Comic for April 28, 2004

Author's comment: Some points of interest: (1) The character in Strider is "Hiryu" (note the spelling!) I have to keep it consistent with the strip, though. (2) I, personally, got the name from a translation of Final Fantasy 5 (which had the "correct" spelling).

197 -- Holy Cacophony 196 -- A Modest Proposal 195 -- A Hero Will Rise 194 -- It Takes a Cat 193 -- The Business Side of Things 192 -- The Houseguest 191 -- Another guest week 190 -- Robot Ragnarok 189 -- Jury Duty 188 -- Cyberpunk'd 187 -- An evening of being couched 186 -- Onwards and Upwards 185 -- Invasion of the Cyber Body-Snatcher 184 -- The New Guy 183 -- Idol 182 -- Thesis Wrangler 181 -- Waking Dream 180 -- Split Heirs 179 -- Next Step to the Future 178 -- The Mystery Ride 177 -- The Cardboard Menace 176 -- Humbug Season 175 -- The Late Adopter 174 -- A Little Mischief 173 -- Gnomes 172 -- The Fortune Teller 171 -- The Unfan 170 -- Two Great Minds 169 -- Enviroconscious 168 -- Change of Plans 167 -- Dire Preparations 166 -- The Neighbour, A Noise 165 -- Travelogue 164 -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern 163 -- Illogically Puzzling 162 -- Scratching the Surface 161 -- What If II 160 -- A Cat-Eat-Dog World 159 -- HobTek 158 -- And Now for Something Completely Different 157 -- Onwards and Upwards 156 -- Payday Mayday 155 -- Secret Agent Man 154 -- Illin' 153 -- The Reckoning 152 -- The Trainwreck Job 151 -- The Odd Couple 150 -- Training Day 149 -- Familial Faces 148 -- Home for the Holidays 147 -- The Magnificent Prize 146 -- It's Good to be King 145 -- The Hosehead Gaijin 144 -- The Competitive Edge 143 -- Take Credit Where Credit is Due 142 -- Just the Two of Us 141 -- Tourist Trap 140 -- Gerrymandering 139 -- A Match Made in Cyberspace 138 -- Fired Up 137 -- Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore 136 -- Ones in a Lifetime 135 -- Untalented 134 -- Careful What You Wish For 133 -- Informant 132 -- Ill Met by Night 131 -- Superheroics 130 -- The Unromantics 129 -- The Man in Black 128 -- Remember the Armadillo! 127 -- The Webcomic According to Fred 126 -- Gradentia 125 -- $HOBGOBLIN 124 -- Christmassy Feeling 123 -- Old Schoolin' It 122 -- Cafefight 121 -- House Call 120 -- Associates 119 -- Aftermath 118 -- Harbinger 117 -- Teknical 116 -- Drew the Line 115 -- On the Mend 114 -- Clanliness 113 -- New Beginnings 112 -- The Hiryuu Cometh 111 -- Coffee-teria 110 -- Role of the Newbie 109 -- Going Fourth 108 -- Mac Attack 107 -- Job Shadows 106 -- Application of Existentialism 105 -- Tagged 104 -- Take This Job and Stuff It! 103 -- Wired Disconnect 102 -- Ones More for the Road 101 -- Mommy Dearest 100 -- Fred on a Date 99 -- Awakening 98 -- Confessions of an Internet Drama Queen 97 -- The Lego Maniac 96 -- Vet-eran 95 -- Christmas 2005 94 -- The Manga Hunt 93 -- Malled 92 -- The Thinking Chair 91 -- Cyborg! 90 -- Drow Your Sorrows 89 -- A Thousand Words Never Spoken 88 -- Prey 87 -- Ninja Cookies 86 -- Artist's Block 85 -- Summer Vacation 84 -- The Rending 83 -- Comic Mischief 82 -- Hi-Sci-Fi 81 -- Ones to Three 80 -- Temporal Love Antics 79 -- Temp Survivor 78 -- What If...? 77 -- Turf War 76 -- Nethack! 75 -- Dating Woes 74 -- The Fellowship of the LARP 73 -- Kitty Envy 72 -- Nostalgia 71 -- Christmas Tag 70 -- It's All Relative 69 -- The Donut Run 68 -- Data Entry Point 67 -- SAS 66 -- PMS 65 -- Curses! 64 -- Fallout 63 -- Modern Capers 62 -- Night of the Incompetent, Talkative Ninjas 61 -- One Shots IV 60 -- Reality Bites 59 -- Oh, Canada! 58 -- The Biscotti Incident 57 -- MUDs 56 -- Pub Night 55 -- Retaliatory Strike 54 -- Homeworld Exodus 53 -- Guest Week 2004 52 -- One Shots III 51 -- The Cult of the Hiryuu 50 -- Online, Armed, and Dangerous 49 -- Dojo Onibuke 48 -- First Date Jitters 47 -- Off the Beaten Track 46 -- The Return 45 -- Intermission: Ribald ToG 44 -- Christmas 2003 43 -- Let it sno-OW! 42 -- Unconventional 41 -- Girls III 40 -- Image is Everything 39 -- Techie's Job Nightmare 38 -- Cafe du Insanity 37 -- Race for the Top 36 -- Family Bonding 35 -- RPG Session III 34 -- Enter Orion 33 -- Anime Club 32 -- One Shots II 31 -- Supercon! 30 -- Hoo-ah Release Day 29 -- When Worlds Collide 28 -- Thuggery in Ties 27 -- Guest Week 26 -- "Hey, you..." 25 -- Cold Front! 24 -- Exams 23 -- RPG Session II 22 -- Girls II 21 -- Of Wild Men and Journalists 20 -- Dinner With the Folks 19 -- Emergency! 18 -- One Shots 17 -- Christmas Time 16 -- Temp Job II 15 -- Girls 14 -- Fun Machine Release Week 13 -- Patricia 12 -- Hallowe'en Party 11 -- Temp Job 10 -- RPG Session 9 -- The Agency (again) 8 -- Back to School 7 -- Computer Games 6 -- The Hoo-ah Marketing Machine 5 -- The Temp Agency 4 -- A Good Deed 3 -- The RPG 2 -- Video Game Party 1 -- Outset