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September 5, 1993

Welcome Back, Water

The 1993-94 school year at Walter Mondale High School starts in just four short weeks, and Principal Hilliard needs to make absolutely sure that the newly constructed swimming pool is in perfect working order. So that means she's inspecting it up close and personal. Everything looks a-okay from her perspective!

August 29, 1993

Scenes From a Cerulean Restaurant

You're meeting up with Lindsay for lunch today, at a quaint little cafe that's just out of the way... and also just under the water. Don't forget your scuba tank!

August 22, 1993

Bubble Boys

Just Joel, Aaron, and Steve blowing bubbles underwater. Hey, they don't all have to be high concept, do they?

August 15, 1993

A Tall Glass of Bubbly

Patricia knows there's only one way to really enjoy the high life - underwater! She's invited you to her poolfloor soiree, a highly sophisticated affair where the conversation flows in bubbles and the champagne is unavoidably watered-down. Will you RSVP?

August 8, 1993

Blue Hole Sun

Kendra, Aaron, Joel, and Michelle all agree - the best place to appreciate a nice sunny day is from underwater. For starters, UV light doesn't penetrate water, so hey, no sunburn!

August 1, 1993

Truly, Madly, Deeply

Lindsay and Craig decided to meet in an extra special place for their date - underwater! They can't talk too well down there, but hey, everyone knows true love doesn't need words.

July 25, 1993

Prom-ise Her Air-nything

Remember Lindsay and Craig's formal wear-drenching post-prom swim? Looks like Amber and Kevin had the same idea. What's a more memorable way to cap off a perfect evening than with a bubbly underwater kiss from your prom date?

July 18, 1993

Lake-Bottomed Girls

Michelle, Jocelyn, Kendra, and Lindsay all agree - nothing's more fun than a day at the bottom of the lake with friends!

July 11, 1993

To those who have been following Nineteen-Ninety-Something from its humble beginnings: I know a lot of these recent Sunday strips have been reused from the old continuity, so I apologize if it feels a little repetitive. There are a select few comics from that era that I felt were generally good enough to keep this time, and I figured posting the line art from them here on Patreon would be better than posting nothing at all. But don't worry, because not only is the vast majority of upcoming co...

A Lesson in Buoyancy

Tina's a teacher, remember? She knows how to give an interesting science demonstration. Today we're learning about neutral buoyancy - what's the best way to make yourself sink? Get rid of all that pesky air in your lungs, obviously!

July 4, 1993

Dayswimming

How nice would it be to have an underwater home away from home at the bottom of a lake? Michelle sure seems to dig it - she's a science nerd, so if anybody asks, she's not blowing bubbles, she's "conducting experiments in nucleation".

June 27, 1993

Dunk and Deliver

I've had this idea turning over in my head for years, for a Nineteen-Ninety-Something story where there's some kind of charity event at the elementary school and Tina is the teacher who ends up in the dunk tank. I haven't found a place for it yet in canon, but it's still fun to think about.

June 20, 1993

Rock Star Moms: Vol. 1

Happy Mother's Day! In celebration, here's part one of a two-part series, depicting the proud moms of Westworld. Tina and Marion are so thrilled that Joel and Aaron are making their dreams come true, they chose to join them for a celebratory swim.

June 13, 1993

In Perfect Sink

I like coming back to this concept of Lindsay as an elegant underwater performer and Cynthia, Amber, and Kristen as her backup synchronized swimmers. With this kind of talent, they could sell out aquariums all over the country, don't you think?

June 6, 1993

In the Backwater Swirling, There's Something That'll Never Change

Joel, Aaron, Steve, and Jocelyn have this concept in mind for a music video shot entirely underwater. When they make it happen, you better believe they want to get as much use out of their sunken set as possible. Like using it for publicity photos, for instance. Can't you just see this as a two-page spread at the start of a Rolling Stone interview?

May 30, 1993

Part Of Your World

Remember last week, when I drew Lindsay as a mermaid and Craig as her still-human boyfriend? My always-on brain kind of blew that up into an idea for a whole possible series. Sort of my own spin on The Little Mermaid - except instead of trying to make the relationship work by mer-Lindsay going up into the human world, Craig offers to relocate to the bottom of the sea. Being the first human to live underwater among merperson society is gonna be kind of a big adjustment, but for the sake of the...