Pesky Gremlins Comic 968 – Toaster Trouble
Posted on January 9, 2026 by H Stacy

Toaster Trouble

The gremlins return from the holidays by putting a little extra spring in Elmo's toaster.

The gremlins will be on a limited schedule for the next several weeks and will only be appearing once a week.  This is due to the fact that I am still in the process of upgrading a number of things related to the software that is used to create the strip.  At this point all of the software has been successfully updated but as is typical in an endeavor such as this, even without gremlins, some of it isn't working as expected.  There are also a lot of new features and functions that have been added.  So there is lots to learn.  Once these issues are resolved, the gremlins will be back on their regular schedule with a new story.

Something Different from Mark Appleyard

Posted on November 12, 2025 by H Stacy
Mark Appleyard's version of the gremlins

Here is a featured image that is a little different in that I didn’t do it. I was surprised (and delighted) to find this image on Instagram recently. This was create by the talented Mark Appleyard who I have been following for years. Mark is also a talented photographer and you can see both his comic and photographic work at his website:

https://bluebottleflyer.wixsite.com/home

And his Instagram account:

https://www.instagram.com/bluebottleflyer/

War of the Worlds Tripods

Posted on October 31, 2025 by H Stacy
War of the Worlds Tripods

For Halloween day, Slim selected something to remember the 1938 Orson Welles broadcast of H. G. Wells’s War of the Worlds. Since the Orson Welles broadcast didn’t have any images to accompany it, Slim had to pick something from a newer source.  Therefore, Slim picked the 1955 Classics Illustrated comic book’s depiction of the Martian Tripod.