(today's zomby) ZOMBY, PART XVIII: THE MUTATION!

Don't worry about Janice, folks! She's making wonderful progress. See?

Why was there a second face on his nose? WHY?

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Tell me this isn't more entertaining than the original "Ziggy"

Woodpeckers destroy Zomby's home!

For comparison's sake, here's the original Ziggy:

(today's zomby) And would anyone mind if I dumped a bunch of images into one post? No? Great!

First, today's Zomby:

Here's an unused Zomby Minus Zomby

Now that we have that taken care of, let's move on to other matters. Recently, I've been going through my computer deciding what files should stay and which should go, and I've come across a bunch of random junk which was apparently intended for use on this blog but which I never got around to actually posting. Some of these are incomplete. Some are just arbitrary. In many cases, I've forgotten whatever it was I was going to do with these. But before they're consigned to the ignominious fate of the Recycle Bin, I thought I'd give them one more shot at glory.

Okay with you? Great! Let's go!

(today's zomby) In which Zomby is reunited with a relative

Isn't that sweet? Zomby has found his mother. In the previous cartoon, I revealed that Zomby's last name was Zombowsky, so I guess we should have figured his mother was... Polish. Get it? Ah, I think this occasion calls for a song. Hit it, Paul.




And now here's a haunting, unknowable cityscape courtesy of the original Ziggy:

Watch out, Zig. There are litterbugs afoot!

(today's zomby) In which we find out our hero's last name! Get excited for this!

And here's another before/after GIF for your amusement:

Had to lose that great "Pet Rock" joke. Sorry.

(today's zomby) In which our hero comes to a major revelation

And for a little insight into the Kotke creative process, here's an animated GIF showing the before-and-after of this cartoon.

Ziggy and Zomby turn into each other.

(today's zomby) Zomby *IS* Lindsay Lohan in "The Parrot Trap"

By far, my greatest challenge in creating this cartoon was establishing an even somewhat plausible horizon line from the artwork in the original Ziggy. Here's the unaltered cartoon, as it appeared in newspapers today:

And here's my attempt to graph the "equator" of this cartoon:

I have no idea how rooms work in Ziggy's universe. Apparently, space is warped quite badly. I mean, just check out the line going through the parrot's head. What the hell, Zig?

(today's zomby) Get it? Huh? Do ya? Huh?

You guessed right! This was a clandestine reference to that lovable alien ALF and his penchant for eating cats. Remember ALF and what innocent, carefree times we had with him?

Yeah, that was all a lie. When the camera wasn't rolling, Gordon Shumway was profane and racist, mocking people with Tourette's Syndrome and making extremely inappropriate advances to teen-aged cast mate Andrea Elson. (Warning: NSFW language ahead. And it's all coming from ALF!)


Yeah, Elson's obvious discomfort makes this especially cringe-worthy. I think we all need to go pray now.

P.S. - I think this is one of the many cartoons which works better if Ziggy/Zomby is removed entirely. Here, see for yourself..