September / 30 / 2001
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Notes

This strip owes more than a small debt to Bill Watterson's "Calvinball" strips in his seminal work, Calvin and Hobbes.

pawn takes rook
strip info entered by tor and approved by jon
Panel Dialogue Location Props
1 Phillip: Pawn takes rook.
Diablo: What do you mean, 'take'? Your pawn has no arms.
Nowhere
  • Chess Board
2 Phillip: It's an intellectual game. You have to use your imagination.
Diablo: Okay. Knight takes bishop using transporter technology.
Nowhere
  • Chess Board
3 Phillip: Pawn, queen and king coordinate a sneak attack on your potato reserves, rendering the opponent weak and chipless.
Nowhere
  • Chess Board
4 Diablo: L. Ron Hubbard invokes the name of Xenu and turns your rook's mind to marshmallow fluff.
Nowhere
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5 Phillip: Tina Yothers eats your remaining pieces in a devastating sneak attack!!
Diablo: You sank my battleship!
Nowhere
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6 Phillip: Yahtzee!
Diablo: I feel smarter already.
Nowhere
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Character Info

Diablo
First Appearance
diablo the satanic chicken (1 of 3)
Recent Appearances
the fine print (1 of 36)
one for the road (1 of 21)
knackin' boots (17 of 17)
Phillip
First Appearance
genesis
Recent Appearances
the cows of justice part II: the corndog imperative (1 of 32)
the cows of justice (1 of 21)
making a hole (1 of 27)