Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Well, That Was Information We Did Not Need.

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Adventures of Rex and Rinty.

It's funny how the Robot Sex Issues have developed issues on top of issues. A horrible sort of funny, mind you.

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  1. EurobratFebruary 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM

    While reading this one, I was once again struck by the interchangeable nature of the art here--this image of Jan was used a while ago for Skye, while some of the images of Skye are recycled Sam images. Just underlining that all the characters are the same. And even poor Eva is not safe from howler monkey face.

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    1. JLGFebruary 25, 2026 at 1:03 AM

      The constantly reused/interchanged faces are bad enough in themselves as shoddy practice, but what makes it even worse is they’re all so UGLY. There’s not a single remaining one that’s pleasant-looking. Gradually they’ve all been displaced by the stock supply of grotesqueries he’s convinced himself are improvements.

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    2. John BallFebruary 25, 2026 at 7:11 PM

      This fucking strip has become the equivalent of those old Synchra-Vox cartoons, static scenes of people talking endlessly.

      And that's a bit hard on the Synchra-Vox cartoons, as, aside from those infamous creepy rotoscoped mouths, some of the series featured some truly stunning artwork from Alex Toth.

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    3. EurobratFebruary 25, 2026 at 9:28 PM

      JLG--yeah, they're all either screaming, snarling or cackling, which in Muir's world passes for "having a personality"

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  2. JLGFebruary 25, 2026 at 1:00 AM

    “You’re Damon, right? I’m Jan, marketing manager.”

    “Hi.”

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    1. John BallFebruary 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM

      I mean, aside from the obvious joke about how completely grotesque their lives and relationship have gotten, I'd argue even those strips showed what a slapdash artist Muir is. Jan and Damon are both high-ranking Mystery Business(tm) employees, in a small company, and somehow, that is literally the first time they meet. Solely so Jan can make the stupid comment to show she's a Feckless Liberal, and also, the Real Racist. The entire strip starts pretty much from this strange tabula rasa, where people who should know each other all somehow don't. Because Muir could barely put in the effort to give his universe a backstory.

      Now, they'd all acquire pasts, piecemeal, in the classic hack fashion, so that Muir could make whatever point he wanted to make, and adjust their ethnicity and coolness as needed. But again, that's all at Muir's convenience. DbD's whole universe starts when Muir starts making the strip.

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