Ink Fox & Paper Tiger

About Ink Fox & Paper Tiger

The expert tigress Astrea and the conniving vixen Jade talk about webcomics: the insides, the outsides, the ups and the downs! Follow along with analyses of this amazing and under-discussed art form, and learn the many unusual connections it helped to make in modern pop culture.

Publisher

Astrea & Jade

Category

arts · history

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

5 Feb 2024

Latest episode

1 Sept 2024

Latest episodes

7 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Sept 2024

   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/ 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.

2. 

   6 Aug 2024

   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/ 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/.

3. 

   20 May 2024

   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 Read along (current incarnation): 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.

4. 

   21 Apr 2024

   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 Follow Astrea: @automatictiger Follow Jade: @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.

5. 

   27 Mar 2024

   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 Follow Jade: @cupsofjade Works Cited: •    Hussie, Andrew. "MSPaint Adventures: Problem Sleuth." Problem Sleuth, 10 Mar 2008. 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) 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.

6. 

   1 Mar 2024

   Episode 2 - Poppy O' Possum (Part 2)

   Astrea and Jade continue diving into and analyzing I.S. Everett's Poppy O'Possum, from 2013, and find even more big women. This episode covers Chapter 6 to the end of the comic's official run. Read along: https://www.poppy-opossum.com/ Follow Astrea: @automatictiger Follow Jade: @cupsofjade Works Cited: •    Everett, I.S. Poppy O’Possum, Self-published, 2 Nov. 2018, www.poppy-opossum.com/. •    morbi.bsky.social, Morbi. “Here’s Some More Poppy Spoiler Content, Tied to a Worldbuilding Wednesday Post about the Seven Devas/Divas, Whose Subplot Was Only Just Barely Mentioned before the Point the Series Endedthe Name Is Rendered as ‘D*Vas’ in-Universe Because No One Could Agree on Their Titles Pic.Twitter.Com/Cxbhrpdpmz.” Twitter, Twitter, 20 Dec. 2019, twitter.com/HgMorbi/status/1208053946624831488. •    morbi.bsky.social, Morbi. “Poppy o’possum and the Big Cosmic Secrets Pic.Twitter.Com/nboctrg2LT.” Twitter, Twitter, 27 Feb. 2021, twitter.com/HgMorbi/status/1365688087263604736.

7. 

   5 Feb 2024

   Episode 1 - Poppy O'Possum (Part 1)

   In the inaugural episode of Ink Fox & Paper Tiger, Astrea and Jade introduce themselves, and their first topic: I.S. Everett's Poppy O'Possum, from 2013. This first episode covers Chapters 1 to 5. Read along: https://www.poppy-opossum.com/ Follow Astrea: @automatictiger Follow Jade: @cupsofjade Works Cited: •    Everett, I.S. Poppy O’Possum, Self-published, 2 Nov. 2018, www.poppy-opossum.com/. •    morbi.bsky.social, Morbi. “Here’s Some More Poppy Spoiler Content, Tied to a Worldbuilding Wednesday Post about the Seven Devas/Divas, Whose Subplot Was Only Just Barely Mentioned before the Point the Series Endedthe Name Is Rendered as ‘D*Vas’ in-Universe Because No One Could Agree on Their Titles Pic.Twitter.Com/Cxbhrpdpmz.” Twitter, Twitter, 20 Dec. 2019, twitter.com/HgMorbi/status/1208053946624831488. •    morbi.bsky.social, Morbi. “Poppy o’possum and the Big Cosmic Secrets Pic.Twitter.Com/nboctrg2LT.” Twitter, Twitter, 27 Feb. 2021, twitter.com/HgMorbi/status/1365688087263604736.

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