That time of the season when I wonder how Mr. Redlegs isn’t wanted for murder?

For years, essentially starting with the pandemic, I would sit in my home office in silence while I worked. Like a psychopath. I got a radio now tuned to the local classical station that I listen to in the mornings and it’s amazing how much better life is with that playing.

After a break, the new book has been written and it’s time to start drawing the thing today.

My son is also asking “HEY IS THAT BEN BROWN?!” Every player. He’s been obsessed with Ben Brown since he was a year old. Which at the time I’d tell people “yeah he weirdly loves this ONE young reliever.” Who knew he’d be flashing signs of being an ace a couple seasons later?

Just got in from mowing after work. Drinking a beer on the couch. Watching the Cubs. My foot is bouncing the baby in his bouncer while i dangle some stuffed inch worm thing in front of him. My other som is Porky Pigging and explaining Batman to me. I have reached peak Dad.

I have been offline for a couple weeks and it has been nice.

SEE YOU IN HELL Chapter 8 Page 24, 25, and 26. THE END! Thank you all for the nice comments and support. I appreciate it so much. Starting work on the next book! #comics #webcomics #indiecomics

Every once in a while I beg certain comic book artists out there to please consider drawing their characters' mouths open more often when they are speaking/emoting. Indy, artsy and mainstream. Your endlessly tight-lipped bad actors are dead on the page, killing dialogue and snuffing emotion.

When I say characters' mouths should be drawn open more often when speaking dialogue I want to make two things clear. One, it's my opinion. Two, I'm not saying it means drawing exaggerated expressions like I tend to do. Every style has a "mouth range". IMO closed mouth in almost every panel is DOA.

SEE YOU IN HELL Chapter 8 Page 23. Game on. #comics #webcomics #indiecomics

Also, in addition to The Rack coming back online, I took the opportunity to make Lydia's viewer more streamlined and provided a permalink to the .PDF complete collection (with a bonus story both @maxriffner.bsky.social and I are still proud of) below the strip.

Archive 1 is live: The Rack. agreeablecomics.com/therack/comi...

SEE YOU IN HELL Chapter 8 Page 22. Whistle while you work. #comics #webcomics #indiecomics

SEE YOU IN HELL Chapter 8 Page 20 & 21. That's a nice spot. #comics #webcomics #indiecomics

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Finding out the Cubs all do a shot of Malört when they win is getting me through the day. The two 10 game winning streaks being fueled by the heartbreak of several Swedish ghosts and high octane gasoline is the kind of energy we need in 2026.

Was just asked by my son “hey Daddy, how are your bones today?” I’m going to be thinking about this for awhile.

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Just finished the last page of SEE YOU IN HELL. Two hundred and two pages of comics. It’s Miller Time.

SEE YOU IN HELL Chapter 8 Page 15. Hello. #comics #webcomics #indiecomics

I’m at RAW.

Who is the bigger asshole: the guy who can’t park his Cyber Truck, blocking me slightly from leaving the Starbucks drive thru, or the boomer in the 00s BMW who then cut me off in the parking lot and then drove 30mph in a 45 and I was stuck behind him for several miles because he was on the phone?

SEE YOU IN HELL Chapter 8 Page 14. Sing a song. #comics #webcomics #indiecomics

SEE YOU IN HELL Chapter 8 Page 13. Goodbye. #comics #webcomics #indiecomics

But, why CARS 2?

I somewhat under the influence of alcohol bought a grill.

Listen to those Dodgers fans’ tears when the kid from their town who has no control over what team he plays for, and they booed him, gets the final out against them.

SEE YOU IN HELL Chapter 8 Page 12. Go get your name back. #comics #webcomics #indiecomics

SEE YOU IN HELL Chapter 8 Page 11. I can't follow. #comics #webcomics #indiecomics

Ask me how I sleep at night when I tell you that I’ve lied to my son and told him that “we just don’t get Paw Patrol OR Veggie Tales on our TV.” And the answer is “I don’t sleep since our baby screams like a ravenous pterodactyl if we aren’t holding him every fucking second of the day or night.”

Repeatedly telling my family to go on without me doesn’t appear to be working. Time to continue my 709th play through of BLUEY.

Getting gently head butted 1000x while repeatedly telling my son that “our heads don’t need to be touching to go back to sleep” is probably my second least favorite way to wake up. The kid spasm kick to my nuts being number one. Both in one morning is like getting a wink from the abyss.

SEE YOU IN HELL Chapter 8 Page 10. Adios. #comics #webcomics #indiecomics

My family put the Cubs on for me. But it’s the Phillies feed. And John Kruk is a goddamn delight. “Well, it ain’t gonna be a rush getting out of here tonight. Jesus. Lotta empty seats. I don’t blame ‘em.” “The Sixers are playing across the street.” “Great. Let’s make this night more miserable.”

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I had a storage unit for nearly two decades while I wandered the country. Now all that stuff is in the basement of my new home. Last night at approximately 2:07am I thought “my dad’s baseball glove, which was MY baseball glove, is like, HERE.” And it’s all I can think about.

This would be a hoot! Steve is incredible with an audience.

Stephen R. Bissette was recognized at the Vermont State House today as Vermont’s sixth Cartoonist Laureate! Congratulations!!!

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SEE YOU IN HELL Chapter 8 Page 7. Collective bargaining. #comics #webcomics #indiecomics

Migrating my site to Divi 5 this morning. Maybe one person will care about this. Think I’m going to do a live redesign of the site over the next week or so.

Highlights from my son watching Godzilla vs Biollante: 1. Godzilla appears on screen for the first time: “AW YEAH THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!” 2. Godzilla destroying Osaka: “OH MAN HE’S MAKING A MESS AGAIN! OHHH GODZILLA STOP MAKING MESSES! YOU GOTTA CLEAN THAT UP!”

I don’t know which is the bigger mistake: letting my son watch Godzilla vs Biollante and being asked every two minutes when either Godzilla or Biollante is going to show up, or the scientist who decided mixing Godzilla’s cells with a plant and his daughter’s DNA was the best use of his time.

Son has convinced me to watch GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE with the convincing argument of asking “HEY HEY DAD CAN WE WATCH GODZILLA VS BIOLLANTE” every 10 seconds for the last 16 hours.

Son #1 apparently grilled his teachers and grandparents today about when Godzilla vs Biollante is coming out. Me: “Dude, that came out in 1989.” Him: “WHAT?!”

SEE YOU IN HELL Chapter 8 Page 6. Perfection. #comics #webcomics #indiecomics

“Challenger Trauma” trending is weird. I watched it explode live in third grade, I get it. But there have been a ton of other shuttle launches since then (around 90?). Also Columbia exploded on re-entry.

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Yesssssssssss

Need to get out and trim the neglected edges of the rest of the property. Prior caretaker did bare minimum to the lawn. I did the back patio Friday evening. Cut away 2-4 inches of overgrown grass with a manual edger. It was reported back that the older men in the neighborhood were watching me.