All I could think of for August was HOT! HOT! HOT!  And I kinda wanted a little Star Wars poster action in there.  I got other good suggestions, though, and if i get to it we’ll see those as soon as may be.  At the least there’s a wee bonus I promised you all.

At any rate, enjoy!

Stayed home from work  - including Zona, I’m afraid.  We’ll see a new page tomorrow night, though!

Sort of.  I know I promised a desktop of the twins, but I’m not too happy with it, so I’ll keep working on it, but I thought I’d give the ladies a little look …

You’re reading an online comic, and you get into it. Sometimes the art is great and professional, sometimes it’s obvious that it’s a labor of love, but for whatever reason, you start following it regularly and look forward to each scheduled update. Then, with no warning whatsoever, it just stops. Sometimes - and THIS BOTHERS me - they have a “hiatus” or “we’ll be back in a couple weeks” and then nothing. Nada. Zip. They just stopped doing it and the project dies. Maybe it’s because I personally nurse abandonment issues, but that just cheeses me off a bit. Is the artist just some kid who lost interest? That I can almost understand. Does the artist think that nobody was watching/reading at all? Unless it’s complete crap, (and sometimes not even then) that’s almost NEVER the case. I mean, some of these things are actually really good and professionally drawn and realized. So, if you lose interest, or “real life intervenes” (and I do understand how that is) how hard is it to say “sorry - can’t keep this up. We’re going to stop the strip right at an interesting bit in the story because my parents are moving and I can’t live in their basement any more.” Or words to that effect. Something.

Anyway, That’s all too common, just because of the democratizing effect of the web, and the ability of virtually anyone with a scanner or the ability to use MSPaint to get a free comic site. Anyway, that’s all I had to say. It’s not terribly important, but it was on my mind because I live a petty life that centers on pretty pictures and funny jokes on the screen in front of me.

Pfew! Glad I got that off my chest. Aren’t you glad I got that off my chest?

JED