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The Alien Life, one panel Comic. Two aliens are standing to the left of a third alien. The third alien has one eye. The caption reads: “Well, we aren’t in the land of the blind, are we, Mr. Thinks He's King.”

Thinks He’s King

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. An alien is getting away from the ocean fast with a worried look. Behind him is a weird human looking figure emerging from the water. The caption reads: York wasn't hanging around. Everyone knew the humanish couldn't cause much damage in the water. But once they hit the beach, look out.

Hit The Beach

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. A building with one door in the front has a CCTV camera on the roof. The camera is bigger than the building. The caption reads: The newly installed CCTV camera was negatively affecting attendance at the Privacy Matters clubhouse.

Privacy Matters

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. Two aliens are standing beside each other. One is tall and skinny and the other is short. The tall one looks proud of himself and the short one looks surprised. The caption reads: Ollie knew he was no genius, but Stan's claims of dominating Sumo training didn't seem right.

Sumo Training

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. An alien with glam makeup on is walking out to meet his friends. The caption reads: It was Stefon's opinion that every occasion called for a little glam.

Glam

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. A big alien bird is sitting in, and overflowing, a nest. The caption reads: Three squares, a bed, no rent. There wasn't going to be any empty nest syndrome on Dave's watch.

Empty Nest

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. An alien is standing in a dramatic Kung Fu pose. The caption reads: Abe felt the key to strong Kung Fu was a dramatic pose.

Kung Fu

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. An alien is standing in grass up to his waist, and one hand is in the grass. The caption reads: Stu had two thoughts at once: 'It's time to cut the grass' and 'I hope that's the neighbour's dog I'm petting.'

Cut The Grass

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. A little alien is standing beside a huge seated alien. The little alien is wearing an outrageously large and loud hat. The caption reads:"Yes, I do think your cousin will be upset if you wear the new hat to her wedding."

New Hat

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. Three aliens are posed in a singing fashion on a hillside. The caption reads: Fortunately for the Simpson Sisters, a group of unknown mountain yodelers, they didn't require an audience.

Yodelers

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. An alien has a turtleneck on that is squeezing his head at the neck so that he looks like a balloon. The caption reads: There was no question in Dan's mind that the dry cleaners had shrunk his favourite turtleneck.

Turtleneck

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. Two aliens that look like scientists stand facing each other at a party. The caption reads: In an awkward moment at the party, the two scientists realized they were both mad.

Mad Scientists

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. Two aliens are looking at litter. The caption reads: "See, this is what I'm talking about. If you can't clean up after your humans, then you shouldn't have one."

Clean Up

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. An alien is approaching another alien carrying a plate with a head sitting on it. The caption reads: It was becoming clear that the new partner didn't understand when he said: "Prove to me you have what it takes to get ahead."

Get Ahead

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. An alien is looking at smaller aliens close to and a bit in front. SOmething is off about the smaller aliens, you can't tell if it is one or two or what you are really seeing. The caption reads: Biff couldn't quite put his finger on it, but there was something wrong with this picture.

This Picture

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. A big alien is talking to a little alien who is standing on his desk. The caption reads: "Johnson, how many times do I have to say it, 'It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.' Now, get off my desk."

My Desk

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. An alien is striking a very confident, attitude filled pose. The caption reads: Steve was a big believer that if a thing was worth doing, it was worth doing with attitude.

With Attitude

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. Two aliens are sitting at desks directly across from, and facing each other. The caption reads: Both Bert and Ernie now realized that, 'Join Us To Get In Front Of Your Peers,' was a misleading hiring campaign.

Your Peers

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. Two figures have met in the middle of the image. They are both wearing helmets with air being piped in through hoses attached, like tethers. The caption reads: "I don't want to hear your complaints, Mr. Let's Move To A New Planet. 'Atmosphere, shmatmosphere,' that's what you said."

Atmosphere

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. A very weird looking alien is sitting on the ground, looking very reflective and a bit sad. The caption reads: Nobody ever knew why, but this was the moment Burnish realized he might need a fake photo on Tinder.

Tinder

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. Two angry and scary looking aliens are staring out of the window of a food truck. The caption reads: The Anderson Brothers had not appreciated the importance of personality when planning their failing food truck.

Food Truck

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. An tired and decrepit looking alien kind of resembles the Lorax. If you use your imagination. The caption reads: Retirement had not been kind to the Lorax.

The Lorax

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. An alien is siting at a restaurant table, two waiters are approaching him with food that looks like it has already been chewed. The caption reads: While he appreciated the hustle, Dino didn’t want his food pre-chewed.

Pre-chewed

I carry the books with me always, knowing now they were filled with  descriptions of things seen and unseen, of things waiting to be looked upon.

The Lurker

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