Here is a comic explaining this age old mystery!

Here is a comic!

This one miraculously appears here as I was having some major issues with the site just now. Or has it been showing 404 messages for a few days already? I “fixed” it by logging on to the ftp where the optipess.com folder appeared to have been renamed “optipess.com_DISABLED_FOR_LOAD”. Why I don’t know. I haven’t made any changes or even been notified about anything from my site host. Anyway, I changed it back and now it… works? Or maybe I messed it up even more? Please leave a comment if you have some insight (I certainly have none!), or if other stuff seems to be breaking.

Behold! Here is a comic about my day job.

Here is a “spare” comic I had lying around.

Also, I picked up the recently released Dark Forces Remastered the other day, and I’ve felt the nostalgia wash over me ever since. Dark Forces was one of my favorite PC games back in the day, and it’s probably still my favorite Star Wars game as well. The feeling of fragging Stormtroopers with the blaster rifle is still unparalleled to this day. Ah, the 90s!

Personally I would probably go with Unreal Tournament.

Enter your guesses below! (Note: There’s no prize as it turns out human trafficking is illegal.)

Apologies for hurting Cancer’s feelings with this comic.

Also phew, my boring day job has been exponentially more stressful lately due to a big move, but hopefully things will calm down from now on.

Here is a comic quite possibly definitely inspired by the current Fallout frenzy. After devouring the show I picked up Fallout New Vegas again since I never finished it back in the day. It’s still a (fun) buggy mess!

Here is a comic “inspired” by the current state of the video games industry, and specifically Microsoft’s boneheaded decision to close several studios, amongst them Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin. Arkane especially was a favorite of mine. Prey from 2017 is right there at the top of my list of the best games ever made. For some reason not a lot of people played it. I implore you, check it out!

Here is a comic! It went through countless variations for the final panel. I ended up on the one I liked the most, AND it was the easiest alternative to draw.

Speaking of cosmic horrors: I played Still Wakes the Deep over the weekend, and it really delivered on Lovecraftian vibes and body horror monstrosities. Also, it has a novel 70s oil rig setting and truly excellent Scottish voice acting. Check it out –  if you can tear yourself away from the new Elden Ring DLC.

Here is a comic! It’s about how you can “git good” in the workplace. (And yes, I’ve been playing the new Elden Ring DLC.)

Apologies to Gary Larson!

(Also, monster design partly inspired by video games Carrion and Still Wakes the Deep.)

It’s Friday 13th! Here’s a comic from the archives, altered to fit today’s date. I guess autumn hasn’t been quite as cold and grey here yet, but I feel that’s coming any day now.

Also, I’ve been sick the past week, but a new comic is coming on Monday. It’s about being sick!

Don’t worry, this time around I was still able to play video games. I only passed out twice when playing Star Wars Outlaws!

Yes, I’ve been having restless dreams about that town, Silent Hill lately. Turns out the new remake of Silent Hill 2 is excellent!

Also, I am participating in a new horror anthology series aiming to be out next year! Check it out on Kickstarter! The concept: comic strip artists make longer-form horror stories. So if you want to see a 4-5 page horror story from me, as well as several other fantastic webcomic artists, be sure to back the campaign. Be quick, October 31st is the last day!

Here is a remix/rerun of an older comic, updated for a new election cycle! And to my American friends, please, for the love of Cthulhu, please vote.

Also, I noticed some text formatting errors on a whole bunch of older posts on the site. That SHOULD now be fixed, but if you’re doing an archive dive and spot some apostrophes and quotation marks being replaced by gibberish, let me know!

America, you did it! ‍[Insert facepalm emoji here] Here’s a comic from 2016, somehow relevant again.

Here is a comic! It is about how to cope with the current state of the world.

Here is a new comic, finally! I ended up having to spend some time on another project – which should appear here eventually, so stay tuned for that.

Oh also, these aliens first appeared in this comic from way back when.

Here is a timely comic about the garbage times we’re currently experiencing. This one is a reworked version of this comic from 2018, now updated with fresh nazism! (sigh)

Cheer up, here is a comic! I haven’t watched Smile 2 yet, so for all I know this might be the actual plot of that movie.

Here is a comic about the perils of online dating. Be safe out there!

Decided to rework an older comic to make it even scarier for some certain people.

And that goes for you too, dear reader.

Always remember: You. Read. Comics.

Too subtle? But yes, orange man bad. In fact, orange man fucking terrible.