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Turnt Up

by keith on November 28, 2018 at 12:38 pm

Chapter: Saga

So back in May, Sarah and I got a little dog. We had already picked a name: Zelda.

Because we’re snobby about it I think it’s important to note that we named her after the first flapper: Zelda Fitzgerald and not, as many people suspect, after Prince Zelda.

Little did we know that this little dog would embrace her namesake fully and become a bit of an unpredictable disaster with her fair share of issues.

We still love her though.

There are few things in life that can turn around a shitty day like a dog being happy to see you when you get home.

There’s a hidden joke here if you know how our house is set up. During the day we keep Zelda confined in the kitchen, her bed, food etc at her disposal. More often than not though, the little Houdini finds a way to escape and is sure enough sitting by the door, tail wagging, when we open the door.

But how can you be mad at that face?

PS: My wife would be mad if I didn’t mention that yes, obviously, Zelda has her own Instagram account: @zelda_cav

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Jon is a Master of Dungeons of the highest caliber. He podcasts with me over on 9to5 Entertainment System and occasionally blogs here in Jon’s Junk.

Sophie does all of the arts on 9to5 illustrated and blogs occasionally about her adventures with beer in The Ignorant Beer Review.

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As The Caffeine Wore Off…

by keith on November 14, 2018 at 8:08 pm

Chapter: Saga

At one point or another I think all of us at 9to5 (dot cc) worked in a call center. Except maybe Walter. He worked at the newspaper.

Sitting in a cubicle, answering one call after another from an automated queue. Helping customers with… whatever the hell it is that customers want help with.

There are times where it almost seems like you’re doing something worthwhile. Where knowing that your handle time is way above average, knowing that there are no calls waiting on hold for more than 5 minutes.

It almost seems meaningful.

And then the caffeine wears off.

As always, please tell your friends about this comic and this website. Every time you share a post, Sophie gets another set of wings. Soon she will transcend into her final form. Which I presume is kind of a heavy-metal dark Seraph of some kind.

Jon is a Master of Dungeons of the highest caliber. He podcasts with me over on 9to5 Entertainment System and occasionally blogs here in Jon’s Junk.

Sophie does all of the arts on 9to5 illustrated and blogs weekly about her adventures with beer in The Ignorant Beer Review.

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└ Tags: call center, call center comics, crippling depression, montreal comic, montreal webcomic, office jokes

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Blame it on the ADD baby

by sophie on October 10, 2018 at 10:53 am

Chapter: Saga

Characters: keith, sophie

Location: Comics

And we’re back!

Yes I realize our update schedule flip-flops more than the footwear of the same name, but I mean, we try. This short hiatus was a courtesy from Sophie, who’s summer became overcharged with running a 3 night LARP at GenCon in August, her subsequent 2 week hangover, and then catching up with all the other things she left hanging during that time.

Plus, obviously, ADD.

It’s a thing guys. Keith and I do have it, in varying degrees and manifestations.

But my to-do list you guys… It’s exponential.

But I`m getting better! Learning to say no, and limiting myself to only two or three things at once. On a completely unrelated subject, take a look at my blog this month as I update daily for my own version of Inktober!

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Dozens

by keith on July 4, 2018 at 7:34 am

Chapter: Saga

Characters: jon, the board

Would you stop booing? There’s nothing wrong with being an urban wizard. There are dozens of them. Dozens.

(With reverence to Arrested Development).

I’m not even 100% how we got around to writing this one. I wish I had better recollection of our process because I do not remember how this strip came to be. I think it started off as Jon dipping back into the well of his DM experience in a workplace setting and then sort of evolved into being about Jon wearing wizard robes to work. Which, as we know, he wears under his clothes anyways.

Wait a minute, is Jon a dowser? Aren’t they the real urban wizards?

You know you’ve been blogging, podcasting and writing comics for a long time when you can find previous references to DM’ing at work, wearing wizard robes all the time and dowsing for water all on your website. That stuff is just there, kicking around. For you.

Jon is a Master of Dungeons of the highest caliber. He podcasts with me over on 9to5 Entertainment System and occasionally blogs here in Jon’s Junk.

Sophie does all of the arts on 9to5 illustrated and blogs weekly about her adventures with beer in The Ignorant Beer Review.

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Gross

by keith on June 13, 2018 at 10:09 am

Chapter: Saga

Characters: keith, sophie

This comic is fully a result of tumbling down a clickhole about old expressions.

Though it is apparently up for debate as to whether or not this is actually the origin of the term “piss poor”, it seems pretty certifiable that at points in history pee-pee was sold for tanning.

In terms of flooding the market? Gross. But I do drink a lot of water in a day.

Jon sums it up best:

we’re pretty fucking weird

Jon is a Master of Dungeons of the highest caliber. He podcasts with me over on 9to5 Entertainment System and occasionally blogs here in Jon’s Junk.

Sophie does all of the arts on 9to5 illustrated and blogs weekly about her adventures with beer in The Ignorant Beer Review.

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Comic Title

by keith on June 6, 2018 at 11:38 am

Chapter: Saga

Characters: sophie

This is a conundrum. Where do I, Keith the blog writer, exist in the meta-context of this comic?

Am I mad at the incomplete by-product of Sophie’s proclivity for living dangerously in the world of PhotoShop? Or do I acknowledge my own part in the design of the strip as intentionally hilarious?

By blurring the lines here between ourselves as characters in the strips, real people in the actual world, and controlled versions of ourselves within the website these things are often ambiguous. Which I like.

Jon is a Master of Dungeons of the highest caliber. He podcasts with me over on 9to5 Entertainment System and occasionally blogs here in Jon’s Junk.

Sophie does all of the arts on 9to5 illustrated and blogs weekly about her adventures with beer in The Ignorant Beer Review.

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Blood Tests

by keith on May 23, 2018 at 7:54 pm

Chapter: Saga

Characters: keith

So if you’ve been following along at home, we’ve only missed a week or two’s worth of comics since February.

Damn that feels good.

The comic is sort of what kicked off this crazy little thing we call 9to5.cc and I’m glad that we’re getting our legs back underneath us in terms of output of it.

I think I’ve written before that getting my head around this new format is kind of tricky. The setup and pacing of a single panel + caption joke is a whole new writing exercise. Plus, we’ve taken to kind of coming up with an additional laugh within the title of the comic.

Anyways, there aren’t many one-panel strips out there and honestly outside of Bizarro and Farside there are even fewer funny one-panel strips.

What I’m trying to say is I read a lot of Family Circus comics to try and get the timing.

And this is what I came up with.

Sophie has been sneaking in kind of famous backgrounds into the last two strips. Did you catch the source of last week’s gaming table? How about this particular bathroom?

Jon is a Master of Dungeons of the highest caliber. He podcasts with me over on 9to5 Entertainment System and occasionally blogs here in Jon’s Junk.

Sophie does all of the arts on 9to5 illustrated and blogs weekly about her adventures with beer in The Ignorant Beer Review.

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House Always Wins

by keith on May 16, 2018 at 7:03 am

Chapter: Saga

Characters: jon, keith, sophie

That’s not necessarily true. I don’t think Dungeons & Dragons is rigged against the players the way Vegas might be, but it does seem like I’m much more likely to roll a 20 on a trivial Perception Check than I am on a death Saving Throw.

The dice are fickle.

Except, you know, they’re totally not.

The odds are always 1 in 20.

If you like yourself some D&D feel free to check out our ongoing Dungeons & Dragons blog: Big Fish.

Jon is a Master of Dungeons of the highest caliber. He podcasts with me over on 9to5 Entertainment System and occasionally blogs here in Jon’s Junk.

Sophie does all of the arts on 9to5 illustrated and blogs weekly about her adventures with beer in The Ignorant Beer Review.

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Chill

by keith on May 2, 2018 at 10:30 am

Chapter: Saga

Characters: keith

So I actually had to Google what the heck “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries” were, to see if Sophie was trolling me.

The series revolves around the personal and professional life of Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis), a glamorous private detective in 1920s Melbourne.

Sold.

This comic is now basically a very real prediction of my future Netflix bingeing.

I am sure that Netflix will judge me, like it always does.

Jon is a Master of Dungeons of the highest caliber. He podcasts with me over on 9to5 Entertainment System and occasionally blogs here in Jon’s Junk.

Sophie does all of the arts on 9to5 illustrated and blogs weekly about her adventures with beer in The Ignorant Beer Review.

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Denial, Stage 3

by sophie on April 25, 2018 at 6:57 pm

Chapter: Saga

It’s been mentioned before, how busy I can be. I don’t know how this always happens to be honest.

And every now and then, I get hopeful that some small amount of free time is coming up, and I can perhaps do something relaxing, or learn something I’ve always wanted to learn…

Like bass…

I bought a kickass bass several years ago, with the intent of learning to play. It’s beautiful, you guys. So, so beautiful.

And lonely.

The background image in this comic was taken from Google’s page for Steve’s Music Store, on St- Catherine street West.

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