Filler art
From The Heretic Knowledge Vault
Drawings by Poe (or sometimes others) that are inserted into the thrice-weekly sequence of strips when real-life circumstances don't allow him to complete a strip to his satisfaction in time for publication. (Think of them as Fan service, or if you prefer, omake.) Many feature characters from the strip; others feature Poe himself and/or Impy in various predicaments; others just come from Somewhere Out There.
An example of filler art involving catgirls appears here. It isn't clear whether filler art featuring actual ES characters should be considered canon for purposes of character development, etc. In this particular case, the art itself makes it clear that it's not canon, which is really kind of a pity, at least for Jon and Sarine.
A thread-like bit of recurring filler, called "Fun with Familiars" and starring Ellis and Rape-kun, is getting going. Look here for a sample. "Does Not Play Well With Others," DNPWWO for short, is another recurring filler mini-strip.
Not to be confused with Wallpaper, which isn't part of the Monday-Wednesday-Friday sequence and has another goal, namely encouraging people to donate.
Links to filler art
(Note: "FwF" denotes an episode in the Fun with Familiars series, and "DNPWWO" an episode in the Does Not Play Well With Others series.)
| Date | Subject(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2005/08/29 | Ellis | |
| 2005/10/14 | Jon, Sarine, Poe, others | Includes Exploitation Now characters |
| 2005/11/22 | Jon, Sarine, Meji, Poe (offstage) | |
| 2005/11/23 | a penguin (!?) | Starting a week of drawings by guest artists |
| 2005/11/24 | Poe, Impy, others | "Dungeons & Dragons With Impy and Poe" -- by Jim Hanson |
| 2005/11/25 | Meji, Ian (sort of) | Puppet Theater sendup |
| 2005/11/26 | Meji | |
| 2005/11/27 | Jon, Sarine, Ellis, Meji | By "Ghastly," which sorta fits... |
| 2005/11/29 | Meji | Dropout Meji gets a job |
| 2006/03/24 | Meji | |
| 2006/03/25 | unnamed troll | |
| 2006/03/27 | Kawaii?, another (see notes) | Second character appears to be Ralph from Exploitation Now |
| 2006/05/05 | Poe, Impy | |
| 2006/07/14 | Meji | |
| 2006/08/02 | Exploitation Now characters | Announces new dead-tree Exploitation Now volume |
| 2006/08/04 | Poe, Impy | |
| 2006/08/07 | unknown | Warning about physics and catgirls |
| 2006/09/15 | Meji | |
| 2006/10/04 | non-ES characters | Poe's Off Getting Hitched Filler #1 |
| 2006/10/05 | non-ES characters | Poe's Off Getting Hitched Filler #2 |
| 2006/12/22 | Ellis | |
| 2006/12/25 | Poe, Impy, "ninja Christmas elf" | "Uncensored" version has been lost(?) |
| 2007/04/11 | Bani Igaaru | |
| 2007/04/16 | Ian | |
| 2007/05/09 | Bani (sort of) | |
| 2007/06/20 | Poe (as a child) | |
| 2007/07/04 | Meji, Ellis | 4th of July fireworks |
| 2007/07/20 | Sarine, Jon | |
| 2007/09/03 | Ellis, Rape-kun | FwF |
| 2007/09/04 | Sarine | |
| 2007/10/01 | Ellis, Locke, other cats | FwF |
| 2007/11/02 | Ellis, Rape-kun, Locke | FwF |
| 2007/12/25 | Naga, Fran | DNPWWO |
| 2007/12/27 | Rokku Sona, Kureji Mesuinu | FwF |
| 2007/12/31 | Ellis, Rape-kun | FwF |
| 2008/01/09 | Ellis, Rape-kun | FwF |
| 2008/02/15 | Sarine, Jon | Valentine's day; definitely not canon |
| 2008/03/05 | Ellis, Rape-kun | FwF |
| 2008/03/24 | Naga, Fran | DNPWWO |
| 2008/04/28 | Meji | Starting an extended sequence so Poe can get caught up |
| 2008/04/29 | ??? | Best left undescribed... |
| 2008/04/30 | ??? | |
| 2008/05/01 | Rape-kun, Meji, Bani, Sara | Very non-canon |
| 2008/05/02 | Meji, Ellis | |
| 2008/05/05 | Naga | DNPWWO |
| 2008/05/06 | non-ES characters | |
| 2008/05/07 | non-ES characters | Warhammer 40K satire |
| 2008/05/08 | Naga, Fran | DNPWWO |
| 2008/05/09 | Bani (apparently) | |
| 2008/05/12 | Ian | |
| 2008/05/13 | Riley | |
| 2008/05/14 | "Dalek-Tan" | "Things which should not be" |
| 2008/05/15 | "3 Stupid Aliens" | from Poe's misspent youth (he says) |
| 2008/05/16 | Sarine | |
| 2008/05/19 | Anita | looking a bit old, and thereby hangs a tale |
| 2008/05/20 | Sarine | "some very early Sarine designs," per Poe |
| 2008/05/21 | Jon | "some very early Jon designs," per Poe |
| 2008/05/22 | Sara | "some very early Sara designs," per Poe |
| 2008/05/23 | Rokku Sona, Kureji Mesuinu, Mr. Snugglesworth | FwF |
| 2009/03/03 | Bani, Sara | Errant Commentary |
| 2009/03/04 | Bani, Sara | Errant Commentary |
| 2009/03/05 | Bani, Sara | Errant Commentary |
| 2998/03/27 | Meji, Ellis | |
| 2009/04/29 | Bani, Sara | Errant Commentary |
| 2009/05/01 | Bani, Sara | Errant Commentary |
