I can't get most of it to download. Is that Sam's new style? I love ED but haven't checked in for a while. Is this a strip?

shane, yeah it's kind of a strip, spelled out as a series of panels posted on Tumblr. He's been posting them for awhile, but I only saw it today when he posted the complete story link.

My favorite Space Dog:
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(this dates back to one of the earlyearly bloggers - I forget who - used the pic as a non-sequitur mascot... I was delighted it came up high on the Google Image Search thanks to a short-lived space podcast)

Also, from a new commercial for Japan's SoftBank phone service which has used the white dog in its ads for years, plus related storefront image...)
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Heh. I think the 2nd internet t-shirt I ever ordered (after an old MeFi softball-style three-quarter sleeve shirt from CafePress) was from explodingdog, probably in '04-ish. I have neither of them any longer (at least as far as I know).