I think this strip may take the all-time record for writer/artist/inker/colorist wrangling, but I hope you’ll agree the final result is well worth it! Big thanks to Ken Sample for swooping in and taking care of ink duties while Sue’s eyes took a breather.
Just a heads-up, we’re going to have a short break to get ready for the holidays. Over the next two weeks there will be some random bits of bonus art at irregular intervals, then we’ll pick right back up as our intrepid heroes wade into this mess.
Meanwhile, see how many obscure references you can find!
Sue took out my “Rocks fall, everybody dies!” gag, but added in at least two of her own, so I don’t mind.
-The Gneech





Oh jeez. The Abyss! (and Cagney)
Holy ichthyoid of the atlantic… this goes beyond pandemonium…. Amazing.
I spotted two obvious movie references. Now to look for all the others I missed!
Please, please, please… say that there’s a wallpaper-sized version of this comic!
There isn’t at the moment, but there may be in the not-too-distant future!
-TG
Heh. Snakes. On a mf (paper) plane. With a sick-sack!
“The clock struck one………
………but the rest escaped with only minor injuries.” 7@=Q
Is that a Ninja in the cupboard, or are you just happy to see me?
Jimmy Cagney-White Heat
Candelabra from “Beauty and the Beast”?
Live deer head from “Evil Dead”
Snakes on a (paper) Plane
Yee-haw… Doctor Strangelove
The Abyss/Brokeback Mountain
Probably missed one or two…
The survivors should help clean up. It’s the neighborly thing to do.
Assumng the house is still standing.
Let’s see:
A Titanic ref, a James Bond ref?