Semiotic Cohesion Comics & Art

The magical Michaela Verity and I embarked on yet another photo shoot yesterday. At one point we took a breather and I guess I did what I do every time Fortuna hands me a couple of quick secs; I read through copies of my little Mexican Piss Dream to make sure that they all really were identical. The fear that they might not be stems from my first burst of selling on campus when it was reported to me that some people had bought copies where one of the four sheets that in compilation make up the comick had been included backwards, hence adding a large dose of Lynch. Anyways, that always-on voyeur Michaela caught me right there in the moment with this pic.

--- Sebastiank

Okay, guys. Remember how I told you that Scott from Journey to Mt. Moriah decided that I was so brilliant I deserved an original watercolour illustration of his? Well, he wasn't just paying idle tribute, I received the package yesterday and was more than just pleasantly surprised by his choice of award. I am now the proud owner of 'Yo', which is not only one of my favourite Mt. Moriah comics, but also one of my favourite comics in general. Go figure!

Click image to see the 'Yo' comic in its natural habitat.

Also, not to let an entire log-post go by without talking about myself, I am nearly finished an alternate ending of the Picnic Champion comic. Remember that comic with the two dudes wrestling naked for no real reason except maybe honour and inappropriately matching the effort another person should have to go through to receive such a petty prize as a cigarette from oneself? Well remember how it was totally cool and hetro-normative until that last pesky panel with the snake? A little bit weird, right? Tell me about it!

Well, no more! It's all going to cool the heck down with this revision.

(This isn't really the reason, dudes. It's actually 'cos I had to wrap it up real quick to have it ready for Grahamstown festival last year and couldn't do the original ending because it was probably going to be too timeguzzling. Well, Tom McNally (or Terome as he advertises himself) has boldly declared that Semiotic Cohesion Volume 5 will be featuring this idiosyncratic mess of man-bod'. To match the upscaling of print quality and... scale I'm going to try push it to its original limits.)

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Hello.

Did you know that I drew a comic for the wonderful webcomic Journey to Mt. Moriah. Did you know that for it I was awarded an original watercolour illustration by Scott, the force responsible for Mt. Moriah. This Man And His Wife are a good example of how good Scott is.

This is the comic I drew:

it is my sequel to this original comic. Are you happy now?

Also, I drew this guy a few days ago, but only finished it off in the last coupla seconds ago. D'wannacheckkit?

Could you do me a favour and tell me that you like it?

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didju no sebashun

I am listening to the new Decemberists album. It is very complicated. Wikipedia tells me it's about changing shape and people generally getting raped. I will get the hang of it eventually.

First, I will show you a comic that Melody Lee made for me when I was telling everyone I was about to be ill and then didn't. I just found it in my mailbox now. There's all kinds of stuff in that mailbox!

And now let's get down to the giant info. As always, I'm conducting secret talks, negotiations and black ops strikes so that I may get this very website completely remade from the ground up. Then I shall turn into a beautiful butterfly and all will know my trilling call. So I've been making some graphics. Here.

That is a dancing man. He might be some sort of gnome or tokoloshi, I haven't quite figured out the mythos yet. But in any case he's the mascot of the new site, which shall no longer be called 'Semiotic Cohesion.' Nobody knows what Semiotic Cohesion is and not one person has caught the obscure Transformers reference in the title and logo. Not even the fellow who's been writing Transformers for most of his adult life, Simon Furman. I had to explain it to him, years ago, at some sort of big event. He didn't seem to think it was very funny.

Oh, so - the new site will be called 'Little Old Man.' That's him there. You will relate to him and want to eat his cereal.

Also, you will be able to buy stuff from us when the site is finished. Isn't that a nice thought?

Among the stuff you will be able to buy - a Saga Of The European King audiobook, with all the voices and everything. It is going to be so great. Have a taste, you savages:

Saga Of The European King Chapter Two - The Council Of Very War

Closing item: I am going to be at the UK Mini and Webcomix Thing this Saturday. I am fully expected to be excited. I am even going to buy a tablecloth. The first illustrated chapter of Saga Of The European King will be out, as will Sebastian's Mexican Piss Dream, for the ladies.

The Decemberists album is finishing again. I think they're getting married now? Didn't everyone hate each other a minute ago? I shall have to listen again. Or maybe I'll put on some Presidents Of The United States Of America. Pretty much all you need to know about their songs is in the title.

Sincerely,
Tom McNally

Okay so it goes like this. Another comic, just click on the panel below to ENTER a future world where everyone draws shadows.

Shadows are the closest thing we have to souls. That is why everyone draws shadows in every single drawing. It is because drawings that don't have shadows have instead an eerie tone of absenteeism.

----->Shadowastian.