This strip is something a little different for The Greys: a parody, rather than a joke. It also marks the first of a trilogy of such parodies. “The Greys Film Poster Series; Part One: Heist Movies; Comic One: Reservoir Aliens”,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the second in our trilogy of movie poster parodies. Like the previous one, this originated with the first incarnation of The Greys, some fifteen years ago. At that time this would have been almost topical, as “The Usual[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Every now and then we like to publish a bonus comic, in addition to our regular fortnightly strips. This is one of those. Unfortunately it comes in the middle of our series of film poster parodies, but as it’s a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the last in our trilogy of heist movie poster parodies. It was a confluence of events which led to this particular comic. We had been re-working our old “Reservoir Aliens” and “The Unusual Suspects” strips for a while,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The original plan for The Greys, back in 1994, was for a single panel format that we could sell to a magazine. We did have a few ideas for multi-panel gags, but figured that most editors would like a consistent[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A bit of an obvious joke – I’m surprised that I haven’t seen it used on any other webcomic yet – and not quite as topical as it would have been a few weeks ago when we started it. Unfortunately[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. — Arthur C. Clarke It’s often been pointed out that science fiction and fantasy are essentially the same thing. Blasters and photon torpedoes are replaced with wands and spells, spaceships with dragons,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The world seems to be going through a phase of fascination with 3D. It happens every few years; “3D week on BBC2” with a free pair of anaglyph glasses taped to the front of the Radio Times (or, as is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are some common features of sci-fi that are “problematic” at best – and none more so than the issue of language. When your plot involves a mixture of races from various parts of the universe it’s inevitable that the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We occasionally get asked how to go about finding the Easter Eggs in our files. Of course, to answer that question outright would be to miss the point of the Easter Eggs entirely, but we can always give you a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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