Another possibility is that what with his transmogrification and his unique makeup otherwise, Artie’s currently in a state of genetic instability. It won’t be until later that all the right DNA sequences slot into place.

Because the cartoonist did?

I guess there’s something about the mixture of sex and death that is Mel Kelley that makes me [CORRECTION:] purr.

(Whew! Almost made this comment dangerously family-UNfriendly there!)

I’ve even noticed a few lesbians and bisexual women have boob fetishes. Never could figure out why, though, nyao–it’s not like they don’t have a pair of their own to play with… (Although it is nice to be able to play with someone else’s, isn’t it? >-_^<)

Noisy Cricket.

(and I hate the fact that you can’t post a comment on the week-long page, even though there’s a comment box there)

“And all will cry ‘It talks!  It talks!’
His chiseled abs, his dreadful locks!
Let’s untwist his DNA,
And form his body to the shape
Of this bipedal, hairless ape,
Not family Cricetidae.”

In panel 3, was Artie about to do a showman’s grin-and-wink, but changed his mind halfway through?

I approve of the fact that Mell’s jaw has been loosened farther than ever before. Helen’s powers have, after all they’ve been through, finally exceeded Mell’s credulity.