Dead Piro Days
Dead Piro Days (or, more commonly, DPDs) are a type of non-story strip. The first instance of a DPD appearing in the comic is strip 22, but the first instance of the strip type actually being called a DPD doesn't occur until strip 27. In 2013 Fred started to use Piro Bad Artwork Day (or PBAD) as an alternative term.
DPDs are usually unplanned interruptions in the comic. They appear when Fred just can't meet the comic deadline, for whatever reason, which is typically personal illness or writer's and/or artist's block. Occasionally, Fred will plan a DPD ahead of time when he knows he'll be out of town, but the primary purpose of the DPD is to give the readers something to look at in place of the strip he's having trouble creating.
One particular series of pictures is the in search of lost wings series.
After 73 DPDs, Fred stopped counting them and began labeling each one with a random message instead. They were later renumbered.
List of strips
Date | Strip | Title (strip list) | Title (in the strip) | Notes |
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2 Oct 2000 | 22 | Bad Art Day | DPD:01 | |
13 Oct 2000 | 27 | Dead Piro Day | DPD:02 | |
19 Mar 2001 | 95 | dead piro preview #1 | DPD:03 | |
23 Mar 2001 | 97 | dead piro preview #2 | DPD:04 | |
11 May 2001 | 118 | Art Day 001 - Kimiko | DPD:05 | |
16 May 2001 | 120 | Art Day 002 - little wings | DPD:06 | |
28 Jul 2001 | 152 | Piro Art Day - 002 | DPD:07 | |
13 Aug 2001 | 158 | Pirogoeth | DPD:08 | (notes) |
15 Aug 2001 | 159 | MegaTokyo Memorial | DPD:09 | |
3 Oct 2001 | 176 | dead piro day - seraphim & boo | DPD:10 | |
8 Oct 2001 | 178 | 'warmth' - non-MT art day | DPD:11 | |
12 Nov 2001 | 193 | omake: lazy piro and his laptop | DPD:12 | |
16 Nov 2001 | 195 | omake: just a kimiko sketch | DPD:13 | |
7 Dec 2001 | 203 | c2-dead piro day #1 - 'left behind' | DPD:14 | |
12 Dec 2001 | 205 | can't find dom day - 'the death star' | DPD:15 | |
2 Jan 2002 | 210 | Capture the Bear | DPD:16 | |
8 Feb 2002 | 222 | DPD: kotone from 'sight' | DPD:17 | |
25 Feb 2002 | 229 | DPD: MegaWinter Nights - Endgames | DPD:18 | |
22 Mar 2002 | 239 | DPD: Endgames 2 | DPD:19 | |
8 Apr 2002 | 246 | DPD: Piro's Sketchbook #1 | DPD:20 | |
1 May 2002 | 253 | DPD: All this sorrow becomes me | DPD:21 | |
22 May 2002 | 262 | DPD: a girl of nothing but greys | DPD:22 | |
5 Jun 2002 | 268 | DPD: feild cleaning (1 of 4) | DPD:23 | |
7 Jun 2002 | 269 | DPD: Yuzo Takada Tribute | DPD:24 | |
10 Jun 2002 | 270 | DPD: Dance of the Evils | DPD:25 | |
12 Jun 2002 | 271 | DPD: but my wings are only small wings | DPD:26 | |
19 Jun 2002 | 274 | DPD: no data can fill the empty spaces | DPD:27 | |
5 Jul 2002 | 281 | DPD: Endgames Standing | DPD:28 | |
19 Jul 2002 | 287 | evil has many guises | DPD:29 | |
26 Jul 2002 | 290 | DPD: Waiting for the Show | DPD:30 | |
2 Aug 2002 | 292 | DPD: Discarded Frames | DPD:31 | |
28 Aug 2002 | 303 | DPD: Brownfields, Greyfields | DPD:33 | (actually DPD #32) |
14 Oct 2002 | 322 | DPD: book prep 1 - coverarts | DPD:33 | |
17 Oct 2002 | 323 | DPD: book prep 2 - resolution | DPD:34 | |
17 Oct 2002 | 324 | DPD: book prep 3 - art is like that | DPD:35 | |
23 Oct 2002 | 326 | DPD: book prep 4 - closer cover stuff | DPD:36 | |
26 Oct 2002 | 327 | DPD: Fail Condition | DPD:37 | |
13 Nov 2002 | 335 | DPD: book prep 5 - color day | DPD:38 | |
9 Dec 2002 | 346 | DPD: broken miho | DPD:39 | |
27 Jan 2002 | 365 | DPD: Grey Erika | DPD:40 | |
7 Feb 2003 | 370 | DPD: Kimiko | DPD:41 | |
12 Mar 2003 | 383 | DPD: b4k4.md4 | DPD:42 | |
31 Mar 2003 | 391 | DPD: Broken Miho color preview | DPD:43 | |
25 Apr 2003 | 401 | DPD: small feathers | DPD:43 | (actually DPD #44) |
7 May 2003 | 407 | DPD: Ping & Makoto | DPD:44 | (actually DPD #45) |
16 May 2003 | 410 | DPD: l33t F0ld1ng skillz | DPD:46 | |
4 Jul 2003 | 431 | DPD: glancing upwards | DPD:47 | |
23 Jul 2003 | 439 | DPD: Megadustrial:r3m1x | DPD:48 | |
8 Aug 2003 | 446 | DPD: Motion Stopped | DPD:49 | |
22 Aug 2003 | 452 | DPD: A Small Summer Break | DPD:50 | |
3 Oct 2003 | 469 | DPD: Artifact no. 1 | DPD:51 | |
10 Nov 2003 | 483 | DPD: Bleah Example Worksheet Day | DPD:52 | |
28 Nov 2003 | 491 | DPD: take all the color away | DPD:53 | |
8 Dec 2003 | 495 | DPD: Presence Detail | DPD:54 | |
15 Dec 2003 | 498 | DPD: Miho timesinking | DPD:55 | |
24 Dec 2003 | 502 | Christmas Cosplay | DPD:56 | |
17 Jan 2004 | 508 | DPD: Japan Invasion | DPD:57 | |
21 Jan 2004 | 510 | DPD: Artifacts - Pirojunk japan 2004 | DPD:58 | |
16 Feb 2004 | 521 | DPD: we got married :) | DPD:59 | |
1 Jun 2004 | 565 | DPD - picnicking darkly | DPD:60 | |
7 Jun 2004 | 568 | DPD: Darkwoods Pirogoeth | DPD:61 | |
25 Aug 2004 | 600 | Upabove Station - LvP | DPD:62 | |
20 Oct 2004 | 624 | DPD: Hmph. | DPD:63 | |
3 Nov 2004 | 630 | DPD: Sad Kimiko @ Takaido Station | DPD:64 | |
12 Nov 2004 | 634 | DPD: Endgames preview - sparklebunny burning | DPD:65 | |
26 Nov 2004 | 640 | DPD: Endgames preview - Fougoureth | DPD:66 | |
5 Jan 2005 | 656 | DPD: Photoblog :: Kumakuma | DPD:67 | |
4 Feb 2005 | 669 | DPD: Junpei | DPD:68 | |
23 Feb 2005 | 677 | DPD: Sick Piro Day Art Lesson #1 | DPD:69 | |
9 May 2005 | 708 | DPD: Pirogoeth - Queen of Kuith | DPD:70 | |
6 Jun 2005 | 719 | DPD: finding yuki | DPD:(whatever) | |
4 Jul 2005 | 730 | DPD: painting in grays | DPD:72 | |
17 Aug 2005 | 748 | DPD: Sonoda Yuki (Otakon2005) | DPD:73 | |
29 Aug 2005 | 753 | DPD: Sloppy Backgrounds - Chapter 7 In-Service day | ||
20 Oct 2005 | 775 | DPD: we're back... | DPD:bleah | |
21 Oct 2005 | 776 | DPD random: Kimiko | DPD:notsobleh | |
24 Nov 2005 | 790 | DPD: b4k4.md7 reload | DPD:ishouldcountthese | |
23 Jan 2006 | 812 | YANRDPD: 5|<00|_ D4yz | DPD:idontreallycareandneithershouldyou | |
13 Feb 2006 | 820 | DPD: cutting losses | DPD:somanyitsembarrasing | |
3 Mar 2006 | 828 | DPD: such cute little bandaids | DPD:illpopacapinyouifyouask | |
20 Mar 2006 | 835 | two weeks DPD1: broken blades | TW:1of4 | |
22 Mar 2006 | 836 | two weeks DPD2: tilting windmills | TW:2of4 | |
29 Mar 2006 | 839 | two weeks DPD3: movement of air | TW:3of4 | |
31 Mar 2006 | 840 | two weeks DPD4: stillness | TW:4of4 | |
17 Apr 2006 | 846 | DPD: Circuity:Rewound - work in progress | DPD:myheadisspinning | (notes) |
22 May 2006 | 860 | DPD: not quite right | DPD:scenechangeright? | |
23 Jun 2006 | 873 | in service DPD: chapter 7 - stuff not seen | DPD:writingnotcountinstupiddpds | |
19 Jul 2006 | 884 | DPD: pol3sitting | DPD:donttouchanywires | (joint work with Hawk) |
7 Aug 2006 | 890b | DPD:hurtslessthanaSGDhuh | Replaced with "SGD: Is This the Real Life?" | |
6 Sep 2006 | 904 | DPD: serious | (notes) | |
15 Sep 2006 | 907 | DPD: Piroko Sheepdog and Largo Wolf | DPD:pirokosheepdog+largowolf | |
16 Oct 2006 | 919 | DPD: Largo, Legionnaire of Reaht | DPD:canttellyouwhytodayisadpdyet:) | |
25 Dec 2006 | 948 | DPD: Happy Holidays! (Christmas 2006) | DPD:merrychristmas2006 | |
26 Feb 2007 | 970 | DPD: (disturbingly) cute Piroko | DPD:lotsandlotsofem | Guest Art by Hawk |
28 Feb 2007 | 971 | DPD: the last 3.75% | DPD:gettingthere | |
26 May 2007 | 1004 | DPD: megatokyo.ni73z | pre-tripDPD:megatokyo.ni73z (new poster design) | (joint work with Hawk) |
17 Oct 2007 | 1056 | DPD: Day of the Bad Scaries in Shinjuku | (notes) | |
29 Oct 2007 | 1059 | DPD: Endames : Commandeered Transport | DPD:98 | (notes) |
27 Dec 2007 | 1075 | DPD: moving out | DPD:99 | |
25 Mar 2008 | 1103 | DPD: Tohya Miho - Figur3 Study | DPD:100 | |
14 May 2008 | 1120 | DPD: a quiet schoolgirl with... | DPD:101 | (notes) |
21 Jun 2008 | 1133 | DPD: Es lässt sich nicht lesen. | DPD:102 "It does not permit itself to be read." | (notes) |
22 Jul 2008 | 1143 | DPD: Y s0 s3ns1t1v3? | DPD:103 | (notes) |
25 Jul 2008 | 1145 | DPD: downlook | DPD:104 | (notes) |
28 Jul 2008 | 1146 | next comic PREVIEW | [IN PROGRESS] | (notes) |
4 Aug 2008 | 1147 | NSDPD... what i've been working on | DPD:105 | (notes) |
2 Oct 2008 | 1161 | next comic PREVIEW: t3h Aw3sum | [prelim] | (notes) |
31 Dec 2008 | 1177 | DPD: mgkgrl.yki [prelim] | DPD:108 | (notes) |
29 Jan 2009 | 1184 | DPD: Dead Miho Day | DPD:109 | (notes) |
16 Mar 2009 | 1194 | DPD: MTv1 Cover, Kodansha Remix | DPD:110 | (notes) |
30 Sep 2009 | 1233 | DPD: MT volume 6 prelim cover | DPD:111 | (notes) |
30 Nov 2009 | 1244 | DPD: aggregat3 | DPD:112 | (notes) |
11 Dec 2009 | 1246 | DPD - Megatokyo Volume 6 (almost) final cover | DPD:113 | (notes) |
3 Jun 2010 | 1269 | A.F.K. [END] D.P.D. | DPD:114 | (notes) |
20 Oct 2010 | 1288 | DPD: blown_covrrr | DPD:115 | (notes) |
21 Dec 2010 | 1293 | DPD: Pirokotsuki | DPD:116 | (notes) |
27 Nov 2011 | 1322 | DPD: Something Old and Unopened (color) | DPD:117 | (notes) |
11 Dec 2011 | 1323 | DPD: 12 character illustrations done | DPD:118 | (notes) |
13 Feb 2011 | 1328 | [un]dead piro [rising] day: t3h b34ch | DPD: t3h b34ch | (notes) |
12 Sep 2012 | 1349 | DPD: 1337 N1NJ4 R1D3 | DPD:120 | |
10 Mar 2013 | 1357 | BPAD: bad piro art days, what i'm callin them now | DPD:121 | |
25 Apr 2013 | 1360 | PBAD-Kimiko at a Summer Festival | DPD/PBAD:121 | |
6 May 2013 | 1361 | PBAD-Frustrations of a FoxGirl Biology Teacher | DPD/PBAD:122 | Image wrongly shows date as 25 Apr 2013 |
6 May 2013 | 1364 | DPD: Visual Novel Story Path Chaos! | ||
26 Sep 2014 | 1412 | DPD: The Tower of Kartage, Endgames Book 01 | ||
4 Mar 2015 | 1419 | DPD: Captain Mugi and Science Officer Spock meet in a bar... | DPD: 128 | |
12 Mar 2015 | 1420 | DPD: "Warmth" full color preview | Sample preview: "warmth" - work in progress | |
14 Mar 2015 | 1421 | DPD: Dire Water, Endgames Book 02 | dead piro day - special light novel promotion | |
15 Apr 2015 | 1423 | DPD-CS01: Komugiko, Catch and Release | Sawatari Komugiko - Catch and Release | |
18 Apr 2015 | 1424 | DPD-CS02: Ping, PWRup | Ping-chan - Pwr Up | |
29 Apr 2015 | 1425 | DPD-CS03: Nanasawa Kimiko, rain | Nanasawa Kimiko - Rain | |
5 May 2015 | 1426 | DPD-CS04: Hayasaka Erika, Towerclimbing | Hayasaka Erika - Towerclimbing | |
27 May 2015 | 1427 | DPD-CS05: Aoi Mumu's Awesome Radio Show | Aoi Mumu's Radio Show | |
24 Jul 2015 | 1429 | A serious family related AFK & Unnecessary Explosions | ||
19 Aug 2015 | 1430 | DPD: m0ar Unnecessary Explosions | ||
20 Sep 2015 | 1431 | In Memory of Moofie… Moofie & Kimiko | DPD:138 | |
7 Oct 2015 | 1432 | DPD: Fire Fox, Endgames Book 03 | dead piro day - special light novel promotion | |
18 Oct 2015 | 1433 | DPD: Sad Girl in Snow Blanket V2 | ||
20 Jan 2015 | 1439 | Shameless Buy Stuff or Kimiko will Cry Dead Piro Day - Art Prints! | ||
16 Jun 2016 | 1451 | DPD: Comfy! | ||
28 Nov 2024 | 1614 | "I Will Never Forgive the World..." |