Chapter 17 | Page 2b: The Ol’ Battle Ax

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Brad Guigar

The #GuigarChristmasCountdown Rolls On

Every day until Christmas, I’m releasing a brand-new holiday single-panel gag — and this year’s batch has already included:

  • Overworked elves

  • Malfunctioning snowmen

  • Questionable reindeer behavior

  • And Santas who are absolutely phoning it in

Next week’s cartoons keep the absurdity rolling. If you’re counting down to Christmas with me… buckle up. We’re not even halfway to the weirdest ones. Catch them on Bluesky, Patreon chat, or the Evil Inc Subreddit.

TRANSCRIPT

Panel 1 (Later)
Hailey: “Come on, Rose! This is a big opportunity for me! Just tell me what Cap’s ‘usual’ is!”

Panel 2
Rose (from inside the storage closet): “Fine. He loves chicken soup — extra crackers — and a tall lemonade.”

Panel 3
Rose: “Say… do you think you could open the door now? There’s not much air in here.”

Panel 4
Hailey: “If you look in the corner, you’ll see an old battle ax.”

Panel 5
Hailey: “There’s no battle ax in— Oh.”

Panel 6
SFX: KRAKK

Panel 7
Rose (calmly): “Thank you!”

A Blizzard of Lizards

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Brad Guigar
When a cartoonist of the caliber of Dave Kellett comes out with a collection of strips, it’s a cause for celebration. Kellett’s work on Sheldon is among the very best to be found anywhere — Web or print — in comics today.

And, since Dave’s wife is currently sidelined by the writer’s strike, buying a book right now helps to ensure a happy holiday for a family that has brought way more than its fair share of happiness into our lives.

From the Sheldon site:

The fourth Sheldon collection is here, and it is pretty dang cool. Here’s the scoop: Like all Sheldon books, this one brings you all your favorite strips in high-resolution, showing you the little details you can’t see online. It collects every single strip since ‘62% More Awesome’, plus a specially-formatted, expanded version of the Saturday-Only Storyline ‘Good Luck, Baby Duck’. There’s even special stuff you can’t find online. It’s everything you could ever want in a single book, unless there was some way a book could also include a Hot Fudge Sundae. Which, let’s be honest, WOULD BE RAD. But until that magical day comes, this is the book for you.