Octopus Pie is an internet comic about 2 young women living in Brooklyn, New York. It began in spring of 2007 and is updated with new comics every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It is drawn on a Mac with a Wacom Cintiq and e-frontier's Manga Studio Debut.

The comic is created by Meredith Gran. She is 23 years old and has a BFA in animation from the School of Visual Arts. You can contact her at punkybird [AT] gmail [DOT] com. Meredith often takes quite a while to respond to e-mails, but she almost always does, so bear with her.

If you're new to Octopus Pie, you ought to click here and read the comic from the beginning. You can, however, start from any of the following "episodes":

01 introductions

Eve Ning is a grumpy post-college New Yorker who works at an organic grocery store. She can't imagine the people in her life being any more annoying. Turns out they can and always are.

#001 - pea wiggle #002 - the break-up #003 - broken up forever #004 - the craig list

#005 - pre-school reunion #006 - diplomatic stance #007 - manuel

02 bicycle rights

Eve's bicycle gets stolen and she begins to feel paranoid about her safety. Can she maintain a feeling of security without getting totally obsessed?

#008 - blood oranges #009 - the bed store #010 - combos #011 - bong-o-fury #012 - bicycle rights management #013 - welding freedom

#014 - impossible to steal #015 - check it, potential thieves #016 - semblance of control #017 - why, mr. nobel #018 - chandelier #019 - get out of here

03 bake n' bake

Dismayed with her career path, Eve begins to take solace in the hopelessness of her roommate. That is, until she starts to wonder what she's missing. A chapter with some smooching.

#020 - dem eggs #021 - oh. #022 - sweetie #023 - stunningly funny #024 - from another galaxy #025 - well, duh #026 - come on #027 - keep it in your pants

#028 - weird stuff #029 - that bitch #030 - controlling my destiny #031 - slurred parties #032 - allow me #033 - company at breakfast #034 - buy me a pretzel

04 under the bodhi tree

As if Eve needs another reason to stay at home. Hanna goes shirtless at Central Park and stirs up some trouble. Filthy, filthy naked boobs ahead.

#035 - devil box #036 - believe in yourself #037 - duck farm #038 - creeping people out #039 - bad connotations #040 - you guys suck

#041 - no judgments #042 - surf ave #043 - subversive post-irony #044 - okay #045 - gasp #046 - ah um #047 - meaningless

05 grocery misconduct

Olly needs a new ad campaign, and Eve is just the girl to be forced into running it. As usual our hero takes the path of least sincerity. Let's see how that works out.

#048 - in the green #049 - getting to that #050 - a hero, a legend #051 - locked #052 - do something useful #053 - evasive action #054 - glug #055 - adventure toobz #056 - stupid ad campaign #057 - skittle cake

#058 - pig piles #059 - crusade for integrity #060 - meet my posse #061 - just drunk #062 - corporate pill #063 - gasp #064 - true compassion #065 - food and sarcasm #066 - clunk

06 natural phenomenon

Just what's up with Eve's love life? And why is she so damn turned off by rocks?

#067 - natural phenomenon #068 - shallow #069 - kind of funny #070 - kekeke #071 - deadpan #072 - crummy ex-boyfriend #073 - missing connections #074 - bucket to go #075 - bad at this

#076 - dumber things #077 - like a fox #078 - it's cool #079 - so neutral #080 - totally #081 - sounds perfect #082 - oh god #083 - borough trash #084 - favorite sweater

07 skate or don't

In true holiday form, the kids put their feet to the ice. Broken butts and hidden talents ensue.

#087 - freakin lines #088 - crunch #089 - lounging career #090 - undocumented talent #091 - oooh #092 - bird allegory #093 - joking #094 - cushion #095 - so unaware #096 - skating soulmates #097 - loose ends #098 - ice queen

#099 - rock solid inhibitions #100 - no reason #101 - do it later #102 - pain #103 - kid heroes #104 - like a chump #105 - stupid #106 - cripple butt #107 - still dangerous #108 - greatest life ever #109 - freakin lines part 2

08 our brooklynian life

Eve finds a little parrot and decides to help it. Hanna just wants her french fry sweater god damn it.

#110 - our brooklynian life #111 - couture of duty #112 - dressbarn #113 - yo alberto #114 - bird #115 - hollowed out baguette #116 - the shot #117 - puddy tat #118 - crazy bird lady #119 - cat garnished pizza #120 - urban mercenary #121 - stupid question

#122 - pre-after-party #123 - velvet undergrads #124 - the hipster code #125 - the beauty of pop culture #126 - whippa whippa #127 - culture shock #128 - oh god no #129 - shakedown #130 - jelly #131 - clinical term #132 - survival story #133 - on our own

09 tag

(In progress) - The stoners are obnoxious, the nerds are embarrassing.

#134 - count to ten #135 - nerds #136 - stoner friends #137 - souffle #138 - antics #139 - desserting #140 - park #141 - awkward half-hug

octopus pie theatre

Once in a while there'll be comics that don't fit in any story arc. Here they are.

#085 - the annoyances of everest ning #086 - love is...

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