For those of you who like to download ’em all and read ’em offline, here are the strips in .ZIP archives. Enjoy! Mac Users: You haven’t been forgotten — the StuffIt Archives are coming as soon as I can get ’em.

September 14, 1998 - September 30, 1998 (637 kb)
October 1, 1998 - October 15, 1998 (726 kb)
October 16, 1998 - October 31, 1998 (772 kb)
November 1, 1998 - November 15, 1998 (850 kb)
November 16, 1998 - November 30, 1998 (669 kb)
December 1, 1998 - December 15, 1998 (709 kb)
December 16, 1998 - December 31, 1998 (455 kb)

Individual Strips

The entire run, with captions. This list is generally updated at least once a month; recent strips that don’t appear here can be accessed using the “previous strip” link on the main page.

September 1998

September 14, 1998 - How humiliating. (The first strip!)
September 15, 1998 - Compensate for small size by having a BIG voice.
September 16, 1998 - Sweet restitution.
September 17, 1998 - “Of course you know this means war!” -Groucho Marx, A Night At the Opera
September 18, 1998 - Arthur’s dad is an iminently practical man.
September 20, 1998 - It’s hard to intimidate a prisoner who’s ten times your size...

September 21, 1998 - You’ve gotta watch what you say around faeries.
September 22, 1998 - Hey, who’s leavin’ swords lyin’ around the forest?
September 23, 1998 - Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
September 24, 1998 - The rules of engagement don’t cover rolled up newspapers.
September 25, 1998 - General Blither of the Arcadian Army believes the best defense is to be offensive ... or something like that.
September 27, 1998 - The hazards of being able to change your size at will...

September 28, 1998 - General Blither addresses Arcadia’s finest ... such as they are...
September 29, 1998 - How do you tell a friend that he’s a living legend?
September 30, 1998 - Some of the most decisive battles are also the shortest.

October 1998

October 1, 1998 - What morning would be complete without a cup of coffee, a newspaper, and a Faerie invasion of Washington?
October 2, 1998 - Another decisive battle in the Faerie War.
October 4, 1998 - She looks cute and cuddly, but don’t let that fool you.

October 5, 1998 - You can depend on General Blither ... he’ll always let you down.
October 6, 1998 - Is there anything sweeter than the joyous laughter of children?
October 7, 1998 - She may have the face and body of a beautiful young woman, but she has the heart of a panther, and the mind of a butterfly. She is ... the Queen!
October 8, 1998 - A Freudian slap?
October 9, 1998 - If only Bill Clinton had followed General Blither’s example...
October 11, 1998 - Arthur’s astoundingly savvy for a kid his age.

October 12, 1998 - Job security is never having to worry about being beheaded.
October 13, 1998 - The faerie calendar has holidays it hasn’t even used yet...
October 14, 1998 - Today’s joke courtesy of David Covin’s Teenagers From Outer Space character.
October 15, 1998 - I never actually read much Kipling as a child, but now I rather wish I had.
October 16, 1998 - Never trust a gnome in an Armani suit.
October 17, 1998 - Faeries don’t watch a lot of television.
October 18, 1998 - Beware Lieutenant Bristle with a bazooka.

October 19, 1998 - If you can get a pooka to adopt your house, I highly recommend it.
October 20, 1998 - Arthur’s dad has an astounding capacity for doubt.
October 21, 1998 - Lady Dewdrop’s many things, but thoughtful isn’t one of them.
October 22, 1998 - At least Lady Dewdrop has a well-defined set of priorities.
October 23, 1998 - It’s hard to hold a conversation with your foot shoved in your mouth.
October 24, 1998 - The hazards of invisibility...
October 25, 1998 - Land developers strike again.

October 26, 1998 - What would a faerie tale be without a grand ball?
October 27, 1998 - Birdbrains of a feather.
October 28, 1998 - No My Fair Lady jokes, please.
October 29, 1998 - The shoe finally drops. But who did it land on?
October 30, 1998 - Who says romance is dead?
October 31, 1998 - Now there’s something that makes the Autumn Equinox really worth celebrating!

November 1999

November 1, 1998 - Wings...they’re not just for flying any more.

November 2, 1998 - Faeries have the same problem in March, too.
November 3, 1998 - Oh yeah, there was a war going on, wasn’t there?
November 4, 1998 - Hi, ho, Silver.
November 5, 1998 - Beware the vicious war-cat!
November 6, 1998 - The humor’s getting too subtle around here — time for some cheap physical comedy!
November 7, 1998 - A gentleman’s honor is his life, and any insult demands a response.
November 8, 1998 - “Hey! Bristle! Leave those cats alone!” - Pink Faerie, The Wail

November 9, 1998 - Another Monday, another week of school to dread.
November 10, 1998 - The occupational hazards of pookadom.
November 11, 1998 - Post-traumatic stress syndrome.
November 12, 1998 - I thought of this strip one day at work. You can tell, can’t you?
November 13, 1998 - The amazing recuperative power of kid-dom.
November 14, 1998 - Being allergic to your girlfriend would really bite.
November 15, 1998 - Faerie Trivia Fact #71: The polearms carried by the Queen’s men at arms are X-Acto Knives.

November 16, 1998 - From the 1998 edition of the Webster’s Dictionary for Schoolkids ... Parents(n,pl.) — Those people you catch a brief glimpse of at night on your way to bed, and in the morning on your way out the door.
November 17, 1998 - Almost caught a glimpse of her, that time.
November 18, 1998 - Somehow, I don’t think International Coffee’s going to be picking up that flavor.
November 19, 1998 - Arthur’s mom’s been watching too much TV news, I suspect.
November 20, 1998 - Actually, she was closer the first time.
November 21, 1998 - You gotta watch what you say around faeries (revisited).
November 22, 1998 - I wonder how Merlin felt about that.

November 23, 1998 - Amazing how persuasive pookas can be when they want to.
November 24, 1998 - Arthur and Colonel Beowulf sure do a lot of walking together. I wonder where they’re going all the time.
November 25, 1998 - It’s being hushed up by the Boeing/Northrup Grumman/Amtrak cartel.
November 26, 1998 - Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
November 27, 1998 - Arthur doesn’t do post-holiday let down.
November 28, 1998 - They’re magically delicious.
November 29, 1998 - Don’t try giving history lessons to a kid with sore feet.

November 30, 1998 - No Monty Python jokes, please.

December, 1998

December 1, 1998 - You’d think Arthur’s dad was confronting a manifestation of the Dark Side every day.
December 2, 1998 - That’s what you get for using an ACME brand jousting lance.
December 3, 1998 - You ever have one of those days...?
December 4, 1998 - Make that The “Black-and-Blue” Knight.
December 5, 1998 - Better NeverNever than late.
December 6, 1998 - Hooray for Colonel Thunder! Three cheers for Colonel Thunder! Hooray, hooray, hooray!

December 7, 1998 - Brave! Handsome! Dashing! Rude! Boorish! Obnoxious!
December 8, 1998 - I wonder how Colonel Beowulf was going to finish that sentence.
December 9, 1998 - It may be that pookas are just shy, but if it were me, I’d be pretty tempted to turn invisible, too.
December 10, 1998 - She’s as giddy as a schoolgirl. Of course, she’s pretty much that way all the time.
December 11, 1998 - “You bet your epaulets?”
December 12, 1998 - Hair of the dog, indeed.
December 13, 1998 - Sometimes I’m convinced there are gnomes in the federal government.

December 14, 1998 - Against the concentrated wiles of Lady Dewdrop, poor Lieutenant Bristle doesn’t stand a chance.
December 15, 1998 - You can always go straight to General Blither with your problems...if you want them to get worse...
December 16, 1998 - Colonel Beowulf probably got in roughly the same scrape himself, c.1650.
December 17, 1998 - So this is why Lieutenant Bristle is still a lieutenant...
December 18, 1998 - Don’t you hate it when you give an eloquent answer to a question nobody’s asking?
December 19, 1998 - Faeries and pookas: using the same words, but speaking a different language.
December 20, 1998 - Fort Knox is a military industrial complex. Lieutenant Bristle just has a complex.

December 21, 1998 - “Saving Colonel Thunder” - Where’s Tom Hanks when you need him?
December 22, 1998 - Sorry to dash your hopes, but Colonel Thunder is still alive.
December 23, 1998 - He saw the ghost of Elvis once, too.
December 24, 1998 - Destined to become a holiday classic, easily on par with “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.”
December 25, 1998 - A Christmas Poem:
   The holiday’s upon us
   in this wintery season
   but when I hear people gripe
   I can’t figure the reason
         I don’t burn Solstice candles
         I don’t celebrate Hanukah
         I don’t know the right phrases
         to say “happy Kwanzaa”
   When you’re told “Merry Christmas,”
   why yell and why scream?
   They want you to be merry;
   how could that be mean?
         The phrase is meant as
         a blessing, not a curse,
         so may your Christmas be merry;
         I don’t care if it’s diverse.
December 26, 1998 - Finally we can put that whole “Colonel Thunder MIA” storyline behind us.