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Comic for Friday, Jan 2, 2026 Nanase summarizes Ellen's feelings and misgivings, and explains details to Ellen that she's missed. Ellen sees that Magus was manipulated, but also gives Magus more of a pass than I would; Magus was on the inflexible side, not really open to reason.

Comic for Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025 Elliot ate an extra cupcake, became an extra person. I don't see the problem. The banners with the kangaroo judges (mentioned in the commentary) - this is a kangaroo court?

Sketchbook Comic for Wednesday, Sep 3, 2025 That is a rather large pile of gold. A dragon would be appropriate. Definitely a hottie laying on the pile, but the crown is just wrong, too small. It would not stay on her head unless it has clips gripping her hair.

Comic for Wednesday, Aug 6, 2025 Nanase is having an epiphany regarding her mom that she should have had years ago. She has concerns about Ellen's and Elliot's preparedness for the coming exams, and wants to coach them; that seems good.

Here. I'm pretty sure Mamase has been replaced by a Uryuom investigating her "royal" aura.

https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-069 I wonder if the comic will ever advance far enough for us to see the future Tedd mentions in this strip? It certainly could lead to some fun stories!

https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-068 Everybody should have cat ears. Well, except bunnies; the long ears are a distinctive part of their look and are cute (but cat ears are still cooler).

https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-067 Nanase is an Aztec warrior slain as a sacrifice to the Sun? Ok. I guess that makes sense. Running through the list of animals with similarly high metabolisms, the one that comes to mind is the Shrew. And Tedd would not survive if he called Nanase a Shrew. . . . . . Thinking back to my own college cafeteria experience, I recall substances without much flavour but very high levels of fat, sugar, and other carbohydrates. If Nanase can use calories to power her magic, the campus meal service may be perfect for her. Provided she uses magic at least as fast as she consumes the "food".

https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-066 I believe I will enjoy the consequences of this conversation. Also, it's not a background, but yay for power-up effect that is probably just artistic license in panel two!

https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-065 So Ashley is in Magical Kindergarten? Sorry. Kittengarten. . . . . Several million years from now, paleontologists will examine the fossil records and determine that primates and felines were at one time distinct and unrelated mammalian families. But some how in the late Anthropocene era, a chaotic event caused the two groups to fuse and become the adorably dominant life forms on the planet.

https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-064 Hopefully the pony doesn't eat all the pizza and candy.

https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-063 Yes, Ashley. Yes it does.

I just noticed that no one has created any NP threads this week. Rather than making several threads I figured I'd just do one for the week. Tuesday, Feb 13: https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-060 Thursday, Feb 15: https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-061 Saturday, Feb 17: https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-062 Space for kinda-sorta spoilers: I like Ashley's form in Tuesday's strip. It's funny both she and Kevin are acting like she was being naughty, when random TFs are par for the course in Tedd's basement. Someone pointed out elsewhere that it's kind of funny Ashely's worried in Thursday's strip that she'll get TF spells instead of the healing spells she wants, when Pandora decided not to give her a mark because all she could give her was healing magic. As for Saturday, all I have to say is: Chibi!

https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2024-001 Interesting, but not really practical for restaurant work. Fox's ears are much to big. Most waitresses I have ever met never hear me that well. "I wanted the salad AND the fries, please." And the tail? if it does not knock food off tables or slap the customers, it will be grabbed by someone without permission. And that will instigate an incident that will not go well for anyone involved.

https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-057 Cut to training montage. Was Nanase ever this attentive in Mr Raven's AP World History Class?

Nanase is cut to the quick!

Perfect Nanase reaction. Also, quite an unconscious change for her, she's gone from thinking of Tedd as the weird cousin she avoids, to seeing him as the dispenser of magical goodies.

https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-054 The animated inanimate object designed to be a teaching tool is acting like a coach or mentor? Has he finally run out of obnoxiousness and now has nothing but his job left to do? So it is confirmed that once a magic user is awakened, it is within their power to develop new magical abilities. Before, I got the impression that is was a matter of random chance or the Will Of Magic's flair for the dramatic, or intervention from Immortals or powerful wizards. But according to Kevin, it seems any awakened magic user can take the abilities they have and, with a lot of patience, practice and work, develop them into the abilities they want.

NP Comic for Thursday, Jan 25, 2024 This has got to be a fantasy in Ashley's head. 'A spell trade off with no downside', for a specific set of circumstances. Would not work to current Nanase's benefit. Ashley's taller elf image is cute.

https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-052 So we aren't going to see a nine year old Nanase with a thirty six year old brain? Or a fifty four year old Nanase with a six year old brain? That's too bad. I figure if she was one hundred eight years old with a three year old brain, she would be perfect for current politics.

NP Comic for Saturday, Jan 20, 2024 In the commentary, Ashley gets the blame, but they are both thinking about it. Should say "Of course their minds go there." Kevin states an obvious thing they've done before, and probably should have thought of. He offered a good suggestion! WoD at the bottom of the commentary is that Kevin, not Tedd, said that because sticks are easy to draw. This I can believe.

NP Comic for Thursday, Jan 18, 2024 Ashley made herself tall. No one appears surprised.

NP Comic for Tuesday, Jan 16, 2024 "Where's the beef?" - 2nd panel, lady. In EGS logic, this kind of makes sense, although I wonder what prompted Tedd's cryptic animal form comment. Ashley is being Ashley.

NP Comic for Tuesday, Jan 9, 2024 Beefy Fox still looks threatening flexing and Nanase looks apprehensive. Why is Fox focused on her own physique? This seems like a subversion of what she's all about, a decoy or assistant. The big question is foreshadowing trouble or merely dramatic presentation. Even in the best case, she still seems like she is a bit more out of control than normal. And Fox does have a history of being competitive with Nanase in the video games. It seems to be part of her personality. So is each Fox basically a new temporary person? Or do they share some common thread? Does a new Fox remember experiences of previous Fox. It is implied they do; early on Fox made some error in front of Mrs. Kisune. She has not been shown repeating that error, needing to relearn each time. What are the moral implications of terminating a Fox? It seems that for Nanase, there are none; it is an understood aspect of having the Fox spell for her own convenience, pretty much like terminating a fairy doll is for Susan. What if someone deliberately kills Fox? Is it murder? Does the next Fox remember? Does that become a psychological burden? Does it harm Nanase? She felt some pain when her fairy dolls were terminated by Abraham. If Nanase is in her angel form, would using the Fox spell create an angel form Fox? Sadly now, I realize, I am hoping for more information. Yes, I am looking for Fox news. This is truly a sad situation. Ashley is the group's resident airhead. I find it difficult to care what she is thinking, because in a minute or two, 'Oh, there's a squirrel I should chase'. I might love my cat or dog, but generally would not ask them for actual advice. (They could be a sounding board for my own thoughts.) She did OK in the mall, though. I guess under duress she is more grounded.

NP Comic for Thursday, Jan 11, 2024 The point of this was for Nanase to retain her ability to think while Fox could still operate independently. Flexing and glaring does not shout "I can work independently" to me. She's keeping the same flexing stance with the same arms, that actually seems to say the opposite. The form does have the advantage of reaching the top shelf more easily.