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2010

January 6|The End

2009

December 23|#440 – Upon waking
December 17|#439 – Dawn
November 16|#438 – First Sight
November 6|#437 – The Pendant
October 30|Halloween 2009
October 21|#436 – Sangwine
October 15|#435 – More Xylic… and Hope
October 6|#434 – Ellinya
October 1|#433 – The Duke of Ward
September 25|#432 – Stump
September 18|#431 – Derf
September 13|#430 – Al’bert
September 4|#429 – Zedwig
September 1|#428 – Discussion in a dream
August 25|#427 – Ghost story
August 20|#426 – In the office of His Majesty
August 12|CHAPTER 16: THE LONG SLEEP
August 7|#424 – Xylic’s reply
August 4|#423 – Vigil
August 1|#422 – Xylic and Hope and Bactine and Sangwine
July 28|#421 – Gathering in the hall
July 23|#420 – Bactine
July 20|#419 – The changing of the guard
July 17|#418 – The judgement is pronounced
July 14|#417 – Judgment Day
June 30|#416 – He who has been hurt most
June 26|#415 – The other side of the story
June 23|#414 – More familial angst
June 19|#413 – So maybe there’s not much left to do out here (except die)
June 16|#412 – Some intervention with the fairies
June 11|#411 – No way out
June 5|#410 – Last ditch effort
June 2|#409 – Wait, wait, don’t tell me
May 29|#408 – The rules are laid down, for some reason
May 27|#407 – Another kind of duel
May 22|#406 – Fang is always resourceful
May 18|#405 – From a very short point of view
May 16|#404 – Morality and wings
May 12|#403 – Banishment, mortals, immortals
May 8|#402 – James is washing his hands of it, maybe
May 5|#401 – White noise and sudden murderous tendencies
May 1|#400 – Some analysis, and a spy
April 17|#399 – If only you weren’t here
April 10|#398 – If one must
April 6|#397 – Demands for surrender
April 1|#396 – Thwarted vengeance
March 25|#395 – Failure to load can have consequences
March 17|#394 – But I’m not dead yet
March 13|#393 – Wherein Fang begins talking to himself
March 5|CHAPTER 15: SUNRISE
March 3|#391 – Not yet
February 24|#390 – Sacrifice
February 20|#389 – Healing Zedwig
February 16|#388 – Zedwig’s voice
February 10|#387 – Weakness
February 6|#386 – Wherein Bactine scares the heck out of Fang
February 2|#385 – Bactine is underestimated yet again
January 26|#384 – Some unexpected things happen
January 22|#383 – Fang the merciless
January 17|#382 – Fang means serious business
January 13|#381 – Another reunion
January 9|#380 – Opposites don’t attract
January 2|#379 – Consent and Interruption

2008

December 30|#378 – The dance continues on the balcony
December 26|#377 – Zedwig makes some vague demands
December 19|#376 – Tripping in the Passage
December 16|#375 – Al’bert takes one for the team
December 12|#374 – Running from the guards
December 9|#373 – Secrets of Geeves and the castle
December 5|#372 – Storming the castle, sort of
December 2|#371 – Somehow Fang always wins, even when he loses
November 28|#370 – Perhaps the mage has been pushed too far
November 25|#369 – Locating the princes
November 11|#368 – Fromagian glamour
October 30|Halloween 2008
October 29|#367 – Wherein Zediwg becomes unstable
October 24|#366 – War happens; Derf wonders
October 16|#365 – Geeves always has a plan
September 26|#364 – The inevitable result of being jailed with a Fromage
September 23|#363 – Kelneth engages; Goose is hebetudinously enthusiastic
September 19|#362 – Elf ninja attack
September 15|#361 – Foreboding for Lieutenant Handen
September 11|#360 – Choosing the Better of Two Fates
September 2|#359 – Orders and Tactics
August 31|CHAPTER 14: SACRIFICE
August 26|#357 – By any means necessary
August 22|#356 – Persuasion
August 19|#355 – A conversation on the palace balcony
August 16|#354 – Old friends
August 6|#353 – Zedwig is not a morning person
August 1|#352 – Brothers
July 29|#351 – Royal advisor
July 18|#350 – Preparations in the night
July 15|#349 – A plan is conceived; another is acted upon
July 11|#348 – Stress in the dungeon
July 9|#347 – You just don’t mess with a fairy
July 4|#346 – Misery or joviality
June 27|#345 – Spinning a yarn
June 23|#344 – Al’bert coerces
June 20|#343 – How one goes about making a deal with the devil
June 17|#342 – Al’bert’s hand is forced
June 13|#341 – Love is discussed in theory
June 10|#340 – Geeves submits; Al’bert cracks
June 6|#339 – Orders for Regnar
June 3|#338 – A wasted performance
May 30|#337 – Wherein Al’bert subtly gains the upper hand
May 27|#336 – Bactine is not without mercy, mostly
May 23|#335 – How humility can incite fury
May 21|#334 – Trouble in… well, it’s certainly not paradise
May 16|#333 – Hard times for Zedwig
May 13|#332 – The strategy of an overlord is violence
May 9|#331 – On creating an empire
May 6|#330 – An exercise in futility
May 2|CHAPTER 13: WAR OR PEACE
April 9|#328 – Coincidentally cohabitating
April 4|#327 – Watch out for the apples
April 1|#326 – Really being in the wrong place at the wrong time
March 28|#325 – Picking the better of two miseries
March 25|#324 – A conversation ends and another begins
March 21|#323 – The spy is revealed
March 18|#322 – The insensitivity of humans
March 14|#321 – Backstage pep-talk
March 11|#320 – The assignment
March 7|#319 – A broad, sweeping generalization
March 3|#318 – Wherein the high road isn’t the easy road
February 26|#317 – Making out in a food storage closet
February 23|#316 – Absolutely, positively has to end
February 19|#315 – More introductions are made
February 12|#314 – Introductions are made
February 8|#313 – The burden of immortality
February 3|#312 – Xylic’s strategy backfires badly
January 25|#311 – Geeves continues, mostly undaunted
January 22|#310 – The subject of blood and rule
January 18|#309 – A well-laid yet macabre plan
January 15|#308 – The secrets of Geeves
January 11|#307 – Traitor and fourberie
January 4|#306 – Absolutely no privacy, here
January 1|#305 – Underneath the blanket

2007

December 28|#304 – An invitation is expressed towards Prince Sangwine
December 14|#303 – Master Kelneth
December 7|#302 – Subterfuge
November 30|#301 – Bactine spills it all
November 27|#300 – So that’s where elves come from
November 20|#299 – The truth of things
November 17|#298 – Homeward bound
November 13|CHAPTER 12: ROYAL FLUSH
November 6|#296 – The Mistress of Disguises
November 2|#295 – Catalyst
October 26|#294 – Short and to the point
October 23|#293 – The prodigal son isn’t actually prodigal at all
October 16|#292 – The ultimate extreme… for an elf
October 12|#291 – Overlords of Darkness get monologues, too
October 9|#290 – Running to the graveyard
October 5|#289 – Shot in the dark
October 2|#288 – Crazy gnomes invent crazy things
September 28|#287 – Brotherly contention
September 25|#286 – Playing favorites
September 21|#285 – The death of the Queen
September 18|#284 – More prying into Xylic’s bidness
September 14|#283 – Al’bert loses
September 11|#282 – Fang gloats nefariously
September 4|#281 – Fang ‘n Al’bert
August 31|CHAPTER 11: FANG
August 24|#279 – Someone new arrives to interrupt in a whole new way
August 21|#278 – Drama ensues amongst the lovers
August 17|#277 – How to ward off a fairy in three steps or less
August 14|#276 – The goose that laid the egg of bad timing
August 10|#275 – Sangwine and Bactine discuss a myriad of topics… thoroughly
August 7|#274 – Teleporting handkerchiefs are so awesome
August 3|#273 – Teitnl is a most unpleasant man. Elf. Manelf.
July 31|#272 – Sangwine writes a letter to Teitnl
July 27|#271 – Bactine’s pleasant mood is most curious
July 24|#270 – The next morning, everything is GREAT
July 20|#269 – Hope can not be expunged
July 17|#268 – Xylic realizes passive-aggressive isn’t working
July 13|#267 – Oh what the shmeh, just kiss me already
July 10|#266 – A subtle jab
July 7|#265 – Ever notice how Bactine gets really mean when she’s emotional?
July 3|#264 – Unpleasant truths are forced out
June 29|#263 – When Bactine goes on the offensive
June 26|#262 – Playing with fireflies
June 22|#261 – Bactine is bored
June 19|#260 – Hope talks Xylic into dancing
June 14|#259 – Xylic’s new coat
June 5|#258 – Hope and Bactine notice a lot of refugees
June 1|#257 – Hope blithely brings up revolution
April 26|#256 – Theories on life, death, and shopping
April 13|#255 – The Evil Illusionist That Nobody Likes is discussed
April 3|#254 – Sangwine pries into Xylic’s parentage
March 20|#253 – Xylic makes his stance on Hope very clear
March 2|#252 – The Goose is ready to bust some chops… with a letter opener
February 28|CHAPTER 10: MORE STUFF THAT HAPPENS
February 27|#250 – Where planning begins and moping ends
February 23|#249 – Derf always shows up at the most humiliating times
February 20|#248 – Sangwine’s father brings a dead tree to life
February 16|#247 – Where Sangwine starts seeing dead people
February 13|#246 – Seeming rather hopeless
February 9|#245 – Further angsting
February 6|#244 – Monologue of low self-esteem
February 2|#243 – Where Sangwine starts talking to dead people
January 30|#242 – A lone walk in the forest
January 26|#241 – Sangwine suffers insomnia
January 23|#240 – Leavetaking
January 16|#239 – Al’bert and Xylic are discussed
January 12|#238 – Wherein bad mystery cliches are used
January 9|#237 – Sangwine exercises his angsting chops again
January 5|#236 – Proving that even nice fairies have their limits
January 2|#235 – Hope reveals her reason for stalking with poor reception

2006

December 12|#234 – Hope stalks
November 18|#233 – Xylic doesn’t seem to like surreptitious looks
November 17|#232 – Surreptitous looks over giant conversation
November 13|#231 – Hope sings Mozart; Bactine breaks sticks
November 12|#230 – A plan begins to form
November 4|#229 – Hope explains more stuff, and there’s a campfire
November 3|#228 – Hope explains stuff
October 28|CHAPTER 9: CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION
October 26|#226 – Leaving the castle
October 25|#225 – Somehow, it worked
October 13|#224 – Fairy isn’t bad with a sling
October 10|#223 – More conversation with the giant
October 6|#222 – Conversation with the giant
October 3|#221 – Xylic insults the duck… er, goose
September 22|#220 – Egg laying on demand
September 19|#219 – Everyone yells out the first thing that comes to mind
September 15|#218 – Blue blood can be a hazard
September 12|#217 – The Goose cons
August 27|#216 – There’s a talking animal
August 15|#215 – Hope remarks on the state of Sangwine’s hair
August 11|#214 – No one of consequence
August 7|#213 – In the Left Front Pocket…
August 1|#212 – A precarious position as Sangwine appears
July 26|#211 – Hope figures it out
July 21|#210 – Arrow-ed!
July 15|#209 – Following the voice of Hope, not Reason
July 7|#208 – Hope pouts
July 3|#207 – The giant’s guards are clandestinely tricked
June 30|#206 – Sangwine tells about Hope
June 26|#205 – Stump and Derf discuss storming the castle; Royal Rumble
June 22|#204 – A rock is flung and a fight breaks out
June 12|#203 – Not really twenty years…
June 9|#202 – Getting ready for Pixie Pass and placating tailors
June 5|#201 – Father brings down the fist, or finger
May 30|#200 – Sangwine is nonplussed by close quarters with Hope
May 26|#199 – The plot thickens as Father arrives
May 23|#198 – Hope ambushes Sangwine… for singing badly?
May 16|#197 – Reflection in an aspen grove
May 12|CHAPTER 8: FINDING HOPE
May 9|#195 – A road is picked, for good or ill, and bad symbolism is made
May 5|#194 – Derf clears the despondent fog
May 2|#193 – Where “despondency” is written in big letters above Sangwine’s head
April 29|#192 – A letter is read and reactions are bad
April 26|#191 – Sangwine expresses his appreciation to Bactine, but winds up chaperoned
April 20|#190 – Blindness, leprocy, and the plague
April 7|#189 – Stump’s plan is not to export yams
April 4|#188 – Once again, the Stump has a plan
March 31|#187 – Blushing is a surprising action for Sangwine
March 28|#186 – Wherein everyone is paddy-whacked
March 24|#185 – The Mouth of Fang rears his ugly head
March 21|#184 – How it is impossible to punch yourself in the face
March 17|#183 – The truth comes out, and it isn’t pretty
March 15|#182 – Much yelling of people’s names
March 10|#181 – Back at the inn…
March 7|#180 – Sangwine is forced to carry Bactine
March 3|#179 – More things explode
February 28|#178 – Firey flames of flammatude
February 24|#177 – Wherein almost-kissing is halted by deadly fireballs
February 17|#176 – Bactine’s monologue
February 6|#175 – If I were gone tomorrow, what would you do today?
February 3|#174 – Schloeffelonia is glimpsed… almost
January 30|#173 – Sangwine turns on the charm
January 26|#172 – The process for going out for air isn’t easy
January 23|#171 – Xylic points out the impossibility of “going air”
January 16|#170 – Xylic and Bactine’s unhappy dance
January 12|#169 – Derf and Bactine dance
January 4|#168 – Sangwine writes a letter
January 1|#167 – And then, in the City of Ena…

2005

December 22|#166 – A tremendous farce is executed at Sangwine’s expense
December 15|#165 – Xylic and Bactine get into it
December 8|#164 – Quiet conversation on a mountainside
December 5|#163 – A hesitation and a toss
December 1|#162 – Enter the Shamaness
November 28|#161 – The story continues; watermelons die
November 24|#160 – The explanation begins by Derf
November 21|#159 – Derf’s first word is still monosyllabic
November 17|#158 – Exercising a curse with a pair of tailoring shears
November 14|#157 – Wherein Stump’s real name is mentioned
November 10|#156 – Wherein Derf’s curse is mentioned
November 7|CHAPTER 7: THE CITY OF ENA
November 3|#154 – Tying up loose ends
October 27|#153 – The snake is broken
October 24|#152 – Sangwine asserts his assertion over Al’bert
October 20|#151 – Swordfighting and manipulations
October 17|#150 – Props are used to overcome Al’ice
October 13|#149 – Ultimatum!
October 10|#148 – Wherein a very small crotchety wizard is discovered
September 29|#147 – Dwarf toss attack!
September 26|#146 – Al’ice corners Bactine
September 22|#145 – The archer arches archfully
September 19|#144 – Al’bert complains
September 15|#143 – Or maybe not so charmed…
September 12|#142 – Charmed, I’m sure
September 8|#141 – Bactine is GLOMMMMM-ed by Al’bert
September 5|#140 – Bactine gets to chew out a new elf
September 1|#139 – More verbal battering for Sangwine
August 29|#138 – A poorly-sprung surprise
August 25|#137 – Entering the MD-CM chamber of mystery
August 22|#136 – Spheres of Adventure – Attack!
August 18|#135 – I’ve got your back
August 15|CHAPTER 6: INTO THE MONOLITH
August 11|#133 – The door is open; Sangwine resorts to pinching
August 8|#132 – Scorpion attack!
August 4|#131 – Tempers flare, tension increases, whining ensues
August 1|#130 – Bactine sports a bad attitude; Sangwine is annoyed
July 28|#129 – Bactine remarks to Xylic some remarkable remarks
July 25|#128 – Oh right, there was that thing about not knowing the password…
July 21|#127 – Frankly talking man to man, or prince to pauper
July 18|#126 – Flowers in the desert
July 14|#125 – Sangwine and Xylic discuss the MD-CM quest
July 11|#124 – The nature of piratic attributes is discussed
July 7|#123 – Sangwine throws a fit
July 4|#122 – A questionable statement is stated
June 30|#121 – The situation grows increasingly psychaedelic
June 27|#120 – Sangwine is snared
June 23|#119 – Lousy fortunes are told
June 20|#118 – A fortune teller *POOF*s onto the scene
June 16|#117 – The city of Kazaad’sandish
June 13|#116 – Jealousy rears its ugly head
June 9|#115 – The discussion blithely continues
May 30|#114 – Bactine has a discussion with the cigar hermit
May 26|#113 – The nefarious scheme is foiled
May 23|#112 – A rather large problem emerges
May 19|#111 – On a raft, at sunset
May 16|CHAPTER FIVE: THE DESERT OF SHERDS
May 12|#109 – A calm discussion by a very large tree
May 9|#108 – Xylic’s aim is off… or IS it?
May 5|#107 – A shoddy plan is developed
May 2|#106 – In which the subject of ignominious death is revived
April 28|#105 – Bad judgement leads to screaming gold coins
April 25|#104 – The red ribbon returns
April 21|#103 – Sangwine and Bactine talk civilly
April 18|#102 – Xylic joins the card game
April 14|#101 – Ronaldo the svelte goblin trumpet player manipulates Sangwine and Bactine into making amends
April 11|#100 – Royal rumble
April 7|#99 – Wherein Sangwine pelts Bactine in the head with a goblet
April 4|#98 – Bactine doesn’t consider Xylic an abject abomination
March 31|#97 – Xylic explains himself
March 28|#96 – Xylic’s secret is ousted
March 24|#95 – A goblin mariachi band; a drinking contest
March 21|#94 – Sangwine fails to apoligize to Bactine
March 17|#93 – A card game is suggested
March 14|#92 – Xylic’s dirty laundry is aired
March 10|#91 – A fire and a surprise
March 7|#90 – Sangwine makes a number of executive decisions
March 3|#89 – It begins to snow a lot; Sangwine and Xylic bicker about Bactine
February 28|#88 – It begins to snow
February 24|#87 – This is the worst adventure ever!
February 21|#86 – One-legged zombie tailors are the best tailors in all the world
February 17|#85 – Familial relations are discussed
February 14|#84 – Aunt Ellinya scolds Sangwine’s distraction
February 10|CHAPTER 4: THE TWISTY MOUNTAINS
February 7|#82 – Epilogue: Thief’s Diary
February 3|#81 – The band reunites and poses dramatically
January 31|#80 – Sangwine and Bactine make amends; a scream is heard
January 27|#79 – Sangwine kicks Al’ice’s can
January 24|#78 – The Thief and Al’bert are o’erwhelmed
January 20|#77 – The sound of ultimate suffering echoes through the lands
January 17|#76 – Sangwine’s hair is cut
January 13|#75 – Derf’s mother is insulted
January 10|#74 – Al’bert has trouble keeping Bactine sedated
January 6|#73 – Bactine falls under Al’bert’s glamour spell
January 3|#72 – Magical trickery slows the Stump’s rescue attempt

2004

December 20|#71 – The Wiz blocks Stump’s path
December 16|#70 – Sangwine and Al’ice fight
December 13|#69 – Al’ice strikes a bad chord with Sangwine; the orc was Blarghard the Wise
December 9|#68 – Derf is forced into a fight by Steev
December 8|#67 – Thief steals Xylic’s most prized possession
December 2|#66 – Xylic sulks about women
November 29|#65 – Al’ice tricks Sangwine, which isn’t very hard
November 25|#64 – Al’bert asks Bactine to dance
November 22|#63 – Caught up in the moment; Al’bert interrupts
November 19|#62 – Sangwine and Bactine make amends on the dance floor
November 15|#61 – Bactine bullies Sangwine into dancing with her
November 11|#60 – Xylic attempts to impress Bactine with his longbow knowledge
November 8|#59 – The White Dragon Wiggery; Prioress Gendolayenne the Frothy, Wiglaureat B.W.
November 4|#58 – The Rapunzel Ray is executed
November 1|#57 – A joyful shopping excursion for all
October 28|#56 – Sangwine and Bactine argue incessantly
October 25|#55 – A rose is smelt, and cast off
October 21|CHAPTER 3: THE CITY OF SOL
October 18|#53 – Sangwine avoids apology; Xylic is beaten merrily
October 14|#52 – Derf uses his massive resources to save the day
October 11|#51 – Xylic ruins everything
October 7|#50 – A fermented acorn is introduced
October 4|#49 – Bactine and Xylic make googly eyes at Sangwine in turn
September 30|#48 – A plan is put into play; Sangwine poses heroically
September 27|#47 – In which Bactine gives Xylic a good eye-poking
September 23|#46 – Xylic lectures Bactine on the length of the elfin lifespan and her own futility
September 20|#45 – Xylic desires to hold Bactine’s hand
September 16|#44 – Carnivorous chipmunks are introduced
September 13|#43 – Sangwine and Stump discuss geography
September 9|#42 – Chippy turns out to be more nefarious than expected
September 6|#41 – Xylic makes a furry friend
September 2|#40 – Wherein Bactine tells Sangwine to talk to the hand
August 30|#39 – Wherein Sangwine offends Bactine
August 26|#38 – Fang, Overlord of Darkness is discussed
August 23|#37 – Sangwine discovers his father is dead
August 19|#36 – A fairy helps Sangwine; He offends her greatly
August 16|#35 – Help, Sangwine has fallen and he can’t get up!
August 12|#34 – Sangwine is made nervous
August 9|#33 – Camp is made; Bactine wants to “talk”
August 5|#32 – Sangwine and Xylic consider direction
August 2|CHAPTER 2: THE FOREST OF DARKNESS
July 26|#30 – The Band flees from certain death by smashing
July 19|#29 – Floh explains the intricate workings of the Mountain Troll mind
July 12|#28 – The Stump makes ridiculous statements when he is sloshed
July 5|#27 – Bactine and Sangwine rush to stop Mountain Troll embibbery
June 28|#26 – Bactine is discovered eavesdropping
June 21|#25 – Wherein Sangwine is pelted in the head with a rock
June 14|#24 – Flashback of Prince Sangwine and army in the Pass
June 7|#23 – The debacle at Pixie Pass is brought to light
May 31|#22 – Sangwine is abandoned to the mercies of Floh
May 24|#21 – Sangwine asks the barwench for directions
May 17|#20 – The hideous barwench reveals her horrible visage
May 10|#19 – The Slug and Lettuce is discovered
May 3|#18 – Sangwine and Bactine argue about healthcare
April 26|#17 – Sangwine receives a shot to the butt
April 19|#16 – Information is gained from the orc
April 12|#15 – “Battle” with the orc
April 5|#14 – The Band comes a-calling at Calvexia’s home
March 29|#13 – Calvexia the Bog Witch is discussed
March 22|#12 – Sangwine yells at Xylic, in elf-manner
March 16|CHAPTER 1: THE MYSTIC DRAGYN-CRYSTAL MOON QUEST
March 15|#10 – The Mystic Dragyn-Crystal Moon quest is undertaken
March 8|#9 – Sangwine’s Merry Band is underwhelmingly introduced
March 1|#8 – Debauchery is discovered in Breen’s
February 23|#7 – Al’bert’s crew is introduced; I forget how to draw
February 16|#6 – Al’bert and gang ambush Sangwine amicably
February 9|#5 – Bactine and Xylic discuss his “sock problem”
February 2|#4 – When Sangwine’s manhood is questioned
January 26|#3 – Derf busts onto the scene, simply
January 19|#2 – Xylic’s sock fetish is discovered
January 12|#1 – Wherein the Stump impersonates Mr. T
January 11|Foreword
January 10|Lint Title Page