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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 10h

#543: Peace in the valley. projectionedge.com Mirror site: projectionedge.thecomicseries.com

Aiden appears in the Projection Edge, riding a horse through a calm, moody Western landscape.

He says to the horse, "You're a good critter, ain't ya? Nice an' QUIET."

A voice is heard next to him: "Aiden."

Eamonn appears next to him, also riding a horse.

Eamonn: ...I'm so sorry this happened to you.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 10h

#543: Peace in the valley. projectionedge.com Mirror site: projectionedge.thecomicseries.com

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The computers will probably remain unassembled on Wednesday, so I'll have to update by phone. That means Bluesky and Mastodon only for now, and no alt text. Tumblr and Cara will update as soon as the computers are running. Life under construction. Information superhighway right lane blocked.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

But I will say, the payoff is sweet. It felt like a fairy godmother had teleported me to the end of my commute this morning.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The cats can both stop constantly yowling at any time now.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Mostly moved in, but computers and modems aren't set up. We'll be spending the next 4 days going back and forth cleaning and straightening up, so I might be out of touch for a while.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My plans this morning inadvertently did not include breakfast... and now I have no time to get anything. I might have to scrounge random stuff from the freezer. ...oh God, please let me not smash the truck....

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Well, smack dab in the middle of a move and the day before I rent the moving truck is not the best time to have an anniversary, but happy 11th, @oneratnowalls.bsky.social. We're still going strong and I'm here for 11 to the 11th power more years if I can help it!

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thanks to everyone for their cheesy SatAM plot ideas! There were a few that made me go, "Oh, damn, yeah. THAT one." And there's already a couple I have ideas to build upon when I get the time to do it. :)

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Okay, legit question albeit a strange one. What's a really, really hackneyed plot trope from the days of cheesy SatAM kid's cartoons? The upshot is I'm using them as a skeletal framework for the "Tales From Planet KPET" madness and it's kind of cathartic. Here are two examples I'm using:

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#542: Is there anybody in there? projectionedge.com Mirror site: projectionedge.thecomicseries.com

Panel 1: From behind the house, Eva waves at Aiden.
Eva: ... Mr. Burdick?

Panel 2: Eva quickly ducks back behind the house as bullets fly past her.

Panel 3: Close up of Eva.
Eva: DON'T SHOOT! I'M NOT ARMED! I JUST WANT TO HELP!!
Aiden (off panel): GO AWAY!

Panel 4: Eva: PLEASE DON'T SHOOT! LET ME TALK! I KNOW WHAT EAMONN'S BEEN DOING!

Panel 5: We pull out to a wide shot. As Eva continues, a gigantic flash is seen emanating from where Aiden is located. Eva's eyes are closed and she does not notice.
Eva: BUT HE DOESN'T... KNOW! HE JUST WANTS TO HELP PEOPLE! HE'S A... HE'S A *GOOD* DOG, REALLY!

Panel 6: Eva: Please, just... don't SHOOT or anything. Just LISTEN and I'll EXPLAIN! PLEASE!

Panel 7: Close up of Eva as she waits for an answer.

Panel 8: When an answer does not come, she turns and says "... Mr. Burdick?"

Panel 9: Eva looks around the side of the building to see Aiden standing stock-still, his gun no longer in his hand.
Eva: ... Hello?

Panel 10: Eva approaches Aiden and waves her hand in front of his face. Aiden has a dazed look on his face and looks dead ahead.
Eva: Are you there...?

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

After weeks and weeks of glacial workdays, NOW it gets busy and complicated when I have something exciting and fun to sketch on my downtime. Because of course.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#542: Is there anybody in there? projectionedge.com Mirror site: projectionedge.thecomicseries.com

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh, what the heck. Samples. They're all sketches because the important thing is to get the rush of ideas out.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

OK. I'm not revealing anything about it that's not self-evident here, but this story has been an utter blast to write and draw. I have developed so many ideas for the premise, to the point where I got worried that it would overshadow, y'know, the actual comic I supposedly believe so deeply in.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#541: The negotiations will be short. projectionedge.com Mirror site: projectionedge.thecomicseries.com

Panel 1: Quenby is talking to a pair of hawks. Some other birds are also scattered about, attentive to her words.
Quenby: Now you understand that we're getting the dog out, don't you?
Hawk: Bad dog out now??

Panel 2: Quenby awkwardly reaches up to scratch the back of her head.
Quenby: The, um, DOG, will be leaving once and for all... and he won't disturb any of you anymore.
Hawk (spreading wings): BAD DOG OUT! BAD DOG LEAVE!

Panel 3: Quenby turns and directs her comments to all the assembled birds.
Quenby: But for that to HAPPEN, you have to leave us all ALONE... Is that understood?
HAWK (leaping excitedly): YES! YES! BAD DOG GO AWAY!
The other birds all leap about shouting "BAD DOG OUT! BAD DOG OUT!"

Panel 4: We see Quenby from behind looking at the birds flying away.
Quenby (thinking): Whew.

Panel 5: A voice off panel says "Hey!" causing Quenby to look behind her.

Panel 6: Various small woodland animals are lined up on and near a wall, along with a very peeved-looking deer.
Raccoon: Did you say you're getting the dog out?
Quenby (gritting her teeth in anxiety): ... Oh boy. THIS will take a while.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#541: The negotiations will be short. projectionedge.com Mirror site: projectionedge.thecomicseries.com

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Have the opening sentences of a silly story I'm writing only for me: "It was a crisp morning in KPET City, the capital of KPET State, the only state in the United States of KPET, the only country on Planet KPET, formerly known as 'Earth.' An immortal but young rat named Ferris was out for a walk."

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Dear God. Four more days of getting all the loose crap into random boxes and organizing stuff for Saturday's move. Then three-four days of cleaning this apartment. Then all the unpacking and setting up. And I haven't even finished whining about it this morning.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Got the keys. The place is ours. Tim gave his stamp of approval. Let's gooooooooo....

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Terminally online #politics cynical paranoia here: It is in the Republicans' best interests to keep That Guy as invisible as possible right now.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Brutal honesty time. I don't really "consume" a lot of new media anymore, unless I feel both Tim and I will enjoy it at dinner. I make my own. (*sigh* Here goes...) And no one ever interrupted Michelangelo from painting the Sistine Chapel to ask him if he's seen the 1510 version of "Severance."

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We cleaned out so much today but the place looks fuller than ever. I know, I know, it's because everything's not all in closets or cupboards anymore, but it's still demoralizing.

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OneRatNoWalls @oneratnowalls.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Colored version. Huge thanks to @petrovneutrino.bsky.social for his support!

Petrov Neutrino's fursona leaning against a pillar of letters spelling the word "click". Drawn and inked by @projectionedge.bsky.social, colored by @oneratnowalls.bsky.social

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

GODDAMMIT WHY DON'T I EVER LISTEN We're not doing terrible. A lot of the stuff is packed. It's just all the fiddly crap that keeps showing up. "Should I save this? You never know when you'll need a box of push pins" Fortunately, we have three whole days to clean up after we rent the truck.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Are they, though? "Thomas, not everyone liked those weird old cartoons where penguins impersonated Clark Gable and Edward G. Robinson" ... Okay, fair

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Gotta love it. I spend an hour or so sorting things, putting stuff away, taking junk to the dumpster, la de da, decide I need a break, grab a soda... and guzzle the whole thing in less than a minute.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Proof that I was HUGELY into "Peanuts" in the fourth grade. These little dolls were available at K-Mart and I got them all. I remember hoping for more, but eventually they disappeared. I think they were just cheap bootlegs, but I loved 'em. Oh. Yeah. I did eventually get orthodontia.

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Brew "Blight Eyes" Gnoodle @unidedtypingobj.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#furryArt Opening for YCH commissions! Please reply to this if interested :3 Paypal or Ko-Fi paid.

A "Your Character Here" advertisement of a cartoon character using a rake. An example of Aerith from Final Fantasy 7 in simple cartoon style is to the left of the YCH model. The caption says " Any species, gender, body type, background, and expression. Cost is $22.

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Brew "Blight Eyes" Gnoodle @unidedtypingobj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#furryArt Opening for YCH commissions! Please reply to this if interested :3 Paypal or Ko-Fi paid.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yeah, sadly, even hockey puck veggie sausage is like that. When I make biscuits and gravy, I usually cut up normal sausage and put it into the gravy, and it's much easier and tastier to eat.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thanks to @gil.hova.net for the inadvertent idea. Background: Last night I discovered that I never moved over any of my high-res files for the "Newshounds" graphic novel (apart from a few pages) to the new computer. Nor did I ever transfer anything from "Something Happens."

And now for a segment I like to call "WHEN THE GLOVE" where I detail ideas I came up with at Oh-My-God-o'clock in the morning....

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Starting to feel excited instead of stressed. Like this is legit the kind of new adventure I used to hope for in my youth. Monday is "move-in" day (though we won't get the van until the following Saturday) and I can't wait for Tim to see it.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"This foolish game, oh, it's still the same. The notes go flying off in the air. And don't you believe it's true? The music is all for you. It's really all we got to share. 'Cause rockin' and rollin' ... it's only howling at the moon. It's only howling at the moon." ... Owoo. ... Night.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Lease done been signed. Usually the process puts the hurly-burly into my gut, but the lease and all their addenda seemed pretty benign this time... or maybe I'm more grown-up now. "We show this is your car. SIGN. Don't set the place on fire. SIGN."

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Using downtime to research and write a "sciency" part of the PE script. However, I'm starting to believe that "showing my work" is antagonistic to solid story pacing. No matter how sincerely I want to avoid "a wizard did it," a well-told story may depend on drastically reducing the complexity.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A blog post about Phil Collins seemed deliberately designed to annoy me: "When Genesis broke up, little did Collins know he would become a sensation as a solo artist." Genesis did NOT break up before Phil's solo career, and in fact remained a going concern during the height of his success. Jeez.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Disappointed at first because his dumbass musician ambitions were unrealized, but probably impressed once I explained how my ambitions and the world has changed.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Thank you for applying with ___ Renter's Insurance. Your policy should be ready within 3-5 business days." "Oh, dang. I hope that won't delay the mo---" "YOUR POLICY IS READY!" *blink* There's CYA, and there's "ridiculous."

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SuperSkullz @superskullz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So In celebrating of them moving to a new place, I drew something for @projectionedge.bsky.social & @oneratnowalls.bsky.social, Especially since it's been a bit since I drew something for em! Was happy to do this! #art

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Not to keep harping on this... but this Wiki entry has been fleshed out some since I last saw it. And I'm like, yikes... I didn't know any of this. (I knew she'd disappeared, but that was it.) Mom told me she had questionable taste in guys but damn. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_...

en.wikipedia.org

Marcia Moore - Wikipedia

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My earliest memory of Mom post-divorce was of her working with yoga guru Marcia Moore (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_...) on a proto-zine called "The Hypersentience Bulletin." [Moore built us kids a tetherball court to keep us busy while Mom worked, which inspired the tetherball court in PE.]

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I love John Cusack as much as the next guy, but he was seriously miscast as the elder Brian Wilson in "Love and Mercy." It's especially egregious since the guy playing the younger Wilson, Paul Dano, was PERFECT in his role.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Moving the tubs we have in storage here to the storage unit there. Doing so made this really hit home. I drove back home in silence, no music (I almost never do that) and just thought about change. If it seems like I'm making a lot out of this... moves bring out complicated feelings for me.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#540: They're helping! projectionedge.com Mirror site: projectionedge.thecomicseries.com

Panel 1: Outside the house, Quenby has her arms in the air, and is shouting at the birds circling overhead.
Quenby: HEY, HAWKS! IF YOU COME TALK TO ME, I PROMISE WE'LL GET THE DOG OUT IMMEDIATELY!

Panel 2: Quenby runs off to the distance, a hawk in close pursuit, while Eva looks after her in the foreground.

Panel 3: She turns to see Officer Locutus point a figure at her and say "Not as for YOU--"
A "BAM BAM BAM" sound effect is heard.

Panel 4: Eva runs towards the back of the house as Officer Locutus turns away.
Eva: I'll just go see what that is, shall I?
A "WHOOP" sound effect erupts from the direction Officer Locutus is facing.

Panel 5: We see another police car has arrived. Officer Hugh exits from the driver's side.
Officer Hugh: WHAT'S GOING ON?! Half a dozen CROWS just took a SWOOPING DIVE into our WINDSHIELD!!

Panel 6: Eva runs past the side of the house; in the distance we see Aiden throwing himself bodily against the garage door with a BAM BAM BAM sound effect.

Panel 7: Eva looks around the corner to see Aiden continue to try to break down the door.
Aiden: DAMMIT! Am I REALLY gonna have to SHOOT the LOCK?!

Panel 8: Close up of a troubled Eva.
EVA (thinking): Eamonn's in the GARAGE!!

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Kaoru @kaorugreendrake.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

When you find the sage at last.

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Thomas K. Dye @projectionedge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#540: They're helping! projectionedge.com Mirror site: projectionedge.thecomicseries.com

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