Ink Fox & Paper Tiger

Astrea & Jade get a letter directing them to a tiny, strange town in the backwoods of West Virginia. 

Read along: https://broodhollow.krisstraub.com/

Follow Astrea: @automatictiger Follow Jade: @cupsofjade

Works Cited: •    Straub, Kris. Broodhollow: Book 1: Curious Little Thing. N.p., Chainsawsuit Studios, 2013. •    Straub, Kris. Broodhollow: Book 2: Angleworm. N.p., Chainsawsuit Studios, 2015. •    Straub, Kris. Candle Cove and Other Stories. N.p., CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015. •    Guigar, Brad J., et al. How to Make Webcomics. United Kingdom, Image Comics, 2008. •    Straub, Kris. Ichor Falls: A Visitor's Guide. United States, Nightlight Press, 2009.

Astrea & Jade head off into the deepest reaches of the galaxy, to discover one of webcomics' great staples: the creative, circle-turning copyright-violations of sprite comics. 

Read along: https://zebeth.shinesparkers.net/planetzebeth/

Follow Astrea: @automatictiger Follow Jade: @cupsofjade

Works Cited: •    Jackson, Katie Lynne. “Planet Zebeth.” Planet Zebeth - Embrace the Pixel, 2002, zebeth.shinesparkers.net/planetzebeth/index.html.  •    RoyboyX. Shinesparkers, 2002, shinesparkers.net/. 

Astrea & Jade tackle one of the oldest concepts in nerd circles: the dysfunctional tabletop play group, through the unique lens of Fuzzy Knights.

Read along (incomplete archives): https://web.archive.org/web/20050219052413/http://www.kenzerco.com/periodicals/fuzzyknights/fkonline040706.php Read along (current incarnation): https://www.noahchinnbooks.com/fuzzyknights

Follow Astrea: @automatictiger Follow Jade: @cupsofjade

Works Cited: • Chinn, Noah. Fuzzy Knights RPG Lite. 1st ed., Kenzer & Company, 2003, kenzerco.com, /http://www.kenzerco.com, Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.  • Chinn, Noah. “Fuzzy Knights.” Noah Chinn Books, 25 Nov. 2023, www.noahchinnbooks.com/fuzzyknights/.  • Chinn, Noah, and Jolly R. Blackburn. Fuzzy Knights. Kenzer & Co., 2003.  • “Kenzer & Company.” Kenzer and Company, 12 Dec. 2005, web.archive.org/web/20051212211450/www.kenzerco.com.

Astrea & Jade go aaaaaallll the way back to the nascent internet of 1986, to read T.H.E. Fox by Joe Ekaitis. How many pixels are YOUR gigantic vulpines made of?

Read along: https://archive.org/details/T.H.E.FoxThaddeus Follow Astrea: @automatictiger Follow Jade: @cupsofjade

Works Cited:

•    Ekaitis, Joe. “T.H.E. Fox (Thaddeus) [Oldest Surviving Webcomic] : Thaddeus.” Self-published, Internet Archive, 1 Jan. 1986, archive.org/details/THEFoxThaddeus_20190312.  •    “Interview with Joe Ekaitis.” CBM Files Online, Commodore Roundtable, 1994, cbmfiles.com/genie/geniefiles/Information/T.H.E.-FOX.TXT.  •    “The Compuserve Miracle Episode.” Jason Scott Talks His Way Out Of It, created by Jason Scott, 2022, https://textfiles.libsyn.com/the-compuserve-miracle-episode. Accessed 2024.  •    Wallen, Josh. “The Geek Critique.” YouTube, 2021, www.youtube.com/@GeekCritique. 

Astrea and Jade get about as close as they dare to get to Andrew Hussie's tide-shifting work Homestuck, by discussing an earlier project: Problem Sleuth, from 2008. 

Read along: https://www.homestuck.com/problem-sleuth/1 Follow Astrea: @automatictiger Follow Jade: @cupsofjade

Works Cited:

•    Hussie, Andrew. "MSPaint Adventures: Problem Sleuth." Problem Sleuth, 10 Mar 2008. https://www.homestuck.com/problem-sleuth/1

*Editor's Note: In this recording, we interchangeably call Hussie "he" and "they" due to confusion as to which pronouns were preferred. Apparently "they" is correct, as of a recent press release (https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F0fpaji77oiu61.jpg) related to Psycholonials. Various secondhand sources seem to be saying that "any/all" pronouns are acceptable, but direct confirmation escaped us as we were recording this episode.

Astrea and Jade continue diving into and analyzing I.S. Everett's Poppy O'Possum, from 2013, and find even more big women. This episode covers Chapter 6 to the end of the comic's official run.

Read along: https://www.poppy-opossum.com/ Follow Astrea: @automatictiger Follow Jade: @cupsofjade

Works Cited:

•    Everett, I.S. Poppy O’Possum, Self-published, 2 Nov. 2018, www.poppy-opossum.com/.  •    morbi.bsky.social, Morbi. “Here’s Some More Poppy Spoiler Content, Tied to a Worldbuilding Wednesday Post about the Seven Devas/Divas, Whose Subplot Was Only Just Barely Mentioned before the Point the Series Endedthe Name Is Rendered as ‘D*Vas’ in-Universe Because No One Could Agree on Their Titles Pic.Twitter.Com/Cxbhrpdpmz.” Twitter, Twitter, 20 Dec. 2019, twitter.com/HgMorbi/status/1208053946624831488.  •    morbi.bsky.social, Morbi. “Poppy o’possum and the Big Cosmic Secrets Pic.Twitter.Com/nboctrg2LT.” Twitter, Twitter, 27 Feb. 2021, twitter.com/HgMorbi/status/1365688087263604736. 

In the inaugural episode of Ink Fox & Paper Tiger, Astrea and Jade introduce themselves, and their first topic: I.S. Everett's Poppy O'Possum, from 2013. This first episode covers Chapters 1 to 5. 

Read along: https://www.poppy-opossum.com/ Follow Astrea: @automatictiger Follow Jade: @cupsofjade

Works Cited:

•    Everett, I.S. Poppy O’Possum, Self-published, 2 Nov. 2018, www.poppy-opossum.com/.  •    morbi.bsky.social, Morbi. “Here’s Some More Poppy Spoiler Content, Tied to a Worldbuilding Wednesday Post about the Seven Devas/Divas, Whose Subplot Was Only Just Barely Mentioned before the Point the Series Endedthe Name Is Rendered as ‘D*Vas’ in-Universe Because No One Could Agree on Their Titles Pic.Twitter.Com/Cxbhrpdpmz.” Twitter, Twitter, 20 Dec. 2019, twitter.com/HgMorbi/status/1208053946624831488.  •    morbi.bsky.social, Morbi. “Poppy o’possum and the Big Cosmic Secrets Pic.Twitter.Com/nboctrg2LT.” Twitter, Twitter, 27 Feb. 2021, twitter.com/HgMorbi/status/1365688087263604736.