Friday, December 29, 2023

Tests

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Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Risky

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Monday, December 25, 2023

Christmas 2023

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Yes, you've seen the above before, but I'm not ever going to top the sentiment in the first cartoon for Johnny. I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, or whatever else fills your heart this time of year!  -Stilt

Friday, December 22, 2023

Biggest

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Think

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Monday, December 18, 2023

Dreaming

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Friday, December 15, 2023

Wings

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Flying

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Monday, December 11, 2023

Faster

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Friday, December 8, 2023

Working Out

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Wonderful

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Monday, December 4, 2023

Competition

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This should actually be a summertime cartoon, but I didn't have the patience to wait.

Friday, December 1, 2023

New

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Ironic

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Monday, November 27, 2023

Send

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Friday, November 24, 2023

Sale

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

First

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Happy Thanksgiving to all from Johnny, Lance, and the Jarlsberg family!

Monday, November 20, 2023

List

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Friday, November 17, 2023

Made

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Survey

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Dedicated to every Assistant Manager with delusions of grandeur.

Monday, November 13, 2023

Gone

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Friday, November 10, 2023

Uber

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Play

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Oops- I forgot to publish this one in October!

Monday, November 6, 2023

Early

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Friday, November 3, 2023

Coming Out

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Gots

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Monday, October 30, 2023

Time

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Halloween is upon us, though at the moment we're looking at a cold and rainy one in North Texas which I hope won't keep me from being able to set up my not-too-spooky inflatables and passing out a bunch of candy to kids. 

As has become a tradition on this page, I'm sharing pictures of kids who've decorated (with ample help from their loving families) their wheelchairs for Halloween. I don't know if there's a happier or more accurate image of kids triumphing in the face of adversity and they're inspiring in the best kind of way.

Whatever your holiday plans, best wishes for Halloween (and always) from Johnny, Lance, and the Jarlsberg Family!



Friday, October 27, 2023

Full

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Eureka

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Monday, October 23, 2023

Charge

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Friday, October 20, 2023

Wish

 

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Before

 

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Monday, October 16, 2023

Collecting

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Friday, October 13, 2023

Technically

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Bigger

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Monday, October 9, 2023

Indigenous

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And happy Columbus Day to the rest of us!

Friday, October 6, 2023

Enjoyed

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Squealing

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Monday, October 2, 2023

Therapy

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Friday, September 29, 2023

Cross

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Worship

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Monday, September 25, 2023

Snug

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Friday, September 22, 2023

Mystery

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Grant

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Monday, September 18, 2023

Chickens

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Friday, September 15, 2023

Met

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Darkness

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Monday, September 11, 2023

Patch

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...which is not to be confused with an "AI" donor, even though it gives me a segue (barely) to share some high-tech fun.

I've recently been experimenting with an AI image generator that uses sketches as a model for more polished art. And so I've been plugging in some friends from Johnny's world to see what they might look like in real life...



This is fun stuff to play with, but I definitely prefer (and will keep using) the good old black-and-white line art. For one thing, it's easier to mix and match characters. Also, considering the frequently horrific things that happen in this webcomic it's more fun to see obvious cartoon characters instead of suffering human beings. Reality already gives us more than enough of that.

Want to try this technology yourself? You'll find it at https://www.promeai.com/blender and you can generate 200 images a month for free. And I'm not an affiliate or anything - I just like sharing fun toys.