Original sentence: Characters, many introduced for just one strip, are often surreal and imaginative, as with a wise yeti (episode 14), or breakdancing giants (25).Dale and David do not produce on a fixed schedule.Fantastical characters, often exhibiting magical or anthropomorphic qualities, include intelligent robots (4, 20), cute woodland animals (22, 27), and dogs (15, 24, 29).Most episodes seemingly begin in surreal realms and hardly leave; others are take root in reality.New episodes appear anywhere from once a week to once a month, with the occasional two-month hiatus.Real-world Dale joined a Shaolin Temple in New York City; from the event sprang a kung fu battle spanning two episodes (32, 33).The plots are themselves erratic.The series debuted July 15, 2004.There is almost never any  continuity between strips, and in fact the characters' appearances (especially their facial hair) will drastically change from strip to strip
Edited sentence: Characters are regularly introduced for a single strip, and are often surreal and imaginative, such as a wise yeti (), or breakdancing giants ().Despite the surreal and abstract nature of the strips, individual episodes are often based on real-life events in the life of the writers, such as Dale joining a Shaolin Temple in New York ().Fantastical characters often exhibit magical or anthropomorphic qualities, such as  intelligent robots (, ), cute woodland animals (, ), and dogs (, , ).The comic debuted July 15, 2004, and comes out anywhere between once a week to once a month, with the occasional 2-month gap, depending on Dale and David's respective creative juices.The writing style of the comic is absolutely absurdist, but oftentimes strangely touching and life-affirming.There is almost never any  continuity between strips, and in fact the characters' appearances will drastically change from strip to strip, especially their facial hair