingo Beyond.

MoE 6122 04/08/2020 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

Again, Mana is visiting from the ComicFury strip Jingo Beyond.

MoE 6122a 05/08/2020 :: Guest art by Neilkapit

Camora not showing her stuff, in some guest art by Neilkapit of the ComicFury strip Minnie and Max, Monster Girl Detectives. This and the previous two strips were our contributions to the 2020 ComicFury Beach Party Crossover event. You can see the rest of the entries starting here.

MoE 6123 06/08/2020 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

And in the interest of equal time, here's one for the ladies!

MoE 6124 07/08/2020 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 6161 13/09/2020 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

The Avengers (Ms Rigg's iconic TV series) is definitely one of the influences that led to the creation of this comic. Hopefully she and Mr. MacNee are indeed sharing a drink again somewhere.

MoE 6168 20/09/2020 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

MoE 6175 27/09/2020 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Takapeny last appeared here.

[Yom Kippur 2020, with apple and shofar.]

MoE 6210 01/11/2020 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

My contribution to the ComicFury 2020 Halloween crossover event. My assigned comic is/was Playground, an adventure/espionage tale starring the embattled but dauntless toy company exec Bettina Timmy. And while it's an enjoyable read, it doesn't really fit with another "dimensional crossover" scene. (Tho I bet Ms. Timmy could do well with a Willy the Wendigo licensing deal..) So this one probably isn't entirely canon.

MoE 6263 26/12/2020 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

This is my contribution to the ComicFury 2020 Christmas Crossover event. My assigned comic is Angels of the Fallen by Jessica F. Tolley, about a group of young(ish) magic-users learning to control their powers while living in a world suffering ongoing demon attacks. Well done, give it a read! And Jenny is sorta boy-crazy in the same way that the ocean is kind of wet, so her friend/guardian Kayla is always dealing with the issue.

MoE 6276 09/01/2021 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Officer Sicknick died defending the U.S. Capitol Dome in January 2021.

MoE 6339 13/03/2021 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth is one of the finest novels ever written (for children or otherwise), and yes, was the inspiration for the name of that Earl of E you see up there.

MoE 6361 04/04/2021 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Happy Easter 2021

MoE 6439 21/06/2021 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

So.. to how many people out there does the name Herb Tarlek still mean anything?

MoE 6584a 25/12/2021 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

Before going on hiatus, I did sign up with the annual ComicFury Secret-Santa type crossover event for 2021. So here's what I produced, with my assigned comic being Minimal, a well-done sci-fi strip about a mismatched duo ending up traveling together on a spaceship. One of the two is the android Beatrice, pictured above. Minimal uses color in an interesting way, check it out. My gift was an impressive 3D-rendered epic created by -3- of the comic The Third Colony. You can read it starting here.

MoE 6584b 16/02/2022 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

Here's my contribution to the ComicFury Valentine's Day 2022 Blind Date Crossover Event. I was assigned the comic Cryptida by Microraptor, which depicts the ongoing adventures of a team of Crytozoologists. Amadeus the Chupacabra is the team mascot, and amusingly he ended up being used in Microraptor's comic for Tangentville, as seen here.

My gift has Rosemary going on a sadly typical date with Subject M of Lord Myk's Zorgnox's Depository of Earth Sundries.

MoE 6586a 08/11/2022 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

If you're an American citizen and haven't already done so, get out and vote today. For Democrats, because the Republicans have all gone insane and evil.

MoE 6588 16/11/2022 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Kevin Conroy was pretty definitive as the voice of animated Batman these last few decades. He will be missed.

MoE 6600a 17/12/2022 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Bob and the rest of the Sesame Street crew helped me learn how to read.

MoE 6602a 25/12/2022 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

I put out a call among ComicFury-ites for someone to do a Solstice Holiday art-swap with, and did said swap with Kyrtuck, creator of All Dark University, which is about a nerdy college student named Wesley who becomes the unwilling romantic focus of a collection of gals who all also happen to be things like a werewolf, ghost, sociopathic computer-genie or "just" an indestructible backwoods serial killer like Jesse up there. If you're a horror-movie fan, check it out. It is NSFW with violence and nudity.

MoE 6604 01/01/2023 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

I guess my resolution is to keep working on the strip.

MoE 6606 05/01/2023 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

George Booth was a long-time cartoonist contributor to The New Yorker magazine and my favorite such content-producer along with Gahan Wilson and Charles Addams. I consider this 1970 cartoon of his to be one of the funniest that the magazine has ever published. And yes, Mr. Booth also drew dogs a lot. A belated RIP to the last of the old-school masters.

MoE 6617a 02/02/2023 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

John Lotshaw was a fellow webcartoonist, being the creator of the strip Accidental Centaurs. We never had any personal interaction, but I enjoyed AC through its various iterations over the years, and I am sorry that it is no longer available online. (John was trying to get it rebooted before his sudden passing in November.)

MoE 6624 18/02/2023 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Raquel Welch was never a great actress, but boy, was she ever a Star. While it was 1,000,000 BC which made her famous, check out 1973's The Three Musketeers and its sequel The Four Musketeers. They are both actually quite good.

MoE 6624a 21/02/2023 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

And for a belated Valentine's Day, um, celebration, here is my contribution to the 2023 ComicFury Blind Date Exchange. My assigned comic was Thomas and Zachary, which details the adventures of Zachary up there and his brother after they accidentally acquire superpowers. Neither he nor Violet were thrilled about being recruited for this. My gift in return features Rosemary on a date.. of sorts.. with an odd Mansion visitor, and can be seen starting here.

MoE 6632 11/03/2023 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Topol's signature role as an actor was of course Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, but for me, he will always be Hans Zarkov.

MoE 6645 11/04/2023 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Happy belated Easter 2023

MoE 6649 20/04/2023 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Edward Koren was about the last of the surviving old-school New Yorker cartoonists who I suppose really had an influence on my own work. The Jibjibs and Fuzzes especially are a sort of cross between him and Dr. Seuss. If I had to pick a personal favorite of his strips, it would probably be this one, which was used as the title of one of his book collections.

MoE 6661 18/05/2023 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Ruth was my aunt, rather than a Famous Celebrity, though she earned a science-based PhD in an era when that was still rather unusual for women, and she made something of a name for herself in certain quarters testifying as an expert witness in environmental court-cases. (On the pro-environmentalist side of things.) She was never one of those sweet-n-cuddly aunts, and my attempts at humor with her often tended to bounce off, but I always admired her intellect and dedication. And she was a mother and a wife and a friend to many, and will be missed.

MoE 6693 01/08/2023 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Paul Reubens was something of a weird guy, but he did some very funny stuff. Go watch Peewee's Big Adventure!

MoE 6715 21/09/2023 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

I don't want to incur the wrath of Cap'n Hamster, so here's a belated celebration of Talk Like A Pirate Day for 2023.

MoE 6717 26/09/2023 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

Actor David McCallum will probably be most remembered for his work on the NCIS franchise and The Man From Uncle, but I will also remember his turn with Joanna Lumley on Sapphire and Steel, a very low-budget, enigmatic and scary show made in the UK back in the day. Check it out if you ever get a chance.

MoE 6732b 04/11/2023 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

In ComicFury art-exchange events, people are normally paired up by random selection, and with Halloween 2023, John Kay of Cosmos and I unknowingly got paired with each other. So any similarity in themes between his and my gifts are entirely coincidental. Spooky!

MoE 6743 30/11/2023 :: Supplementary art by Robert M Cook

$MoE 6752b 28/12/2023 :: Part Eight: New Days \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

My contribution to the 2023 ComicFury Christmas Art Exchange. My assigned victim was the zombie-apocolypse comic Loaf & Pals: Z Files by undeadloaf.

$MoE 6753 30/12/2023 :: Part Eight: New Days \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

Happy New Year 2024

$MoE 6756 06/01/2024 :: Part Eight: New Days \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

Glynis Johns was best known for her role of Mrs. Banks in Disney's Mary Poppins, but she also made her mark on Broadway with A Little Night Music and her song Send In The Clowns.

$MoE 6763 23/01/2024 :: Part Eight: New Days \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

Elaine was my cousin. She rollerbladed, played the saxophone, got a PhD, made quite a bit of money with her super-genius husband, and pretty much spent her life doing whatever the Zark she wanted and not giving a squat what other people thought. Sadly, she also lived on another continent, so I didn't get to see her as much as I'd have liked. Watch out Brush, here she comes...

$MoE 6777a 27/02/2024 :: Part Eight: New Days \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

This is my contribution to the 2024 ComicFury Blind Date Crossover-Exchange. My assigned comic was Unscripted, by Yhosby, which details the professional and romantic travails of some of the members of a successful Irish girl-group. Maebh there tends to keep a low profile, and so whether she actually likes guys or indeed anyone at all is officially unknown.

$MoE 6790a 02/04/2024 :: Part Eight: New Days \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

My contribution to the ComicFury 2024 Easter "Petting Zoo" Webcomic Exchange. My assigned comic was Big Epic Fantasy, created with gaming miniatures instead of drawings, and starring Asphodel there as a fearless scribe living in the D&Dish town of Halbstadt. Check it out!

$MoE 6803 04/05/2024 :: Part Eight: New Days \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

May the Fourth Be With You!

$MoE 6807 14/05/2024 :: Part Eight: New Days \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

He made a lot of fun movies and money, promoted a whole generation of cinema talent, and almost made it to 100. A person could do a lot worse with his life.

$MoE 6824 22/06/2024 :: Part Eight: New Days \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

Donald Sutherland was a very good actor, and he appeared in a lot of good movies. Go watch one of them if you haven't seen him.

$MoE 6828a 04/07/2024 :: Part Eight: New Days \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

This scene may not be 100% canon, so I gave the time-stamp the holiday off.

Happy July 4th, 2024.

$MoE 6836 23/07/2024 :: Part Eight: New Days \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

We lost three people recently who, in very different ways, made the world a better place by being in it. I think a sitcom where Bob is forced to be Richard's roommate really could have worked.

$MoE 6841a 06/08/2024 :: Part Eight: New Days \/\/ Supplementary art \/\/ by Robert M Cook$

My contribution to the 2024 ComicFury Beach Party crossover event. My assigned comic was Starbord (sic), about two doofus humans who board an alien ship and get flung into misadventures in a far-distant part of space. The gal there is someone they meet, and goes by various names including Mik'kaya. Check it out.
And no, this scene probably isn't canon, unless she actually comes from Barsoom or something.
My gift in return is by Vocab Comic and can be read starting here/a>. Sylvester and Mortimer and the Gnolls at the beach with.. some folks!

MoE guest and fan art by other artists

Today's guest comic appears courtesy of the 2003 webcomic "Secret Santa" project, and was drawn by Roland Lowery, creator of Role of the Die. Thanks to Roland for his wonderful work, and a Merry Christmas to one and all! (Even those of you reading this in July...)

[this scene was accepted as canon by Robert]

MoE 202 08/03/2004 :: Guest art by Tom Truszkowski

Today's fanart strip was generously contributed by Tom Truszkowski, creator of that fine comic Station V3. I think Tom sometimes spends more time promoting my comic than I do, so I owe him a double debt of gratitude. Thanks, Tom!

MoE 242 17/04/2004 :: Guest art by The Loser Hero

Today's wonderful guest art (actual art in the Mansion, what a concept!) was sent in as part of the "Keenpril Fools" strip-trading event, by "The Loser Hero", creator of the Comic Genesis strip Twice Destined. Check it out; more good art, and it features a female protaganist (or two..) who makes Rosemary look like a simpering pacifist.
My assigned strip was Susan S.'s Constant Flux, an enjoyable manga-type affair detailing the romantic travails (and dragon-slaying) of a group of characters, some of them "vitally challenged." Since you're reading this at some distant point in the future, my guest strip can be found here.

MoE nudists1 2004 :: Guest art by Stephen Crowley

[from Loxie & Zoot]

MoE nudists2 2004 :: Guest art by Stephen Crowley

[from Loxie & Zoot]

MoE Comshaws coffee1 2004 :: Guest art by Phact0rri

[from Decypher – Comshaw visits the Grind Café]

MoE Comshaws coffee2 2004 :: Guest art by Phact0rri

[from Decypher – Comshaw visits the Grind Café]

MoE swords1 2004 :: Guest art by MIchael Brockway

[from Swords Are Cool]

MoE swords2 2004 :: Guest art by MIchael Brockway

[from Swords Are Cool]

MoE 378 31/08/2004 :: Guest art by NJ Huff

For those of you out there who are going into Rosemary withdrawl, here's some spiffy guest art from NJ Huff of Emergency Exit. It's ultra-cool, and thanks muchly to NJH, but remember, if Rosemary ever shows up smiling like this, run away. Very fast. (And I am planning to get back to Rosemary and Sylvester's storyline shortly.)

Some nifty fanart today by Sij, author of Netrek, which is a "two-tiered" Keenspace comic about both a young werewolf cartoonist and his creations' travels through cyberspace. Thanks Sij! (or Luprand, or Simon... he's a man of many aliases..)

MoE 443 04/11/2004 :: Guest art by ymmot

Some fine guest art from "ymmot", creator of the Keenspace comic Bob, which is a light-hearted romp depicting the titular protaganist's bloody gunbattles, all fought in a blistered post-apocalyptic wasteland. I imagine you think I'm being sarcastic at some point in the above description, but actually, I'd say that it is a quite fair description of the strip. Either way, it's a great comic, so check it out!

MoE 461 22/11/2004 :: Guest art by The Loser Hero

Another great Rosemary sketch by a guest artist. This is a return engagement by the The Loser Hero, who does the fine Keenspace strip Twice Destined. His previous MoE art, part of the 2004 Keenpril Fools event, can be seen here. Now I owe him double. At least go visit his strip and boost the man's hit totals!

MoE 476 07/12/2004 :: Guest art by Roland Lowery

Today's fan sketch was generously supplied by Roland Lowery, creator of Role of the Die, a fine Keenspace comic about a group of RPG enthusiasts. You may remember his guest strip from last December, which was part of the 2003 "Secret Santa" swap. Thanks to Roland for both of his great contributions! (He posted this latest one on the MoE Forum before I put it up here, so you 10 or so people who looked at it got an exclusive advanced showing.)

MoE 477 08/12/2004 :: Guest art by Arthur Levesque and McDuffies

One extra day of fan-art, giving me a chance to recharge my batteries. First up, we have New and Improved versions of "South Park" Rosemary and Sylvester. It was done by Arthur Levesque, who doesn't produce a webcomic, but still turns out some fine graphical work. The South Park character generator he and I used is here.

Secondly, we have a nice sketch of Comshaw by one of the Grand Old Men of Keenspace, McDuffies. If you think my comic's archive is overwhelming...

And lastly, I didn't totally slack off, but followed one of the links on Arthur's page and discovered the wonderful world of Micro Heroes. I used the collected goodies at Wicket Harley's place to make superhero(ish) versions of Rosemary, Sylvester and Mortimer. Thanks to WH, and if you want more info and examples, check out this Yahoo Group.

MoE date 2005 :: Guest art by Jason Siebels

MoE 501 01/01/2005 :: Guest art by Will Ritter

For those in the audience going into Rosemary-withdrawal, another spiffy fan portrait. (Oh yeah.. ol' Whatisface is cowering up there, too, isn't he?) This one is from Will Ritter, the creator of the fine Keenspace strip Thatguy, which is about the titular hero, his comic-obsessed girlfriend, a proudly-undead Egpytian Pharoah and a perhaps overly-enthusiastic female inventor, among others. Check it out, and thanks Will!

MoE 512 12/01/2005 :: Guest art by Orion Gates

Over on the Keenspace Forums, some folks arranged an Event where various Keenspace cartoonists got together and had their characters attend a sort of prom/formal dance together. Orion Gates (artist of Beyond Reality) and I paired off, and drew a couple of pics showing Rosemary going with BR's Orion Gates (yes, same name as his creator, not quite the same person) and Sylvester with Orion's sister Laura. Today you can see my side of the date, and tomorrow I'll post his. Theoretically, there will someday be a cental site where you can see all the various pairings, but the link to it hasn't been posted yet.

MoE 525 25/01/2005 :: Guest art by Carissa Neuharth

Another fine Rosemary portrait by a guest artist. This time it's Carissa Neuharth, creator of the webcomic AlexBezZoe, which is a fun romp about the three titular roommates and the somewhat-askew world in which they cheerfully inhabit. If you pay them a visit, watch out for the turkeys, and pass on the mind-controlling smoothies, however tasty they may be. (Thanks also to Ms. Neuharth for all the guest visits from her site; she's either got a lot of fans, or they are all compulsive link-clickers.)

MoE 543 12/02/2005 :: Guest art by ymmot

Ymmot of Keenspace's BoB returns with some more guest art; he evidently felt that he rushed too quickly with his first piece. Whatever the reason for his return, I welcome him back, and again, assuming you possess post-apocolyptic nerves of steel, I recommend his comic strip in return.

MoE 698 20/07/2005 :: Guest art by WM Sonnenburg

Today, a nifty birthday-themed guest strip by W. M. Sonnenburg, a relative newcomer to the Keenspace family with her fantasy webcomic A Hole In The Sky. Check it out; so far, it's a world which I think fans of the MoE will enjoy visiting. (Strange and odd characters, lots of unanswered questions, extremely unhelpful talking trees...) Thanks to W.M. for the art and the link!
And yes, as it happens, Rosemary really was living with Aunt Eva when she was two.

[this scene was accepted as canon by Robert]

MoE 733 24/08/2005 :: Guest art by Eunice P.

Some guest art by Eunice P., creator of the Comic Genesis strip I Come From Mars, a weekly Manga-type comic about.. this rather trigger-happy fellow who comes to Earth from Mars. Eunice, a fellow ComicGen Forum-goer, offered to draw characters for other ComicGen folks because she quite naturally wants to attract more visitors to her strip, I Come From Mars. I'm the one who chose Great-Uncle Frederick as a subject, because I figured he'd never get a guest picture otherwise, and that's just not right. So, anyway, thanks for the good (and extremely fast) work by Eunice P., creator of I Come From Mars!

MoE 800 31/10/2005 :: Guest art by Tim Volpe

In honor of Halloween, and 800 strips, I did an costume-type art swap with Tim Volpe, creator of one of my favorite Comicgen strips Alternate Delusions. It's about these two (generally) well-meaning slackers who literally stumble across a multi-dimensional gateway, and proceed to wander cheerfully about, meeting a variety of interesting folks and having various.. adventures.. Hm. No wonder I like it. But even apart from that, anyone who does an extended homage/parody of M.U.L.E. is A-OK in my book, so go check it out! And thanks again to Tim for the great drawing!

MoE 855 25/12/2005 :: Guest art by Ian Jay

Today's spiffy holiday guest-art comes thanks to my assigned webcomic Secret Santa, Ian Jay. Ian is the creator of the great webcomic Try Everything Once, which details the ongoing travails of the Flaming Croutons, a three-member rock band which wanders around the galaxy having various adventures, whether they want to or not. I particularly enjoyed the band's visit to the Planet of the Aliens, which features inhabitants who might almost be Mansion escapees. So go check it out! Do it now! And thanks again to Ian for the great artwork!

MoE 865 04/01/2006 :: Guest art by Tom Truszkowski

Some fan-art from Tom Truszkowski, creator of the always-excellent webcomic Station V3. The fellow in the box is Linton, a character from Tom's strip. If you're wondering what he's like, apart from being the sort of person who'd get dumped out of a ship in a box.. the fact that he brought along a float ring makes him suspiciously over-prepared for his new assignment. Thanks to Tom for the art-work; the rest of you, go read his strip! Do it now!

MoE 910 19/02/2006 :: Guest art by Vorticus

Some Rosemary fanart by Vorticus, who is half of the production team for the amusing ComicGen strip Playing With Knives, which, depending on your point of view, details the production of either the very worst or very best cooking show in the entire history of creation.

MoE 1000b 22/05/2006 :: Guest art by Roman Wunderlich

Today's fine guest art is by Roman Wunderlich, who is the creator of The B-Movie Comic, an extremely well-drawn strip which details the events surrounding a string of strange and grisly murders/brainsuckings at a university which was already not exactly a paragon of enlightened higher learning. He did a good job here, but Comshaw and Ig can only wish they were this buff...

MoE 1000c 23/05/2006 :: Guest art by Kat Lowry

A keen group portrait of The Gang by Kat Lowry, creator of Distant Eras, which is about.. well, it's a little early to say yet, since the strip just started, but it appears it's going to be about a brother and sister from an era of magic being sent forward to the (or a) modern world by an evil spellcaster. Mrs. Lowery also contributes art to the excellent RPG saga Role of the Die, which is scripted by her better half Roland AKA Jim, and is a strip I've always enjoyed.

MoE 1000d 24/05/2006 :: Guest art by N.J. Huff and Orion Gates

A possible explanation for the Mysterious Device which appeared here. Probably better than what I have in mind. As noted, it's a joint effort by N.J. Huff of Emergency Exit and Orion Gates of Beyond Reality. Both strips are about groups of oddballs (along with token Normal People) who have adventures in alternate realities, which is maybe why I like them both. The two strips recently finished a lengthy crossover adventure which was quite impressively done. Go see what all the fuss is about!

MoE 1000e 25/05/2006 :: Guest art by D.M. Jeftinija

A portrait of The Three Humans, done by Lego wizard extraordinare D. M. Jeftinija of Legostar Galactica. Yes, he really does his strip entirely with Legos. A parody of various scifi franchises, it's another of my favorite webcomics, so go check it out!

MoE 1000f 26/05/2006 :: Guest art by Tom Truszkowski

Yet another fine guest strip from Tom Truszkowski of Station V3. As I believe I alway note, he's done more for The Mansion of E than I have, and I can't thank him enough. Still, thanks, Tom! (Nitid the painter made his first and so far only appearance here.)

MoE 1000g 27/05/2006 :: Guest art by G.L. Gillen

And (possibly) rounding out the week, a spiffy pic of some of my Gnolls, as depicted by G. L. Gillen of Squid Ninja, which is a webcomic about the ongoing adventures of this surly ninja who can, you guessed it, turn into a squid. G. L. has set up an interesting world with lots of unanswered questions (an artist after my own heart!) and I've been enjoying the strip for several months now. Go check it out!

MoE 1209a 25/12/2006 :: Guest art by Andrey Pissantchev

Ever year, more or less, the brave-but-foolhardy creator of the webcomic Tao of Geek organizes a "Secret Santa" webcomic art-swap. The person inflicted with my strip this year was Andrey Pissantchev, who draws a fun Comic Genesis strip called Annihilicious, which starts out seeming to be a random gag-of-the-day strip, but quickly morphs into something far more interesting. I particularly like the various visits to Hell, where you learn in graphic detail why the place has the reputation it has. Anyhoo. Check it out, and thanks to Andrey for the nifty art-work featured above! (You really have to admire Santa's dedication, as technically Christmas isn't even celebrated in the Mansionverse!) If you want to see what I did for my assignment, check out the Drunk Duck-based Mikyagu, which details the ongoing misfortures of a very unique group of apartment-mates. I tried to inject a short moment of happiness with my picture. (The Head of a Stick is green cuz he's a zombie.)

MoE 1215a 01/01/2007 :: Guest art by JessicaRaven

I joined another "Secret Santa" art-swap over on the Comic Genesis forums, and got this spiffy portrait of Our Heroes, done by JessicaRaven, one of the creators of the strip Triquetra Cats, which details the adventures of three super-powered sisters and their fight against an evil organization of vampires. (Please note that the strip CONTAINS ADULT THEMES.) Thanx to JR, and I hope she doesn't mind too much that I increased the "light" in the image a bit before I posted it here.. As for my own assignment, I did a drawing for Tynan's strip My Underworld, but to date it hasn't been posted, and I suspect it never will.

MoE 1506a 21/10/2007 :: Guest art by Rowland aka Jim

Some spiffy guest-art from the Forum, done by Rowland aka Jim, who also does the CG-based strips Role of the Die and/or G For Genesis. Check 'em out, and toss him some $ if you've got any to spare.

MoE 1570a 25/12/2007 :: Guest art by Cope

Along with some other ComicGen artists I participated in a Secret Santa art-swap for Christmas 2007. The above sketch of Mortimer is my gift from the creator of A Webcomic Called Atavism, so many thanks to Cope. My assigned comic was NJ Huff's Emergency Exit, and can be seen here.

MoE 1574a 30/12/2007 :: Guest art by RH Junior

One of the many works of the extremely prolific webcartoonist RHJunior is "Tales of the Questor", a strip about a young and heroic Rac Cona Daimh (ie anthropomorphic racoon) making his way in the perilous magical world of Aerith. TofQ is one of my favorite webstrips these days, so RHJ and I did an art-swap. His take on the SubShafters appears above. The "real" ones will return next year.

MoE 1587a 13/01/2008 :: Guest art by Cope

My 2007 Secret Santa, Cope of A Webcomic Called Atavism, sent along a second nifty sketch, this one of Rosemary battling a Dornbeast using more traditional weapons than during her first encounter with one of the critters. Thanks again to Cope, and I urge everyone to go check out the inhabitants of Callous City. Just don't get too close..

MoE 1670a 06/04/2008 :: Guest art by Jon Day

Over on the Comic Genesis forums, Jon Day (AKA Parables) put out a call for robots to use as background characters in his new 3D computer-generated strip Esthar Gate. I volunteered Hector, and Parables created the above scene. Pretty cool. The luckless robot to whom Hector is venting is Metabot, from VinnieD's AntiBunny.

MoE 1676a 13/04/2008 :: Guest art by Jon Day

One more piece of robot-themed guest art from Jon Day of Esthar Gate, featuring Shopbot, and Nunsuch. The art is cool and I again thank Mr. Day, but be aware he created this using what is seen of the characters in the strip, not from a description by me. So don't take anything you see above as canon, particularly in the case of Nunsuch.
Back to the SubShaft 44f guys next week.

MoE 1876a 31/10/2008 :: Guest art by G. L. Gillen

Happy Halloween! This year, I did a costume-swap with G. L. Gillen, creator of the fine Comics Genesis webcomic Squid Ninja, which features, yes, a ninja who can turn into a squid. Among many other things, there's also a vagabond Irishman with a large demon problem, a young woman who fights both monsters and hallucinations, a suspiciously helpful nose, and a talking koi who lives in the ninja's toilet. In short, highly enjoyable weirdness and lots of unanswered questions. Which means if you enjoy the MoE, you'll probably enjoy SN as well. Check it out, and thanks again to G. L. for the cool art! (Oh.. and in my drawing for SN, Rosemary shows some skin, which is evidently important to some folks.)

MoE 1930a 25/12/2008 :: Guest art by Marko Fithian

Merry Christmas, 2008. The folks over at [i]nsignificant comics had an open Secret Santa art-exchange, so I signed up. I got this spiffy piece which might almost be a sequal to some of the art I received in 2006. This one's from Marko Fithian, who draws the webcomic Roomies. Said roomies's dwelling isn't quite as large at the MoE, but otherwise they would probably fit right in, so go check out their ongoing alien/zombie/robot/pyromaniac adventures! My assignment in turn was the German superhero photocomic Union of Heroes/Union der Helden.

MoE 1932a 28/12/2008 :: Guest art by Tim Volpe

Aaannd Santa's downward spiral continues, in my other piece of spiffy 2008 Secret Santa gift-art. This one was done by my fellow ComicGenite Tim Volpe of Alternate Delusions; if those names seem familiar, he and I did a Halloween costume-swap here and here back in 2005. I'm sorry that Tim didn't get a chance to work with someone new, but he's always welcome back here!

MoE 2293a 25/12/2009 :: Guest art by Rob Lopez

Merry Christmas, even if it's July when you're reading this. The above excellent piece of guest art is what I received for the 2009 Comic Genesis Secret Santa art-swap. It was done by Rob Lopez, who has a newish but intriguing sci-fi/religious strip up and going called Forsaken Stars. Go check it out! And showing that Rob really went the extra mile with this, some of what is referenced has only to date been discussed over on the MoE forum and not in-strip. Thanks again, Rob, and I will only add that Rosemary serving you bacon and eggs presents you with a serious dilemna: is it more dangerous to eat them, or to make her angry by refusing to eat them?

My luckless Secret Santa victim was Chuck Gonzalez and his fine strip Some People's Children, which is a slice-of-life about Chuck himself and his friends, and their day-to-day problems with pesky ninjas and angry bears. Check it out!

MoE 2293b 26/12/2009 :: Guest art by Melissa Stone

And here's my other Secret Santa web-comic present, a sketch by Melissa Stone aka Purenightshade, creator of the fantasy strip Children of the Tiger. Thanks to Melissa, and to Sheryl Schopfer, who organized the whole Web Comic Secret Santa Exchange. My assigned victim, as it happened, was a guy you may have heard of somewhere before: Rob Lopez, creator of Forsaken Stars.

You get some more holiday filler for a few days; 100% regular MoE strips will resume Wednesday. Probably. If you've been good little boys and girls.

MoE 2294a 28/12/2009 :: Guest art by Rob Lopez

A "stocking stuffer" from Rob Lopez of Forsaken Stars.

MoE 2294b 29/12/2009 :: Guest art by Rob Lopez

Annd.. one last piece (for now..) from Rob of Forsaken Stars. He was busy this year! Back to the Great Chasm tomorrow.

MoE 2409a 24/04/2010 :: Guest art by Rob Lopez

Today you get more spiffy guest art/character portraits. Tomorrow too, although I didn't totally slack off this weekend, and you will also get something (albiet non-subShaftish) from me. Above is the last of the Secret Santa sketches I got from Rob Lopez of the ComicGenesis strip Forsaken Stars. Thanks once again to Rob for all his work!

MoE 2409b1 25/04/2010 :: Guest art by whitehound

And here's the second half of the MoE portrait weekend. The top drawing is by Claire, AKA Whitehound, who as noted has her own website here; this is her vision of a more realistic (less cartoony} Gnoll and Gobule. Thanks to her for the drawing and the discussion. In a similar spirit, below [above] is my attempt at showing what the three main Human characters "actually" look like. Even now, I've never really been able to draw Rosemary how I see her in my mind, and this is no exception; it's close, but she turned out a little too pretty...

MoE 2429a 16/05/2010 :: Guest art by Tom Truszkowski

Yet another cool guest-strip from Tom T. of Station V3, which was his way of reminding me that I hadn't done anything for his anniversary this year. So I cranked something out.

MoE 2597a 01/11/2010 :: Guest art by CGer SergeXIII

Gonna stretch out Halloween for a few more days here. I organized a costume swap over on the ComicGenesis forums, and above is Part One of my resulting gift from CGer SergeXIII, who is the creator of several intertwined strips; these folks are from Red City; we don't know too much about any of them yet, as the plot's still in the early going, but it looks interesting so far. Tune in tomorrow for Part Two, and then on Wednesday.. something more.

MoE 2597b 02/11/2010 :: Guest art by CGer SergeXIII

And here is Part Two of my Halloween gift from SergeXIII of the ComicGenesis strip Red City.Thanks again to Serge for the great work, and promoting Rosemary as a costume choice. Now go vote, if you haven't done so already. Tomorrow, something else, and then back to the plot.

MoE 2655a 03/01/2011 :: Guest art by Dragonkingdoms

And here's my ComicGenesis Secret Santa gift; it came at the last minute, so it had to wait to be posted until after the holidays. But, cool, it's here, and thanks to Dragonkingdoms of Dawn of a New Era!

MoE 2668a 17/01/2011 :: Guest art by Michael Dellheim

And so officially ends the 2010 holiday season, with my unavoidably-delayed Secret Santa guest comic from Michael Dellheim of Prepare To Die, which is a fun CGIish comic about three young folks who are mysteriously sucked into a real(?) life version of the Dungeons & Dragons Wizards & Warriors role-playing campaign one of them created. Thanks to Michael, and to Sheryl Schopfer for setting the whole thing up!

MoE 2848a 17/07/2011 :: Guest art by Tom Truszkowski

Thanks as always to Tom T. of Station V3 for the spiffy guest art, and congrats back to him for his own recent anniversary; we got into this idiotic business at almost the same time, and are both still plugging away at it. (Any early-birds over at the WCN, yes, you briefly saw something different...)

$MoE 2953a 31/10/2011 :: Guest art by Rob O\'Brien akaScooby$

Once again this year, I participated in a Comic Genesis Halloween-Costume art-swap. My assigned partner was Rob O'Brien, who is currently working on at least three different projects: Sh!T Happens (sic), Flying Tigers and Maelstrom Heart Saga. I chose to use SH for my guest art; it's about the lives and loves of a team of teen(ish) post-apocalyptic(ish) hoverboard enthusiasts. The folks above, however, are from Flying Tigers, which follows the exploits of the eponymous high school martial-arts team. Confusing enough? Ah well, thanks to Rob for his keen artwork!

MoE 3007a 25/12/2011 :: Guest art by William Chrapcynski

For Christmas this year, I once again joined up with the Web Comic Secret Santa Exchange. Above is the present I got from my Santa, William Chrapcynski, creator of the CGI comic Binary Souls/Other Dimensions.

BS/OD concerns a group of.. I hesitate to call any of them "heroes", really, but there are definitely villains running around.. who attempt to escape from (or at least control) the multi-layered artifical game-realm they mysteriously find themselves trapped in. I'm probably getting this all wrong, but it's interesting and weird, and if you enjoy the MoE, you might enjoy BS/OD as well. Check it out, and thanks again to William!

And there is in fact a sort-of baseball-like game that Humans in the Mansionverse play, but it hasn't yet reached the Basement. Perhaps this is a glimpse of the future..

MoE 3013a 01/01/2012 :: Guest art by VinnieD

As usual, this year I also signed up with the Comic Genesis Secret Santa art-swap, and got the above from Vinnie D., creator of AntiBunny, which is about the trials and tribulations of a persecuted subculture of humanoid rabbits trying to survive in a human-dominated city. Rather grim, but well-done. Thanks to Vinnie for the artwork, although after what Santa's gone through on his previous visits to the Mansion, our heroes may have a long cold wait ahead of them..

Yes, I would have posted this on Christmas and the other one today, but that was the order I got them. Ah well.

Happy New Year.

MoE 3316a 31/10/2012 :: Guest art by Michelle Mau

And here's the now-traditional Halloween Webcomic Costume Swap for 2012. I paired up with my fellow ComicGenesis user Michelle Mau/CG Forum goer VeryCuddlyCornpone and her comic Loud Era, which is a comic detailing a year(ish) in the life of a cross-section of American high school students (that's a bunch of them up above), with the twist that it's set in 1917. A very different time and place than the MoE, but well worth checking out so go give it a read. Thanks again to VCC for the keen art! (And yes, apart from their taste in headwear, Rosemary and LE's Cecilia Wolfram could almost pass as doubles. Just another of those Wacky Coincidences.)

MoE 3370a 25/12/2012 :: Guest art by Stretch Longfellow

Merry Christmas 2012, and thanks to my Secret Santa, Stretch Longfellow of Spoofy Randomness, a fun comic about would-be Santa Percy and his fellow students attending Edona College, which features among other things secret rooftop dorm-extensions and stranded aliens disguised as.. well, you'll have to go read it! My assigned victim was C. Glen Williams of Frighteningly Pretenious Komix, which started out as a witty assembler of vintage clipart, and has, for the holidays at least, shifted to all-original content. You can see my contribution on his fan-art page.

MoE 3451a 17/03/2013 :: Guest art by Cope of Corintha and Atavism

Back around Valentine's Day, I joined a holiday art-swap on the ComicGenesis forums. Unfortunately, whoever was assigned the MoE flaked out on me, and so forum-goer Cope of Cerintha and/or Atavism was nice enough to step into the breach with this Rosemary sketch. Nothing to do with Saints Valentine or Patrick (unless one of them drove out the Dornbeasts), but cool nonetheless! Thanks again to Cope.

As for my half of the swap, I was assigned Critters Online an old-school slice-of-life comic by Paul R. Zook populated with various, well, critters. The swap-guidelines suggested I draw one of my characters putting on his best romantic moves, and you can see my effort here. (He really made an effort, even putting on clothes!)

MoE 3573a 19/07/2013 :: Guest art by whitehound

And here's a nice portrait of Our Heroes by Whitehound, who also maintains the alternate MoE archive/info-center.

$MoE 3683a 07/11/2013 :: Guest art by Rob O\'Brien akaScooby$

A belated return to Halloween for a couple of days, with the annual Comic Genesis forum costume-swap (we were all a little slow getting stuff posted...) First up, here are Snow, Wind and Aiyce from akaScooby's comic book Maelstrom Heart, which details the adventures of a punk-rock band on a interplanetary concert tour. akaScooby and I swapped strips last year as well.

MoE 3683b 08/11/2013 :: Guest art by IVstudios

Another Comic Genesis forum costume-swap, this one from IVstudios who did an all-in-one type deal with his characters from Inhumation taking a much-needed break from their literal trudge through Purgetory. Along with Rosemary, they are portraying folks from an as yet untitled comic by "akaScooby" and MitchellBravo's "Loud Era".

MoE 3683c 09/11/2013 :: Guest art by MitchellBravo

And finally for Halloween 2013, Eddie, Tony and Frank from MitchellBravo's Loud Era, which is a enjoyable comic set in the 1920s, detailing the somewhat dysfuntional relationships of a group of youths as they prepare to leave high school and enter the Real World. Thanks again to all three artists for doing this year's swap!

MoE 3727a 25/12/2013 :: Guest art by Vas Littlecrow Wojtanowicz

Merry Christmas 2013. I signed up for the usual Secret Santa art swap, and got this spiffy pic of a very angry Frederick from the creator of Charles & Viktor, which details the violent planet-hopping adventures of the titular duo. (SKREE! GRAR!). My assigned comic was Rasputin Barxotka, an ongoing NSFW drama about the rather tortured lives of several Russian gangsters and/or Roma. It also features a little sci-fi content, which is what I featured in my guest art.

MoE 3732b 01/01/2014 :: Guest art by Peripheral Descent

One more scene from the Comic Genesis New Year's party, by Peripheral Descent of Breath of Life.

MoE 3737a 07/01/2014 :: Guest art by akascooby

Mortimer unsurprisingly makes another appearance at a Comic Genesis New Year's party, this one by akascooby, who always has two or three different comics going. (These pics are getting posted as people finish them..)

MoE 3747a 18/01/2014 :: Guest art by djracodex

Another excellent scene from the still-ongoing ComicGenesis New Year's Party, this time by djracodex, creator of Masadjra, which (mostly) follows the lives of a couple of young women in an Aztec-ish fantasy society. One of them is Meli, pictured above, along with Mortimer and Ig the Saur and various and diverse characters from Flying Tigers, Breath of Life, Loud Era and Freakboy.

MoE 3753a 25/01/2014 :: Guest art by VeryCuddlyCornpone

This week's impressive and labor-intensive scene(s) from the ComicGenesis New Year's Part(ies) are by VeryCuddlyCornpone, creator of Loud Era, who has contributed guest art here on more than one occasion. I'll just let VCC describe the action:

"Sssooo modern-day college type house party I took a few liberties. Rosemary and Mortimer from The Mansion of E and Cecilia and Cal from my comic...
Rosemary didn't strike me as much of a drinker, so Cecilia is pouring her a cup of imported Serbian lemon-lime soda, "Fizzle McDuffies." Mortimer is helping Cal prepare some finger foods, and she is quite pleased with how well he rolled the mini hot dogs."
"Sylvester from The Mansion of E, Nolan and Cara from Flying Tigers, and Aggie from my comic. Aggie hopped out onto the roof for a smoke, talking to Sylvester about his Mansion and his earl-ness and all that- she thinks he might be a little high, but he's friendly and interesting to talk to, so who is she to judge? It's a pretty cold New Year's Eve for a pair of Aussies, so Nolan and Cara are cuddled up tight waiting for Aggie and Sylvester to leave. Everybody left the window wide open, letting the heat out like they were raised in a barn."

VCC also did a couple more scenes which don't depict any MoEites, but instead include folks from Breath of Life, and Freakboy. For the moment at least, you can see them here.

MoE 3941a 02/08/2014 :: Guest art by eman

After yesterday's "official" view of the Mansion, here's a spiffy CGI version created by reader eman; he wants to emphasize that it's a work in progress, but I think I turned out pretty well, so thanks again to him for sharing it. It inspired me to finally get some air-dry modelling clay and bash out a crude physical model of the Mansion's various buildings; I used it for the first time with yesterday's strip, and it really does help to see how the structures can and do fit together in 3D space. And since there were questions.. what you can see here in the shadow of the Main Tower are the Temple of the Brush, the Barrackstack, the Gatestone, the Party Palace, and, just visible, the Ivory Tower and the Factor E. And yesterday you could also see the Boathouse.

MoE 4085a 25/12/2014 :: Guest art by Aero Zero

As I do every year, I participated in the Web Comic Secret Santa Exchange. The snazzy gift above came from Aero Zero, who does the fantasy comic Kyria. Nice to see Santa get a year off from trying to deliver to the Mansion.

My assigned recipient was Run Lil Jared, which follows the unwilling adventures of the eponymous young lad who gets shanghaied away from his professional-penguin school and taken to a monster-training academy on a cloud. It's all almost as weird as the MoE, so you all just might enjoy it! You can see my gift here.

MoE 4094a 05/01/2015 :: Guest art by Cope

Cope, creator of Cerintha did a couple of Comic Genesis crossover pics, so I combined them here. First we have Rosemary and some other CG gals taking a trip back/ahead to summer (where it appears that Rosemary is far from immune from Cerintha's ability to annoy every last person she crosses paths with), and then there's Sylvester attending a less-than-successful New Year's Eve party. Thanks again to Cope for doing them!

MoE 4449a 27/12/2015 :: Guest art by Maryanne Rose Papke

A couple of days late, but here is Hopobefever enthusiastically getting in the spirit of the holidays. It's my fine present from the 2015 Web Comic Secret Santa Exchange, by Maryanne Rose Papke, creator of the comic Xylobone Tomes, which details a quest undertaken by a rather affable wizard-lich and his cute little plant-girl apprentice, through a magical world that appears to be suffering through a slow-rolling series of near-apocalypses. If you're a fan of the MoE, you might enjoy it.

My assigned strip was Doodling Around a Spanish/English comic by the Colombian artists Gual and Chano, which depicts the on-going adventures a pair of fourteen year old twin girls and their friends as they work on creating their own comic book. Of course, being fourteen years old, they tend to spend a lot more time goofing off at the beach and a comics convention and such than actually working. Maybe not much overlap theme-wise with my stuff, but very well drawn.

MoE 4812a 25/12/2016 :: Guest art by Spooktacularprize

As I do every year, I took part in the 2016 Web Comic Secret Santa Exchange. Above is my gift from Spooktacularprize, creator of Between Hay and Grass, a relatively new comic about the adventures which ensue when a young girl and her father go to visit her grandfather's run-down beach resort. My assigned victim was Sam Orchard's Rooster Tails, an autobiographical/informational strip by and about a female-to-male trans person living in New Zealand. Both fine strips, and with Sam's you might even learn a few things! Go check them out!

MoE 4818a 01/01/2017 :: Guest art by Cope

As one of the last two or three people who still occasionally visit the official ComicGenesis Forums, I arranged a New Year's art-swap with fellow forumite Cope, creator of Cerintha. Thanks to him for this pic of Rosemary "celebrating." My version of his characters can be seen here.

MoE 5194a 13/01/2018 :: Guest art by Rolf Gerdau and Rhys

I participated in a very belated Secret Santa art-swap over on the ComicGenesis forums, and so traded art with Forces of Good and Evil, which is a fun romp about the various and diverse students at two competing schools, one for heroes and one for supervillains. Check it out!

MoE 5578a 03/02/2019 :: Guest art by MK Wizard

Over on the Comic Fury Forums, MK Wizard, creator of the webcomic The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde offered to draw up a selected character as a kakapo. And I figured what the heck, stranger things have happened in my own little universe. So here you go, and thanks to MK.

Mansionverse magic can NOT change people into large flightless parrots, but perhaps this is the Rosemary of a couple of universes over where Humans didn't become the dominant local lifeform.

MoE 5842a 26/10/2019 :: Guest art by Zero Hour

Over on the Comic Fury forums, Zero Hour of The Adventures of Sir Power offered to draw guest art for folks if given a character and a theme, so I offered up my cast page and suggested something scary for Halloween. And sure enough, the thought of Rosemary getting married to someone is pretty terrifying! Thanks to ZH, and check out AoSP, which is fun romp about a.. ahem.. heroic knight who kills a lot of stuff! Especially doors!

MoE 5847a 01/11/2019 :: Guest art by MK Wizard

Over on the ComicFury Forums, I joined in on the 2019 Halloween Crossover Exchange; the above gift is from MK_Wizard of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/a, a re-telling of the classic tale where the two personalities find themselves coming to an agreement about the sharing of their existence. Thanks to MK. My gift was to the comic Beyond Bloom, about two flowers who find themselves in female human(ish) bodies and their dealing with that new reality. Both comics are worth a read, check them out!

MoE 5900a 25/12/2019 :: Guest art by the ComicGenesis gang

Amazingly,there's still a few of us hanging around the ComicGenesis forums. Here's The Gang for 2019. SpacePrincess put it together. There's also Cortland, Cope, Sharpclaw, Ti-Phil and Ideal Comics

MoE 5902a 28/12/2019 :: Guest art by Shastab24

This was my gift from the ComicFury Forums 2019 Christmas Exchange, with Rosemary teaming up with Mrs. Claus and the superheroine "Multiblades", who is the creation of the artist Shastab24, and appears in Almighty Protectors. It says something about Rosemary's life that this is only like the 3rd or 4th strangest day she's ever had. Probably not MoE canon, but with Panegates being what they are, you can't 100% rule it out.

MoE 6123 06/08/2020 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

And in the interest of equal time, here's one for the ladies!

MoE 6124 07/08/2020 :: Guest art by Robert M Cook

MoE 6210a 02/11/2020 :: Guest art by Tom Comics

And finally ending the ComicFury Halloween 2020 Crossover Exchange with my gift from Tom Comics of Huckleberry, which amusingly details the adventures of the eponymous novice superhero. (Much more likely to be involved in cross-dimensional shenanigans!) Thanks to TC, and to answer the Banana Ant\'s question, yes, the Mansion has a Banana Room, but it is in fact shaped like a banana rather than storing any bananas. It\'s possible there\'s a banana plant in Padma\'s Conservatory.

MoE 6262a 25/12/2020 :: Guest art by the ComicGenesis gang

There are still a few of us hanging out in the ComicGenesis forums. Thanks to SpacePrincess for putting this together once again this year.

Other people who contributed are Sharpclaw of Deer Me, Cope of Cerintha and Ti-Phil of The Volet. SP doesn't appear to have any active/available comics at the moment.

MoE 6263a 27/12/2020 :: Guest art by the ComicFury Christmas Crossover Event

And here is my gift from the ComicFury 2020 Christmas Crossover Event, by XerneaYggdrasil of Golden Moon. Thanks to her! The Crossover Event can be found starting here.

MoE 6584c 17/02/2022 :: Guest art by the ComicFury Christmas 2021m Crossover Event

Some spiffy guest art by jmsluvsbob of the webcomic Minimal; he was my assigned victim back at the Christmas 2021 ComicFury exchange.

MoE 6585a 02/11/2022 :: Guest art by Amalockh1

Some guest art by Amalockh1 of the ComicFury strip Armless Amy. Thanks!

MoE 6602b 27/12/2022 :: Guest art by Kyrtuck

The other half of my Christmas 2022 artswap with Kyrtuck of All Dark University. If you check out his comic, be aware that this is about the happiest and most normal thing we've yet seen our guest Debbie do. (It is after all a NSFW horror-themed production.) Kyrtuck also has a DeviantArt page.

MoE 6732a 02/11/2023 :: Guest art by John Kay

I participated in the 2023 Comic Fury Halloween Art Exchange, and the MoE was assigned to John Kay of Cosmos. Thanks to John for this spiffy result. And yes, I suppose if there's one thing that could get all the Basement dwellers working together, it would be free candy.

[See matching exchange strip by Rob.]

MoE 6751a 21/12/2023 :: Guest art by all at ComicGenesis

The remaining handful of folks over at the ComicGenesis forums got together for (probably) one last Christmas celebration. As I've said before, I may be literally the very last person still posting strips at ComicGenesis. I keep expecting it to be shut down or collapse, but it keeps puttering along.

[See matching exchange strip by Rob.]

MoE 6752a 26/12/2023 :: Guest art by Agezo

This was my gift in the 2023 ComicFury Christmas Art Exchange. It's from Agezo of the fantasy webcomic Element, thanks to them!

[See matching exchange strip by Rob.]

MoE 6777b 29/02/2024 :: Guest art by nilloc04

And this is my gift in the 2024 ComicFury Blind Date Exchange, from nilloc04 of A Day in Hillsburg, which details the odd goings-on in the eponymous town. Thanks to hir for the keen strip!

MoE 6790b 04/04/2024 :: Guest art by Baked Glue

This was my gift from the ComicFury 2024 Easter "Petting Zoo" Comic Exchange, by BakedGlue of Haruhi Mizutani & The Curse of Ephollias, in which a young sorceress sets out to defeat, well, a demon's curse. Cool to see Sylvester in 3D.

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