Juniper Explains: Medical Microchips
Thorn: Today we’re going to learn about medical microchips! And I’m handing the floor over to Juniper, because they speak from experience. Juniper: On it, boss! A medical microchip is a kind of healing...
View ArticleObservatory Mission Flashback: Movie Night
Rowan: I brought popcorn! What are we watching? Violet: The astronomers can’t decide. Guess it’s on us to break the tie. Here’s what’s in the observatory library . . . They got the latest season of...
View ArticleThorn Explains: The Network
Thorn: Today I’m going to explain how the Network and telecrystals work! . . . as soon as I’ve used the Network to look up the explanation. The Network consists of an interconnected set of data-storing...
View ArticleMovie Night Flashback Conclusion
These lines are all nabbed from “Gracie’s Vegetarian Plot.” Not gonna adapt the whole thing, so I highly recommend the original. ____ Rowan in Real Life Rowan: Okay, first, that’s not what “mystic”...
View ArticleLeif & Thorn: IN SPACE! #4
Leif (thinking): To pass as a member of Thån’s species, I have to cover my ears and antennae. Good thing I made this culturally authentic Ceanska hat! Thorn: Even if you’re the only one here from the...
View ArticleOrganic Co-Op AU #3
Leif: Why are there so many rainbows? Thorn: It’s almost Pride! You’ve never been? Leif: I . . . wouldn’t know what to wear! Thorn: It doesn’t matter! Anything works. Some people take the opportunity...
View ArticleThorn Explains: Vyrvatsya
Leif: Tell me more about the Iuilic festival of Vyrvatsya. Thorn: It starts thousands of years ago, before Ceannis, even before the Gulf Empire . . . At the time, most of the Iuilic people were living...
View ArticleOrganic Co-Op AU #4
Organic Co-Op AU:Central Pride. Thorn: This is Leif! Leif: It’s a pleasure to meet you. Thorn: He doesn’t speak much Ceannic yet. He’s always getting coffee for the embassy from us. Leif, this is Cress...
View ArticleThorn Explains: Gender and Clothing
I drew some of this for a Q&A on the official Leif & Thorn Tumblr. (If you want miscellaneous background details and fourth-wall-breaking mini-gags, check out the whole set!) When the topic...
View ArticleRejected Karaoke Cameos
AKA “jokes based on songs where I can’t use more than a couple of lines without tripping over copyright issues.” ____ Vine & Hyacinth: Wake me up! / Wake me up inside! / I can’t wake up! / Wake me...
View ArticleSlow News Day: Summerfest
Bennet: I asked the folks on the street to let us know their favorite parts of Summerfest! This is serious journalism and not an excuse to hang out in flowers all day. Ebony Muscade Mage, State...
View ArticleHedge & Grassie: Soul Masquerade Costume
I realize it’s a little early for Halloween references…but all the free space in October is booked up with vampire strips. ___ Hedge: I’m in no hurry to get home today, Bell . . . I know what’s...
View ArticleVampire Hunter Thorn #3
Poster: VAMPIRE HUNTER? YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU! Thorn (thinking): It looks like they’re trying to recruit a national force. Being part of a team . . . that would get in the way of my style of being a...
View ArticleThe Successful Married Life of Peach Argyros
I was planning to delve more into Peach’s family and backstory — I’ve had this strip sitting around since last October — but with one thing and another, it never came together. Maybe I’ll circle back...
View ArticleVampire Hunter Thorn #4
Imri: I cannot believe how rude these humans are. Stanczia: Nor can I! And after we got all dressed up to receive them! They only entertained us for five minutes, and left such a mess in the hall....
View ArticleOmake: Squicks vs. Triggers
Bonus space-filling strip before the anniversary tomorrow. ____ SQUICK Something you find icky, off-putting, viscerally unpleasant. Even when a squick doesn’t hit you personally, it’s usually not hard...
View ArticleHappy Second Anniversary!
Leif & Thorn has been running for two years, and our heroes have finally admitted their feelings! Mostly. But they’re not exactly dating! Because it’s complicated. At least this moment isn’t...
View ArticleVampire Hunter Thorn #5
To be continued…? ___ [DIG DIG] Thorn: Leif? Leif: Wh-who’s there? I warn you, I have a shovel and I know how to use it! . . . But I can also hit you with it! Thorn: It’s okay — it’s just me — Thorn....
View ArticleHappy Halloween 2017
This year, most of Ceannis is wildly into the hit new musical Leachtric. Thorn cosplays the title role, the founder of modern Ceannic democracy, while Violet and Rowan play two of her colleagues.
View ArticleThorn Explains: Soulbond Animal Deaths
Leif: Hey, Thorn . . . what’s going to happen to you when Tiernan . . . dies? Will you lose part of your soul? Thorn: No, nothing like that! Soulbonds don’t damage or diminish a human’s soul. What they...
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