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Other characters include [[God]] and [[Satan]], who still hold a silly grudge; Seymour, a religious zealot; Li'l Evil, a Satan zealot; Squigley, a pig who gets high all the time; Jesus; Buddha; The Dragon, an embodiment of Eastern religion; Percival and Pooch, the artist's cat-and-dog duo; [[My Friends and Zoidberg|and Criminy,]] the sheltered bookworm. They have surreal, metaphysical adventures that often involve Slick's high view of himself, Monique's oversexed behavior, Satan's desire to acquire their souls, and other goings-on.

The strip originally lived up to its name, playing with [[Dead Baby Comedy]] scenarios, drug humor, and subversive pokes at the nature of religion and morality, among other topics, usually with little or no regard for continuity. Over time, however, it's gotten softer and more mainstream. While still poking fun at religion and comfortable with [[Seven Dirty Words|language that won't play in newspapers]], Tatsuya is now trying to show a world where most people are brainwashed by dominant culture and a Matrix-like patriarchy is responsible for most evils, most of which involve excessive consumerism, marketing of everything, male chauvinism, and just plain bad old intolerance. Longer story arcs have been introduced and playing above and beneath others, such as Criminy's platonic romance with one of Satan's hot succubi, and her conflicts as a result. Slick and Monique's obnoxious behavior has also been downplayed a lot—while they might not be a loving couple, they are friendly associates. [[Non-Indicative Name|Don't let the name fool you.]]

 

 

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* [[Chew Toy]]: Seymour in 2011 gets lots of screen time dedicated to making him suffer. Not that the fan base [[The Scrappy|minds]].

* [[Clothing Damage]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209183658/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4030 Monique binding her foot.]

** Monique looks at a guy she considers attractive, then [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209170559/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=1870 he reminds of Slick, and finds this a turn-off]. It's such a huge turn-off that [[Hypocritical Humor|she starts hitting on him right on the next page]].

* [[Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere]]: For [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209173638/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3547 Squigley]

* [[The World Is Just Awesome]]: There's a few moments like this and thankfully, they tend to be in the Sunday color strips, like [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209185421/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4009 this one.] Also, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209171110/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2763 this.]

* [[Wrong-Context Magic]]: The word "magic" is never used, but Squigley's shamanic powers are completely different from anything demonstrated by angels or devils.

* [[You Are Better Than You Think You Are]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209184106/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3126 How] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110629031657/http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3050 Criminy] [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209160027/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3675 regards] [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209163757/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3337 Ms. Fuchsia.]

* [[You Are Worth Hell]]: Better in context, but even out of it, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209163735/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3667 aw....]

 

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