Episode 4 - T.H.E. Fox

Episode 7 - Broodhollow

Astrea & Jade get a letter directing them to a tiny, strange town in the backwoods of West Virginia.  Read along: https://broodhollow.krisstraub.com/ [https://broodhollow.krisstraub.com/] Follow Astrea: @automatictiger Follow Jade: @cupsofjade Works Cited: •    Straub, Kris. Broodhollow: Book 1: Curious Little Thing. N.p., Chainsawsuit Studios, 2013. •    Straub, Kris. Broodhollow: Book 2: Angleworm. N.p., Chainsawsuit Studios, 2015. •    Straub, Kris. Candle Cove and Other Stories. N.p., CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015. •    Guigar, Brad J., et al. How to Make Webcomics. United Kingdom, Image Comics, 2008. •    Straub, Kris. Ichor Falls: A Visitor's Guide. United States, Nightlight Press, 2009.

Episode 6 - Planet Zebeth

Astrea & Jade head off into the deepest reaches of the galaxy, to discover one of webcomics' great staples: the creative, circle-turning copyright-violations of sprite comics.  Read along: https://zebeth.shinesparkers.net/planetzebeth/ [https://zebeth.shinesparkers.net/planetzebeth/] Follow Astrea: @automatictiger Follow Jade: @cupsofjade Works Cited: •    Jackson, Katie Lynne. “Planet Zebeth.” Planet Zebeth - Embrace the Pixel, 2002, zebeth.shinesparkers.net/planetzebeth/index.html.  •    RoyboyX. Shinesparkers, 2002, shinesparkers.net/.

Episode 5 - Fuzzy Knights

Astrea & Jade tackle one of the oldest concepts in nerd circles: the dysfunctional tabletop play group, through the unique lens of Fuzzy Knights. Read along (incomplete archives): https://web.archive.org/web/20050219052413/http://www.kenzerco.com/periodicals/fuzzyknights/fkonline040706.php [https://web.archive.org/web/20050219052413/http://www.kenzerco.com/periodicals/fuzzyknights/fkonline040706.php] Read along (current incarnation): https://www.noahchinnbooks.com/fuzzyknights [https://www.noahchinnbooks.com/fuzzyknights] Follow Astrea: @automatictiger Follow Jade: @cupsofjade Works Cited: • Chinn, Noah. Fuzzy Knights RPG Lite. 1st ed., Kenzer & Company, 2003, kenzerco.com, /http://www.kenzerco.com, Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.  • Chinn, Noah. “Fuzzy Knights.” Noah Chinn Books, 25 Nov. 2023, www.noahchinnbooks.com/fuzzyknights/.  • Chinn, Noah, and Jolly R. Blackburn. Fuzzy Knights. Kenzer & Co., 2003.  • “Kenzer & Company.” Kenzer and Company, 12 Dec. 2005, web.archive.org/web/20051212211450/www.kenzerco.com.

Episode 4 - T.H.E. Fox

Astrea & Jade go aaaaaallll the way back to the nascent internet of 1986, to read T.H.E. Fox by Joe Ekaitis. How many pixels are YOUR gigantic vulpines made of? Read along: https://archive.org/details/T.H.E.FoxThaddeus [https://archive.org/details/T.H.E.FoxThaddeus] Follow Astrea: @automatictiger [https://cohost.org/AutomaticTiger?page=0] Follow Jade: @cupsofjade [https://linktr.ee/cupsofjade] Works Cited: •    Ekaitis, Joe. “T.H.E. Fox (Thaddeus) [Oldest Surviving Webcomic] : Thaddeus.” Self-published, Internet Archive, 1 Jan. 1986, archive.org/details/THEFoxThaddeus_20190312.  •    “Interview with Joe Ekaitis.” CBM Files Online, Commodore Roundtable, 1994, cbmfiles.com/genie/geniefiles/Information/T.H.E.-FOX.TXT.  •    “The Compuserve Miracle Episode.” Jason Scott Talks His Way Out Of It, created by Jason Scott, 2022, https://textfiles.libsyn.com/the-compuserve-miracle-episode. Accessed 2024.  •    Wallen, Josh. “The Geek Critique.” YouTube, 2021, www.youtube.com/@GeekCritique.

Episode 3 - Problem Sleuth

Astrea and Jade get about as close as they dare to get to Andrew Hussie's tide-shifting work Homestuck, by discussing an earlier project: Problem Sleuth, from 2008.  Read along: https://www.homestuck.com/problem-sleuth/1 [https://www.homestuck.com/problem-sleuth/1] Follow Astrea: @automatictiger [https://cohost.org/AutomaticTiger?page=0] Follow Jade: @cupsofjade [https://linktr.ee/cupsofjade] Works Cited: •    Hussie, Andrew. "MSPaint Adventures: Problem Sleuth." Problem Sleuth, 10 Mar 2008. https://www.homestuck.com/problem-sleuth/1 [https://www.homestuck.com/problem-sleuth/1] *Editor's Note: In this recording, we interchangeably call Hussie "he" and "they" due to confusion as to which pronouns were preferred. Apparently "they" is correct, as of a recent press release (https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F0fpaji77oiu61.jpg) [https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F0fpaji77oiu61.jpg)] related to Psycholonials. Various secondhand sources seem to be saying that "any/all" pronouns are acceptable, but direct confirmation escaped us as we were recording this episode.