http://feeds.penny-arcade.com/~r/pa-mainsite/~3/1HRfAh0R-HU/

http://www.xorph.com/anacrusis/2009/12/21/drosselmeier-11/

http://www.xorph.com/anacrusis/?p=3884

Now you already know that in their long quest for the nut Krakatuk, Drosselmeier and his friend the astronomer faced many perils, few more deadly than the twisted bargain of the rat Longtail and his pawn the Pistachio Queen. They escaped that trap, with luck and clockwork and a little knowledge of the minds of vermin–though it left them ragged, penniless and footsore in the Kingdom of Dates. It would be nearly a year before they managed to unearth another clue.

So do you know what Drosselmeier was doing on his eleventh Christmas searching abroad?

Well, then, I’ll tell you.

http://www.cartoonlabs.com/comics/index.php?date=2009-12-21&show=sinfest

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http://www.cartoonlabs.com/comics/index.php?date=2009-12-20&show=sinfest

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Tatsuya Ishida

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http://www.cartoonlabs.com/comics/index.php?date=2009-12-19&show=sinfest

Sinfest
Tatsuya Ishida

http://feeds.penny-arcade.com/~r/pa-mainsite/~3/SoViWs4MQFs/

http://www.xorph.com/anacrusis/2009/12/18/the-gift/

http://www.xorph.com/anacrusis/?p=3882

http://www.cartoonlabs.com/comics/index.php?date=2009-12-18&show=sinfest

Sinfest
Tatsuya Ishida

http://www.xorph.com/anacrusis/2009/12/17/silhouine-9/

http://www.xorph.com/anacrusis/?p=3880

“I had to take it in trade,” says Dulap, “he said Mistress always did before, and if I didn’t he’d stop bringing me his custom. I can’t afford to lose customers when half the city has fled to the hills!”

“Nor can anyone,” says Yael softly.

“But it wasn’t his to give?” says Silhouine, still trying to work this out.

“I don’t even know what it is, or why these other people want it,” says Dulap, rubbing his face. “Could you store it? Just until I can unload it?”

“What did he call the stuff?” says Silhouine.

“Ferrous alumen,” he says.