Living in a goldfish bowl

My wife decided we needed an aquarium and some fish and stuff. So we've got fish now. This is exciting.

Comic's already drawn and uploaded for Monday. Shouldn't have too much trouble getting a full three comics this week...depending on my ability to come up with what to do next, granted.

Commence Transmission

My unintended (but ultimately beneficial) hiatus is nearing its end. I should be able to get the tablet by the end of next week, and as soon as I've got some grasp of how the thing works, I'll be posting comics again.

The break's really recharged my creative batteries and got me excited to draw again. I spent my time doing random sketches without any goal or purpose, and the results were that my art improved a bit and I slightly redesigned some characters.

The real question before me, though, is whether or not to continue doing Crooked Halo.

Don't get me wrong: I love doing the comic, I love the characters and everything, but I'm not sure what else I can really do with them or where to take them. Additionally, I've got plans in the works for a comic based on the conversations of my wife and a few of our friends that I'm really excited about. The thematic content and style would be totally different from what I'm currently doing, which is probably part of the draw.

I'd love to be able to do both, but will I have the time to devote to such endeavours? I'd want to keep Crooked Halo on the three-days-a-week schedule, but what about the new comic? Once a week? Twice? Three times? I don't know if I could keep up with that.

We'll just have to see what happens. I really don't want to abandon Crooked Halo. I'm very attached to the comic and the characters, and I think I could come up with further stuff for them. I think there's still potential, even if I'm not sure what to do next.

What I know for certain is that there'll definitely be new comics up before the end of April. Otherwise, I might turn into the Monkey or something.

Update

So here's the deal: I still don't have a program to update the comic with. I can't find the program I used to use, and the other programs I wanted to try (Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop) are cost-prohibitive.

But take heart! I'm getting money from my mother and grandparents for my birthday next week, and I plan to take that cash and invest in a tablet attachment for my computer. Apple makes a couple of nice ones in my price range, as it turns out. Soon as I have that in my hot little hands, I can get to work on more comics for all ya'll.

Long story short: we're on hiatus until the beginning of April or so. I'll try to maybe get some of those comics Adam drew for me several months back posted so you've got something new to look at. 'Sides, it's a neat little side story featuring a character that never really got his chance.

"I shot 'im, but I didn't mean to kill 'im!"

I made it back from New York City. The Big Apple didn't devour me whole, but I did eat at a Mob-owned restaurant. That was pretty cool.

Comic for Wednesday is ready. Comics for Friday and Monday are also scanned and ready to be uploaded, so even though I'm gonna be gone Thursday and Friday on a school ski trip, you'll still get a comic. Aren't you lucky?

"Start spreadin' the news..."

Sorry about the lack of comic today. Didn't have internet all day for some reason, and I was busy running errands and trying to make the apartment look presentable.

Heading to New York City tomorrow for the long weekend, so if you get a comic on Monday, it'll be late. Just a heads up.

"VD" can mean so many things...

Comic's up now. Had it all drawn and stuff last night, but forgot to scan it and load it to the site. It's there now for your viewing pleasure.

Had a snow day today. We're having another tomorrow. Everything the students learned the first two days of school is just leaking out the side of their heads as I type, I'm sure.

Let It Snow, Bi-atch

The best thing about being a teacher? Snow days.

Comic will be up this afternoon. I'm takin' the wife down to a job interview 'cause she doesn't like to drive in the snow. Can't say I blame her for that, really.

"Where's that confounded bridge?"

So yeah, you're probably wondering what the hell happened. It's simple, really: real life interfered. I've been busy dealing with some real-life issues the past week or so, not the least of which was our cable modem deciding it didn't want to let us access the internet anymore. I was able to get a couple of comics drawn up and saved onto my flash drive, then upload them at work, but the lack of working internet at home is a huge pain in my ass.

I'm going to try to get the internet working at home again in the next few days. I'm already starting to go into withdrawals.

And Monkey: considering the last time you really updated was December of 2005, I don't think you've got a lot of finger pointing room.

Yowza

I had a busy weekend. Let's just say I had a legitimate reason for not having today's comic up on time (though it is up now, along with a drawing illustrating my excuse).

So yeah, while other webcomics guys are far behind the curve, merely proposing within the past week, I'm so far ahead it's not even funny: I got freakin' married over the weekend. So ha!

Back in action

Aaaaand we're back on the air...er, internet. I finally have an internet connection at the new apartment and my computer all set up, so you finally get a new comic! Aren't you lucky?

Anyway, we're nearing the end of 2006. It's been a hell of a year for me: getting a girlfriend (and now fiancee), hitting 500 comics, advancing and progressing so much in my teaching career...things are going well for me.

I hope everyone else had a fantastic 2006. Sure, there are lots of things wrong with the world (Bush, I'm lookin' at you), we lost some big names this year (Gerald R. Ford and James Brown just this week, eesh), but we gotta press on and see that 2007 improves upon this year. Otherwise, what's the point, right?

Been Movin'

Sorry about the lack of comics. We got all moved in, now I'm just having to unpack stuff and put modular furniture together. I should have the desk together tonight and the computer set up, but I don't know that this'll mean a comic for you tomorrow. Definitely one by Friday, though. Thanks for bearing with me, folks.

Movin' Blues

Monday's comic is filler due to the fact that I spent all day Sunday dealing with car trouble and getting furniture (dude, we got some good deals on furniture today, lemme tell ya). I'll try to have a real comic on Wednesday. Barring that, I'll have another real-life adventure comic for you.