Length: 79 comics, December 23, 2001 - March 11, 2002 () George is still alive and thinks he's in his world; a better hand-drawn comic than before, but it turns out to be a bad dream. However, he's in 8-Bit format, suggesting time travel at work... A Christmas special happens in the present, where the Author has ressurected everyone from the dead (Nate and Chadling are in punch containers). A New Year's special interrupts the comic in the present again. Bass accidentially drank Chadling, mistaking him for punch.