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Bob

Bob: Paranormal Investigator

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date November 8, 2011

Some problems have simple solutions.

You know, a lot of horror movies might turn out to have very simple solutions if the monsters would just talk things out like reasonable people.

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The Catchup Story, The Last Page: Hanging a Lampshade on It

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date October 31, 2011

Later, the documentary guy transferred into the Philosophy department to study existentialism.

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The Catchup Story, Page 13: It’s Almost Over

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date October 30, 2011

What was that all about, anyway?

I’ve grown markedly less enthusiastic about this story as it’s progressed, as you can probably tell from the rate of posting, but I’m determined to finish it before I move on to something better. There’s only one page to go.

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The Catchup Story, Page Twelve: An Anticlimactic Rescue

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date October 3, 2011

Abigail thinks inside the box. Buck thinks way too far outside it.

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The Catchup Story, Page Eleven: Emergency Adventure

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date September 19, 2011

Wonder Bread: The international symbol for mediocrity.

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The Catchup Story, Page Ten: Escape Plan

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date September 5, 2011

Where was Abigail keeping her phone, you ask? In her pompadour.

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The Catchup Story, Page Nine: The Largely Unrecognized Menace of Obsessive Condiment Fandom

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date August 29, 2011

Some days Abigail just can't get away from mayonnaise.

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The Catchup Story, Page Eight: The Zero Awards

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date August 22, 2011

The Goose Egg Society will never appear in a series of lighthearted detective novels.

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The Catchup Story, Page Seven: Success

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date August 16, 2011

The Goose Egg Society is a society for people who are interested in nothing.

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The Catchup Story, Page Six: Suddenly, it’s a Fad

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date August 11, 2011

I skipped the marketing phase due to a lack of jokes.

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The Catchup Story, Page Five: The Testing Phase

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date August 8, 2011

Abigail's expression in panel two is her Science Face.

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The Catchup Story, Page Four: New Concepts in Catsup

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date August 4, 2011

The director would have released the documentary, except he was distracted by a squirrel.

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The Catchup Story, Page Three: Abigail Makes a Career Move

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date August 1, 2011

The horseradish locker is supposed to be carefully guarded, but anyone can get in if they slip the security guy a twenty.

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The Catchup Story, Page Two

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date July 28, 2011

Abigail was chagrined when, years later, a mysterious entrepreneur set up a jar pants factory and made millions.

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The Catchup Story, Page One

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date July 24, 2011

I'm not sure yet how long this story will run.

This will be my first longer story in quite a while. I’m hoping to post two pages a week. (But don’t hold me to that…)

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Mystery Mailbox

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date June 29, 2011

The real question: Exactly what sort of letters are inside?

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Get Your Olive

Bob is a late adopter.

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Yellow

The oddest things can get Bob through the day.

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Buck’s Further Thoughts on Communication

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date February 9, 2011

Buck has more thoughts, if you can call them that.

I really ought to come up with some less cynical cartoons. I think Winter has put me in a Mood.

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New Comics Coming Soon…

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date February 6, 2011

…It’s just that I’m working very, very slowly. I’ve been feeling like this since December:

Sentenced to February.

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Clear the Decks!

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date January 14, 2011

Clear the decks!

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New Year’s Irresolution

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date January 1, 2011

Bob's resolutions were over before they started.

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Things We Have Learned From Video Games

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date November 22, 2010
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The Secret of Shakespeare

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date November 2, 2010

Also, Christopher Marlowe was a leprechaun.

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Buck is a Corporation

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date October 29, 2010

He's BuckCorp Incorporated!

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Buck and the Bucket

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date October 5, 2010

On the plus side, Bob's basement was eventually a lot cleaner.

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Buck is Filled With Rage

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date September 30, 2010

Everybody's angry, but they don't know what at.

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Bob’s Brain

One reason I have posted few comics recently is that my brain has been working a lot like this.

I haven’t posted very many comics lately. One reason is that my brain has been working a lot like Bob’s has.

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Beatniks are Not All Alike

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date September 6, 2010

The people who shout the loudest about how no one has the right not to be offended are often the people least willing to apply the same principle to themselves... ...as well as the people most likely to take offense for utterly spurious reasons.

The people who shout the loudest about how no one has the right not to be offended are often the people least willing to apply the same principle to themselves, as well as the people most likely to take offense for utterly spurious reasons.

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Bob at a Motel

Why is Bob at a motel? The reasons are doubtless to dull to investigate.

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Buck’s Audition

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date July 26, 2010

Buck does this at least three times a year.

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Buck’s Investment

If you have money in spatulas, it is nearly time to sell.

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People Like Buck

Buck would like more shallow people, please.

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Eraser Gnomes

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date June 11, 2010

This explains much.

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Just Passing (Page 2 of 2)

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date May 21, 2010

Oddly, Harriet's cynicism sometimes resembles humility.

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Just Passing (Page 1 of 2)

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date May 20, 2010

Page 2 is coming tomorrow evening.

Who were those people?

Bob is walking really awkwardly in panel one. I decided it would be more amusing not to redraw it.

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The Mysterious Triumph of the Radio Guy

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date May 17, 2010

Sometimes even NPR is like this.

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Bob Spills Some Water

Such an exciting life Bob leads.

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New Wood

Where do they come from?

I’ve gone back to hand lettering. Is it legible? Too small?

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The Small Mysteries are the Weirdest

Post author By Wesley Osam
Post date April 12, 2010
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Where do they come from?

I go back and forth on whether I should use my own lettering for these, or a font. Hand lettering looks more like part of the drawing, but compared to my lettering a font is more legible.

I’m probably going to continue updating on a once-a-week schedule this month, but I hope to be more productive as Spring wears on.