I should put out a MeatShield book titled Tales from the Moaning Lungfish, which would be a play off of the title Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn. Don’t know if I will or not, but that would be a cool title, IMHO. Hasta, ~Rob
I took a page out of Dave Kellet’s book and drew a slight departure from the main strip. I’ve always wanted to do a short strip featuring Vorpal and what she gets up to when she slips away from Becky. Yes, slips away – Vorpal purposefully finds a way out from under Becky’s gaze. She’s […]
Know someone who might like the strip but is intimidated by having to wade through 660+ strips just to get caught up? The MeatShield Primer is the perfect jumping-on point! Tell your family and friends! Post it on the social media outlet of your choice! Print it out and slap it up on game store […]
How much was it? Let’s put it this way: if you have to ask, you can’t afford it.:) I will be taking Thanksgiving week off from the strip, as both my kids and my wife have the entire week off! How often does that happen? In the meantime, I hope you all have a Happy […]
Hey, even a broken clock is right twice a day. π Hey, I got myself interviewed! Yay! Kurt Sasso of Two Geeks Talking interviewed me recently and the interview is now on YouTube.It’s a teensy bit long (about 40 minutes) and due to video streaming problems at the time of recording you can’t see me, […]
Don’t remember where Ch’p got those robes? Click here! This works on two levels. First, selling a valuable artifact to help a friend is exactly the kind of thing Ch’p would do, and secondly, I’ve been wanting to get him back into his red-and-gold robes for a while now. Win-win. Take care, ~Rob
NO I’M NOT CRYING YOU’RE CRYING THERE’S SOMETHING IN MY EYE THAT’S ALL– *ahem* Take care, ~Rob
I thought about putting a sign on that booth that read “Sail the Friendly Seas,” but decided against it – too close to home (United Airlines, whose motto is “Fly the Friendly Skies”, employed my dad for 33 years). Also, welcome to the first cartoon of 2019! Take care, all! ~Rob
When I was around seven years old, my father’s work transferred us to San Francisco. On one of our family outings we drove across the Golden Gate bridge and my mom pointed out the Palace of Fine Arts to me as we drove by it on our way into the Presidio and then to the […]
Gastropubs is defined by the Chambers Book O’ Info as “an excuse to charge customers $17 for an artisan grilled cheese sandwich.” Dhur’s in for a big surprise… Take care, ~Rob
They are a chatty folk, those bards. Also, yeah, her mom calls her “Sunflower.” I think it’s cute. I call my kids “Peanut” or “Sweetpea” interchangeably – so there. π Also, I have no idea what that guy/girl is behind the counter. Some sort of fey creature? I dunno. π ~Rob
So, what do YOU guys think happened here? Let me know in the comments. π I know I’m in the minority in this, but I’ve never liked Clue – neither the board game nor the movie. I might like it more if it also came with options like “Mister Redbeard in the conservatory with a […]
Not that Jaine and Dhur aren’t in big trouble, but consider this: this guy is a campus cop at a school for bards and other artsy-fartsy types. The biggest problem he’s probably ever had to deal with is breaking up heated arguments between a bunch of drunk undergrads. BTW, not besmirching the “artsy-fartsy” types – […]
Cop 1: “You do know you’re under arrest, right?” Dhur: “Yeah, whatever, dude. Just get me outta that froo-froo place!” ~Rob
Eli Oduglig, Attorney-at-Law, at your service. His mom gave him that briefcase when he graduated night law school (435th in his class!). Take care, ~Rob
For all the D&D grognards out there: yes, I know that the rules state that Speak with Dead can be cast again in 10 days time after being cast by someone else, but according to the house rules for MeatShield, it’s a one-time only deal. In my strip, as in my games, story trumps rules […]
The game is afoot! The game is also a-hand, a-neck, and a-spleen! ~Rob
UPDATE – 3/29/19 – I’ve recently taken a position with the American Heart Association to be able to pay some bills and get decent insurance for me and my family. It’s a great thing, but I haven’t had time (or energy, especially) in the past two weeks after coming home at 6:30 at night to […]
Becky is getting more patient – she would’ve kicked that guy’s butt for the “sweetcheeks” crack, and then we’d have three people in jail. BTW – I forgot to draw the white feather in the fourth panel. Let’s all just imagine that it’s there anyway. π I meant to draw it, at any rate. ~Rob
Umm, how is that you know how much blood is in a humanoid body, Philo?? Never mind, I don’t want to know. Now we need to put all the pieces together, call Angela Lansbury, and get all the suspects into one room for the big reveal. Nah, that would be too easy. π Take care, […]
(apologies to Elvis Costello) Hmmm… curiouser and curiouser. *insert Evil DM Laugh here* ~Rob
Yes, the prop guy is missing fingers on his left hand. Name me a shop teacher who didn’t at least have part of a finger missing. Also, cedar may not be rare here, in the Real World, but in Ardris? Like Smitty said, that stuff ain’t cheap. In other news, I have just decided that […]
I’m sorry for the extended silence, folks. I wish I had a better story, but the truth is, I fell victim to procrastination on an epic scale and mismanaging my time after working all day. Anyhoos, the farther along it went, the harder it was to break out of it. I’m back now. Thanks for […]
Howdy folks! Jaine is finally going to do it – she’s finally going to perform her magnum opus, The Ballad of Dhur! Also, that priestess in the center? That is the alter ego of none other than longtime MeatShield patron Amy Hamaker! As a patron at the Archmage level, she became entitled to a cameo […]
Oh, Jaine. Don’t you just want to hug her and/or buy her a stiff drink? Okay, I’m going biweekly, as of NOW. *sigh* Sorry for the delay, folks. Hang in there, the best is yet to come! Take care, ~Rob
That’s right, Jaine! Testify!! In other news, Real Life has been smacking me in the face lately. Actually, it’s been calling me names, beating me up and taking my lunch money. I appreciate all your support and patience, folks. Cartoon next week to make up for it – pinkie swear. π Take care (and wash […]
Prof. Tunny probably goes through a lot of interns that way; kind of how Murphy Brown went through secretaries… Like everyone else in the world, my family and I are sheltering in place from this stupid virus. We’re all healthy (so far!) and I hope you all are healthy as well. One positive thing about […]
Hi folks. It’s been a while since I’ve updated the strip. Since March 2020, in fact. I don’t think COVID-19 and the quarantine played into my malaise, but it certainly didn’t help. My enthusiasm for the strip has waned significantly over the past couple of years. Β After long discussions with people whose creative opinions I […]