Rat Mummification Project: June 2004 Archives

The rat mummification pictures are back up. EW!

Hey, you know who you have to thank for that? Joey. And Webcomics Nation. Yup.

I'll have a comic on WCN when it launches, in addition to my two comics on Girlamatic. If you're grateful for being exposed to filthy little rat organs, you really should show it.

How?

Well, you could always read/subscribe to Girlamatic. That would be cool, since I get a cut. Or you could wait until my WCN site launches, and subscribe to that. Or you could read/subscribe to Serializer, Modern Tales, Graphic Smash, or MT's independent creator sites, like Rumble Girls or Whimville or Jazz Age Comics or American Elf.

None of these comics suck, and you get loads on each site for less than the price of a Happy Meal. That is so awesome. And you shouldn't be eating that crap anyway.

(Er, if you do subscribe to GAM, make sure to put either me or one of my comics down as a referrer, 'kay? I HAVE TO EAT, DAMMIT.)

Anyways, enjoy. More harmful imagery later.

That's right. Mark it on your calendars, I've found some hosting and bandwidth, hopefully of the permanent variety. So the mummficiation pictures will be back up soon.

Vultures.

In other news, Beavis smells very much like iodine. He's no longer stinky and wet, but stinky and dry. That's a good thing. If everything checks out, I'll do the final mummification steps in the middle of next week. Cross yer fingers.

While we're waiting for Beavis to be well and truly mummified, we're making these.

Ushabtis were tiny figurines tucked into the bandages of Egyptian mummies. They were meant to be sculptures of servants that would magically come alive in the afterlife, and labor for whoever they'd been assigned to.

Matt and I were enough for Beavis in life, and to avoid being ritually murdered by any cabals of priests Old Kingdom style in order to accompany him to the fields of Osiris, we've made little clay dopplegangers of ourselves to ease the passage.

You have no idea how much it sucks trying to sculpt a rat's ushabti. "Tiny" doesn't even begin to cover it. I think my prescription just jumped to 20/80.

Yeah, so... about Beavis... I'm going to need another few days, folks.

I know, I know. I'm disappointed, too. But on the bright side, I took some more pictures. They're here. You'll understand the delay after a quick look.

Sorry again. Don't wander off, I'll have him ready for the final steps in ten or so days.

Glad everyone's getting their seats reserved early. Only twelve or so hours until Beavis comes out of the natron, and I know you're all dying to see what a rat that's spent forty days packed in salt and baking soda looks like. I know I am.

For everyone not in the know, the mummfication of Beavis, aside from being linked on a few other blogs, was recently showcased on The Asylum Eclectica, and it's pretty good timing, too. The most boring part of the mummfication's already over; from here on out, it's unguents, ointments, and incantations. And more pictures. You guys are lucky. I can't promise everything will go perfectly, but whatever happens, you'll all get to see it.

In any case, thanks for doubling my hits. And I'll get to all your emails ASAP, given that I probably won't have the time for 'em later today.

FYI, kids: Beavis comes out of the natron this very Saturday evening. Mark it on your calendars.

You remember Beavis, right?

In other news, things are sort of busy around these parts. But look for a better update tomorrow. It'll be here. Promise.