[26 Oct] Damn you, Straub.

[the Siliconopolitan]

He's supposed to be dead! D.E.A.D.!

Damn you for this reset. I did not want to ever see Zillion again.

[2-D]

Thank you, Straub! Zillion is HILARIOUS and I look forward to his continued wisevoxing.

[KingAndy]

There is always the possibility that Mr Straub is toying with the longtime readers' expectations.

[Obdormio]

When I reached the last panel today, I lit up in a grin of delight that actually started hurting my cheeks after a few seconds. This from the mere possibility of getting more Zillion!

[Kris Straub]

I absolutely hate Zillion. He's Starslip's Doctor Hot. (If you can parse those sentences, you must be a fan!)

[djublonskopf]

I absolutely hate Zillion. He's Starslip's Doctor Hot. (If you can parse those sentences, you must be a fan!)

It's totally going to be Zillion.

[Obdormio]

I also love Doctor Hot, so I suppose I'm just the anti-Kris.

[2-D]

Does this mean Doctor Hot will be granted life anew in the 2020 Checkerboard Nightmare: CheX-Factor reboot? Joy of joys!

[djublonskopf]

Although . . .

. . . I recall (possibly erroneously) Kris saying that their current universe diverged from the "Crisis" universe at the Ars Ad Astra storyline. That would mean that everything pre-AAA still happened in this universe, which included Vore and Zillion's . . . entanglement.

So if it is Zillion (which it could easily not be), he should have a pair of titanium-vanadium hands wrapped around his throat.

[Imp. Severn Felix]

I also love Doctor Hot, so I suppose I'm just the anti-Kris.

It is written that we will know the signs, but none will forsee his coming.

[Him.]

I absolutely hate Zillion. He's Starslip's Doctor Hot. (If you can parse those sentences, you must be a fan!)

“He hates and loves the Ring, much as he hates and loves himself.”

[Stephen Brooks]

I absolutely hate Zillion. He's Starslip's Doctor Hot. (If you can parse those sentences, you must be a fan!)

I know what you mean, but no, there's room for an even closer Doctor-Hot-equivalent in Starslip

What I liked about this comic was the phrase "I've just been working off context". So if your boss comes back after having been away for a day and finds you've actually made a complicated tower out of disposable cups, you say "You didn't give any exact instructions, so I was just working from context."

[Him.]

I prefer to work from context.

[Imp. Severn Felix]

Generally I just try to balance boss avoidance and workplace safety.

[Him.]

Ah, a conventional approach.

[djublonskopf]

Wow Zillion really looks different with the new art style.

[Him.]

(Nice cover).

[the Siliconopolitan]

Straub, you magnificent bastard!

Of course, Zillion is gonna show up just when we least it expect it. Because you're evil like that.

[djublonskopf]

The little snippet of preview text in the fanflow makes me wonder . . . did anticipation of Zillion cause him not to be?

[TemporalParadox]

I was wondering the same thing even before the posting.

[KingAndy]

There is always the possibility that Mr Straub is toying with the longtime readers' expectations.

Called it.

[Stephen Brooks]

The little snippet of preview text in the fanflow makes me wonder . . . did anticipation of Zillion cause him not to be?

I think Mr. Straub does not like to be preempted.

[the Siliconopolitan]

The little snippet of preview text in the fanflow makes me wonder . . . did anticipation of Zillion cause him not to be?

I think Mr. Straub does not like to be preempted.

You mean to suggest my whining may have killed Zillion?

:lipquiver:

YAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

[SteveVo8a]

On the plus side, at least the plot of whole storyarcs isn't accidentally revealed by filenames anymore.

I still alternately laugh and feel bad about the Oven Bun incident in the end days of Chex.

[Imp. Severn Felix]

Well, at least Zillion is interesting. At least he's not bringing back some lame character like Infra Redbeard.

I wish I had a time machine.