Pengcognito.com
weekly penguin cartoon
Recent:

May 08: The bear is always right except when she isn't.

May 01: The battle of how to punctuate the podcast title still smolders.

Apr 24: Done in one.

Apr 17: Maybe they meant knotty.

Apr 10: Easy enough to get confused.

Apr 03: Things you might not think to ask.

Mar 27: the state of the art of the synthetic sense of humor.

Mar 20: I'm writing a bot that will argue with tech support bots.

Mar 13: The odd kind of health care that's available in the Penguiverse.

Mar 06: If you've had the tools of your craft confiscated before air travel, your hobby is pretty bad-tailfeathers.

Feb 27: I follow the literary convention of the cards shown having nothing to do with the reading.

Feb 20: After the Louvre heist, Bad Influence Aunties everywhere are back on the subject.

Feb 13: On a philosophy test, rather than electrical engineering, it might not be so obvious.

Feb 06: It does kind of sound like a plane taking off.

Jan 30: That has nothing to do with making a supplement work though.

Jan 23: More tech with counter-intended consequences.

Jan 16: It does work, so what's the problem?

Jan 09: Purrfectly normal pastime.

Jan 02: A penguin's gotta have some standards.

Dec 26: At least it will make a good story. Someday.


 


Pengcognito FAQ
(new)Q: I want to make a comment about the strip - where can I go to do that?
A: Pengcognito is now available on three blogging sites. All three will allow you to create a free account so you can comment on the strip, as well as make a blog of your own. (C'mon, it's fun!)
Livejournal:
pengcognito.livejournal.com
Wordpress:
pengcognito.wordpress.com
Blogger:
pengcognito.blogspot.com
Q: Can you remind me when the new comic is up?
A: We live to serve. Here you go:
Notify me as soon as the new one is out:
This will get you the weekly newsletter, with links to the current cartoon.
Q: Suppose I am a role model, and I still want a penguin t-shirt, mug, mousepad, tote bag or tatoo?
A: You're in luck! Unless you want a tatoo. But lots of other penguin stuff is now available here:
www.cafeshops.com/pengcognito
To fit on the mugs, the strips have been changed a little or abbreviated. You can see the new versions here.
Q: What are those herrings and half-herrings doing next to the links? They're making me hungry.
A: Those are ratings. The more herrings, the better (as in life.) You are now able to add your rating once you've scrolled to the end of an episode; please feel free. We promise not to mail you guano or leftover herring guts if we don't agree.
Q: C'mon, that's really all the same peguin in different hats.
A: We're a bit insulted you can't tell us apart.
Q: Isn't it Bad to anthropomorphize animals, especially wild, endangered ones?
A: It would probably be better to penguify humans, but it's not nearly as funny. Besides, penguify.com was taken.
Q: Are you ever going to get in, um, compromising situations?
A: You mean, is your Big Brother filter going to block the site? Not intentionally on our part (this is as close as it will get.) It has already been blocked by at least one misguided program - for what reason, we have no idea, unless the filters are mistaking the word "penguin" for another famous and fun word that starts wth "pen"...
Q: The human world sucks. Can I come live with you guys?
A: You are welcome to stay here as long as you bring a couple of kegs of Herring Lager and cook the breakfast herrings.
Q: No, really, what's all this then?
A: Jen started making these as birthday cards for her sister Tina, who really likes penguins.

Then, since humans tend to go out in gangs for birthdays, she started doing them for other relatives and friends. They are the sort of things that are fun to pass around at Japanese steak houses while you're waiting for the chef to throw food on you.

Her husband (Moof) takes the actual penguin photographs, but most of the rest of it is not his fault. He comes up with the occasional brilliant inspiration, like the WaddleMaster 3000.

Jen can occasionally be found doing incomprehensible human stuff like writing USB device drivers for the Mac, doing software archaeology, or making database back ends for web sites at House of C, (a quirky little software company) when she really ought to be busy documenting the secret life of penguins, which is a lot more interesting.