Learn the real reason why Mick is very punctual…

Sorry I missed last week, I had a crazy week of some very cool happenings in the acting world as well as trying to fight off a brutal cold. I was pretty wiped. As always, thanks for checking in!

And now, a very special episode of Breaking the Ice

A lot of conversations with my grandfather ended with the solution being a good kick in the ass.

Why is it that, often, the side effects of drugs are way worse than what you were suffering from in the first place?

Mick returns to the doctor and we all know how well that usually goes.

This will be the last appearance of Phil for the time being but no worries, he’ll be back.  I just don’t want to burn him out   Thank you for all the great comments regarding the new character in the BtI universe!

Today’s strip is kind of a callback to a strip that was one of the most popular earlier strips. This was also right around the time the art style started changing, as well.  Enjoy and take a stroll through the archives, why don’tcha?

There’s really not much to say about this one. People have spoken and those people that chose to speak seem to like Phil.

This strip was inspired, in part, by those old Warner Bros. cartoons where the Sheep Dog and the Wolf would clock in on their shifts.  “Hey Ralph.” “Howyadoin’ Sam?”  It was just a part of their day and I always liked that idea of people just have jobs and roles and then they go home.  Not to mention, I kind of like the idea of Phil the Zombie and he may end up becoming a regular cast member.  So as I approach the 150th strip, I give you something new.  I’m a giver people.

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In other news, there may be a BREAKING THE ICE paperback book on the horizon through Hopper Comics.  As a kid who grew up with a bookshelf full of those kind of books (and still does to some extent), it would be a very cool thing.

If I end up getting laid off from my day job, I may start working on the 60 MINUTE BROADWAY graphic novel.  It’s a screenplay I wrote about 6 years ago and I was originally going to do a comic book with Jeff Schuetze of Jefbot fame.  He got busy with his own projects and it just kind of fell away.  I keep thinking of trying to do a black and white graphic novel of it.  We’ll see…it would be a very ambitious project for my limited art skills.