Jeremy: Elle returns… with glasses? I guess all this time she was wearing contact lenses, offset by the blue eyeshadow. Wait, no blue eyeshadow either? What is this girl doing? Why does she look totally different? What is her… SECRET?!!

Jeff: Maybe she’s born with it. Maybe it’s…MAYBELLINE! …Okay, it’s totally not Maybelline. Although she may use Clairol for the blue hair highlights. Anyway, whaddaya think, guys? Elle’s back, and not lookin’ so punky. What happened??

Jeremy: This is one of those comics where I decided on a treatment by accident. I had drawn out all panels except for the cutesy one with the cricket sounds, and then I did a quick sketch of that panel for placement of characters to send to Jeff and get his opinion. Basically, it was just ovals on top of blobs to represent each person (with the intention of eventually giving it the same drawing style as the others, but at that point, I just wanted to get Jeff’s opinion on placement/perspective). Once I got started drawing the panel, I thought, “hey, those blobs kinda remind me of cutesy/chibi characters. And thus, a panel was arrived upon quite by accident. But I think it makes for a fun transition, don’CHEW?

Jeff: Now I kinda wanna write a spin-off comic: Li’l Ouros! Particularly with Li’l Baby Chester. He’s so cute, wif his widdle keytar! D’awwww!

Jeremy: With so many people going paperless these days, it’s comforting to know that Mick is keeping the index card companies in business. And Chester, these folks agree with you: link to a video <—–click on it.

Jeff: That Mick…he’s one formidable emcee, huh? He’s the hip-hop-opotamus, his rhymes are bottomless, he…erm…huh. Yeah. Woo. Clap.

Jeff: Uh-oh…looks like Mick might not have gotten the crowd they were hoping for… But Chester’s EZ-Bake Spotlight (pat. pend.) is on the job!

Jeremy: I don’t know if this is going to work. Personally, I would be a little annoyed if someone pulled this trick on me. But then, I am not the Ouro Bros. Maybe they will love it!!!

Jeremy: Balthazar Butt!

Jeff: Gotta feel for poor Mick, here, huh?

Jeremy: All I have to say is, I want to be part of a team that has an Operation: Flash Mob. Better yet, that is the name of my newest band. You can come see us at places that we randomly appear without you knowing about it. Thank you.

Jeff: Huh. It looks like the International Ouro Bros Fan Club (Kilgore, TX chapter) may be a bit light in the membership rolls… And that Luis looks like a real #winner to me.

Jeff: It’s been a while, but it’s finally time to add another real-life person to the ranks of those who’ve been Ouro-ized! (…and I really am not sure how that would be pronounced…) We’d like to thank Todd McElmurry for his regular support of our little comic-that-could…by having him appear as a completely ineffectual fan club president. Way to go, Todd!

Jeremy: Yes! Todd McElmurry has been a regular reader, Re-Tweeter, and general spread-the-worder of our comic since practically day one. For a long time, we have been wanting to find a way to Ouro-ize him, and we finally thought up a storyline that gives Todd’s character more than just a quick cameo. Hopefully Todd likes “Mick L. Murphy”! Thank you, Todd, for being a such an awesome (and now literal) part of the Ouro Bros and the Neverending Tour, and thank you to everyone else that has stuck with us for what is now 100+ strips!

Jeff: Check it out! A sign that actually spells the Ouros’ name right! Gonna be smooth sailing from here on out, yeah? (Oh, and sorry about the after-thought, Chester.)

Jeremy: I think Chester will be just fine, as long as his arms don’t fall asleep, pinned behind the two seatbelted brothers.

Jeremy: One year of touring for these brothers? Wow, time flies. To think all the adventures they have had in their first year of striking out onto the road to rock the faces off of several people per show! One can only guess at what awaits this (now) trio of rocking dudes. Well, on to the Lone Star State! Oh yeah, and Stan… why don’t you watch out for those seafood spewing hitchhikers, eh?

Jeff: And just to clear things up, we’re celebrating strip #100! Our 2nd anniversary is coming up at the end of May, but we thought it made sense for the boys to have a reason to celebrate this little milestone. Thank you all for enjoying the ride so far, and we’ve got even more stuff to come! Any fave moments over the past 100 strips?

Jeff: There’s always gotta be one guy who points out the obvious. Don’t be that guy, Chester.

Jeremy: Yay for celebration dances! Jeff needs to write one into every strip from here on out, I think. So’s I can DRAWS it.