Announcement

So as you may have noticed there is no new Cryptozoo this week and there wasn’t one last week either.  I figure it would be best to put something up here explaining why that is.

Basically: Cryptozoo is on hiatus.  Indefinitely.  Hopefully just for the summer, but maybe longer, who knows.  Why?  Well, the funny thing about working on a time intensive creative project: life tends to get in the way.  I’m afraid I can’t go into much more detail than that.

I can tell you that I am devastated by the lull in CZ-related postings.  Cryptozoo was and hopefully will be again the most rewarding, challenging, engaging, and fulfilling thing in my life.  I loved writing it, brainstorming ideas for it, arguing with Ryan over it, telling people about it, and in general just hanging out with these characters in their crazy little world.

I’d like to apologize for this hiatus occurring smack-dab in the middle of a story arc.  “Night of the Squids” was a story I was really excited to tell and one that hopefully you guys were enjoying reading.  Alas.

I’d also like to thank all of the readers—friends, family members, facebook folks, tumblr followers and the wonderful strangers who stumbled across the comic and decided it was worth their time—for reading it and posting it on their personal social media outlets.  It meant more to me than you will ever know.

That’s all I really have to say for now.  Hopefully Cryptozoo will rise again in a better, stronger, faster fashion.

Thank you all again.

-Rory

Memorial Day!

Bigfoot’s throwing a barbecue, Angus is making margaritas, Benny the Chupacabra just shotgunned a six-pack and all is right with the world.

In other words: CRYPTOZOO is taking Memorial Day off!  Enjoy it, folks!

See you in 7!

-Rory

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Cryptozoo (16) - Night of the Squids, pt. 2 «Prev                                                                                                   Next» Nuis Post: “Nuis Post”? Okay that one was a stretch. I could go for a bottle of Problem Solvin’ Ale right now. Althought if I drank their IPA it would be PSA IPA. Too many letters. Too. Many. See you in 7! - Rory —- Yeah, Bigfoot’s from NorCal. You got a problem with his use of ‘hella’ well than you can be the one to bring it up to a 6 ft drunken primate. I’m not gonna do it. Piner High alumni may notice a special cameo today. I couldn’t stop laughing while I was drawing that. Check my personal tumblr later for a close up. - Ryan «Prev                                                                                                   Next»

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Nuis Post: “Nuis Post”? Okay that one was a stretch. I could go for a bottle of Problem Solvin’ Ale right now. Althought if I drank their IPA it would be PSA IPA. Too many letters. Too. Many. See you in 7!

- Rory

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Yeah, Bigfoot’s from NorCal. You got a problem with his use of ‘hella’ well than you can be the one to bring it up to a 6 ft drunken primate. I’m not gonna do it. Piner High alumni may notice a special cameo today. I couldn’t stop laughing while I was drawing that. Check my personal tumblr later for a close up.

- Ryan

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Cryptozoo (15) - Night of the Squids, pt. 1 «Prev                                                                                                        Next» Duke Newk’Em Post: Brand new arc! Woo! I’m not gonna blather on a lot. I just wanted to say that I’m stoked to tell this new story. Gonna be a wild ride. Stay tuned!   -Rory I consider this my preemptive strike against anyone that wants to do any CZ/Hentai slash. That’s right, we went there first, and we did it in canon. -Ryan «Prev                                                                                                        Next»

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Duke Newk’Em Post: Brand new arc! Woo! I’m not gonna blather on a lot. I just wanted to say that I’m stoked to tell this new story. Gonna be a wild ride. Stay tuned!  

-Rory

I consider this my preemptive strike against anyone that wants to do any CZ/Hentai slash. That’s right, we went there first, and we did it in canon.

-Ryan

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Our first official piece of fan art!  WOOT! This rendering of Benny the Chupacabra was done by the inimitable Sharon Zhang.  She’s an ultra-talented artist and writer currently doing ultra-talented things over on her art blog (which you can reach by clickin’ her name).  She’s also the namesake of the “Zhang” in “Kara Quinn-Zhang.”  This is what you get when you have brilliant friends! We are seriously stoked to see this.  If you guys out there have any fan art you want to send us, PLEASE DO.  You can drop us a line at Ryan’s or mine personal twitter accounts or the email addresses in the description and we will champion your works and protect them from the cold, unfeeling wasteland of the Internet. Thanks again, Sharon!  You are a class act! -Rory

Our first official piece of fan art!  WOOT!

This rendering of Benny the Chupacabra was done by the inimitable Sharon Zhang.  She’s an ultra-talented artist and writer currently doing ultra-talented things over on her art blog (which you can reach by clickin’ her name).  She’s also the namesake of the “Zhang” in “Kara Quinn-Zhang.”  This is what you get when you have brilliant friends!

We are seriously stoked to see this.  If you guys out there have any fan art you want to send us, PLEASE DO.  You can drop us a line at Ryan’s or mine personal twitter accounts or the email addresses in the description and we will champion your works and protect them from the cold, unfeeling wasteland of the Internet.

Thanks again, Sharon!  You are a class act!

-Rory

Cryptozoo (14) — Enter the Intern, pt. 7 «Prev                                                                                              Next» Huey Lewis and the News Post: Ryan’s back, everyone! Everyone say, “Hi, Ryan!” (Hi, Ryan!). Yay! Anyways, this week’s comic wraps up “Enter the Intern.” “But, Rory,” you say in a weirdly helium-infused voice, “the characters are feuding!” Yes, they are, intuitive reader! Conflict and comedy! That’s our bag o’ tricks here at the Cryptozoo production offices. They go together like pancakes and pizza! Next week we start “Quittin’ Time” which will be a new arc with new newness all over new-ville (sorry, I’ve been reading a bit of Jeff Smith lately and loving it). See you in 7! Love, Rory   —- Guess it was a pretty short storm, like those super convenient ones on ‘Lost’ that show up only when needed? Anyway, indeed, I am back, and it is good to be drawing again. It took me awhile to get back on the Cartoonist Sleep Schedule (i.e. lots of coffee, the artificial sleep!) But there is something kind of nice about watching the sunrise as I draw. You may or may not be interested to know that this was the first Cryptozoo drawn in Manga Studio 4, which is awesome, and you can check my personal Tumblr in a week or two for a review, but the short version is that MS4 is pretty dang great. Anyway, hope you enjoyed Enter the Intern as much as I enjoyed drawing it, check back next week for all new shenanigans and monkeyshines! -Ryan «Prev                                                                                              Next»

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Huey Lewis and the News Post: Ryan’s back, everyone! Everyone say, “Hi, Ryan!” (Hi, Ryan!). Yay! Anyways, this week’s comic wraps up “Enter the Intern.”

“But, Rory,” you say in a weirdly helium-infused voice, “the characters are feuding!” Yes, they are, intuitive reader! Conflict and comedy! That’s our bag o’ tricks here at the Cryptozoo production offices. They go together like pancakes and pizza! Next week we start “Quittin’ Time” which will be a new arc with new newness all over new-ville (sorry, I’ve been reading a bit of Jeff Smith lately and loving it).

See you in 7!

Love,

Rory  

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Guess it was a pretty short storm, like those super convenient ones on ‘Lost’ that show up only when needed? Anyway, indeed, I am back, and it is good to be drawing again. It took me awhile to get back on the Cartoonist Sleep Schedule (i.e. lots of coffee, the artificial sleep!) But there is something kind of nice about watching the sunrise as I draw. You may or may not be interested to know that this was the first Cryptozoo drawn in Manga Studio 4, which is awesome, and you can check my personal Tumblr in a week or two for a review, but the short version is that MS4 is pretty dang great. Anyway, hope you enjoyed Enter the Intern as much as I enjoyed drawing it, check back next week for all new shenanigans and monkeyshines!

-Ryan

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Cryptozoo (13) — Enter the Intern, pt. 6 «Prev                                                                                                Next» Sir Isaac NewsPost:  Ryan is away on vacation for a few days so it falls to me, your lovable scribe, to post the comic.  This week we’ve got a good ol’ fashioned cliffhanger, which means that you can start wildly speculating as to what will happen right about… now.  Feel free to ponder it up and post wild theories in the comments or wherever you go to shake your fist and stomp your feet at the vast expanse known as “The Internet.” Next week we’re wrapping up “Enter the Intern” and YOUR COMPUTER WILL EXPLODE AFTER READING IT.  (Disclaimer: your computer won’t explode, and if it does, you should probably get a professional to look at it.) Thanks for reading.  See you in 7! -Rory «Prev                                                                                                Next»

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Sir Isaac NewsPost:  Ryan is away on vacation for a few days so it falls to me, your lovable scribe, to post the comic.  This week we’ve got a good ol’ fashioned cliffhanger, which means that you can start wildly speculating as to what will happen right about… now.  Feel free to ponder it up and post wild theories in the comments or wherever you go to shake your fist and stomp your feet at the vast expanse known as “The Internet.”

Next week we’re wrapping up “Enter the Intern” and YOUR COMPUTER WILL EXPLODE AFTER READING IT.  (Disclaimer: your computer won’t explode, and if it does, you should probably get a professional to look at it.)

Thanks for reading.  See you in 7!

-Rory

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Cryptozoo (12) Enter the Intern, pt. 5 «Prev                                                                                                                Next» Howdy, y’all Rory’s away at Coachella so that means I get to write the news post! Oh boy oh boy oh boy. Well, basically I almost forgot to post tonight’s strip because I’ve been so busy working hard on comics all week that frankly, I forgot what day it is. Happy Monday everybody! This was a fun one to draw. There is definitely a little bit of Ed the Hyena in Benny the Chupacabra, plus it looks like Bigfoot is channeling his inner Brock Samson in panel one. Well anyway, we’ll see y’all next week. And hey, don’t forget to recommend us for Tumblr Tuesday tomorrow, we’re determined to get back above the fold in the Comics directory. My offer still stands: a special drawing for the person that buys us that pug sticker.  -Ryan p.s. A question for the readers that follow us on Tumblr: Is posting at midnight PST working for everyone (and yes I know this posted at 1:30, but the goal is midnight)? Do we show up on your Tumblr dashboard in the mornings or are we already buried by then? We want to make sure that all the lovely people that choose to follow us on Tumblr actually get to see us. Just post your answer in the comments! Thanks! «Prev                                                                                                                Next»

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Howdy, y’all Rory’s away at Coachella so that means I get to write the news post! Oh boy oh boy oh boy. Well, basically I almost forgot to post tonight’s strip because I’ve been so busy working hard on comics all week that frankly, I forgot what day it is. Happy Monday everybody! This was a fun one to draw. There is definitely a little bit of Ed the Hyena in Benny the Chupacabra, plus it looks like Bigfoot is channeling his inner Brock Samson in panel one. Well anyway, we’ll see y’all next week. And hey, don’t forget to recommend us for Tumblr Tuesday tomorrow, we’re determined to get back above the fold in the Comics directory. My offer still stands: a special drawing for the person that buys us that pug sticker. 

-Ryan

p.s. A question for the readers that follow us on Tumblr: Is posting at midnight PST working for everyone (and yes I know this posted at 1:30, but the goal is midnight)? Do we show up on your Tumblr dashboard in the mornings or are we already buried by then? We want to make sure that all the lovely people that choose to follow us on Tumblr actually get to see us. Just post your answer in the comments! Thanks!

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Cryptozoo Fans are Teh Best Fans!

So Cryptozoo’s been going for about two and a half months now and we’d just like to thank everyone out there that’s been digging what what we do. Every time I get an email from the Tumblrbot telling me we’ve got a new follower I do a little dance (video soon). So thanks to all of you! If you’re a Tumblr regular than you probably know what today is, so please mash that recommend button one more time in favor of little old Cryptozoo. Put us in the comics section of the Directory if you could.

Thanks again, everyone that reads this comic just got 10 whole internets, plus a bonus 5 internets if you recommend. Don’t spend ‘em all in one place now! Something special for the person that buys us that Pug sticker.

-Team CZ

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