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Feb
3
2009

Capes & Cowls Presents: Hot & Cold Presents: As You Find It

posted by Matt Knicl at 12:15 pm.

In our last installment of Hot & Cold, the world ended, and now, everyone is left to pick up the pieces. In a time of pain and suffering, where civilization is gone, Cold is left searching for meaning and scraps of food to live in this new world. Like us, he has to deal with the world As You Find It.

Continuing with H & C and last year’s Cape & Cowl characters, As You Find It follows Cold as he looks for President Barack Obama, the one prophecized to fix the world. To do so, he will need help of the remaining nations of Earth, bizarre countries forged in the fracturing of reality. And this is only the first chapter…

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Jan
9
2009

Hot & Cold present The End

posted by Matt Knicl at 11:26 am.

Is This The End?

All semester has been leading up to this! Mac Guffin, She, Dextar, the Tooth Fairy and all your favorite Hot & Cold characters come back together for these last two weeks in the epic battle between Hell and the North Pole. And this conflict is not without casualties…

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Jan
8
2009

Hot & Cold Week 13

posted by Matt Knicl at 12:08 pm.

Cape Strikes Back

Cape is still a little bitter that Hot and Cold replaced his strip, Cape & Cowl, so he embarks on his quest to prove he is the best stripper ever. Cowl should keep him in check. Hmmm, I wonder where she is?

Hot & Cold © Matt Knicl 2008

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Jan
7
2009

Hot & Cold Week 12

posted by Matt Knicl at 12:51 pm.

The Plot Waters Down

This was a random week. The World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King was drawing close so I didn’t care about much else. Luckily now I have quit the game cold turkey for over a month or so, and looking back I feel foolish that I thought that game was important or even that great. So these first two strips I am greatly ashamed of, while the other three focus on Hot & Cold characters Elf, Mac Guffin, Dextar and the Tooth Fairy.

Hot & Cold © Matt Knicl 2008

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Jan
6
2009

Hot & Cold present Dextar’s Laboratory

posted by Matt Knicl at 11:49 am.

I’m surprised there hasn’t been an SNL or Robot Chicken sketch about this yet - the connection in names between the old Cartoon Network show Dexter’s Laboratory and the new Showtime series based on the novels, Dexter. Dexter’s Laboratory is about a boy genius who has a secret lab under his house where crazy science ensues, whereas Dexter is an adult drama about a serial killer who graphically kills other serial killers.

So I made the comparison, made it again, then integrated Dextar, Boy Serial Killer into the Hot & Cold mythos. He does play a very important role in the story…

Hot & Cold © Matt Knicl 2008

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Jan
5
2009

Hot & Cold present “Fin City”

posted by Matt Knicl at 11:26 pm.

I’ve been doing a poor job updating consistently. I admit it, real world jobs and the holidays trumped my posts, and I apologize to you, the three fans that read this site. One of the things that I haven’t done well is put my comic strip, Hot & Cold, up for all to see. So I’m going to catch everyone up to speed!

After the controversial yet hysterical “That’s What She Said” two week arc, I decided to take the strip into a cliché detective Sin City parody staring Mac Guffin, a fish PI. And the last strip… who is that? It looks like a cherished childhood cartoon character, but with a modernly wicked twist! And trust me, this does relate back to Hot, Cold, and the brewing conflict between Hell and the North Pole!

Hot & Cold © Matt Knicl 2008

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Oct
29
2008

Hot & Cold present “That’s What She Said”

posted by Matt Knicl at 7:46 pm.

What We Said, Or, The Problem With Pronouns

I stood on the edge of a culture filled of sexism and one line jokes, gazing at that abyss of popular culture dashed with unabated fratboyisms, a society bereft of class and common decency. “That’s what she said” jokes were like a virus, and sadly, I too was infected. But after soul searching I saw the error of my ways. We needed to learn it wasn’t “what she said,” but it was what we had said.

Hot & Cold © Matt Knicl 2008

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Sep
28
2008

Hot & Cold Week 6

posted by Matt Knicl at 5:41 pm.

X-Mas In August

While Hot is interning with Satan, working on Hell’s new marketing campaign, Cold is starting his internship in the North Pole with Santa’s Workshop. Adjusting to a new job is always tricky, but even more so when your boss is slightly crazy and you live with an ever present threat of pounds of falling feces.

Hot & Cold © Matt Knicl 2008

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Sep
21
2008

Hot & Cold Week 4

posted by Matt Knicl at 11:37 pm.

Hell To Pay

Hot is off doing his own thing, working in his hometown, Hell, for Satan, the Prince of Lies. Hell’s marketing plan is in full swing, and I made some crazy obscure references to Greek mythology and Dante’s Inferno. Trying to show Hell in a positive light was darkly fun, so I’ll probably milk these jokes for quite some time…

Hot & Cold © Matt Knicl 2008

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Sep
14
2008

Hot & Cold Week 3

posted by Matt Knicl at 5:15 pm.

Global Lukewarming

The end of the world is nigh. Nigh impossible if you ask me, but heck, I’m not trying to sell a book. It looks like Cold is buying this idea of global warming… and he’s buying the book, extended director’s cut DVD and a rubber bracelet that says “Green” on it.

And I wonder where his demonic pal Hot went?

Hot & Cold © Matt Knicl 2008

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