Samsara Comics - Raro, Ileop and Plorumquith

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This was supposed to be published Sunday, October 25.

Geranium Lake Properties, the sprezzatura of bael fruit toffee

Asemic comics are published here three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday (and sometimes Saturday night).

Geranium Lake Properties, Jungle Treasure Narrative

This is a part of the GLP series "The Secret of Watchstone Rim".

Geranium Lake Properties, 100 Perpindicular Hearts

You can also read a poem titled "100 Perpindicular Hearts". I don't know if the poem and the cartoon illustrate each other, but they did happen coincidentally.

Asemic comics are published here three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday (or sometimes Saturday night).

Geranium Lake Properties, confound your friends, dismay your enemies

We have not shown a misprint from Newark’s Star-Ledger in a while. Yost really loved the Star-Ledger misprints, and this is one of his favorites. Bottom image is how the world outside New Jersey saw today's GLP panel.

Geranium Lake Properties, when the pied ordinaries of your grief become mute

On the back of this comic, Wm. Yost penciled "Series: Jack Loki translates Shakespeare for horned lizards" and "Phrynosoma platyrhinos or coronatum?" His assistant, Ha Kim Ngoc, says there are more than a dozen panels that belong to the Shakespeare translation series, but she is not sure this panel is one of them. Yost wrote his ideas down on pieces of paper, scraps or envelopes or whatever was handy. He jotted all sorts of things on the backs of his GLP panels, including phone numbers of people he never called, titles of books he never read, and confirmation numbers for bills he paid over the phone.

Asemic comics are published here three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday (or sometimes Saturday night).

Geranium Lake Properties, heard any good skylark jokes lately?

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Asemic comics are published here three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday (or sometimes Saturday night).

Samsara Comics, slouched moth on a thread

Asemic comics are published here three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday (or Saturday night, maybe).

Geranium Lake Properties, caterpillar sea-life surviving in the bathtub

Another GLP panel that might work as an illustration for a poem ("The Arborist's Wife") from The Wife of History and Other Planetary Characters.

Asemic comics are published here three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, except I am going to be busy tomorrow, so I am posting Sunday's comic now.

Geranium Lake Properties, overheard through the goat hedge

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It didn't start out that way, but this turned into an illustration of my poem "The Shortcomings of Eavesdropping" (from The Wife of History and Other Planetary Characters).

Samsara Comics, "Spark"

This started as a static/graphic image, but when I slashed in the fire layer, most of the ornamental lattice was lost in the blaze. Making it into an animated gif solved that problem. I left off my customary Samsara Comics frame to lighten the load. I don't usually pick such an obvious title as "Spark" but this one demanded it. I guess it doesn't hurt to be conventional once in a while.

Asemic comics are published here three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday (or Saturday night, maybe).

Geranium Lake Properties, "Meanwhile..."

Asemic comics are published here three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday (or Saturday night, maybe).

Geranium Lake Properties, minstrel crossing Orreaga

Asemic comics are published here three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday (or Saturday night, maybe).

Geranium Lake Properties, Algorithm Fantasy

Asemic comics are published here three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday (or Saturday night, maybe).

Geranium Lake Properties, "Under the Thickety Dune"

Another part of The Secret of Watchstone Rim.

This is a colaboration with Phil Openshaw, who graciously gave me permission to use a piece of this photograph for the branch patterns. Phil's photograph is far more stunning than my little cartoon here. Take some time to check out his Tumblr archive, and his White Cloth Hall series; his photographs of urban decay are thick with texture and fascinating detail.

Asemic comics have been published here three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. This was supposed to be posted Sunday, but my Sundays are too busy right now. Here, on Blogger, I will try switching to a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday night schedule.

Geranium Lake Properties, "The Deadly Tendrils of Bairg Lungdo"

I'm pretty sure this is another part of The Secret of Watchstone Rim.

Asemic comics are published here three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Except for last Tuesday. I know I've been saying that a lot lately. My schedule at work has been changing every week. That's only a minor disruption, but it does mean I have a little less time to sulk in my cave. Which is necessary for my creative process. So last Tuesday I caught up on my sulking.

Geranium Lake Properties, kiGamnch Dart-and-Tile Boards

Today's comic is a kiGamnch Dart-and-Tile Board, used for various tabletop games that are a popular form of kiGamnch.

The "darts" are not sharp, they are shaped like lima beans, with six short rubber spikes. They are more like jacks than darts. Some people play kiGamnch with jacks instead of kiGamnch darts, but if you have an expensive inlaid kiGamnch table, metal jacks would marr the finish. You can slide, roll and toss the darts across the board. Your opponent has the option of using his darts to displace yours.

The tiles are similiar to mah jongg tiles, and there is even a form of kiGamnch you can play with mah jongg tiles. The most familiar kiGamnch tile is made of Catalin (a plastic similiar to Bakelite), but some players prefer bone, ivory or wood. For me, nothing else has that most satisfying "clack" of a Catalin kiGamnch tile. The tiles can also be triangular or pentagonal.

kiGamnch tiles made of scented soap are a popular gift among game enthusiasts, but they don't use them in play. They are most often seen as a decorative item for the bathroom, packaged in attractive glass jars.

Bottom image: A double kiGamanch gameboard inlay for a tabletop, 36" X 60". This kind of table can be found in bars, diners and coffeehouses frequented by jackalopes.

Asemic comics are supposed to be published here three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, but I missed last Thursday because of minor life issues. My ISP has been having connection problems, and we're having a heat-wave that is so out-of-proportion to our usual weather I find myself inclined to the attitude of "It's too darn hot, I can't be bothered" for even the slightest challenge.

Samsara Comics, Greenthorn Totem

Asemic comics are published here three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.

Geranium Lake Properties, doubt walks unhindered through the sun today

Asemic comics are published here three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.

Geranium Lake Properties, how to build a better singularity, part 2

Asemic comics are published here three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.