Dan Shive
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At least one other positive thing - www.egscomics.com/comic/falsek...
Right. First story page of 2026. Time to put something hilarious in the announcement post! It's hard to think of something under this much pressure, but fortunately, ironic failure works.
#egscomics #webcomics
Right. First story page of 2026. Time to put something hilarious in the announcement post! It's hard to think of something under this much pressure, but fortunately, ironic failure works.
#egscomics #webcomics
I once gave Grace a present to apologize for her serious backstory.
I might wind up giving Hope something for all the inherited feelings of guilt and identity issues.
I might wind up giving Hope something for all the inherited feelings of guilt and identity issues.
January 2, 2026 at 7:48 AM
I once gave Grace a present to apologize for her serious backstory.
I might wind up giving Hope something for all the inherited feelings of guilt and identity issues.
I might wind up giving Hope something for all the inherited feelings of guilt and identity issues.
At least one other positive thing - www.egscomics.com/comic/falsek...
Right. First story page of 2026. Time to put something hilarious in the announcement post! It's hard to think of something under this much pressure, but fortunately, ironic failure works.
#egscomics #webcomics
Right. First story page of 2026. Time to put something hilarious in the announcement post! It's hard to think of something under this much pressure, but fortunately, ironic failure works.
#egscomics #webcomics
January 2, 2026 at 7:08 AM
At least one other positive thing - www.egscomics.com/comic/falsek...
Right. First story page of 2026. Time to put something hilarious in the announcement post! It's hard to think of something under this much pressure, but fortunately, ironic failure works.
#egscomics #webcomics
Right. First story page of 2026. Time to put something hilarious in the announcement post! It's hard to think of something under this much pressure, but fortunately, ironic failure works.
#egscomics #webcomics
Posting late again because of a fist fight with an electric grizzly bear.
(This is a lie. It wasn't electric.)
(This is a lie. It wasn't electric.)
January 2, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Posting late again because of a fist fight with an electric grizzly bear.
(This is a lie. It wasn't electric.)
(This is a lie. It wasn't electric.)
(Has a story moment idea for a scene I wasn't sure how to handle. Gets chills and tears up a little)
Yeah, okay, that might work, brain 😭
Yeah, okay, that might work, brain 😭
January 2, 2026 at 1:20 AM
(Has a story moment idea for a scene I wasn't sure how to handle. Gets chills and tears up a little)
Yeah, okay, that might work, brain 😭
Yeah, okay, that might work, brain 😭
I feel the concept of mainstream is fading as more people have freedom of choice in their entertainment.
There's still things that are more widely popular, but gone is "one of these shows airing on Thursday will be the thing everyone cares about."
I think casting broad nets is increasingly not it.
There's still things that are more widely popular, but gone is "one of these shows airing on Thursday will be the thing everyone cares about."
I think casting broad nets is increasingly not it.
January 1, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I feel the concept of mainstream is fading as more people have freedom of choice in their entertainment.
There's still things that are more widely popular, but gone is "one of these shows airing on Thursday will be the thing everyone cares about."
I think casting broad nets is increasingly not it.
There's still things that are more widely popular, but gone is "one of these shows airing on Thursday will be the thing everyone cares about."
I think casting broad nets is increasingly not it.
Reposted by Dan Shive
Outside the Palace - www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder...
"How'd you get past the guards?"
"It turns out they're not great at their jobs."
#egscomics #webcomics
"How'd you get past the guards?"
"It turns out they're not great at their jobs."
#egscomics #webcomics
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Outside the Palace - www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder...
"How'd you get past the guards?"
"It turns out they're not great at their jobs."
#egscomics #webcomics
"How'd you get past the guards?"
"It turns out they're not great at their jobs."
#egscomics #webcomics
January 1, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Outside the Palace - www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder...
"How'd you get past the guards?"
"It turns out they're not great at their jobs."
#egscomics #webcomics
"How'd you get past the guards?"
"It turns out they're not great at their jobs."
#egscomics #webcomics
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Outside the Palace - www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder...
"How'd you get past the guards?"
"It turns out they're not great at their jobs."
#egscomics #webcomics
"How'd you get past the guards?"
"It turns out they're not great at their jobs."
#egscomics #webcomics
It's about to be the most magical time of the year: When we find out who remembered to update the copyright dates on their comic templates.
(I imagine some could be automatic, though that sounds like a potential issue if working in advance.)
(I imagine some could be automatic, though that sounds like a potential issue if working in advance.)
January 1, 2026 at 5:26 AM
It's about to be the most magical time of the year: When we find out who remembered to update the copyright dates on their comic templates.
(I imagine some could be automatic, though that sounds like a potential issue if working in advance.)
(I imagine some could be automatic, though that sounds like a potential issue if working in advance.)
I expect to post late. If anyone asks, this was because I was out partying on New Years eve.
It 100% has nothing to do with me oversleeping after the Christmas break made my sleep schedule weird, or indecisiveness about visuals that wound up relatively minimalist anyway.
It 100% has nothing to do with me oversleeping after the Christmas break made my sleep schedule weird, or indecisiveness about visuals that wound up relatively minimalist anyway.
January 1, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I expect to post late. If anyone asks, this was because I was out partying on New Years eve.
It 100% has nothing to do with me oversleeping after the Christmas break made my sleep schedule weird, or indecisiveness about visuals that wound up relatively minimalist anyway.
It 100% has nothing to do with me oversleeping after the Christmas break made my sleep schedule weird, or indecisiveness about visuals that wound up relatively minimalist anyway.
The trick to looking really clever is to plan out a carp ton of details, just carp TON of details. Then have everything you write be consistent with those details, but don't explain anything beyond what you absolutely have to. Give enough details to be a story, but not so much that there's no debate
January 1, 2026 at 1:05 AM
The trick to looking really clever is to plan out a carp ton of details, just carp TON of details. Then have everything you write be consistent with those details, but don't explain anything beyond what you absolutely have to. Give enough details to be a story, but not so much that there's no debate
Part of me kind of hopes I DON’T get into Ascendance of a Bookworm. There are SO many books in the series. That’s a good thing in theory, but ye gods.
December 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Part of me kind of hopes I DON’T get into Ascendance of a Bookworm. There are SO many books in the series. That’s a good thing in theory, but ye gods.
I'm increasingly embracing in-comic footnotes as an alternative to forced recap dialogue and excessive flashbacks.
I haven't done it a lot yet, and I don't want to do it a lot, but the comic started in 2002. Sometimes it's worth slapping some quick backstory into a panel.
I haven't done it a lot yet, and I don't want to do it a lot, but the comic started in 2002. Sometimes it's worth slapping some quick backstory into a panel.
December 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I'm increasingly embracing in-comic footnotes as an alternative to forced recap dialogue and excessive flashbacks.
I haven't done it a lot yet, and I don't want to do it a lot, but the comic started in 2002. Sometimes it's worth slapping some quick backstory into a panel.
I haven't done it a lot yet, and I don't want to do it a lot, but the comic started in 2002. Sometimes it's worth slapping some quick backstory into a panel.
My new year's resolution is to make a good new years resolution for the end of 2026.
December 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My new year's resolution is to make a good new years resolution for the end of 2026.
That moment when the context of your #MagicTheGathering game is that a badger that's also a mole animated a forest that was then enchanted by a bug, then a tree showed up that made everyone forests, and a dryad made everything all lands, and then forests kept forming and making volcanoes erupt.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
That moment when the context of your #MagicTheGathering game is that a badger that's also a mole animated a forest that was then enchanted by a bug, then a tree showed up that made everyone forests, and a dryad made everything all lands, and then forests kept forming and making volcanoes erupt.
What do you mean Ascendance of a Bookworm isn't about a green worm with glasses becoming a dragon?
December 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
What do you mean Ascendance of a Bookworm isn't about a green worm with glasses becoming a dragon?
Reposted by Dan Shive
The Trial of Ellen Dunkel - www.egscomics.com/comic/falsek...
"Your honor, my client pleads innocent due to LOOK OVER THERE!"
"Over there? Where? I don't see anything! What was over and they're gone. Ah, well. Case dismissed!"
#egscomics #webcomics
"Your honor, my client pleads innocent due to LOOK OVER THERE!"
"Over there? Where? I don't see anything! What was over and they're gone. Ah, well. Case dismissed!"
#egscomics #webcomics
December 31, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The Trial of Ellen Dunkel - www.egscomics.com/comic/falsek...
"Your honor, my client pleads innocent due to LOOK OVER THERE!"
"Over there? Where? I don't see anything! What was over and they're gone. Ah, well. Case dismissed!"
#egscomics #webcomics
"Your honor, my client pleads innocent due to LOOK OVER THERE!"
"Over there? Where? I don't see anything! What was over and they're gone. Ah, well. Case dismissed!"
#egscomics #webcomics
Fallout 1 video in 2025:
“Now don’t be scared, little ones, but this game is an isometric turn-based RPG! Shocking, right?!”
The portion of their audience that is older than them and consumed Fallout content well before there was a TV show:
“You don’t say.”
“Now don’t be scared, little ones, but this game is an isometric turn-based RPG! Shocking, right?!”
The portion of their audience that is older than them and consumed Fallout content well before there was a TV show:
“You don’t say.”
December 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Fallout 1 video in 2025:
“Now don’t be scared, little ones, but this game is an isometric turn-based RPG! Shocking, right?!”
The portion of their audience that is older than them and consumed Fallout content well before there was a TV show:
“You don’t say.”
“Now don’t be scared, little ones, but this game is an isometric turn-based RPG! Shocking, right?!”
The portion of their audience that is older than them and consumed Fallout content well before there was a TV show:
“You don’t say.”
“What if I don’t want reconciliation with someone I’m arguing with (especially online)? What if I just want to tell them they’re a jerk?”
I’ve had a think on this, and my answer is I think you should leave them with a simple description of what they’re doing to be a jerk before walking away.
I’ve had a think on this, and my answer is I think you should leave them with a simple description of what they’re doing to be a jerk before walking away.
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“What if I don’t want reconciliation with someone I’m arguing with (especially online)? What if I just want to tell them they’re a jerk?”
I’ve had a think on this, and my answer is I think you should leave them with a simple description of what they’re doing to be a jerk before walking away.
I’ve had a think on this, and my answer is I think you should leave them with a simple description of what they’re doing to be a jerk before walking away.
The Trial of Ellen Dunkel - www.egscomics.com/comic/falsek...
"Your honor, my client pleads innocent due to LOOK OVER THERE!"
"Over there? Where? I don't see anything! What was over and they're gone. Ah, well. Case dismissed!"
#egscomics #webcomics
"Your honor, my client pleads innocent due to LOOK OVER THERE!"
"Over there? Where? I don't see anything! What was over and they're gone. Ah, well. Case dismissed!"
#egscomics #webcomics
December 31, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The Trial of Ellen Dunkel - www.egscomics.com/comic/falsek...
"Your honor, my client pleads innocent due to LOOK OVER THERE!"
"Over there? Where? I don't see anything! What was over and they're gone. Ah, well. Case dismissed!"
#egscomics #webcomics
"Your honor, my client pleads innocent due to LOOK OVER THERE!"
"Over there? Where? I don't see anything! What was over and they're gone. Ah, well. Case dismissed!"
#egscomics #webcomics
I'll be posting a late tonight. Not super late, but as per usual, I'm bad at predicting how long it will take.
Speaking of predictions, whatever you think tomorrow's story page will be, you're wrong 😉
Speaking of predictions, whatever you think tomorrow's story page will be, you're wrong 😉
December 31, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I'll be posting a late tonight. Not super late, but as per usual, I'm bad at predicting how long it will take.
Speaking of predictions, whatever you think tomorrow's story page will be, you're wrong 😉
Speaking of predictions, whatever you think tomorrow's story page will be, you're wrong 😉
Sorry, planned novel character! You've been cut!
"Don't you need additional characters for this aspect of the plot, and also to foreshadow one of the biggest character moments?"
...GOOD NEWS!
"Don't you need additional characters for this aspect of the plot, and also to foreshadow one of the biggest character moments?"
...GOOD NEWS!
December 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Sorry, planned novel character! You've been cut!
"Don't you need additional characters for this aspect of the plot, and also to foreshadow one of the biggest character moments?"
...GOOD NEWS!
"Don't you need additional characters for this aspect of the plot, and also to foreshadow one of the biggest character moments?"
...GOOD NEWS!
Okay so the way I see it Caine is a time traveling Jax from the past but Jax doesn't remember that Caine is a time traveling Jax from the past because everyone actually forgets everything not just their names upon entering the circus but they get memories from a random number generator so it fits
a cartoon character wearing a jester hat is sitting down
ALT: a cartoon character wearing a jester hat is sitting down
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December 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Okay so the way I see it Caine is a time traveling Jax from the past but Jax doesn't remember that Caine is a time traveling Jax from the past because everyone actually forgets everything not just their names upon entering the circus but they get memories from a random number generator so it fits
The struggle for me with my novel—beyond learning to write narrative better so it doesn't read as amateurish—is writing it for me while keeping in mind that it being profitable would easily justify writing continuations
The novel won't end on a cliffhanger, but it's definitely intended as a series.
The novel won't end on a cliffhanger, but it's definitely intended as a series.
December 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The struggle for me with my novel—beyond learning to write narrative better so it doesn't read as amateurish—is writing it for me while keeping in mind that it being profitable would easily justify writing continuations
The novel won't end on a cliffhanger, but it's definitely intended as a series.
The novel won't end on a cliffhanger, but it's definitely intended as a series.
Reposted by Dan Shive
Running in the halls - www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder...
And so it was that Cinderella got a detention and had to write a repeated apology on the chalkboard.
#egscomics #webcomics
And so it was that Cinderella got a detention and had to write a repeated apology on the chalkboard.
#egscomics #webcomics
December 30, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Running in the halls - www.egscomics.com/egsnp/cinder...
And so it was that Cinderella got a detention and had to write a repeated apology on the chalkboard.
#egscomics #webcomics
And so it was that Cinderella got a detention and had to write a repeated apology on the chalkboard.
#egscomics #webcomics