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The Baby Man Hunting Trip goes into it's third and final segment… starting now:

I have to admit, both this story and the Axe Cop story that are running along side each other are taking more pages than expected.  I am enjoying it, don't get me wrong, but my estimation was pretty far off for the page count I thought this story would take. 

Bad news for CHOP pod cast fans… tonight's episode has been cancelled because James is still in the process of moving and does not have his stuff set up to record the show.  So if you are one of the people eagerly waiting to find out if your limerick won, well, you will have to wait.  I'm not even sure what will happen next Wednesday since I will be at Comic Con.  Chances are I will tell James and John my favorites of the limericks, let them pick a winner and announce it on the show.  While I am at Comic Con we will have some great new guest episodes going up including one by Doug TenNapel (creator of Earthworm Jim and a ton of other stuff) which he did with his 5 year old daughter Olivia. 

If you will be at Comic Con I have just found out that Doug and I will be at booth 1714.  Look for the big Axe Cop banner.

Ethan

Keeping in line with the Axe Cop philosophy… awesome trumps practicality in another page of Axe Cop…

It's been a long day, and I am sure you noticed that I got this posted much later than usual.  Tomorrow you get an Ask Axe Cop, then wed-fri a new turn in the Baby Man (and family) hunting trip.  See you then.

Ethan

I scraped up some more of the short answers I had for another short answer Mash-up:

Comic Con is in a week!  While I am at Con I will be having some guest strips going up.  You are in for some really good stuff. 

Ethan

I decided to do a double fisted episode today, to end the battle with Candy Candy as the weekend come upon us so we start fresh next week with the rest of the Baby Man adventure.  So, here you go.  I drew all this for you…

Baby Man truly is John McClane in a baby suit, and that is why I love him.

We have a big announcment coming (I think) next week!  I have been holding it in for a while now.  Can't wait!  Thanks for reading, and I promise you'll get at least one Ask Axe Cop episode next week.  The main reason I have been focusing on story episodes is because once this chapter is done we'll be making the first Axe Cop book!  More on that later.  Happy weekend!

Ethan

I know I talked about a “Axe Cop Presents” idea a while back where other people send in stories from their kids and I draw them.  Well, this is NOT that.  This is a story I had sitting in my notes Malachai and I came up with during play time that was a break from Axe Cop.  He said “no Axe Cop today, I want to play something else”.  He wanted to play “Jack and John: Zombie Vampire Killers.” 

And so we did, and I made all the notes I could along the way and crammed it into this first episode of “Axe Cop Presents”.  I will do these sporadcally from time to time when we have material for them when I don't have a lot of Ask Axe Cop material built up.  So you get this instead of Ask Axe Cop today.  I hope you like it…

Also, Zero Dean posted his short audio interview he did with me.  Zero runs a web site where he travels the USA and lets his trip be altered and planned by the fans on his site (he also happens to be the guy who took those swell photos of Malachai and I).  You should check him out even if you are sick of interviewswith me in them.

And that's that… Thurday and Friday it's back on with Baby Man!  See you then.

Ethan

Today we get to see another weapon in Baby Man's arsenal.  (Or is this the first weapon we have seen?  I think it is).

That guy in the first panel is my friend Eric, and it's his birthday today.  Happy birthday Eric!  prepare to die.

If you think it would be awesome to die in an episode of Axe Cop, join our forum and submit a limerick in the limerick contest thread.  The best limerick (as picked by James, John and I on the podcast next Wednesday) will earn the writer of that limerick the opportunity to die in a future episode of Axe Cop.

Tomorrow I'll give you the next page in the Baby Man subplot.  I'm glad you guys enjoyed yeterday's “Axe Cop Presents“.  I don't have a lot of material for another one of those right now, but I'm sure I will get more in the future.  I'm sure Malachai will be surprised to see that go up,  I don't think he realized I was planning on making that play-time into a comic.

Ethan

It's a big day here at Axe Cop laboratories.  First you get to find out what the old fashioned way that nobody knows is in episode 45 of Axe Cop!:

Now, something we have all been waiting for a long along time… Axe Cop motion comic Episode TWO is now here!

The boss fight continues in episode 44…

Boss fight means bigger art, fewer panels and less dialog.  In web comic terms that means you don't get a ton of content, but it will work better in book form (and though this is a web comic, I always think in book form… I guess I'm old fashioned like that). 

Big news this week is it looks like motion comic, after many mishaps and problems, will finally be coming out!  See you tomorrow.

Ethan

So I admit I have not watched the show that much, but everyone I know loves it and now I have a reason to too…

Above is a screen grab my friend Catherine sent me who lives in the UK.  Ironically on the same day that Book Cop smited the British and kills their king, Axe Cop gets framed and hung on the wall in one of their most popular comedy series.  I kind of feel bad now.

When Axe Cop first exploded I got an email from someone who works on that show asking for a poster.  We finally got one to them, but I figured it would end up on the wall in the editing room at best.  This is pretty dang cool.  The IT Crowd can be on our team and I owe them a laser high five.

Ethan

I have been working hard on this episode all day, amidst a quick computer meltdown (luckily made a relatively quick recovery) I am excited to present to you part one of a two part 4th of July edition of Ask Axe Cop!

If you didn't listen to last night's CHOP, listen to it after you read that episode up there because it was a lot of fun.  You will hear us mention a new contest, going on in the forum.  The prize?  You could die in a future episode of Axe Cop, much like James and John of CHOP did in yesterday's exploding car scene.  We will announce the winnder on CHOP in two weeks (James is busy next week) so if you think you are up to win, you better listen in.

Alright, I need to finish part two of this thing so it comes out sooner than 6pm tomorrow.  Happy Die Day Red Coats!!

Ethan