Sandra and Woo

Novil: You’ll be sorry for this! Jailor: Keep quiet back there! Woo: Do you think it might cause problems that we busted our author? Sandra: No, why?

Here are two diagrams that show how often the main and supporting characters of Sandra and Woo appeared in each year. Note that there were only 20 strips in 2008. You can click on the images for larger versions. Here is the total number of occurrences: Sandra: 655 (52% of all strips) Woo: 436 (35%) […]

Flying with Air China is to be avoided. Sandy South: This image proves that Novil blatantly stole strip #1219, Cheater, from Heavenly Nostrils! Novil: And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids! Sheriff: Great work, young lady! Is it true that you constructed a sail boat to […]

All right, I’m back, hopefully as lively as ever! Can you think of something better than being introduced to the 6-state busy beaver a lovely lady like that has just discovered? Can you think of something worse than being crudely interrupted like that? Laila: Wanna see my busy beaver, Novil? Novil: Always, Laila, always! Laila: […]

Guard: We overlooked something? Sandy South: Yes. That you have no natural defenses against all the nasty germs I introduced to your island. Sandy South: According to my calculations, they’ll start their destructive work in three, two, one…. Guard: ACK Woo: What a fitting end to 2020… Sandy South: The one who wants to throw […]

Sandy South: Our readers suggested 116 different escape plans, but they all missed the most obvious one! John Oliver: Come on, it’s 2020! Guard: Let’s go! Ka wahine ’ai honua is getting impatient! Guard: What are you waiting for? Jump! Sandy South: I’m sorry, but you’ve clearly overlooked one crucial aspect… Guard: What?

The Zodiac 340, the second-most famous unsolved encrypted message after the Voynich Manuscript, has been deciphered by code breakers David Oranchak (USA), Sam Blake (Australia) and Jarl Van Eycke (Belgium)!

Sandy South: “To escape, climb out of the panel and into the panel where you already escaped.” Qoo: Hmmm… Sandy South: “Eat Qoo, escape in confusion, swim back to civilization, barf up Qoo.” Qoo: What the –?! Sandy South: “There’s only one way out of this situation… Fanservice!” Cloud: Hubba Wubba!!

Sandy South: What are you going to do with us? Are you gonna… eat us?! Guard: Of course not, girl! Guard: Who do you think we are?! A bunch of half-naked savages who indulge in archaic rites? Twitter post: #SayNoToRacism #SentineleseRiseUp Sandy South: No! Sorry! Sorry!!! Guard: We’ll sacrifice you to the volcano goddess Ka […]

Sign: Cargo Cult International Sandy South: Of course… Warrior: Sit down! Sandy South: Multiple guards, not a single reachable object, … Sandy South: Hey, you! How could we get out of this situation?! Warrior: Hush, don’t tell! Qoo: Do tell! Do tell!!

Uncontacted tribes really aren’t what they used to be.

Sandy South: I am sick and tired of these little games! I don’t need your stupid map anyway! I’ve been almost everywhere, so the village must be in this direction! Tourist info guy: That may be true, but without a map… Sandy South: Come on, Qoo. Let’s go! Tourist info guy: … you’ll inevitably fall […]

Sandy South: I didn’t find a golden egg, only a rubber monkey, a guacamole bowl and a canister of liquid wax for hair removal. Tourist info guy: Have you tried combining the canister of liquid wax for hair removal with your furry companion? Sandy South: No, not yet. Qoo: ! Sandy South: Thanks for the […]

Tourist info guy: A map costs three Sentinelese Sesterces. Sandy South: I only have U.S. dollars. Tourist info guy: That’s no problem. You can easily convert them. Sandy South: Great! Where? Here?! Tourist info guy: At the airport. Tourist info guy: I’d fork out a map for the golden egg of a flying platypus, though… […]

Sandy South: I need to go back to the United States. As soon as possible! Tourist info guy: In this case, I recommend taking the direct flight to New York. The airport is just a stone throw away from our village. Sandy South: How do I get to your village? Tourist info guy: It’s very […]

Sandy South: There’s a clearing up ahead! Sign: North Sentinel Island – Home of the world’s last uncontacted tribe! Sign: Tourist Info Sandy South: ! … ?? Tourist info guy: Any questions? Sandy South: Way too many…

Now that’s a lovely jungle scenery in the last panel! Sandy South: Now that’s interesting! Qoo: Where are we going? Sandy South: To the book store. I’m on to something! Qoo: Wha– Qoo: Where are we? Sandy South: Looks like the culprit has connections to the highest levels of power!

It’s a tragedy that election fraud, or at least allegations of it, is becoming more common in “civilized” countries again. That’s why I served as election observer for the last federal election at my local poll site. Caption: Private eye Sandy South and her trusty companion Qoo are on the lookout for criminal activity. Larisa: […]

I’ve received enough applications already. Please don’t apply anymore! As you may know, the Gaia anthology will be supplemented by a making-of book. The book is now almost finished and already in a pretty good shape in my opinion. I’m now looking for an editor, who must be a native speaker, to give it a […]

Sandra: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark! Woo: In what way? Sandra: A heinous crime has been committed! Woo: What kind of crime? Sandra: I don’t know yet. But I can feel it! And I will not only find out what happened, but also who is responsible for it! Sandy South: This will […]

Notebook: Once upon a time, there was a girl who was friends with a talking raccoon! Notebook: They did fun stuff like exploring abandoned factories and going to the state fair. Notebook: But then the girl found out something APPALLING!! Notebook: The raccoon was a BIG FAT STINKY CHEATER!!!! Sandra: It’s autobiographical. Woo: Oooh look, […]

The rest of Zoey’s tennis story arc isn’t completely ready yet. Until then, we’ll publish a couple of other strips. Cloud: A watched pot never boils. Yuna: That’s what I’m trying to prove! Yuna: According to the quantum Zeno effect, one can freeze the state of a system simply by measuring it frequently enough. So– […]

I’m sorry that today’s strip is such a dud. The next one will be better again! Opponent: I suddenly feel a sharp pain in my knee. I’m afraid I must forfeit the match. Man: Preparing for the next match? Next opponent: My wife wanted to throw away my high school football stuff. Ha! I knew […]

Scoreboard: Z. Irwin | 15 | 0 0 0 Scoreboard: F. Zorn | 0 | 0 0 0

Zoey: I’d like to register for the county championships. But for the men’s competition! I need a new challenge! Official: Naturally, only men may be admitted to the men’s competition. Zoey: Did you just assume my gender?! Official: Of course not, for Twitter’s sake! Official: … Date of birth? Zoey: 1 January 1970.

Please take a moment and appreciate how well Powree drew Zoey’s swings in the first two panels.

Unfortunately, there will be only one new strip next week.

Hitomi: Hitomi will not be like new mom. Hitomi will be more like… new big sister! Hitomi: But soon, Hitomi will be like new little sister!! Sandra: Welcome to our family!

Hitomi: Sandra is very nice girl. But Hitomi is also a little worried. Richard: Why? Hitomi: All teenagers get into trouble. It’s nature! So parents need to make them behave. And for that… Hitomi: … Hitomi may not be authority figure enough! Richard: Don’t worry. I’ll take care of it.

Woo: Ah, I love these lazy Saturdays. Sandra: It’s Wednesday, Woo! Woo: … That’s even better! Sandra: That’s it! Get up off your butt and help me in the garden!

Sandra: At least the lava cooled down quickly. Yuna: Finally! Larisa: What are you doing there, Yuna? Yuna: Oh, I just extinguished this Lerner-Williams plasma, an eternal, self-igniting fire that glows in all colors of the rainbow. Larisa: You did… what…?!! Ilias: What was that? Lilith: I don’t know… But it felt like a wave […]

Sandra: Well, looks like everything turned out– Larisa: Yo, Sandy, I’m really happy for you and I’d love to let you finish, but the floor is lava. Sandra: Please, Larisa, this isn’t the right time for one of your silly games. Larisa: You misunderstand, Sandy. Larisa: The floor is literally lava. Sandra: AIIEE! Yuna: I […]

Hitomi: Hitomi will make Richard super happy! Hitomi: Will make life cute like in “My Neighbor Totoro” and funny like in “Rat Race” and a little bit sexy like in “Dirty Dancing”. Hitomi: Except if Richard goes to bed with other woman… Hitomi: Then will make life more like in “Saw”. Ye Thuza: Woman in […]

Ye Thuza: I heard you were working in a maid cafe? Hitomi: Yes, Café Mai:lish. Ye Thuza: Really, the Steins; Gate café?! That’s so cooooooool! Hitomi: Sonuvabitch! Ye Thuza: … Perfection! Rintaro Okabe: Hey mister! I am mad scientist! It’s so cooooooool! … Sonuvabitch! Ye Thuza: If you make this woman cry only once, I’ll […]

Unfortunately, there will regularly be weeks with only one update in the coming months. I currently don’t have any material for new strips anymore because I’ve put all my free time into the upcoming Gaia anthology The Complete Gaia. I hope you understand that this book and writing a proper ending for Gaia has topmost […]

Hitomi: Hitomi is sad that Richard isn’t happy to see her again… Richard: No, sorry, I didn’t mean it like that. It was just so… unexpected! Richard: I’m happy to see you again! Hitomi: We’ll have lots of fun! … And if not, Hitomi can always go back. Anchorman: … experts now predict that we’ll […]

Update [25 July 2020]: I improved the wording of Hitomi’s dialog in the last panel. Richard: Hitomi, what are you doing here?! Hitomi: Hitomi was missing Richard very bad! Richard: That’s, uhm…, nice to hear. But you really should have called first! Hitomi: Hitomi called several times two day ago, but Richard didn’t answer. Richard: […]

Richard: Nani?!

Sorry for posting the strip a day late, but I was just too tired.

Richard: How’s progress? Construction worker: Not so good. Without our project manager, we don’t know how to connect the energy gyroscope with the neuronal lava booster! Caption: Meanwhile. Teacher: If Bob was driving with twenty miles per hour… Richard: Then let’s assemble the heating elements first! Construction worker: All right. Caption: Meanwhile.

Driver: We have the bricks you wanted! Yuna: Excellent! B boy: The owner of that shop is super racist! Let’s loot the shop! For justice! Man: Harold donated ten tons of steel for the lava moat! Sign: Harold’s General Store T-shirt: B BOYS B Boy: The operation is a complete failure! Larisa: Lava moat!

Manager: If we strike now, we’ll be able to kill local retail for good. I recommend starting new riots for this. Mr. Bozzos: Bring me the darts, James. Mr. Bozzos: We’ll focus our efforts on the place where the arrow lands. Manager: As you wish, Mr. Bozzos. Caption: From Mr. B with Love! Anarchist: Could […]