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I Think You Should Leave, Falstaff @robbykarol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Shawn’s hatred of the Beatles would continue to show up in the most interesting places, including a full hour of his testimony on the stand during his witness tampering case in 2014.

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 12/12/2023

Red Ring of Death #18, "Guitar Zero," circa 2006. A hilarious sendup of one of the most popular gaming franchises of the mid-2000s - great to hear some of Shawn's opinions about the trash popular music of the time!

Panel 1: YOU'VE LOVED GUITAR HERO AND GUITAR HERO 2.. NOW GET READY FOR:
GUITAR HERO
MUSIC THAT FUCKING SUCKS EDITION!

Panel 2: FEATURING ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE MUSICAL EXCREMENT:
COLDPLAY
HANNAH ΜΟΝΤΑΝΑ
50 CENT
DANIEL POWTER
LINDSAY LOHAN
HANSON
BOB DYLAN
ARCADE FIRE
THE BEATLES N* SYNC
TLC
VILLAGE PEOPLE
RANDY NEWMAN
BEYONCE
SPICE GIRLS
THREE SIX MAFIA
THE BEE GEES
THE CURE
JANET JACKSON
BACKSTREET BOYS
KANYE WEST
PHIL COLLINS
SAVAGE GARDEN
BOY GEORGE
DISCO

Panel 3: AND NOW FOR CASUAL GAMERS: SONGS WITH NO GUITAR! SO EVEN YOUR LITTLE SISTER CAN PLAY!

Little girl: Yesss! I got a perfect score AGAIN!

Panel 4: Shawn and Graham sitting on the couch playing the game.

Shawn: WELL! THIS FRANCHISE JUMPED THE SHARK WITH EVEN MORE EXPEDIENCY THAN I HAD ANTICIPATED.

Graham: "AND COMING SOON: GUITAR HERO NICKELBACK EDITION."

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 25/08/2025

A misconception I would like to clear up: Shawn Tuckley did truly believe he was going to win the Presidency in 2012. He believed it right up until this photo was taken, shortly after news outlets projected Barack Obama to be the winner of the 2012 Presidential election, 11/6/12.

Picture of Shawn Tuckley sitting in his apartment, away from the camera, with his hat and sunglasses thrown to the ground tragically.

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 25/08/2026

Red Ring of Death #119, "The Principle of Creation," circa 2007. Fans were baffled by this strip, which appeared to be unambiguously promoting the Unification Church, aka the "Moonies" - especially strange, considering Shawn's avowed atheist stance. The strip was deleted only a day later.

Panel 1: Shawn is talking with a blonde haired Christian man holding a Bible. Shawn is crossing his arms and looking smug, with an arched eyebrow.

Christian: Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins! And that's the END of the story.

Panel 2:

Shawn: Oh really? Then why did Jesus appear to our True Father Sun Myung Moon on Easter Sunday 1935, blessing him with the Divine Principle? Allowing us to establish a New Ideal Family, free of Sin, married by our True Parents?

Panel 3: The Christian man looks shocked & stunned, eyes wide. Shawn is smiling smugly, in victory.

Panel 4: Shawn and the Christian man are both kneeling and praying in front of the portrait of the True Parents of the Unification Church, Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han.

Christian man: O Heavenly Father. Forgive us for failing to establish Christianity as the Third Israel, set apart to fulfill God's will.

Our blood must be identical with the blood that pours from YOUR artery, YOUR bosom. I must die and YOU must survive.

In the holy name of True Parents, Amen.

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 04/07/2023

Controversially, this strip was suddenly taken down mere hours after it was posted, only to be replaced with this new image. While it is very likely the original comic was taken down due to advice from Shawn’s legal team, no official explanation has ever been provided. Happy 4th of July, folks!

Drawing of Shawn & a soldier saluting both an American flag and a Gamer Nation flag. Text reads “Red Ring of Death Loves America! Never forget: soldiers are like gamers in real life, and fight real life bad guys! HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!”

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 11/07/2023

Red Ring of Death #450, "Thumbs Down," circa 2010. A strip from Shawn's famed "Gamer Nation" story arc, Shawn here proved himself an advocate to gamers everywhere by giving that anti-gamer creep Roger Ebert what he deserved!!

Panel 1:

Judge: Mr. Ebert.. for the crimes of disrespecting games and gamers everywhere.. for failing to recognize the joy and beauty of a great game.. and for all the hate language you have directed at the great games and gamers of this great nation..

Panel 2: Judge bangs gavel

Judge: I sentence you to 9,999 years in Noob Island, where you will get your ass kicked by pro gamers every single day!!!

Offscreen: NO!!!

Panel 3: Roger Ebert being taken out of court by two police officers

Roger: GAMES AREN'T ART!! GAMES AREN'T ART!! I'll make you pay for this, TUCKLEY!!

Offscreen: Ha ha.. I told you, Ebert..

Panel 4: Shawn standing with Graham, Dinah and Switchy, with Gamer Nation flags everywhere

Shawn: Don't Fuck with Gamer Nation.

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 26/06/2023

Red Ring of Death #3, “PC Gamer Slayer,” circa 2006. Great to see Shawn knock a PC gaming snob down a peg in the only way he knew how: random violence!

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IggyTheFool @iggythefoolishone.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I had never even heard of Red Ring of Death or Tuckley before but this image made me follow

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 11/09/2023

“Many - perhaps all - of those lives lost on 9/11 were those of gamers. Now that it has been PROVEN that these attacks were orchestrated by the Powers That Be.. it is of utmost importance for us Gamers to elect a Gamer President.” -Shawn Tuckley, 9/11 anniversary post, 2006

Drawing of the cast of Red Ring of Death crying and with their hands on their hearts, with the destroyed World Trade Center towers in between them. The text below reads: "We Gamers never forget. 9/11/06 'All Your Lives Are Belong to Heaven'"

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 11/09/2026

One again, fellow Gamers.. we will Never Forget that day.

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 08/09/2026

Shawn was NEVER afraid to speak his mind about Zelda.. a "voice of his generation" for us Gamers!

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Brian Amos @brianamos.com · 08/09/2026

Those arms are proof that Shawn could always innovate on ways to depict women's bodies

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 08/09/2026

Shawn was NEVER afraid to speak his mind about Zelda.. a "voice of his generation" for us Gamers!

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WinRAR Earle @tommchenry.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

in 9 years (many of which included a global pandemic) I've self-published 20 full-color individual comics issues. it doesn't include things like minis, riso work, or anthologies, but it's a pretty solid survey of the last decade and the Modern Era of my comics. yourmchenries.bigcartel.com

A bunch of polybagged back issues: 1) Luxury, 2) Unchecked Economics, 3) Dupis, 4) Wet Ghost Country, 5) Rusty Hero Dog, 6) Platform, 7) Agency, 8) Cloud, 9) Swole, 10) Hell Cop Summer Spectacular, 11) Fancy Orange Pops, 12) Bone Heart, 13) The Grown-Ups, 14) Big Zoop, 15) Drudgery, 16) Summer Sports Spectacular, 17) Heaven, 18) Bird Slamzone: Legally Distinct Cool Boy, 19) No Bummer Policy, 20) Duckborne Chronicles

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Snow @lovelysoftsnow.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is why tingle never appeared in a mainline zelda since 2004

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 10/10/2024

Red Ring of Death #116, “The Tingle Commission,” circa 2007. Folks might not remember how hated the Zelda character Tingle was back in the day, but Shawn made sure to make his feelings known with a wry & clever political allegory! Hilarious stuff!

Panel 1: Tingle dressed as JFK on the day of his assassination, waving to fans from his car with Zelda as Jackie K and Salvatore in the front seat

Panel 2: Tingle is shot in the neck with an arrow, with Zelda tending to him and a text box saying "Not bad! 500 points"

Panel 3: Tingle is shot with an arrow directly to the head, his brains flying everywhere, with Zelda looking shocked. Text says "BULLSEYE!! 10,000 points!"

Panel 4: Shawn Tuckley holding a crossbow smiling. He says "Heheh... gotcha, you piece of shit. The Zelda franchise is SAVED."

Text box says: "Here's hoping Link's Crossbow Training gives us Zelda fans what we REALLY want.."

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 14/07/2025

Red Ring of Death #472, “Hail to the Chief,” circa 2008. You can really see the gears turning in Shawn's head here, as it wouldn't be much longer before his political ambitions fully came to the forefront.

Panel 1:

Barack Obama is pleading with Shawn.

Obama: Hello Mr. Tuckley! Er, ah, the ELECTION's coming up, and heck, I'd sure love it if you voted for me, Barack Obama!

Panel 2: John McCain is also nervously pleading with Shawn.

McCain: Hey there Mr. Tuckley! Since you can only choose between two candidates, I'd appreciate it if you picked me, John McCain! We need your vote!

Panel 3: Shawn ponders to himself.

Panel 4: Shawn puts up a lawn sign that says "Chief/Paul 2008," with pictures of Master Chief and Ron Paul. Obama and McCain are screaming "NOOOOOOOO!!!!" and crying.

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 10/07/2025

Red Ring of Death #28, “It’s About Fucking Time.”, circa 2006. The first (and certainly not the last) strip to focus on Shawn’s long-held animosity towards former Attack of the Show host Kevin Pereira, along with his uncomfortable obsession with Olivia Munn.

Panel 1: Olivia Munn and Kevin Pereira are hosting Attack of the Show.

Kevin: Eyyy I'm Kevin Pereira, this is Olivia Munn, and welcome to Attack of the Sh-

Panel 2: Shawn Tuckley decapitates Kevin with an axe, a grisly, horribly bloody scene.

Panel 3: Zoom out to show a bunch of people at a bar watching Kevin's murder on TV, cheering and holding up drinks.

Panel 4: A Time Magazine cover showing Shawn Tuckley as Man of the Year, pictured being married to Olivia Munn. The caption reads:

Shawn Tuckley, our saviour.
THE WEDDING OF THE CENTURY
PLUS: THE JOYS OF PISSING ON KEVIN PEREIRA'S GRAVE

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 19/07/2023

A proposed cover for a Red Ring children’s book, “Gaming Is Magical!”, circa 2009. It was cancelled after publisher Random House requested Shawn remove several instances of sexual intercourse, graphic violence, and constant uses of the words “tits” and “piss,” which he refused.

Text says “Gaming is Magical!!” with a cutesy looking Shawn Tuckley and Switchy smiling at each other with big beady eyes

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god emperor jt @jtbutthead.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

in a world of left vs right, with no grey areas, Shawn chose to be epic

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 02/09/2026

In today's divided political world, Shawn's work continues to show us the way forward!

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grayson @graysond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It's always possible Shawn will get pardoned!

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 18/09/2023

Red Ring of Death #12, "Master Grief," circa 2006. If anyone ever tells you Shawn was anti-feminist, make sure to show them this strip - he knew how to write strong female characters!!

Panel 1: Shawn in Master Chief outfit

Shawn: Hell yeah 31 kills! All your HALO 2 base are belong to me, Dinah! I told you - girls can't-

Panel 2: Mine lands on Shawn

Shawn: Ga... G.... Ah

Uh.... oh fucknuggets.

Panel 3: Shawn explodes in blood offscreen, with Dinah in red Master Chief outfit

Dinah: Heheh.. girls can't WHAT?

Panel 4: Shawn and Dinah sitting on gamer couch with controllers, Shawn looks infuriated

Dinah: What's wrong? Can't finish your sentence? Aww, what a shame. Now get your ASS in the kitchen and make me a SANDWICH.

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 04/12/2024

One of Shawn's many proposed T-shirt designs, circa 2008. Never released due to complaints from Shawn's partner at the time.

Shawn wearing a T-shirt that says "The PS2 is like monogamy... OUTDATED!"

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 18/08/2025

Red Ring of Death #31, “No Level Cap On Love,” circa 2006. A historically important strip, this was the first (and certainly not the last) time Shawn’s polyamorous views would make itself known in the strip. A fascinating look into the inner life of one of this generation's greatest artists.

Panel 1: Shawn Tuckley talking to a guy with an XBox shirt.

Shawn: I believe that you can only have one console, and you have to commit to that one console for the rest of your life. And if you get any MORE consoles, that is an immoral sin.

Panel 2:

Xbox Guy: What?? You're NUTS! I should be able to get as many consoles as I want! That's RIDICULOUS!

Shawn: It is, isn't it?

Panel 3:

Shawn: Now replace "consoles" with "romantic partners."

Panel 4:

Xbox guy is stunned into silence, and Shawn is looking smugly at the audience with one eyebrow up, glorious in victory.

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 20/04/2026

Red Ring of Death #41, “Don’t You Wish? Vol. 1”, circa 2006. This was the first strip in the “Don’t You Wish?” series, which would become a fan favorite over the years. Many readers believed this strip was Shawn's tacit admission of erectile dysfunction. This has never been confirmed nor denied.

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 02/09/2026

We've got some new followers! Welcome! This account is dedicated to the incredible work of Shawn Tuckley and his comic masterpiece Red Ring of Death. While Shawn may likely be in prison until 2045 (or longer), it's great to see that his legacy will live on forever!!

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Sean Rose the World’s Strongest @jabronisean.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Immortalized in one of my favorite old gaming humor strips from the mid 2000s

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

you know sometimes you think the internet has lost its charm entirely, and then you discover an extensive parody of gaming comics from the mid-2000s onward and life is restored

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 26/08/2026

Shawn would never comment on the strip again, and would refuse to answer questions about the Unification Church. While I can't speak for him, I can confirm that both myself & his legal team could not reach him when the Church was made illegal in Japan earlier this year.

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An giraffe @ananimegiraffe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I think sinfest had a moonies strip right around the same time? I remember it got posted in the somethingawful webcomics thread a lot but all those imageshack pictures are broken now so I can’t be sure. I wonder what happened?

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Kyle Orland @kyleor.land · 31/08/2026

Didn’t someone in the comments find a fake “marriage certificate”buried in Shawn’s “private” folder in the server with Shawn written in to the groom line and “The Lord” written in as the bride? Or was that just a troll faker?

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Jonquil B. @jonquil.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

i was away from the forums that week, when i came back i saw all the bans but didn't find out until later what had happened ("ask on the forums"? are you crazy?)

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Lord Somethingorother @lordsomtnorotr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I recall being very interested in the defamation lawsuits they threw at people. Got pretty quiet about them when he learned they all failed.

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 28/07/2026

The Red Ring of Death website has been updated with the entire Stella Starchild arc, plus several other new Red Ring strips! Check it out! www.redring-nation.com

redring-nation.com

Red Ring of Death – The Official Archives of Red Ring of Death, the most influential gaming webcomic of 2006, written and created by Shawn Tuckley.

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 13/07/2026

Red Ring of Death #2,014, “Remember When? Part 2: The Betrayal,” circa 2014. Here Shawn’s nostalgic “Remember When?” series is already off the rails, turning into what feels like an expression of regret towards having children. Not really a humorous strip, but certainly memorable!

Panel 1: A father is holding a copy of Super Smash Bros and showing it to his son.

Father: Hey son! Look what I got - the new SMASH BROS game! We can spend all day playing together as father and son!

I hope you’ve been practicing on Final Destination, no items.. I’ve become really deadly with FALCO!

Panel 2:

Son: Uh, sorry dad.. some friends wanted to play some baseball outside today, if that’s ok?

Father (looking gravely disappointed): Oh. Ok. Sure.

Panel 3: The son is running outside into the sunshine, with a baseball bat and glove, while his father watches on.

Kid (from outside): Hey Daryl! You done with your dorky ass GAMER dad? We need you to play shortstop!

Son: hahaha! Coming!

Some text appears in dramatic font, saying the following:

“And when your spawn walks out the door.. Remember your pain, and nothing more..”

Panel 4: Zoom in on the father looking brokenhearted and angry, with tears streaming down his face.

The text continues:

“The foul mistake you KNOW you made.. inevitably leads to a Gamer, Betrayed.”
-Tuckley 7:12”

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Lord Somethingorother @lordsomtnorotr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Pretty sure that kid was modeled after one he lost to during a match at a tournament. Wasn't even part of said tournament, just something for fans to do. I imagine he'd have throttled that kid much harder if it were a ranked match.

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Kyle Orland @kyleor.land · 13/07/2026

The people who responded using meme-worthy baseball card images with photoshopped devil horns were pretty great, though. Worth the bannings.

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Kyle Orland @kyleor.land · 13/07/2026

Can't remember if this was slightly before or slightly after the forum thread where he said Major League Baseball was "at the head of a Satanic mind control cult, or at the very least closely associated with one."

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 18/05/2026

Red Ring of Death #2,013, “Remember When?”, circa 2014. This was the beginning of Shawn’s brief flirtation with “nostalgia bait” strips, presumably because Red Ring’s reputation as a “disgusting, violent” strip was having a negative effect on his legal issues at the time.

Panel 1: The caption above says “It can happen in an instant..”

A middle aged guy with a beard, a Triforce shirt, holding a beer walks into a room. He says “Hey son! What’re you… !”

Panel 2: Caption says “When a beloved childhood memory..”

The man is seeing a flashback of himself playing Mario as a child, in his old room with wood-paneled walls and a shag carpet. He’s playing a super Nintendo, drinking a Surge drink and Doritos 3D.

Panel 3: Caption says “..is passed down to a NEW generation.”

The man is now seeing his current-day son playing Mario on the Wii U, with a 2014-appropriate Monster energy drink and Flaming Hot Cheetos.

Panel 4: Caption says “That’s the JOY.. and the MAGIC.. of GAMING.”

Closeup of the older man’s face, who is weeping with a smile on his face.

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Lord Somethingorother @lordsomtnorotr.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I remember asking if he changed his mind about "crotch goblins" and getting banned for proliferating hate speech.

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Josh @geekcritique.org · 18/05/2026

The wood paneling really makes it authentic.

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Red Ring of Death @redring-nation.com · 28/04/2026

Red Ring of Death #2,012, “In Space, No One Can Hear You Shit,” circa 2014. This strip is notorious for being posted not only after the controversial Stella Starchild strips, but also after every RRoD character was killed of in the “Death of Red Ring” arc - as if none of it had ever happened.

Panel 1: Graham and Shawn are sitting on the couch playing video games.

Graham: Heh.. Shawn, are you SURE you’re ready for Alien: Isolation? You tend to be a bit of a scaredy-cat when it comes to horror games..

Shawn: Tut tut, young Graham! A few jumpscares are nothing for a true gamer like myself!

Panel 2: POV shot of Shawn in the Alien: Isolation, holding the motion tracker and hiding under a table.

Shawn: Alright.. I’ve gotta hide from the alien, right? I’ll just hide under this table, then! Nobody will find me he-

Panel 3: The Xenomorph suddenly appears, leaning under the table and screeching at Shawn. The motion tracker starts beeping.

Panel 4: The caption says “Five minutes later,” and we see Shawn having shit his pants so badly he’s on top of a mountain of shit, and an Alien chest burster -made out of poop - has exploded out of his chest. He also inexplicably has an erection.

Graham, Dinah, and Switchy look on.

Graham: I mean.. I’m used to him shitting his pants, but the Poop Chest Burster is new.

Dinah: Eh, it’s nothing I haven’t handled before. Switchy, can you grab the mop?

Switchy: Whoa.. that’s some stinky poopy.. LOL

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Kyle Orland @kyleor.land · 30/04/2026

I could understand the bannings of all the people belly-aching about the off-panel "resurrection" of all the characters, but Shawn seemed to get irrationally mad at people who questioned how such a small character could contain so much fecal matter.

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Zack Mast @zackmast.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I remember this strip led to a long forum thread on “Life Genie quantum mechanics” that had to be locked when a user who claimed to be a astrophysicist shot down one of Shawn’s theories with a link to Wikipedia

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